[There's a tiny little fluffy white thing with a relatively long fluffy tail on one of the counters in the cafeteria. It's trying to figure out how to work the food processors - and absolutely failing because it's tiny, a bit less than the size of a human hand. It jumps onto the front of the machine and starts climbing it, trying to reach the proper buttons, but it can't figure out what's what before losing its grip and having to jump off to glide back to the counter. There comes a small groan of frustration from the fuzzy thing that sounds like a voice that could be any one of three boys on the ship as it gets ready to pounce again.]

[That's when a hand comes out from behind the camera and starts punching buttons; the machine hums and in a second spits out a bowl of small chopped fruit pieces, apples and strawberries and oranges, which the hand puts in front of the sugar glider. The little guy climbs up onto the rim of the bowl and looks up at the camera with what is probably a smile.]

Thanks, Cam.

[Then it's time for lunch! Don't mind him, Ven's just going to sit in the bowl and munch on the snacks presented for him. He's even going to ignore that hand reaching down to pet him down the back and fluffy tail because he's hungry.]

[There was a sound of something sniffing the camera. Crouching down, a fox with a familiar scarf and cocky smirk appeared on the screen. Pawing at the cambot to move a bit, he got the camera to get a much better look at him. Lea pounced on top of one of the chairs and spun around in it.]

Heeeeeey~ Guess who else got their wild side look on?

[Sneeerrrks, as his fluffy tail wagged playfully.]

Gotta, say I don’t mind it so much.

[Off screen a low male voice mutters.] At least it isn't a teenage girl again.

[Cambot floats in and sees a man on the short side wearing a green sweater, orange-yellow scarf and brown slacks. He has teal hair, slightly messy and with sideburns and brown eyes and appears to be studying himself in the mirror. He's frowning and flexing fingers and feeling his mouth and other such odd things.]

Still weird.

[Suddenly he stops and turns slowly towards the camera.]

. . .

Oh.

[Cambot drifts along in the underwater kingdom/former Nature deck. A shadow swims past and Cambot turns to follow because he is curious like that.

It isn't long before Cambot catches up, or at least, comes across a "dead end" cove. Suddenly there is a pair of webbed hands grabbing him and spinning him around.

And...oh hey it's Kaldur. He's been gone for awhile but now he's back. He does not look at all perturbed to be in the watery environment but, then again, he has gills so why SHOULD he be. He frowns at the cambot.]

This is...so I have returned.

[He focuses more on the screen than the robot.]

I am sorry that I have been away for so long my friends. I hope that some of you are still here, or, perhaps not since the goal has always been to leave.

However, I would appreciate if whoever is still here could explain why I am underwater. I thought we were last in space.

[Terra wanders past cambot looking a little tired. Although, the more noticable thing is the fact that his hair has now grown past his butt. He has it tied back into a braid and doesn't seem to notice the Cambot until AFTER he collapses onto his bed.]

Oh. Hey Cambot.

I would suggest staying away from the Theatrical deck. That's where this [He pulls at his braid] happened. And when I tried to get away from all my hair I wound up being forced to do chores on the Recreational Deck. Even Master Eraqus never made us do that many chores.

[He sighs.] So what's been happening with everyone else?

[Zidane has retreated down to the launch deck - one of the only places not affected by whatever curse this was - after spending too much time on the theatrical deck. He's currently perched in the pipework on the ceiling, probably not a surprise to anyone who knows him, but a very long trail of golden blond hair is falling almost all the way down to the floor from his perch. All in all it's over twice as long as he is tall.]

[And he just so happens to have a couple of knives.]

[...Which aren't working.]

Damnit! How did Dagger do this?

[He's used to having longer hair, but this is ridiculous. He's left the tie in to keep it all together, but his knife refuses to cut through a single strand, instead just sawing back and forth or slipping down the hair river all together. He's getting frustrated, to say the least.]

Anyone got a pair of magical scissors or something? Anything?

[Cambot opens on a pretty peaceful scene - Rarity has taken over a second (empty) bedroom and is putting the finishing touches on converting it into a workroom. Looks like her bedroom wasn't big enough to contain the organized chaos of a fashion studio. She's humming happily as she works, not noticing Cambot recording or the opened door...or the fact that she's no longer alone in the room. The steadily increasing number of bunnies, squirrels, and songbirds in the room goes completely unnoticed as she organizes different sewing accoutrements into boxes. She gives a satisfied nod-]

There. That should do it.

[And turns around, only to catch sight of the gaggle of animals in her studio. Cue her nearly jumping out of her skin with a cry of surprise.]

Oh! What...how...goodness, I feel like Fluttershy. What would she do with all of you, I wonder? Hmm...Well, it is worth a try.

[She sings a few very familiar notes and is rather surprised when the gathered animals hum and tweet them back at her.]

Well! Perhaps you'd like to help me organize, then?

[Cambot watches her direct the animals in further organizational tasks - the animals are surprisingly efficient - before it cuts off the feed.]

[hello spaceship! Have this kind with a triangle for a head.]

Hi! Um, I’m still not a hundred percent sure what’s going on here, but that’s ok, it shouldn’t be that hard to figure out. At least this spaceship is pretty cool! Though, if we’re talking purely asthetics, I like Meep’s better. Even if it wasn’t nearly this huge. Still, spaceships in general are pretty cool.

By the way, does anyone know if Ferb is here? He’s my brother. He’s, uh, got green hair and doesn’t really talk much. Or Perry! He’s got green hair too, but he’s a playtpus. So I guess it’s more fur than hair. Thanks!

[Ammy looks worried again, although now it's for entirely different reasons. She whines, and holds up a drawing depicting the little puppy version of her, complete with a little sun, and a question mark.]

[Has anyone seen her son, Chibi? She hasn't seen or smelled him around the ship since they finished the riffing.]

[The feed opens up on the Theatre Deck, where Cambot spies Xion and Namine. It looks like they’ve been messing around with the costumes--Nami’s found a standard cowgirl costume, with the vest and skirt over her usual white dress. Xion’s outfit might remind some SoL residents of a familiar character.

At the moment, though, they’re trying on hats. Xion has one a more traditional cowboy hat, while Namine’s holding up a red one the same shade as the red stitching in Xion’s costume.]

I think this is supposed to go with that one.

Really? Let’s switch, then. [Trades.]

[Anybody care to join the costume party?]

Everyone! I was doing routine checks of the ship's functions when I just found out we're all gonna die!

Cambot! Give me Rocket #9!

[Cambot obliges...and indeed, it looks like they are fast approaching a huge chunk of ice just kind of floating in space. Cambot brings it back inside.]

That space iceberg is gonna punch a big hole in the ship if we're not careful!

[Before an image even appears on the screen, you can hear a young woman's irate voice.]

Honestly, how do these things even...oh, damn it all.

[The video flickers and shakes a bit as if someone has grabbed a hold of Cambot and is around two seconds away from throttling it. The young woman is stunningly beautiful and very pale with spiky dark hair and a set of big golden eyes. She also currently looks less than pleased about her current situation - seriously, anyone who comes across her will be throttled?]

If there is anyone out there who knows where I am, I would be much obliged if you helped a girl out.

[There's a sweet note in her voice that is belied by the thunderous look in her eyes.]

Very obliged.

...Mmmm...haaa...

[Yawwwwwwn. Streeeeetch. Eyyyyye rubs. underboob scratches Minako's back!

...Actually she's looking at Cambot, bleary-eyed.]

Mmmmornin'. I must have been really tired. I must have slept through my alarm...still kind of groggy. Eh...'s too bad, I was gonna do another Bella sketch for the riff toda-

~YO YO YO! WHAT'S UP, DAWWWWWG!~

[And it is at this moment that she is interrupted by a canine with a backwards hat and sunglasses and chains on.]

~MAN LADY YOU WAS SLEEPING LIKE A LOG!
I LIKE CAKE!
SO LETS GO BAKE
BECAUSE I'M HUNGRY MAKE NO MISTAKE!

WORD!~

[And just like that the dog is gone, leaving the half-awake Minako to stare at her door for several moments before finally speaking.]

Uh, am I still asleep, or did that just really happen?

[Cambot focuses in on a part of the weapons deck. An enormous purple snake Pokemon slithers by...and dang, even for an Arbok, it seems endlessly long. It also seems to have only one working eye. And, it also seems to currently be panicking.]

OH! OH! Oh no! Miiiiiike! Everyone! I saw a ghost! And it had these creepy white eyes! And big claws! And hull integrity is probably compromised somewhere, too. But it was reeeeeeally spooky!

[There’s some strange static on the screen, and then--]

Oh no, it’s here again! I better--

[Cambot’s feed goes completely static-y and fitzes out.]

OOC: If some characters want to go investigate, three of them can go to battle Missingno in a separate log!

[A certain little blond Eevee is looking down the hall on one of the housing decks, as if he's just seen something run by or maybe he's looking for something? It's not really obvious what the case is, but what is obvious is that Roxas is visibly trembling. He takes a few steps back from the direction he's looking in before turning to run full tilt in the opposite direction. Cambot zooms after him, making a police siren noise to try to get his attention and see if maybe it can get him to explain what has him so worked up. He only acknowledges the robot's presence with a quick glance over his shoulder and doesn't stop running until he's on a different deck.

When he does stop, he's winded and still shaking.]

Wh-what was that?

[There's probably more to the situation than just that he saw something creepy, but he's too freaked out at the moment to really explain...]

[Cambot focuses on Riku, or rather, the back of his head. He looks pretty frazzled, actually, and he's sorting through a pile of stuff. ...Red stuff, specifically. It looks like he's pulling out a few crayons and a small stack of drawings and setting them to the side. He hears Cambot, and turns.]

...Oh. It's you.

[He pauses, looking rather ashamed, before giving a little shrug.]

Hey guys. I wasn't myself this week... I got everyone's stuff back from the Tom Servo deck. I'll be coming around to try to return everything. ...If you don't get it back, I might've forgotten who I took it from. I'll be in the cafeteria if I'm not returning stuff, if you need to get hold of me. Even if it means I'm here a while...

[Oh look, it's another one of those big black birds, standing in the middle of the rec deck. At least Harvey got to keep his hat...kinda? Cambot's playing some music initially, but quiets down as Harvey gives it a pointed glance.]

Alright, everyone. Seein' as we're gonna be like this for a little while, I figure we'd better get a few things cleared up here. First off, these things? They're called Pokemon. There's a bunch of different kinds - I'm a Honchkrow, myself - but we're all pretty much the same species or somethin'. Don't ask me how it works. And yeah, some of you are more weird-lookin' than others, but as far as I've seen you're all more-or-less normal, psychic starfish included. So don't worry about it.

Also, as I'm sure some of you noticed... [He raises a wing, which glows with a dark purple-black aura for a moment, before slashing out with it at a nearby punching bag. The energy leaves a neat gouge in the fabric.] ...they ain't exactly your normal animals. Most have some kinda elemental power - that was a Dark-type attack just now. They work mostly how you'd expect: water hurts fire, fire hurts grass, yadda yadda yadda. They can get pretty damn strong, so be careful when you're messin' around. Don't go hittin' anyone with a stray Hyper Beam.

So, any questions? I oughta be able to tell you what you are, if you're curious. They're normally used for battlin' each other, too, so if you wanna test out your moves.... [Is that what a bird calls a smile?] ...I'll be here.

[...aaaaaaaand signing off with more theme song. This is totally the best week ever.]

[Mike appears onscreen, and waves nervously at the Cambot. He looks like a kid who just got scolded for tracking mud in the house.]

Uhh...hey, everyone. Mike here. Been kind of a weird week, right? What with the aliens and the trees and the ghosts and all of that.

Well, that may’ve been because I was sorta-kinda trying to help clean the pool at the start of the week, but I don’t think it was actually the pool water, but the drinking water... [He coughs.] And I think maybe I accidentally -accidentally mind you- mixed up the chlorine with the chloral hydrate and that kinda got into the water...so...

Yeah. Um. Sorry?