Do you think-- sometimes, when the City curses you... that it's trying to tell you something? Give you a hint or something.

Er-- the deities. Whatever.

It's...okay. It's okay, everyone. Snow and Rita and- mom. Cocoon.

I forgive you.

I think I've finally made peace with everything, now.

What...

[His voice is shaking, crackling, scared. He'd been remembering flashes and seeing visions sparingly this past week to something he didn't remember but feared so immensely. Something about a curse. Something about a girl too curious about her experiments ( Read more... )

[At exactly midnight, Hope instantly shoots up from bed, hands fisted in sheets and eyes wide open. His breathing's uneven, and the moonlight catches the sweat on his temple ( Read more... )

[ getting slammed into concrete is as apt as anything to turn the communicators on these days. dimly, in the background: "what the fuck--" ]

This is for Mom!

For--wait, w-what? ... HEY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU AR--

[ this time, the crack of a punch is quite clear--along with a rush of air. just before the feed ends-- ]

Shit-- ( Read more... )

Hold on... This is- this is crazy! No, this can't be right. It can't-

What a stupid curse!

[He sounds and looks. So incredibly flustered right now. And he'd obviously hit puberty before - his voice did sound like a dude's! Now he sounds. Very feminine. Like a 14-year-old girl ( Read more... )

I've been thinking.

I...almost like this place, too. Even with those, um, weird curses and everything, I have a lot of fun here. I can wake up, make breakfast, and just be normal again.

She-

[An awkward pause. Tangibly awkward]I've never really lived without my parents before. Not like this, anyway. So it's weird. I don't know if I'll ever get ( Read more... )

So that's how it is. They leave just like that-? Without even a notice or note or anything. That Hall's the only way of knowing? It just seems really... inconvenient, I guess.

Not- not that Vanille is inconveniencing me. Or that other- the point is, it looks like I'll have to check that Hall more often.

[Something of a pause... but he gasps when ( Read more... )

[The video begins with Hope...tripping in the kitchen and falling flat on his face just as he was about to get something for breakfast! He growls as he gets up, fists clenched as he slams them on the ground]

This is all his fault- that- that Snow! Even when he's not around I can't get away from him.

[Annnnd this will continue all day. Yup.]He ( Read more... )

[A small groan - the video shows nothing but silver hair for now, but soon the figure sits up, rubbing at his eyes and checking himself for any injuries. He then looks around hurriedly. He has no idea where he is, and there’s no sign of Snow, either.]

W-wait, what-

[He sees the device and grabs it tentatively, certainly intelligent enough to ( Read more... )