[Klavier is leaning against the-- well, it looks like nothing, since he's in a "corridor" that has the appearance of a forest. But rest assured there is a wall behind him. In any case, he's watching the trees. A deathly pale woman in black drifts slowly through the fog. Then freezes. And snaps back ten feet, before wandering slowly between the ( Read more... )

[Klavier has been busy since being back on the ship. He's made a point of going through every level he can, noting where things are and what's available. Right now he's in one of the Level 15 lounges, sitting on one of the chairs and tuning up his guitar. He's got it rigged up to a speaker nearby, so when he does stand and start playing, it's ( Read more... )

[The Sphere clicks on behind him as he picks at his wrist, or rather the orange suit around it. He stops suddenly and shoves his hand against the door reader. When the door opens, he ducks out quickly.

He looks left.

He looks right.

Then he pulls back inside the room, scratching his head.This is wrong. There's been some kind of mistake, surely ( Read more... )

[Klavier is sitting just inside the doorway of the transport shuttle, leaning back against the wall and staring at the ceiling. He's tapping his fingers against his leg nonstop, agitated. After a while, he speaks, apparently trying to think about something OTHER than the black hole approaching.Out of curiousity... was there necessarily a pilot on ( Read more... )

[The Sphere switches on, but for a moment it only shows blackness. Sound, however, is working perfectly, and there is the muffled sound of cursing and scuffling. Then, silence.]

Impossible...

[A loud thump rings out, and the image is flooded with red light suddenly, as Klavier pulls it out of his pocket and tosses it into the air. When it focuses ( Read more... )

[When the Sphere switches on, he's not facing it. Instead, he's rooting around in one of the cases against the wall. Every now and then he yanks at the collar of the jumpsuit in irritation.]

Ach, just how did they get all of this in here? I thought security was better than that...

[Standing up again, he takes his hand off the lid and it bangs ( Read more... )