[Filtered AWAY from Ahiru]

So. Gang.

Let's talk about contracts- and I don't mean the business kind. I'm talking about the kind that involve souls.

Now. Some of you probably haven't had the You and Your Soul PSA. In fact, I'm pretty sure none of you have, all things considering, but that's okay. That's why I'm here. It's kinda amazing, honestly. ( Read more... )

[It's early morning, an hour or so after the sirens sounded across the city and signaled the end of the Darkness. Most days, that's Snake's cue to go home and grab a bit of rest.]

[Several straight weeks of fending off monsters after dark, and canvassing the city for a certain shapeshifting serial-killer in the daylight. They were making some ( Read more... )

...so, since that girl talking about "sentient tentacle vines" wasn't able to explain it, someone care to tell me what the hell "Hentai" is and what it has to do with pushups and plants?

[Bigby's wearing a more irritated look than his facade face usually shows as he smokes and sorts through papers on a worn desk. The ash try at his elbow is practically overflowing (but what else is new?)]Nothing makes you feel less homesick than a tower of paperwork. Christ. I've been at this since the better part of the morning and I've hardly ( Read more... )

[The video comes on, with the camera staring up at Ishida's face. There's clearly something wrong, however; not only is he naked, but the Quincy's expression is completely blank, and he's staring down at the NV like he couldn't comprehend anything that he was looking at, or if he could even really see it ( Read more... )

[Agito is framed in the window of his apartment -- located in some clearly crappy concrete building in Sector 9 -- legs swinging over the outside edge of the building. He's bathed by the cool light of an early morning and wearing what looks like a security guard's uniform -- though on his small build, it almost looks more like a costume.

He's ( Read more... )

[The video feed starts with a screen of bright blue; one that only shows itself to be something other than a technical error when a wisp of white rare to the sky today peeks into view. The microphone rumbles with the breeze whipping across it. After a moment of this, things seem to calm, and the camera is turned on Kazuhiko's face ( Read more... )

[There's a certain metallic glowing kitchen appliance-shaped device back on Diego's face today. As the video comes into view he's sitting on the couch, reading a huge stack of saved-up newspapers, looking smug. There are seven cups of coffee sitting on the end table.Imagine my surprise when I checked the mail today and there was a package for me. ( Read more... )

[A soft, dull whisper directed itself into the receiver with a metallic tinge, scratchy as though tired and overused.]

Mason, we do enjoy our little games, don't we? I must say this particular tactic of yours does not quite speak with the same chicanery as our usual correspondence. Your people have shown a surprising amount of courtesy, though why ( Read more... )

You humans are all the same. Maybe you'll destroy each other and save me the trouble.

[Well there's a face that hasn't been seen for quite some time. Kadaj seems a little distant, distracted, and in spite of his venomous words his tone is rather dull.]Mother's church was damaged, too. They say it was lightning. You know, that had really better be ( Read more... )