[ The video turns on in a jarring fashion -- it appears to be turned onto the side, very close to the ground, and the soft sound of something lightly panting can be heard, along with strange clicks. And then the video starts to moving at random quickly, there is the shot of a pair of sandaled feet, and the legs of chairs, tables, and then what ( Read more... )

Naruto, if you're going to make plans, you might want to let me in on them.  When are we going out, and where?  I haven't been to any bars here, so I have no suggestions on where to go.  But if you expect a repeat, you might want to look into it.

Kakashi-san, I haven't had a chance to talk to you recently.  How is your shop going? 

[At first the video feed is filled with darkness, an apparent malfunction. As the camera pans out, however, viewers will realize that it's focused on a piece of dark fabric. A piece of dark fabric with numerous rips and holes. It looks decidedly chewed on. Now Orpheus turns the camera towards himself.]Kurosaki! Look what your overgrown rat did ( Read more... )

[She's not really paying a lot of attention, so the fact that the reception is far from clear is lost on her.  She's moving through her darkened apartment with a candle and a bucket.  The bucket is going under a leak at her window where the water is pouring in.  Anyone watching closely might see a shadowy shape moving around her apartment with her ( Read more... )

... S-so.

While everyone's busy acting like there's going to be a siege, does anyone know if this really is going to be some one-day thing? Like, um, what kind of giant storms even normally blow through here...? Nothing good enough to maybe clean out whatever's been accidentally dropped into the water?

[ pause. ]Though- for all the worries ( Read more... )

Naruto, I think I've found an apartment that will work for me. Feel like coming with me tomorrow to see it? See if your ramen will be safe?

[For those that know her, her voice sounds a bit . . . off.]

You could come over tonight, too.  Company would be good. This apartment is too quiet. You should come visit. Or Kakashi-san, Umino-san.  Poland ( Read more... )

[There's something steaming in the mug next to her elbow.  Her hair is damp, and she has a blanket wrapped around her shoulders.  She generally looks cold and miserable, dressed in business attire that is visible from about the waist up.  She has the NV propped up on her table.]

Does it every stop raining here?  This is worse than Konoha.  ( Read more... )

[sitting straight up on a bed, tapping the side of the NV during pauses. voice is just a tad mumbled.]

I know weird powers seem to be the norm here, but I can't be the only one who's never heard of 'the Cathedral of Jonova.'

...

So. Has anyone? Is it, like, some completely obscure branch of Christianity, or--? [stops tapping, raises an eyebrow ( Read more... )

[There is a bubbling sound and the sounds of something like spoons stirring something in a cup or bowl ( Read more... )

Two questions ( Read more... )