you've let the ink dry, mr. holmes.
24 February 2012 @ 12:04 am
I am certain that our friends with the City Ministry of Environmental Affairs have the means, the good will and the scientific studies to reassure you that the water supply brought by recent weather tidings is of exceptional quality.

Regrettably, in the interest of full disclosure, I am loathe to bring to attention that there is no operative City Ministry of Environmental Affairs.

Unless you are convinced of its sterility: boil your water. Filter it. And maybe try to avoid the singular compulsion of drinking from puddles down the road.

We wouldn't want to extend mere water the courtesy reserved for conveniently timed questionable chocolate pieces fallen from the sky.
 
 
mikura kazuma ☄
24 February 2012 @ 12:05 am
( the feed from kazu’s device clicks on to show the darkness of a dingy little apartment, or to be more exact, what kazu has claimed as his room, the moonlight pouring into the window serving as the only source of light for the room. it also features the side of ikki’s hand and his wrist, out of focus and much too close from clicking on kazu’s device.

he smiles into the camera, all glinting teeth, before he walks towards kazu’s bed. there’s a soft click as ikki flips off the cap of a marker, smelling the tip of it before applying it to kazu’s face. he writes various insults across his face, each one more hateful than the last.

the feed cuts out.

it clicks back on and ikki is beside is kazu’s bed, pants down and his butt pressed against the side of kazu’s face.

the feed cuts back again immediately afterwards.

finally, it cuts back on and it’s closer this time. it gives a very clear shot of ikki leaning over the side of kazu’s bed, pants now back up. his face is incredibly close to kazu’s, fingers prying his mouth open. he opens his own mouth then, letting two slugs drop out of his mouth and into kazu’s. )


Yesss! ( he laughs!

it's fifteen seconds, if you're counting—from the moment the camera films the slugs dropping in to Kazu's eyes snapping open. about the time it'd take for one to spill out and wriggle into an ear. but there's no trace of that by the time Kazu lifts one hand, ghosts fingertips across his face, silent and perfectly blank. he sits up.

only five seconds, on the other hand, from vertically to punching Ikki in the face. )
 
 
Yuri Lowell
24 February 2012 @ 12:35 am
It's not like anyone can say no when he makes that stupid face while asking in that stupid voice if he can cook dinner for once.

And those cat-

[You may notice the ABRUPT END to the voice clip as Yuri, though cursed, actually musters enough dignity to toss the device.]

[ooc | Backdated to early Thursday morning because I forgot this curse was today. Taken from this post from a few months back!]
 
 
worldofourown
[The feed snaps on to a dark, dingy room. Rain pours outside, drumming against the walls. A bright jab of lightning brings up the interior all stark white in black shadows. Like in a horror movie.]

[Karl lies bonelessly in a makeshift bathtub, filled to the rim with rainwater. In the gloom, his skin is cadaver-white, long black hair tumbling over the tub's rim. To an observer, he seems asleep. Except he's simply lost in exhausted thought. Daydreaming.]

[Another lightning-flash. A dark trail is visible on the floor. Something stirring and glistening. A dull 'squelch' blends with the rainfall.]

[More lightning strikes. And the entire room is lit in electric white. It reveals a disturbing scene. Slugs. Dozens of slugs on the floor. Slithering, oozing. A few have
crawled unnoticed up the tub, sticking to its round edge, curling around the rim. One lands with a plop in the water.]

[Karl's eyes snap open.]

[Cursing, he jerks up, water sloshing around him - just as the lightning-flash ebbs. In the sudden blackness, there is a scream.]

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?

[Splattering water. Frantic movement. Someone is scrambling from the tub. The noise is accompanied by a stream of obscenities, and violent splat-splat-splats. The slugs are evidently being trampled to death. Then, a spark, a flash of yellow flame - and disgusting sizzling noises. Someone just struck a match to his unwanted guests.]

[In the flickering glow, Karl is seen. Dripping wet, wrapped hastily in a towel and huddled over the flambéed slugs. His eyes glow red, white fangs bared.]

Damn this! Can't a man even get a wash in this worthless City?

[He strikes another match. Sets yet another slug on fire. Crackle. Hiss. Enjoy the show, folks.]


[OOC: Poor Karl. First eaten by a sandworm, and now beleagured by slugs. Feel free to pester him cheer him up. He's had a tiresome week :)b]
 
 
Current Location: In the Desert Safe Zone
Current Mood: nauseated
 
 
Xerxes Break
24 February 2012 @ 11:39 am
[Toto, I don't think we're in the Glass City anymore.

The video is grainy and seems to be skipping, even to those within the sandy version of the beloved City, thanks to the sand damage and... okay some blunt force trauma to the poor network box.

A pale haired man with smears of blood on his chin, (but more on his blade), is slumped against a rock, a scant cover in the midst of the desert.

A dark haired younger man is panting himself to unconsciousness nearly off-screen. Intermittently, an obscenely large black feather blows past in the dry wind.

Another man, short cropped hair and glasses, is occupied ripping off a veil and other feminine accessories.

My, what have these gents been up to?

The man whose device this seems to be finally moves, one hand now clapped over his mouth and shoulders shaking in mid-coughing fit, pokes the device with his blade until it tips up to offer a view of the sun's position and their rocky outcropping.

A location.

Which is the closest Xerxes Break is ever going to get to asking for help from strangers.]


[ooc; see here for details! Anyone is free to hop in. Replies WILL come to the post even if there's no verbal audio in the post itself!]
 
 
Jenny :: Doctor Who
24 February 2012 @ 01:23 pm
Glass is perfectly well for letting the light and dark in or out. It's good for seeing in or out of without going out or in. You can write on glass and see the words from either side, good for practicing reading things backward in case there's ever a need to do so. It is difficult to keep clean though, fingerprints and smudges and the like. And I'm afraid I just discovered that there are some glasses one shouldn't look through. Ill timing makes some people thoroughly disgruntled. My name isn't Tom though. It's Jenny and I didn't mean to peep!
 
 
Current Mood: uncomfortable
 
 
Aya Fujimiya
24 February 2012 @ 02:05 pm
[The video starts with a lot of static before it clears up a bit to reveal that the device is in the sand looking up at the figures of Aya and Ken standing back to back. There are shadows all around them and when the static clears again it becomes obvious that they're surrounded by the desert monsters. Even with both men being armed this doesn't look good.]

Hey, Aya.

Yes?

[Aya glances over his shoulder at the brunette.]

You know, I don't mind this so much with you at my back. [Ken flashes Aya a grin who responses with a smile of his own.]

Same here.

With a bang?

Yes.

[They both turn back to their targets with determined looks before rushing at them, each with their own war cry. One moves in to bite Ken while another is about to slash Aya deeply across the chest....


...Then it all goes to static before the video ends.]


[ooc: Aya and Ken going to their deaths here! They will be losing their devices so they'll have trouble communicating until the event is over after they revive.]
 
 
Billy Kaplan
24 February 2012 @ 07:35 pm
 
I-

[A lady is walking by and he just blurts out]

Diediedie-

[The lady's dusty but blue dress suddenly looks like it was splashed, and it turns a horrible shade of pink]

No!

[There's blue light and suddenly Billy is surrounded by...lobsters.]



[ooc: he is slugged and the slug cannot figure out his magic, plus Billy is fighting this shit. Action is a-okay!]
 
 
24 February 2012 @ 11:16 pm
( when the device finally turns on, it captures a very clear image of what looks like—but definitely isn't—ikki, the leader of the one and only great kogarasumaru sitting ontop of a bunch of crates and boxes thrown onto some roof in the safe zone. he's fairly injured, but sloppily bandaged as if he had done all the hard work himself.

but other than that, he looks pissy. really pissy. super pissy. mega pissy. )


God damn, I hate this place. This shitty, dirty sorry excuse for a city or even a safe zone is hardly worthy for a god like myself. is this the best that could be done? Is this the best my freakin' team could come up with?

I'm sick of it and I'm sick of their useless asses. If it's not one thing it's another with them, always whining and crying about something stupid. Shit that doesn't even matter!

Fuck it. I'm through with it. I'm through with them.

I'm not your fucking leader. Stop looking to me for guidance, assholes.

( he kicks a box over near his feet before taking off his team jacket and tossing it onto the ground. )

Take care of yourselves for once.

[[ooc: his slug doesn't have much time left before he dies off. couple hours, tops. it seriously can't handle being in ikki's head. also wounds are from sasuke, which is still an ongoing thread so i'mma try my best to not really describe them. BACK-DATED TO THE NIGHT OF THE 24TH.]]
 
 
Nathan Young
24 February 2012 @ 11:52 pm
Any word on when this whole desert thing's going to be over with?

I like getting sun as much as any man, but this is ridiculous. I'm starting to think I won't have skin left by the time this gets fixed, and I've got sand in places I didn't know existed. I'm about ready to start pissing sand any day now.