[Torn's life is consumed by the library these days. Fortunately, he has spiders to clean up after him and Jak (the capybara) to bring him food, which means he really only goes back to his pod to sleep. Which he doesn't do often ( Read more... )

[There are a lot of things he could comment on, like the disappearance of Ashelin or the fact that a crazed gryphon apparently mauled a lot of people. He wasn't outside for the second bit, though, so he missed that. Good thing, too, sounds like it was a mess. As for Ashelin, there's nothing he can do about that (and if it means she went back ( Read more... )

[Torn has explored. Of course he has. What else do you expect from a guy who loves information as much as Torn does? And without Jak around to use as his eyes and ears, that means Torn has to do what he does best ( Read more... )

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[Torn's scratchy voice sounds worse that usual. He sounds downright pained.]

I need a favor. Need someone to get me some more bandages.

[Yes. "More."]

[Torn's been in his room, doing his usual listening to the network and sorting through his piles and piles of papers. At some point, he decided he needed a shower, so off he's gone to get clean. The comm, of course, comes with him. Sure, he can listen in to things later, but he'd rather not if he doesn't have to. It's sitting on the sink when ( Read more... )

[Locked to Seth, 98% unhackable]]

Seth. Today's your three day mark.

[What's that? You say you never introduced yourself, Seth?

Yeah, well you introduced yourself to Marco. Good enough.]

So where's this storm you promised us?

[He's genuinely curious, Seth. Let's see what, if anything, you can accomplish. And hey, c'mon, at least he's nice ( Read more... )

All shadows back to normal?

[He hasn't heard much from them in a while, and his own never acted up so he doesn't have a point of reference there. He'd like to know how long this little change lasted ( Read more... )

[Torn's been obsessively listening to the network since his arrival ( Read more... )

[The first thing he notices is the abundance of natural light. It is not, actually, something he sees a lot of, and it's definitely not something he sees when opening his eyes after the punch he fully expected doesn't come ( Read more... )