With the holidays finally over, it's time to get my energy levels back up.

Does anyone have some suggestions for all natural, herbal ways to restore energy? I'm open for suggestions.

[A pause, as he hears Iroh's voice in his head.]

Oh, and I've already built up a nice collection of tea.

[ooc; going to bed early guys, will pick up replies

[The voice in the transmission is even, cultured, and precise: a young man in his twenties, educated, with an air of amusement.]What is the best gift you have ever received? What made it significant? Was it the monetary value of the gift, the use of it, or the context in which the gift was given? Or was it merely the sentiment, the affection of the ( Read more... )

[Sitting at his dining room table, surrounded by legal books, paperwork and other evidence of his toil, Diego is taking a break to make a cup of coffee in a french press (her name is Lupita.) There seems to be some bizarre ritual to the process beyond just putting in the grounds and water-- he measures with a tiny spoon, putting in quarter and half ( Read more... )

[ For a long while there's nothing. Silence, ambient noise, as though she's pushed the wrong button and is simply listening. ]

...I know you're here.

[ It's the voice of a young girl, thin and soft, but certain. ]We're too old for hide-and-seek. I don't want to play anymore. It's cheating when they lock off doors and gates and streets and herd ( Read more... )

[Duo is at home, as evidenced by the furnished studio apartment seen behind him. Unlike his previous NV post some months back, his expression is distinctly more... sheepish. He almost looks like a kid who just got lectured for doing something wrong. Except... no one's actually lectured him about it. He stares at the video for a few seconds as if he ( Read more... )

It's not uncommon to pose open hypothetical questions over the network- I know that happens quite often, and some of you probably tire of it. Feel free to skip this one, then, if there is anything more pressing on your time.

My working colleagues have yet again made lively and intelligent discussion of the morning carpool, and so I've spent the ( Read more... )

A moment of your time is all I ask, and in it, the answer to a question that has busied the minds of some of the world's greatest and consequently most idle thinkers. Your philosophical standing is not crucial here, merely answer by instinct.

Is it permissable to deliberately cause unhappiness, destitution or even death to the few, if the resulting ( Read more... )

[The voice recorded is crisp, speaking with precision and elegance and an air of something one might assess as condescension. He sounds to be in his early twenties, and rather like a school teacher.]

Considering our network is once again flushed with and angry and panicked voices, I thought I would bring to attention a certain matter.

Not ( Read more... )

[There’s the sound of someone humming a song; anyone could know it, especially if they’ve ever seen the movie from which it is from.]

Hm...hm...supercalifragilisticexpialidocious...hm...even though...hm...hm... no, wait, didn't I sing this the last time? I should try and get some moves like Jagger...

[During all this, anyone who is very sensitive ( Read more... )

I wanted my things.

[It's not obvious who's speaking for a moment before the NV is settled down upon a rock. It's dawn, early after Sirens have been sounded. The tail is what would be noticed first, scaly and gold, shimmering in the light of the rising sun. The next thing to notice would be who that tail belongs to - Syrena, a beautiful mermaid. ( Read more... )