[The guide is turned on out of half forgotten habit. There's nothing at first, then a ragged breath. She's speaking more to herself than the guide, and her voice is small and hurt, completely lacking her old vitriol.]

...this is real, isn't it? It's real.

I've been here...before. I was here...all that time, I was here. I thought...

Why? Why here ( Read more... )

[The guide turns on as it's knocked aside by some violent action, and the camera begins recording a dimly lit room. Two people can be seen nearby; a girl with dark, wild eyes, standing with clenched fists and staring coldly down at the slumped, apparently injured figure of a teenage boy, partly obscured by a large cape and an overturned chair. The ( Read more... )

There are so many happy people here ( Read more... )

How nice it is to know that absurdity is apparently universal. [Absolutely dripping with sarcasm.] I dare not ask if such "excitement" is common. I'm sure I already know the answer ( Read more... )

Mommy? Mommy, where are you?

[A lopsided video starts as tiny hands turn the guide over, messing with buttons absently. Not much can be seen at first- a shot of the floor, a flash of fabric- before it turns the right way up and gets a good view of the person holding it, looking back at the camera in slight surprise.]

Oh! It turned on!

[Yeah that ( Read more... )

I am looking for the following people.

Kuga. Mizunagi. Kasei. Ama-Inu. Lafayel.

[You can't see it but there is a loooooooooong pause before she adds the rest.]

Testament. Oz Vessalius. Lute. Ryou Bakura. Subaru Sumeragi.

If they are here, I want to know.

[Yep, that's it. No "please and thank you" for you.]

[Bet you've watched this scene play out a million times before- a disgruntled newcomer staring down one of the impassive clerks at the front desk. The young girl doesn't look particularly surprised at the strange looking alien before her. In fact, she doesn't look much of anything but pissed.This is ridiculous. Tell me what's going on. Is this some ( Read more... )