Nineteenth Message [Text -> Video | Sheet of Paper]

[scramasax]

[Last message seemed to be a reminder that it may be advisable not to jump straight into visual connection without some sort of warning or heads-up preface.

Is unsure what a clear enough heads-up would be, deliberates a moment - and then pens in - ]

This is Anthony Janvier (the zombie). [It's a ridiculously silly thing to write but the warning's clear!] I am changing to video.

[Another pause - and connects directly with a rough - ] - Excuse - me - ... [A little thick and choppy - quick flick of his eyes down in a sense that's part additionally apologetic and part plain a tad restless.]

-- How umm -

-- If I may ask - how - [A little hoarse, this is not meant to sound critical as much as it is curious but he'd not be fretting that if it wasn't out of some subconscious, latent opinionated though - ] -- sure we are - of the -- past life or - alternate - reality - theories.

[That punctuation's not an error. It's entirely uninflected, held tense along a line, as is everything else just a little faintly, has no idea how much presumption could've been read into that.]

[closed] dudes doin stuff

[loveyoubaby]

Who: Max Kawasaki, Nick Burkhardt
When: wait no mid-january some time. Evening maybe.
Where: Dead District
What: Max is a big dumb asshole and decided cruising around the Dead District looking for trouble is a good idea. Nick is not a big dumb asshole and thus is unamused.

( and then stuff happened )

Text;

[vetala]

Hello and my sincerest apologies. I didn't really have a choice in leaving you all so suddenly, mostly due to my status as still under my parents supervision. L.A. was interesting. It was nice to see my extended family one more time before whatever is going on in this city inevitably overtakes my life to the point where I can no longer live a semblance of a normal one and my parents finally catch on to the fact that their daughter is a terrifying mutant and react appropriately.

Anyway, I brought souvenirs for anyone who wants some. They are all pretty much horrible and kitschy. If I could get a brief summary of what I missed, as well as a roll call to reassure myself that you're all, at the very least, coping well, that would be wonderful and I would appreciate it.

❧ 007 ❧ Digital voice recorder

[dominateartimus]

If anyone is keeping track of those who have temporarily lost their memories of this place, you can add me to the list. It wasn't as horrible as I thought it was going to be, to remember everything that happened.

[There's a moment of silence before it is broken by a grunt. Then a quick and quiet mutter to his cat to stop what he was doing, who meows in return. A sigh escapes Xander before he continues speaking.]

...Dr. Fell, I wish to speak you. I apologize for not getting in contact with you sooner, but there were some unforeseen circumstances that delayed this.

That is all.

(no subject)

[needsmorezippers]

Who: Karl Aurion/Richard Locke and Neku Sakuraba
When: 01/07/14
Where: Shooting range!
What: Neku thinks Mr. Locke still doesn't have his memories. This is not the case.

( guns are kind of illegal in japan )

testchamber 03 | open | video (shitty webcam)

[tenaciousc]

Hi, everyone.

[Is she going to begin all her posts like that?

Yes. Yes, she is. The video goes wobbly for a minute as Michelle adjusts the positioning to actually show her face instead of the top of her head.]

If you're not completely bored of echo stories, I got this thing a couple weeks ago. Meant to ask about it earlier, but with one thing and another...

[She walks off camera and comes back with an unusual device. In brief, it looks like a spider made sweet, sweet love to some kind of gun and the product of their union was built by Apple.]

... and I guess Wheatley's post reminded me. Does this thing look familiar to anyone? I'm not sure what it's for, but it does this.

[She steps just out of frame, leaving a clear view of the white wall opposite her desk. How exciting. She aims, the barrel of the gun-thing just visible at the edge of the screen, and fires. With a springy "foom" noise, a cloudy blue disc about the size of a door appears on the wall. Michelle returns to her chair.]

That's all I've gotten from it so far. Useful, right? [She laughs quietly, indicating that was a joke. It's not very useful at all.] I was hoping you guys would have some input.

[Handwritten | Sheet of paper]

[dododo]

[ Since he's gotten into the habit of sharing his echoes anyway... And maybe people are wondering, even if not that many responded. ]

I have two hearts now. So that's what the chest pain was about.

I'm fine, obviously.

It's actually kind of [ A pause in the writing because. Words. ] cool, I suppose is a good word. Mostly fascinating. I think I have two sets of blood circulation too, which would make sense since... two hearts, and all. I can feel two pulses if I check my wrist.

I guess the pain was because it took a while to... grow it? That sounds rather disgusting.

Anyway, yes. I'm fine. And hopefully I don't end up having to do an emergency scan at the UH or something in the future.

[004] VOICE

[epimethean]

I was out of the country, in case anyone was wondering. Yes, hello, I'm the computer guy, for those of you who--who forgot.

[Hi, Wheatley. You're sounding very exasperated today.]

I mean, I probably should've said something, but you know how it goes. Get yourself into a spot of trouble, spontaneously develop superpowers, spend the rest of the week holed up in your apartment, and finally get on a plane to England but not before stuffing your pockets full of notes to yourself about all of--all of this.

[Amazing, tell us more.]

And here--here's my tangentially related question, while we're at it. How many of you have got powers that are--that are completely useless? And I don't mean "might possibly have some kind of legitimate application in the future" and/or "might possibly be somewhat useful in an out-of-the-box sort of way if you tilt your head and squint" and/or "might possibly become useful with subsequent pulses/echoes/whatever we're calling them today". I mean really useless, completely and totally and irrevocably useless, to the point where I don't--I don't even know what I'm supposed to do with it.

Ordinarily, I would assume this is a sort of--sort of a common occurrence, but the general consensus seems to be powers that are, at least, somewhat useful, and I'm trying very hard to be helpful around here, but at the moment I'm sort of at a loss.

That was my holiday, so.

13. voice

[ladyofluminosity]

[Late in the evening, on the 6th, a voice comes on over the feed. She isn't her normal bubbly self, and something seems a little off. There's a slight tremor in her voice, that she does her best to gloss over. ]

Jasmine is okay. We got there in time. She's... I think she's in shock right now, from the fight and everything that happened. She's heading back with her sister now.