After last year's fiasco that ended in drenched clothes, bruised ribs, and broken PINpoints, Gale is determined to make this year's holiday go a little more smoothly. Maybe. His idea of a romantic outing this time is still two, maybe three parts Unconventional to one part Potentially Hazardous. But this is something he wants to share with her ( Read more... )

Gale turns over in bed, subconsciously awakened by a change of temperature. He turns over, stretching an arm out across . . . nothing.

( Nothing but cold sheets. )

As the shop's bell jingles behind him, Gale gives the sheet of paper a quiet glance over, then neatly folds the jeweler's invoice and tucks it in a pocket. It took quite a bit of research, but he finally hunted down a business he felt he could trust with something that was well-nigh impossible to replace ( Read more... )

It's late evening in Brooklyn, the shadows have thankfully lengthened, partially concealing the arrival of an Atma in an empty alley. He places his companion gingerly against a wall, then, in a flurry of movement, begins pushing a dumpster along the wall until it obstructs the door they just passed through...and anything else that might follow them ( Read more... )

Gale pauses just outside the stadium, looking up at the clean, swooping lines that make up the architecture. He's reminded of the bases in the Junkyard -- a looming hulk like Anahata, albeit this would be more easily penetrable ( Read more... )

Gather 'round, kids, it's time for a story...

... A Nexus Love Story. Written by DEL! really late one night on AIM, illustrated by me.

A little humorous thing that victoria_sage-mun and I came up with, inspired by the improbable child scenario. Let us take a LEAP into the IMPROBABLE FUTURE, and get a glimpse of the dating process in the Embryon-Sage household:

( EDIT: And I just realized, the accompanying scene has one DDS2 plot spoiler in it. >_> Beware. )

( COURTSHIP APPLICATION )

( He needs to write this down. )

A note slipped under Vic's door in Gale's neatly-penned script:

Victoria --

Went to Raccoon City to assist in rescue efforts. I am unsure as to how long I will be gone.

Please visit the cabin. It will need to be fed. Beef should suffice. Check the last entry of my notes (orange notebook) for an explanation.

-- Gale

It's late evening in Manhattan and the smells of dinner mingle in the air with the fragrance of woodsmoke ( Read more... )