[BZZZZAP!]

-ch! [The communicator falls down onto the floor with an audible clatter, and she grumbles before picking it up and and lazily tosses it over onto the bed.]

It's already that time, huh...

[Unaware of the recording, Utena flops down noisily onto the mattress with a tired sigh and the squeak of old bedsprings. A long moment passes in silence before she starts to speak up again.]

It's gotten so quiet again. I guess that's a sign that he's really gone. [...] I wonder if the Disciplinary Committee will be disbanded.

[...] This really is a sad, broken place. It feels like one minute there will be someone there to talk to, and get to know. Then the next minute, they're gone. As soon as you even blink.

[She rolls over and lets out a small hum.]

Heh. I don't even think that I trained this much back at home. I was always just watching my senpai doing their training. [...] I wonder if that ever helped me beat them... [There is another pause, as Utena gazes up at the rose signet ring thoughtfully.]

I should probably take a bath.

[Click. The communicator turns on to... darkness, but the sound of pattering rain and shoes sloshing around. ...Pretty quickly, for what it is. The view shuffles around, tucked inside of a pocket.]

When is this rain ever going to stop?

...-Eh? Souji-kun? Why is he...?

[The sound of running can be heard, along with a heavy blanket whipping around. It must be her cover.]

What are you doing out here? It's dangerous without anything to protect yourself from this-... [...] Are you... okay?

[Suddenly, there is a sharp intake of breath and her feet slide back. A clatter can be heard as she raises her sword up quickly, but--...]

AAAAUGH! [The communicator comes flying out of her pocket as an ice spell manifests and lands a strike against her, causing it to slides over the ground for a few inches. The camera is focused up toward the cloudy sky, with the rain pattering on it and blurring it.]

Ughn... What was-... W-wait! [She can he heard getting up slowly, before shouting as the acid starts to burn. The blanket is quickly retrieved and pulled around her as she catches her breath.]

[The frequency times out without her even realizing that she dropped it.]

[[ooc ...and sometimes, friends can be so cruel. I hope I did good, Doc.]]

[Private to Prydain and Seifer; Hackable]

There's something that I want to talk to you about. Well... maybe it's more like asking for a favor.

I've brought someone back to the rowhouse, and I'm letting her stay with me for awhile. At least long enough to keep her safe until she figures things out here.

Someone from my own world was brought here. (...or maybe you can call it few someones?) Her name is Hime- ah... Anthy Himemiya. We were roommates back at Ohtori Academy.

Anyway... I'm kind of sorry that this is on such short notice. But then again, most things here are like that, huh? I just felt like you should know what's going on here.

[/]

( Private to Cube; Hackable )

[She lets out a breath, flopping over a table and muttering halfway into it.] Earthquakes that turn out to be volcanic tremors... big cracks in the street that I nearly tripped over in the ash-filled darkness, murderers and monsters... [Groan] I'm tired. Why can't my life in middle school ever be normal?

[[ooc Assuming that Utena helped escort Anthy back to the Gohl Ave. rowhouse across the street, commentlogs for the two of them are go!]]

This is bad... it's already been more than a week already.

( Private; Hackable )

Um... I'm sorry if I worried anyone with my being quiet. There was someone something I was trying to find. I guess it look a little more time than I thought.

But... a lot has been going on, hasn't it? Is everyone all right? ...Maybe not.

[Filtered to Gohl Rowhouse Residents / Touga Kiryuu; Hackable]

I'm going to the hospital tonight. If anyone needs anything else before I head back, then just let me know. I'll try talking to one of the assistants there.

[/]

[There is a sigh, and the frequency fades in and out with a bit of clicking.]

This-... [Click.] ...-on happening. [Click.] ...-ks like the rest are fine, and I've already heard from the others.

Huh?

[...]

...and that would be my frequency with the recording button on next to it, wouldn't it?

[Text]

Sorry about that. I was trying to find something out.

...It seems like Ritsu-kun's frequency doesn't work anymore. He must have gone back home. That's good for him, I guess. I'm sorry that we couldn't have that game of "kick the can" that you wanted before you had to go.

The same with Raidou-kun, but... That can't be right. He left his sword behind, so he couldn't have just-

[/]

Che. [There's some running up stairs, which–after a few minutes, is quickly followed by some running back down. The clanking of a sword rattling in its scabbard can be heard, as if it's being carried by hand.]

[Shouted inside.] I'm going out for a bit! [...and a door closes.]

[[ooc Utena has gone out looking for Raidou Kuzunoha in the city, Shakko in hand; possibly Cube too. She's been listening and keeping an eye on things over the last few days. Also, strikeout = thought, therefore unhackable.]]

Um... Raidou-kun? A lot of these people aren't from Gohl, are they? I don't think that there are this many people living there.

Does this sort of thing happen a lot?