[The feed bursts into lurid blue. It's 'inside' one of the city's strange water bubbles. The bright blue dome stretches overhead, defying gravity--and a thin trembling hand reaches up, as if to grasp the water and pull it down.]

No...

[Suddenly, illusions of people stretch down at her. One at a time, before bursting into water. This gentleman, ( Read more... )

[The telltale howling of a blizzard blasts through Sunao's frequency. Eventually one can make out a deep, hoarse sounding voice, speaking in a dazed way.]

...should've been there by now. It isn't far, it really isn't that far. Shouldn't there be smoke? If I can see and smell that...

It's all white. Like the snow, so it won't help. Why can't I ( Read more... )

I ... [A sudden -BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT- rattles the communicator. That's right, electric shock. Someone hasn't felt like talking much for the past couple weeks. Sunao takes a deep breath and waits for the pain to fade.]Melody and Raphael-san were sent home today. If anyone knows them ... I think they went together, and they left a lot of things ( Read more... )

[The comm. shows near total darkness. One can hear the creak of a door shutting and a weary sigh... then Sunao's apartment is flooded with dim candle light. She appears worn out and there's dried blood on her face. She leans tiredly against something without looking at it.]If anyone knows Rage-san... she's in the hospital right now. Something ( Read more... )