[ After the first note of the evening sirens rings out, this video feed cracks onto the network as suddenly as a flash of lightning. The light is terrible in the image; after the camera trembles initially, faint white stripes emerge from the murky shade of green so dark it could be black. Anybody familiar with the grass of the baseball diamond will ( Read more... )

[Click! The feed turns on to a possibly familiar sound.]

[Maya doesn't say "Phoenix is gone". It doesn't show in her voice, either, aside from her sounding a little distracted. But rather than that.... She's got something else in mind for you tonight, network]Hey, everyone. I've got two really important questions for you, so listen up ( Read more... )

Eheheheheheheheh...

[To anyone that knew this girl well, they should know that this elongated, but empty sounding laugh was never a good sign for her.]

"Reanimated skeleton", huh? Eeheehee -- well I only know one of those. You know who you are. If you're still around, let me know, okay?

[She would have ended the feed there...but the news kind of ( Read more... )

Ah...

Anger is such a troubling emotion, isn't it? Tends to cloud everything until the only light that can be seen is that glistening off a blade or barrel. [A soft laugh.] At least for some people.

I do hope no one else has felt such an all-consuming darkness... we have enough of that at night, don't we?

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[ There's a guy wearing really cheap-looking, rusted armor staring at the screen. Except it's a page to him and he looks really annoyed. Maybe angry, even! Since he doesn't realize that he's broadcasting this, he is also really, really loud. ]What sort of ruffians are these 'Sero' bunch, anyway?! I had to tell them so many times that I'm only in ( Read more... )

I don't know how people stand this place.  Not the... city itself or the people, but the air.  I've been washing every day and I still feel greasy and dirty.  I think it's the air.  I feel like I'm coming down with something too, and Nuggen only knows what that's from ( Read more... )

They're here.

Kadaj and Yazoo.

Vicious little rumors, but I ... I'm not going to be able to see them for awhile, it seems.

[A soft sigh.]

I shall be right back.

It seems as though it is my turn to play doctor.

This may be an odd question, especially coming from me, but ...

Has anyone seen my daughter? [Sighs.]

Her name is Vanille, if that helps at all. It probably doesn't.

Let's see... [Long pause.] I can't really describe her.

I guess that means she's lost forever, hm?

Ah, well.

If you see her, let me know, I suppose.

This place. How do we know when... someone's dead, or if they've gone home, or if they're coming back, anyway?

What's the difference? I mean, I know there's a difference for the person experiencing it, but... how do people here know? It's like most of the time, people die and we expect them to come back because of the Core. But then, the news ( Read more... )