The stairwell was not usually a place Alluka liked to linger, since it wasn't pretty, or fun, or colourful. In fact, the stairwell was pretty boring ( Read more... )

Ringo had had an interesting couple of weeks, emotionally. On the one hand, snow was awesome and fun and pretty. On the other hand, it got everywhere, and was basically impossible to ride on. Snow wasn't really a big thing back in Tokyo, so she wasn't used to having to go days or weeks at a time without serious AT time just because of the ( Read more... )

Ringo had been struck by inspiration this morning, but it had taken her a few hours to get everything ready. First she'd spent an hour putting together a bunch of little signs using bright colors and glitter and anything to hopefully make them extremely noticeable.

Watch out on the stairs
AT ride in progress
Then she'd walked from floor to floor ( Read more... )

Arietty had thought she understood loneliness when she was stuck under the floorboards with only her parents for company. She thought she understood the dangers of the world after having to rescue her parents from Professor Mildeye. She'd thought she knew so much and was so worldly ( Read more... )

Somewhere on the sixth floor, late enough that all good little boys and girls should be snug in their beds, she appeared, flickering like an image on a television trying to fight its way out of the screen and into reality: Anna Dressed in Blood. Or perhaps, since her name was far from common knowledge on this island, The Girl in White. Girl of ( Read more... )

"Have you got it secure?"

Kenzi appeared to be talking to thin air there, at least for the moment.

[ooc: for the ninjaaaaa, and then open to whoever walks by!]

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Jake was barrelling down the stairs. Barrelling because he liked speed, and stairs were boring. He was jumping three, four stairs at once, trusting his hearing to pick up on anyone coming up the other way. It was near the landing of the first floor that it happened. It shouldn't have happened, he was a wolf and he was fast and balanced. He didn't ( Read more... )

Gas-mask in hand, Jo was prepared to go spend the night hunting monsters, but first she been back to her room to get one more vitally important item. Her camcorder, because someone had to keep alive the traditions of capturing your classmates under the effects of hallucinogens for posterity.

[For one in particular, but otherwise open.]

Peyton knew she shouldn't have dragged so many of her records out to the cabin, but she just hadn't been able to decide which ones she wanted. And, of course it was totally ironic that after lugging 5 boxes of them back up the stairs that she should trip on the last stair before the final landing and not only twist her ankle, but also drop almost ( Read more... )