[OOC: Condtinuation of the previous log; featuring jai_Bakura, ryou_bakura, and a few noteable background voices.]If the funeral had been somber then the day afterward was soaked with chaos; so much to be set in order and so many tasks to tend to. It was difficult to catch sight of anyone, even in passing, and the easiest thing to do was to stay out of the way. Ryou ( Read more... )

[OOC: “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.”*He knew why he was there, or at least he thought he knew; but the longer he stayed the less either of them understood about the circumstances, the choices, or each other. Life wouldn't wait, grief couldn't be bothered to stall, and the ( Read more... )

[Continuation of Part 2 of Driving Songs.]

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Duke felt guilty for leaving Serenity and Jai alone together, but hopefully Jai would be able to make Serenity relax a little more. They were safe now, after all; if Steven had followed them, he definitely wouldn't think to look here.

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[Players: Serenity, Duke, Jai, Tristan, Joey
Summary: Part two of Driving Songs in which Serenity seeks out the help of her friends after returning to NYC.]

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Dukes voice, even thinned and made oddly small by distance and a recording was like a momentary letup in the rain; Maybe he's there, maybe he's just asleep, maybe he's-- “Duke, this is ( Read more... )

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Part 2"...The notes for the Millay settlement voucher thinger are on my desk, didn't think you wanted a phonebook's worth dropped on the corner of yours, and I was supposed to call Allison and Alicia but I didn't get quite that far today, so if they phone back tell 'em I love 'em." Joey took a drink from his Dr. Pepper bottle, running one ( Read more... )

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Cake's done, so now-- Serenity slipped back down the stairs again before she could catch anyone else's eye; Tristan had other things to take care of and there were still things to set up. She could handle them, the load of paper plates and so forth wasn't all that much-- well, she had thought it wasn't ( Read more... )

[The Players: joey_wheeler and serenityw; seto_kaiba_ and tristan_taylor_; aidan_mutou, duke_devlin, mai_lovely, mokuba_takeda, jai_bakura, and a host of NPC's.
The Scene: Joey's friends gather to celebrate his birthday at The Blue Smoke. Backdated to January 25, 2008
Notes: Despite its greatly-delayed posting date, this log was a gift and a half when its beginnings were delivered, as a complete surprise present, to Joey and myself on ( Read more... )

[OOC: It’s that time of year again; ghosts, spirits, all those festive flickers of orange and black, Halloween. duke_devlin and jai_bakura indulge in some of the general air of the holiday, both out in the city and in the familiar background of the Devlin apartment side residence ( Read more... )

[Players: duke_devlin-focused, with visits from jai_bakura, Chris (played by Jessi) and Katherine.
Summary: Four short scenes centering around religion and how it affects Duke. Backdated to Friday, September 15 to Sunday, September 17, 2007.

Sprawled out on his bed after work on Friday, Duke idly flipped through the pages of the October edition of the MUFON Journal ( Read more... )

[With Halloween looming soon, duke_devlin and jai_bakura get to the very important task of planning, sort of. Jai has less than a huge amount of patience for some of Duke’s…’interests’ and Duke is set on overindulging the holidays, again, so the conversation turns into something of a bantered attempt at driving each other fitfully crazy. Dated Saturday, October 13.]

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