[The video turns on to show Professor Labrador at his workshop. It looks really neat and tidy and he's currently working on some sort of raygun while next to him are dozen of test tubes and containers of brightly coloured liquid. All of these potions and medicines are really potent though some seem to be unlabelled as Labrador is one of those rather absent-minded inventors. He's very good at what he does but he's can also be rather air-headed. And it's fortunate that he's on the side of good!

Anyway, he smiles brightly at the camera.]

Good day, brave crimefighters of Vatheon!
Do you have any need of special gadgets or potions to help in your crimefighting?
If you do, just say the word and I'll do my best to make some for you! Price isn't really an issue, there are other ways you can pay besides with money after all~!

[He chuckles a bit at that. Perhaps Lab isn't quite as good as he appears? Is he really a demon with an angelic smile? Who knows really? Or maybe he just has a bit of a sadistic streak :3

If you do come to visit Lab, do be careful. Things do have a tendency to explode and well, he's booby-trapped the place so no one can steal his work.]

I am assuming this is another curse or there is something very wrong with Vatheon. As Vatheon no longer exists. Instead, we are living within a rather crowded, polluted city, which I do not like very much. The sounds of the monorail above has caused Sewaddle to hide under the table. I do not hope this is permanent, since I preferred the clean air of Vatheon to this grimy city.

[It did bare some resemblance to the hubbub of Castelia but the noise and the smoke....too much. Also, the cars constantly rushing around and beeping at one another? Where was the calm and tranquillity anymore?]

If anyone else is wondering what is going on, you have my sincere thoughts. Does anyone else find this new city a little unnerving to say the least? Also, I have seen a few shady characters around lately, wearing the oddest of clothes. [Superheroes or villains? Burgh isn't sure.]

[The video feed starts with focusing on Leo's face.]

Since I got my hands on some celestial bronze I started making some really awesome stands to use with the starfish communicators. They're super portable and attach to the SFC like a cellphone charm.

[He turns his SFC away from his face (it's sitting on his stand) and holds up a charm that's shaped like Dirk's sunglasses. It's not very big and it's attached to Dirk's SFC by a short cord. He talks from off camera.]

So they start out looking like this, but in whatever shape you want. I've also made a bunny shaped one and mine's shaped like a hammer. I can do pretty much any simple shape you want. Anyway. All you gotta do to turn it into a stand it give it a little push like this.

[He grabs the charm by both ends of the glasses and lightly pushes them closer together at the top. The glasses open and a stand begins to come out of it, extending more metal than it looks like it could feasibly hold. When it's done he sets the stand on the table and Dirk's SFC is sitting on top of it, the sunglasses are open at the top of the stand.]

And then you've got a stand for hands free SFC use. And it retracts easily when you're ready to pack it up and go.

[He adjusts the sunglasses in the opposite direction and the stand begins to retract. He grabs hold of Dirk's SFC so it doesn't fall. He turns his SFC back to face him.]

Thanks to Dirk, I got the idea that I should sell these. So if you want your own custom stand just let me know. It'll cost 30 starfish tokens, but I'm willing to barter.

[After very little interest last time, Leo tries a slightly different tactic on selling the password app.]

Also wanted to remind everyone that if you want some added security for your SFC, I've got a password app for it that will keep anyone from accessing your SFC without whatever code you set. It's free with a SFC charm stand, or 5 starfish tokens if that's all you want.

[ From the looks of the video feed, Hilda is in the kitchen of her apartment. The sounds that come from the feed indicate that there is indeed something on the stove. Hilda herself looks nervous ... and a little worried. ]

So, Vatheon gives us things we need to survive, right?

Does this include cold medication? Like, coughing, sneezing cold medication.

[ Spoilers: She's not asking for herself. ]



( ooc: ohhhh yeah, I should probably mention that this post is backdated to during this log. )

[Hello, Vatheon. It's your favorite half-demon cook-- oh wait no, that's not him.

But he sure looks like him, even if he was a little older looking.

And wet. And shivering. In fact he looks a little like a drowned cat.]

Wh-What th' hell happened to this place?! Someone better cut off that AC 'cause this is f-fuckin' ridiculous.

[He huffs, cheeks red with cold.]

Not the welcome party I was expectin'... jeez...

[Action]

[Exorcist coat slung over one shoulder and his sword bag over the other, Night hopes that by walking around he'll heat himself back up, but so far it doesn't seem to be helping at all. What made it worse was that his clothes were still slightly damp from the fountain, but there wasn't much he could do about that.]

Never a dull fuckin' moment around here, I s-swear...

[the screen comes on... and it shows a shivering Daimon Masaru, whose trying to make his digi-soul flare up around his whole body]

VATHEON! WE DON'T HAVE TO LET THIS STUPID COLD BEAT US!

DIG DEEP, AND TAP INTO THE BURNING SOUL WITHIN! LET YOUR SPIRIT HEAT YOU UP!

[his Digi-Soul flickers and starts to ebb a bit]

J-Just reach deep down and find that inner fire!

A-Any moment now!

...

I think I seriously need help....

[and yeaaaah, the Digi-Soul is just going to snuff out completely now]

[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.]

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!

[The feed comes to life and there is nothing more then the sound of scuffling as someone tries to balance the weight of an egg and communicate with this new toy. This is confirmed as the boy comes into the view. He stands tall, looking confused and can't be more then a 11 or 12 years of age at the most.

Slowly he balances the yellow striped egg within his hand and tucked neatly under his arm. He stares at the screen, blinking once, twice, and speaks.]

This place is kind of a dump.

[He rolls his eyes and throws the pamphlet that had previously been handed to him, to the side. ]

No need for this thing, but hey can someone tell me just how I managed to end up here. I know the pamphlet speaks a lot about nothing and it's not really anything that I need to know. I'm assuming we aren't in Johto anymore or the forest for that matter.

[There was a moment of silence as he came to this knowledge.]

Wait! What about the old lady and the fight! Are they going to be ok? I guess I took this egg without their permission...then. [A beat once more.] Well that doesn't really matter now, hey how about some answers!?

[Piper is not a happy camper, pardon the pun. It's true, though! It hasn't been a good day and she's really not looking forward to being in a totally new place all of a sudden. She's also soaked, and she's so done with water it's not even funny.]

So...the pamphlet I got is really, uh, nice, but it didn't really say how people got here. Did I miss something while I was reading it?

[Please say Piper just missed something on the pamphlet, she doesn't want to be stuck here while in the middle of an important quest.]

It also said something about there being no exit or something like that? Is that just some sort of joke or typo?

[Or maybe Leo somehow managed to perfect virtual reality and she's suddenly been sucked into Festus' mainframe. Piper wouldn't be surprised. The life of a demigod always takes weird turns.]