Listen closely and you should be able to hear

[BZZZZAP!] Tch. It still--...

What?!

[The sound of water sloshing around like large ocean waves is picked up over the receiver, with Haruka struggling to fight against the tide; or the water barrier, as the case may be.

The communicator falls to the floor with a clatter, and apart from a loud muffled cry of frustration... a heavy silence fills the air.]

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!

[Well, at least for a little while.]

[[As part of Sunao's chip event, Haruka will be trapped inside of the water barrier for 7 hours. It is currently located near Rooms 103-105 in Mariner High School.]]

[Click. The video feed is bumped on haphazardly, as if something fell on top of it and was quickly picked itself back up. ...or maybe it hopped?

There is a soft jingle, and the camera pans up to what looks like Haruka trying to sleep in a chair near one of the hospital beds while the acid rain can be heard falling outside. His eyes are closed, head resting against his hand with one of the arms propped up, and his jacket has been slung over the back of the chair.

Unknowingly, a fairly good-sized gathering of scales have made their way over to the sleeping tengu. Hopping, tipped toward him and spinning around without him being all the wiser. They are lined up the floor, the bed and the chair... whereever there is room for them.

They carry on, until his brow furrows and he lets out a grumble as a few start to ascend his arm. Then his eyes sudden snap open, and he violently shakes them off.]

AAAGH! Will you just get out of here already! Go bother someone else!

[The transmission starts with a soft clunk. The sound of the communicator falling over, amidst the sound of rustling leaves. Strange... there doesn't seem to be that strong a breeze in the city proper.

Something can be heard starting to crack, like pressure increasing against a glass window. Bit by bit... until finally-]

Ugh... [A soft thump as someone can be heard falling to the ground. Haruka...?]

Don't touch me. [He says, his voice muffled by the communicator's distance.]

Kuu-...! I said don't touch me, dammit! [He shouts, amidst the sound of a pair of large wings flapping together. Something can be heard humming, crackling like electricity.]

Hurry... [It starts to become louder.] What is holding you back?! [Finally, he lets out a loud shout. In a desperate move, the sound of the rings on a shakujou can be heard jingling.

Within seconds, a powerful lightening strike can be seen guided to a different part of the forest. An audible breath of relief is picked up, before another loud thump can be heard along with the brush of grass, and the clang of the staff falling.]

...

"Haruka.... Don't worry, I'll take care of you." [Kantarou's voice pipes in. He proceeds to chant until the transmission times out.]

[[ooc Late at night, a lightening strike should be seen hitting a part of the eastern forest, seemingly at random. No major damage was caused, other than the possibility of one unlucky tree getting split in half.]]

Someone will have to take my place as the bartender for the next few days. Something came up.

I'll try to owe back the favor upon my return, and I'm sorry to ask for this now; when the air is heavy enough as it is.

( Private to Shinjiro; Hackable )

( Private to Bridget; Hackable )

Hmph... [Spoken quietly, as if to someone very closeby. That just so happens to be Succubus perched on his shoulder.] We've both been through quite the ordeal, huh?

( Private; Hackable )

Sorata-kun, you shouldn't have said anything. Now I'll have to take your advice after all.

I will need that time off, and you will have to rely on yourselves for awhile. It may only be a day, or more, but you will be the first to know either way, Shinjiro. I'm...

[...]

I never thought that I would be staring up at the same ceiling again so soon.

( Private to Kantarou; Hackable )

( Private to Testament; Hackable )

[A muffled groan can be heard, as if half-spoken into a pillow.] So noisy...

[There is the sound of a blanket getting disheveled as he sits up.] For even only a moment, would it be possible for everyone to just shut up? As if being unable to shut out all of that noise wasn't enough after I was turned to stone... Ow. Dammit, my head...

...I wasn't able to understand everything while I was in that state either. Someone still needs to explain what exactly happened to me.

Hm... Kantarou, I want to know only one thing from you right now.

How the hell did I end up in the high school anyway? I could have sworn that I was out on the street before...

[Then his voice becomes more irritated.] ...and will you stop hanging all over me like that already!? My muscles still ache after being stuck standing like that for days and you're not helping!