[The image that appears this time shows a small and dirty cage, constructed of rusted iron bars. The walls are made of striped fabric--a circus tent. And not a very nice one. There is a tiny, frail-looking figure lying on the floor of the cage, sweating. She looks like she might have a fever and she's trying to sleep but not doing very well at ( Read more... )

[It's been a while since Aerie posted with these things and she's a little rusty, because, you know, she was oh so very good at it before. But she finally gets it to do what she wants, looking surprised for a moment.]

Oh!

[But then she gets down to business.]I don't know how many of you know me, but...well, my name is Aerie and-and I know that ( Read more... )

[Aerie does not look good. She's rather pale, her eyes are red from all of the crying she's done, and her hand shakes when she raises it to wipe her mouth on the back of it--nervous habit. She's already been sick a couple of times and she looks like she'd like to be again. She isn't really feeling up to even trying to smile or be comforting at ( Read more... )

[Aerie is grinning-but it isn’t a nice grin. There’s no happiness in it at all. In fact, it’s kind of scary and there’s a hint of something very uncharacteristically cruel. She isn’t at all like herself, but go ahead and try telling her that ( Read more... )

[Aerie seems, at first, a little surprised that she’s gotten the tablet to do what she wants it to, but she recovers quickly enough, after only a few seconds of blinking. After the surprise, though, she just looks concerned. Recent revelations aren’t exactly...cheery.]

I-is it true that these things are demons? [Of course it is. And she ( Read more... )

[The tatooed face that has appeared on the device seems to be a strange mixture of decidedly uncomfortable and surprised. She's feeling a little claustrophobic and sick, but she has managed to wrestle the tablet into doing something other than reflecting her own face back at her--a particularly delicate face with large almond-shaped eyes and finely ( Read more... )