I don't wanna be alone on a heavy rainy night

[The video comes on but its dark, so all that can be discerned from the feed so far is that some one is going down a flight of stairs rather quickly and that their D-Comm is likely in their hand. When they stop, a very dim yellowed light turns on, just barely illuminating a basement.

A very flooded basement at that.]

Oh hell... Suoh!

[more foot steps, and a fainter voice]

What's going on?

The basement is flooding...

The road outside is practically a river. This rain is making a mess...

This is a problem. This you can safely escort the kids home?

I can certainly try. Are you going to be alright, Alice?

I'll be fine. [sigh] I'm just going to close the studio and hope it doesn't collapse on itself before this is over... be careful, Suoh.

... you too. [Suoh's voice fades but he can be heard saying "everyone get changed out of your uniforms!" and the kids questioning him before Alice sighs again and the comm cuts off and the video ends]

[when the comm comes on, its to the sound of a very tired sigh. There's something just... rambling in the background, in a very high pitched, Valley-girl voice.

Apparently this has been going on for a while now.]

-- so then I said, you know what I said? I was totally like, "Bobby, you just need to get in there and like, totally do your job." And you know what he does?! That jerk, he just goes off and tells me I'm like, never doin' my job, 'cause I talk too much! I talk too much! Can you like believe that? Me! Not doin' my job! Like, whatev, man. Whatev.

What, exactly, is your job again?

Oh, like! I'm here to make you make all nice with that yummy boytoy of yours!

... Come again?

That cutie you're always with.

You mean my boyfriend? Hatter?

Yeah! Him! ... like, what kinda name is Hatter anyway? Sounds like a weird name. Why doesn't he have a normal name?

[loooong suffering sigh from poor Alice.]

No, seriously! Go kiss him! You know you want to.

I have kissed him. I kissed him this morning. I'll probably do it again later. I already said, he's my boyfriend. Couples do that and don't need a talking plant to tell them to.

Oh. [loooooong silence] Ya done like, anything else?

AUGH! [Alice's hands slam down on the table loud enough to rattle whatever is on it.]

Wh-- HEY! LIKE, HOLD ON JUST A SECOND HERE! LET GO OF ME! LIKE, THIS IS SO UNFAAAAIR!

[click]

Ah... right... so...

I'm Alice Hamilton, and I'm fairly new to this place, but I was a second degree black belt and part time instructor back home.

I've been set up with a training room at Royal Base, so this is... pretty much an open invitation to anyone who is interested in learning Karate. Classes will be held three days a week - Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, for three hour sessions each day, with one on one instruction by appointment.

If anyone is interested, please let me know here, so that I can have a tentative class list available. Also feel free to ask me any questions.

First class will be next Monday.

[Attached: Flier with location marker, dates and times]

Thank you in advance to anyone who is interested.

[clears throat]

I-I do believe I'm in need of assistance. My tamer has arrived and... well... I-I'm not quite sure what is the matter with her! [nervous laugh]. She does not seem to be waking on her own, and groans as if in pain when I try to rouse her...

We are located in D'Ango Forest, due west of Royal Base. And-

[a soft moan, and the name 'Hatter... ?' can barely be heard over the comm]

Alice? Are you alright? ... Alice?

[click]