[VIDEO]; @fatima

[dust_of_life]

[Fatima's life dictates that she has to carefully manage and regulate her appearance. It's a bit of a neurosis, really. She's had to dedicate much of the last few years to proving that she's every bit as capable and mature as a bunch of vampires who have seen more than a few centuries. The mortal girl is not going to sit at the kiddie table, thank you very much. Which means not looking like a kiddie.

She wears a lot of make up. Like, a lot. It's well done and attractive, certainly. But noticeably an inch thick. Her hair is pulled back in a braid today, draping over her left shoulder. But what really completes the "I'm not a child" look is the attitude. It's her carefully schooled expression, just the right amount of jaded blase, as if to say "I've seen too much to ever be wide-eyed again."

It's her first network post. She figures first impressions matter. Although this is not how she imagined greeting the network.]

Hey, Fatima Merali here.

[She's got a thick, West Coast accent. She even says her name in a disgustingly Americanized way.]

Los Angeles, 2009, for any of you keeping track of that kind of thing.

Listen. Has anyone seen or heard from Ray Palmer lately? It's like he just vanished.

Comments

@dodger/audio

[smokedout]

Maybe he got kidnapped.

[He's being sarcastic, but... with Dodger, you can never really tell just how much he's joking.]

Or maybe he found a way home and didn't tell anyone else.

@endsoftheearth, voice;

[earthy]

[Terra's not altogether sure what to make of her appearance. All her makeup, anyway. It seems a little strange to him, but then, he knows nothing about makeup... or her. Maybe she comes from a world where people are really enthusiastic about putting as much paint and stuff on their faces as possible? He's not judging.

Or commenting on it.

Much more important things to discuss here, anyway.]

Keeping track of what kind of thing? ["Los Angeles", "2009"... Neither term means anything to him. But more importantly-]

I don't know a Ray Palmer, but I've been searching the city a lot lately. If you tell me what he looks like, I can keep an eye out for him? It's a big city and there's a lot of people, but... you never know.

[ragnarsson]

Maybe he's dead.

[This is one of those moments where Ivar should really have adult supervision instead of just being allowed to be a sixteen year old little shithead.]

@Morgan.Knight; video

[morganknight]

Morgan Knight. Pittsburgh, 2027. That's right, I'm from the fuuuuuuuuture. [He waggles his fingers like he's being all spooky. Here's a man who (thanks to a lot, a LOT, of personal growth) is perfectly comfortable acting immaturely.] Sorry you're missing your friend... that happens sometimes in this sort of, hmm, place.

video; un: d.grayson

[fingerstripes]

...Hey, Fatima? [ Distracted, a worried line between his brows, no visible sign of recognition there in his face. ]

I'm Ray's roommate. You're a friend of his?

@outis; text

[prisonking]

He was my coworker. I asked the city about him when he didn't show up for work.

They said he went back home.