[The television clicks on of its own accord, as is typical with matters in this state -- the message is as panicked and harried as ever as the newscaster struggles to make his report before the broadcast goes dead.]

Sources report that the Black Mist has inexplicably-- [shhhhhhhht] --the whole of Disney Academy. [shh-shh-shhhht] --is ( Read more... )

[The familiar distortions on his comm had left Jackie with a very eerie sense of foreboding that he couldn't shake no matter what he did to distract himself. Even his usual meditations were interrupted by feelings that he wasn't alone or that there might be someone...or something watching him ( Read more... )

[Way too many things had been weighing on Belle's mind for the last couple of weeks. But this morning she had rolled out of bed determined to enjoy herself. All she needed, she thought, was a little change. Change was good. She had been stuck in a rut for so long - it was definitely time to get out of it. The first step was to get out of her room. ( Read more... )

...and so the little girl took the puppy home, and they lived happily ever after. The end.

[Jane closes the book in her hands gently so as not to wake the four-year-old curled up beside her. Poor Danny. She couldn't possibly have turned him away when he crawled into her bed earlier that night, close to tears because he was feeling frightened and ( Read more... )

 [ Unlike most accidental videos that are broadcast, this accidental video is very brief, only signifying that Meg had tossed the sputtering and crackling comm across her dorm room and left it. She hated that noise, and she didn't intend on coming back to her dorm to listen to it anytime soon. Nope. She needed a pick-me-up. Potential danger be ( Read more... )

[The broadcast currently going out over the comm network is filled with whimpering, heavy breathing, and snot.

Dory is not taking this whole Strangeling thing very well. She's convinced there's one waiting outside of her window, and she is absolutely, positively terrified to leave the safe confines of her closet.

Her face is illuminated only by the ( Read more... )

[The video started and showed...a chair sitting in the middle of the frame. After several silent seconds, there was a burst of music and confetti and a rather familiar face jumped into view, landing in the chair and flashing a wide grin.]

Helloooo, hello again! Students, faculty, and...all you other people who aren't quite as important, I have ( Read more... )

[The past month has not been kind to Dave.

He’s still upset over Jane’s sudden departure, still bitter because Balthazar isn’t here, still anxious because Drake is.

He’s more anxious over the Morganian’s presence now than when he first arrived, though, which Dave didn’t think was possible. Then again, he never thought he’d have to tell Drake about ( Read more... )

[Your communicator begins to issue a dull buzzing sound, spluttering like a wet candle. Weird, hadn’t you turned it off for the night ( Read more... )

[Out on the quad under the shine of the day's brilliant sunlight, Dr. Facilier has set up his neat little card table once more. This time another hand-painted sign is displayed on the sandwich board beside him: Anti-Strangeling Charms it reads, beside it a crude painting of a lanky humanoid figure with a red circle and line crossing it out. ( Read more... )