TIME UPDATE

Weather: The snow has finally taken a break! Sometime shortly after midnight, it stops, and clears up. The wind dies down, and the day dawns--actually pretty nicely. It's still below freezing, but just below, the temperatures ranging around 30F. The sun shines brightly, the skies are bright blue and sans clouds. It's a bright, bright, bright sunshiney day.

Events: Every day is Christmas! ...or maybe just today is. Nope. Definitely today is. so either the scientists are very confused, or everyone else is. The entire town is decked out with Christmas cheer, gaudy decorations everywhere, speakers attached to telephone poles and such that are blaring christmas tunes. There's even a set of blinking, plastic anamatronic choir boys and girls along with angels at the church, that sing in time to the music and endlessly go about their mechanical singing, swaying back and forth.

Every house is also decorated up for the holidays, complete with trees in the living rooms, and fixings for feasts in the kitchens. The televisions all day only play christmas movies. There are also presents for everyone! (All the house gifts from yesterday are still in there!):-

Dave - There is a small cream envelope left by the bed, a note inside detailing that a small clinic has been opened at the hospital and this will be kept fully stocked at all times. The clinic consists of five beds in private rooms, two offices and facilities for diagnosis, treatment and care of patients. Attached to the clinic is a small theatre for surgery and a radiology area equipped for x-ray and ultrasound.

Jason and Emma - In their room, there is a small parcel wrapped with gaudy, child-like paper and tied with a large red bow. Inside is a large pile of letters from Jason's sister Maggie. They've clearly been written over a long period of time. Also with the parcel is a small cream envelope informing the couple that there has been a clinic area opened at the hospital with ultrasound facilities.

Adam - a complete new set of carpentry tools in a hand-crafted wooden box. Other than the box, this gift comes with no wrapping.

Eris - Next to her bed is a pile of small presents, all wrapped in gold paper. The presents are all memory aids of some description, including a pocket-sized notebook and pen; a dictaphone for recording messages; and a gold bracelet whith an alarm system set into it set to go off whenever she needs to take medication - there is an audio alarm, plus a small light which has to be manually turned off once the medication has been taken.

Janie - On her pillow, wrapped in silk is a new set of tarot cards. They're all hand painted, and contain familiar figures, people she's known, etc. It's done in the style of someone she once knew in her experiment as well.

Hannah - Gets two large boxes full of brailled sheet music, wrapped and left at the foot of her bed. There are giant pink bows on them!

Everett - Upon waking, he will discover his dresser is lined with expensive, gift wrapped bottles of scotch, and there are several boxes of cigars to go with.

Lina - There's a tool box wrapped up with pretty bows in her room, and a key hanging from the bows. Outside, there's a snowmobile--very top of the line, only it won't start. It needs to be fixed before it can be driven.

Kaori - A filing cabinet appears in her living room, locked, containing her case files, and locked cabinet of medications she formerly had access to is set into the wall. Both have bows on them.

Esme - Esme wakes up with shelves lining her room, with rows upon rows of romance novels. Each one has a tiny bow fixed to the binding.

Joy - Set into one wall of her room is now a mirror, a bar, and all the bottles of alcohol she could ever want. Complete with glasses, and everything else. It's a minibar of a different color.

Indira - In a large, ornately decorated wooden box at the food of her bed, she gets a new set of dance bells, and a wardrobe to go with, all tailored to her perfectly.

Addison - A wooden chest with a bow on it is at the foot of her bed, inside is a complete set of new art supplies.

Shane - In the driveway is his car, a vintage convertible, just how he left it, with everything he'd had inside it when he first entered the experiment. There's a huge red bow on the hood.

Jillian - In a brightly wrapped box with holes cut into it is a puppy, who also has a bow around his neck. Inside are papers that state he's had his shots up to date. Food and toys are in another gift box by the door.

Owen - Set on a wooden guitar stand is a beautiful, top of the line acoustic guitar, and a small jar of picks.

Svetlana - Set into the far end of Svetlana's room is a mirror, with a ballet bar fixed to the wall as well. There is also a small stereo that plays music compatible with her tastes to dance to. In a box on the floor is a new ballet outfit, with shoes, all tailored to her perfectly.

Tobias - In a box wrapped with black wrapping paper and white ribbons are all of his pictures and videos of Jenny. He also has been given a new poloroid camera with a large stock of film for it, and a new video camera that's top of the line.

Will - In a nicely wrapped box on his dresser is a bundle of letters from his sister, written over the past few months.

Leo -In the centre of his room is a pile of pots of paints in his favourite colours, plus rollers and brushes to redecorate his room. There are also several parcels wrapped in silver crepe - new bedding to match the colours for the walls, together with framed prints of various locations around the world for him to hang on his walls.

Dale - Set into the corner of her room is a way to patch into the radio station from her room. It's got all the state of the art equipment, a very large music selection she can choose from (though today, all that will play is christmas music) etc.

Leah - There is a small cream envelope left by the bed, a note inside detailing that a small clinic has been opened at the hospital and this will be kept fully stocked at all times. The clinic consists of five beds in private rooms, two offices and facilities for diagnosis, treatment and care of patients. Attached to the clinic is a small theatre for surgery and a radiology area equipped for x-ray and ultrasound. Leah also receives a small box containing refills of her medication.

Brett - Sitting with a red ribbon on one of the handles is a brand new wheelchair. It's completely fixed up to suit him specifically, is top of the line, with compartments, it's own kit that fits into it's own compartment, wheels that can handle a lot of different terrains, etc.

Cheyenne - In a huge, ornate trunk set at the foot of her bed, is a print out of every photograph she has taken since joining the experiment. They're all in 8x10 form, full color(save for those she deliberately took in black and white), and in perfect clarity. She also has a few boxes of new memory cards for her camera, and discs with all the pictures she's taken on them.

Lilith - By the side of Lilith's bed there is a small, ornate wooden chest, intricately carved with patterns. Inside there are a selection of blindfolds in a variety of colours and materials. Also all the foodstuffs in her house are labelled with Braille (though this does not include doors, rooms, cupboards - just the food around).

Veronica - In a nicely wrapped scrap book style photo album, there are current pictures of her daughter, during the past few months. She is smiling and happy, though it is impossible to tell who she's with or where the photographs were taken.

Cam - An iPod stocked with music of her tastes is wrapped up and left on her dresser, as well as a brand new bass guitar that's put on a stand near the bed. Everything she needs to go with it is in a wrapped box at the foot of the bed.

Brianna - A red wrapped box with holes cut into it holds a kitten, placed at the foot of Brianna's bed. The kitten matches the description she gave the scientists. Food, toys and litter are in another gift box by the door.

Saj - Sitting by the door of his room is a largish box, about the size of a big shoebox. This is wrapped up in bright red paper, with little pictures of puppies on it, and tied with a big green bow. Inside there are over a hundred of CDs, none of them labelled at all. They are all identical in appearance and most of them play music that is of Saj's taste. There is one CD, however which, though it looks exactly the same as the rest, when played instead of music plays what seems to be a bad quality recording of an conversation involving Carly. The sound quality on this is awful and it's not always clear what's being said. There are no details about where she is, or what she's been doing, but she sounds healthy and a date is mentioned, suggesting the recording is recent. It is not clear from the recording who she is talking to.

Scott - It may take Scott a while to get to his present, but on returning to his room, he will find an envelop containing a Christmas card. Inside the card is simply written 07789 - the garage. The garage at 2 Oakdale can now only be accessed by an inner door, which is accessed by use of a keypad. The comination is that which was written in the card. Inside, the garage has now been fitted out as a fully-equipped gym.

Jesse - In a leather bound, old style photo album, there are current pictures of his daughter, during the past few months. She is smiling and happy, though it is impossible to tell who she's with or where the photographs were taken.

Chris- There is a new addition to Chris' room - a new computer. This is on when Chris wakes, but the screen is dark, save for a simple typed message in white. The message reads look. If Chris accesses the computer, she will find that he has access to certain CCTV cameras around town. Currently, these cameras are only the hallways, kitchens and living room of each group house, plus an overview of the park and the area outside the town hall. There is a blinking light in the top righthand corner of the screen. If he clicks on this, it will bring up a small message box telling him who currently has access to this system. At the moment, there is only one name on the list: Posy.

Bethany - Bethany's entire room has been redecorated in a wolf-theme. The curtains, bedspread, even figurines have been added into the room, and a life sized stuffed animal wolf left on the foot of her bed with a bow around it's neck.

Jack - Inside a large box at the foot of his bed is a huge photo album, that contains all of the photographs from his old photo album--as well as new photos, up to date ones(and including the time since he got here) of his family/friends/etc. It also includes photographs that are older that he has never seen before.

Posy - There is a new addition to Posy's room - a new computer. This is on when Posy wakes, but the screen is dark, save for a simple typed message in white. The message reads look. If Posy accesses the computer, she will find that she has access to certain CCTV cameras around town. Currently, these cameras are only the hallways, kitchens and living room of each group house, plus an overview of the park and the area outside the town hall. There is a blinking light in the top righthand corner of the screen. If she clicks on this, it will bring up a small message box telling her who currently has access to this system. At the moment, there is only one name on the list: Chris.

There are people missing from rooms as well! Ben, sometime during the night, has been removed, Veronica put in his place. Trent has also been removed, Penny too. Furthermore, Scott appears to be missing from his room!

At 8am precisely, an alarm goes off in every group home, playing overly-cheerful Christmas tunes to get everyone up and about. A message in a prominent position in each house recommends that people should hurry to the town hall to see the Christmas decorations!

The 'Christmas Decorations' are a large Christmas tree, all hung over with lights and tinsel and decorated with sleigh bells. There seems to be a whole sleighbell theme, in fact - and the centre-piece is Scott, who has been tied to the foot of the Christmas tree, naked save for the fact that he his highly decorated with sleighbells all over his body (though not in a particularly concealing manner). He's also been given makeup, some glitter, a halo of tinsel and has a pair of feathered wings strapped to his back.

The households are as follows:
Leah, Scott, Saj and Will staying at 2 Oakdale Drive

Adam, Veronica, Cheyenne and Tobias staying at 10 Park Road

Shane, Jillian, Lilith and Jack staying at 2 Short Street

Lina, Dave, Kaori and Svetlana staying at 3 Oakdale Drive

Jason, Emma, Dale, Leo and Esme staying at 2 Maple Street

Chris, Bethany, Jesse, Joy and Owen staying at 1 Maple Street

Brianna, Cam, Janie, Addison and Indira staying at 9 Park Road

Everett, Brett, Hannah, Posy and Eris staying at the Vicarage

Same drill, people wake up in their rooms in their new places, pretty much exactly as they have been the past few nights.

If you have any events or anything going on which you think warrants a mention in the time update, please let us know!