( off the network )

( private // off the network )

( action for umi; )

( private to umi // unhackable )

There's very little point in pretending to be defenceless in this City, is there ( Read more... )

[ accidental video ]

[A solid thump jostles the device on, flashing a view of trees: that thump was the device's owner jumping down the last few steps of a ladder leading down out of the forest. He's moving fast and has the device in a pocket, so the images it sends are a series of confused flickers of blue sky, blond hair, green leaves, something ( Read more... )

[ voice ]

I feel like I've been initiated now--I've seen my first curse, and I was even affected by it a little. But surely curse is too dramatic a word for something like that? Actually, I enjoyed it. Seeing people adapt to different communications was...enlightening ( Read more... )

Before any of these disastrous curses that I've been hearing so much about hit, I really ought to find a job.

[The text that follows is one part job application, one part test of the deities' reactions, and one part terrible joke. Enjoy.]I worked for the British Foreign Ministry in my world--that means I'm a diplomat. I'm not terribly sure how to ( Read more... )

[ voice ]

[There's the sound of running water close by, along with the rustle of leaves. Someone is posting from within Xanadu.]

I know plenty of people had the motive to kidnap me, but I didn't think any of them would actually go through with it. Or that they'd take me somewhere so pleasant. Should I thank someone?

[It's a new voice. A beat. ( Read more... )

( alignments of stars. )