Hey... [Sounds like he's having a rough day] does anyone know...if it's possible to...

[There's a long pause, paper rustling] Is it possible to see our home worlds...just for a moment.

...I saw something.

...If it's true...

I won't play nice anymore...

Did that boy ever come back? He went out when those things were roaming about...

...A body...? [A whisper, barely audible. Static, fabric rustling and coughing] This smell...dammit... [footsteps, a door flying open, pacing]

What should I do...?

[The PDA was set opposite the teen, propped against something steady. The room was dark, a single orb of light and the moon the only sources of light. A dark bowl of something was set before him and he dipped a finger in, lifting his hand to his closed eyes;] Bless my eyes that I might have clarity of vision ( Read more... )

[Steps outside and stands in the rain, lowering his goggles over his eyes] ...My body is back to normal. I should be pleased but...people keep...disappearing and new ones show up.

Where do they go when they disappear? Do they go home or...?

I guess it's better to think they just went home. Naive...but, mildly comforting.

[He breathes out, but it seems different, softer and higher-pitched] This...isn't funny. I'm sure you're laughing though.

Stop...messing with my body!

[Takes a deep breath and speaks barely above a whisper]  I wonder if this is what mother looked like when she was my age...

Dammit.

[Sighs] There...really aren't any other medics in this place...? I suppose that's the reason I was brought here...but you know...I have other duties...not that I'm complaining...it's just...I remember what I was doing before I came here ( Read more... )

[Cloth covers the camera as the device comes on, light shifting awkwardly behind it until the cloth--a sleeve--moves out of the way, revealing a rather small face leaning over] I don't really know what's going on but...I definitely don't like it...[He hugs his knees to his chest, looking away] The last time I was this little...my parents...[ ( Read more... )

[The screen flickers on, a pair of scuffed white boots moving quickly and surely over the uneven ground. His labored breathing comes out in short huffs as he hurries to the hospital, slowly only enough to work his way through the rubble and debris.] "It should be around here somewhere..." [He paused in what remained of the corridor, peering down ( Read more... )

[Sheets rustle softly, followed by a faint cough and a shuddering breath] "I was planing on heading out...but I can barely get out of bed..." [More rustling] "I can't believe this...how pathetic...trapped in bed by a common cold..." [Voice muffled by cloth] "...I just...need to sleep...then it'll go away..."