The decorations are still up, and in a large open room somewhere in the Mansion, Jaenelle's set up a party. It's a curious melding of Christmas (or what she knows of it) and Winsol, with a tree in one corner, presents stacked underneath. The music playing, however, is pure Blood, food is laid out, and the cup is somewhere for all involved to share ( Read more... )

She's been thinking of asking just about everyone she knows, but it takes a lot of time, and she's not running any risks.

So Anita resorted at last to something she didn't quite want to do.

She's sitting in the common room of the Mansion, by something that reads the following.

Seeking powerful possession expert.  Please contact Anita Blake. Here ( Read more... )

Anyone entering the main room of the mansion just now is likely to be greeted by a rather unpleasant spectacle.

( Cut for gore. )

Tom Jones is out on the porch swing. More specifically, Tom Jones is naked and unconscious on the porch swing. He's been out there for a while and his body is starting to show signs of the cold. At first glance he probably looks like yet another corpse. It would be nice if he was noticed.

Typist: Follows thisAlso: Doctors are cool and any ( Read more... )

Richard strides into the main room of the Mansion, not quite running. He is jacketless, and a little mussed from helping Tom back to the Mansion, but he doesn't seem to notice the impropriety as he is clearly torn between anger and worry ( Read more... )

"To anyone who has children or plans to have children, I have a question: WHY? What do you want them for?"

Kate Morgan, Renaissance scholar turned private investigator, has only just arrived and has already encountered the Mansion's bloodier side. Her olive skin is pale, but she's composed enough as she enters the main room with blood on her clothes and without the coffee she'd sought out the kitchen to get ( Read more... )

Hey, everyone! Listen! I need help!

( Warning: Suicidal puppet under the cut. )

Excuse me, but are there any doctors or experienced midwives around?

My fiance is expecting a baby this month. It'd be nice to have help with the delivery.

Here comes an African-American girl of about ten or eleven. Her dress is plain, but of good make and clean, though it has been mended in (several) spots, and her feet are bare. She is definitely on the darker side of the scale, and her hair sticks up every-which-way in little tails. Her back is full of welts and scars, but, as it is at the moment ( Read more... )