06 November 2013 @ 09:56 pm
[The video comes on, and there’s Naruto - right up in front of the screen. It’s been a while, Asgard - so it’s no wonder that he looks incredibly different from the last time he intentionally made a video to share with everyone.

Today, he has a very specific purpose.]


Hey! Er, I’m here-- and so’s Naminé.

[Just in case you don’t believe him, he turns his bracelet, which is pretty tricky considering the fact that his arm really shouldn’t bend that way.]

[Naminé is, in fact, there! She’s also looking quite amused in his general direction, but upon her introduction raises a hand to wave, focus shifting to the camera.]

Ain’t gonna say anythin'?

[She jumps slightly, shoulders rising - then,]

Hello, everyone…! There, I said something.

[Aren’t you proud?]

[Well. It’ll do.]

Anyway, we’re gonna tell you all about this awesome place we got food today, yeah? It’s called er-- Wait a second.

Where are we again?


[Blink. Naruto, really? But she smiles all the same.]

The Highwind. Remember?

[... Why are you telling him and not the audience, Naminé?]

Yeah yeah, that’s right, the Highwind. We ate a bunch of cupcakes, and we had some of this-- orangey tea stuff it was really good. I reckon-- it’s pretty close to being as good as ramen, right?

Well… I mean, it’s not as good as ramen but-- it’s good. Really good. So, everyone should come here.


[Only, now he’s staring at the video, and then quite obviously at Naminé.]

[This time, she’s much more prepared - she glances over at him to make sure, then turns her smile on the camera.]

Mmhm! It was very nice. So-- it’s worth a try, whether you like ramen or not.

[His hand drops to the table, and you might only know that because suddenly the video is focused on the ceiling.]

You think that was okay?

Of course. You were very complimentary-- oh. Naruto, I think it’s still on.

Huh? Oh crap-- I--
 
 
04 November 2013 @ 07:46 pm
[ The video starts begins with the frowning face of a teenage girl with perked dog ears atop her head. ]

Okay, first of all! Everyone who is new, hi! My name is Jade, and welcome to Asgard, and make sure to let someone know if you need something! I can be helpful - I've been here practically forever now.

Secondly, I am going to need everyone to stop dying, thank you very much.

Thirdly - and this one kind of goes back to the second point, here - if you don't know how to use a weapon, you need to learn how to use a weapon. [ The frown on her face grows a little more severe. ] We are at war, and we can't always rely on our powers! Because some of them kind of suck - no offense, Harry - and when we're attacked, they're not gonna care if you're able to make a giant fireball or if you can just float half a foot off the ground.

[ Her expression is very decidedly stubborn. ]

I can teach you how to shoot a gun. I want to teach you how to shoot a gun! If you can't fight? Please let me teach you how to shoot a gun so you don't die, okay? Between here and home I've died like four times [ five, she's just unaware of that last one right now ] and I am getting sort of sick of it. Let me help!

Or at least let someone.

[ Jade leans forward, as if to end the video, before she wrinkles her nose and adds - ]

Also there's no pie at the Highwind today because my baker is being a butthead. Sorry Stiles. Take it up with Ryan!
 
 
22 October 2013 @ 09:27 pm
[Backdated to day 342.]

There isn't a face in the feed yet, only a quick splay of rooftops and colored awnings. Whoever is filming right now appears to be chasing after something, and he sounds slightly winded.]


Asgard. City in the asshole of a pan-dimensional nexus. Home to a hella diverse collection of creatures and people. Also home to poor SOBs in rad shades cursed to grow furry appendages. Let us examine one in particular as he moves within this treacherous environment...

[And so the feed peeks over the edge of a roof, peering down into a semi-crowded street where one Dirk Strider (sporting a viciously-whipping blonde cat's tail) and one Davesprite (in all his winged glory) are currently having a stare off.

Davesprite is saying something -- it sounds vaguely like, "...ill-advised, one-way tickets to the Twilight Zone and there's no way I'm gonna give in to such a base impulse. No matter what kind of yankable vibe your tail is giving off right now." just as a shadow rises from the ground between Dirk's feet and gives the "furry noodle" (as it was just previously described a moment ago) a swift tug. Catboy yelps and spins, and Birdboy takes the opening by darting forward and giving the tail a quick tug.

(Whoever is filming lets out a low, soft chuckle.

Crows are douchebags.)]


-- you're going to lose feathers in a minute --

[That's Dirk as moves forward to swat at Crowboy, who hops backward on his toes without so much of a flick of his wings before taking off at a full run.]

Oh shit, someone needs his catnip! [That is called over Davesprite's shoulder as he vaults over a fence and darts out of sight.

Dave lifts the bracelet up and holds it above his head in a practiced sort of way. With his free hand, he cocks his thumb and index finger at the feed and smirks.]


Submitted for the approval of the Asgardian Nature Society. Part two coming in approximately four minutes.




[Sorry, not sorry, bros.]
 
 
16 September 2013 @ 05:14 pm
[From the time the video starts out, it's relatively obvious that this was never meant to be posted. The camera is focused on a simple drawing of some flowers - or rather, in the process of focusing. Someone seems to be attempting to record their work.]

[The camera shifts after a few moments, turning up toward a wall pasted with countless other drawings, so many that they obscure most of the actual space on it. They're of all sorts of things - people, places, just everyday objects, and there are numerous representations of what are probably very familiar sights to anyone who's spent enough time in the city.]

[It seems whoever is in control of the recording is just starting to try to focus it on one specific portion of the wall when the movement stops abruptly. The lack of appropriate framing suggests that this was not intentional.]

[For a few moments, everything is still.]

[Then someone steps into the frame -- facing away but recognizable to anyone who knows her.]

[She begins to tear the drawings down. There is no care taken to preserve them, no caution whatsoever - they are ripped unceremoniously from their places, losing corners and chunks in the process. Some are discarded immediately - others are held onto only long enough for her to tear them to shreds before letting them fall. She moves back and forth, the sound of splitting paper continuing even when she steps out of the camera's view.]

[This goes on for a couple of minutes before, just as abruptly as she started, the girl stops. When she regains herself, she does so looking down at a sheet of paper only halfway bisected. Her shoulders jerk in surprise, and futilely, she presses the two halves back together again. Of course, they flops back apart the second she lets go.]

[The paper slips out of her hands and she does not stoop to retrieve it. She's too busy looking around at her work. When at last she turns and sees the camera, the distress already on her face intensifies, and it's only a few seconds before she's reaching toward the camera's view and it shuts off with a sharp screech.]

[Someone's due for a bad day, it seems.]
 
 
29 August 2013 @ 05:43 pm
um, two things
sunny is gone
the boy who sort of looked like roxas?
he showed up as ??? a lot
he was here for a really, really long time
he and sollux both were

this is kind of worrisome :(
it is not unusual for people to come and go
but it is easy to forget that the friends you have had here forever are just as likely to leave as anyone else

for what it is worth...
if i leave tomorrow, i am glad to have met all of you <3


anyway, sad news over!!!
i am looking to hire some people with the drawing powers
i need guns made!!
please let me know
thanks!
 
 
22 August 2013 @ 11:24 pm
[The thing about text is that it does not express emotion in quite the same way as a video or voice post would. That is precisely why she's chosen to do this in such a format.]


To those of you who knew Sollux Captor he's no longer in the city.

[It seems like too little, like she should say so much more about his presence than that. There's a lot she COULD say, and yet--]

If you were a friend of his or in any way treated him well I would like to express both my condolences and my gratitude for your kindness.

[Regardless of whether he would do so himself.]


Thank you.


ACTION | The Arena Roof | OPEN )
 
 
23 August 2013 @ 12:42 am

[On screen is a patchy blue and magenta face, set with swollen, shining green eyes bubbling with tears.  Yes, bubbling.  In addition to fat drops spilling down her cheeks, there are bubbles forming in the corners of her eyes and popping on her cheeks or being scattered and floating away when she blinks.  The normally unclothed little fish-alien girl is wearing a loose cotton shirt that is obviously falling off of her, and might be recognizable as having belonged to one Gil Marverde.

In her hands is clasped a worn piece of paper that might not have been so worn an hour or two before, but is now splotched with tears and wrinkled from her wringing hands.  She babbles through her tears for a few seconds of the feed, not speaking coherently.  If you look behind her, you'll see a torn-apart mess of a room, empty of anyone else and especially empty of any tidiness.  Everything has been pulled down or thrown around; some stuff is even broken.

After a number of seconds, Nevy hiccups, and smears at her face with her hand.]
 He's--  [She chokes around the words, cries for a few more seconds, and then blurts out:]  He's gone!

[She dissolves back into sobs, but continues trying to speak.  The only discernible words are "Gil" and "he's"; the rest is a blathery mess.  It's all that anyone really needs to know - every person who Nevy has talked to, on or off the network, has heard of her best friend Gil (her only friend, even) at least once.  Far from composed, she jams her face directly into the crumpled, damp note and presses it to her cheeks and gasps into the paper.  This continues for a few more seconds before she fumbles to turn off the feed.]

 
 
 
23 February 2013 @ 05:15 pm
Some people wish to return to their worlds, therefore when they do, it’s a good thing. A thing to be glad for. Because this place may not bring them the happiness they truly want and they deserve. So I am glad that they do return. [ that he returned ]

But I don’t understand why it hurts that they left. It shouldn’t hurt. It’s something to be glad for, something to be happy for, because they will be happier.

I don’t understand. It shouldn’t be like this.


[ For those who live with Kaworu, he won’t be coming home for the next two days. He will return when he remembers he is hungry. ]
 
 
14 February 2013 @ 05:10 pm
[The feed opens abruptly to Ven who looks like he just woke up, hair and clothes messy still from being in bed so long, but looking absolutely horrified. And the first thing he asks upon opening the feed is--]

H-how long was I out of it?

[ooc: canon updated him a little so he was asleep for almost two weeks.]
 
 
10 February 2013 @ 06:23 pm
man ive been in some pretty shitty dream bubbles
but this one takes the shitty cake of shitty cakes
like one of those five tier shitty cakes that dont even look like shitty cakes
just five tiers of something that looks like it crawled out of roses crazy fanfic wizard porn
tentacles and beards and
little crystal balls and sprinkles that are really supposed to be sparkles
but just looks like someone needed to use all the sprinkles before they went bad
because they couldnt afford to waste the 5 bucks they spent on the jar or something
so they were like hey lets make this shit sparkle
and dumped them all over the place
can sprinkles even go bad??

whatever its cool
im game
not like i have anything else better to do than to ride a meteor for three fucking years
surrounded by a bunch of tools and sistertraps experimenting with spacewizard booze
speaking of sistertraps
and her crazy fanfic wizard porn
where the fuck are you drunky??
man i told you
shouldve slept that shit off
shouldve rescheduled your date

oh my god im going to have to come find you arent i
find you and then find that nice pile of suitably soft objects i was talking about for you to sleep in
fyi if you puke on my cape
im pretty much going to be forced to fly off the handle
which sucks because i dont see any fucking handles to fly off of

anyway i guess if this is going to be a thing
and were going to be making this happen
sup freyr
you ready for this??


Translation )
 
 
13 January 2013 @ 03:38 pm
[Normally when a person connects to Asgard's network, they greet villagers with a view of their face. However, this particular new Traveller is busy showing the city…snow. In particular, the fresh snow and frost that graced the city just two days prior to his arrival. Lots of snow, because this particular new Traveller just tried to fly and promptly fell into the snow instead. There's a frustrated sound from Jack Frost as he stands up, bracelet turning to face the snow again. Good thing nobody saw that. He's not really thinking about whether anyone can hear or see him though. The whole "being seen and believed in" thing? Still sort of hit and miss with this guy, and he's working under the assumption that most people still can't. However he's very much visible to anyone looking. They'll see a white-haired boy covered in snow and walking through the city like it's no big deal. Oh yeah, and without shoes. He's still not showing his face to the bracelet for the network to see, but he's soon speaking up to talk his way through the situation.]

Uh huh. So the fate of all existence rests within my hands. Thaaat sounds kind of familiar. [Speaking of hands, one of his hands soon appears as he bends down while walking, scooping up some snow to form a snowball.]

What I want to know is who beat me to it. [That snowball starts getting tossed up and down.] Because this? This isn't my work. [The snowball stops getting tossed and he brings it up, presumably, to his mouth to try and work some magic on it. No such luck though. He immediately stops in his path, giving the snowball a curious look.

Okay, well, how about we make it snow? …no luck? What about fros--okay, no luck there either.]


You gotta be kidding me. I mean I get it, I have a new power. [In fact, he's going to test the strength of his new power, using his mind to create snowballs without his hand and allow them to float and hover around him.] …which is kind of cool, I guess. I get that supposedly old powers won't work, but how am I supposed to be a Guardian if I can't even make the snow come?

[Aw well…even if he can't make new snow, there's no sense wasting the snowball that's in his hand. So what's Jack going to do? He's going to take a look around…and that snowball's suddenly getting launched…who knows where. If another traveller's nearby, it might just hit them. Totally on accident. Really. Oh come on, he's still working under the assumption that most people can't see him. Someone missed the memo that when they say everything's been stripped, they mean everything. So assuming that there's no harm done here, he'll just start to walk off with his telekinetically-created snowballs drifting behind him like baby ducks following their mother.]
 
 
11 January 2013 @ 02:39 pm
I... I don't understand...

[The small, slender Japanese girl with the high ponytail and downtilted eyes might be familiar to some. She's standing in front of Heimdall House with a newcomer's letter in her hands, dressed in the same uniform as the first time she arrived, but it doesn't quite fit right anymore - she's gotten taller since she made it, started to fill out a little. At least in Asgard, which proves that she hasn't been completely reset.

The confusion on her face starts to contort into alarm as her words confirm that truth.]


Isn't - it over? I remember Freyr - when he - wasn't that the end? But now it's like none of it ever happened... the letter, and the maid, and everything looks just like the first time...

[And now edging into panic as she leans against one of the house's walls, wrapping her arms around her middle and shivering.]

What's going on?!

((ooc: and the thing is done ;D))
 
 
26 December 2012 @ 12:06 pm
[The feed starts off with a blue-eyed lion cub wearing a silly lion grin. There is snow in his mane and all over his furry little body. For someone who's usually human, Sora is rather unperturbed about being an animal.]

This is great! This snow is perfect for snowmen and snowball fights. Hmm...

[He paws at the snow and gathers a clump perfectly sized for his paws. Packing it into a ball proves more difficult. Disappointed, he drops his almost-snowball.]

I guess I need hands... Hey, someone should come out and help me make a snowman! We'll make the biggest snowman anyone's ever seen.

[Sora shakes off snow and sneezes, then looks thoughtfully at the bracelet.]

But since it's cold and snowing, does that mean it's close to Christmas? Does this world have Christmas? I hope Santa knows I'm here. I've been really good this year, too...
 
 
25 December 2012 @ 08:49 pm
[There's a very quiet shuffling in the background, punctuated by a distant 'baa' right before Naminé begins to speak.]

 Happy Holidays, everyone.

[She sounds to be in a fairly good mood.]

 If anyone could suggest a place that I might be able to house my sheep while it's cold, I'd really appreciate it. It just seems wrong to leave her outside, and she's been in my room, but-- [Whoops, looks like she had to turn away from the bracelet for a moment.] Bo Peep, please don't do that...! [More clearly again,] ... but I've been thinking that it might not be the best place for her. Thank you-- Bo Peep, no! That's not food--
 

[Aaaaaaand there goes the feed.]
 

(( Naminé will also be going out today to hand out presents to those she's spoken to more than once. The post for that is here, and she may wish to discuss it in this post as well for the purposes of arranging meetings. ))
 
 
21 November 2012 @ 08:33 pm
[It's assumed that Draco is around somewhere despite not being on camera immediately, judging by the fact that when the feed starts travelers are greeted with a nice view of a bedroom wall absolutely covered in diagrams, charts, graphs, drawings and notes. Literally every square inch of the wall above the bed is covered in paper marked with random colored pens. It's assumed the rest of the room is set the same way. In the background, anyone listening can hear a coffee maker brewing a new pot.

War's never been one of Draco's favorite things, but the battles in Asgard have made him think of his home world and the situation he's in. He hates thinking about it, but he's started dissecting everything he knows…hence some of the charts that are overlaying some older charts. When Draco begins to speak, he's still out of the line of vision, if only because he can't exactly face the city just yet.]


…I know this man at home who's trying to, more or less, recreate the entire world. A perfect world where everyone's exactly the same and everyone who's considered less than worthy is punished severely if they're not outright killed immediately. [This is bad. This is a bad idea to be bringing this up, but Draco's full of bad ideas and bad decisions lately.] Actually, his favorite method is to torture them severely before sparing them and then murdering them with a flick of the wrist.

But the thing is, despite the fact he's more or less a slit-nosed homicidal freak, he has a large following. Many follow him out of fear, but there are just as many who follow out of loyalty. There are many people who actually, genuinely believe our world will be better if we follow his plan for destruction and reconstruction. It's messy and violent, and yet they go along with it anyway. Funny how that works, isn't it? One has to wonder why. [It's probably for the best that Voldemort's not around to hear that one of his servants is basically disregarding everything he's been taught. But after his last conversation with Jade? Maybe he really doesn't have to be constantly fearing for his life...maybe just every other day.

Let's get to the point, shall we? His hand appears in the frame of video and he's pinning a fresh piece of paper to the wall above the bed. He soon takes out a pen and in a neat, elegant scrawl writes something on the top of the page.


The art of persuasion and manipulation


His hand hovers in midair for a moment before he withdraws it.]

What is the fine line between persuading people and manipulating them? And, as a bonus question, what is the fine line between safety and fear? Sometimes I have to wonder if the rulers of this world aren't any different, what with having to do their bidding without even asking us. And yet we do it anyway because we're told it's better this way. [He knows it's a stretch, but it's still a valid point in his opinion.] As you can see, I've plenty of room on the paper so give me something worth writing.
 
 
18 November 2012 @ 09:37 pm
[ There are so many things Hanako would like to say over the network... but there are not enough words. That post during the battle... it became real, after all. The void would be more painful if she didn't rebel and go say goodbye to the girl properly. It's possibly the best decision Hanako ever took in her whole life.

It's audio, and it'll be curtly to the point. ]


To all those who knew her, Nakama-san has gone back to her home world.

Those of you I know, and I didn't have a chance to catch up with during the battle, please contact me. I want to be sure you're all safe and sound.

[ Feed over. She's going to respond in a hour or so, after she's less prone to sulking for the loss. ]
 
 
25 October 2012 @ 08:56 pm
[Hello Asgard, here's a text message from "???" popping up on the network.]

Apparently I've been assigned to lead the watch over Loki's district.

[Oh god, someone stop him. He's not exactly thrilled about this either, especially since he's addressing the whole network without the anonymous function on.]

Anyone else who wants to keep a look out, that's fine too. Focus attention towards the Gate of Frost, even if that's not necessarily a point of entrance. Other than that, stay alert. It you see something suspicious, contact me. Or "start shouting if something goes off"-- the gods are going to be more alert this time. Don't be stupid and let something potentially dangerous go under the radar.

And whether you like it or not (whether you participate in this war or not), the danger here is still real.

____
[Private to Namine:] Sorry. Looks like we'll have to save our trip till later. Are you going to be okay?
____
[Private to Roxas:] Are you busy?

((ooc: Stats hw is calling me, so tags will be slow. ;A; ))

 
 
16 October 2012 @ 10:48 am
[ the bracelet hadn't been that hard for him to figure out - in fact it was a nifty little piece of technology, though there wasn't something quite like it where he came from. Of the options he figures voice is the best way to go for the very first one, if he's going to be broadcasting it, after all. No reason to show everyone his face right away.

He's leaning up against the side of Freya's welcome hall, arms somewhat crossed as he records the message. ]


So I see we have ourselves a little war going on. You know, this place isn't the only world with problems. Some of us were in the middle of doing something important. Enemies to vanquish, friends to rescue, stuff like that. But I guess that doesn't matter to certain parties.

Anyway, since we're stuck here, I guess I do have one question: where's the best ice cream in this dull place? I told a friend I owe him some.


[ ooc: feel free to run into him in Freya or respond! ]
[ edit: Lea's conversation with ??? is FILTERED for the record ]