Could have sworn I just finished cleaning out this hard drive, there shouldn't be anything el- What- What is th-

[ Have the sound of mumblings that are slowly getting more annoyed/bemused and clacking of keys as Bruce keeps TRYING to get to his cryptochat program, but nope nope nope. Still recording. Then a sigh. And yes, he's going to start talking to his computer because... Well, he's a derp living in Canadian wilderness and it's not like he's gonna strike up a conversation with a bear. ]

All right, all right, that's. Fine. Stubborn little thing, aren't you. [ heh ] Not exactly my preferred method of chatting around, but. Apparently somebody in there didn't like that. [ tapping the screen ] Happy now? Can we get back to work, please? How about that, hm?

[ river is wrapped up in a blanket, and all you can see is her face. but it's obvious she has wings today, same as everyone else - you can see the shape of them, an outline, under the blanket. they look... sharp. very unpleasant. river doesn't look too good herself. she's sickly and fidgeting and her eyes are flitting downwards constantly. ]

It's an invasion. She didn't authorise this change, it just went right down to the bones and it - it took. Won't go away. It's not my place to change it. Just - an alteration. Altercation, on our insides. [ she pauses and frowns. ] It's rude.

None of us are angels. [ falter. ] Oh - there are. There's exceptions, but not to us. We weren't made for these. Icarus should have known sooner.

Don't be scared, it says. It's only a magnification. A change of state, gases and solids; liquid nitrogen as it hits the air and you can see it now, but I was looking all along because I can't stop. Can I - [ her gaze drops again. ] I like to see them. Your outlines. Can I?

[kamina sits crosslegged on a couch, shirtless as per usual.  it'd be a normal sight if it weren't for the two small unkempt-looking light orange wings on his back.  but those aren't the reason for this post.]

Hey, community. [he flicks the golden ring above his head, and it makes a dull ringing sound.]  Nobody else got it during that virus, right?  So what's this thing?

[See Ravage. See Ravage on top of a big pile of crates, in that crouch position that cats get into when they're about the pounce. On his back are white, fluffy, feathery wings. The tail twitches and *POUNCE!* He's in the air, the wings are flapping quickly, but he's not getting any higher. In fact, he's going down. Fast. In a split second he's off screen and there is a loud crash sound. Still off screen you hear his reaction.]

Awwww... I totes wanted to fly.

Ugh. That was remarkably pointless! I'm all for fun and interesting viruses, but do you know how frustrating it is to win a battle just because the opposition is laughing so much?

It was bad enough when Darren was calling me Pixie. Now half of Shinjuku is going to be calling me that. I like my normal code-name! Why should purple dragon-fly wings change that?

So thanks, Mr. Community. Its going to take months to have people treat me seriously again.

I need everyone's attention. Not just the people I know, not just the people I like. Everyone-- because this is important to everyone.

My name is Buffy Summers. In my world, I'm what's called a Slayer. I fight anything that you ever thought could be bumping under the bed. In my world, it's all real.

Right now I'm going up against a god. Her name is Glory, she's insane, from a Hell, and she's after something called the Key. Some months ago, a couple of monks turned the Key into a human being using my blood. That human being is my sister, Dawn. Glory has her right now and if she succeeds at using Dawn before I can save her, then the walls between every single world here are going to fall.

This community probably won't exist anymore. All of us will be in the same place. All of us, all of everyone who's ever been here, and all of everyone who's never been here. Hells, heavens, earths, wars, plague, space ships, all times-- everything. God knows how many people are going to die if I can't beat Glory and get my sister back.

I'm not asking for help; the community already cut that off from my world. I'm asking you to prepare yourselves. If I can't save Dawn-- if the only way to close that gate once it's opened is to kill her then every single one of you is going to have to learn to fight and learn to fight fast.

I'm not going to tell you not to panic, because I know that won't help. This is just your heads up. If the sky starts falling, I'm sorry.