[ The feed comes on with Rin leaning back in his office desk, flicking a hand out idly. ]First of all, a warm welcome to those who've recenty arrived in the city. My name is Rin, and manage a modest business here. While your initial introductions to the Port's workings may have been rather abrupt, don't let it dissuade you from exploring what the ( Read more... )

[ His voice is musing, idle, almost: ]

So it seems the scientists had nothing to do with the Core behaving oddly... directly, at least. [ While he's a member of SERO himself, as a Newcomer he's limited to speculating about the company's more secret activities just like everyone else. ] It could very well be a defense mechanism of some kind, though ( Read more... )

[ Without preamble, the feed comes on, Rin's distinct, accented voice rolling out of the NV. ]

That entire business with the cult makes me wonder: is coming back from the dead really so unusual a thing? [ His tone sounds pleasant enough, slightly musing, but the pause that comes after those words is calculated. ]In Spira, the deceased returned ( Read more... )

[ The video starts with a metallic crash as something is dropped to the floor. The feed is too late to catch what it was, but the gears and springs rolling around suggest it might have been some sort of mechanism. The view jerks as someone begins sweeping the pieces up, finally swinging up crazily to focus on Rin. ]I have often wondered about the ( Read more... )

[ For a moment, there's nothing more than the sound of -- metal?-- clicking together, and then Rin's voice comes over the NV, thickly accented and carefully enunciated as ever. ]

While I cannot imagine that having their 'security measures' penetrated so easily is putting the police department in a favorable light...

[ A click. ]... I must say I ( Read more... )

[ the video feed is dark, and there's the sound of someone running: and a low, breathless laugh, though it sounds strained. ]

Lusa, fiend!*

[ there's a clash of metal and an inhuman shriek, then the sound of a body thudding against concrete-- though since the feed doesn't break up into static, it's reasonable to assume that the NV's owner isn't ( Read more... )