[ Elle is sitting on her bed.

Between her fingers she holds a small and colourful piece of candy.

The blanket behind her is covered in more of the same. ]

Looks like some of you might be needing some of this stuff.

Badly.

Don't have much of a sweet tooth myself, so I guess I'm up for a little trading.

[ She twirls the candy between her ( Read more... )

[ Somewhere on the second floor branches of trees are growing out of a window. Somewhere a room has its own private forest, gloomy and dark and filled with voices that mock and threaten anyone who passes by ( Read more... )

[ You know what makes target shooting games a whole lot more fun? Adding realism by sitting atop one of the higher carnival rides and using an actual rifle to snipe at the phantoms of your childhood whenever they appear in the corner of your eye ( Read more... )

[ VOICE - ELLE'S COMMUNICATOR - ELLE'S ROOM ]

How come I can talk to a guy and when I see him a few weeks later he remembers fuck all about me or this place?

Just an elaborate guess here, but that doesn't sound like part of your standard event package to me.

So... [ Paper rustling. Pen clicking.Somebody wanna run the whole Wonderland memory ( Read more... )

[ VIDEO - HALLWAY MONITOR - IN ONE OF THE SHIP'S HALLWAYS]

[ The feed turns on to show Elle pressed against the wall near a corner. Behind her a group of alien invaders is running down the corridor towards her. ]

Two... one...

[ An explosion shakes the screen. After a while the smoke lifts and Elle takes a careful peek around the corner ( Read more... )

[ On this very special day Christine Gayle walks up to a stocking with an entirely different name on it her stocking, picks it off the wall and throws it into the open fire without so much as taking a peek inside.

Whatever was in there, it sure is burning up nicely.

She then returns to her room, but not before dropping off a set of presents. ]

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[ VIDEO - ELLE'S COMMUNICATOR - ELLE'S ROOM ]

[ The Christmas spirit alone is bad enough, but the mansion's recent shrinking program? No, thanks. In fact... ]

Aww, I love kids. I hope you're all having a great time!

[ Yeah, stick that up your pipe and-- WAIT, WHAT?! ]

[ACCIDENTAL VIDEO - ??? - WHATEVER IS LEFT OF ELLE'S ROOM ]

[ You know what sucks? I mean, apart from vacuums?

Waking up strapped to a bed, dressed in hospital wear againGranted, on the one hand Elle's attire is white this time, which at least makes it far better suited to her taste and overall infinitely more bearable ( Read more... )

[ VOICE - ELLE'S COMMUNICATOR - ELLE'S ROOM ]

Seems we're short on zombies and dragons right now, so how about a round of statistics?

How long since you got here?

We're talking weeks, months, years here. Too long doesn't count, but I'll write it down as a given.

[ VIDEO - ELLE'S COMMUNICATOR - ELLE'S ROOM ]

How come something fun finally happens in this hole and I end up not remembering a single minute of it?

[ Something interesting has, in Elle's case, resulted in a black eye, a split lip and a small gash on her chin. Possibly a few other scrapes and bruises, but hey, no need to keep score if she doesn' ( Read more... )