Standing on the rooftops, everybody scream your heart out!

[ Audio ]

[ Steph's voice is tired and a touch less cheery than usual. Yours would be too if you woke up to find your fiance in a coma. It's been a stressful morning. ]

Kon's fallen into a coma. I've got him here in our room and I'm keeping him here, since he won't need any kind of medical treatment anyway. [ He doesn't have to eat, so there's a plus. ]

If you need anything from him that I might be able to get for you, let me know.

[ Private to Cassel ]

That goes doubly for you. You need anything, anything at all, just ask.

[ Video ]

[ Steph sits at her desk, as usual when she makes video posts. She's been affected by the flood, but she doesn't look particularly different. She's always been very good at hiding her scars, and although her clothes cover most of them she has makeup over one slash across her cheek. Dodged a bullet - literally. ]

You know what I don't understand? I mean, it's probably a human nature thing - sorry, sentient being nature. Whenever there's a flood we all climb on top of each other trying to figure out what it is. But either someone's affected and they know it and they can tell us flat out, or they don't know it and there's no way to figure out what's different until after. So, if there's no obvious danger, why bother? Now don't get me wrong, I'm the curious cat incarnate, it just seems kinda silly in the grand scheme of things, doesn't it?

[ She shrugs. Food for thought. Then she turns the video to private. ]

[ Private to Doyle ]

How goes it, inmate mine? Still in your own skin? [ Doyle's always been a bit dour, but Steph counters it with high spirits, good humor and a stern tone, even when he does something wrong. It seems to work better for her than sinking to his level of spookiness. ]

[ Private to Jon ]

Hey lover, I haven't seen you all day. What have you been up to?