[It's early afternoon, and Jack's on a bench in the carnival, holding a bunch of colourful balloons. Every so often he releases one up into the sky, and every so often he hands one to a child who stares too long in wonder. Every so often, too, he gives one to a pretty lady. (Because he's a gentleman.)]

So.

Children.

[He sounds wistful.]What do ( Read more... )

[Compared to his previous broadcasts, Kaiji sounds more than a little reserved. He looks it too, although not necessarily because he's more relaxed judging from his ruffled hair and the bags under his eyes. For once, he doesn’t have a cigarette in his mouth, his attention apparently taken up by flipping a coin. Every now and then, he pauses to  ( Read more... )

[ the only thing in view is a black shirt, baring a purple, traditional symbol of capricorn, and a gray handon top of keyboard keys. the figure's arm shifts straight to his side, then takes exactly three steps back, right until the entire upper half of his person is visible, from the tip of his horns to his waist, exactly. his movement is ( Read more... )

[On the screen a few minutes after Evening Sirens appears France, not even bothering to look particularly happy about... well, anything. There's a bottle of wine in his right hand, uncorked and half-gone, and a drunken redness tinging his usually pale cheeks. His clothes are a crumpled mess around him, quite unusual for a man that prides himself so ( Read more... )

Hey, so I've heard rumors about people getting sick and seeing weird stuff around the Tower Apartments, near the baseball field.

People are saying it's like a new pollen allergy or something, that's what I heard at least, but I've got a pretty good other idea what that could be all about...and it's about time I took care of it. [There's almost a ( Read more... )

[At least Alois' house seems entirely intact, after the earthquake. Alois isn't even going to talk about it, in fact, because it wasn't pleasant and there are better things to be had. Better things like small furry somethings which seem to be squirming around in his hands ( Read more... )

[The video shows Himawari’s hand drawing back from the NV after turning it on, seated at the Tower Apartment Office in the main Lobby. She is not smiling as normal. She hasn’t really been chipper or smiling for weeks now. The necklace cord sits around her neck still, her hand giving it a small tug before she speaks.]Hello and good evening everyone ( 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... )

[ The feed opens with a crackle, the video gradually focusing to reveal...not much of anything. Just a dingy sort of half-light that speaks of rankness and decay. A brief glimpse can been seen of a figure looming out of the darkness, orange and blue splashed across an imposing, if not intimidating form. The mask obscures his features, but the ( Read more... )

[If anyone's familiar with their English electronic bands, you might recognize the song playing faintly in the ambience. There's shuffling and fumbling in between until someone finally speaks.]

So. [Quiet again. Rochelle's not sounding quite like herself today. As she went on she just seemed tired, quiet, and a little blue. It was a blue she was ( Read more... )