[the video post engages, tilting awkwardly to the side, showing, at first, just a view of the sky in the late afternoon, drops of rain falling on the device's video screen. after a moment, it turns slightly, and presses against some sort of coarse brown fabric for a moment, before pulling up again and allowing a face to come into view ( Read more... )

[Kaiji’s voice wavers between sounding too far away and way too close when it's not entirely overwhelmed by static, like that of someone who not only doesn’t know how close to stand to a microphone, but didn't set it up right either. Even so, there’s no mistaking the anger in his voice.]

Alright, I don’t know what you’re trying to pull but I’ve had ( Read more... )

[Francis arrived late in the evening, during the start of the Darkness. The greeter directed him to the baseball dugout; still dazed and confused, Francis had followed her kind words and stayed there, just as the sirens had gone off. He really didn't pay the sirens any mind, as he sat down to study the strange computer he'd been holding when he ( Read more... )

[Finny's been crying. This much is clear. His eyes are red, and his bottom lip is quivering. The background looks like he's... in a restaurant bathroom? He's crouched on the tile floor, his gaze at the screen much like a dog who knows he's just been caught eating the master's favorite slippers. He's trying hard not to cry on camera. He also forgot ( Read more... )

[ he's in the baseball diamond, sitting on the ground trying to get his bearings. he notices the laptop & starts fiddling around with it, trying to figure out its functions. after a couple of minutes, he finds the video function. he presses some more buttons, hesitantly, before the video turns on ( Read more... )

...Not sure I believe all of this, but it's all I have to go on... ...worth a shot.I know you're here. Where are you? I want answers ( Read more... )

[Dead air for some seconds, like he's pondering what to say. Alex generally posts when he's pissed off, though for once, he sounds slightly calmer. Or at least like he's not completely enraged.]Seems like something's gonna happen. You know, that feeling of anticipation you get right before all hell breaks loose? That's what it feels like ( Read more... )

[ Hello, Siren's Port! Today, like so many other newcomers, a girl smiles brightly at the NV's camera lens. She looks like she's in her late teens, and (blonde hair notwithstanding) of Japanese descent.

Behind her is the plain decor of one of the Starter Apartments, wallpaper cracked and waterstained.]Well, I was supposed to be heading to Mexico ( Read more... )

[Silence at first.  But it's not quite silence, per se---there's the obvious sounds of a crowd, and particularly large one, at that.   People talking, glasses tinkling, music; it creates quite a din.  Then a more familiar voice arises, in the form of Seth giggling in response to a male voice saying (in an attempt at sounding suave), "you know, Miss ( Read more... )

[Roman is once again sitting at a desk in an office, the tank of sea monkeys behind him and off to one side, just barely in the shot. His hands are folded on the immaculate desk in front of him. Like always, he's in business attire, although his suit jacket is nowhere to be seen.]Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of Siren's Port. I ( Read more... )