A soul sealed in armour...

[ so full of pizza... might have to roll out of here ]

Lelouch, where are you?

[Bundled up in her winter gear, Yuuki stands with her hood up, standing outside of her apartment on the lawn. Close to her is a  snowman, credited to her. After the worry of the past couple of days, it felt good to do something so simple. It's obvious she'd been working on it for quite a while. It's finished now, though.

She gives a small sigh. She's not really ready to go in yet. There's a lot of snow...and it would be a waste to just go inside, even if hot chocolate would be waiting for her. That could always be put off for just a little while. Reaching down, she gathers a bunch of snow into her gloved hands, gently patting it together...

Before it soars across the the lawn, hitting the the blonde-haired vampire with her in the back of the head. Okay...maybe she hadn't meant to actually hit him in the he head, but...]

Ku..kuku..

[Turning around, she buries her mouth into the back of her hand, trying her best not to laugh aloud. Very seriously...]

Oh my...the snowflakes suddenly seem a lot more heavy...

*Hugs* I'm back! Apparently, something was wrong in the Internet connection we had here, so we had to wait until today to have it fixed. But, luckily, everything is alright now! In the meantime I read a lot, specially Chronicles of Dragonlance, and I might app someone from there ^^

I'm glad to be back, I missed you guys! And welcome to all the new ones!

[Al was excited for the snow and he still is, although not as enthused about it at first because of the whole black out thing. Once he got outside though, he's been all smiles.

He's made two snowmen who are right next to each other, their heads pressed together. One has a little antenna sticking out of its head and the other has a snow dog sitting next to it.

Al's giggling so hard he can hardly speak but he manages to get out at least one sentence.]

Look, they're kissing!

[He knows there's a good chance he might be killed for this by two certain someones but he couldn't resist.]

Oh my god! Is this snow?

Is this jail?

Is this place on Earth?

Whew. All these questions are making my head hurt. I guess I have plenty of time to figure them out though!

I just have one question that I'd like answered here pretty soon, isn't the whole ball and chain thing a little excessive?

[Well look who's up and unplugged! Lain looks a little drawn and sluggish, a little foreign and far off in her own body, but she's ventured outside of her room today, walking out in the snow drifts to find herself at one of the eateries, where she stirs her bowl of hot noodle soup and watches the world go by, a bit startled at how quickly everything's right back to normal.

She still feels terribly guilty for almost ruining everything, nearly killing so many people...maybe even Sentience is still glitching somewhere.

The fingers that aren't curled around her spoon are fluttering across the keyboard input in her lap, listless.]

It looks like its all fixed. Thank you, everyone who worked hard at setting things right again. Thank you. Emperor Lelouch, and the defense team.

I'm sorry for everything.

I really don't deserve to have it forgotten.

It's supposed to be a holiday. So I'm glad everyone can celebrate it.

Namine? Are you there? Will you come here, maybe, for a little while?

I do so love Christmastime! Such a festive time of year.

Would anyone like to help me decorate my hat~? ♥ I do believe it should reflect the joyous atmosphere.

[Joshua just so happens to be sitting at a piano. One elbow is resting on a few of them, cheek in palm. Finger plunk out a few notes here and there. Disjointed, if anything. The sound might be a song if someone could put it all together. But his brows are furrowed and he isn't doing anything to hide his irritation and just downright anger that's burning behind violet irises. He's grown weary of this and tired of this game. Tired of the people here. Tired of not being anything less than what he really is beneath it all.

He's so disgusted he wishes he could waste a perfectly good breakfast by throwing it all up. But that would be inconsiderate of the food. Joshua respects food, especially foods that he likes.

The communicator has been thrown across the room. Joshua doesn't care if he broke it or not. He'll request a new one. If he needs to. If he even wants to. Joshua realizes that he is acting like a child, but he'll be damned if he cares. Sentience is back. Big deal. Funny how people just loathe the machine while its present, panic when its not, and then welcome the blasted thing back with open arms and happy faces.

People really are disgusting things at times. If he could put together the sound of Marina... Joshua doesn't think it would be very appealing. Instead he straightens his posture, but the look on his face remains. This time as his fingers hit the keys, he plays the melody that He knows best: Shibuya. He misses it. Joshua actually misses it. Or is it that he misses who He is there? His powers? Being able to disappear? Joshua pushes those out of his mind, only focusing on this right now. If it can take his mind off of here, then he'll for for that at the moment.]

[ You can hear the sound of someone taking a deep shaking breath before a long pause...]

...Hello?

[Peering into the blinking communicator, she chews on her lower lip. Somebody had to have some sort of information, right? She certainly wasn't finding anything on her own. There wasn't exactly a computer or open database in her room.]

Is there anyone out there? Fang? Is this some sort of sick joke? [Please let it be a joke.]

[_{It starts off pretty quiet, maybe a grunt here but other then that, silence. That greeting message? Ignored. Headset? Forgotten even if it is on his head. The ball-and-chain probably won't even be notice until he trips over it}]

...Oi...?

.....OI, WHAT DID YOU BRATS DO?!

[_{He stands wondering where he is. Never seen this place before. A lot of things are off here! Where the hell did the room go? Why is it dark?}]


The hell is this?? I don't remember any place like this on the Ark!

[_{BAM!-that's just his foot connecting with the door and unsuccessfully not kicking it down. In fact it hurts him more then any damaged done to stupid door}---SCREW THIS!]


Keh. Think some stupid door can hold Jasdebi in? Wrong! We'll just blast it down, right Jas---wha....my....
[_{Frantically pats himself down}] WHA---WHO STOLE MY GUN!?!


[_{Pause. Wait.}]

...Jasdero?....Jasderoooooooooo!

Jasderooo...! Where are you?!?

[There is a loud crash, and then the sound of some muffled movement, as Dino chases after his headset that had gone skittering across the floor, and had turned on sometime during the chaos.]

What in the world is…

[There’s a pause as he reads the message, and he lets out a nervous laugh.]

Well damn. Hello? Is this on? [He presses a few buttons, and accidentally turns on the video feed. His face appears, looking a bit distraught, and a bit unbelieving of the whole situation.]

What’s going on here? Prison? Really?

[There's a bit of static and some noises coming from the audio. There's muttering that is barely audible and not understandable, but it seems rather obvious someone is trying to do something. Then a feminine voice can be heard sounding distressed.]

Oh no...why isn't it working? [pause and now she sounds even more worried] Did I break it? How could I break it? I've barely touched it and I've already broken it! [teary-sounding]

[Suddenly a rather stressed-looking dark-haired woman appears on the screen, which is moving as if not being held or worn properly]

Oh! [She looks surprised] Did...did that work?

A-Allen? Are you there? ...Ka-Kanda? [The second name comes out softer, more reluctant and the look on her face far more hesitant]

I-I think I got myself lost again. [The confusion on her face grows, but her voice gets softer again and she rambles, her anxiety levels rising.] I'm sorry, really I am...I didn't mean to! I don't know what I did wrong this time...

[She collects herself more before continuing, though her voice is still unsteady.]

If--If one of you are there...c-could you direct me back to the right door?

[Some rattling sounds can be heard over the network, as Komui is in the kitchen fiddling with the coffee pot.]

Lenaleeeee~ guess what? The electricity being on means the coffee machines are working! [Hint, hint!]

[Murmuring:] Hmm. I'm sure I can make this more efficient somehow...

[Conrad is relieved that he can breathe again, despite being rather sheepish about what happened last night. He was supposed to be taking care of Yuuri and everyone, not becoming a liability.]

[It's wonderful that Sentience is back online, the air is clear and things seem back to normal. But he's not going to trust that everyone is safe until he sees it with his own eyes, so Conrad sets out for Yuuri and Wolfram's room to do just that.]

Heeeeeelloooo everyyyyyone!

[Sakamoto waves over the video, although he is waving very sloppily in an up and down motion. It is obvious that he was drinking in the wee hours of the morning, and it is apparent that he is very drunk. It's also apparent that from the top it appears that he has nothing on. He is smiling, however, and seems pretty content, unaware of the raging headaches and wretchings that are sure to come later.]

Ahahahaha! It seems that I have lost my clothes somewhere, haha! It would be very helpful if I could find them, ahahaha! It's kind of... Really, really cold, haha! It seems I am missing my scarf as well! I've lost my red jacket, wooden geta, and my pants, haha!

I don't even have my shoes, hahaha! I can't seem to feel my toes, but I can't really seem to feel my brain either! Haha!

Eek, I must be the king of Canadia! That's a cold place, isn't it, ahahahaha! Where is it exactly though? What continent, haha, ahahahaha! I've heard of it soooooomewhere-

[And with that he accidentally cuts off the feed.]

((OOC: This is a reference of his body type? It makes no sense, I know.

...The reason that he is naked is because in his drunken stupor, he went to the showers to somehow wash his clothes but he left them there... And now he doesn't remember where they are.))

EVERYTHING IS BACK. Lights, heat, air, food. The heat will return within around an hour and bots will be preparing food busily all day today. The hospital is open, the pet shop is back and all the pets are happy and well-fed, and you are SAVED.

Also, mini-event! Haunt has graciously decided to add an element of force to the usual mistletoe tradition, and we thought it'd be fun to add an element of randomness to top it off~!

Basically, if you want your character to get kissed under the mistletoe, comment here, and we'll randomly put two of you together to get kissed! Also specify if there's anyone you don't want your character to kiss. (For instance, maybe X doesn't want to kiss Y because the player doesn't want their relationship to change this fast, and maybe X doesn't want to kiss Z because the player really doesn't care to play it out. Whichever!) (Comments will be screened.)

You are also welcome to skip random kissing and write your own kisses, forced or otherwise. Anissina will provide your incentive around this time tomorrow!

...Good morning, criminals! I believe that the ash hasn't quite been cleaned up off the outdoors environment yet, but today's snowfall should disguise that sufficiently until I have time to administer to it. Expect toasty warm temperatures indoors shortly, and more than two feet of snow outdoors by mid-afternoon! But even indoors you can enjoy the holiday spirit -- mistletoe has been hung at various places around the dome, and you are encouraged to engage in a seasonal kiss if you encounter anyone under it~ But not more than that, mind.

I apologize to those of you who have been inconvenienced by the food shortage recently. I cannot imagine why shipments have encountered such difficulty... but there will be more than enough food and sustenance to celebrate the holidays in as lavish a manner as you desire.

Merry Christmas, to those of you who celebrate it, and to those of you who do not -- enjoy the food and the atmosphere!

I have returned. I just couldn't stay away, I missed everyone too much. :< *cling*

I brought Vash back, but he's a new vash from a new canon point. He'll be very confused, I'm sure but I think by now most of the characters are used to seeing new instances of the same person.

I'd kinda like it if people could downplay the "OHSHI- I KNOW YOU!" as much as ICly possible, just so I can get a fresh start with Vash and avoid angsting him too much out of the gate.

He's as flaily as ever, so I hope everyone enjoys him!

Also- I see me some new people. :3 My name is Sarah and I like sleeping under my rock. My aim is omnihotdog, but because I work second shift it's much easier to grab me via email at vincentsangel@gmail.com seeing as I check it a few times every night before I get home.

I'm really excited about getting back into the game with everyone!

Hello everyone~
I'm Yuu-chan (or Jeri if you prefer *pokes Kay*) and I will be playing Max from Maximum Ride from today forward! <3 (Nice to meet you all!)

I'm certain that I'll pick up other characters eventually. I even have two in mind already! First however, I'll see how I do with her alone. ^_^ Much love to everyone and I hope to tag with you soon!

P.S: If you would like to talk to me, I'm usually on aim as AngelEyesHotaru <3

((Edited to add: Day post will go up shortly after 6PM EST, at which point we will accept newcomers to the IC comm.))


It's probably past time for a PSA. We told you guys a while back that everything about this game is flexible; we know what the plot is, and so we know how the various NPCs and situations will change to react to your player plots, and it is more than possible for those player plots to affect the game plot. The game is a playground for you if you can find the right outlets!

But something we didn't think to mention is that you should feel free to talk to the mods. We're in marinachat a lot, but we're quiet and busy people, so we don't go out and hunt down random players to socialize with them. There's like 70 of you guys and only 2 of us! We're both really happy to make new friends and always willing to talk to you guys, but if you don't talk to us, we're probably not going to talk much unless there's a problem.

It's not that we're unfriendly, that we don't like you, or anything like that!! ;_; It's not that we play favorites with the people who hang out in chat a lot; it's just that the people who hang out in chat talk to us more often, so they may seem like they know what's going on better, and they're more comfortable with us and making assumptions for us. They're not immune to the rules or in possession of any special knowledge. And there are really great players out there that the mods admire but aren't close with. If you talk to us, who knows? Maybe you'll find out you're one of them!

We've recently had some complaints that we're not accessible mods and that people feel the need to talk to other players instead of us, although we've also had commentary that we're extremely accessible as mods. The difference is that the people who think we're accessible are the people who have actually communicated with us openly. If you wait for us to come to you, we're going to seem like punishing mods.

All we can do is encourage you to talk to us. Most people can verify that we make time for you, we're happy to talk to you, and we're willing to accommodate your ideas. Hell, a lot of the rules for the game are guidelines -- the IC rule against sex? we've said a couple of times that that can be changed if you try! the OOC rule about ten characters per canon? it says on the app page we'll bend that if you can convince us you have an awesome idea!

But you have to come to us. It's fine if you want to talk to other people you know and are comfortable with, but those people can only give you their opinion, and their opinion may not be that informed. If you talk to the mods, we will usually know what's going on, and can make things happen for you. And we want to make things happen for you!

We're just normal people like you and we are just as intimidated by awesome players, are just as excited when we make new friends, and are completely encouraging of you to talk to us -- whether you have a plot idea, or want to know if we've read the absolutely adorable thread between Conrad and Ammy, or just interested in asking if we've seen the latest gameplay videos from Final Fantasy XIII. We can't reach out to all of you, even though we'd like to, or we'd never get anything else done. But if you talk to us, we will always be there, because we love you guys. You're awesome. And you make the game awesome. So keep rocking!