Midnight passes with little incident. In fact, most of this day will be rather uneventful to the point where people will have to stop and wonder if the plagues have stopped right in the middle of their stranglehold ( Read more... )

It's Friday evening in Chicago, and people all over the city are looking for a bit of a challenge, or at least something to occupy their time for a while.

Ananya Chinnamalai strides down the front steps of the Field Museum, her high heels clicking on the marble steps. She mutters as she tugs at a dangling diamond earring, readjusting it and ( Read more... )

It's Saturday night, and as befits a good old Saturday night, the Luna bar is hopping. The bar's near capacity, and it seems anyone and everyone has turned up, whether to just enjoy a drink or three or for more secretive purposes.

Jack Malone is seated at the far end of the bar, his body half-turned toward the crowd. It's force of habit; seated ( Read more... )

It's a warm day in Chicago. Too hot out to exercise, some would say. Others would scoff and stick to their usual workout, as proof of their commitment to physical fitness. Or perhaps to show off their badassery.

Rachel Conway falls firmly into that first camp. Usually she's got her bike ride to and from work to the Conrad for her daily bout of ( Read more... )

[Timed to late this afternoon~]

In one of the less busy parts of Grant Park, Daniel Faraday is sitting on a bench. He has a small decaf iced coffee with him, but that's gone mostly untouched.

It has chocolate in it! He's... not very excited about this. He's actually pretty sure drinking it would be a Bad Idea, what with the feeling of "I'm going to ( Read more... )

It's another slow Monday mid-morning at Twice Sold Tales. Not quite so deadly as the last time the narration visited this establishment on a Monday morning; there are a few people hanging around the store. There just aren't as many as you'd find much later in the day ( Read more... )

Chicago's never been a quiet city, since it became a city at all, and today is no exception. Things are happening, people are doing things.

Steve is in the Coffee Shop. He just got out of a meeting with a loan officer and a guy with a building to lease out. They're both supernatural folks themselves, so they're a bit more appreciative of the ( Read more... )