So, I found out something I really wish I hadn't. And about someone I hate.

Anyone ever find themselves feeling bad for someone like that?

[There's a ruckus at a store in Minato ward as a pink blur runs out laughing.] Send the bill to Nozomi Yumehara! I'm out!

[A laughing copy of Nozomi is bolting before her features blur in a animation-saving way as she passes a tree and becomes more elvish in nature.]

Aaaah that was fun! Where to next? [And she sunglasses.]

Figured I should check in, since I haven't been around much. I could use the distraction, to be honest.

That good news I had didn't last. Eri's asleep again. But I did spend the last few days with her and set the record straight, so I guess I'm better than I was to start.

I'm not sure how I feel yet, honestly.

[When we last left Ren, he was...moping. And to be honest, he's still moping, but now he's also confused and looking at another version of himself, who is facepalming.]

Someone get me out of here.

[Ren's trying to form a coherent thought. Not working very well. His doppelganger sighs.]

Was I really THIS bad a year ago?

Do you think you'd ever be able to kill someone if it came to it?

If it would save someone else's life, and there was no other way to save them?

Even if the person you'd have to kill is a friend?

Remind me never to get involved in anyone's love life again. I spent a few days trying to save one of Kido's coworkers who got kidnapped. Another Rider got involved because he was in love with her. Then another woman got kidnapped, and she had a crush on him. And after all that was solved, another woman showed up in love with him, convinced him to go out with her because she had a medical condition she thought was more serious than it was, and I think somewhere in there his current secretary is also in love with him.

I've never been so glad February in the community is over.

Dear Book People,

I think...I think I might actually be able to escape the Library!

Its taken five weeks of my time, but after that terrible Madam left the Watchers did as I asked and put up a sign for me. With any luck, within a few day someone will send me out the doors and into freedom!

Of course I'll take this book with me, as well as mine and Mr. Grassi's.

But I'm not sure what else I'll need. I have no idea what the city might be like.

- Marianne Zahman
Under Assistant
The Library
Chaos: 734 Order: 895

Where's Kaitou?


I'm going to kill him for this.

Has anyone seen or talked to Madoka recently? I'm probably being silly, but I haven't seen the Madoka on here for a while and I just want to make sure she's alright.

Oh, she's stillneedawish, if that helps.

[The feed is slightly shaky as Mai is recording from her cell phone. She has a crooked smile on her face as she looked at the camera.]

I don't suppose anyone's gotten any strange...gifts today?

[She turns the phone so that the camera focuses away from her, and instead reveals a desk with a broken video camera set on it. Broken pieces of the lens are scattered around it, and there was a large crack along the side of the camera's body.

Mai's voice could be heard off-camera.]

It's the camera I broke back when I first met Naru. I'm almost sure of it. [For a moment her voice is almost sad. She sighs slightly before her usual cheer picks up again.]

I'm just wondering if it's community related or something else. So any other strange things going on?

[Marianne stands, hand on an iron-work banister, looking down from the third floor balcony of her Library. Her hair is pulled sternly back from her face, and she looks tired, worn, and worried about whatever she sees on the ground floor.

There are murmurs beneath her and the words "Good evening Madam Delubovoska..." spoken in a reverential tone.

When the Madam speaks, the Library goes mad. The railing beneath Marianne's hand comes alive. The iron-work unwinds, forming a mass of snakes that expand and strike where her hand was a moment before. She stumbles back, hand over her mouth, as around her the snakes grow and writhe, poison dripping from their fangs.

A warm glow surrounds her, and she pulls a small card from her shirt. The warmth it exudes seems to hide her from the snakes' notice, and she crouches behind her desk, holding the card close as the world around her turns into a writhing nest of vipers that fill every space but hers.

Again and again they strike, before finally receding unhappily, leaving the Library looking as if nothing happened. The glow around her fades as the Madam leaves the Library. Cautiously Marianne reaches up to her book and slowly writes her question.]

Book-people? Are you there? I think...I could use some company tonight.

Would you talk to me for a bit?

Marianne Zahma-
Under Assistant,
The Library
Chaos: 582 Order: 703

[Some kind of paper is covering up the video, and Ren removes it, revealing him and Shinji in an unfamiliar house. Oddly, they don't seem to notice the community window open in the glass in front of them--they're too focused on the paper, which Shinji takes out of Ren's hands.]

It looks like a picture Yui-chan drew as a child.

Oorai Coast?

[A Monster suddenly leaps out and throws them to the floor before vanishing into a mirror upstairs--seriously, guys, how did you not see that coming?]

[It takes a minute for them to get up, since they've been dressed like this the whole time.]

Looks like it's not just our Contract Monsters that are after us.

So I'm not the only one who changed bodies with someone. Can anyone explain who I am and why I'm hiding out in an alley?

Has anyone else noticed that a large number of the members here now seem to be from superhero groups?

If anyone sees Kido for maybe the next couple of days and he's not back to his usual stupidly happy self, another Rider died in my world. A friend of his, and he died saving Kido. On top of it, the guy gave me something that probably would have let him survive the battle, but...

Anyway, I just found out about it now. I tried to stop Kido and Yui from blaming themselves, but...I think I blew it. Yui ran off, and I think I left Kido worse off than before. I'm not exactly sure how to fix this.

(A video screen clicks on to show a young man with what appears to be a motorcycle helmet on his head, goggles covering his eyes and a tired expression overall on his face. The background shows that he may be in a cafe of some kind, considering that various people are moving about behind him but aren't saying much.)

...A duck? This wasn't the site I needed to get to. I was trying to find the recipe for quiche! Or was it macaroni and cheese? Or maybe-!

(Anything else he might've thought up in terms of food? Out the window, because he suddenly slips on the wet floor beneath his feet without noticing and crashes into a nearby waiter! The sounds of breaking dishes and/or mugs are heard moments later.

This is Shinji Kido, and aside from having 'accidents' from time to time he really is a good-natured person.)

[ When the video pops up, Kanna jumps a little bit and her face turns a little pink. She speaks nervously for a moment. ]

Is this a special event..? Wait- Am I being recorded? [ Calm down, Kanna! Deep breath. She looks around for a moment, then she gets up and goes to the door of her room, calling out the door. ]

Onee-chan, did you do something weird with the computer?!

[ She waits for a few seconds, then when there's no response, she looks back at the computer suspiciously over her shoulder. ]

She must have left... [ Was she that engrossed in what she was doing again? ] Is this some of that "spyware" that everyone warns about?

[ The girl comes back to the computer, frowning a bit before running out of the room. The video's just of her room for a moment when she comes back with masking tape to cover up her webcam. The video is obscured, but her voice is still recording to a blank screen. ]

I'll ask Onee-chan when she gets home, but this'll have to do for now.

[Ren's back, and this time he looks, well, somewhat apologetic.]

I found Kaitou's post when I got back, so it looks like I worried somebody here. [Is he going to talk about what exactly he did that got Kaitou and other people in his world so worried? Nope!]

So, I know I've been acting...off, lately. If you saw that last video, well, you know most of why. I've said before that I'm in the middle of something called the Rider War, a battle among thirteen Kamen Riders in my world. We have to fight each other to the death in order to win the power to grant a single wish.

Someone back home went and told my secret to another Rider I know, so I really don't have anything more to lose if I say it here. About half a year ago, my fiancee, Eri, was in an experiment run by the man who set up the Rider War, Shiro Kanzaki. When I lost my memories earlier this year, this is what I forgot, so some of the details are still a little hard to remember, but I must have interrupted the experiment. A Monster attacked, and somehow during the attack, Eri fell into a coma. Kanzaki gave me a choice--to let her die, or to fight as a Rider, win, and use my wish to save her. I chose to fight.

[He pauses for a bit--this is probably the most he's ever said on here. But he's still got to address his stupidity over the past few weeks.]

The battle that got posted last time was against another Rider, who was pretty much just out to antagonize everyone. When I couldn't kill him, he made it harder for me, kidnapped one of my friends, and just pressured me to fight or die. Just for his own amusement. We managed to save my friend, and she's okay now, but... Well, after that battle, I've been trying to see if I can become the kind of Rider I need to be in order to win, but...I didn't like the examples I was seeing.

I'm still determined to win, and to save Eri. But I'm going to do it on my terms. And if it means I'm changing into someone unlike the Riders who should be the winners, then I guess it's something I can live with.