[It looks like Lucrecia has found the Island carpeted in snow! She's a little excited since she hasn't seen snow in years. Much less felt it.]

Hello! I thought I'd introduce myself... My name is Lucrecia Crescent! I've only just recently arrived here in Vatheon -- I'm hearing a lot about a holiday called 'Christmas' and I'm very curious about it if anyone feels like explaining. I'm enjoying the festivities though! It's very lovely here.

[She pans the camera a bit so the snow can be seen and then it's back on her smiling face. Then it flickers off.]

[Private to Vincent Valentine / Hackable]

Come find me, Vincent!

[She's very excited about this!]

It's December already?  [ She seems...overly excited by this. ] That means that Christmas is almost here! 

[ And, clearly, someone's already in the Christmas spirit. Hey, it never hurts to start planning early....and on that note: ]

Every year, Aoko throws a Christmas Eve party at her house. I want to do that again this year, even if most of my friends are still back home.

So~ that means that anyone who is interested can come, especially if you like Christmas!  There will be food, poppers, party hats, Christmas music...all sorts of fun things! We can maybe even do a gift-exchange thing, if enough people are interested.

[ Big smile. Throwing this party is one of her favorite things about Christmas~ ]

I hope to see some of you there!

[ Hello, Vatheon. This is a video broadcast of Ciel Phantomhive swallowing his pride.

If you know him, it may be slightly painful to watch due to second-hand embarrassment.

...or slightly gratifying, depending on your opinion of him. ]

I have a request.

[ It's sort of obvious that he's having to force himself to speak. His teeth are practically clenched. Ouch, his dignity. ]

Would anyone be so kind as to teach me how to cook, or to bake? I've found myself interested in cultivating some culinary skill.

[ In other words, he's gotten tired of restaurant food. So. Tired.

He hates you, Sebastian Michaelis. He hates you a lot. ]

If you are so inclined, please contact me as soon as possible.

[After a little jostling of the frame--she's kind of fidgeting with it until she thinks it's at a good spot--Sheena sits up, straight-backed in front of it with a little wave. She's awkward, but putting her best face forward nevertheless.]

Um. Hi, Vatheon! I wanted to ask, since it's been on my mind a couple times since I got here. Do you guys have any spirits in your worlds? Like, that embody the elements and stuff? Back where I'm from, we have Summon Spirits--eight primary for the main elements, two that are way older, a third for the Kharlan Tree that supplies the world with mana, and [She falters just the tiniest bit, but it's over in less than a second.] a newer one that sees the hearts of people. Anyone have something similar? Or even something different! I guess you could also say this is also about how magic works in your worlds, if you don't have spirits like we do.

Hello Vatheon!

I'm working on something extremely important and I'm going to need a little bit of help. If you would all be so kind as to leave me a list of people you think are far too serious and need to lighten up then that would be spectacular.

Thanks!

Oh-! Before I forget, you can feel free to omit anyone that might kill someone over a bad joke.

Mickey, Asbel, I wanted to thank you for telling me stories the other day. I made a story about dragons too!

[ Here, she's going to tell you (and the rest of the world) all about it, because she promptly starts holding up pictures. Badly. Badly drawn pictures. And the story isn't much better, but it's Sophie. Tiger Festival is sitting on her lap, batting at the pages as she picks each one up to read. ]

"Once upon a time, there were three dragons...their names were Red, Blue, and Green. They knew a man named Yu. He had pretty hair. Like a girl."

"One day, Red, Blue and Green went for a walk in the forest."

"Suddenly, Red sneezed and breathed fire. It set the forest on fire. Things started burning."

"Green and Blue tried to put the fire out, but it only made it worse."

"Then Yu came. He came and he took his sword to blow away the fire."

"He swung his sword and made the fire go away. Everything was black and burned. But the fire was gone so everyone was happy."

"All of the animals of the forest and the three dragons came out to thank Yu for stopping the fire."

"'Remember to use a tissue when you sneeze so you won't burn down the forest again.' said Yu. Red agreed and the three dragons went home. Yu went home too. The end."

[ Short story finished, Sophie seems extremely pleased with herself. See Tifa there are stories about good dragons now too :D Not very good stories but... ]

[ ...any resemblance of the characters to any one here living or dead is purely coincidental. Really. OR IS IT ]

[ ooc: to spare your connections, clickie the links to see her illustrations :D ...and i am so sorry. ]

[ There's a much calmer Aoko on the feed this time - likely because she's back in her own body. ]

If you know someone who's a few months older than you, but they show up here right after their birthday, are you still younger than them on your birthday? Or are you now older?

[ It's a question that's been on Aoko's mind for the past week or so, what with her birthday being today - it feels weird, the idea of being 18 when Kaito hasn't had his 18th birthday. But at the same time, she is having a birthday here, and that has to count for something. ]

I guess this is assuming that people even count birthdays here, but...I'm curious. 

Hey Everyone!

I'm just here to let you know it's a special lady's special day. So no on Hesitate to wish Nakamori Aoko a happy birthday!

[ But don't make any moves on her. >:| ]

[ Hello Vatheon! There is a Sophie sitting in her bed with a book on her lap. ]

Asbel brought me a book, when I had to stay in bed. He was reading stories from it.
I can read some too, but it's strange.

[ Here, let her show you. She starts to read. ]

"Once upon a time there was a family of six bears. There was Daddy Bear, Mummy Bear, Blue Bear, Big Bear, Clever Bear and Completely Bear. They lived in a forest that didn't have any trees."

[ ... she looks at the SFC. ]

If the forest doesn't have trees, how can it be a forest?

[ She is so confused. But it doesn't stop there. She looks back down to the book. ]

"The four young bears all decided to go out looking for adventure, so off they went. Blue Bear headed for the fun fair, but on the way he tripped and fell into a pot of yellow paint. This made him yellow from head to toe. Big Bear went to the Science Museum. Before he looked at all the interesting exhibits, he went to get a large hamburger and fizzy drink from the restaurant. But instead of drinking the fizzy drink, he accidentally drank some Incredible Shrinking Potion which made him about the size of ant. Clever Bear went to the library. He was sitting down reading some history books, when suddenly his brain exploded and millions of tiny pieces shot out of his ears."

[ At that point she suddenly stops reading, staring at the book for a few minutes. Quietly, she closes the book, looking at the SFC and with a perfectly serious look on her face, asks: ]

... is it really okay to read this? I don't want my brain to explode.

[ By the time Aoko gets around to making her own post, she's already got a sort of understanding of what's going on, thanks to the barrage of posts in the morning about the whole body-swapping thing. It doesn't really make her feel any better about suddenly waking up as a young man who enjoys living in the forest, for whatever reason, but it does make sense of a few things.

Like the fact that, if she's not in her own body, then this guy is likely going to be there. And considering the boys she knows....she clearly has to lay down some ground rules. ]



Whoever is in Aoko's body, listen up!

If Aoko hears that you've done anything inappropriate while you were in her body...she will not hesitate to make your life very, very, very painful. Got it?

[ ...A pause, and then, in an irritated (but much less threatening) tone: ] Also, I don't think I like camping very much.