It was still way, way too hot and Jake was overheated. He was definitely build for cold weather, not for warm, and water seemed to hold some reprieve from the heat. Once those thunderstorms came around, he was going to be dancing in them. For now, there was the ocean. Anyone who might have been looking towards Galactica Point at the right moment ( Read more... )

It was a dull day as far as Layla was concerned. She had finished doing her regular duties at the store and was now sitting behind the counter trying to balance a pencil on her index finger ( Read more... )

As the night went on, an assortment of prom favours were replacing the masks on the table just inside the tent. Everyone was free to take a picture frame and disposable camera to record their own Prom memories. Also were shot glasses with the Fandom High gremlin on them. Such things happened when Dean Stinson was the Student Council advisor ( Read more... )

Just on the other side of the Causeway, the weather was cool, but in Fandom, a beautiful, warm nearly-summer evening welcomed Fandom's seniors and juniors to their Prom ( Read more... )

Layla has had about five cups of coffee this morning. If asked she would probably say she has the reaction time of a certain Pietro Maximoff. Pietro and the rest of the Marvel universe would most likely disagree ( Read more... )

There are times when a girl with 80 years of information crammed into her head has to be very busy in order to maintain the integrity of the future and all of mutant kind.

Right now Layla was busy drawing little ducks on a piece of scrap paper in between taking care of NPCustomers.

Clearly today was not one of those times.

[No freaking OCD ( Read more... )

During the night, Fandom had been covered in a blanket of fresh snow that was just thick enough to turn everything crisp and white. With cream-colored decorations and twinkling lights, the Student Council had aimed for a winter wonderland kind of theme, and the snow simply added to the effect. Thankfully, the day was turning out to be warmer, so ( Read more... )

Layla had the shop up and ready to go as she usually does in the morning, but instead of working on some of her normal chores she was now sitting at the counter staring at a dead ladybug she had found on the floor ( Read more... )

It was a cheerful Layla who opened up the store today. Sure it was chilly outside, but inside Layla had hot coffee, her laptop and a store full of used goods to sell.

How could it get better than that?

[Save me from the boring work day...]

Layla deftly stepped out of the way of the sugar cookies that fell when she opened the door to the store and started getting the place ready for business ( Read more... )