[ Her voice is distant and fond; she's remininscing out loud ] Tiptoeing across the lawn. We have to be very quiet or else the squirrels will hear and give us away. The sun is shining, makes it harder to hide, but we're almost there and it's just the right time for the berries to have ripened.

[ pause and her voice is more solid and less ( Read more... )

[ the view jostles a little as River directs it upward toward the sky, zooming in as far as she can go. Which, granted, is not very far, but the Big Dipper is in the shot as well as the Little Dipper; she's aiming for a close-up of Polaris. The view is relatively steady save for the occasional tremor when the wind picks up. ]Polaris. The North ( Read more... )

The girl dreamed - or she tried to - but the machine pulled her away before she could see anything. Except black. Not the black - no stars there in that place before waking, no life to break the darkness, no fireflies, no sky. Just black, and then - [a gasp] She woke ( Read more... )

(River is lying curled on her bed, staring at the camera. Her eyes and nose are red.)

I'm tired.

(She rattles off her address. She sounds very small, and absolutely exhausted.)

Come find me. Come find me. I don't want to be a fugitive. I don't want to hide.

I know it's not what you'd want, Simon, but I...

(She shakes her head furiously, ( Read more... )

(The feed flickers on, with a half-view of a street, including a street sign identifying the location, a busy thoroughfare downtown. There are bare feet a few feet from the edge of the camera, as well as hair brushing the ground. River is folded over, but her face is out of sight. Her voice is faint but firm, even, and monotonous.)No mission ( Read more... )

a hiccup is an involuntary inhalation caused by a spasm of the diaphragm. it is believed to be a mistake of nerves, a misfiring, but the actual cause is still unknown ( Read more... )

this level of affection and the touching.

...it's not normal. is it?

why is everyone hugging me(gone)

physical contact can be beneficial. it stimulates chemicals in the brain that assist in its development and upkeep, and it has been proven that going without human contact for long periods of time can cause lasting brain damage.

still.

so much

their mouths...look like scimitars.

(There is screaming, laughter that is cut off by choking, and the wet sounds of flesh colliding with flesh. It gets quiet--the only sounds are far-off shrieks, close-by sobs, and River breathing heavily. More laughter sounds in the distance, getting closer. Then the message cuts out.)

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(There are fumbling sounds and shuddering images of a street as seen from the mouth of an alley. The camera turns around, showing part of River's face. She doesn't seem to realize she's turned the video on. She's a bit frantic.)There are people here. I see people. Everywhere. They are screaming at the man with two eyes and a mouth fit only for ( Read more... )