[Heath's face appears on the screen, as in the background, some guy falls down the same step he's fallen down for the last few days now.]

So hey, I don't know how many of you come from Earth, but this whole thing is reminding me of this movie my parents made me watch once. You know, it had Bill Murray in it and the day just repeated and repeated. I think it was because the guy was a jerk who hated groundhogs?

Anyway, he totally fixed the timeloop, by doing...something? I kinda dozed off. But if this thing is like that movie, maybe we can break the cycle by doing exactly what that guy did. Whatever that was.

Someone else has seen this movie, right? Back me up here!

[And once again, Heath neither does not says anything useful.]

[ bright and early, splayed on the network feed in somewhat old-timey poster fashion: ]

IMMEDIATE HELP WANTED

with the

Refurbishment and Construction

of

Shelters and Outposts

for purposes including but not limited to

Accommodation, Assembly, Defense, Medical Aid, Technical Support, Supply Reserves, Agriculture

and other prospective services to Transports and other associates.

All forms of assistance and input welcome and encouraged

including but not limited to technical aid, general labor, delivery and supply, security, liaison with third parties, and crew support.

Inquire in this post for further details.

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( video version, within the same post )

(( OOC: APOLOGIES FOR THE SLOWDOWN IN REPLIES I'll get to everyone's as soon as I can ))

[The video feed opens to reveal a very stoic-looking monster. She's standing in front of an igloo with a large snowboard in hand.]

Merry Christmas. I am offering lessons of the snowboarding for interested people. Will be starting tomorrow morning.

One condition. You must not be holding feelings of violence towards yetis. [There are reasons behind this -- mostly because they may be snowboarding on hills that yetis frequent often.]

This holiday is for the giving to less fortunate, yes? Will make igloos for those people who are still being homeless.

[She's very excited to finally partake in the festivities -- can't you tell?]

I don't think I've ever - actually posted anything to the network before. [ a small, amused smile creeps up on her face and wow, belle, really? you've been here almost half a year by this point. ] For those I haven't had the pleasure of meeting, my name is Belle. [ the smile grows wider; she waves at the camera. ]

Actually, I have a question concerning the - um - the monsters in the woods. The yetis? I ran into one on the original scouting mission, but I'm afraid I never actually made contact. Does anybody have any information about them? Maybe some safety precautions if one actually intended to study them? I know there are similar creatures in different worlds, but I don't know if things like temperament are consistent between them all.

[To those who might know that Natsu had gone back, they may be surprised to suddenly see a transmission from him on the network. However there's something clearly wrong since it shows the corridor from a very awkward perspective and the image shakes at very slow intervals.]

Need....to go back....Lucy....Wendy....danger...Tarta..ros

[His voice is ragged, his breathing interrupted by violent coughing and the floor of the corridor gets occasionally splattered with blood that shows whenever the tablet faces in that direction.]

Neeed...to go....ba-

[And then he collapses as there is the sound of something heavy hitting the floor. The feed stays open for a bit longer before cutting off automatically.]

[OOC: So Natsu is back but a little worse for wear. Network replies will likely come after he's taken to the infirmary and he wakes up. However if anyone wants to find him on the floor, Action is still more than welcome.]

Okay, so here's the thing. I am totally not advocating any of this zombie murder going on right now. But you most of you guys are normies and that's just what you people do to monsters. I guess there's not a whole lot we can do about that.

[WHO IS THE REAL MONSTER? IS IT YOU?!!! IS IT?!!!]

Anyway. I can uh...actually speak zombie. Like the actual language. So if any of you guys want to hold up your tablet to one of them so I can catch a few groans and moans and whatever, I can tell you what they want. Maybe we can resolve this peacefully, y'know?

[It's the first time Abbey's making a video for everyone to see! Hey there, moon base, meet a cute blue yeti girl.

She's looking very bored at present, though, and is sitting on her bed with a bath towel in her hands.]

Good evening. I am Abbey. Am new here.

Please to tell when best time for showering is. Water much too hot whenever I go. Was hearing two ghouls in hallway complaining that water being too cold but they are leaving before I am asking what time.

Thank you.

[Yes, because knowing the most popular time for showering is clearly an important issue. But she's seen other people ask to play games and do other casual things through the use of the tablet, and figures it can't hurt to ask.

And yes, lukewarm showers = too hot for Abbey. Eek.]

[ Celestia isn't much up for speaking to any of the people here if she doesn't have to. She's already been forced to deal with roommates, so getting out of her room and finding a place to call her own space has been helpful in the past few days she's been here so far.

Still, she finds herself incredibly bored, now that she's caught up on all the information she needed to properly have an opinion on everything going on in this crazy place.

But Celes moves at her own pace, and her pace has pretty much nothing to do with helping anyone but herself. So: ]

Might anyone be willing to participate in a game of some kind? Chess/shogi/mahjong ... maybe even poker?

[The video feed clicks on to show Heath in his quarters smiling widely at his audience]

Heeeey Exsilumites. Just trying that word out there, I think it works for us. It makes us sound way cooler than 'Transports', don't you think? Transports make us sound like we're, like, smuggled goods or something. Stuffed in some guys suitcase trying to sneak through customs.

[Wait, he had a point to this ramble, didn't he? He clears his throat]

ANYway, I noticed some of you guys have been getting all antsy about the werewolves, so I thought I'd give you some Monster High approved ways of keeping your werewolves happy. Just follow this advice and you shouldn't have to worry about being mauled unless you...you know antagonise them, and if you do that you're pretty much asking to be chewed on.

[He'll hold up a variety of toys to the camera. Squeaky chickens, tennis balls, even a Frisbee]

Now what all werewolves love is to play fetch. They'll chase pretty much anything. If you throw one of these things in the opposite direction you want to go, you can make sure the thing they're chasing isn't you. If you can't get any toys, sticks work too. ...Though I guess you can't get any sticks on the moon, unless there are like moon trees.

Are there moon trees?

[Back to the subject at hand, moon trees aren't important right now]

They also love steaks, so if you guys are heading out collecting stuff to bring back here, you should probably bring steaks. Not stakes. Because that's for a completely different monster and no one wants to encourage that kind of prejudice anyway.

So there you go! Remember that werewolves are just big adorable puppies in their fuzzy hearts and don't annoy them while they're suffering on the moon and everything will be A-OK. This has been a PSA by the Heathster. You've been a great audience!