[Hello you have reached the phone of one Ness.

You may leave him a VOICE MAIL, TEXT, or just CALL him. Leave the date and time and he will get back to you because the window will pop up on the screen and he won't have a choice in the matter.]

[ON THE DAY OF THE 5TH, NESS HAD BEEN SUPER PREPARED FOR THIS AWESOME DAY OF PAULA'S BIRTH.

....But then his brosenses went off the charts. SO HE WROTE THIS MESSAGE.]

Hey Paula, Poo. I think we should get together... tomorrow. For a super cool time.

[Paula there is still a card under your door, this is not him forgetting. THERE ARE MORE EXCITING THINGS IN TOMORROWLAND.]

[As February dawned and days for hearts and candies and love and hanging out with your sweetheart loomed on the horizon, Ness was realizing something very important: he was kind of a bumbling idiot. Messing up due to this idiocy with someone that was a good friend for years was unexcusable. He was going to need help, and there was only one man that could do it.]

( Private to Poo; Level 2 )

[Once again, the familiar crackle of the PA system kicking in is filling the halls of the school, the dorms, echoing over campus.. wherever the PA reaches. Some people might recognize that it was the same voice that had been hushed just the other day, but there's nothing quiet about it right now.]

Hello…? Can I have everyone's attention? I know a lot of you are tired of talking and want action, but I don't think many of you were actually really listening to each other. Just… give me five minutes of your time and listen. Please. I'll try to be worth your while.

[There's a pause. He's not quite sure where to start. Then the sound of taking in a breath.]

… You're angry. I don't need to tell you that. You're angry, and you have every right to be. I'd be lying if I tried to tell you I wasn't angry too. I am. People I care about, people you care about… It doesn't matter who they are, people are hurt. That's not something that can be taken lightly.

But you can't lose yourself in your feelings. Anger fuels anger, hate breeds hate, violence will spark violence… It's a darkness that creeps into your heart and claims you. If you let the emotions you're feeling right now get the best of you, you'll fall into something you'll regret. You're justified and you have the best intentions, but you can't let them claim you.

… I've watched a friend fall to the anger that was in his heart. I couldn't help him. It was too late. He went to do what he thought was right… what he thought would bring him justice… Despite what he became, I would still like to call him my friend…

Don't let your anger fuel you. If you let it, this will never stop. Protect those that are dear to you, but don't let this escalate any further. Don't turn against each other, not now. This can only escalate if you let it. Not everyone is in to talking to each other, I know that. This is a fighting school, I know that too. But if you won't step back and let some healing start… at least choose your battles wisely.

Fighting each other isn't the battle you should be choosing. Don't lose yourselves, Smash Academy.

.... You can choose to do with this what you will. As long as you listened it was enough. Thank you.

[Click.]

Jeff reminded me that I should probably throw something up here so that everybody knows I'm alive. I'm alive! Thanksgiving was really great. Nothing like a huge meal with your family to perk a guy up! I, uh, guess I stayed home a little longer than I meant to though. Sorta got switched around in the dorms... Sorry about that Fox! Uh, I think some of my baseballs might still be around. Can you let me know if you see any of 'em? My new room mate is Flying Man.

But oh man. Oh man! The Runaway Five! ON THE NEW ROCKBAND. I PRE-ORDERED IT. (Thanks again uh... Sasha, was it?) Jeff managed to do his magic on the system last night so we've got some sweet Triangle action going on uh... I think he wanted to try and work on keyboards next. It's going to be so awesome. I can't even wait. Paula you gotta come play it with us!

... Paula hi!

Looks like there's a whole ton of new people around too. Hello! I'm Ness, nice to meet all of you.

How am I doing? Is Ness not quite up to par with how you think he should be? Do you have any questions? Just feel like reminding me about a tag I forgot? (Oh god please do I am bad at this.) Whatever you might have to say, this post is for you! Feel free to let me know anything you'd like! I encourage it.

Screening/anon comments are on, ip is off.