[Kelly is still recognisably himself, looking at the PORTAL camera. His hair's much shorter, and there's something more like an attempt at a beard on his face than the stubbly thing he sometimes allows. The biggest difference, really, is the uncertain way he holds himself, shoulder hunched forward, eyes darting away from the PORTAL occasionally as ( Read more... )

[This message starts off showing a video from the night before. A shaky and unfocused view of a floor, with sounds of a struggle nearby. The camera swings around to show gumshoewizard and failedparenting grappling with solarpurpura. She's tiny between the two men, covered in livid purple and black bruises from their hands, and it's hard to see what sort of fight she could possibly be ( Read more... )

[Kelly's talking from his office at the restaurant today. The computer screen behind him shows what looks like a flyer design, the words 'FOOD-OFF' in large letters at the top, and there's the sound of a printer running in the background.]Anyone out there like good food? I'm hoping a lot of you, because I'm looking for a lot of judges ( Read more... )

[The room Kelly's in is plain grey brick on all sides, stark utilitarian lighting casting everything in harsh shadows and unforgiving light. Kelly himself looks more unkempt than usual, his regular casual suit altered by necessity. The jacket is missing, his shirt sleeves are rolled up to the elbows, and there's patches of blood on the white collar ( Read more... )

This is really more directed at my staff, but I'm going to make it general for any customers, too.

I know our recent trip to the future has left some of us with a lot of questions, and a lot of discomfort. I don't actually have any real memories of my own week there, but I've managed to piece together some of it from other people. [A pause, and he ( Read more... )

[Kelly looks really quite unkempt, not as put together as he usually is, both in appearance and thought. The teneka picks up on some random images - just different variants of darkness and shadow, really, and a very acute sense of claustrophobia, loneliness, dread, misery.]

I understand what happened, and I don't remember much but...

[He shakes ( Read more... )

I suppose it's only good business to announce the arrival of a new restaurant in the city.

[It's taken him longer than he really expected - he's been procrastinating over it, wasting hours wandering the city in the supposed search for a suitable building. In truth he's found several, but completing the rest of his plan bad felt too much like ( Read more... )

[Kelly has somewhat mastered how to manipulate his PORTAL with two paws instead of hands, and his mental voice is just as calm as usual, if slightly amused.]

Taking advantage of the current situation, in case it is as temporary as I'm expecting, I've been compiling a list ( Read more... )

[Kelly looks rather harried and sleep-mussed, sans mask as he flicks his PORTAL on. Distracted, too, as if there's something else in the room he'd rather be keeping an eye on, but needs to address the device instead.]This may sound a little strange, considering where we are, but has anyone had any problems with... transforming against their will? ( Read more... )

[The PORTAL feed starts off displaying row upon row of deck chairs across a part of the beach, slowly panning along to show they're all facing a large cinema screen. The angle and closeness of the PORTAL'S camera to the screen means the movie playing on it isn't completely visible, slightly distorted, but those who have seen it might recognise a ( Read more... )