Tamsin had spent most of the past couple of days drinking and yelling at random Americans in the street ( Read more... )

A sign was posted at the front door:

Caritas Presents:
3 MINUTE DATES

Unlike most 3MDs, there didn't seem to be a host. The zombies were just set up, all quiet, when the lights went out.

After a few moments, music started to play. A man's voice started to sing "Ooooooooh" while backing vocals repeated "come on ( Read more... )

There was a time, not that long ago, really, when someone walking into a room to find Eliot Spencer looking thoughtfully at a large knife would have to wonder how much time he would give them to beg for mercy before he finished them off ( Read more... )

"Starch," Eliot said, as soon as it looked like they had all the students they were going to get, this week. There was still a large pile of vegetables on the front desk, and diced up waiting for the students at their work stations. There would always be a large pile of vegetables in this class. No one -- in Eliot's culture at least, and he was ( Read more... )

Eliot wasn't entirely certain if the cooking classroom had always been in the community center, or if the building had just happened to grow one when he decided to teach a cooking class here this summer. He was reasonably certain he was in the same place he'd taken that psychics class, but he didn't remember it having a selection of full sized ( Read more... )

Over by the front door was a sign reading:

Caritas Presents:
3 MINUTE DATES

Earlier in the evening there was general milling about and Tino serving drinks and such, but then, just before 8, music swelled.

( I accidentally wrote an intro song for Frank to sing oops. )

How very embarrassing, to find one's self tired today in such odd little bursts. Leland Gaunt was more amused than displeased to discover that the vagaries of this island might apply to him; it was a curiosity, nothing more. In any regard, his shop was open, and he had such lovely trinkets to sell.

NEEDFUL THINGS
A DIFFERENT KIND OF STORE

You Won ( Read more... )

As of tonight, 2014 was overAnd whether you were looking forward to a fresh start, or wanted to celebrate the end of a terrible year, or the end of a good year even, or just wanted somewhere to go, there was a party happening. Caritas was still decorated in Christmas lights and the zombies were in tuxes (and Kitty was not going to ask how that ( Read more... )

A sign was posted at the front door:

Caritas Presents:
3 MINUTE DATESJessica walked into the bar right before 8:00 and strode up to Tino. "It's not happening, okay? I'm not signing up. I'm here for a drink. That's it. Maybe some spectating ( Read more... )

It would be difficult to explain the past hour outside of Caritas. Suffice it to say, there were regrets, laser blasts, and several gremlins who owed Doctor Doom their lives since he spared them. Nevertheless, he had something to deal with now ( Read more... )