[ The recording clicks on, and for nearly a minute there's near silence, the seconds filled instead with the sound of a voice that seems far away, muffled.

There's a rustling sound, Kairi's muffled voice suddenly loud and clear. ]

It's in my bag. [ A pause. ] Did I turn it on?

[ A different voice, deep and raspy, laughs. ]

Excuse me. [ The ( Read more... )

[ The video comes on, catching Amalthea in the middle of saying something ( Read more... )

[Filtered from Xehanort, Ansem and Vanitas; difficult to hack.]

[Axel's lounging back on the couch in the apartment, Winner curled up on the arm beside him. Next to him, Roxas sits like a stone, elbows resting on his knees as he stares into space. On his lap is a journal, but he's not reading it. The cat nudges Axel's hand and he pets her without ( Read more... )

[The video comes on with Himawari seated at her kitchen table, some books open, some papers here and there. She’s taking a break, fiddling with the NV controls before sitting back and looking amused, prideful]Hello Network! I was talking with a few people at school about a game called Secret Santa and thought that perhaps some of us here might ( Read more... )

[It's dark, the NV is filming out on the street. There's a new night-vision feature installed, so it's a wash of tinted greens, but a bit better for visibility.

There's a small, brighter lit patch where a bike headlight's shining, casting shadows through a chainlink fence that's been put up around . It's dingy here- always dingy in the dark, but ( Read more... )

[Jack's nursing a split lip. He's having fun with sucking the blood off, though, as he watches the snow outside the café window fall. His thigh-length gold hair down from its usual plait right now, though, and is drawn over a shoulder; it's a little disarrayed. Guess how many locals have discovered how easy of a leash it is?]All this upheaval about ( Read more... )

[The video feed shows a small Halloween display inside a corner convenience store. It might be early October, but there's plenty of candy for trick or treating and cheap costumes on sale. Roxas' perplexed voice can be overheard.]Axel, I know you said a holiday was coming up, but...Halloween? I don't get it. It's a day? I thought it was just a place ( Read more... )

Clear moments are so short.
There is much more darkness. More
ocean than terra firma. More
shadow than form.
What an unsteady place we live in. Sometimes it seems like there's hardly a chance to become accustomed to who arrives before those new faces are leaving us again ( Read more... )

[This is a post that almost isn't made. It doesn't feel like it's his place to make it, but anyone else in a position to do it has enough on their shoulders already. It's a lost cause; he knows that almost to a certainty, and there's very little doubt remaining. But there's just enough that he'll do this, just in case.]Sora's missing. All of his ( Read more... )

[The camera is a little shaky at first but then shows a label maker. A much used label maker, in fact ( Read more... )