[The previous day... was rough. Tadashi still looks haggard as he turns on his video. The circles under his eyes are darker and there's a faded set of scratches above his right eye from when last night's headache and hallucinations became so intense he injured himself while trying to force them away.

He takes a deep breath and against all odds tries to put on a positive face with a half smile. Whatever yesterday had been -- whatever happened that morning to pull them out of that spiral -- they were at least still here. And that's something he can hold onto.]

Tadashi Hamada here. It's been a while... this is my fourteenth day here.

[As always, he's careful to state the day. His smile flickers slightly upon realizing that this makes two weeks, but he powers through.]

I just wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing. I've been traveling with a small group -- I think Alphonse keeps in touch with almost everyone, so you should be up to date on that.

I do have a question. I spent today working on the door of a nearby building. I'm curious what's powering the locking feature that traps us inside every night.

[Or outside, but he carefully avoids mentioning that.]

Has anyone else tried to remove one of the doors or inspect the mechanism?