[ Shelke has been listening and watching Hojo's actions as of late, uncertain of what the future will bring. She keeps her insecurities to herself, however, spending most of her time curled up on the couch with her phone in hand, idling away on the network for lack of anything else to busy herself with. What will come will come, after all. She ( Read more... )

[ Shelke realizes something is wrong the moment Hojo's brainwaves begin to fluctuate erratically, but the change is so sudden and so drastic that she isn't able to react fast enough. Even as she hits the emergency shutoff switch to begin the shut down sequence, she sees Hojo crumple to his knees, and another moment later she sees the trails of ( Read more... )

Dr. Lucrecia Crescent.

I require your assistance.

Please contact me through this channel. It has been secured, and will only respond to your voiceprint.

[ Shelke is standing just outside the bathroom door, gaze extremely flat and lips drawn. ]

...Professor Hojo.

Professor.

The shower drain is operating at 38% capacity.

This is the second time in the last three days.

Cloud Strife ( Read more... )

[ Shelke stares at the contact she has her cursor hovered over in silence, staring at it until the word the binary numbers form barely triggers any recognition at all anymore. And even after that, still she stares on, hands still as though frozen in place.

Hojo.Finally, she mechanically presses down on 'send' and brings the phone to her ear, her ( Read more... )

Uplink successful.

Now initiating SND...

Negotiating connection with server.

Constructing residual image.

Preparing for network-to-network transfer.

Image stabilized.

Connection established.

Now commencing SND.

[ Shelke uses her SND to project herself into Edge, intent on getting a status update on Cloud after stalking him listening in on ( Read more... )

[In progress. Some of the posts are backlogged, so the entry dates may not align up perfectly with the in-game dates. Bolded entries are ones which affect a majority of the community, or are somehow plot-important. If you think something should be bolded that we missed, feel free to suggest it! ]

( DAY 016 // January 15th )

[ Shelke is texting him because she doesn't quite trust her voice. ]

Zack Fair, I require your assistance.

Where are you?

There is something we must discuss.