Ada had fallen asleep in her tank last night. Where else did she sleep these days? But when she woke up... this, this water was fresh, she could feel the springs that were feeding into it, the cool currents sliding past her skin. Was that a rock? And another rock and... a fish? No one put fish in her tank, that was a recipe for disaster. ( Read more... )

Some days were harder than others ( Read more... )

It was time to leave ( Read more... )

Sometimes, being in town got to feeling claustrophobic. Too many people with too many loyalties, all crowded together, dancing on eggshells while they pretended one thing and felt another...It all got so tiresome after awhile. After awhile, Karla felt on edge, jumpy; and needed to retreat somewhere to gather herself again. The park in town was a ( Read more... )

Emma hadn't gone back to Fandom right away. She'd gone on to Manhattan, to make sure Hank wasn't fretting, before returning today ( Read more... )

Selkie...

The residents of Fandom had long memories, as did Fandom herself. Long memories and many residents.

Peak!

Cove!

Peak!

Cove!

Peak!

Doink-doink!

Cove!

Chunk-chunk!

Screw this, thought Fandom, when there was enough of her remembered for her to remember she was sentient and could remember too ( Read more... )

Kyle wasn't in the best mood today. He didn't know how to describe what he was feeling, but it was homesickness. He had everything he needed here. Maybe that was the problem. This wasn't the world he knew and the lack of familiarity was finally kicking in. He'd get through it. He always did, but that didn't do much for his mood ( Read more... )

Monday found the iceberg still stuck to Fandom.

If it was at all possible for icebergs to look smug, this one did. Of all the icebergs in all the oceans, only it had been smart enough to find a life of luxury nestled next to a nice warm island.

What with all the icebergs floating around yesterday, it really wasn't all that surprising that one rather large one should hit the island and decide to stay for awhile.

It was huge and extremely solid, a floating island of ice caves and twisted natural sculpture, flat expanses and pockets of deep snow, that one could simply step onto and explore

Antarctica was one of the coldest places on Earth. And now, just off the coast, was a great big chunk of warmTuesday morning found the beach at Selkie Cove awash with seals. Happy, barking, frolicking seals, who were very pleased to find a polar bear and orca free environment in which to sun themselves ( Read more... )