Jan had just wanted to stretch his legs, so he'd gone for a gallop. He'd been innocently minding his own business when he'd been struck by a whirling flurry of rocks ( Read more... )

After asking around, Jan had found out where the students practised with their swords not dirty. It seemed to him that it would be a perfect place for him to practice his hornsmanship ( Read more... )

He'd slept, if not a lot; come early morning, some tossing and turning had culminated in Ender sneaking out of his room to pad quietly towards the common room. He had learned from last week's mistake, and brought a book on engineering with him ( Read more... )

With Liir's help, the common room was transformed into a vivid party room. Purple streamers were hung, balloons in every color were tied around, some left loose to pop or kick like some people liked to do (not her, geeze), and HAPPY BIRTHDAY INO! was everywhere.

Music was going and Amber was adding finishing touches to the gift table; little shiny ( Read more... )

After leaving the clinic, neatly stitched but still in a fair amount of pain, Jan made his way back to the dorms ( Read more... )

Jan hadn't been in a common room since the incident with the amorous skunk, but found he wanted the company of humans. Given his recent encounter with the only other one of his kind he'd seen since he arrived, right now, he preferred humans ( Read more... )

Jan was exploring the deck area, picking his way delicately between the chairs and the tables to sniff at the gas barbecues. He flattened his ears, because they smelled wrong, shook his head, and headed out onto the grassy area ( Read more... )

Claire had gone to the mainland and gotten good film, a tripod, and a few props that she hoped would make for a good and not-too-goofy unicorn shot.

She was trying not to bounce too much at the whole taking-a-unicorn's-portrait thing as she set up her equipment and watched for Jan, scouting out good lines of sight and light as she did so.

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Jan was hungry. Yes, there was grass downstairs, but what he really wanted was some more of those delicious, delicious oats ( Read more... )