[For the time being, the source of the video is quite happily rolling along (?!), and there doesn't seem to be anything particularly of interest - but then there are quick footsteps, and the rolling stops just as Nill comes into view, slipping around the corner with her back pressed to the wall.

One notable thing is that she's dressed in an absolutely adorable outfit, complete with a miniature tophat and other little accessories, and she's obviously very embarrassed and slightly out of breath. She looks around carefully, and seems about ready to dart off again, when the source of the video speaks robotically,]

Pretty dress! Pretty dress!

[Nill jumps half a foot into the air and twirls around, going a dark shade of red when she notices that the Haro is there and obviously recording her. She waves her hands, trying to shoo it away, but then decides to pick it up and fumble around to try and turn the recording function off.]

[ooc; a belated Gundam 00!Nill, working with Celestial Being as their nurse. Mileina dressed her up, and now she's trying to hide so that none of the others see her new outfit. :'Db]

Hey guys, it's Giro here. Don't worry, I'm not dropping completely even if only about five of you would care about that anyway. But... Well, I've been thinking about this for a long time, and I'm lowering my character count. Probably permanently. I've just been having lots of problems keeping everybody active for MONTHS now, and rather than go on hiatus and let the other two idle out, I'm cutting the cord now. So...

friend remove networkbattler
friend remove gonnadoitall

Bass and Giro are staying here, obviously, but Mega.EXE and Phineas... It's getting harder and harder to play them in DDD's setting. I might bring them back someday, and I definitely want to take them to other games/continue to be active with them elsewhere, but for now? Their DDD run is over.

Sorry to anyone they had CR with. Feel free to keep an eye on their journals/postings at dear_mun though, for those that liked them, 'cause I doubt they'll be rendered inactive like some of my past drops. We'll see what happens.

Xero, when you see this post I wanna bring something up with you, 'kay?

Now back to regularly scheduled chit-chat.

...Never seen anything like this before. Looks like it's got some sort of spell on it. Wonder where she picked it up.

So this is what the kid's been talking about, huh? She'd better watch out. If Yubaba catches her slacking off, she'll have her hide. And since I'm the one who's supposed to be keeping an eye on her, the old witch will blame me. She'll have us on tub duty for the rest of our damn lives and then I'll never get out of here. Tch.

So what's the deal with these messages that keep appearing? Are all you people real? It doesn't sound like you're spirits, but this scroll smells like powerful magic so you can't be human.

Any of you got gold you're looking to spend?

[[Say hello to Spirited Away!Renji. He's hijacked borrowed Chihiro's magical bamboo scroll and wants your money to pay for his ticket out of the bathhouse. Don't disappoint him.]]

A-ah, is it recording? That little picture means it is, doesn't it? Good afternoon, community. The virus seems to have passed; an odd one, at that, though it does not seem too many of us were under its effects. It is good that everything is back to normal-- [Raised voices in the background interrupt her.]

My, I'm rambling; my apologies. [A pause; something close to a sigh. She continues, uncertainly:] I seem to have this, er, cell phone? Yes, that's it. One of these cell phones, which onii-sama was kind enough to have found for me. A-and it is still here. What does one do with such a thing?

((Era: 1993. Cell phone this tiny to not exist. Kasumi isn't confident with technology as it is; she'd be rather grateful if someone could explain how to use it.))

I know I don't know many of you but, I have an announcement: I wish you luck in all your endeavors. Some of the people I know here are good people and some day I wish you attain happiness. For all of you I hope you live long lives and prosper.

[locked to kanako]

You...puzzled me but you are a good person and. I do suppose that I found you somewhat attractive. I hope you find someone else.

[locked to tidus]

I hope you find a way back to your own world.

[/locked]

Goodbye community. I am leaving this place. If you try worldhopping to Mobliz, I will force you to leave. I am sorry but for the safety of the children I must sever connections to this place.

((...Terra's just going to be gone for a week or so to cover the 'year' she sulks in Mobliz between the World in Balance and the World in Ruin acts. Also, if you try to worldhop to her, she will forcefully try to make you leave.))

( OOC cut for video )

Well, I suppose this little charade is over. Hello, community. I must say, your Shadows were entertaining to watch, as were the rest of those who I assigned parts to. It's a shame I couldn't continue to watch you all by using my previous alias. You are all such interesting creatures.

[[From 4:43 to 10:31.]]

[the video feed clicks on, and Kaito can be seen with one hand in his pocket while he uses a finger of the other to rub his nose smugly. He's watching the camera with a devious grin on his features. He's also standing behind a three-legged stool, and a dark cup and a white ping-pong ball sit on top of it]

Y'know, instead of complaining about viruses for once... [and how weird it was to be living with Karen's friends for a few days] ... I think we should try something a little different. Something to get our minds off of what just happened! And what a better way to do that than a little magic?

[he gestures to the cup and the ball, taking his hand out of his pocket and showing his audience his palm as he does so] The ball is on top of the cup right?

[he lowers his right hand and passes it over the ball, causing it to disappear. But when he shows that hand, it's revealed to be empty, and he's tossing the ball in his left]

Now it's here! [he catches the ball with his left hand and uses it to pick up the cup to reveal the same ping-pong ball underneath it]

Or maybe it was there all along? [he scoops the ball up again with his right hand, puts the cup down on the stool, and places the ball in his pocket all in one motion. Then he lifts the cup up again, and there's the ping pong ball, sitting on the stool]

Hey, wait, wasn't it here? [the ball is scooped up yet again with his right hand, though once again it miraculously appears in his left]

Cheeky little thing, isn't it? [he places the ball in his pocket and picks up the cup again. He frowns as the very same ping-pong ball is, yet again, found sitting on the stool underneath the cup]

Well that's not right. [he puts the cup down over the ping-pong ball and lifts it again almost immediately. The ball is miraculously replaced with a lemon. Kaito grins and picks it up, tossing it in his hand idly as he addresses the camera again]

First person to name the magician gets a prize.

[a wink, and the feed cuts out]

((It's Paul Daniels, jsyk))

You know how in Pulp Fiction, they're driving in the car and the dude in the back seat accidentally gets his head blown off and it makes a HUGE mess...Yeah, I laughed at that. xD

On a related note, I have been experiencing a strange thing called 'stress' and to relieve said 'stress' I am going to take some time and focus purely on getting my act together.

SO! Hiatus until further notice, I'll be looking around, but I will NOT be letting myself tag...I don't think I am tagging with anyone right now, so I don't have to really worry about that.

I'll come back when my head and everything is screwed back on straight. Until then you can get a hold of me, if you need too, by Plurk(zerimarclassics), AIM(TenchiWormtail), or MSN(wormtail2k8@hotmail.com), or PM this dude here.

Hurgs and kisshes. :> <3

Affects:
8fingerswhiskey - Tommy Gavin
president_omg - Haruto Houjou
returntorome - Hannibal Lecter

Toodles chicken noodles :> <3

[See a metal door. See a metal door being sliced in half, and kicked down with apparent force. See the intruder approach and realize- ohshit, it's Travis Touchdown. He's got his beam katana in one hand, and just apparently finished killing a bunch of henchmen in the other room, as there's blood trailing in from the previous floor.

He waltzes forward, a cocky look on his face, shouting the whole while.]

Is this all you've got, fuckhead? No wonder you're only seventh.

( In which Yosuke ends up getting his ass kicked by a real assassin. )

[[Red is Travis, orange is Yosuke. Yosuke won't be replying to this post, as he's running off to hide his ass somewhere. Fedora, feel free to have Travis answer any questions and threadjack where he pleases.

I can HTML, really. :|||||;]]

I finally made it to Pallet Town. It was a long walk from New Bark Town, but it's worth the journey. I'll be able to get my Pokédex evaluated and then I can explore the Kanto region for more Pokémon I haven't caught yet.

((So, basically Feldt's entire history got more or less rewritten to stick her in the Pokémon world. Though she's only a little more talkative than before, not too much has changed about her personality. If anyone's curious enough to read the AU I typed up for her, the tl;dr 5 page word doc can be found here.))

[At first, the video only shows an empty loft. Then, crying starts in the background, slowly growing louder as time goes on. Rider finally comes upstairs and passes by the camera, going into the other room. She comes back, crying baby in her arms.]

Ssh, it's all right, little one. Just go back to sleep.

[Rider rocks her daughter slowly and begins singing to her in Greek. After a while of fussing, Aradia finally quiets down and drifts back to sleep. Smiling, Rider kisses her on her forehead.]

I love you.

That was very... odd.

Do those sort of things happen often?

Hey guys! So, my AC adapter has finally kicked the bucket - it's come to that time where I have to do fung shui with my adapter to get it to work. Until then, tags might go unanswered until I get back to the college back on Tuesday :( I WILL TRY AND GET SOMEONE'S AC ADAPTER. Chances are that my AC adapter woes will last for a while. I apologize to everyone whom I was threading with- i hope you don't mind backtags?

If it turns out that I'll have to take a full hiatus, I'll let you know ♥

This affects:

Rufus ShinRa
Cross Marian
Rajesh Koothropai
Kuchiki Byakuya
Larsa Solidor
Lisa Cuddy
Abel Nightroad
Cain Knightlord
Trish

edit; you see nothing! apple is amazing *3* Crisis averted.

[A stabbing pain courses through his body, it sprouts from his brain and slips down into his stomach. He's running from the castle to the forest's direction.

He groans, he knows he needs to get as far away from the school as he can, away from the students, Dee, and the people he cares about. But it's too late and there's full moon, Crocker never really prepared the potion for him and it's just too late.

Ryo falls to his knees as the pain grows, his eyes changing, his fangs enlarging and his clothes being torn off as the transformation completes. And there's no man anymore but an angry beast that growls to the moon.]

Community. I must ask you a question.

Am I the only one who does schoolwork during school?

It is certainly a shock to look up from you schoolwork to see classmates reading inappropriate manga. I had thought the others in my school were like me as well... How embarrassing that was. The teacher asked me why I was blushing and I had no answer.

Oh dear. Now Kuu is asking. I don't know how to respond...

[Ryan's iPhone accidentally started recording while in his pocket! How obnoxious. There's nothing but a black screen; what's being audiably recorded is most important. It sounds like he's in the cafeteria at lunchtime. Sharpay is nearby, speaking over the buzz of activity. Her conversation with Ryan goes something like this. Right around 1:26 on the video (which has, until now, been recording the fabric of Ryan's stylish shorts), Ryan's phone slips out of his pocket and drops to the ground, and the video cuts out with only a blurry shot of people dancing nearby as it falls.]


((OOC: Look, I didn't want to type up the whole conversation, and you guys need to see this scene if you haven't. At 2:23, Ryan totally ogles his sister's boyfriend. Trufax. Anyway, this is a bit of a canon jump! Feel free to point out how Ryan is totally being blindsided by Sharpay's ambition.))

I need something to do. I'm tired of this everyday, mundane stuff! I'm an Eva pilot! I'm supposed to got out and kick ass and take names! Not... work the stupid cash register at the local store.

I hate this crap.

I... sincerely apologize for my utter and complete fail with tags during the last few days. RL has been... less than kind, even though that's not much of an excuse for the 60 or so notifs I have sitting in my inbox that are still waiting for a reply.

I need a break, so I'm on hiatus for at least a week. If anything happens with the people my characters have important CR with, you're still all free to ping me of course and most of you know where to find me for plotting, plurk, aim, live messenger and so on. I'll try not to fall out of touch too much.

Sorry everyone.

This affects Mello, Kite and Hungary.

So, uh, that virus is over, right?

...Are you guys all back in your worlds? Is anybody still missing?

(Thanks to conveniently coinciding canon events, Nagisa thinks the comm left someone behind in her world. It didn't.)

Somebody please tell me that was one of those virus things and those people weren't real. Or something like that. Please.

That virus was quite.... Strange to say the least. I thought I was some kind of pirate, on a ship that flew and we were gathering lightning. It sounds more like something that would manifest here in the Dreaming then actually happen in a waking world. I guess it could have been worse though.

[Ah, the peace and quiet of the country -- cicadas buzzing, birds chirping, grass waving -- interrupted only by:

( Video behind cut )

Are those Elrics beating the everloving crud out of each other? Why yes, yes, they are. They don't appear to realize they're being taped.]

[OOC: Specifically, 0:05-0:12 (the silhouettes in the foreground) and 0:23-0:27ish.

ETA: Video now cut. Sorry, guys, it was late and I wasn't thinking.]

[Keiji is just sitting there. Upside. Floating. And space can be seen outside the window! At the moment, he's looking at a square piece of plastic, tapping one side.]

They say they want my opinion on this...but these numbers are more Funabashi's expertise. Jeeze, just because I'm supposed to be a representative doesn't mean they need my approval for stuff like this!

[Sighs and lets the data pad float away as he turns to look out the window.] People are too sensitive. Worried about something so trivial as that just because this is supposed to be a peace keeping conference. Would anyone really take offensive just because one person has one or two more staff members on board?

((OOC: Sci-fi AU~! He's on a space station.))

Kyaa!

*Retasu is clinging tightly onto a Lapras with white ribbons attached to its head. They're not that far out to sea, but she looks really worried anyway.*

Um... p-please don't let me fall, Lory-san... please, okay? *takes a deep breath* But I know we have to go this way or we'll never be able to get to the next Gym! I just wish the ferry weren't out of service...

(Those who get all the fandom in-jokes, have a cookie.)