Brainy is gone. So are all his lab notes, supplies... everything. 



Sprock, Brainy, you should know better then to leave me alone to take care of things... I can't do this by myself. 

[ooc: slashes are hard to hack]

[Footsteps echo down the hall, muffled as if through a pocket, before they slow and stop. A rustle of packages as they are nudged with a sneakered foot]


...Woah... there's a lot of gifts piled here...


...Don't tell me I...


[Long, solemn pause as he realizes he missed Christmas. He opens the door and slides the gifts inside before closing it and walking off again. There is a sharp sound as he reaches into his pocket for his PDA to request gifts for his friends, then the recording cuts off.]



[ooc: Sorry about my absence guys. With the holidays, sickness, internet problems and so on, Econtra got lost in the suffle! I'm going to try to get back on track now. During my absence, Lyle threw himself into working on this Anti-Entropi project, and ended up losing his PDA for a bit. He also slept at or near his work station, so he's been out of the apartment. Let me know if I need to tag anywhere]

[There's a long pause, then a bitter, humorless chuckle. His voice is soft, but no less pointed.]

Everyone's leaving. 

Robin... Kon... Persephone...
 
Now Dick has vanished. And I bet Naoki will too. He's going through exactly what Robin and Kon did, so why shouldn't he follow that pattern? 

Perchance, will building something distract me? Seems like a viable outlet, huh? [sharp, small laugh] Will it or wont it work, though? Let's figure this out, Brainy... Something we'd actually have control over...



...

I've never wanted to go home as much as I do right now.

[Screened to Brainy || only hackable to close friends]

Brainy, we should discuss creating a weapon that will work against the Entropi.

[/screened]


...

... Now Naoki won't wake up...

Robin... and...and now Kon too...


[Interlac, ranging from angry whispers to yelling]

YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR THIS TIME. They were friends. IMPORTANT FRIENDS. And you take them both...! How can you do this to all of them...! Persephone, Tim, Dick, Quatre... I didn't want... Not after seeing Dream Girl... too many friends have left without even...!!

....


[/Interlac] [Whispers, voice rough from yelling and sickness]

I have to find Persephone.

[There are random sniffles and sneezes, and his voice is a bit rough when he talks.]


Er... What's that food that they said in the 21st century was good for colds?


If I was back home I would just go to a bio-repair chamber... this place stinks.... [sniffles]

Eh, Sorry again about the mess in the kitchen the other day, Naoki. You shouldn't have helped clean on your birthday. Though I'm glad the food turned out somewhat like it was supposed to even if I'm still sure you were lying when you insisted that those... 'tempura' are supposed to be lumpy.

[blush]
And... thanks again for the tool set. It's awesome! I've been itching to get my hands on instruments of this caliber for some time now.


Thanks Cissie, Perseph and Tinya for the birthday wishes on the 19th.

Perseph, the pie was... er... pretty good. Thank you for going out of your way for me.


And thanks for the goggles, Brainy! Heh, I smashed my old ones by accident a while ago; there are going to be put to good use.

[Only readable to those who know Interlac]

The tools are amazing. They look like you worked really hard on them... I'm very grateful. Thank you also for lending Naoki a hand. I-I appreciate it a lot, Brainy.

[/Screened]



I also recently received a black and white snow coat and comforter... Thanks to whoever sent that, with this snow it's sure to come in handy.

...And that picture... Thank you.

I think I've mentally considered myself 18 for a while now. So much I almost feel like I should be turning 19!

... Just a heads up that I'm moving to Ast-Okto.



( Screened to Nightwing// Hackable only to batfamily and friends )

To those who I talked to immediately following the end of those death visions. I... wasn't myself, so I'm sorry if I put off anyone.

I hear there's a meet up going on? How's everyone coping? I'm sorry I haven't done more to help you guys...


[Screened to Brainy|Unhackable]

I owe you an apology.

[/Screened]

Anyone know how to cut hair? It's getting long. But I'm afraid of doing it to myself and ending up looking silly.

...what? You all saw how the hair cut I gave Dick when he was a kid turned out.

We have a new Brainiac 5. He's an organic, the same as my home universe. And older.
(I have to look up to talk to you again, Brainy. Heh.)
But he wants to be called 'Querl', and I suppose that's a fair way to keep him identifiable from 'Brainy'.

Brainy, you and I should hang out again. In fact, you, Querl and I should have a conversation about creating a Bio-Repair unit, or something similar.


[Screened || Private]

The new Brainy...Querl, I have to remember he'd rather be called that...but... In his world, I'm dead.

...I always figured I'd die in battle. It's just...shaking to hear it will... did... happen.
 
[//Screened]



[Screened to Nightwing || Unhackable to Joker or Tomo]

I ran into Tomo the other day. He was asking about the Joker.

[//Screened]




...Has anyone seen Naoki? I haven't heard from him in a while... and I'm worried.

So...Now there is singing? Apparently this has happened before, but I still find it rather odd. I hope for all your sakes the urge does not find me. I don't sing.


Tinya, those pictures you took of me in those outfits when I was a girl? I want all the copies you have. Stat.
Better yet, just give me your PDA so I can do  a sweep of it and make sure those things never, ever see the light of day.



[Screened to Batfamily // Unhackable]

I hear there's something going on. Namely about a certain villain. Somebody mind giving me a heads up or is it on a need-to-know basis?

[/screened]

[He sounds rather embarrassed, but there is a tinge of pain in his voice as well.]

Er... Can someone move whatever is blocking the way to the Office Building's basement? I'd like to get out. I've unlocked the door and everything. There's just some heavy stuff on the other side I cant really manage to move right now.

It's times like these I wish I had super strength, or invulnerability. Ultra Boy would have no problem with this.

[knocking, obviously trying to move the door again.]



[OOC: Backdated to some time after Dani knocked him out.]

Brainy, Phantom Girl, Live Wire, I suggest you keep your ring bio-shield on. The one used for space flight and interplanetary visits. I also think we need to get out those last few flight rings so at least three other people can keep themselves protected from this red fog. That's the only unusual anomaly recently that could have triggered all these odd dreams and visions. I just hope you guys put them up in time.

I'm trying to figure out how much exposure is needed to have these hallucinations continue. It seems not too much. I was exposed to the fog, but I haven't had any panic attacks as of yet. On the other hand, I am feeling paranoid, jumpy. This didn't change after putting up my bio-shield.

Naoki is having a fit. I can't get through to him. I hope everyone else is okay... Please, a status report?

Phantom Girl is here. We never really talked too much at HQ, not one on one at least. I hope she settles in well enough... It'll be nice having someone to speak our Interlac with. And apparently she's involved with Nightwing...?


( Screened to Naoki )


I realize this hat I got isn't going to hide much, and I can't dye it back or go around until the 20th invisible, so I might as well let you all know that my hair will be pink the next time you see me. Yes, pink. Haha. Laugh while you can. ::embarrassed grumble::

To those of you I didn't see at the festival, I'm back!  I cant say that its entirely a good thing...but, I'm glad. No reason to leave a job unfinished, right? Especially when it requires leaving friends behind as well.



( [Screened to Friends] ) EDIT: ...And...erm... why are there girl clothes in Nyi Eski?

[Sounds a little shaken]

We got Naoki under control, he shouldn't be bothering anyone until we figure out how to bring his human side back out...

Other then that...I...

[Voice suddenly vanishes, the sound of the PDA clattering to the ground sounds. Lyle had vanished from Econtra, his PDA is left lying on the floor in his room]

[screened//hackable]

Happy Birthday Tim.

[//screened]


Has anyone seen Robin? I know that he didn't really like using his PDA, but I haven't seen him since earlier this week. Was someone looking after him?

I haven't seen much of Persephone either.

Brainy, I need your help discussing how to counteract something that appears of magical origin. A friend of mine is suffering a loss of control to a much more violent side of his personality, much like Timberwolf. Without Saturn Girl around I don't know how to approach it.

Hey Quatre, you're taking it easy, right?