When Leonard McCoy lands flat on his ass on a grassy little hill, the first thing he does is snort, then he shakes his head, and then he rolls his eyes.

"Damn it, Jim," he huffs, getting to his feet.

The captain had insisted McCoy join the away team investigating the boring pink-coated planet. McCoy had vehemently refused at first; the boring planets ( Read more... )

It's different when the day ends and night begins, right when the light starts to fall. Lately, it's different all the time, but night always carries something else in it. Rogue supposes it's simply a part of the dark and shadows, not seeing things clearly or knowing what's out there until it's closer than it should be. It's a lack of control, ( Read more... )

The video was posted to Youtube. It immediately got taken down for violating their Terms of Service, and the account was reported to the authorities. Most people thought it was a hoax. Some new movie or something. Others said it just felt too real. Either way, it went viral, even without Youtube's help. Then the news picked it up, and well... it ( Read more... )

[OOC: I'm sorry for the delay! I had an unexpected baseball game to attend for work. Don't ask. This is a PARTY POST. Feel free to make up booths that are there and thread-jack to your heart's content, tag characters multiple times, post characters in a couple times at different moments throughout the fair, feel free to assume that your character ( Read more... )

Josef Soltini has been mistaken for a helper parent by a teacher in charge of a summer field trip. Someone has actually left him in charge of a group of children while she goes to check on another group. He's not entirely sure what's going on. One minute he was standing in front of a building, waiting for one of his contacts, and the next there ( Read more... )

Hermione Granger is in a cafeteria within the Kashtta. She is surrounded by books, papers, and quills. Despite the fact that the sheer volume of books and paperwork combined more than outweighs/outsize her by three times, everything appears to be fairly organized. She is taking notes quickly and efficiently, and she's occasionally pushing her ( Read more... )

Alone.

Alone. ALONE. Alone. Alone..

He is more alone now than before, and it's different now.

Nothing can be explained, and the rain pouring down over him while he listens to Wilfred does little to make him more aware of his existence. It reminds him only that he's on Earth. He's surrounded by humans on this tiny planet and he can't quite ( Read more... )

Sometimes, there are advantages to having a friend who made his living as a detective before falling through the rift. Like the ability to sic Des on certain agents of the Kashtta Trust, and after a couple days of following her movements, they've pretty much got them down. Yukimura Kimiko is wonderfully predictable that way ( Read more... )

04:00 - In the Kashtta Tower, soft music is floating from the piano room tucked back by the cursed hallway.

It's not terribly good music.

J picked his way through a primer someone had left on their piano, and is now demonstrating minimal proficiency at having memorized any of the songs. He can pretty reliably hit the first few bars of Ode to Joy ( Read more... )

[[Forward-dated to Sunday afternoon. Party post. Open to everyone, even if you don't know the happy couple- this is as much a celebration of two years of survival as it is a wedding.]]

The wedding reception is being held at the Grand Ballroom, familiar to some as the same ballroom the Christmas Ball was held a year ago. It's also been decorated ( Read more... )