[Have a new view of an overly crowded pool. This group, minus the black haired girl and girl with glasses, are among them, Sena looking more annoyed than happy, even from the strange vantage point caused by a sideways phone.

Placing her hands on the side, she lifts herself out.] Ahhhh! They're so slow! What are they doing?! I'm going to check up on them.

Good idea.

[Sena's feet comes into the picture until it travels quickly up her body to her face. The frown as she presses the buttons means she probably doesn't even know about the recording.

And then her eyes quickly scan a message, turning the frown from annoyed to genuinely sad.]

[ to start with there is only a low rustling sound, and then a woman (whose voice you may recognise from this traumatising post) speaks. Even if you don't recognise it, you will notice she is very English-sounding ]

Where's Stark when you need him? [she mumbles to herself, then clears her throat to speak more loudly ]

Hello? I'm not sure-- Is this some kind of radio? [ but who might be at the other end? Let's hope it's not spies ]

[so Free had just finished his battle with Maka and co. in London- actually, he finished it a couple hours ago. it took some time for him to get out of the ice pillar he had accidentally frozen himself in and then get out of the river of which it had sunk to the bottom. hah! good thing immortals can't drown.

so of course this is the best time to complete his end of the bet he made with Kirino. might as well get it over with before he reported back to Medusa.

here community, have a shivering werewolf with dripping wet fur glaring at all of you.]

I like little sisters and I think they're the cutest...!! Goddamnit! Shit!

[The feed opens showing nothing but a cardboard cut-out of an animanga character which someone, off-screen, can be heard apologising to. That apology soon sees two heads peer around the cut-out - one being Erika, the other being a blond male. Neither appears particularly impressed, but that soon changes as Erika speaks]

Oh, it's Kida-kun.

[The image pulls back enough to show two younger boys - one blond, one with black hair. The blond, Kida-kun, is the one who responds]

Hey, Karisawa-san and Yumasaki-san. How's it going?

Hey, long time no see.

( ooc cut for length )

[ooc: First canon update for Erika. Bold is Erika, normal is Walker or Kadota, italics is Kida or Mikado. Video of the scene here, starts at 6:44, ends at 8:32 or so]

[This video has that slightly computer-generated quality that all of Orlando's have, and it is obviously coming from his account, but that's about all that seems to connect the boy to the scene at hand.

It's a little difficult to make out, as it appears to be night, but the setting definitely has a medieval look. A small man, his features difficult to make out due to his hooded cloak, is standing in some sort of courtyard in front of a tower, beneath a balcony a story or two up. The man's stance can only be described as nervous. There's a small clatter from somewhere off screen, and the man tenses. But that only lasts a few moments, as he relaxes when another figure enters the scene. The second figure is a hulking man, in black leather armor and sporting a Mongolian mustache, sheathing a large sword.]

Were those all of the guards, Thargor? [For all that he had appeared to relax, there is still nervousness in the small man's voice.]

If they were not, I will have the head of the man who gave you your information. [The voice is gruff and deep, but if you listen closely you might notice...that the large man, evidently called Thargor, sounds a bit like Orlando.

The small man nods, and produces a rope from under his cloak. He tosses it upwards and, in a way that defies the laws of physics, it flies straight up and wraps itself around the balcony rail. The small man steps to the side, allowing the large one to climb the rope and swing onto the balcony. As Thargor draws his sword again and moves cautiously through the dark, open arch leading onto the balcony, the small man climbs the rope with truly unnatural speed. Silently, he follows Thargor inside.

There is silence, and then a crash of metal, and the video cuts out.]


((OOC: Regular text is Thargor aka Orlando, italics Pithlit aka Fredericks. Replies icly an hour or so later.))

Just my luck. The first time I get the ability to contact the outside world, and I get stuck on this website. Really shoulda seen this coming. I don't even know why I'm shocked.

On the off chance that any of you actually are the police: I've been kidnapped by a creepy old man for science, save me.

I... (The voice is soft, almost hoarse, and shaky.) I've never...used something...like this. Am I -

O-Oh! My n-name is...Tohru Honda. (There is the creak of someone shifting their weight in a chair - or perhaps it's a bed?)

The...inter...net?...is new to me. I had no idea so many things could be f-found in one place! (Despite the obvious fatigue in her voice, she can't help but sound amazed.) It's like a...a...um...

Interactive DVD!

(She's so proud that she remembered DVDs! But there's more... A lot more. She's just...stalling.)

I don't know what to do. I tried to be myself, but he...

He said he wouldn't...

But he was.

[Ryoko is sitting at her desk in an empty classroom, carefully packing her schoolbag up. She glances up toward the camera and smiles gently, then continues packing her things. But as she moves, she speaks to the camera.]

I'm very curious to learn more about everyone here. Do any of you have anything or anyone you hold dear? What or who is most precious to you? Why am I asking? Well...I had a conversation with someone recently and it made me start considering things. Things about everyone and perhaps even myself!

In any case, I'm curious to hear from everyone! I want to know more about your experiences!