a hawk in training;

Anyone have any leather or other tough and durable material? I need something other than fabric.

Did I end up having a really good dream or was Kakashi actually here?

There's something the residents here should know, especially if you weren't here last year.

Last year, Adstringéndum experienced a two-and-a-half-month period of blizzards, and waist-high, if not more, snow levels. Naturally, it would make gathering supplies and doing other mundane tasks extremely difficult, if not outright dangerous.

People had made proper preparations. However, all winter shops and winter wear outright disappeared during this time. Everyone was missing some article of clothing from their wardrobe, leaving the residents with nothing but light autumn wear and summer clothing.

While it's doubtful the Animus or whoever did it will do it again this year, it would be best to prepare as if it were alongside with regular winter preparations. Find residence if you don't have one. Request help with repairs even if you're going to stay there temporarily. Hawke's offered to help with that here.

........

On a completely different note, anyone have suggestions for Halloween?

[The following is added a few minutes later.]

Additionally, there are those within Adstringéndum that have the ability to manipulate the elements. Fire, ice, lightning, etc. If you need help during the winter to clear snow or whatever to make conditions more bearable, keep in mind you can call on these people too.

Y'know, when someone asks if you're still alive, you generally pipe up if you're breathing.

The joke's not funny, guys.

[When the feed starts again, Sasuke's sitting up in bed, shaking just a little. It looks like, during his late evening nap, he became another one of Rhode's victims. Vicious thing, that nightmare. There's nothing worse, in Sasuke's mind, than Itachi taking away his happiness for a second time.

And that's exactly what he had seen: Uchiha Itachi brutally murdering Alphonse Elric, Zuko, his teammates, and his boyfriend--Hitsugaya Toushirou.

Toushirou.

That thought snapped him out of his daze and he immediately began to frantically look around.]

Toushirou?! Toushirou!

[Not here. Sasuke scrambles out of bed - a little clumsily thanks to the giant wings he's got this week - and starts his search through the rest of the house. He he leaves the room the feed times out.]

[When the feed starts, nothing can really be seen. It's dark out, time stamp stating 2:30 am. Someone couldn't sleep, it looks like.

After a couple of minutes, the PCD adjusts to the lack of lighting, and one can barely make out the illumination of Sasuke's feet with the sound of soft rain in the background. He sees the glow and picks it up, the dead grass beneath him rustling at the movement. As he moved the PCD, there's a quick flash - albeit it dimly lit thanks to the device - of a tombstone. There's one character that can be seen during this: う.

When the PCD turns over and shows Sasuke's face, it's completely blank, void of all emotion right before he turns it off.

It's that time of year again.]