[It's been a while since anyone has heard from Emmanellain, maybe because of his increasing paranoia he's been hiding a bit more than normal. Whatever the case may be, he's here now, looking a bit scruffy, but even more tired and worn.]

One does have to wonder what the bloody point is anymore.

[He doesn't sound like his normal bubbly self, not at all.]

Between the monsters—some of which mocking that which is far too close to home—the cold, the apparent public executions between ourselves, and now these—[he gestures with a hand as he tries to even find the words]—shadow beings skulking about...

It all seems a little pointless, does it not? Why do we have to struggle so? And what fruits will our labor produce?

[He lets out a long suffering sigh.]

I have tried to stay optimistic in this all, truly I have. But between all the death, snow, and other suchlike horrors, it does little to keep one's spirits high, nor does it inspire hope that there will be an end to all of this.

How do any of you find the will to face each day as if there is any hope at all to leave this hell when we have naught to show for aught we have done?

Characters: Zack, Zell, Jim, House, and Quark.
Location Several Places
Date: Days 89 - 92+
Summary: Team Sad Sports continue on to the school to resupply and investigate. Shenanigans happen and eventually they meet up with Grinch and Smol.
Warnings: Boys being dumb, blood (ear piercing), clown burning, and whatever warnings House comes with.

( Read more... )

Characters: Enoch, Terezi, Haurchefant
Location G6 - 29 (aka SCHOOL PARTY SHED)
Date: Day 88 (Night)
Summary: tiny comic razor alien meets guard dog platformer angel and mmo anime elf man
Warnings: none (yet?????)

( Read more... )

Characters: Brian and Jade
Location Downtown
Date: 89-90 and possibly beyond
Summary: Snow Buddies downtown catch all so I don't keep making logs
Warnings: Brian's general mental illness one. Maybe language since Jade is a Homestuck. If anything else comes up I'll edit

( You can always go downtown )

[ Video ]

The bird's alive!

[ The camera bounces a lot, but finally manages to focus on the sparrow currently perched on Raoul's head, preening him and scolding with her high-pitched tweets. Raoul has a ridiculous grin on his face, which he occasionally attempts to school into something more dignified, but it always managed to slip back into the ridiculous. ]

My apologies. I keep forgetting you folks use this tablet thing socially. But I found this little fluff-ball in the snow today, and I thought her friends might want to know she's alright.

[ Yes, the bird has friends. Are you really surprised? ]

[When the audio starts, the tune is charming, upbeat, happy. Is this really something Dr. Grinch Hotstud is playing? He'll even sing for it, and he's not bad on vocals. When he gets to poisoning pigeons... it may be clearer why he has this song memorized.

His audience will get to... enjoy the sick humor as he rounds off before speaking. There's a quiet, jazzier tune going in the background as he talks, just something improvised to do with his hands.]

So, funny thing about this piano. If you play a song you've heard here, you get a little kid whispering to you. Exciting. Anybody else been somewhere with incessant humming or music? I'll be taking requests for good Earth music from 2005 or earlier, as well.

Also - [and here the music does stop and mn_poisoning.txt is uploaded as a spreadsheet of data] - got a table going with the MN poisoning data provided. [The tune starts up again.] So far we know monster encounters, injuries, and death raise MN levels. Notable: Blondie and the Fashionista had their levels rise more than mine after our little run in with an anomaly. Guessing it's because I have my beacon on, but we need more data to confirm that.