...you know, I'm just going to get straight to the point. [Hello, Luceti. If you happen to be looking at your journal today, you might see a redhead in the middle of All Passions. One side of the shop has been completely reorganized and cleared, almost as if the space has been split in half.]

I'll be the first to say I'm totally a people person. I can respect all of you that are antisocial and whatever, but that's just not me. I kind of need people around. So that being said, I'm renting out a bit of space in my shop. [She moves her journal, proudly displaying the area. Granted, her side is a little cramped now and has clothing racks, shelves and display tables smushed together, but details. Since letting Minato set up his dark room in her storage closet, she had to really get creative with how she organized.] I'm thinking about rotating it out if multiple people are interested. You know, someone could have it two days a week, someone else three, whatever. If you thing you could use the space, let me know. I'm pretty negotiable.

In the same line of thinking, I'm taking on apprentices! I'm really serious about it this time, I want to teach. I want to do something to benefit other people, I guess. I really would like to get a small enough group together to kind of have a little class and not just individual lessons. If you want to learn how to design and sew, come find me. I'm at All Passions.

[For those who are pretty close to Shiki, they might notice that over the last couple of months she's been working herself pretty much non-stop to distract herself from the fact that Neku's gone and hasn't come back. Then all the weird stuff with Haruki and Winry went down...it's just been kind of a mess. In trying to find a good distraction, this was the plan she came up.

A short while later, maybe about an hour later or so, the journal clicks back on again.]

Oh wait! One more thing...who's good with planning parties? I'm kind of late, but better late than never, right? [Yes, Haruhi, she means you and your birthday. Deal with it.]

Crap, how did I get so behind...? It's not like I have a lot but it keeps adding up. I just don't get it.

Buffy, your bikinis are done as promised, sorry they're late. And Keimi? Let me know when you can swing by the shop...I want your opinion on some stuff.

I guess I shouldn't be saying this but I'm still taking orders for things? I've got a couple of others done and ready for pick-up, too, so swing by when you're ready!

[Filtered to Suki's Recruits]

Okay...I need the following people to come by All Passions for measurements soon. [She pauses, flipping through papers like she's referencing notes.] Fenimore, Xion, Stella, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Ukyo, Marica, and Madoka? I think that's everybody. I was told you guys need to be fitted for uniforms so come by any time today. Right in the middle of town next to the bakery.

And on that note...Suki? If you could stop by too just so we're all on the same page of what you want. Sokka kind of gave me a brief idea a while back but...y'know, clarity.

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[Action, later in the evening]

[For the most part, Shiki spends her day down at All Passions but as soon as dusk hits she's out the door and locking up. She's got a new destination in mind.

Lately Shiki's taken to shifting her stalker tendencies from Neku to Joshua, and she had recently discovered that the boy had been kidnapped. Her goal today is to snoop around house 38 and see what she can find out not only about his kidnapping, but about Joshua himself.

That is to say, she's flipping on lights and rummaging around both down in the abandoned cafe and upstairs. Neighbors are free to notice that there's activity in house 38, and certain housemates are free to notice that certain girls haven't returned home yet.]