[Green appears on video feed, gathering up as many dry towels as possible in a rapidly dampening dorm room.]

Char. Jolt. Bulba. Where are you? I'm coming to get you.

Sasha, if you can see this, you're not dead. Stay that way.

[The feed flickers on, and at first, not much more can be seen beyond a ball of very creamy fluff with a leaf attached to it. What a way to start a video introduction, what with the Leafeon dipping its head and sniffing at the camera. What a funny contraption, it might think.

From behind it, however, a voice rings out, one that is gentle yet awfully fast.]

Thank you for greeting everyone, Leafeon...! How very kind of you.

[The Pokemon cries out with joy and hops away from the camera, leaving it focused on a very familiar face, one with hazy grey eyes and minty-green hair cascading down his back. His ponytail is notably undone for now, a nearby fan blasting in his direction as he tries to cool off. Despite his clearly weary and scalding condition, he smiles brightly into the camera, hands clapping together.]

Smash Academy! It has been far too long. [He glances off to the side, seeming a bit bashful.] I, ah... I must apologize. I had more of the world to see, and I left rather quickly. I was uncertain that I'd done the disenrollment process properly, as well... [He faces the camera again, looking more uplifted again.] Regardless, the hands have given me a warm welcome, so I suppose I have done nothing wrong. In fact, they have allowed me to increase my grade. It seems I am in college now...!

[He briefly pauses, a hand cupping his chin as he ponders.] Yet, I am not sure how to begin with my major... What does an aspiring Pokemon professor take...? [He shakes his head.] I would think that is not urgent yet. I have to check on my friends! My dear, dear friends...

[He folds his hands neatly on his lap, grinning.] I have missed you all. How are you doing? Are you all still here?

[Char is getting his shit all updated. First of all a day-early phone call that will never be mentioned to anyone ever. Second of all, reminding the journal network he exists. He's been flying under the radar a lot lately; barring the Marie incident, not a single fight has been picked, nor a single teacher backsassed. Awful lot of unexplained trips to the forest, but that's not especially out of the ordinary. Anyway! Video! Everyone's (least) favourite chayzard, at his computer, with a little bag. He pulls something out of it. Some kind of... square... nail?]

...Anyone recognize these? Someone left a bunch at the door for me. Figured maybe they were Souji's, but there was a note with my name. I dunno, guess a semi-literate carpenter's got a crush on me or something.

[SHRUG. Away go the nails.]

Anyway, Rhys is headed back to Viridian and Bulba's graduatin'. Another school year's over next month. Change in the air, and all that shit. If you graduates ain't got a plan by now, start panickin'. You're wastin' your life.

Speakin' of that, I spent the whole year doin' fuck-all. Guess I'd better get my own shit sorted out, 'cause I ain't squanderin' another year on pointless bullshit. Pick a major, drop out, or try my hand at teachin'. One of those.

[Private to Sasha:]
Charitard. You checked up on the Charizards lately?

[What, no apology for beating up Marie? Of course not, this is Char.]

[Private to Riwane:]
Hey, uh, your trainer back yet? If not, then... if you ever wanna kill some time, come look me up. We could hang out or somethin'.

[[So, tomorrow night is the ~*~super moon~*~ and Jon is, as per normal, packing his overnight bag to take a trip into the mountains.]]

Graduation is coming up, isn't it? Sodding hell - seems like I only just arrived. I suppose I might as well carry on here to do University level classes being as I've approval from CapHigh to do so. Not that I much care for this sort of thing mind, but is there any particular tradition that has to be slogged through to get to the end of the year here barring exams and the like? A dance, or a festival, or competitive egging of faculty cars?

Oh, that and I'll be gone for a few days starting this evening. Ta-ra.

( Private to Riwane )

So, I've been meaning to take some folks to Angel Island for a weekend vacation kinda deal for a while now. Between one thing n another, it's never quite materialized into being a thing that isn't just 'Hey it would be cool if...'.

So. Let's set a date. I'm thinking the 12th. If you're my buddy, you're good to go. I'll need a rough head count, though so if you're interested, drop a comment and we'll consider that your RSVP, alright?

Weather is starting to warm up so we should be good to do almost anything the Island has to offer includin' swim so bring some trunks if you're not the kinda person who dies when immersed in water! If you are the kinda person who dies when immersed in water, bring trunks anyway and sunbathe.

Plus Ones are allowed too, so long as they ain't gonna tear the place up too bad. And by too bad, I mean At All.

[[This log will be set up much like it's previous incarnations. If you want to do sprite pictures to post, feel free. If you want in on my own spriting shenanigans, let me know and I'll try cobbling something together for you.

Also, if you don't know Knuckles that well but want to come along, you can feel free to reply anyway. He's a pretty chill sort of a dude so long as you can be respectful of his home and he doesn't have pre-existing beef with you, he can be easily persuaded into letting you come along.]]

[No really I don't know what this is yet. This is called jumping the gun. BUT IT IS A POST. FOR GREEN'S BIRTHDAY. Because it is his birthday and this post is going to be on time this year. It is now on time.

Things Green can look forward to!!:
+ WAFFLES.
+ IVYSAURS IN HIS BED.
+ DRAGONS.
+ THE GHOSTS AND ROCK BEASTS OF OUR HEARTS.
+ SOME...THING...
+ ...PRE...SENTS....??
+ HIS GOD DAMN BIRTHDAY.
+ WAFFLES.

This post will be edited accordingly please proceed and also tell us your secret desires Kiz.]

[The feed cuts on, and there's a trainer boy we haven't seen in a while! He smiles, waving lightly and looking extremely happy right now, almost relieved it seems. ]

Hey folks, it's been a while, hasn't it? I'm sorry for the abrupt leave, but whenever the wild calls, you just really can't help but listen to it!

Anyways, for those who don't know me, I'm Lucas, Professor Rowan's Junior Assistant and a trainer of Sinnoh. I've been here for a good three years now, but I've been gone for a few months. I've actually made another change in my team, as much as I hated to leave some of them behind, I felt pretty bad not having some of them with me the last time. It won't be that hard to figure out which ones are mine, I promise! And... I also promise they'll still be on their best behavior, as always! Also, for the record, they're always itching for a battle, and we'd love to have one if anyone wants to accept the challenge!

Uh... have I missed anything really important lately? I know the last time I was here we had a killer on the loose. Did we catch them yet or something? Oh! Also, for those who were used to my dorm number from before? I'm not there anymore, I'm at  door er... dorm number one now! That's pretty exciting, I don't think I really ever did change dorm numbers before. 
( Private to Empo )

( Private to Gold )

[As soon as Char closes the door, Green slides down the wall. HAHAHA....]

At 7:00am on Sunday, March 18th, Max was a charizard.

At 7:01am on Sunday, March 18th, Max was no longer a charizard.

At 7:02am on Sunday, March 18th, after the initial shock of being a regular guy again wore off, Max realized that he had been a giant dick to some people. Especially to Char.

And so some things had to happen.

[Message Posted to the School Interwebs]:

Hey I'm back to normal. If I was a dick to you and you want to talk about it, I'll come over and talk about it with you. Sorry if I was a dick to you. I'll be visitin' some people pretty soon if you see this before I get there, you probably already know who you are.

( Note to Sasha shoved under her door )

( Note to Vincent von Vinesaur shoved under his door )

( Visit to Char's room. )

[Guess who has had a remarkably shitty day? THIS GUY. Guess who has just been whispered a certain name by his little brother? THIS GUY. Guess who is going to get a merciless and painful beatdown? NOT THIS GUY.

Well, probably this guy. Max is still a Charizard for a few days more. BUT ALSO MARIE TOO.]


So. Marie.

It's occurred to me that your ass has been unkicked for far too long. I'm thinkin' it's about time I do somethin' about that.

I been workin' real hard at playin' nice, so I'm even gonna give you a choice: either you man up and take your lumps now, or I postpone it until after that fucked-up pageant so I don't go ruinin' your makeup with no black eyes or whatever.

If you're too busy sobbin' and pissin' yourself to pick out the time and place of your ass-whoopin', I'll just have to assume you're so excited to get your shell snapped in half that you want it happenin' right fuckin' now.

You pickin' up what I'm layin' down?

While I realize that I am a new student here on campus, I am rather disturbed to find out I have been signed on for the school's "Miss" Pageant Award that is taking place this Friday. I believed this was an occurrence that happened in Japanese High Schools and that a campus like Smash Academy would not be celebrating similarly.

Moreover, I do not own any piece of feminine clothing.

Has this happened before?

A video post appears under the auspices of Max's account. This has never happened before.

And when the video switches on, the guy you see... looks and does not look like Max. It's Max with orange-red hair, a crazy amount of tattoos on his shoulders, chest, arms and face, and piercings. Why does Max have piercings. Why does Max have... piercings... where the frowny faces are.



Should you click on the video, this short message plays:

"So I got turned into a charizard. Just so you know. I sorta have trouble with the not breathin' fire part all the time," and if to accent this, a short burst of flame escapes his mouth at its conclusion.

"But this don't change nothin'. Class meets like regular. Vinnie, you still got your boot camp. Nothin's different."

In the background of the video, if you look carefully, there is a totally sullen looking Char in the back, trying to look like he doesn't care about anything.

"I need somebody to fix some of my pants so I can wear 'em with a tail. Shirts ain't happenin' this week. I got wings now. You can just deal with it."

Max are you logging this thing while naked. Max.

[Yeahhh, so where has Chika been since the whole Cupid fiasco? Well, unlike the others she didn't get beamed by the bots oh no, but yet she still encountered her own problem. In the form of a snake and her lips attached to her own. Which, basically had the poor Pikachu locked herself even more longer than intended. Playing Mineshaft.]

anyone got a video game to recommend? kinda got bored with this mineshit.

[Just... destroying the land in the servers kinda gets to you like that. Yes.]

Master Red has returned to Kanto for the time being. I will be writing to him regularly so if you wish to send anything as well, I will be more than happy to forward your letters to him.

Thank you.

I probably should have done this when I first arrived but with the masquerade and everything ... now is as good of a time as any. Though the network is super annoying right now.

Anyway. My name's Ray. I was here ... some ... number of years ago as a student, but things are gonna be a little different. I'm going to be teaching Atmospheric Sciences which is basically a fancy term for Meteorology which is just another fancy term for this is going to be an easy class as long as you pay attention to the simulations and, oh I don't know, read. There will probably be a lot of out-of-class observations since the weather tends to botch when I'm around. Gonna try and get that under control but. You know, whatever. It'll probably be useful to you flying types, if you don't already know how to look out for bad flying weather. But that's it.

I don't really have anything else to add.

[ This was a time for birthdays among Green Team. Two in particular. And so Rhys had gifts in little red bags outside the rooms of Nyx and Char earlier in the week. 

Nyx's bag contained a wooden incense lantern, decorated with a full moon over a different locations of Kanto. 

Char's held a stick of incense Ho-oh Ember, a simple holder for it, and a book about meditation leading to peace. 

Enjoy, teammates. Enjoy. ]

[Oh god it was the time of year for dual birthdays. Luckily, Bulba did not have any hot pink cakes for the birthday-ly duo this year. He was not the one in charge of picking it up this year.

Considering this was Bulba and who they were for, the gifts were pretty dumb anyway. He is not all that great at gifts. ]

( Inside there are things for ghosts and dragons. )

Hello once again, Smash Academy. I am Kojiro, Red's Lapras. This year, I will be the school's Psychologist. If you have any worries or problems, please do not hesitate to contact me over the network or come to my office. I believe you will find the atmosphere to be quite relaxing.

I hope you all have a good school year.

[The feed reveals a strange man with two toned hair and some wicked sharp teeth. The black sclera might look familiar... But it's clear that this individual is very different from Groudon. His movements are fluid, and there's an odd smile on his face the whole time. As soon as he's sure the feed is working, he give a small wave with a gloved hand.]

Hey there, Smash Academy. I know it's late, but I thought I'd go ahead and introduce myself anyways. I'm your new Ancient Literature teacher, you can call me Kyogre.

[He gestures out the window, where you can still see the rain coming down.]

Ok, first off I wanna apologize for all the intense rainfall. I'm really sooooo sorry, you guys! I promise I'm not usually all crazy like this, I just kinda can't help it when I get in a totally new place. Hope you fire types stayed inside!

[Man, that was kind of morbid. He laughs though.]

Anyways, I'm really excited about this new class. I promise it won't be that hard, unless you've never read a book written in a dead language. If you haven't, it's going to be hellish. Kidding. Or am I?
No, but really. It'll be mad groovy or something. And if you're a water Pokemon, or any other kind of aquatic creature, I can guarantee that we'll get on immediately. All other species- remains to be seen.
I'm just joking around again. I do that a lot, you'll see. Once I get situated, come pay me a visit if you have any questions. You'll have to knock really hard so I can hear you over the sound of the faucet running.
Adios!