[Dated to some time in the afternoon, Anise is taking advantage of the pleasant weather and walking around the area outside House 1, heading for hers and Simon's Super Secret Tunnel. The journal picks up a bit of the conversation she's holding with a certain someone - ]

-- That was one heck of a blizzard the other day, wasn't it, Tokunaga? I'm glad it's over, it was really cold! But at least it left a ton of snow~! ♥ Maybe Simon'll want to play in it today, what do you think--

[Shuffle shuffle shriek] H-hey, let go-! What do you- You guys're going to pay for making me lose one of my wi--! [There's a scuffle and the sound of something falling to the ground before the line finally goes out.]

[If anyone had passed by The World Arcade earlier today and looked around a little bit, they might've seen a pretty suspicious-looking duo hovering by one of the games tucked away in the corner.]

[In fact, it looked sort of like a little pigtailed little girl on an older, taller, bandana-clad boy's shoulders. Tinkering with the game. It wouldn't have been hard to miss them, since they didn't seem to notice how loud they were arguing over what the hell is electricity anyway and hurrying up before someone catches us--]

[Of course, the scene doesn't last very long before a swarm of bots predictably find them and absolute chaos ensues. It's not like they're going to go down without a fight.]

[The next time they're seen or heard from again is over at the Brooding Zone, where... there isn't any brooding going on, at all.]

" ... You know, except for the getting caught part, that was actually kind of fun. "

" Well, we should do it again, then! Let's just not get caught next time~ ♥ "

[Voice | Filtered to Tear]

Umm, Tear~? Can I talk to you for a minute?

[/Filter]

[Action + Accidental Voice]

[Another thunderstorm, huh? Anise is, of course, spending the night indoors. Her housemates might find her in the sitting room, with egg!baby beside her, lying in a nest of blankets. She's holding onto something tiny, frilly and pink on her lap, and a needle in her other hand (because of course she's going to hand-sew all her baby's clothes) -- but it doesn't look like she's getting much sewing done tonight. The rain outside the window is kind of distracting.]

[There's a flash of lightning outside, and she winces. She turns to the egg - ]

... Don't worry, your Mama won't let the thunderstorm scare you. ♥

[Over the journals you might hear a little girl's off-key voice cheerfully humming to herself. Anise is sitting in House 1's sitting room, her puppet at doll-size on her lap and a first aid sewing kit at her side.]

La la la~ ♪ Don't worry Tokunaga, you'll be good as new in no time at all! And once we're done, we can go visit Florian and Luke and Tear and Guy and even Asch, okay~? ♥

It looks really great outside; and there hasn't been a storm in about a week, too! I hope the weather stays like this~ 

But summer's almost over, isn't it? Does anyone wanna join me for a swim at the lake~?  I know there's supposed to be a spring somewhere, too, but I don't know where it is, so... Can anyone give a cute little girl some directions~? ♥

[And here we have Anise and Tokunaga walking through town. She's already found her swimsuit (and Tokunaga's too, apparently), and is presently on her way to one of the lakes. Feel free to intercept her!]

[Voice | Oh look it's an attempted filter! 75% Hackable.]

Colonel~ ♪ Have you fixed Tokunaga yet~?

[Action]

[Here we have Anise, sitting under a tree outside Community Housing 4. She's got her journal with her, and is generally absolutely entertained by all the chaos going on around the village. Not affected, this one, and is thinking of ways to troll like mad use this to her advantage.]

Boo~ but a lot of good ones have already been used! Wish I paid more attention to this thing!

[Recently returned from her first kidnap, Anise is trying to limp her way back to the village by following the river. She knows that it'll eventually lead her into town, but she's kind of disoriented, probably totally lost, maybe even going the wrong way - but  won't ask for help just yet. She does, however, have a number of shallow cuts along her arms, and one or two seem to be bleeding a little - but the little Guardian is just going to keep on keeping on-!]

... Boo. Wish I had an apple gel...