Characters: Kesara and Lilly
Location: Outside building 37
Date: Day 342
Summary: Under event-induced paranoia, two little girls are absolute shits to each other.
Warnings: Children involved in violence, eventual needles and blood.


( Sugar and spice and everything nice! )

Characters: Bucky, Kesara, and Royce
Location: Building 15, and the school shed
Date: Days 348 and 349
Summary: Various meet ups
Warnings: None currently.

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Characters: Lilly, Kesara, Lelric, Billy, and Vanitas.
Location:
Date: 336-337 (more may be added as needed)
Summary: The babysitter is being babysat. Babysitting inception?
Warnings: Vanitas, threats... (more will be added as needed)

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Characters: Kesara and Junpei
Location: Building 36
Date: Day 333
Summary: Basically a random encounter except with difficult children. Yes, you too, Jumpy.
Warnings: None to start with!

( Are the kids ever alright tho )

[A sharp, histrionic shout.]

Alright, daddy's had enough.

I'm missing a harlequin.

I'm getting very worried so someone please return her immediately or I'll...uh

[A pause.]

I'll kill someone each day until my poopsie is back at my side.

[Peter positions the camera so that he's pretty close to the screen, where the 2-centimeter-wide red lines have crawled across more than half of his face, in a geometric, lightning-like pattern. He certainly doesn't sound as upbeat as he usually does, even though it's obvious he's trying a little too much, to sound brighter. Fake it until you make it, right?]

DJ Star-Lord here! I've got a public service announcement, before I get to the music. I know, I know, you can't wait, but this is important or something.

So, pit-friends, I'm guessing I'm not the only one with this. [He points to his face.] Has anybody noticed theirs getting worse? Anybody have any weird feelings, lack of feelings, urges to kill, y'know, the usual?

[A pause. He sounds slightly more serious.]

I just...uh. This thing is probably gonna get worse before it gets better. So, y'know. If it does, go bad, if we...uh. I do anything horrible.

I'm sorry in advance, okay?

[Okay, time for music before he says anything too sentimental. He quickly shuts off his video and plays the following recorded songs:

Never Surrender, by Corey Hart
Against All Odds, by Phil Collins
The Living Years, by Mike + The Mechanics]

[ As is tradition, the only time Jim makes a post to the network is when something's gone horribly wrong. In this case it was waking up missing two people and all their things. Kunsel and Zack hadn't answered any attempt to raise them on the tablet and even though it's only been an hour, Jim's already antsy. ]

-I'm guessing we're not the only ones missing people this morning. [ At least he hopes not. There was always the possibility of an exceptionally quiet anomaly. ] Woke up without Zack and Kunsel and they're not answering anything on the tablet. Who else is missing? Can everyone try to get in contact with their friends and ... make a list, or something, of who's still here? In case we have to mount a rescue?

[ Or just to let them know that someone else is still here. The town seems even more horrifyingly empty than usual this morning. ]

Characters: Zach Spencer, Kesara Freamon, Stephanie Brown
Location: Y6 - Building 124
Date: Afternoon 183 to Morning 184
Summary: Reunited and it feels so good...or does it?
Warnings: n/a so far

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Characters: Stephanie Brown, Zach Spencer, Kesara Freamon, Death the Kid, Leonard Church, Charlie Kelly, Jade Harley, Brian Thomas, Kanan Jarrus, Vanitas
Location: Buildings 48. 29, ??, ???
Date: 162-165
Summary: Assorted shenanigans
Warnings: Discussion of domestic abuse

DAY 162
48: The only doors in this single-story house are the front door and the bathroom; all other doorways are separated by faded green and yellow curtain beads. Even the bedroom gets this treatment, and it's the same for the living room and kitchen. The beads seem to be made of glass; moving through the house is a bit of a noisy affair. The bead curtain leading into the living room has been torn down, with half of the strings now scattered on the floor and some of the beads shattered, leaving a small mess of glass. The sharp bits of broken glass have been swept to one side, out of the way of anyone walking. Small, finger-sized slits have been cut into the couch.

"ALPHONSE ELRIC, MAMI TOMOE, FREYA CRESCENT, GREED, EDWARD ELRIC, STEPHANIE BROWN, DAY FORTY THREE, TRAVELLING NORTH-EAST." has been written on one of the walls. "ALPHONSE ELRIC, STEPHANIE BROWN, EDWARD ELRIC, GREED, DAY SIXTY-SIX, TRAVELLING NORTH-WEST. DEAR FORMER RESIDENT, WE ARE FRIENDS, PLEASE DO NOT FEEL YOU NEED TO HIDE FROM US. CONTACT LELRIC." has been written on the walls. "ALFIE SOLOMONS, 1922. Camden Town, London, England, UK, Europe, Earth. Day 133, January 23" is carved onto a wall.

DAY 163
29: A small shed outside the school, going inside reveals sports equipment is being stored in here. There are hurdles, various sports balls, giant mats, and the like. There's nothing that could be used as a weapon, though, unless you're going to try to hurl a basketball at someone's head. This is the only place on the campus it's possible to stay in overnight--if you try to stay anywhere else, you'll be made to leave at 7PM.

The following is written on the wall in blue ink: "This is Building 46 on the composite map. Contact @CaptSteveRogers for details." Underneath is a fairly accurate map showing the shed in relation to the school and buildings 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 31, 34, 35, 38, 41, 42, 43, and 44. House 34 is labeled "Medical assistance; hot, clean water. Contact Dr. Epps @claytonator". The school is labeled "School. Food available in cafeteria; DO NOT STAY HERE OVERNIGHT." The shed is labeled "Shed". Behind the shed is a small army of snowmen armed with sports equipment.

DAY 164


DAY 165

[This strange post is actually a video loop showing a piece of paper with a message written on it - the handwriting is actually Steph's, to those who know it. The continued glitching obscures different bits of the text, but by watching the video for a while, it's possible to make out the whole message.]

My name is Kesara Freamon. Some of you know me. I discovered the northeastern tunnel, Hsiaoke Pass. I need to tell you about the Prophet.

Quark and me saw the Phophet at the school and they pointed us east. Samantha Stevens also spoke to us there and told us to find the tunnel. Quark will tell you it's true. Samantha's ghost also gave me a card with an application that has an eye symbol. It does a few things. When it's on, the anomalies are scared of it. They cower when I hold up my tablet. It also makes the eye symbols on the walls glow. I found a house in the Pass with a doll it in, that turns into this floating eye symbol when I film it with the app on.

I have a plan. I want to try to activate all the eye symbols at once, the same way using all the keys at once opened the lake tunnel. Winter says she can make some copies of the app, but it might not be enough. I need another way to make copies and I need people to go to the houses with the symbols in them.

I know some folk won't agree to this. They'll say that they don't do as I say, or don't trust others to work with them. I am very tired of arguing and I am through with it. You all know time is running out. If you want to help then stop all that foolishness and work with me. If not then stay out of the way.


( Private to the other kids, Sad Losers, Alfie, Royce, Natasha )

( Private to the kids (Frisk, Emily, Quark); voice )

*The video starts with a shot of...static. It focuses on a static-shadow and follows it as it nears a building. The shot is silent except for wind and staticy noises. Then it jumps to text.*

WHⓍ ░STHE
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*There's a video of eyes drawn on the wall, from the hotel room that the lake tunnel key was found in. Over it Kesara's voice is heard.*

Maybe I am.

*The scene then shifts to part of a video from the public record. There's a girl crying in a scene of chaos There's a loud crack, like a door striking the wall, and then the girl gasps. Air hisses sharply out of her mouth--you can hear it--but it doesn't sound like she can find her voice, although certainly she is trying to scream.
The post shifts back to text before the voices pick up.*

?WH◙R ╠S▒█░ Ᵽ₨◙P♯□±¿

*There's another shot of the static outside, this time with tearing at the bottom of the screen. Over it there's some weird high pitched noises that almost sound like words. Its actually the dialog from the video above sped up.*

Characters: Steph, Zach, Al, Church, Luna, Kesara, Watson, Quark, Tifa
Location Building 58 and environs
Date: Days 157/158
Summary: A meeting of many people
Warnings: In comment headers, please!

58: A simple single-story building, the snow weighs uneasily on it, and it creaks and groans under the strain at the best of times. It's very dark, and only the kitchen and living room are intact. The kitchen has a back door. Two snowmen have been built outside. A message has been written on the wall in blue ink: "Don't wreck the snowmen! That's super mean!" "ALPHONSE ELRIC, MAMI TOMOE, FREYA CRESCENT, GREED, EDWARD ELRIC, STEPHANIE BROWN, DAY FORTY ONE, TRAVELLING EAST." has been carved into one of the walls. The following has been written on the wall in blue pen: "This is Building 95 97 on the composite map. Contact @CaptSteveRogers for details." Underneath this is a fairly accurate map showing the house in relation to the school and buildings 29, 35, 35, 37, 40, 41, 47, 48, 50, 53. House 34 is labeled "Medical assistance; hot, clean water. Contact Dr. Epps @claytonator". The school is labeled "School. Food available in cafeteria; DO NOT STAY HERE OVERNIGHT." The shed is labeled "Shed".

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[private; audio]

Are you - are you okay? I-I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I don't know where I am, I can't - [His voice breaks, trembles, the words coming out jagged, feeling like shards of glass slashing at his mouth.]

I can't see.

Characters: Alfie Solomons, Emily Kaldwin, Fiona, John Watson, Kesara Freamon, Quark, Royce Melborn, Tifa Lockhart
Location building 88, building 81, and the surrounding areas
Date: day of 152 through morning of 153
Summary: BIG DAMN MEET-UP
Warnings: n/a; will edit if anything comes up

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Characters: Royce, Emily, Kesara, Tifa, House, Wilson
Location: Building 124
Date: Day 150, evening
Summary: This'll be terrible.
Warnings: All around warnings for House and Royce in particular.

( If by okay you mean like on the inside I’m just going aaaAAAAAAH then yes I’m quite okay. )

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[ Jim abandons text after only a moment, finding it impossible to type with his gloves on and knowing that if he takes them off he can say goodbye to his fingers. Without being able to type, he can only turn his tablet's camera on the scene around him.

At first, it only picks up the shimmer in the air: a distant haze that seems to grow thicker as Jim moves, first obscuring the horizon and then, gradually, the figures of Kunsel and Zell only a few feet ahead. The haze seems to be centered around Jim and Jim alone, but he knows how these things work. There hasn't been anything yet that only got to him. Someone else out there has to be feeling it.

As he's recording, the texture of the hallucination changes, too. For a moment, off in the distance, there's something green. A giant mushroom, maybe, stretching off into the gray sky. Jim's camera swivels to focus on it, but as soon as he does, it's gone - nothing but snow and a loud, creaking groan that some might recognize as the sound of an old ship.

It gets louder as the camera blurs with Jim twisting to get away from - is that a giant lobster? Spider? Impossible to tell - and then the camera goes dark, switching to audio spoken practically against the microphone and through a layer of sweater pulled over his nose. ]

-ot real? It's just a hallucination, right?

Characters: Royce, Emily, Tifa & Kesara
Location: Hsiaoke Pass (the split tunnels)
Date: Days 148 and 149
Summary: A catch-all for the Shimmer event.
Warnings: Hallucinations and other such terrible things.

( heavy feet, shaky hands, troubled heart )

Hello, everyone. For those of you I haven't spoken with yet, my name is Natasha.

[Natasha gives the camera a smile, although she's absolutely using her Serious Avengers Voice here. She's not so much unfriendly as businesslike.]

I've been doing my best to gather information on the town, and I know quite a few of you have, as well. The survival guide and House's map are incredibly useful tools, but I was thinking of starting up something more specific.

Some of the houses in town have strange features. From reading through the network, I've seen mentions of trapdoors, hallucinations, messages left behind from former residents, things of that nature. I'm thinking we should consolidate all of these details into a document that we can all access, using the numbering system on House's map. It will be much easier for us to coordinate that way, and possibly figure out what happened to this town in the first place. If anyone has figured out which buildings or houses were linked to some of the former residents, such as Andromeda or Sparrow, we should note that down, too.

Anyone who's tried unlocking a door or something similar should speak up as well. If someone downtown finds a key and has no idea where to use it, this guide would be a good starting point, and it will help us cut down on different people trying the same things in the same places. It would also help to try to parse out which messages in the houses were possibly original, and which have been left by us.

Teamwork never hurt anyone, did it? I'll organize everything you give me and post it to the network later. If any of you are willing to act as scouts who can feed me information about different parts of town as you visit them, I would appreciate that, too. I can't be everywhere at once, after all.

[She exhales. That was a bit of a spiel, but more to her point:]

Organization is key. We'll never get out of here if we don't start focusing our efforts and working together rather than in far flung groups who don't keep in close contact. I understand there have been... conflicts, but our goal is to get home. Anything we can do to reach that goal should be of the utmost priority.

[And a smile again! More relaxed this time.]

Any information at all, even if it seems unimportant or insignificant, would be appreciated. Thank you.

Characters: Royce Melborn, Tifa Lockhart, Emily Kaldwin, Kesara Freamon & Zach Spencer
Location: Buildings 108 and 191
Date: Days 145, 146
Summary: Catch-all log for the expedition into the split tunnels and beyond!
Warnings: None yet.

( starring me, arin hanson, and also dan avidan, who is apparently a stickler for pronunciation )