[The device starts recording a large, looming horned figure with gray skin and a perpetually furrowed brow peering curiously at the buttons. He turns the device over, inspecting it thoroughly, before carefully prodding buttons that are, by all means, more suited to one half his size ( Read more... )

[If anyone recalls this event, the voice you hear might sound a bit familiar. Basically Balthier has a lot of unresolved daddy issues.]

"-too late now. You ran and ran and where did it get you?"

[Balthier's voice sounds strained as though it's painful to talk, and the bravado forced as if there is no conviction to his words."You're not him. This ( Read more... )

[The video cuts on and Spartan (Hadrian to most people here) can be seen. His eyes, which are glowing magenta, are fixed on the camera. It's clear when he speaks he's not addressing the other captives.I demand to know Voodoo's location. It's impressive you're able to hide her so well, but you've had your fun. Either tell me where she is or I'll be ( Read more... )

[He was actually going to turn this thing on to see if anybody needed any help getting to the clinic or something, but that changes pretty quickly. He sets the tablet down with a sharp intake of breath as he grabs his abdomen, just below his ribcage with a free hand. Even as he does, the deep red blood of a deep wound starts to spread into his ( Read more... )

Another fine day in the underworld. It would seem some have had the good fortune to be sent home. To them, I wish all the best.

[Despite his jovial tone, Balthier's expression holds a certain degree of strain. There's a tiredness to him that wasn't there when he first arrived.Well. Either my natural inclination to hole myself up for days at a time ( Read more... )

[At first, all anyone in the Underworld is able to see is a black screen with white letters that look a lot like raw coding.]

//NETWORK CONNECTED//
://DNS RESOLVING.......................

ACCESS DENIED
://CACHING INTRANET PROTOCOL..............

ACCESS DENIED

[Here the scrolling code pauses for almost exactly two seconds before another ( Read more... )

[There's just a view of the docks at first, and then a hand can be seen moving the camera around until the image of Voodoo can be made out. She's wearing a very odd costume because stripper superheros have the best costumes, but other than that she looks mostly the same. Except, maybe, those that know her a bit might notice she looks a bit more ( Read more... )

[He's already checked the board. He knows it's true, and he hates it.]

If anybody knows her, Voodoo's gone.

[And that's all. The feed ends.]

This dump got an exterminator?

[Squish. Crunch.]

Fiftieth fucking spider I've killed today. Kitchen's clean...

What a funny-lookin' D-Arc.... [There’s a curious voice heard as the tablet turns on. The figure is a bit out of focus, though two things are abundantly clear. One is that whoever this is; they are very small, no bigger than a toddler. The other is that they are most definitely not human, with a white snout and purple large pointed ears clearly ( Read more... )