[Despite being gone for weeks and just now showing up again, Okita doesn't seem all that worried. In fact, he's out making snowmen in the middle of the town square despite the hour and the snowfall. After making one or two small snowpeople and a small snow fort, he picks up his journal to announce his return.]

It seems I'm back now. The snow is nice.

Does anyone know how much time has passed? I suppose Ayumu-san will scold me. Let's not tell her right away, hm?

...oh. They really did leave me in the woods.

...

I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

[Souji's back from his mallynap as a kid; a kid totally opposite of what he's usually like. He vaguely remembers Luceti and is wandering around in the woods on the edge of town, confused and dragging his journal around.]

[Finally feeling better and able to go out, Okita was having quite a good time seeing everyone else's changes. It wasn't until he woke up this morning and tried to roll out of bed that he noticed something was wrong.

Very wrong.

But, perhaps people wouldn't notice.

Thus, Okita goes about his normal routine. As a woman. He's busy trying to cover that up, however, with a little padding around the waist and by keeping to his usual attire. Particularly attentive people, however, might notice he has a slight bust now and his voice is just a little higher than usual.

People can find him anywhere, from House 50 to the town getting supplies to the Welcome Center or even out on patrols.]

[After digging himself out of the rubble, Okita had to search around for awhile before he located his journal again. Once he has found it, he'll open the book and start checking on people.]

Yamazaki-san: Report. Immediately.

Everyone else: Where do you need the most help? Who's gone to the children's home? Community Housing #7?

[He coughs a few times.]

Let me know immediately where you need assistance.

[Okita returned earlier in the day and has since been trying to make his way back to the village with mixed results. Without his journal, he can't call for help even if he wanted to and he was dumped somewhere toward the south of the village at the tail end of the 18th, once the blizzard passed. He's got a stick and is using it to pick his way slowly through the snow, but seeing how he's been temporarily blinded and is nursing a broken right arm hidden in his kimono along with a head injury, this is an experiment destined to fail.

If anyone toward the lower half of the village is willing to find him? He'd like to get inside and stop freezing.]

[Okita landed out at the edge of the forest somewhere, pretty far from the rest of the village and has been trying to make his way back ever since. He'd been out that way so he got pretty well lost and is just now coming back to the village. It's taken him all this time, he's pretty tired and isn't looking all that great. He somewhat figured out he can't speak, but isn't quite sure yet.

Anyway, he's come back to the edge of the village and tried to make his way back to Community House #4, but he doesn't quite have the energy and ends up somewhat passing out near the intersection of the Welcome Center and the Clinic. Someone help him?

Also, Hyuga? You're a dead man. 8(]

So this is what the experiments are like? It looks like I missed out this time, but~ I can't say I see the harm in this. It's rather cute, actually.