...I suppose it's fitting, for so many new arrivals to be timed with the harvest. Fitting, and with somewhat disturbing implications.

[Naoya doesn't really sound disturbed, despite that. If anything, he seems a bit wistful.]Since it's about that time of year, I think it might be wise to keep in mind joy is often at the expense of those you stole ( Read more... )

[Here's a face the network hasn't seen in...forever. In the background, one might see computer parts and what appears to be a hideous monstrosity of science and computer engineering.]

...I've neglected this of late. But I'm curious...just how many are foolish enough to put their faith in a spell for love? Even if such spells were reliable, it's ( Read more... )

[The NV crackles slightly before the sound clears, to a...sigh. And a voice that not many who don't frequent the Lux have heard in the last month.]

Claude Faustus.

[There's very little inflection to how Naoya says it--mostly because he doesn't actually remember the last time he slept.]I have finished your computer. Please pick it up at your ( Read more... )

'He as a conqueror will call the conquered
Evil, but what will be the Good he gives?
Were I the victor, his works would be deemed
The only evil ones. And you, ye new
And scare-born mortals, what have been his gifts
To you already, in your little world?
But few; and some of those but bitter.'

[Naoya's tone is calm, cool--almost pleasant for once. ( Read more... )

[Naoya's NV is...sitting on a table, pointed towards the living area of one of the starter apartments. Naoya himself isn't in view, at first, but for the sleeve of his haori. Finally, he speaks.]I suppose I'll save time this way. I'm sure there are those of you who would have me side with SERO or AGI--now is your chance to tell me why I should. Or ( Read more... )

[The feed shows, as it turns on, a rather ghastly-looking man. Maybe it's the bloodloss, or maybe it's the fact that he was already a pale bastard, or just perhaps, it's the blood smeared across his lips and cheek where he'd wiped it away that makes Naoya look fantastically creepy.

...Well, creepier.]...Who is it, who's foolish enough to summon ( Read more... )