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]

( [Voiced // Private to Guy // 50% Hackable to anyone else // Hack this for great justice] )

[And then grunt. He flicks things again and it cuts off before the next part comes on like fifteen minutes later:]

[Voiced // Public]

Oi! Luceti! The SOS-Brigade will officially be holding a Miss and "Miss" Luceti contest! All girls are free to enter as chicks and all guys are free to enter as trannies! Everyone sign up and everyone sign up your friends too! [Yes that is an order and he intends this] Sign-ups are officially outside of House #10 and we'll be holding it tomorrow afternoon outside the SOS-Brigade HQ! Everyone sign up!

[Action]

[And then, true to his word, Haruki is outside his house at a make-shift desk thing labeled "SIGN UP HERE." Curiously, he is still on the tail-end of a few dares. Most notably, he is now in a maid costume: but this one fits him well. It's the one Shiki made for him for the play. He's there waiting for people to sign up. Also feel free to take the sign as a written command]

[Written]

[Haruki is writing this with red ink. He got the idea from Tear, but it was mostly for kicks. And because red is a nice manly color and he's in high spirits] That was awesome! I mean come on, a giant alien squid?! It was even named C'Thun, I heard him say it to someone! C-freaking-Thun! How awesome is that, I mean really?! I bet everyone interacted with the thing, right?! Tell me stories guys, did you see anything? That was pretty much the coolest thing ever.

Jessie, did you see it?!

[A pause, complete with him tapping his pen on the paper, making some red dots on there. And then there's a squiggle before he continues with:]

Alright, SOS-Brigade, head-count time! I want to know who's out and about and everything. You better all still be here, you better I'll be expecting all of the following to reply, and I'll be marking you off when you do!

• Bunny
• Arthur
• Tai
• McKura
• Al
• Hanyuu
• Uriko
• Excel
• Mai
• Kyonko

Oh, and Yuzuriha. If you still want in, next meeting is tomorrow at noon. Hear that Brigaders?! Tomorrow at noon, you better all show up unless you got a good excuse. Bunny's going to be bringing calamari as a penalty! So expect some good food too! We'll be making plans for what to do from here, like handling that play then too.

[Filtered to Guy // Unhackable]

...Oi, I'm coming back to your bar. Be there.

[Action]

[Haruki is sitting on the far outskirts of town, probably alone. He is trembling, though it is hard to tell if there is more fear or rage in his shaking.

On the far outskirts of the village in the grassy part which is near the forest, for the last few days with help from Taichi and Excellen Haruki has made a huge symbol with chalk and one of those baseball line machines as a message for aliens outside of Luceti. He... knows logically it shouldn't work, but at this point he is so, so hopeful that it will that he can't take it. Because while the first murder was interesting and mysterious, five more and...]

[Voiced]

[His voice, it sounds so broken] SOS-Brigade. Follow that Sigmund guy's lead. Get down to the tunnels. That's an order.

[...As for him, he's going to keep sitting here, wishing, praying for an alien or a hero or something to save them from this]

People of Luceti! You all like that barbecue, right?! Remember that it was put on by the glorious SOS-Brigade! Don't you forget it! If any of you have experienced strange happens, are experiencing strange happenings, or plan to experience strange happenings in the new future, drop by our office, due to open tomorrow in the center of town!

Also if anyone is interested in joining, pipe up now! Our current members include myself, the leader, god_is_a_dude!

We also have totallynot, prosaical, moon_bunnies, sandwichofdoubt, goggle_syndrome, 2ndunitcaptain, sing_thrush, kenpo_kitty, and last but not least, alchemielemon! However, we are always looking for more minions!

[Filtered to the SOS-Brigade + Hanyuu]

Hey guys! Excellent work on the bonfire, I think that might've just aced our festival back in the fall! We got a smile on everyone's faces and we got to see some really interesting stuff! However, we can't drop the ball now!

I've revised the plays a bit more now, and it's still on! I'll be giving you a revised script in due time but more importantly, it's time for us to set up a new official headquarters! There's a building in the town square that no one's using and we're going to claim that one! We're going to get that done by the end of the day and then...

Well we all deserve our own private party, right?! Failure to report will result in a penalty!

...Also Hanyuu. Wanna join us as an official member?

[Voiced]
Oi, McKura! Hanyuu too, 'cus I think you're back sorry I haven't visited, busy... You're gunna help me out on a project of mine, got it?! And no complaints! Good! I'll get your plot overviews to you today!

...Anyone seen Leon around? I know he hides a lot but jeez now he's gone missing or something when I told him we were gunna hang out. He's got two days to be seen and/or respond to this before I bust down his door. Alright?

Oh and if anyone sees a girl named "Haruhi Suzumiya" she's some slider whose taken my form but made it female; ignore her. But don't hurt her or anything; jeez.

( [For Uriko, Usagi, Alphonse, Ahiru, Taichi, Excellen, Zell, Kyonko, Shinpachi and Hanyuu] )

[...Please forgive me, because my knowledge of A Journey To the West, despite actually owning (translated) versions of the novel/poem thing itself at my house is superficial at best and in order to put on a play he's putting on an incredibly abridged version. Please note I'm also using the Japanese readings of the names as opposed to the Chinese versions because #1 they look more sensible to all of us and #2 to make a bad Saiyuki-based joke. This is the same reason Kougaiji is even included in this. Gyumoah too. So yeah, my apologies to anyone who is actually familiar with the original work as a disclaimer. This thing won't be much like it at all, lol. Much like Saiyuki it'll have a superficial resemblance as well as namejacking

Lol long OOC comment.]

[Voiced]
...Hey, anyone seen Hanyuu? She up'n never got over to my place. Geezer, check the closets at your place. And Granny's missing too... Shitshitshit AND EVERYONE BETTER STILL BE LOOKING FOR RIKA, RIGHT? Small, blue-ish hair, female. She's Hanyuu's cousin and there's no way we're gunna let her up'n vanish.

...Right. And if any of you see a slightly boring looking girl with a long pigtail, she's mine, got it? That goes double for you, Phones. And this Tamaki guy.

( [For Uriko, Usagi, Alphonse, Ahiru, Taichi, Excellen, Zell, Kyonko, and Leon] )

[Accidentally Voiced]

[There's the sound of some scribbling (he's doing some make-up homework) before a loud groan and then--]

I'm so bored. Damn aliens, damn school. This place sucks...

I'm, so bored...

Oi! Anyone who can decode these file-things everyone is talking about, step forward. I need someone to decode my, Haruki Suzumiya's, file. And Leon if you can do it you better do it.

[And then he goes to sulk around the house and/or force Kyonko to make him a sandwich]

[Edit; Filtered to Musette]

I still haven't found her, and that guy didn't know she was even missing.

Oi, everyone!

As my minion just made clear, the SOS-Brigade will soon be giving you a Fall festival, but what good's a party if you don't all participate?! We might be bringing you the best time you'll ever have in Luceti, but even the divinely inspired SOS-Brigade can't make things fun for people who just want to be grouches and brood and generally be boring and stuff.

THAT SAID-- We need more people cooking stuff. I mean right now we got everyone counting on Kotori and Granny, but that's just lame. So any of you with culinary skill or just wanting to bring in some food, you better do that! I expect only the best!

I also expect you to be leading the dance afterwards, Ahiru.

Oh, and thanks a lot to the skeleton guy. Bastard... thinks he can steal our thunder... we'll show him! This festival will be ten times better than that Halloween bash! Oi, Bunny's boyfriend, Leo-Kitty! You guys helped me set up some light earlier, but we got some more to set up. And Leo-kitty, did you do anything about finding fireworks yet?

...Oh, that reminds me. School. It's so boring, I can't believe someone wants us to go to school here... Why on earth was that test so damn easy?

Oh, and Uriko, Excel, report in! I've got something special for you two.

[...For the record, the test wasn't easy at all; Haruki just happens to be reall intelligent even if he doesn't always seem it. If any of your characters took the test and thought it was easy or hard or whatever, feel free to respond to this.

Also, you did not just see that tagfail.]

Alright, SOS-Brigade, it's time for a role call! Please respond on a timely basis or expect a penalty!

( For the SOS-Brigade )

...That reminds me. Geezer! Senel! Whatever your name is... rematch? Or at least a spar, I'll show you my improvement!

...On that note, can anyone here heal up a busted left hand?

EDIT: All all Brigaders, please welcome our newest recruit, Uriko!

Okay Brigaders, we're moving out to the lake today! Failure to report as ordered will result in a penalty! So Osaka, Excel, Leo-Kitty (assuming you're not dead or something), Ahiru, Killua, Rena, Bunny, and Naoya, you're all expected to come!

Rue, you're less expected, but if you know what's good for you, you'll show up too.

Bunny, bring the robot-arm with you. If you need help lugging it, then call out Killua 'cus he's probably strong.

Ahiru, did you talk to your boyfriend about it yet?

Excel, bring all the snacks and stuff.

Oh and Naoya! You are expected to show despite being a new member! This is your chance to meet the rest of the Brigade, so failure to come will result in a harsh penalty!

Are your order understood?! Good. Then let's get moving!

...Oh, right. Has anyone seen a red-headed assassin with a girl's name and an eyepatch? I've not seen him the last few days...

[ OOC: Okay guyz, it's finally time for the lake retreat. I personally think some log or action thread with various interactions at it might be fun, but if you're busy or whatever we could assume it too? Basically, Haruki's forcing everyone in the Brigade to show up for some combination of a swimming and camping trip, but towards the end of it he's going to have everyone go hunt Yuffie. So uh, thoughts?

Oh, and my OOC apologies to Noaya's player. After talking with him, Haruki officially considered Noaya to be 'his' Feel free to ICly protest or whatever. ]

[Unintentional voice]

[There's a loud explosion here, followed by the sound of some fumbling, which is why causes the journal to come out in the first place -- so it doesn't pick up most of the explosion. anyway, as there's a cheeking sound like a ladder swaying Haruki yells--] SON OF A---

[And then the sound of a ladder falling... on top of a sixteen year old boy. And him landing with a thud. He curses a bit after that and then shuts off the voice recording when he picks ups his journal... which fell out of his pocket in the fall]

[Also, anyone passing by house ten can bare witness to this scene. Or the aftermath]

[Voiced]
[There's still slight slurring in his voice, but you can make out what he's saying]

Oh, this is awesome! Green hair is a little mundane, but it certainly livens up the mood really fast! And seeing that geezer [That's you, Senel. ...Lol] with green hair is just classic! Oi, SOS-Brigade, I think we need to step up and make our own Luceti-wide prank in future!

Speaking of which...ATTENTION REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE SOS-BRIGADE! Our numbers have been thinned a lot recently, and the only new recruit we have at the moment is Osaka. Other than that, I've lost two maids, a cat-boy, and all sorts of other things! Well, now that your glorious leader has finally recovered I think it's about time for that lake retreat. Be ready to move out in two days, complete with tents and food, and I'll even forgive those of you that failed to get me anything while I was in the clinic! Do I make myself clear?!

Ahiru, that means that you should clear things up with your boyfriend now

That said, We should also get together a baseball team. Don't you think that would be awesome?! But we'll need more people for baseball, so...

ATTENTION NON-EMO-DEMON MEMBERS OF LUCETI!! THIS IS HARUKI SUZUMIYA, THE ULTRA-DIRECTOR OF THE SOS-BRIGADE WITH AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! The divinely-inspired SOS-Brigade is once more recruiting members for its ranks! We seek to ensure that all people here lead interesting and fun lives, and seek out the strangest of the strange things to be found in Luceti! You know... things which don't have to do with the damn aliens.

Oh, that reminds me! Do there happen to by any telepaths laying around that I could talk to?

...Hey, Kyonko. How's your idiot friend?

[Action Post]
[Haruki is sitting on a bench not all that far from his house with the iconed expression on his face... bar for the fact that much of his head is still covered in bandages and he's leaning on his left hand rather than his right given that his right is still broken]

God... I'm so bored...

[Haruki's not officially out of the clinic and back at House #10 now. Thanks to Usagi's help, he can speak again, and he took the liberty of taking back to the house whatever Kyonko or the others might've taken to the clinic with him too. His right hand is still busted, obviously, as there are still bandages on his head, but his eyes are alight and he can walk properly again. Please note that (most likely due to minor brain damage) his voice is still a little slurred even here]

[Voiced]

Attention members of the SOS-Brigade!! I have returned back to our home base following my unfortunate abduction by our local aliens and my recovery from their actions! As such, this is your last chance to give me a suitable recovery gift, seeing as how my right hand is still busted up a bit. Failure to bring me a gift now will result in a penalty, so don't you dare forget it!

And geez, Yuki's gone... that's unfortunate. Alright! Listen up guys/girls/people/whatever of Luceti! The SOS-Brigade is recruiting again in light of recent developments! This could be your chance to join the glorious and divinely empowered club which is only growing more mighty by the day! Report to me here now, and later at House #10!

And for the rest of you, I expect some full reports! Ahiru, your boyfriend back yet? Excel, you still got everything except for the food set for the retreat? Ritsu-Kitty, you still alive?

Same for you, Leo-Kitty!