( Private / not actually written / etc )

[Even if he had noticed today's curse-- which he hasn't, not yet-- Neil would still be out and about, because really it isn't so bad to have a little Christmas cheer and a peck on the cheek is hardly the end of the world. But Neil hasn't been a victim yet, as he leaves his building and heads for the bookstore, and he's too preoccupied and sulky to ( Read more... )

[VOICE;]

[After a long pause, sounding rather tired...]

...We'll have to recast Lady Bracknell.

[click.]

[ooc; sad neil is sad ;_;]

[VOICE;]

[No preamble, just a deep breath, and then...]

( Cut for Length, Language, and Gratuitous Borrowing of Poetry || not-IC cut )

[Audio]

I didn't mean to go through. I was only trying to see if I could find Anne, and while I was looking in it's like it moved to swallow me up and.

[There's a pause here as Neil tries to collect himself. He's managing not to sniffle, but not even trying to hide how distraught he is.]I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I didn't know I'd fall through ( Read more... )

There's something wrong-- I'd think it was a curse except Todd was fine before he went out to find Rosella, and... now... She was like this too-- confused and quiet and just not right. I dunno if he caught it from her, or what-- both of them just say that the Deities did it, but they won't say what they did ( Read more... )

That curse, did it really mean--

Does that mean I'm oh god I can't even say that I can't think that maybe--

I hope no one puts that idea into his head, I don't want him to think-- to be angry at me and.

oh god.

Things here are never quite what I expect them to be. Which I usually like, but those things yesterday were creepy. I managed to ( Read more... )

( Private; hackable )

[Accidental Voice Post]

N-no, it's not fair... You can't be here, too. you can't. How did you--

[A chair clatters to the floor as Neil backs up into it; he grunts a little as he trips over it, keeps going. Obviously whoever he's talking to, he doesn't want to be anywhere near them. He pauses for a moment; but no other voice is audible.]I' ( Read more... )

riverrun, she said. I don't know what it means, but I don't want to forget it. Maybe I ought to worry more about why, about what it means to be here-- what the cost might be-- but it's hard to care, knowing where I might be otherwise. What I might be... It's bad enough, being reminded by the stillness... but... I'll take that, over being a ( Read more... )