XXXV. [Public/Audio]

[natureinblood]

[After the week he's had, he is refusing to be seen on video. Probably because it was humiliating and, as Calvin put it, "Aaagh."]

I'm going to request that people start leaving notes when they kidnap my daughter. There will be parchment and quill on the table in the foyer with columns for when you took her and when you'll be returning her home.

Whoever has borrowed her this time, if you could speak up and provide me with the date and time of her return before I'm forced to find you myself. And I will.

[For someone making a threat, he sounds surprising calm.]

[VIDEO] forward-dated to saturday morning because grimm has a lot to do tomorrow

[pacifisted.livejournal.com]

[He's speaking in a monotone for the most part, although light touches of exhaustion and irritation are settling in here and there as he can't be bothered to completely hide the emotions in his voice just then. It ought to be a good day, what with the whole 'returning to his proper age' thing--among other reasons--so something decidedly aggravating must have happened to inspire such a post.]

My hair does this naturally. I don't put anything in it. It's just brushed. That's all.

And not because of music.

[Trowa is about to switch the comm off when he stops and adds:]

...It doesn't poke people or defy gravity, either.

[Now, if the Network will excuse him, he would like to spend time with some friends while not a six-year-old boy.}

☠ four

[disillusionists.livejournal.com]

( ROSE FONT YAY )

( official end of the kid plot! )

(no subject)

[bigreveal.livejournal.com]

Motherfucker.

[Exactly 10 deep breaths.]

Well then.

Back to work.

[Video]

[a_relative_hero]

[The camera focuses on Houston sitting at a table in some sort of generic office looking room. He's got a lot of papers stacked on the table in front of him and looks tired.He looks down at all the papers he's got and then back up at the camera.]

Well, guess I have a little more work to do first but uhh...if the Mayor or anyone that works for him is around, I made sure I kept records of everything me and the other people working shipping did. Ya know, where we put all the cars we moved off the bridges, which places food and supplies went to as well as how much...ya know. That kinda thing. So...yeah. I've got all that for whoever is normally in charge of this kinda thing. It might make getting everything back into working normalness a little easier.

[He shrugs.]

I'm glad this whole mess is ended.

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[nine-tries.livejournal.com]

We can't compare a person to their childhood self. Things happen, people change far beyond the scope of their early years.

So, what do we do? We recuperate, clear our heads and forget about the whole mess, pretend it didn't happen. Seeing how a person used to be will only wreck our perception of them. We shouldn't let ourselves succumb to presumptions.

I'll start if everyone else follows.

[video]

[notapoof.livejournal.com]

[Gene is unimpressed when the video flicks on. He can just remember how to use the dammed contraption, and that's pissing him off nicely. His line face is strong enough to crack the Universe.]

The tragedy of this, my friends, is not being "taken" from somewhere. Oh no, that's not it. The tragic part is when a handsome DCI orders a vindaloo from that place where them Indian fellahs are, sitting down to enjoy it with a drink before being whisked off back to the bloody states of America.

Again.

Could you lot not survive without me or somethin'? I mean, you need someone to hold your hands and wipe your noses and tell you everythin' will be okay?

Rearrange this useful phrase and thou shalt find the answer within it.

Off. Bugger.

video

[blondevigilante]

[Cue Steph, all grown up again, sitting a large plate of nearly edible waffles down on the table. Of the three place settings, one has a handmade card with: Charlie on it. For having such a strange week Steph is smiling.]

That is not something I'm wanting to experience ever again. Can I just issue a network wide apology to anyone I may have annoyed this past week?

[She pauses and grins]

Okay, I may have had a bit of fun, but really my clothes cannot take my downsizing again. Anyone feel like shopping?


[Bat Encryption: Dick]

I'm gonna guess you need another week to finish my bike.

Unless of course mini you saved us the trouble.

iii ✘ voice

[xuffasch]

If there's anything this all proved, it's all that all of you were infinitely more annoying when you were young than you claim I am. Also more idiotic. So that argument about age and what's appropriate is officially invalid.

_{( His voice pauses for a moment, and he lets out a huff before speaking again. )}

There is likely a shortage of ice cream in the city at the moment. Though you'd think the demand for it would have subsided. There's still enough coffee. So it's not a total loss.

<sub>( Another sigh, and the feed goes private. )

( encrypted | knights_wing )</sub>

You're out of food. Good luck with that.

_{( encrypted | brevipennate )}

I might be...staying at the church for a few days.

[voice] Filtered posts all around!

[girlverine]

( [Filtered to Selina Kyle )

( [Filtered to Cass Cain] )

( [Filtered to Jessica Wakefield] )

( [Filtered to Tom Bronson] )

[And finally unfiltered]

To anyone I may have injured as a child, I...apologize.

(no subject)

[neglectedpost.livejournal.com]

This looks like a good place to settle my bones. Good air, good space, nice City.

Hello, there! And who makes this fine place their home? Who do I have the pleasure of addressing with a greeting? Come along then, don't be shy!

VIDEO | I'm not at all certain what to do with this.

[professorlionface]

[The camera cuts in on Hank with a hand over his mouth. His expression is a bit ambiguous, but clearly somber. Someone's been looking over the past week's Network posts. He slides his hand up to the bridge of his nose as to not obstruct his voice, in a gesture that's somewhere between thoughtful and overwhelmed.]

It's a curious thing. I'm certain the majority of us have no access to media capturing our younger selves here, and many of us would have had no access to such things at home, either.

It can be a rather bittersweet reminder, but the mere idea of having it now...I'm tempted to say it's worth it. For me, at least. Wouldn't be fair to try speaking for anyone else on the subject, but it's...been quite a while since I've had anything like this.

[video]

[thelionharted.livejournal.com]

[James is --actually, perched on top of his and Sirius' warehouse, fiddling a bit with a broom. It all makes for a very nice dramatic background, but he doesn't appreciate it much. This is probably something to do with what he's going to say.]

Right. Now that I'm back to normal and all. --Lily's gone home. Figured people should know.

Video

[grey1911.livejournal.com]

( Private to Seras Victoria )

( Private to Jack Bauer )

[And on that note, he has so many grass stains to get out of dry-clean only suits, he's going to be broke for a month from the bill.]

Video

[secondhandwebs]

[The camera pans over what can only be described as a totally wrecked living room of an apartment. There are electronics pulled apart on the floor, pillows everywhere, possibly a scorch mark or two, and most of the surfaces look oddly sticky. Rock stars could have been staying there.

May’s voice sounds like she’s come to peace with it, though, as she turns the camera to face her. In fact it’s a little more than amused.]

Does it still count as Spring cleaning if you just end up throwing everything out?

Well. Good thing I wanted to move anyway.

Twelfth Scuttle - Video [backdated to Friday during kid plot tiemz]

[crabulous]

[Oh look, kids! It's everyone's favorite scary alien lobster monster! Doctor Zoidberg is in his warehome (you can tell by the X-mas lights strung up everywhere.) He's wearing reading glasses and is holding a small bundle, swaddled securely in a blanket. He's cooing at it, making hideous faces and such.]

My fondest wish was to become a grandmother! Who knew it would actually come true!

[He grabs the communicator with a big red claw, bringing it close to the little baby grublet that is Karkat. More hideous gurgling noises as Zoidberg fusses over the baby.  Baby!Karkat coos and gurgles in response, reaching out for Zoidberg's claw.]

He's an angel, I tell you! The sweetest little thing! I don't know why the others couldn't get him to stop screaming!

2.001 ♣ [video]

[doubleoohbaby.livejournal.com]

[The video flickers onto what many may find a familiar looking face. It looks like he's already found himself a nice bar to settle into but he's alone with only his drink and his smug little smirk to keep him company. This doesn't seem to bother him all that much.]

Hello darlings, miss me?

I should have known the Porter couldn't keep her hands off me for long.

So, how long's it been? A few days? Weeks? Months? This may seem a little redundant if it's only been an hour.



(ooc: After kiddy ploooot. Spaz has no patience.)

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[onblackwings]

[ TREES!! Loads of spinning trees in Central Park, how exciting! But then-- oh, it's just Onyx, still not quite with her communicator figured out yet. She eventually tilts it in the right direction, and... looks pretty naked. She takes some care to keep all the bits covered with the hand not currently holding her comm, but it's not a very dedicated effort. ]

I require clothing.

[ yes. yes, she does. a little petulantly: ] If someone were to bring some to me, I'd be-- grateful. [ it sounds like that took some effort to say. ] I'm in the small forest in the middle of the City.

[Video]

[ridi-arlecchino.livejournal.com]

[Video! In celebration of not being tiny anymore! At least, it feels like some sort of celebration, with the frozen popsicle that the pigtailed blonde is triumphantly holding in her hand.]

It's not everyday I feel tall for just bein' ableta to reach the icebox! I mean, the last time was after I was toe-to-toe with a midget Moe Howard.

[She waves the popsicle around for emphasis as she speaks.]

Y'know, I gotta say I never thought I'd figger it out first-hand, but The City ain't the worst place to grow up in. At least there were folks who did mini-me some good turns.

[A brief pause as she makes sure her treat isn't about to melt.
...Okay! What was she going to say? Oh. Right.]

'Preciate it!

( marked, text ) 14th of may, 2011.

[silenthillyways.livejournal.com]

It is here.

It only makes sense. It is not of this world, not of any world. It is beyond my comprehension, and in my arrogance, I forgot that. It has found me, across space and even across death, and means to make me pay for my sins.

If only I were a practitioner of magic as so many are in this City I could banish it myself. As it is the most I can do is live out the few agonizing days left to me as it hunts me through the City. I deserve this, but it makes me no less afraid to face what has always been my fate. Perhaps its creeping insanity is what drove the young man I met mad. I can't speculate further. Merely remembering his painted face sends shivers through me.

Anyone who so much as said a word to me since my arrival is in grave danger. I bargained away your lives for nothing but a month of pretending at normality. There is nothing more I can do but warn you. Your blood is already on my hands. I am so sorry.

[OOC; PS NOBODY IS DYING Daniel's superpowers are making creepy shit happens and he is blowing it out of proportion
AND OI NAT tell me if that's okay when you get home]