[Somewhere in Sphere--or rather, more specifically in the simulation room--a face that hasn't been around for nearly three weeks makes its appearance once more... with some apparently unexpected company.

The NEXUS skids across the gray floor, capturing a tumbling image of Lightning wrestling a strange-looking creature. Trapping the soldier in its ( Read more... )

[Eve's soft rasping voice begins to tell you a story. Her tone seems a bit distant, distracted, as she recites it from memory:]An elderly Cherokee Native American was teaching his grandchildren about life ( Read more... )

[as the feed switches on, a good deal of cheerios will see a familiar face. after all, shouta's gone through a lot to get an extensive network of people under his belt in these long months. his progress has all but halted lately, however, due to another familiar predicament ( Read more... )

[ At his desk, as usual, Doctor Ingram looks faintly sleep deprived and.... faintly amused. He pauses, careful, as always, before raising an eyebrow and -- ]

I can see we've all got ourselves into rather a fuss. Since I do not have the time to keep coming to all of you individually to allay your fears...

[ He links his hands together and leans ( Read more... )

[The infirmary is never fun. There's a reason he keeps ending up back here, though he doesn't particularly care for the details. And he wants less to do with his injuries than the realization that his brother is going to end up six feet under no matter what he does.

The reason he's making this post?

So that Sasori and Itachi are very aware.]If I' ( Read more... )

[Voice distracted, but with a subtle under current of amusement. There are soft sounds emanating almost imperceptibly in the background of this transmission, the sound of creaking wood, the scuttle of furious rats, the hiss and shriek of soulless things. They swirl together to make a strange hum, but his voice dominates them all.]The black moon ( Read more... )

[Nothing like waking up after near-death experiences. He finds it similar to sticking each of his limbs into a meat-grinder, or having his soul ripped out of his lungs through his throat, only to be choked back down. There are no heavenly visions to speak of, no glimpsing bright lights at the ends of tunnels like there should be (like he would have ( Read more... )

[TIME OF POST: 11:50PM. another death in Ceriu. it would have been an interesting topic for Zero (of all people) to comment on, but before he could even hesitate to strike up some sort of commentary on it, karma (or something close to it) just had to kick him in the face.

the device had fallen from his hands in the blink of an eye, coincidentally ( Read more... )

[He should have filtered this to one person only, but by the end of it, he decides to address everyone else, too. After seeing this, it's safe to say someone's on high alert -- maybe a bit too much.]

Shou-chan! Shou-chan!

[Stern, stern look.]I don't care what you say, but we're sleeping with ten blankets tonight!! Everyone else should do the same ( Read more... )

[Breath. She is breathing, softly. So soft and hissing, each exhalation is against the NEXUS' keenly attuned microphone, creating a strange white noise. She hums to herself, eventually, citing in a slow cadence,]

For he who has not folded in his arms ( Read more... )