So, I just got some unexpected vacation time. Want to head to the beach?

We did it. It took a fight in a KFK, brainrape of me and Ben, and a scolding by Verdandi, but we managed to get Wisemon's help.

Also? I'm going on vacation.

Well, Ichigo, looks like I won. Got anything in mind for our date?

[Soon after this]

Kira, Kelsey, Gwen? I think Coronamon needs to learn just how many hits a human kid can take and just why you don't practice fighting in a hot spring!

A little weird, but not too bad.

...Hey, I think I can use Digisoul now!

Hey, it's been a while since I last took up a student, so want to start training with me? Since you said you're having trouble with your left hand, we can really work on it with staff exercises. And also some hand-to-hand, swordfighting--everything.

[after this]

Hey, Kira? Remember when I had that massive freakout back in April about my homeworld? I think we're going to need to do the same thing for little Gwen that you guys did for me, only without the pirate quest. Got any ideas where we can kidnap her to?

Merry Christmas, everyone!

( Cut for length )

I wasn't sure who I was supposed to bring this to, but I figured with you in charge of the new investigation unit, it would make more sense giving it to you. I took a lot of notes during the Sins virus and I figured maybe something would be any help to DATS.

//Attached: Notes on Pride, Lust, Sloth, and Wrath viruses

You might want a good psychologist to look at them. I tried looking up everything with psychology--especially with that "self-serving bias"--but I think a professional would do a better job with it than I did.

(OOC: Aka the mun completely forgot about this for a while and didn't want to be mean to the recappers and backdate. Oops)

Before I got here, I didn't have anything you could even call a family. I had parents and a sister somewhere, but I can't call them "family" if I never knew them. And of course, the Huntsclan was hardly a family either.

I've gotten used to it here. I think I've started taking it for granted that people--whether blood-related or not--will stick together and let absolutely nothing stand in their way. And there are a lot of examples here of those kinds of families.

But there's also the...well, the broken ones. Siblings on different sides of the war, people who run away, families torn apart by misunderstandings and other conflicts... I'm really not sure what I'm supposed to make of it. And where does mine fall?

...I'm going to need a psychology degree to figure all this out.

Or at least a very large coffee and some all-nighters at the library.

Way to run a complex there.

I was thinking--since this virus is acting like a safer, low level version of the Demon Seals, I want to take advantage of it to see what the effects are on everyone's minds. It probably won't help figure out a way to break the Seals, but it might help with treatment. I'll pass along any notes I have.

Wizardmon, Sorcermon? Things are getting a little tight in my room, so do you mind if I call some friends to help me put in a little more closet space? It might get a little noisy, but Caleb and his friends work cheap and fast.

I'm sorry. I really thought it was going to work, but... When I tried to check for Kou's dream door, it was locked. It's like his mind was completely closed off to me. I don't know if that's normal, but...

I'm sorry.

Hey, sis. I know, I never call and never write. Been busy since moving to Tetha, then getting a Tamer, you know?

You wouldn't know where I can find V-Mode Fashions around here and if sis is willing to give a discount? I think Rose needs some better fighting clothes. The DATS uniform holds up great, but not every battle we're in is a DATS one. And stuff like the Kuratageddon is taking a toll on her outfits.

Well, since she's not doing anything about it, I will. Don't know if having a date is mandatory or not, but for Rose, it definitely is. She hasn't had a date since before she got here, and it's not like she's likely to get back to a boyfriend anyway. So somebody please save her?

...Any takers?

I knew it was a longshot, but I decided to try tracing Doom's D-comm and 'Reader, even if looking for some kind of trap. Didn't find anything, but I did get something weird about Caleb. His last post seemed a little...staticky. All text, no voice, and something a little odd about it--almost like something interfered with it before. Checked Ben Tennyson's 'Comm too, and there was another staticky message in a Dragon-locked post. And even he said there were a couple things that seemed a little out of character for Caleb to say. I'd trust him to know since he's Caleb's student.

I can't prove anything, but I figured you should know. Told Ben to do the same thing around Caleb that he and the others are doing around Belldandy--don't respond, but take notes. I told him not to say anything to Team W.I.T.C.H. until we're absolutely sure there's something up, but I want at least one person there keeping things quiet just in case.

Um, does anyone know exactly who is running the shop right now? Some of the deliveries I've made wanted me to bring something back for whoever's running the shop, and since I don't know who's supposed to see what, I've been leaving them on the counter for everyone to sort out

Okay, not sure how many people are actually checking this, but we could use some backup. I'm at Witchmon's shop, and there's a ton of Gizmon out there--way too many for me to handle alone. Help?

Too much shit's going on right now. I'm going on a training run tomorrow in the Graveyard if anyone wants to join in.

[during Gourry vs. Vergil]

Just WHAT is going on outside?! The new guy and some other guy are fighting, and they are too damn close! If this place gets blown up, I'm going to kill them.

...Kelsey just made me hand over our notes with our experiments fighting Demon Seals with magic. Something about networking.

She just had to pick NOW to be mature.

I knew it. I knew the Demon Kings had to be compromising DATS somehow. I just didn't expect it to be this high up in command. Jack, everybody? I think we need to collect more notes on this. I'm not sure if we should expand into the Squad or if we should get Kou in on this--God knows he's got enough to deal with with Ryo Sealed... We need more info than we have.

( Notes [private, unhackable] )

Thank you guys so much for the birthday party! It really meant a lot, thanks so much!

Whew, keeping Rose's party a secret from her is tougher with this virus going around than I thought. So just a quick headcount, who's coming to the party and if you're bringing something, what is it? I want to be sure before we all wind up bringing the same stuff.

( Lyrics )

[locked to Molly]
Hope things get a little better. Alternate timelines may be weird, but... I guess sometimes, we can learn from them. After all, look at the brains Raine's broken with her timeline.

[locked to Aveline]
Things will get better. Ryo even posted today, so that's something at least.

[locked to Azula]
Don't let yourself think that things are going to fall apart. Keep doing that, and they will, speaking from experience.

(OOC: ...It is really hard thinking up a song for this girl, I swear. But I wanted to get my three Disney characters singing, so... Yeah. Josh Groban was the best I could come up with)

Hey, Molly, Mack, everyone? How are you doing? I heard you guys were moving into the Silver Dragon. Everything going okay?

Okay, so the whole fight at Royal Base was tough, but I have to admit it was pretty fun having the whole Squad there, plus the Rangers and Sarge.

So, now that all of that's over, I've got something really important we need to figure out. I managed to peek at Rose's records since the whole thing with Molly and Ryo and Kou and everybody got me curious, and there are huge holes in her information 'cause the Huntsclan took all that stuff away from her. So anyone feel like giving her a birthday party on the beach? June 8, maybe, so we have enough time to plan this out? I figure she could use a party, and it'd be something she never had before.

I've been practicing with the Berserk Sword myself, and it's pretty unwieldy--and if I'm finding something hard to fight with, it's generally not a good thing. For the most part, I'm letting V-mon use the swords and I'm using my staff. I figured you might want something to help too.

//Pidmon's staff

Don't even think about asking how much it costs or anything. I figured you'd need one anyway, since staff-fighting is my specialty to begin with.