The grounds of the Mansion lay dark and dead, the trees grey and the grass sear and yellow-brown.

The air in the Mansion had a chilly feel to it, as if winter had crept into the woodwork. And once asleep, perhaps some Mansion dwellers dream of silvery winter days, building snow forts, lighting with candles.

When Mansion dwellers wake up, this ( Read more... )

The days are getting colder and shorter, and when he hasn't been napping on the couch or reading Anne Rice novels, Tsuzuki has been at work raking leaves on the garden paths and the lawns ( Read more... )

Reno is feeling much healed now - unfortunately due to Muraki's care, but you can't choose your savior he supposes. Though being in debt to the man rubs him the wrong way ( Read more... )

Enide had never known such happiness.

When she was new-wed, perhaps, and filled with fresh love for her lord, and he with love for her. When they had spent each day together, close in body, heart, though it had near ruined him.

But their trials had made it sweeter, somehow. Cemented their passion through shared fear, heightened their devotion through ( Read more... )

In the common room, one might notice a brand new sign. Not too far from it, two students. A tall and lanky young man (though he's almost in his 30s), with brown hair and gray eyes, and a small dark-haired young lady are sitting by a desk and chatting a touch feverishly.

The sign?

Open College Project

Looking for students and teachers! Speak to us, we' ( Read more... )

He was glad to have left the wheelchair behind. The geostigma had gone at last and the weakness he'd felt for some time in his body had finally disappeared, leaving Rufus Shinra feeling again like the healthy, confident young man in his twenties he'd been before that horrible disease had infected him ( Read more... )