[The footsteps are urgent. There's smoke rising into the bright sky. Smoke and dust and death: in the background, the settlement is what amounts to a war zone. Mal rounds the embankment, skidding as he turns to see the thing he almost expected and never wanted. He stops long enough to bark an order at Jayne, behind him:] Get the Doc. [He doesn't ( Read more... )

[The image that comes on isn't of anyone in particular, instead it just shows an image of the graveyard. A few seconds pass and then a hand reaches out to move the tablet, the nails are chipped and there's dirt covering the entire hand. When the tablet is moved, a young woman comes into view, she's got dirt caked in her usually white hair, her ( Read more... )

[When the feed cuts on, Thomas is on the move, the buildings of the residential area fading into the stalls of the market even as he speaks.]

Morning. [There's nothing good about mornings except coffee, okay.] And Happy New Year, Underworld. We got a new cemetery. [He pans the device so you can see through the buildings down a street.] I can't see ( Read more... )

[Junpei's standing by the missing people's board, a sad expression on his face. He's silent for a few minutes before he looks down at the tablet in hand.]

Mitsuru-senpai's gone. She's uh, been gone for a couple days but we kept hoping she'd come back. You know, like some people do. [A pause as he rubs the back of his neck.] I guess not, huh? ( Read more... )

[Backdated to the afternoon of the 6th; sorry!]

[Mal's looking off-camera when he turns on the tablet. He finds it's better to keep his attention on the giant lizards trying to bite off his head.]Much obliged by the stack of reports on my desk that inform me over and over again that dinosaur zombies are roaming the town. Never woulda noticed it ( Read more... )

[The feed opens with a bang.

Literally.

It's a small explosion, as explosions go. It's mostly a flash, some smoke, and a bit of a concussion. Not enough to really do much more than break some glass and maybe send a man tumbling backward a few feet.

And turn on a tablet.]

Gou cao de piece of-- [And anyone who's paid much attention to the ( Read more... )

[The audio turns on and there's a moment of just silence before Justine finally starts to speak.]I know this probably isn't the best time to be mentioning something like this...but, I figure it's better to just get it out there than try to wait for the perfect time to announce it. I really don't think this place has perfect times anyway, there's ( Read more... )

[Anders's voice is spoken in a low whisper. No point in speaking up if the entire mansion is practically empty, right? Actually, he's not talking to himself, but to Messere Meowmers.

"Meow!"]

That's his side of the bed, you know. He'd be furious with you if you decide to take over.

["Meow!"]...heh, I suppose if he really was against it, I'd ( Read more... )

[The feed is accidental; the tablet is sitting on the edge of a console, the image slightly skewed.

The voices that brought him here are forgotten in the face of the stars. Mal sits in a utilitarian bridge, in a pilot's chair. He's not doing much of anything but looking out the large windows to the front.

Mal's finally flying.]

[Mal's begins the transmission without preamble; no sense in it.]

Lookin' for volunteers here. Just need a few people willin' to give a bit of time to set up a-- [Here he falters, unsure of what he's even calling this. Too much organization for him, that's sure.] --a Citizen's Guard, I s'pose. Looking for people willing to patrol the place and ( Read more... )