Maybe those horoscopes by that Madame had a point. Every one of them was rather foreboding, weren't they? And with the riot...

[ah-hem. that wasn't a friendly topic to start with. but Allen's a bit on the quiet, trialing side voice-wise, for anyone who's talked at length with him before.]... Anyway ( Read more... )

[If a rioting town were not bad enough, a rioting town at NIGHT, when that town is Siren's Pull, is probably much worse. This simple message comes through the network sometime not long after the sirens have gone off.]

Does anyone need help? Tell me where you are, and I'll try to come find you.

[ For a moment there is nothing -- the NV is face down on . . . the table? A floor? But after a few beats it's picked up and set down on a bed. If you're paying attention, you'll notice that it's in a starter apartment ( Read more... )

[The NV device must be sitting on some sort of low chair, considering that when the video comes on, the view is of the window of a typical starter apartment bedroom. Someone is sitting on the chair, half of his shirt still un-tucked and the other half only haphazardly so, before a hand reaches forward, tilting the camera up to a grinning face.]So ( Read more... )

[the video feed shows Axel lying back on a rooftop with his kitten Winner sleeping curled up on his chest. He's holding the NV up in the air with the camera pointing down at them]Guess I should be heading back home soon, assuming they haven't kicked me out for not paying rent. Anybody out there hiring? Not that I really care so much about hanging ( Read more... )

[ perched. golem ( nv ) flits which, of course, means camera flits, screen flits. like the time before, the picture is fuzzed over with bits of static and not entirely clear. it’s a tiny bit strange, huh? turning on her golem without trying to contact someone specifically, but a general amount of persons. most, she doesn’t even know. ]Ah, hello ( Read more... )

So, uh. A job, huh?

[So much for preamble. A mumble:] Guess this isn't a paid vacation.

Man, it was tough enough keeping up with the one back at home. There's no way the market can be easier over here, right? It's pretty tough, being a rookie without ever getting a chance to graduate...but there's gotta be some desperate guy out there ( Read more... )

This really is a different kind of place, huh? I thought it might be a little like home, we have baseball too. But last time I checked we didn't have a "darkness" (or should I write it Darkness, with a capital?) problem.

Seems like we're in it for the long haul, with the set up . . . Anyway! At least we're in this together, right?

Hello? Uh… I hope this is really working. Using a journal like a laptop is just really weird, couldn’t they have given me something more normal ( Read more... )

[ bouncing ( wobbly? ) motion and static over the picture. not so bad that it distorts the image, but enough so it doesn’t come up too clearly. the center object is a girl. a young lady. about sixteen or seventeen and in uniform. ]

Hmm. It certainly is a rude way to arrive. [ there’s an implied, ‘isn’t it?’ in her tone. ]

[ the camera follows, ( Read more... )