And I don't mind, if it's me you need to turn to

Hop, two, three, hop, two, three!

All this hopping like a frog is great exercise. And no, Sky, before you ask, I'm not going to make a habit of it.

GOOD DAY, Sphere! In case I haven't introduced myself to you yet, I'm Bridge~ ♥ I'm Head of the Scavengers, here for all of your junk-finding needs. And if you seek employment with me, I'd be more than happy to give you an interview.

I just realized that I'm the only Ranger who doesn't get to actually be one while this is going on.

But that's okay, 'cause Twin-chan is teaching me how to use his powers instead. And apparently this means falling on my face on occasion... and generating a rabbit made out of fire.

Ah, Scavengers, I know a lot of you probably won't be able to come to work as often as normal 'til this is over, and that's okay, since I can't be down in the Yard as much myself anyway! But mind you work extra hard when you come back~ ♥

I know it's not going to, but I still wish this place would last forever.

... I haven't been this happy in a long time. Maybe not ever.

Hello, Sphere. ♥ I haven't introduced myself to much of you new folks. I'm Bridge! I'm the head of the Scavengers, so if any of you are interested in seeking employment with me, once we get back into the tree and take care of any damage the ants have caused, I'd love to speak to you~ ♥

I found an awesome, gigantic rubber shark in an old bathtub down in the Yard. I'm going to call him Crunchy. Or maybe Bitey. Or COLOSSASHARK.

Sky, I wanna keep him. :( He doesn't bite... well, he DOES bite but he can't really hurt anybody because it's kinda hard to do any damage when your teeth aren't actual teeth, just little nubs of rubber and foam. And I don't think he'll need any food. I can even drag the bathtub up here to keep him in, and I'll make sure he has clean water!

(Inara, how do you get your boyfriend to stop glaring? I can never seem to. :( )

Let's see if this does it...

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Excellent~ ♥ Locket and I have been working hard on this little project for the past week, and we hope you enjoy the results! What project is that, you say? You'll find it out tomorrow~ ♥

[OOC: This is a 'preview' for the bachelor/ette auction post, which will be up tomorrow. If your character's the kind who would consent to something like this, feel free to assume that they caught Bridge and Locket and made them spill the beans.]

Scavengers, has anybody had any luck in finding violins for Mr. Black and Mr. Kristoph? I've found something that I think is a violin except it could be a viola- I don't know anything about musical instruments so I'm not sure how they're different and I wouldn't want to give either of them a viola when what they want is a violin!

Mr. Black, Mr. Kristoph, either way, I hope you can find somebody to repair them~

I also heard tell that there are a pair who are interested in joining my lovely Scavenging team~ ♥ I'm Bridge, the supervisor, so come find me if you want more information! I'm the guy who always wears black gloves and has a robot dog following him everywhere. Don't worry, he's friendly and doesn't have any teeth so he can't bite...

[This isn't directed at any PC Scavengers in particular, but if two of you want to have had your characters find violins, feel free to say so! And if so, we'll say that poor Bridge indeed found a viola. XD I didn't want to leave these requests hanging and thought this might be a plot opportunity if anyone wishes, but of course nobody's obligated to participate.

Also, Stefan and Joysweeper, if you're interested in logging your characters interviewing with Bridge for their Scavenger job, get in touch with me, but handwaving (i.e., assuming it happened without logging it) is fine too~ They'll both get hired.

And yes, Bridge has an opinion about Raise and Aurora reappearing memoryless. No, he's not sharing here.]

Twin-chan, Apollo, thanks for letting me stay with you guys. I feel a lot better now and while I really miss Lucy she'd want me to try my best to be happy and not spend all of my time holed up inside myself and miserable. :(

I've been remiss in greeting new people, and I'm sorry for that; I didn't want anyone to meet me while I was at my worst. So for anyone I haven't said hello to yet- er, hello. I'm Bridge! You may see me around a lot, I'm the guy with the black leather gloves and a robot dog that tends to moo, cluck and baa as often as he barks. I like building things and toast and video games and long walks on the shores of the lake on Fisher Isle~

Spike wishes for me to inform everybody that he's not leaving the house until this is over. ^^ [A pause.] Except for work! He's fine going to work, so Bastet, you don't need to worry about him slacking off because of COURSE he's not a slacker and oh God he's starting to sound like me again.

Really, I don't know why he's so embarrassed~ What's a kiss (oh please don't kill us, Companion, we didn't know there were any alternatives at the time ;_;) between best friends to break out from underneath magic mistletoe?