[There’s nothing to see. The PORTAL’s feed seems to have been accidental, caused by being gripped too tight in its owner’s sleep. It’s dark, but soon thoughts began to filter through.]

-alone? It’s so empty. Where is everyone? Why…? [What appears to be something like an image, a flash of a small, blond-haired boy. Gone with the feed back to seeing ( Read more... )

[ Kanji is standing outside a door on the second floor of house nine -- specifically, what was Naoto's door. ]

Hey... Anyone seen Naoto around? Figured I should check on her, since I've been spending so much time at the textile shop, and her stuff is gone...

You don't think she went home, do you?

[the feed begins with a blurry and nauseatingly shaky picture of what appears to be a fist knocking its knuckles against the screen repeatedly, the sound dissolving into static-saturated drumming. when the PORTAL-abuse finally stops, the camera focuses on the unhappy face of a teenage girl. her bright, blue eyes are a stark contrast to her mask.]Is ( Read more... )

[So the video cuts in on Madsen wearing her mask and working on a series of sword exercises, not really noticing that the video feed is on right away - flash-step, slice, parry, thrust - oh.]

... well, was planning on doing this anyway... [She rubs the back of her neck with her free hand before slinging her sword onto her shoulders]

Alright, serious ( Read more... )

All right... so, we've all been here for a while, right? It's been about a week for those of us who showed up on the first day. I still find this whole thing kinda hard to believe, you know? Hopefully we can get some kind of answers soon. Maybe ( Read more... )

[That thick Australian accent you hear? yeah, Fang's not amused at all. There's the sound of her fiddling with her PORTAL before finally setting it down.]

Well, this wasn't anythin' I was plannin' for, and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one. Considerin' I'm the type who hates sittin' around and waitin', bein' here's not a good thing at all.

[A ( Read more... )

I guess I'm lucky. I thought I would disappear, but I didn't. Instead, I'm in this weird city. It's full of all kinds of people, and it seems to go on forever. I tried doing some exploring, but I never found the end of the city. Maybe I just didn't go far enough ( Read more... )

[ On screen, you see a young man. The camera flips to first person in a quick, if awkward transition, as if you were seeing from his eyes- in fact, you are, or at least his glasses, which function as his PORTAL. The view is crooked over his mask but you can see well enough ( Read more... )