[He'd been meaning to do this for a while, but with all that's happened.... Now seems like a good enough time to him. Who knows, maybe it'll cheer someone up. ...Actually, he kinda doubts it'd cheer someone up, but oh well. Too late to go back, really.]

I caught a badger. [He bites his tongue to keep from continuing - Want to let it go on the village green/plaza and watch the girls run? Sure he's used to being away from the other two, but...they'd actually all been here for a little while, the first time in about two years. Sure he'd seen Perrin before he arrived - Light, he'd even said the same thing he's saying now! - but it wasn't the same, really.

Right, he hadn't even told anyone they'd left...]

....And Rand and Perrin went back to our world a bit ago.

[Filtered to Yukari:]

I've found wood if you still want that bow. I remembered enough to be able to make it without their help.

[Filtered to Link:]

Sorry that we never got around to teaching you when Rand was still here. I can still teach you songs if you want, but I don't know how to play them on instruments.

( Cut for song lyrics )

[He clears his throat and when he speaks it's at regular volume.]

It looks like a lot of people here are having to face Jak o' the Shadows now. I'd like to help catch whoever is doing it.

[ooc: Jak o' the Shadows is death or the Dark One, death in this case. A version of the song.]

[ The feed opens not from Rand's hand, although the view was of the sleeping man, but from Mat's. Given that Mat didn't really have that good of a grip on it for taking video - one of his fingers was half on the camera - this probably wasn't on purpose.

Mat has a brush in hand. He keeps grumbling things under his breath as he doodles things on the sleeping man's face, careful not to get ink in his hair. ]

Just like you, sleeping through a bloody invasion. Of some other place's Shadow! [ Mat adds the other half of a mustache - a long curly one - with a flourish. ]

Think that may be why it didn't wake me. [ At Rand's words, Mat yelped, wobbled, spilled his ink over himself, and fell off the stool. The SFC dropped to the floor as well. Rand sat up, resting his chin on his hand and watched with some amusement. ]

Blood and bloody ashes, Rand! You've been asleep for a flaming month and a half in this bloody place and that's the first thing you say? Light! [ As Mat pushed himself up, his hat slid free of his head and his scarf free of his neck, showing the awkwardly flat mostly-closed left eye, and a vivid scar circling his neck. ]

I wasn't aware it was that long, but that may explain why you reacted so much that your clothing is beginning to fall free. [ With a yelp, Mat went to tie his scarf again. ]

((OOC: Rand is back among the awake, and replies will be from both Rand and Mat. Rand is red, Mat is green~))

[Vatheon, have a view of a rather tired looking vampire, shadows under his eyes and everything. He's been up all night working on something since Zelda mentioned it the night before and, as tired as he is, it's clear he's excited to show whatever it is off.

He's standing in the Lower District with a recently renovated building in the background, and two maids are standing beside him with blank expressions.]

Heeellooo, Vatheon~ Good morning! It was brought up to me last evening that a lot of the people here don't have the education they might need or want, so I decided to try and help with this issue~

[He backs up while the maids stay where they are, and pans the SFC up to take in the building he's in front of. It's modest looking on the outside and the only real 'adornments' are the large double doors and the sign over them that says 'Vatheon Academy.']

Ta~da~! Vatheon Academy. It sounds a lot fancier than it is, I'll admit, but it's basically a place to offer tutoring. There's all sorts of classrooms and things inside for classes like reading, writing, math, art, cooking, music, the like, as well as rooms for teaching and learning self defense, shooting, archery, and magic.

Absolutely anyone can take these classes, no matter your age or education level. If there's something you want to learn, just go to the class!

Noow~ What I need from you, besides people willing to learn, are teachers. I'm offering certain classes I'll teach myself, but I can't teach them all; if there's something you feel you're qualified to teach, then feel free! This place is open to everyone 24/7 so private lessons are perfectly okay, too!

Erm...here[He sends a little electronic pamphlet out on the SFC.] This is a list of the classes I've already thought of and need teachers for. Of course, multiple teachers for one subject is perfectly alright! If you're interested in teaching just let me know your name and what subject you'll take~!

I hope people find this useful~ [Click.]


((OOC: So, after this thread, Johnny got this idea to make a school/tutoring center. Please keep in mind the teachers listed in the entry have been OOCly signed up so please no reactions to them right now since they technically don't exist. If you want your character to be a teacher you can thread it out here, in Johnny's IC inbox, or leave an OOC note in either place that you're interested if you'd rather avoid the threading. <3))

[Filtered away from Rand and Perrin]

There's going to be a battle back in my world shortly after my friends and I return. Longer for Perrin than for me, but not that longer. We're not sure if we'll survive. [Quieter:] Or if our flaming world will survive.

[A pause]

But since we have time before Tarmon bloody Gai'don here...Any ideas for things the three of us could do? [Should he mention that they're all married? Nah, that can wait for any of that kind of suggestions.]

Oh, and one of us is missing his dominant hand, so try to make it things you can do one handed. [His eye doesn't affect much though. Well, it does. But he won't say that.

Yep. That's it. Just a request for ideas of things to do while they're here.]

[ Mithos obviously isn't in a good mood. What happened a few days prior really isn't helping with his mood. Nope... not one bit. ]

I have a question.

[ Mithos asks. He's been... thinking, for a while. Everything here is so different. Lloyd didn't attack him at first. Colette and Raine have been nothing if not kind to him. Kratos still seems loyal, despite all that's happened. Dhaos told him he was going to die. He found out Martel could be saved without ever using the Journey of Regeneration. Humans here were... nice. And then there's Sophie, Anise, and Cheria... ]

If something... hasn't changed in several thousand years... how do you make it change without forcing it?

[ Mithos still doesn't accept that he was wrong. But... a certain someone convinced him to find out. Or at least, attempt to. ]