UN: Anby | Voice

[burgersplease]

WHO: Anby Demara
WHERE: Zodiac Network
WHEN: June 8th
WHAT: Network Voice Post
WARNINGS: Spoilers for the live action Lilo & Stitch

[The voice recording contains a voice of a woman whose tone is quiet and near emotionless.]

Is it recording? Good.

This is Anby Demara, a Guardian of the Black Order. I have downloaded the app required per the mission perimeters of the Kaisou Team, and will use it to record my personal log in hopes of remaining transparent under the new leadership.

[-- yeah she's clearly misunderstood the purpose of the Libra app, but the voice recording keeps going]

The date is June 8th, 2025. It has been one week since I have arrived in Kaisou, [a passing truck honks, making the state name inaudible]. Since then, I have prioritized finalizing my living arrangements and familiarizing myself with the city.

As of recording, I have located 1 movie theater and 3 burger joints in my immediate. The movie theater offers a decent matinee price, though the film I watched was rather disappointing. It was a live action remake of the animated classic Lilo & Stitch. The film was more sanitized than the original one, and it ended with Nami giving Lilo up to the state. I am unsure how to feel about that change to the story, but I don't think I liked it.

I should try to look into other ways to find movies, as even with the matinee deal, seeing movies frequently there will add up in cost.

Tonight I plan to try a In-n-Out burger for the first time. I have heard about these burgers in online communities for years, but they never had a store location in Florida. It was a surprise to find one here, and I'm excited for tonight's meal. [She says still very much in a monotone. So excited :| ]

That is all I can think of that's worth noting, so I will be signing off. Please note that all expenses I referenced have been made using personal money.

Anby out.

[The voice recording ends]

Comments

UN: TITHOES

[blueeyeswhitedoppelganger]

[Burger...]

Greetings, Anby Damara. You should know this is primarily a communications app, but if it works for a personal log, it works. I am Noa Kaiba, recent Guardian, and representative of Neith.

[He's going to be as professional as he can if she's going to be!! ...Though...

Burger...] ...

...You know I've never had a burger...

[Hm. Hmm. Can he eat burgers? P...probably right..?]

[burgersplease]

Oh, it is? [Oop] Noted, I had mistaken it as one of the Order's new regulations. I will correct my planned usage accordingly.

[And there is so many things she could note on-- especially him noting that he's a representative of Neith. But.

To Anby, there is something much more important than that]

You should have a burger. They are delicious and contain all the required nutritional foods that a person needs: bread, meat, and veggies.

[Please do not take Anby's medical advice]

1/3???

[greatlydares]

[Sometimes Belle wonders where the Cunning Hares are. She hopes that they're safe, she hopes that they're alive, she hopes that they're doing okay and are, at the very least, not too broke to afford to put groceries in the table.

She misses them. They were some of the closest friends she and Wise ever had—of course she misses them. But she's grown used to missing people.]

2/4

[greatlydares]

[But now—

That's Anby. That's Anby. Belle stares, frozen in place, at her phone for...a long time. She wants to ask:]

3/4

[greatlydares]

[Do you remember me?]

4/4; un: belleoftheboulevard

[greatlydares]

Yeah, I don't know what got up Disney's ass that they thought to remake Lilo and Stitch at all, let alone do it that way! What a terrible mess.

Honestly, if you want the least offensive live-action remake, I'd say...try Cinderella, maybe? I didn't hate it. Sorry—hi! I'm Belle. I run Random Play on Shopping Street.

un: petaltothemetal; voice

[blossominghopes]

Oh-- Hi there! Since Noa already clarified about the app, I'll just go ahead and cut to the chase. I'm Lia Brooks, another recent Guardian! Pleased to be working with you.

[Anyway, the talk of food's what catches Lia's attention, because of course it does.]

In-n-Out's pretty good. I'm a little more partial to Culver's, personally, but I've definitely enjoyed In-n-Out.

[burgersplease]

Yes, he did explain. I will be sure to change my usage of the app accordingly.

It is nice to meet you Lia. I look forward to working with you too.

[Hell yeah food talk]

Culvers? That is another restaurant I have heard of but was not located in Florida. Is the regional burger place of the midwest, correct? Are there locations in this city as well?

un: midnightfishing

[illucesco]

They did what now to Lilo and Stitch? Oh—yeah, the In-n-Out burger's fine, I guess. Honestly I like the Crow's Nest fries better.

—don't you have a Netflix account or...?

[burgersplease]

Crow's Nest? I've never heard of that place. Is it a burger place unique to this city?

No, I only use streaming accounts that still allow for password sharing, as I share my passwords with friends.

1/2

[life_ethereal]

[Harumasa has been scrolling through the Libra app as part of his routine. Mostly to see if anyone he knows has suddenly come on, or on the off-chance that Wise makes it onto here. He's promised Belle to continue keeping an eye out for her missing brother, and he intends to keep trying until his last.

But then there's a familiar woman from his past life. He's about to dismiss it until she starts talking. His phone clatters to the floor and most of what Anby says is muffled through sudden static in his ears. The spoiled ending to Lilo & Stitch's live action "remake" sticks in his mind while it unfortunately races.

Breathe. He has to breathe. It's hard, it's really hard, but he. Has. To. Breathe.

Even if all Harumasa really wants to do is break down and scream or wail.

It's been almost 20 years since he's seen his big sister, and she's been alive this whole time? He feels like that old wound has suddenly been ripped open. All that old grief he finally was able to put aside comes rushing back to him like it was just yesterday that he was told she perished in the Spirit Realm.

Breathe.]

Voice | UN: HelplesslyWeak; 2/2

[life_ethereal]

[Finally, Harumasa is able to recover just enough of himself to feel like he can speak to her. He wants to, even if it hurts. He never believed the adults that said Anby was a traitor, especially not in hindsight. But that little kid he'd been always clung to the memory of her reading stories to him in funny voices. In little kid logic, nobody with evil intentions would go through all that effort to entertain an energetic kid like him.

He doesn't bother with "testing" her. That's simply his big sister. If she still wants that relationship with him again, that's up to her. He knows he does.]

... Bee? Onee-chan?

voice; un: fuego

[fuegor]

[Anby... someone the previous Red Scarf worked with. Someone that Lorenzo couldn't remember right now. While he had issues with the Order, good people were among their ranks like Kinich. It didn't bother Lighter that she was with them, especially since he wanted to remember things more.

He remembered he didn't talk with her too much in his past life, but wasn't a bad person then either.

He was reluctant to come right out with his questions in public. Especially since, well, she might not even know who he is.]

You know, usually people would get upset when movies are being spoiled for them but I think you just saved everyone a couple bucks. Talk about missing the whole point of the story. Nani would never give Lilo up.

I never thought about using the app for a personal log, though. Interesting. I've been using it more like What's App or Discord.

[Lighter, don't encourage her.]

[burgersplease]

[Meanwhile Anby does recognize Lighter too. One of the Sons of Calydon, Billy's "brother"- whatever that means. She's pretty sure androids don't have siblings, but she was a clone baby so what does she know?]

... It seems this town is full of a lot of people from the past.

[Lighter's avoiding the elephant in the room, but she's not. The sons of calydon were always cool]

Yes, I wouldn't recommend it. The animated version is a much better movie, and I don't understand why they changed the ending.

According to my colleagues, I may have been using it incorrectly.

voice | un: kissmyash

[switchaxe]

[...alright then. He'll leave this public because Hazel did and it's Demara, so like...]

It's Cabbot. Didn't think I'd see you here, Demara. Also didn't think you knew my brother well enough to call him Masa-chan. What's up with that?

[burgersplease]

Hello Cabbott. Your dad transferred me, so that's why I'm here.

[....]

Why are you eavesdropping on my conversations? Do you have a warrant?

voice: UN:bar_cat75

[wiseoldbartender]

[Well. There's a voice that he hasn't heard for a good long time. But he'd recognise that monotone anywhere. ]

You've already been here a fuckin' week? What? You didn't think to drop a message to say hey before then? [ A pause. ] No. Don't answer that, I know you didn't.

[It wouldn't have even entered her mind for a second, he knows, he knows. He keeps his usual rough tone, but there's an undercurrent of fondness there too. It is good to hear from her. ]

Not been the same without your weird bullshit. Welcome to the marginally less awful place than Florida. How you been holding up, Kiddo? Aside from your continued dogshit taste in food anyway.

[burgersplease]

[!!!

Oh thank god someone from her past that she DOESN'T have huge baggage about. Her tone sounds relieved and the closest to warm that Anby's monotone voice can get. ]

Husk, I didn't know you were here. I heard that you had retired last year, did you use up your pension that quickly?

[because that feels like the most logical explanation for why Husk would be on this app the black order wanted her on. Husk blew his pension and had to go back to work]

I'm fine. The transfer to Kaisou was unexpected, but it's nice not having to deal with the humidity so much. I thought of you every time I saw a taco bell.

Voice | UN: Malipo

[quit_ur_kiniching]

[Oh, hey! That's a voice Kinich is happy to hear. He sounds a bit more relaxed than he normally does when he responds to Anby's "log."]

Anby. Good to know you're here, though it would've been nice to have heard about it earlier.

[He doesn't sound particularly bothered.]

I don't believe I've seen Lilo & Stitch before, but I'll take your word for the live action being bad. I haven't seen too many Disney movies, honestly.

By the way, have you run into Eizen yet? Last I heard, he was still missing.

[Kinich is kind of concerned, but also it's Eizen....]

[burgersplease]

[Oh hey!! Another person she's happy to see! ]

Kinich. Sorry I didn't call, they didn't tell me who was stationed here. But it's good to see you again.

[Kinich is good people]

The animated movie is a cinematic classic, I have fond memories of it. [She relates to Stitch a lot] You should watch it, I can give you my Disney+ login if you need it.

Eizen? No. Last I heard, Velvet was following up a lead in Iowa about him. Apparently there was reports of a tall blond man being spotted amongst the corn rows there.

UN: averagejane

[averagejanedoe]

[There’s a familiar face. Jane Doe hadn’t seen her listed as being stationed here when she applied to transfer—-which makes sense, considering Anby had only been here a week.]

Anby~ I didn’t know a cutie like you was going to be here, this should make my stay that much better.

[It’s Jane Doe, but there’s some truth behind those words—-she knows Anby is someone she can trust if things go sideways.]

I’ll be happy to go to the movies with you if you want company. You are my favorite little burger gremlin, after all.

[burgersplease]

[Another beloved colleague! ]

Hi Jane.

[She gives a very lazy wave. She's glad to see you man]

I'd like that. Movies are better when they're with company. Did you get transferred here too?

voice; un: feurig

[sacredashes]

Oh, it's you.

[Believe it or not this is a positive greeting from Asch.]

... Tell me you haven't been eating only fast food this whole time.

[burgersplease]

[Oh hey it's Asch!! One of the kiddos is here!]

Hello Asch.

Not only fast food. Red Robin is a sit down restaurant. The service was 23.5% slower than the Orlando location.

1/2

[nefilim]

[ With how the last week or so has been, Ana is only barely paying attention when she scrolls through the app. She's tired and concerned and still quietly abuzz with nerves, even if Haru is stable now. There's still that anxiety, still that worry that she'll lose someone again. That they'll leave and she can't stop it.

So when she scrolls through and hears that voice, Ana thinks that she's hearing things. It's been years but that monotone is so familiar, so clear in memories of her childhood (or the botched facsimile of a childhood she had), and she has to stop scrolling. Stop scrolling and listen and feel her blood run cold, her heart threatening to burst out of her chest as she sits up from where she was hiding in her nest.

That... can't be...

"This is Anby Demara-"

It can't be. Not after all this time. Not when she left her behind and Ana tried to damn hard to find her. ]

2/2 voice | un: anarchy (private from the get-go)

[nefilim]

[ She doesn't know how to feel right now.

Angry would be easiest, angry would make sense. Anby was her sister, they said they would face whatever happened to them together and then she left her behind and now here she is, talking about movies like nothing ever happened and she wants to snap her phone in half - ]

... Anby?

[ There's no anger. Just the shaky, cautious wavering that nobody else would ever hear.

Anby is alive. She's alive. She knew she would be, of course, but there she is. There's hurt there, but she's not stupid - Ana knows there was so much more to the talk about her being a traitor.

How should she feel right now? She doesn't know yet. All that matters right now is her sister is right there, after she lost her so long ago. ]

... Is that... Really you, Anby?