[The camera seems to have been turned on by Ichigo's phone finally falling off of wherever it had been precariously perched, because the angle is nowhere near straight-on. The teen is passed out on the couch of his apartment, one arm dangling down toward the floor, and it's apparent that he's been taking his duties at the Genessia City Hospital seriously, because he's still in his scrubs - pale blue with little grinning death skulls patterns on them that some wag gave him - and there's a medical textbook open across his chest.

Several more textbooks are visible stacked haphazardly in various places across the room, ranging across various medical subjects and emergency treatment topics. There are a few abandoned take-out boxes here and there, but for the most part he's done his best to keep the place clean. It helps that he's just...almost never home lately. Or at least not often.

Ichigo shifts in his sleep, eyebrows furrowing in the usual scowl, and the textbook drops down with a heavy thump. He opens a tired eye at that thump and glances around, then looks down at the active phone and the scowl deepens.]

Shit...

[And then he reaches out and grabs his phone, turning the video off.]

[ The face that flickers on to screen is shadowed by the large hat he wears. Thick waves of black hair fall over his shoulder and his face in its entirety is not seen, just the brim of his nose and his lips. ]

There are monsters here, vampires here, what trouble do they stir?

[ His tone is calm, quiet, smooth, the question is simply that though there - is - judgment there as he indicates such beasts do cause distress. ]

Additionally, what are some of the more favorable bars? Where might one find them?

[ That is all he has to ask, evidently, the feed fizzles out from there. ]

The following rumors are going around as NPC gossip. Your characters are welcome to hear them. The rumors may be true or false, and the subject of the rumor is randomly selected from the taken list. If a character shares the same first name with another character, we will not specify which one it is.

This week's rumors are:

1. Zack is responsible for the disappearing frog crisis in Everglade! He's the one who has been taking them all for his weird frog farm that he keeps in his basement! Just ask Thancred, he was the one who was snooping around looking for some sweet frogs to lick when he followed the culprit!

2. Did you hear about Derek and Rowan? He knocked her up!

3. Elliot/Eliot is super dead. I heard that it was sudden-onset pneumonia. His funeral will be held in Fayren on Sunday. Bring sunflowers, they were his favorite.

NOTE: THIS IS NOT A VISIBLE POST TO CHARACTERS. IT IS JUST WHAT THEY MAY HEAR GOING AROUND AS CHATTER AROUND THE CITIES.

[You know the song 99 bottles of beer on the wall? Well, they seem to all have been drunk and the empties rearranged into a table top bowling alley in the Fairy Haven. Because that's safe. Smoker looks miserable, but it's Smoker, who would know?] I haven't been this wasted since my academy days. Not because I drank this much then, I got it into my head to try making my own cigars. Big mistake.

[Meanwhile, Aizawa tries to roll an empty bottle from one end of the table to the other where the bottles stood like bowling pins. It doesn't even make it half way through, instead it rolls off one side of the table. He bursts out laughing when Smoker talked. Aizawa looked so cheeky and grinned.]
You forgot to light it first, dumbass.
[He was gone.]

No, but what I wound up smoking wasn't tobacco. Not sure what it was... Probably don't want to know.

[Aizawa:] ... that was my scarf. You smoked metal alloy... how?

[Smoker doesn't seem perturbed.] Oops.
Moku moku no mi. My world equivalent of your world's quirks. Don't worry, it's right here! [Tickles Aizawa with smoke tentacles shaped like a scarf. Yes.]

[Aizawa? Ticklish? No way he is... oh no, he's laughing obnoxiously. Mic would kill for this. He falls off the screen still laughing. Oh hey, there's a sound of a crash]
Why-- [He's still laughing.]I can't-- PFF dammit stop that!

[Which then crashes the video and turns it off. OTA action at Fairy Haven and video responses might be from either when they figure it out.]

[Starting from from the 18th of August, Leanne has rarely gone home, usually she been spending the day working and then the majority of the night at the After Life, drinking. It was surprising how easy it was to regress to old habits before being reunited with her mate. Tonight was one of those nights were she spent, drinking away.

Leanne sighs as she finishes a shot and sets it down with a loud thud, idly tapping on the counter to order another shot. She realizing that her communicator was on, she goes to look towards it.]

Does anyone know just how to go home? Even for a little bit?

[The other shot was delivered and she goes to down it, shuddering a little.]

I am worried about my people and being away from them for so long. Plus, around this time is important to us and I miss it....

[Another tap on the counter to order yet another shot before she reaches over to turn off the communicator.]

[ Nothing has been the same since she returned. No matter how many dinner parties and picnics, no matter how much she tries to distract herself with hobbies and trying something new, it all leads to the same thing. Ayame finds herself feeling restless, lonely, and frustrated. All of a sudden she stops contacting her friends. She goes to work and gets things done without talking to people. She goes for walks while also purposely avoiding people she knows, only watching them from afar with people they've grown close to in this world like Sonico and Mobius, or people being reunited with friends from their homeworlds. This loneliness only gets worse when it's quiet and Ayame is left alone with her thoughts. She's been back for months; and the time has come when her frustrations grow to a point where her her facade of a kind and composed woman is beginning to crack... ]

A.) Genessia City - Memoria Park

[ Ayame had been visiting Memoria Park every day since she returned without fail, always stopping by the wall with the name Yuyuko Saigyouji on it. She always shows up to eat breakfast there, reading the newspaper, or just to use the name as a venting post for her anecdotes and frustrations. Lying down on a next to the wall with Yuyuko's name on it, and still clad in her combat outfit with a sword on her side, she'll likely be needed to get waken up. If not, she'll just do it herself. A jolt causes a gasp to leave her lips and pry her eyes open, looking around with watery eyes in confusion and groaning. Her hand flies to her head to nurse her headache, but also to shield her eyes from that bright sunlight from above. Muttering to herself, she struggles to look for her sunglasses that she swears is just on the ground. She mutters to herself as she finds it difficult to get up ]

Ah, damn it. Sunglasses. Ugh... Where did I put those?

[ It's on her head ]

B.) Genessia City - Burgatory

[ Burgatory is a rather new burger shop, known for opening up early and serving gourmet burgers even during breakfast hours. She was supposed to go to Cake Town to bake with Orihime, but from the looks of it she's still wearing her combat outfit from yesterday, not even bothering to come home after her shift as a Deputy Guardian. As the sun rises, Ayame can be found on the roof of Burgatory, sitting at home on top of the large B sign with some hamburgers and a bottle of bourbon beside her. Her eyes are shielded with some cheap sunglasses, with her messy bun hairstyle even messier than it should be. Her stunt causes a little commotion on the parking area. Curious people gather to watch this hungover woman continue to ignore the staff that start pleading for her to come down.

"Miss? Please, can you get down from there?" the young staff member asks, tired and pretty much done with Genessia's shenanigans. He doesn't get paid enough for this shit. ]

C.) Fayren - Marketplace

[ Clad in modern clothes in the form of a track jacket, running pants, and sneakers; Ayame stands out from the local crowd in Fayren's streets. But it was mostly because they see Ayame on a moped. Down the narrow market streets, they saw her rolling and they were hating. Currently parked outside an apothecary where the locals observe it in curiosity. Ayame feels sick as she steps out of the store, coughing and placing a hand on a wall for support while she gets her bearings with deep breathes, Ayame slowly walks to the moped, leaning against it as she takes the herbal remedy from the store and wash it down with some water. She's getting a lot of curious looks, so she looks at them in return until she notices someone with a soul/pendant, raising her water bottle at them in greeting ]

I hope I'm not ruining the rustic scenery.