Who else needs a break from all the stress and anxiety right now?

Well, we have just the thing for you: a beach episode heralding the start of a brief but relaxing filler arc!

Whether you're going on vacation, learning to drive, imagining your life in a different genre, moving house, filling in some missing backstory, showing off a new accessory, trying out a new sport, or stuck in one room the whole time, just trying to catch a damn fly - we encourage Caer Sidians of all walks of life to take a rest month!

Just breathe. It's all going to be ok. And don't forget: we're always on your side.

It's perfect! Don't you think?

I mean, I'm ever so grateful to Miss Tsubaki for letting us stay in her big manor full of miseryguts Unbleeders who'd do harm to the Star given half a chance, but this really seems like the perfect spot! ...especially after getting run out of that 'abandoned' mall. 

(Who would have thought it was being used for paid company retreats by Llawes subsidiaries? Ehe, I did nab a couple of those 'Team-Building Exercise '37 t-shirts. Comfy!) 

Sure, this place needs a bit of a scrub, but what place doesn't! And all the old rail tracks from before the Corp built the monorails are still there, too -- I bet if I ask the right people, we can rig a carriage to zip away from here in a hurry if we really need it to. Well, after we work on functional kitchens and bathrooms and wifi, and such.

All these old trains, abandoned just because they got obsolete - a little elbow grease and they'll make perfect little apartments in their own way... if we really put our minds to it, it'll be a better, more functional, and more accessible than the Usual Place ever was!

And nicer on the eyes, too. We know plenty of artists who'll be able to help pretty up the place, after all!

Just like everything else: all we need is to work together... so, um, anyone want to help us move in?

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This month's theme is...

Beach Episode // Filler Arc!

Any long-running media is likely to have one. From a single episode trying to finally reveal your teacher's true face, to whole seasons of new content not in the original, filler can make or break the pacing of your favourite series. And of course, the classic option is that summertime staple: the beach episode.

It's an excuse for fan service or just wacky hijinks - not to mention romantic moments at sunset or under the stars. Something about the seaside just makes everyone feel a little lighter, and there's always something for everyone - even if it's just your favourite flavour of ice cream. Or perhaps some time alone with your murderous sister, who stabbed you the last time you tried to spend time with her. (surely, nothing bad will happen...)

On the other side of things, no-one has been spending the last few weeks since the tragic burning of the Usual Place (which my press release assures me the Hounds had no hand in, and we should be grateful they were there to help out.) searching around the entire Caer Sidi metropolitan area for a new central base for the Concerned Citizens.

It's a little ambitious, trying to renovate the old Central Caer Sidi Rail Depot and all its abandoned old-style trains from before starmetal technology was available to make everything easier, but hey, it pulls off ambitious nonsense practically daily!

(I heard it used to break into the Cwn Annwn dorms just to loom ominously over Ari while he slept? No wonder he burned -- ahem. I mean, isn't it generous of him to send the Cwn to keep everyone safe?)

It'll be spending its summer working on that, then, it seems, rather than relaxing! Well, that's certainly going to fill the time.