[Normally Samus would be inclined to secrecy and mystery through either text or audio-only messages to the school's network; bounty hunter habits were hard to break and usually for good reason. However, this time she deemed it important to showcase her normalcy for what she was about to request, dry and unamused in delivery as usual;]

If I could get a headcount of who has and hasn't been afflicted with the latest outbreak of whatever strange and wonderful circumstance has befallen the school this week, I would be appreciative. I know it's probably been rough for a lot of you so far... but things like this in the past have never been permanent.

[I dearly hope that remains the case.]

Also...

[Samus squirms a little in her chair, uncomfortable. Been rough was putting it lightly... She has purposefully angled the camera so she and her cleavage the floor occupies the majority of the screen, though some of the background is viewable. Most of it is unassuming brick wall with scattered pieces of highly advanced, almost-alien looking technology along the periphery of the video. A sharp eye could determine she was not currently anywhere at the school.

...And that there was, very unknown to her, a golden feather lodged in her hair, easy to miss among her blonde strands.]

I'm-- [ASKING FOR HELP IS SO HARD] I need information on Pokecare. Of a Blaziken, specifically. And how Pokeballs work in the event of an emergency.

[ as Innes is not a baked goods kind of guy, he's developing only mild symptoms. After all, it was just one sample.

He's only mildly turning into a psyduck. There's a small black plume on his head and he's holding his head gingerly with his webbed fingers. ]

This headache won't go away! And these fingers... Gods, how am I supposed to do anything with these hands?

Whoever's responsible for this, I'll make sure you'll have a limp for the rest of your life. [ even if he has to kick you in the shin to do it. ] What is with this place? Is it even considered a school anymore or just some twisted sorcerer's playground?

This martial law is a bunch of nonsense. I don't care how much "good" it seems to have done. Even bad ideas can seem good at first. It's like wrapping a broken leg with linens. It seems to fix it at first, but by the time you realize you should've used splints, the damage is irreversible. You probably won't walk again.

And now we have these things flying around like a bad piece of linen, telling us what to do and how to do it. What's next, you'll tell me what I can and cannot eat? Confine me to the dorms? Ground me like I'm 5?

Gods, what is wrong with this place? Father wished for me to complete a good education, but I hardly think this is what he had in mind.

Attention, Smash Academy! As you certainly are all aware, I am Dr. Ivo Robotnik, the GREATEST SCIENTIFIC GENIUS IN THE WORLD!! And I have a few announcements to make!

In light of recent events, I've put forth, shall we say, a PETITION with the mayor's office. Mayor Tabuu and I discussed the matter at GREAT LENGTH, and I offered my services to quell this uprising. Mayor Tabuu recognized my genius, and has CONTRACTED ME TO ORGANIZE AND OPERATE THE CITY'S SECURITY FORCES!

No longer will this little racial spat be allowed to harm ANYONE ELSE! Therefore, effective immediately, and by the power invested in me by Mayor Tabuu, THIS CITY IS UNDER MARTIAL LAW, BY ORDER OF THE EGGMAN EMPIRE!!

And with this new state of martial law, the following rules are now in effect!

1. A CURFEW OF 10:00 PM IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL CITIZENS. ANYONE OUT PAST THIS TIME WILL BE SUBJECT TO DETENTION!!
2. RALLIES OR ASSEMBLIES OF ANY KIND WILL BE DEALT WITH BY IMMEDIATE ARREST AND DETENTION!!
3. RACIALLY MOTIVATED CRIMES WILL BE PUNISHABLE BY IMMEDIATE ARREST AND DETENTION!!
4. RACIST SPEECH WILL BE IMMEDIATELY PUNISHED.
5. MY ROBOTS WILL BE PATROLLING THE CITY. ALL CITIZENS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT FOR INSPECTION WHEN INSTRUCTED. IF YOU DO NOT COOPERATE YOU WILL BE ARRESTED AND DETAINED.

Worry not, Smash Academy! Final Destination City is now in the VERY CAPABLE HANDS of ME and my LEGION OF ROBOTS!!!

OHOHOHOHOHO!!!

This place is full of nonsense. People causing stupid fights in the city. A certain problem that won't go away. [ In case it wasn't particularly clear, he means you, Henry :/ ] The lack of good food on campus.

What is wrong with the people in the city anyway? Can't say I've seen many people take three arrows to the heart and walk away from it.

[ ooc: thank you anon. I need more icons now. Clearly there is not enough Innes artwork in the world. ]

[Someone's still not wearing her school uniform. Not as an insult. Likely a need for individuality.

Fingers at the bottom of her chin, she looks thoughtful. And perhaps minutely concerned.]

For as much as I seemed to think these grounds were different and foreign to Magvel, I'm coming to find some... odd similarities. The unease in the town, the oppression of innocent people, and the talks of fanciful social galas.

In some ways, it's almost as if I have not left Renais at all.

[With a slight frown, she continues.]

While I likely shouldn't be concerned, Prince Innes' silence is a little troubling, as well. But I may be thinking too much of it.

I'd like to take the opportunity to view the grounds with less of an investigative gaze and a more appreciative one. What do you all do when you need to distract yourselves?

We have no choice. We have been backed against a wall, and from here can either die, or fight with all that we have to defend our right to exist.

Join me in this, so that we may restore our world to peace. That we may at last cast aside arms and have our ideal world. We will have justice!

[ have an upset Prince. (Like that's anything new with this guy). ]

This is nonsense. All of it. First that gods forsaken hot spring. And now this.

[ he motions behind him to indicate the stuff that is now in his room. Innes has a roommate. ]

I do not "room" with other people. I don't even like rooming with my own sister. Whoever you are, get out. I don't want a "roommate".

[It is admittedly, the strangest situation Eirika has found herself in. And she has been in a few strange situations. She was intent on going along her way, but greater powers had other plans for her. It was how she found herself at the door to what was being referred to as a 'dormitory' and shortly after, shown inside and offered a key.

It's audio feed first by the one who's helped her in and shown her about. Video feed afterward, leaving Eirika on her own. Her expression paints her transparent. She's... confused, disoriented, and unsure exactly how this even managed to happen. She's just gone from a world of an unnecessary war to a...

They called it a school.

Rapier still in hand, she moves to sheathe it and shows her back to the camera momentarily as she turns to investigate her shared room.]

I should have liked for them to be more hospitable, rather than rushed. Whoever this Miss Lyra may be, I hope she won't find this too much of an unpleasant surprise...