Father? Father, please respond.

[A pause.]

Big Boss. Jack. Snake. Respond.

[He can't be dead... right? So why isn't he answering? And why isn't the filter working?]

My name is Liquid Snake. If anyone has seen Big Boss, please respond immediately.

[There are signs of barely restrained anger in his voice. The man can't have disappeared... Right? Just ( Read more... )

[For right now, it is dark, and 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...

[During all this, anyone who is very sensitive to the magical, paranormal, mystical, and anything else ( Read more... )

[The feed turns on to reveal a single steel blue eye fixed on the camera lens. The video then is turned away from her, steadily, and films for a precise three seconds a patch of ground two meters away. The camera is then turned back, this time slightly further back, allowing a woman to be revealed, curled blonde hair loose and untidy about her face ( Read more... )

[See Ken. See Ken staring at the pitiful contents of his closet for a moment. Behind him, on the bed, his school stuff has been spread everywhere and it partially covers the camera on his NV. That must be how it turned on.]Getting to wear whatever I want to school is weird. Why don't the public schools here in Canada have uniforms like the private ( Read more... )

[The video swings unsteadily about the familiar backdrop of the baseball diamond for a moment. Accompanying it is a voice; low and even and very much not amused.]

Next time you design a simulation, do me a favor and make it less of a dump.

[It's a pretty convincing dump, to its credit.  VR really has come a long way, apparently.  Although ow, are ( Read more... )

[As the video screen flickers on, the curious and frightened face of this Beauty is revealed. Being unfamiliar with this bit of technology, her face is a little too close to the screen, which presented an oddly cropped view of an otherwise lovely face.]

Eheh...heheheh...hello? Is anybody there...?

[After a couple moments of no response, she ( Read more... )

What's the first rule of gardening? The heat is subsiding so I don't think anything will die within a day of being planted, but I'd still like to know regardless. I've never grown anything before, at least not seriously; I've heard that homegrown vegetables are better than the junk bought at supermarkets because you don't have to worry about ( Read more... )

[the NV activates right when it hits the floor, clattering noisily and switching the audio on right in the midst of what appears to be a screaming match between two men, one of them a very startled--practically horrified--Kaz.]--can lie to anyone, maybe even get away with it, but you must have cracked your skull in that accident if you think you ( Read more... )

[first, text:]

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[then the audio clicks on. There's rustling. And soft... chirping?]

[and after another couple of moments the video feed flickers on and AAAAAHH suddenly the screen is filled with the beady black eyes and soft yellow feathers of a REALLY CUTE BIRD. HOLY SHIT]

[and then that bird begins to sing a beautiful song[after a long ( Read more... )

I'm calling in for an ambulance from Skye. I have a man with severe abdominal wounds and head injury, though that isn't the extent of the damage. He requires immediate emergency medical attention that I'm not equipped to provide. If you can--

[There's an interruption. The voice is a little far away, and oh, guess what. It's Big Boss. He's yelling at ( Read more... )