(There's a brief rustling of paper before he speaks, and when he does, it's in careful and measured tones.)

Shiori seems to have been returned home, for those who would have known her.

As for the everything else -- thank you to those who gave me presents, and I hope that everyone who celebrates it had a good Christmas, or else the day was at least pleasant.

((ooc: OKAY. So I'm still on my fail!hiatus thing, and I haven't been keeping up with the flist at all, so if there's anything I should tag, LET ME KNOW. Also, because I REALLY FAIL AT LIFE, um, Hayner-mun, could we say that Naruse gave Hayner a scarf as the secret santa present? Thank you!))

[ There is a potted sapling on the floor near Chocobo's chair, and it has begun to sprout several very lovely flowers. After a few short moments, a blur of golden-yellow feathers appear. Chocobo is holding a cup in his wings, and he rapidly pours some water in the pot before vanishing. About thirty seconds pass before he shows up again, pouring more water, and then disappearing.

After roughly three or four rounds, Chocobo begins pushing the large pot over into the sunlight filtering in through the window. The moment the task is done, he looks rather pleased with himself. ]

Kweh~

[ He sits down to admire his handiwork just before the feed clicks off. ]

[It's late. It's dark, and Anemone's in her room on her bed hugging her pillow.

And, um...

Sobbing. And throwing a rather ridiculous tantrum and screaming over how 'life hates her' and 'worst after-christmas ever' and 'Winter's awful', and how she just wants to crawl in a hole.

Gulliver noses back into view, because he turned it on. Consider this a cry for help from a sleepy, frightened futuristic pig-dog.

Anemone stops screaming for a moment, in time to notice the communicator, and throws her pillow angrily at it.]

STOP PLAYING WITH THAT!

[And collision. The communicator falls, giving a more aerial angle, and showing more of the ceiling. Gulliver's bolted, and hides under the bed. Anemone pauses, peeking over at him... and then just starts crying. And loudly.

Horton, I hope you don't plan on sleeping tonight.]

Where is Nanako?

[ There's a flurry of footsteps in the background. ]

Something happened. I'll be busy for a while, so don't come looking for me. Looks like that outing'll have to wait.

Damn it! Who did this, I'll tear them apart-- [ click ]

Gohl, I'm keeping track of everyone. You hear this, you check in with me now, got it? And double up watch tonight, I need volunteers for shifts.

Something serious happened.

Pence is dead. Something attacked him right outside our place. I want to know who was supposed to be on watch...was he on watch? Was anybody else in then? Hear anything? See anyone, any monster? Who else besides Roxas last talked to him?

If anybody knows anything about this, let me know. I know there've been weird attacks going on, that someone out there's probably responsible for it. Some bag of scum. And when you mess with my friends, that's a whole new heap of trouble.

[The feed is jerked on to a loud sound. A massive crash, and the sound of something shattering. Zoro just dropped his plant and broke the pot.]

....Shit!

Stupid---

[And the feed just turns off there.]

[The MS's tree is growing~. And... it is looking a little... odd.

It does sort of resemble a Japanese maple, but those leaves suggest something else. It really doesn't help that the bark can't seem to make up its mind about a color and texture, patches of it rough and raised and other parts as smooth as polished wood. The color varies in areas from gray, to almost burnt black, to an earthy brown, but at least the leaves have all decided that a spring green is a good way to go.

Well, in any case, it's still a sapling. Maybe it'll make up its damn mind as it grows bigger.

Doesn't seem to be much going on here. There's a bug that's kind of lazily crawling around the rim of the pot and

THWACK!

A thin vine snaps out from one of the branches, snapping up the bug and zipping back into... wherever the hell it came from. The leaves shudder once, and almost seemed to fluff itself a bit, before going back to being boring.

Yup. Boring old sapling]

Does anyone know anything about these plants? The ones in our apartment have started to grow at quite an alarming rate. I don't do much for them, I'm afraid. They're sitting so the sunlight can hit them, and I just put a little water into their pots. Master Blue used to let me have a gardenia in my room, it's starting to look similar. Well, mine is anyway. Melody's looks different. Colorful, but different. I wonder if it requires different care?

Has anyone else received these gardenias or other plants?

I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year.

There have been too many accidents close together for me to brush this off as a coincidence.

I'm tightening my guard around Latimir until this is resolved. Everyone, please be cautious. Contact me if you need me.

[ voice ; locked to Minato, 50% hackable ]

If yer up for it, I need a favor.

[Sweep, sweep, sweep. Dust dust dust. Kamui can be heard cleaning in the background!]

This place is ridiculous. How do you manage to breathe in here? How do you find anything? And of course I have to clean it up--

[Right, we turned this thing on for a reason.]

Does anyone remember the masks we got for Halloween?

[Locked to Fuuma]

...I have to ask you something. [=_=]

[have the obligatory "BZZZT" from the communicator, as a starting point. You can also have Roxas grumbling under his breath.]

Okay, okay! I get that I haven't posted in a while... I haven't had that much to say. At least Christmas went well - again, thanks for all the gifts, guys. Mine will be kinda belated.

If anyone needs me, I'll be over at Gohl. Need to go visit Pe--

[all of a sudden, there's a sharp intake of breath, and the communicator clatters to the ground. All it picks up is footsteps, and a muffled cry.]

You can't-- you can't be serious-- Pence, Pence! Answer me!

[eventually, the feed times out on its own.]

[ooc; PENCE GOT EATED :< Comment logs are welcome, and all that jazz.]

Does anyone know what kind of plants these are?

And... happy Christmas, everyone. Thank you so much for the presents.

BECAUSE I AM RETARDED AS HELL I accidentally permanently deleted ALL of my owed tags. Don't ask how. orz

Of which I had quite a few.

As such, if I owe you a tag, please tell me here.

Also, to make this a little less spammy, I'd like to remind everyone that the Fireworks Log is OPEN and still going! You can find that here. It's very good for having your character meet new people and develop some CR~!

[✝]Matthew 15:13

But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.[✝]

[☨]The Archbishop is seated at his makeshift desk, idling flicking the leaves of the tiny seedling that grows in a dainty pot. Turning his half-lidded gaze to the camera, he smiles in that deceptively congenial way of his, taking a moment to straighten a fur stole about his shoulders, savoring the warmth.[☨]

I want to thank all those who attended Mass last evening. It was truly an invigorating and uplifting experience, even with those ravenous plants infesting His temple. I'm sure those Pharisees watching us think they have a raving sense of humor.

Well I'm not laughing. Don't they ever do anything that's practical and dare I say, useful?

Speaking of which, to whomever left me this potted plant... while, generous the offer, I'm unsure what to do with it. My hands are tied just taking care of myself and this church.

And to Abel.. nnn.. Thank you for the stole, it's just what one needs in this baltic weather.

[☨]With that he touches a gloved fingertip to the screen and clicks it off.[☨]

I must say that I have never seen a plant such as this before, though I do realise that the flora on this world is far different from what it is on most of our native worlds. Nevertheless, I do appreciate the sentiment.

Likewise, I would like to thank those of you who have gifted me with a good meal. I cannot properly convey my gratitude through this medium, but I do wish for you to know that it was greatly appreciated.

( Locked to Gilgamesh | 80% hackable )

(OOC: I FAIL. Pretend this was done on Christmas Day? I've had to work and life bit me in the butt..x.x)

A plant? Strange. I wonder what it will grow into.

[There's a bit of shuffling around for a moment before the video feed comes on to a small smile.]

Merry Christmas.


[Once the sun sets she's out to deliver some gifts.]

( OOC: Cut for the List! )

Ah, Merry belated Christmas everybody, or happy holidays, whatever you celebrate, jeez, this is my second Christmas here, how thrilling. Makes me miss Mona, more as well.. Atleast the damn Mistletoe seems to be gone now.

And anybody want to tell what's with the plants that showed up in our apartment?