[Voice]

[SO HOUSEMATES (Neku and Shiki, basically) might have noticed there is a new addition to the house. Namely there is a large-ish TV with a DVD player and a speaker or two in the main room. There is also a large-ish collection of Disney DVDs there. This means-]

Oi! Winry! C'mon over to my place today.

[...Hm. Something he's been wondering about lately comes to mind as soon as he finishes with that decidedly leading message which he may or may not get grief for being public. He drums his fingers before pressing with:]

...Y'know, without Rohan printing his manga here - or that paper from a long while back - there hasn't been much in the way of creativity from people in a written format. [He seems to recall someone else said something similar a few weeks ago. ...Oh well] Maybe the Brigade should hold some kinda contest for that... [...HMM.] Or I could- nah. Last time... [He gets a flashback to Senel punching him. This makes him shudder and then give up on that idea]

Well, whatever. Maybe a contest later on.

[Action]

[July 31st. Haruki Suzumiya turns eighteen today. Originally, he hadn't planned to do anything - after all, only a handful of people know: Shiki, probably Neku by extension, Usagi, Leon, probably Al, maybe Uriko if she remembers, some others. Oh and he told Winry. Point is he originally decided he wasn't going to make a big deal about it what with all that's been going on. Not to mention a full third of his Brigade gone.

But well, he could use a pick up. And other people probably need things to focus on, so today he rigged up something at Brigade HQ. As it's Saturday and the status of the Seventh Heaven isn't officially confirmed there's no meeting or lunch today, but outside the HQ is a sign that says-

"CHIEF OF THE SOS-BRIGADE'S EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY. COME IN FOR GIFT DEPOSIT AND WELL-WISHING"

And inside they'll find Haruki sitting in his chair with Sekai on the table next to him and him with his headband tied in the gayest way ever.

Of course this might not be the only way to do this so later in the day, once he's confident the fighting for the day will have ended-]

[Voice]

How're you guys doing out there? Usagi, Leon, Uriko, Vash, all you guys.

( [Written // Private // 70% Unhackable] )

[Voice//Public]

So we're about done with all this murder stuff, right? Jeez, what's the point of this sort of thing if it's not a mystery anyway? Whatever, the point is it's about time this whole business got resolved. [...Sigh. This isn't what he wants to talk about at all. He awkwardly shifts a while-]

This amount of rain is boring too. Didn't we get enough of this sort of thing during the snow in the winter? [Grunt] Whatever, at least we have interior heating and such now it's no longer frigid. [Siiigh and the sound of him standing an taking his journal with him]

It's the start of the new feather cycle, right? Or well, we're getting into it. Alright! For those of you are are intent on living under a rock while you're here, it's about time that you know that I, Haruki Suzumiya, am the overlord of the SOS-Brigade, the greatest club in existence. More details will be sure to come to you in the coming days! Await that with baited breath! [Alright, that's good for now. Excuse him, he's going back to dicking around on his laptop he got from Catherine. The voice cuts off as he starts to work with the keys.]

[Action/Voice]

[Haruki is currently walking around the dining room of House #10. Weird stuff has happened lately, so he's going back to basics. Thing is, he meant to make a voice entry, but stopped before he ever started. As such, the journal records this. He's currently at the make-shift pen thing they have set up for Sekai - his chick - here in the kitchen. He's making sure she's getting fed, so you might hear some chirps here before-]

...This sucks, doesn't it?

[There's a chirp there before he sighs and shrugs This next part is said to the chick and therefore not at the journal, so he might not be that easy to make out everything perfectly] I mean, Tear's up and gotten kidnapped, Shion's MIA, Miu's MIA, Yuzu's... [... He pauses there, and groans] Whatever. That snowboarding thing was pretty fun.... [Well that reminds him-] At least Chikane's taken over the Seventh Heaven. She can cook even if she's a weirdo. I mean who molests someone's win- [...Wait] Dammit. [There's a chirp there! It seems confused, as far as chirps go]

[...Wait. Wait. That just. No. He grunts before looking back at the book and blushing. Hr forgot it was there, briefly, He scrambles get up to the table there and looks at the journal with a taken aback face - his first photo in this entry]

Disregard that! Jeez! [...!! New topic! He brainstorms and!]

So who thinks the Malnosso/Organization have been getting stupidly uninspired lately?! I mean, really, a lot of the more recent experiments have been John's doing or that invasion or other stuff like that. I mean the last experiments where that suggestion thing in later July, that body swap in later September, and the last one before that was all the way back in June, which... [...Which he has a horrible memory during, so he falls silent before sighing. He regains his mojo quickly though]

But still! Hypnosis? Body swap?! What is this, a children's show?! I mean those are so generic and cliche! In the past we got stuff like say people going crazy or... well the point is the Organization are a bunch of ignorant rat-bastards! I mean come on, I could be a better evil overlord than that. I could think of better experiments. Bet all of you could too. [...Actually-]

Like say... like say an experiment where the village disappears! Everyone wakes up naked in a large plot of land and we need to fend for ourselves for a week! It'd be like a survival reality show except not fake! Or maybe an experiment in which half the town becomes telepathic and the other half becomes like [...] Oh, I got! Half the town becomes a telepath so strongly for one other individual they feel everything they do. But they can't eat, so they need to rely on the other person to keep them alive!

Oh like! And experiment in which people's right hand gets replaced with someone else's right hand, and then when you find and get back your own right hand, if you put it back in place you turn into a kappa! Come on, something cool like that!c

And what's more, start talking to us again! I mean you guys just called us rats and I only saw it once, but I know you used to!

C'mon, Organization, throw me a bone here!

[Written]

Oi. This is a meme. Anyone else is free to do it.

1) Pick 42 people you know
2) Next, input the list of them through this to put them in a random order.
3) Number them off from 01 to 42.
4) Then fill out the questions using the people who correspond to different numbers

[ASSUME THAT RIGHT HERE IS A RANDOM NUMBER CHART. You know those old school ones?]

01. Rena
02. Albert
03. Buffy
04. Arche
05. Tai
06. Yuzuriha
07. Kaito
08. Stella
09. Makoto
10. Natalia
11. Shirley
12. Miu
13. Mitsuru
14. Atsuro
15. Istara
16. Hayato
17. Estelle
18. Walter
19. Neku
20. Guy
21. Tifa
22. Tear
23. Rohan
24. Shinpachi
25. Usagi
26. Minato
27. Alphonse
28. Shiki
29. Patchouli
30. Senel
31. Yoohoo
32. Cloud
33. Atoli
34. Elise
35. Uriko
36. Rika
37. Hanyuu
38. Shion
39. Rosalie
40. Emil
41. Winry
42. Arthur

( Not cut ICly )

[...If anyone seriously wants to do this meme with any of their characters I can give you the html for it. I don't imagine anyone does. But still.]

[Voiced]

[This is posted maybe seven minutes, tops, after John's little memo for the village. This is rushed and his voice is a little strained. He made the confirmation with John and this-]

Oi! SOS-Brigade! None of you are permitted to go to the front lines of this battle! Anyone who participates in this battle coming up are going to get harsh penalties! You hear me?! You all better not come back injured [And here his voice gets quite for a moment as he adds:] ...or dead... or I'm going to make sure that you serve me endlessly for the next few months!

We're going to be remaining in the village and helping out any people that retreat from the front lines! Get them water and basic help! Got it?! Oi, Caesar! You're manning defenses, right? Pen us down on that one.

God this sucks...

Oi! Housemates! House meeting! I expect all of you to meet me on the roof! Doesn't matter if it's at once or apart! Rena, if you don't come I'll come to you. Bunny, you going to keep staying here or... what?

[Edited after Raine's thread:] Brigade! We won't have a meeting about this, but I expect you all to live up to your jobs assigned here. Also does anyone know where the hell Excel is?! I haven't seen her at all lately.

[Private to self // Written // 75% Unhackable]

I officially refuse to believe that any of the Brigade will die. I officially refuse to believe any of them will get lasting injuries. I refuse to believe we'll lose. I'm going to have my match with Ellise properly and I'm going to win. I'll all be fine.

ALRIGHT LUCETI! The contest results are in; all the judges votes are counted and the popular vote tallies are in! Thus, we have two winners in each bracket!

( Judge's results )

Oi, SOS-Brigade. What the hell're you doing losing like that? Al! You're going to have a harsh penalty! You too, Shion! Jeez. You were supposed to win this whole thing! I expected better from you people.

As such, the winners of the Judge's scores and therefore the titles of Miss and "Miss" Luceti go to Hayato Gokudera and Stella Coolidge! Congrats! You guys will be getting one free favor each from the SOS-Brigade as well as a box of cupcakes! The runners up (Aerith and Tifa in the Miss bracket; Emil and Faize in the "Miss" bracket) will get a consolation prize: one cupcake each.

Now, as to the popular vote our two winners are unsurprisingly Emil Castagnier and surprisingly Patchouli Knowledge! You guys win the fabulous prize of one date run by and sponsored by the SOS-Brigade!

...Dammit, Tai. That's- Oi. Anyone seen Shiki around?

[For the record Shiki has officially been Sho-napped as of last night. No one should be aware of this yet so you won't have seen her]