[This is not quite a happy-looking pony. She's mostly confused because....]

Hey, this is, like, July right? Middle of summer and all? On a supposedly tropical island? Well, if all that's true, then why the hay did it get so cold all of a sudden?

[Rainbow Dash scratches her head.]

I mean, I can think of a curse as being why, but what's the point of the cold? I tried a pretty heavy blanket, and that worked about as well as having a threadbare sheet. I mean, I could try a heater, but I don't know where Equius and Darkleer put theirs.

[The pony shrugs. What even is this curse?]

Am I the only one experiencing this problem? 'Cause if I am, then I think I need to see a doctor about it. I am so not down with hypothermia.

[There's still water dripping from her hair as she strides through the city, poking at the communicator she'd discovered in her pocket upon arrival in this new place. Not one to sit still, Latula's still moving when she finally finds the right button to flip the communicator on, and the first thing it broadcasts is her overly-pleased smile.]

Ah! There's a fancy new trick for a fancy new place and a fancy new bloodpusher.

[She sounds excited. It's why she's moving - the idea of remaining motionless when she's been dropped into somewhere new and different (and being granted life, how crazy is that) after a few thousand years of the same-old-same-old is laughable. If she wasn't walking, she'd be bouncing in place.]

I'm assumin' this thing is sending my awesome mug to other things? Hello? [She taps at the communicator.] Anybody reading me?

[The feed turns on and for a moment, it looks like it's showing nothing but a bundle of blankets and scarves with a dumb little winter hat on top... Though there's two zigzagged horns poking out as well. For anyone familiar with him, it's pretty obvious that those are Eridan's horns. The mass is shaking slightly, maybe even shivering. After a few seconds, the disgruntled and extremely offended face of Eridan Ampora pops out. He honestly looks like a cat ready to hiss. Accurate picture of Eridan tbh.]

I d-d-don't know what to fuckin' think a this! I m-m-mean sure, earlier it was a little f-f-fuckin' chilly, me thinkin' 'oh hey, maybe since K-Kar's weirdly hot all the fuckin' time he t-t-turned the AC on, no big fuckin' d-deal.' I ewen nodded off earlier while readin' a book cuz it wasn't ewen that bad.

WELL I MUST ADMIT, THIS IS A BIG FUCKIN' D-DEAL NOW! I'm colder than a fuckin' carcass that's been dumped in a frozen lake near the north fuckin' pole!

[He lets out quite a violent shiver before continuing.]

It also is obwiously not the fuckin' AC. What kind of b-bullshit curse is this? Do they just plan to slowly fuckin' freeze us to death or what? I hope to fuckin' hell I ain't the only one f-freezin' my fins off, because if I am th-then maybe it's some retribution from Th-Thal. D-Did her in and this is w-what I get, is it? Is that a thing that can happen? Can ghosts cause curses? I wouldn't be surprised with the amount a utter fuckin' SHIT we d-deal with sometimes!

[He shifts a bit, trying to pull the blankets closer to him, as if that would help at all.]

This is BULLSHIT. Kar, I need your unnaturally hot ass up in my b-block pronto, I c-can't bear much more of this near arctic temperature!

[And then he sits there for a good few moments trying to decide if he wants to venture out of his useless blanket cocoon, as if he's worried exposing any bit of himself will make him freeze instantly. Eventually he decides to just kick his damn SFC, and with luck being on his side for once, the device shuts off.]

[It's been quite some time since the Head Nurse has terrorized graced Vatheon with her presence. She's been hard at work figuring out just what they did to fix the coral, and she's found out some very interesting things.]

Good morning, Vatheonites! It has been quite some time, hasn't it? And you have been terribly busy. We have a couple things to address.

Firstly, it was quite an ingenious solution you thought up for the coral, I am impressed. Who was it that thought it up, hmm? If you come forward, we might let you have an up close look at our facilities. I know you've been itching to get a look at them for awhile now.

Secondly, it seems that the Head Priestess lost her life in the commotion of fixing the coral. It's really quite a shame, but we didn't get to her in time to bring her back, so I'm afraid she's gone permanently.

[She doesn't seem to think it's a shame at all. In fact, she's smiling wider than ever.]

I do hope we can prevent such a tragedy again. You've all been behaving yourselves so nicely and not creating extra work for us. It would be very... unfortunate if that were to change.

W-What is this?! I'm... n-n-not supposed to be able to even feel cold!

[ Or at least, have an extreme resistance to it. A rare sight for Mithos. He's wearing his usual outfit, sure, but now he's also wearing one of Shing's coats. Yes, Shing, he stole it from you and it's big on him, but at least it covers him. And there's a blanket on over it. ]

I hate... I hate that coral... [ He wraps the blanket around tighter around himself. ] K-Kohaku, fix the air conditioner! Or I'll blow it up!

[It's difficult to see much of anything, because Laharl is posting this from the usually cozy interior of his coffin. The only light is coming from the SFC itself. His red eyes seem to drink it in like cats' eyes, but the rest of his face is indistinct.]

Is this w-what it feels like to be s-sick?

[Someone may have panicked a little and not checked any other posts.]

[this comes somewhat early in the morning... Izumo hasn't liked to advertise the fact that she has a pet lately, but in this time, she's cradling her new cat Noukimi in her arms and looking desperate]

S-someone... I need help... the curse... It's cold, and my kitten... she's... she's...

[the cat is indeed shivering, but... not because of the curse. It's because Izumo is holding her, and the kitten is getting cold as a result. However, Izumo is assuming wrong because she woke up with Noukimi in her arms...]

Please... she's still young... I don't know what to do...

Ve, there have been a lot of strange things going on lately - scary things! - so today's bakery special is fairy cookies!

[ he pans over to cute fairy cookies neatly wrapped. ]


And to do with that, fairy wands!

I have all sorts of colors. I just decorated some pink wands. I wanted something warm. Blue is too cold right now.

I also made some scary cookies! T-teeth!

Marshmallows, cherry, chocolate chips, and scary. I-I don't think they'll eat anyone.
[ he had to have a local take them out of the oven because they looked like they'd eat him. ]

It's really warm in the bakery. Someone come join me. I'm still cold.