Uh...hello?

[ The girl on-screen has pink hair and bright green eyes. Behind her, the empty street stretches up and down, lined with broken buildings.

She knows there are others; she’s seen their videos, text messages, and audio recordings appear randomly in the inbox on the device since her arrival. And after a few hours of playing around with the buttons and options, she thinks she’s found the right one.

She props the device on her knee so that she can look down into without shaking. Too much. ]

My name is Haruno Sakura. I’m a shinobi of the Leaf Village.

[ She looks around, unsure for a moment, before taking a slow breath then continuing. ]

I’m not sure where I am. I’m trying to contact the Commander General of the Joint Shinobi Army.

[ A pause. Another unsure glance at her surroundings. ]

Please respond. Gaara? Naruto? Kakashi-sensei? Tsunade-shishou, are you out there?

[ With a frustrated frown, she presses a button on the device and the video ends. ]

((ooc: followed by Naruto to the rescue!))

[Lavi clicks on the feed looking tired, he gives it a long look then flicks it onto voice instead. He doesn't want to deal with looking so haggard.]

The Armory is back into its previous state, sort of turned the room next to mine into a mini-armory itself with what I brought back.

Grabbed enough guns for each of the rooms here, ammo and cleaning/repair kits, guides on how to clean or repair them too. There were also rations, they're probably not going to be the tastiest thing but there's a whole corner full in that room now in case we get a shortage on food.

If you want a gun I don't mind handing them out, I won't say I'm a good shot with them but... Tyki - the Exorcist one, if you remember him - taught me how to use them better than I did before. I also didn't take every gun so if you wanna go yourselves head out in a south-eastern direction.

Going to take a look around the city later on, see what else there is restored before midnight. [He'll be grabbing a lot of blueprints and the history records as well when he finds them.]

[Private to Kanda]

I found one of Allen's plans written down somewhere. He wanted to turn the fifth floor into a kitchen, think that's something you wanna help me with?

[Private to any reliable fighter]

I'm sure you all heard the announcement about Okumura getting captured. Any ideas on how to bust him out without them knowing? A tunnel maybe? It'd have to go under the river...

[EDIT]

General Cross is working on getting Okumura out legally, turns out they've got some kind of magical barrier up too.

[There's the thud as a bag hits the wooden floor in one of the rooms and the squeak of springs as something heavy drops onto that as well. A loud and tired sigh that sounds a bit distant then a minute (and I do mean 60 seconds) of silence.]

...Does anyone else hear the creepy heartbeat that...isn't your own? I know it's not mine. Mine's too fast for this one right now.

[Private to Black Order] [Alma included.]

I didn't find anything up north except towns like Nesreca. Not anything really worth taking from them either. Though about twenty miles out I found more bears and some deer.

[Hello Nesreca, say hello to your newest arrival who's sort of already been here before. Confusing? Yeah, she's confused too.]

[But she's taking it in stride, having already been informed of the way this place works and sorely hoping she's made it back to the same time and place. Because otherwise, she's going to be very annoyed at being dragged back and forth like this.]

Hey! Is anyone else out there?

[As an afterthought but not really she thinks to ask for someone by name.]

Kiriko? Are you still here?

Oi. Stop coming over here so much! They know you're all showing up more and more. Just because there's less of us doesn't give you free reign to come and go over here as you please!

From now on? You have to check with me first. At least I can hide your sorry asses if needed.

[The feed is clicking on, Raven's on top of the apartment building, in the dark and snow. It's hard to tell, considering her cloak--but she's bundled up beneath it in scavenged clothes.]

I'm probably going to try and make a small supply run to Credinta. I can get in and out and not be seen fairly easily, and once I learn the language, it'll be easier to navigate--but I manage. I'm posting to ask if there's anything I can reasonably bring back for people? I need some stuff myself, so space is limited, but I'm willing to try, or make multiple runs.

[The feed starts with Kiriko sitting in his room, no longer nearly as cheerful or upbeat - or even angry - as usual. His eyes are blank with boredom. A bit stir-crazy, when he speaks there's something "off" about his tone of voice. In his monotone drawl, there's a sort of unhinged frustration.]

The apartments are so quiet, lately. The network, too... Everyone's disappearing, or leaving Nesreca...

Who's still here?!

[He idly pokes at the strings of a nearby guitar he managed to salvage, and when it fails to entertain him, he sighs and slumps on his chair.]

Maybe she's getting bored with us. Maybe we won't be here for much longer, either...

Or... maybe worse...

[He goes to reach for something in his breast pocket, but his fingers come out empty.]

God damn it... Hey... does anyone have any cigarettes? I'm out. I'll pay if I have to...

I know we've...had a few people leave since I last mentioned anything about this but I figured I should mention it again.

If anyone wants to take lessons in Russian just let me know, it'll cover reading, writing, and speaking the language. Lessons are every other day for each group and start a little after noon, going for about an hour or two. And yeah, there's homework but it's not all that hard and there are two groups.

However, lessons will be cancelled for a bit next week. I've got an expedition to do.

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Class One
Alma Karma
Kiriko "Doc"

Class Two
Okumura Yukio
Sasuke