Bean is in Grant Park, and she is arguing with a rock ( Read more... )

[[OOC: Forward-dated to around 4:30 PM on November 13th. Treat like a party thread. You know the drill.]]As sun begins to set over Chicago on Friday the 13th, Buckingham Crater has been transformed from a place of destruction to a place of memorial. Candles in little glass jars are lined up in front of a makeshift wall made out of covered and ( Read more... )

Bean is at the Conrad, looking for room 337 and Dusty. She might not know her all that well, but at this point she doesn't care--people have been suffering way too much lately, and she's not about to let anyone suffer more, not if she can help it ( Read more... )

At midnight, every flea and louse in Chicago drops dead, as if killed by the chime of the clock. For about an hour, everything is perfectly fine in Chicago, the most normal it's been in the past four days ( Read more... )

At exactly midnight on October 26th, 2009, something that's been lying in wait since Flagg's death earlier in the day grips Chicago tightly. It's been building to this moment all day, a sharp feeling that most will dismiss as anxiety from the television broadcast. It's just leftover trauma- nothing more, nothing less ( Read more... )

[backdated to the 15th]

Robin Rice left Jo in the kitchen and went straight to Wyatt as he had planned. It was hard to yell and easy to be reprimanded. Eventually, he finds himself by the pier, sitting on the railing as he once did months ago. He's not contemplating suicide this time. No, that would be a lie. He's not seriously contemplating ( Read more... )

Jo has been avoiding Robin. Less time in the Conrad, more time on the streets. She's keeping more secrets, so many secrets. All she can hope is that Robin hasn't heard. As much as things go unnoticed in Chicago, those kinds of murders get press. She's been avoiding the news as well. Lately, there's not much she hasn't been avoiding. Just press her ( Read more... )

A car loaded with teenagers pulls up in front of the Conrad. Finding parking in downtown Chicago is never easy, and Buffy is not willing to wait. She springs out of the car and races into the lobby - only to realize that while she knows the basement is where they keep the wanderers, she has no idea how to get there. Um.

The Doctor is wandering ( Read more... )

There are a lot of commuters on Chicago's streets today, who can be caught between or at their destinations.

Ruvin is on her way to see Wyatt. She wasn't sure about doing this, but... She felt better, last time she was there, however brief their talk was. And even if the medication has side effects that she didn't expect, it still helped her ( Read more... )

In Grant Park, somewhere far from the crucifixion site, far enough that you can't even see the yellow police tape, Bean is sitting at a table. On and beneath the table are boxes and boxes of T-shirts, in all different sizes and colors. All of them have the phrase "Wanderer? Fine by me" printed in bold letters on the fronts. Bean herself is wearing ( Read more... )