[Sophie is sitting in the dim storage room of her family's hat shop. She is seated at a table, dressed in black. Her eyes are red and tears are rolling down her cheeks. She makes no noises as she cries. There is only a mournful expression as she silently weeps.

A voice calls from a distance.]

Sophie. The guests wish to pay you their respects. Hurry back.

[Sophie gasps softly.] Yes. Coming, Fanny. [She then produces a handkerchief from her sleeve and quickly wipes her face and rubs her eyes. She takes a deep breath before stepping away from the table and out of the room. The feed cuts off.]

[ooc: italics are Sophie's stepmother, Fanny. All responses will icly be delayed.]

They must be putting a lot of funding into this forum to have so many options. I've never seen a forum this well developed before. I can't even find the "delete account" option.

Seriously, how much are they paying for this thing? It's got options I've never seen before on a web forum.

[This is hurting his pride, guys. Good thing he loves a challenge.]

Well, I guess it doesn't matter too much. What are you guys, anyway? Roleplayers, or really relaxed ornithologists/toy enthusiasts?

( Cut for poor art skills )

[The very first thing you see isn't the boy himself but ink appearing on the page until the picture above is nearly finished. Yes, he's that good of an artist.

Then the video clicks on and shows a young boy, grinning as he nods at the unfinished picture.]

Four down, ... [He holds his fingers up, counting on them as he names them off in his head.] ...a lot more to go!

[Welcome Raenef.]

[The video is less than ideally lit, but from the shape of the metal walls in the background and the faint rocking to the picture one might infer that it's showing a boat. What it's mostly showing, though, is a man in his early thirties with wearing a slightly large striped shirt and staring at something just beneath the camera.

He appears- surprised, confused, annoyed, afraid. These emotions cross his face, intermingling, in a matter of moments.]

This can't- [He shakes his head and stands up, starting to move out of sight of the camera.]

This is insane.

[Enjoy that view of an off-white wall, folks. It continues for a few moments before it cuts off.]