((Backdated to April 2nd.))

[Video/filtered from Kimihara Himeno & Tohru Honda]

[Wherever Nobori is, it is very dark, making it difficult to see much of him. One arm is carrying his sleeping Pokemon, Chandela, whose fire does not burn as brightly as it usually does. As for Nobori himself, he doesn't appear half as enthusiastic about his announcements as usual, looking quite visibly drained, even in the low light. His face is gaunt and his hair looks much thinner. It appears as if the man somehow tripled in age overnight.]

... we apologize most sincerely for the delay. [His voice also sounds weaker, not as loud and clear as it normally is.] The previous month's new arrivals:

[text]

1. Utsuho Reiuji
2. Johanna Mason

( [text/private to Luke Valentine] )

( [text/private to Gabriel] )

Y'know, I've been thinkin'. How come we don't call this city somethin' more interestin' than just "The City?" I mean, we been stuck here long enough, you'd think we'd have some fuckin' better idea of what to call it than that, right?

How d'you think they name cities, anyway? I mean, a lot of 'em are named after the people that discovered 'em, right? Or what they're near, like Atlantic City, y'know? So we could call the city somethin' like that, too. Shit, I dunno, even Cursetown'd sound better'n "The City."

I should be writin' this shit down. It's really comfortable on this couch, though, I don't wanna get up. Y'know, shit around here really isn't so bad. Maybe I shouldn't be thinkin' that, but it ain't. Sure, Ang 'n Tommy aren't here, but we'll get to go home sooner or later, right? Besides, City's got some real great lookin' women goin' for it.

Shit, I gotta get to work. Gotta see about findin' somethin' else, too. Gotta pay those bills. You get accustomed to a certain kinda lifestyle, you don't wanna throw that away. Maybe I'll see about some kind of work on the side. No more armed robbery, though. That's not for me.

[[OOC: Oh, the No Inner Monologue curse is a dangerous one, to be sure...]]