[at and around 1488 Kramden Road - backdated to just before this log Fran]
[ Bel's gotten two new packages today. It's sort of weird that there's two, so he's a bit suspicious.

When he opens the first one, there's a ball of red fire floating inside it. Before his eyes, the fire slowly dissipates and as it turns into nothing, he feels a heat inside of him. A heat that is very familiar to him, and it feels really good to have back.

He raises the hand wearing a ring, and a red flame comes out of it. ]

[Phone - same as above]
[ He sounds so pleased when he speaks into the phone. ]

Guess what the Prince got today~

[John Doe Park - also backdated, but to after]
[ He has summoned Mink out of his box, and now the Mink is sitting perched on his shoulder, flaming tail curled around his neck.

He plays with the ring, making the flame appear and disappear. Raising one of his knives, he coats it with the flame. Yep, it’s great to be back to normal again. ]

|A: 846 Goldberg|

[Silence has been fretting for days over the largely unexplained disappearance of both Crowe and Lucas, who are indisputably the most important people to him in the town...as well as the vanishing (through droning, which is at least a familiar occurrence in Mayfield) of several other people he's more distantly fond of. He'd heard the messages over the phones, even if he couldn't answer them, and knows they were spirited away to some other place...though that hadn't really eased his worry at all.

Today, however, Lucas has returned, and it's to be hoped that Crowe has as well. He has the wisdom and patience not to bolt off to the boy's house immediately upon discovering Lucas safe in his bed, however; if Crowe has a similar idea of coming to him, they might wind up missing each other, or winding up having to hold their reunion in the middle of a street somewhere. Better to wait and see.]

|B: Outside|

[...though he's impatient enough to at least go outside to the walk, which is where he discovers several envelopes and a long, thin package from the town in his mailbox. This is a welcome distraction from his anxiousness, so he tears them open curiously right where he is. The package's contents are unsurprising but highly welcome - his beautiful saber, which (after a quick visual inspection of the blade) he promptly slides into his belt. The envelopes contain scraps of paper, the names of familiar spells written on them, and Silence smiles. He knows what that means by now...and they happen to be some of the more useful spells in his repertoire, at that.]

A] 1445 Mitchell Road - Morning

[Ahhh, what a lovely sunny day in Mayfield! Assuming all that other mess is done with. America feels exceptionally well-rested today!

He puts on his bathrobe and slippers and heads downstairs to pick up the newspaper off the front porch before starting on breakfast, and-- wait.

July 23rd?]

I missed my birthday!?

B] Neutron Diner - Afternoon

[Bummed out about apparently misplacing three weeks somewhere, including the most important day of the year, America has helped himself to a very large ice cream sundae and is eating it all by himself.]

( A. PHONE )

Ah--!

[ The conversation starts with a young-sounding girl seemingly speaking with herself. ] It works! Yay, yay! This entire home must be mine since no one else is here! But, it's so big...

[ She pauses ]

... Mommy? Daddy? Ib? You're all here, aren't you? Where did you go? Hey, Ib. You promised me! We'll be together forever and ever!

( B. AROUND TOWN )

[ For those who are wandering around town, they may see a girl looking into a toy shop, hands pressed to the glass ] Wah! That doll! It's so cute, so cute!

[ If you're character is passing by, she'll tug at your clothes quickly as they can walk passed her ]