Oh, hey, Chicago. Alex Drake has briefly come out of hibernation, and really wishing that she had that hooker coat with her now. She's decided to venture out before she goes completely mad from spending too much time in her room in the Kashtta. (It probably doesn't help that she spent most of December wandering around the place and trying to refine ( Read more... )

((OOC: I don't think that's Chicago in that icon. XD But it's a city with a tree! This is slow timed for all eternity. Feel free to post into it at any time/make locked threads! Feel free to comment into it several times with the same character if your character has decorations, present finding, and snow ball fighting to do. :D It can happen ( Read more... )

Romana (the Time Lady, not the fallen angel) has settled into life at the Conrad - as best as you can when your entire species has been wiped out in the blink of an eye. It's taken some adjusting, and, in the process, she's learnt a bit about controlling her new powers, so the next person to hug her won't end up with a jaguar in their face. (To be ( Read more... )

Fall is coming to Chicago. The air is cooler, there are clouds thick in the sky (but not thick enough to be heralding rain just yet- just enough to be pleasantly cloudy), and while the leaves haven't started turning yet, the overabundance of pumpkins for sale and preemptive Halloween decorations give all the indication that the season is coming up ( Read more... )

[Backdated a week or so, before the trial]Sam doesn't know why he feels vaguely responsible for Alex, but he does. He's not sure whether to consider it a relief that there's someone in Chicago possibly even more accident prone than he is, or whether he ought to be a little worried ( Read more... )

If it came down to it, many words could be used to describe Theodore Remus Lupin. The two most popular answers would be clutzy and awkward, two traits he's heard he inherited from his parents. It's something Teddy really doesn't mind; in fact, he claims it's endearing and that's that. And he's always especially awkward after spending time with ( Read more... )

It's still early when Gwen arrives at the Conrad, though she looks worn, rumpled clothes and dark circles under her eyes like she hasn't slept all night. She's also moving with a certain tension she can't quite shake, though she'd like to be able to act as if she's calm, as if she doesn't feel like a dog with its hackles raised and teeth bared ( Read more... )

Owen thinks he has managed to sneak out of the Kashtta without attracting the attention of his stalker.

Owen is probably very wrong about this.

For the moment, though, he's enjoying a burger, and the less he knows about events in the outside world, the better. The last time he was here he met one truly confounding demon who stole his fries chips ( Read more... )

Alex spends entirely too long in front of her wardrobe (not that there's much in it) trying to decide what to wear to meet Gene - till she realises that she's mad for wasting time like this. He's a construct, and even if he weren't, she still ought to be ashamed of herself. And it's hardly as if Gene cares about what she's wearing unless it's a) ( Read more... )

Dmitri Lang likes meeting new people.

She especially likes meeting new people when those people may have insider information on people she's decided to stalk are interesting, even if those people think she's a figment of their subconscious. (Hey, she doesn't question the delusion; she just looks good in it ( Read more... )