[ It's a very, very short message. But the person appearing in the video looks panicked, and his voice is basically a stuttering mess. He's... ]

U-Um... if... if anyone sees a girl with pink hair in twin-tails... [ Swallows. ] Tell me right away, okay? Please.

[ For their sakes. Because the only person who's going to take waking up in the very, very distant future worse than him is her. ]

I'm, uh... I'm Yukiteru.

[ He opens his mouth like he's going to talk again, but instead, just awkwardly fumbles with the controls of the device, ending the feed. ]

[In the background, there are various items collected and some of those items have been fabricated into other things and one of them looks like a mini cannon that is also a working model along with a working model of a soil remediation machine that's about the size of a table. There's a computer monitor with a schematic of a sound redirection device and a sonic generator used primarily for defense.

The massive vortex cannon is still in view but is now outside of the workshop. There's some gas tanks, a glass fish tank with a few plants growing inside of it from seeds he collected in New Mexico and small animal inside of another that he managed to find. It's not a pet. There's also an evaporator and a distiller as the camera moves around.

In the three months he's been here and keeping off the network save for a few occasional responses, Lee has been really busy.]

Pardon my intrusion. I have a few things to address.

[He moves to stand out of the view of the devices he's managed to create and stands in front of the door instead. Since the location is not revealed, everything just seems pretty cut and dry as just another place.]

First of all, I would like to say welcome to our new arrivals. I know that it has to be a hard transition for most of you. I assure you, there are some of us that are working hard to correct our current situation. With that said, I hope that you can find some way of getting along with your roommates.

( Encrypted to Team Revolution )

... Well. This Initiative is certainly going out of their way to make me comfortable. I suppose it's some compensation for their impromptu kidnapping.

[ As that is said, the feed opens up to a young woman with sharp, gold eyes, and features that would seem exotic for the "norm" (even for her world, probably) addressing the feed as it sits by her side. Despite her words, said in an almost intrigued tone, she looks nonplussed about the situation. ]

Hm. From one war to another war without the usual war time rules- [ Time and space travel was something thought of in stories, okay? Okay. ] -that's set in a dystopian future.

An interesting change of scenery. [ Not really. ] Who else thinks so?

[Today Nepeta is...kinda looking like she's been run over by a steamroller. Guess who found out that so called elixir was hardly that, the hard way? Yea, this girl. But regardless she is putting on a brave face and smiling, albeit somewhat wanely]

So I have heard that there is a guest run clinic here, or something of the sort. I'd like to volunteer there. I've had some medical training on a military base for the past two years, along with some in...healing. Unfurtunately like the last time I was here I've been having some trouble tapping into it, so if there is anyone out there who could help me in that I'd really appurrciate it.

[A pause and she's reaching over to turn off the communicator before she pauses. The last bit is mumbled]

And if anyone knows anything good fur a hangover that'd be nice too...

[ With Rika being reluctant, the transmission is silent at first. She has to remind herself that there are others like her that have a dead end fate. It's not like home, not like when her own parents refused to take her words seriously.

When she speaks up, her tiny voice is carried across the feed. She sounds sullen and tired. ]

After this war is won, if everyone is returned to their respective worlds, what will happen to those who don't have a future back home? If we were a corpse in the ground, is that what we'd return to being? [ In Rika's case, there aren't many futures left for her. She believes she might as well be dead already. ]

Or is that a question that has yet to be answered with complete certainty? I'm sorry if it has been asked before, but I would like to know.

...If there's a small chance, even a one percent chance that I can reunite with the people most precious to me in this world, then... I think I would prefer to stay here and wait for them.

[ It hasn't happened for her yet, but there's still a little bit of hope in her. And, she's beginning to feel awkward about bringing this sort of subject up. ] ...I'm sorry again if I've said anything strange.

[Axel greets the feed with a look that teeters somewhere between abashed and indignant.]

Usually when someone gets sent back in time it's with the added perk of retaining everything they'd learned up til that point. I hope I'm not the only one who's really glad they grew out of who they were ten years ago. [He grins then and spins a frisbee around one finger.] At least I got to keep a souvenir this time, though~

By the way, anybody who shared their food with me when I was so rudely told that my currency from home was no good here, you have my sincere appreciation. [And surprisingly, he means it. Even the sincerity part!]

( Private to Roxas )