{All the NOC's are overridden due to the incoming government transmission. The Regent of Paradise appears, and he seems to be a bit...irked. He begins speaking without preamble, tone decidedly serious.}Citizens of Paradise: It has become known to me that we will shortly undergo some sort of catastrophe. The details of said catastrophe I do not ( Read more... )

My darling pebbles, the wind against the shards tell me something dreadful, the smoothness of the blue stone is still not in my grasp.

My heart desires to hear the Dolphin's cry, but my ears cannot find it, I beg of you .. good residents of Paradise, please bring forth my blue stone should you have found it ( Read more... )

Regent, a word would be ...

Horrrrrrrrendously-

grand.

[Filtered audio sent to; Cloud]

Hnn, the gifts are waiting in the front of my shop; the list follows; Aerith and Tifa.

Okay, I'm just going to fire this out then. Um...

Regent...dude, guy, fella. Any chance a girl can have a little word?

Preferably before the whole city gets all hunt happy cause, dude, I won't have the brain power for conversation after that.

[pause]

Yeah.

Addendum;Alright, kittens, listen up. I'm taking over Nill's shop. For now. Ya'll want ( Read more... )

[Cue throat clearing.]

Yes. I was just wondering, had any one located any volumes? Texts or novels, books of any sort around the city at all? I ask naturally, because I feel perhaps some kind of knowledge of the place might assist in future endeavours to locate a method to-to-to [he's making weird wavy hand gestures] find a way home, to each of ( Read more... )

[Static crackles as every NOC flares to life with a government override, a face coming into view. It is the Regent of Paradise, and he has bestirred himself to give a few words his city.]I see we have some new faces here in Paradise. I'm sure you've been appraised of your situation by now and have begun to settle in. If not, my sympathies; your ( Read more... )

Regent. Sir? That bed for your cat is done.

Miss Mercy? If you have something that needs repairs I would be happy to do it for you.

The shop is still open if people want their clothes washed or repaired. I also found a couple old shirts. They were a little ripped but I fixed them. They are for sale.

I wonder where you could find nice cloth.

"This is not acceptable!"

The Regent paced back and forth in his quarters, pausing every moment or so to look out of his window, sickened at the carnage below. He whirled, anger rising as his fists clenched.

"Why, for God's sake! Those were innocent people in there!!But his tirade was brought up short by the blast of cold wind that nearly ( Read more... )

[The Regent's feed comes over all of the NOC's once more; he seems less than thrilled this time.]Several of you have expressed interest in our law enforcement division here in Paradise ( Read more... )

"What??The Regent's voice was a roar, causing the young officer to shrink back against the door and visibly wince. He was wounded, had drug himself back to the city gates amid the horrors of the wastelands to deliver his gruesome news, and the Regent's anger only served to rattle his brains even more ( Read more... )