The Open University (which, Paul muses sometimes, should probably renamed Mansion Education Institute) is entering its last week of classes before the winter break ( Read more... )

Helen is still mobile in a rather limited way - she's around, but slow to make her way to the common room ( Read more... )

It all happened so fast.

( This bit is spoilerific )

Late at night, Dancy is on watch, as she'd promised Hisoka: she's not accustomed to working with anything like a team, but this makes up for the fact that her angel seems to have forsaken her in this strange place. It keeps her busy: idle hands were the devil's best tools, her grandmother always said ( Read more... )

Manuel wasn't scared when he died. It hurt, and he felt dizzy, but he wasn't scared. He knew exactly what would happen when he dashed at Sylvester and Oleander, and in the couple of minutes he had after the knife went into his chest, he felt more at peace than he had in a long time.

He expected to die. He didn't expect to wake up.

( cut because his typist is incapable of writing short posts )

This summer has a unique situation: there's a blue moon at the end of the summer, as the days grow shorter and the angle the sun grows lower, leading to cooler days. Klingsor, anticipating it, has harvested the remaining melons and has already uprooted the vines ( Read more... )

Daryl had gone off on his own to search the nearby forest. His excuse to Rick had been to scout around but truthfully he'd wanted some alone time as some members of their little group had been getting on his last nerve and he didn't want to pick a fight right now. Not when everything was so messed up ( Read more... )

( You're running scared 'cause y' know they're out there/They're waitin' for the sun to go down. )