[At first there's only a crackling sort of noise, like static. There's no one speaking, either, as if the owner of the crystal has simply turned it on without realising. Eventually, the static fades, to be replaced simply by the soft strum of someone breathing in and out. This carries on for almost a minute before a video flickers into life ( Read more... )

Is this some kind of joke? A Warrior of Chaos? Me ( Read more... )

Before the battle comes, I wished to speak with all our allies. Some of us have friends or companions who are placed within the enemy's forces, friends who none of us wish to see come to harm. If we could share with each other who they are, we can avoid confrontations with them. There is no need to fight those who are not truly our enemies, and in ( Read more... )

[Someone's really getting tired of this mess, evident in the steel of his tone.]

Four days...gods.

( [/Filtered to Cosmos\] )

[The crystal comes on, hovering next to and focusing on a man standing and looking around with his hands on his hips. The look on his face clearly reads "This is bull."]

Never occurred to anyone that I might have things goin' on back home that I need to take care of first, huh? Never mind the fact that I left those kids all on their own.

[At that ( Read more... )

[Here you'll have an ear-splitting roar of rage and sorrow. Yes, this is the second time in a row he's roared at everyone. This time he doesn't even have the courtesy to back up.

Guess who just found Kain's body.]

[The girl staring at the crystal is silent for a moment. She's not actually staring at the crystal, of course, but rather sort of... through it at nothingness that happens to be in the proper direction. There's something very muddled and mildly afraid about the way she's holding her shoulders. It's clear she wants to speak, and also clear that her ( Read more... )

(The feed opens to... a very disorienting view. It keeps going up and down, never giving a clear shot of the one who opened the feed as the crystal is tossed up and down casually. Finally it stops and the feed focuses in on Billy. His expression is neutral as he stares into the crystal, just taking in the odd device, but when he speaks there's a ( Read more... )

Training? Don't make me laugh. As if some stupid god can force me into anything [yeah keep telling yourself that]

[To River]

Are you alright now?