[ click! as it starts recording, but there's only silence for a long, long moment, as if he's unsure of what to say. finally, he decides on the blunt truth, but he sounds exhausted when he speaks -- not just physical fatigue, but maybe something a little worse than that. ]

Harvey Dent is dead.

[ cough cough trying to make some sense of his surroundings -- and in the background, the faint sounds of water splashing against the dock. a pause, before he says, sounding a little confused ]

It -- seems that we've all been returned to the city.

[ click, and the first thing you hear would be the sound of labored breath, dragging movements -- and a voice crackling with static. listen close -- no, it's not the communicator that's picking up the static. it's the voice itself. ]

-- too dangerous -- was attacked, tried to stop him --

[ a fit of wet coughing, and then there's the distinct ( Read more... )

It is a somewhat idle thought, but I wonder if the lack of substantial wildlife outside the city walls means anything? I cannot seem to recall having seen any animals -- save a bird, once. The city itself has been established as abandoned, but -- under natural circumstances, the fields and forest should not have been affected, I think ( Read more... )

[ a dry cough before he starts, sounding completely and utterly exhausted -- but not without the slightest hint of hope ]

I have spoken with the native, who has been generous enough to grant a request -- it seems that those who were severely injured have been healed. I pray that this has been the case for all those who were in danger ( Read more... )

[ click! goes the communicator -- and there's a long pause, with the faint sound of rustling and raspy breathing, before the artificial voice starts, sounding a bit rushed and stilted and pained -- awful hard to stay calm through a splitting headache, isn't it? ]

-- please, everyone ( Read more... )

I -- am not sure if anyone else has ventured outside where the barrier once stood but some may find the field outside of interest. I'm afraid it doesn't hold any solid clues to an escape from this city, but there were, ah -- remains of a battle scattered about ( Read more... )

[ bzzzzzzt -- a rush of static, the line going dead as the network crashes -- then rustling noises as it reboots, and catches him midsentence, sounding tired and somewhat confused ]

-- seems we've returned. And the native is gone as well.

[ the thunk of something metal being lowered to the pavement. the shield. god knows what it's for, but he has ( Read more... )

( [ filter to SPIKE SPIEGEL | unhackable ] )

[ clack-clack footsteps of wooden geta -- pause, pause -- and a few more paces. then, quiet words to himself -- taking in his surroundings. ]

-- outside, but -- this cannot be Tokyo -- then where --

[ stopping that sentence there, since it's not really going anywhere. but instead, the sounds of him testing out the communicator ]

-- hello?