Note to self: add this to side bar ( Read more... )

[The feed comes on with River staring into it, watching for all the world like she is seeing 'you' on the other side. She looks very intent and focused as she stares at the PCD, wearing a deep frown. Her eyes flicker to the side, almost as though looking at something over 'your' shoulder. She swallows.]

You like it.

Hurting him. Don't know why. ( Read more... )

[The PCD comes on as River sets it on the counter, pushing away a stray vine sprouting flowers. She gives the plant no mind other than that, her face set in a frown, as though she is concentrating on something very, very hard ( Read more... )

[River appears, checking the feed of the PCD she has apparently set up to record...whatever it is she is doing. She backs off, and it becomes clear that she has balanced the device on a stair on the fire escape outside of Ed and Al's apartment. She watched it for a time, blinking owlishly, and then turns to look out over the city. As she begins to ( Read more... )

[A halloween store can be seen, though River is not visible, holding the PCD like a camcorder]

This is highly dubious.

Out of place.

Early.

No one else sees it.

No one wants to.

Fools.

[River is pacing along the shore of the river, hair a bit wild, muttering to herself.]

She sees the faces. Faces under faces.

The sound is the same, but the voice has changed.

She doesn't understand.

[The feed begins showing nothing but an eye, staring straight into the video feed. After a few moments, she starts to talk ( Read more... )

-Jayne!
The Man they call Jayne!-

Everyone worried, focused, listening, lost, hearing nothing and saying it all. They never end, someone always shouting, crying, sobbing in the black, begging for it to end.

-No, this is what going crazy feels like-

Simon...

[a pause as she think it over]

A family. Together, even if it's wrong. Not supposed to ( Read more... )

[A scream seems to trigger her PCD into recording. The video flickers on a moment later. A woman, hardly more than a girl, can be seen. She's wearing a dress, green and blue, sleeveless. Her feet are bare,and though she is sitting up, she's as close to the fetal position as she can manage, pressed against the wall of a building behind her. Her arms ( Read more... )