The Worshipful Company's Guildhouse had seen better days since its inception in 1888. The gilt had faded with the passing of time, and the once gracious building had grown ragged with age ( Read more... )

Alexander Hartdegen minded his own business these days. He'd lost contact with most of his friends during the frenzied years while he built his time machine. Making contact again was too hard for most, so he kept to himself and tinkered. Everything paled in comparison to his magnum opus, the pinnacle of his work as a scientist, but it kept him busy ( Read more... )

Spring in Cairo meant delightfully warm weather, so it was no surprise to find the streets filled with people, particularly around the busy marketplaces and shining mosques. King Fuad was in the middle of his glorious reign, the discovery of King Tut's tomb was still the talk of the town, and for most Egyptians, life was pretty good.

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Spring in Chicago was still closer to winter than anything else, but living in the Windy City made people strong enough to handle anything. The streets were filled with advertisements for the newest and brightest jazz musicians, and while prohibition and The World's Fair were still hot topics, nothing was hotter than the recent assassination of ( Read more... )

Spring in London meant rain, rain, and more rain, but it wasn't anything that the citizens weren't used to after hundreds of years of civilization. The streets of London were constantly busy as the city grew closer to its peak population of over eight million people. World War I was a distant memory, and as many of London's citizens prospered, the ( Read more... )

Spring in New York City came slowly - and it was about the only thing that was slow these days. The tallest building in the world was being built on Fifth Avenue. Migration of African-Americans from the South was at an all-time high, sending the Harlem Renaissance into full swing, and prohibition meant most of New York's adults were off the streets ( Read more... )

Spring in Paris brought quite a bit of rain, but the weather wasn't nearly enough to bring down the people of the city. All of Europe was in the middle of a beautiful era of peace and prosperity, and as much as Parisians disliked Prime Minister Dupuy, they were quick to agree that Paris was one of the finest cities in the world. Not only was it was ( Read more... )

Castle Doom was still standing. The prisoners were in their cell. Doom was being Doom. All was right with the world.

Well, the world according to Doom.

Their guide was looking worse for wear, but better than last night. "This will cost you extra," he said to anyone who would listen as he readied the camels. "The journey is not much longer from here."

Waking up, the away team would find themselves groggy, with some pinpricks from the darts and probably pissed off, but otherwise unharmed. There was no way to go back now. The only thing to do was to push on.