[He sounds hoarse, like he just woke up. Or maybe a little worse than that.]

I'm here, um, if anyone...

[- cares, he means, but he doesn't finish the thought. There's some shifting of sheets, because he's in bed still, and he sniffles like he has a cold.]

...

Is the power out?

[He's at his factory loft, not the boarding house.]

For all you new guys that just showed up this month, we've got a few rooms open over here at the boarding house. Uh, six. Three on the girls' floor and three on the guys'. And you can fit two beds in a room, though it gets kinda crowded ( Read more... )

[The sound of paper being folded is audible; he wears his NV on his wrist, so there's no mistaking it. He's putting a letter back in its envelope.]Nowadays I know more dead people than living ones. Gonna have to buy myself a house if people keep bequeathing their stuff to me. You all might wanna think about that before you keep disappearing, huh ( Read more... )

[It's not like he's crying or anything, but his voice is hoarse. He pauses occasionally to puff on a cigarette, which is really only noticeable in the way he exhales.]

Naruto... is gone. Same as Yosuke.

Lot of loss around here lately, huh. The rooms in the boarding house keep emptying. It's...

[He doesn't finish that thought. Clearing his throat ( Read more... )

[Dance music thumping distantly in the background, mostly indistinguishable but for the bass. He's at Fangtasia, actually, tucked away in one of the back rooms. But there's no video to give that away.

He sounds much more animated than usual, talking faster than his typical lazy drawl (although not precisely hyper):]You guys, death isn't even real ( Read more... )

[Shikamaru's voice sounds a little funny. Muffled and thick, like his lip is split and he's holding an icepack to it. Because that's exactly the case.]Uh. Hey, everyone ( Read more... )

[It's so rarely that he records himself on video, but this presumably final message includes his face. Which looks sober and uncomfortable. Over a week ago, when he filmed this, he clearly didn't like the idea of having to do it at all. Having to leave a postmortem record. Having to say goodbye.]If you're receiving this message, it means I died or ( Read more... )

[ This is an anonymous message sent via Shikamaru's NV, after this log. ]

Nara Shikamaru was murdered last night just after evening sirens. His body was destroyed.

[ Attached with the following pictures: two trench knives, a very familiar-looking NV, a summoning scroll. There's no blood. The background is a generic concrete floor. If someone is ( Read more... )

[He's timid about addressing the network in general these days, so he's going to keep this short and sweet:]

If there're any experienced telepaths out there who're willing to train someone just awakening to their power, I'll pay for lessons.

...

Not for me. For someone else.

( locked to Itachi | nearly unhackable )

[This is one rare video post. He's wearing the AGI uniform in which he'd be most easily recognized, and he looks uncomfortable. Very, very uncomfortable.]My name is Shikamaru Nara. I've been capturing slaves for AGI since December. Most of you don't know me, but if you were at Merlotte's when everything went down last week, you probably remember me ( Read more... )