World's saved. Need a vacation. Some place with a beach would be nice.

Kaworu. You said I could come visit Iwatodai again. I'm taking you up on that offer.

Need someone to worldhop me. Payment is negotiable.

[There's a minute of silence, the sound of gentle breath against the microphone before Jet begins to speak, voice low and tense.]

Virginia... won't be around on the comm for a while. She's been... she's been hurt pretty badly. She might not... make it...

[His voice breaks; it's obvious he's struggling to maintain a steady tone of voice.]

Leehalt--he's an associate of Malik's--poisoned her with some kind of nanomachine... Werner is working on a cure right now, but... Virginia's in bad shape. Normal medicine won't work on her, so there's no use in asking any one for help. It's up to her old man to save her...

[Another moment of silence. When Jet speaks again, there's an edge of anger to his words.]

Malik... if you're still around, I've got a message for your boss: I'm going to personally tear him apart with my bare hands. And that's if Virginia pulls through. You don't want to know what I'm going to do to you all if she doesn't make it...

((OOC: All responses are voice posts.))

...Virginia and I have not died a horrible death.

We've been traveling the Dunes for about a month now. I am so sick of staring at nothing but sand. If I have to eat one more sandstone flounder, I'm going to puke...

At least we've finally discovered the location to Nidhogg Pass. If it weren't for the incredibly vague directions and vicious Dune monsters, we'd have found it a long time ago.

So, what's been happening while I've been gone?

On the road, doing a bunch of stuff. Looking for this place called Nidhogg Pass... You know, the usual.

I've started picking up a few new recipes to make on the road. Shane taught me how to make rice balls. They're nutritious and filling, and best of all, they're really easy to make.


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They may not look pretty, but I'm getting better at it all the time. I've even learned how to make sticky red bean buns. And jasmine tea, too.

But eating rice balls all the time is boring. You guys know of any other easy to make recipes? We travel a lot, so don't suggest anything that takes a lot of prep work or requires special ingredients.

Okay, I need a world-hopper to bring Asuka and all her little friends over to the port town of Jolly Roger in my world, Filgaia. I'll also need to you pick me up from the town of Humphrey's Peak. It'll take me too long to get there on my own, even by train.

I'll pay. If you wanna make a little extra cash, bring some painkillers while you're at it.

And for the love of God, don't tell Virginia about this! I don't need her bitching and screaming at me anymore than she is right now.

Look, I already know most of these worlds have way better medical facilities than my own. So that means, you've probably got better medicines and painkillers, too.

I've just had major surgery. The morphine has run out, and I can't get anymore. I'm in a helluva alotta pain here. I'm only getting five hours of sleep, and frankly, I'm just plain miserable. I need a little something, just enough to take the edge off.

What have you got? I've got some money left over from all my doctor's bills to make it worth your while.

Okay, so who here knows anything about drugs? Specifically marijuana.

This guy died in a car accident the other day and so of course I run into his ghost after school. And what's the thing keeping him tethered to the earth? His stash. He doesn't want his mom to find it. Of all the stupid things...

Well anyways. He needs me to get into his room and get rid of the evidence. They're holding the funeral at his house, so I'll probably sneak in then. But I don't know what I'd do with the stuff once I get it. Do I just throw it out? Or can I toss it outside or something? It is a plant after all.

No, I won't be smoking it.

...

And no I won't be giving it to any of you.

[Jet is lying in bed, looking pale, but there's a little color to his cheeks. His hair is lank and damp, eyes red-rimmed and puffy. A slight sheen of sweat on his forehead. There's an IV attached to his wrist, feeding clear fluids. He grins weakly at the camera.]

[A hoarse whisper] I'm... still alive...

((OOC: Why, yes, being asleep for over 72 hours actually makes you feel bad. He's going to be a bit sleepy and possibly a little loopy from being on a morphine drip, so don't expect him to be able to hold a completely coherent conversation with you. But at least he's happy and mellow, rather than being all grumpy and sulky, like he normally is! Take advantage of seeing his "nice" side for once!

Also, assume all tags are video because... he can't exactly type in his condition.))

I need a ride to Minato's world. I'm meeting up with Asuka and Kaworu.

Any takers? I'll pay 200 Gella.

Why do people reach out to others? Even if that person doesn't like them, or pushes them away, still, people desire the closeness of others.

What qualities do you look for when deciding who to befriend? What's the difference between a "friend" and a "best friend"? Is friendship important to you? Why?

So .. I got ta thinkin' about my babies the other night .. I've got a plan in the works for stealin' them when Mistah J is outta the HQ.

But this got me wonderin' about what some of ya'll might have for fzzy little baby faces? Sooooooooo ..

I have a pair of african spotted hyenas, Bud and Lou .. they're my babies. ♥ ♥ AND, most recently, I got this cute little wrigglin' bundle of joy, Abbott! [holds up the german shep to the camera]

SO PRECIOUS! [chin wibbles slightly and she sighs] What about all of ya?!


[Poll #1324891]

Um, Karen, Shinji? I finally finished my shopping and got your gifts.

Anyone mind making a quick delivery for me?

I need a ride over to Traverse Town. I've got some late holiday shopping to do. Anyone mind giving me a lift? I'll buy you lunch in return.

"Artificially-induced evolution in human beings. Discuss."

Okay, there Clive. Happy now? Actually, I'm kinda interested myself.

So, is it possible? To make humans evolve into ... something else? And if so, should it be done?

I ... I heard that there are some doctors on this community. We have a medical emergency. One of my teammates has been sh-shot.

[Jet's voice is obviously shaky, but he sounds as if he's trying desperately to keep it under control]

He's hurt. Badly. A gut wound. We don't have enough medical herbs, and the wound is beyond Clive's experience to deal with. A-and Gallows can't use his healing magic because ... [ voice cracks] he's the one that's been ... hurt.

Please, we need some assistance right away. We're afraid to move him too far. God, there's so much blood! H-he could die.

[So softly, it's hard to hear] This is all my fault.

First my brain reverts to that of a child, now my body has decided to turn against me! Whoever the fuck is doing this better change me back right now, or I'm going to pump you full of lead!

This is getting ridiculous. Seriously.

Anyone know how to sew? Because I sure as hell don't.

I need a costume for Halloween. A lion tamer. And it has to have a whip or else I'll look utterly ridiculous.

I'm willing to pay 200 Gella for it.

... God, why am I doing this?

Doctors, or maybe even a priest, I dunno which would be better in this case, I need some advice. See, I've got this friend, Virginia. Anyway, we've been traveling together for several months now, and I've noticed something really weird about her. See, every full moon, she gets kinda ... irritable. No, scratch that, she gets downright ornery--I mean, she literally beat the tar out of Gallows when he said that we should stop and rest because she didn't look so good. Seriously, it looked like she was suffering from some kind of abdominal cramps or something. And she gets so friggin' emotional, too. Just every little thing bothers the hell out of her. The symptoms last between four and six days.

Anyway, is there some kind of ... medicine we can give her or some ritual that can be performed to cure her? Because, frankly, it's kinda scary being around her during that time of the month. Maybe this is some latent form of lycanthropy?

((OOC: As a note, yes, Jet is describing the symptoms of Virginia's period. No, he doesn't know that girls have periods. Let's just say, Jet's sexual education was rather ... incomplete. He pretty much only got the boy half of "the talk". So, feel free to break his poor virgin mind!))

Dear Person-who-turned-me-into-a-girl,

I don't know who you are, but when I find you, I swear by Moor Gault's name that I will string you up by your boot laces and pump you full of lead. Then, once your body had stopped twitching, I'll riddle your corpse with another 30 rounds of ammunition. Then, I'll chop your body up into little pieces and scatter it across the Dunes where some passing Dune monster will devour those lead-filled chunks of flesh. Then I'll kill that Dune monster, burn its body, and scatter its ashes across the Wasteland.

You have been warned.

No love from me,
Jet

The past few days. Didn't happen. I'm chalking it up to temporary insanity. So, just forget everything I said before.