Being mostly unable to travel was, not to put too fine a point on it, a pain in the ass for Joan.

It wasn't like she'd particularly gotten used to the idea of portals yet, no, or this 'traveling through dimensions' thing. While it was all still new, she'd at least managed to get here just fine. But when Eric had left her a list of things to ( Read more... )

While she was no closer to understanding the draw of imperfect representations of yet more imperfect objects, Myria studying the paintings. It was like a word on the tip of her tongue, a sensation that was confusing and distressing ( Read more... )

It probably shouldn't shock anyone that Hermione was feeling a little down after the weekend. She missed Ron and Harry already, and she'd be lying if she said there wasn't part of her that wondered if it might be about time to go home. But she meant what she'd told Harry. She was actually learning things from her job, things that she thought ( Read more... )

The day had dawned crisp and clear, but by the time afternoon had rolled around... it was really still kind of ridiculously warm for fall. People could probably get away with not wearing a sweater, even ( Read more... )

Between waking up at an hour more appropriate for dinner (Bo was still trying to figure out how her alarm got shut off; she suspected gremlin involvement, but couldn't prove it) and cutting out early to open up the bar, Bo hadn't exactly been a social butterfly at the picnic this time ( Read more... )

"The island," Jack announced to no one in particular as he wandered into Caritas for the first day of his new job, "is full of ponies ( Read more... )