( 'The sun remains stationary while Urth dances about him, and it is by her dancing that we know the time, just as a deaf man might still beat out the rhythm of a tarantella by observing the swaying of the dancers. But what if the sun himself were to dance? Then, too, the march of the moments might become a retreat.' -- Severian to the soldier Miles, in _The Citadel of the Autarch_ )

(( sorry, the mun has been traveling ))

Simon had already sent Billy his gift, though the other items remained to be sent. The house elves proved to be obliging couriers.

( for River )

As a certain manager muttered as he left the room, Wishbone dragged the last of the decorations in ( Read more... )

I'm moving this weekend, and won't have access to the Internet until at least Sunday, if not actually Monday or Tuesday. I apologize for dropping tags like a mad tag-dropping fiend, but I think once I'm settled my life will get immeasurably less complicated ( Read more... )

((This Silk is post-Mallorean))

One big drafty castle is much the same as another big drafty castle, but Silk had visited Riva often enough that he was fairly sure that this room wasn't in the Citadel. For one thing, Garion didn't have any pens that stood upright with no hand to hold them and tapped themselves on the parchment, as if they were ( Read more... )

( And maybe I'm lonely,/That's all I'm qualified to be./There's just one and only, one and only promise I can keep. )

Monday afternoon after the tumultuous events of the Halloween party seemed like an ideal time to hold office hours ( Read more... )

For fondue that took a month to make, it had better be pretty damn good ( Read more... )

Waltorana von Bielefeld did not materialize in the Sorting Room unprepared. With him came trunks of luggage and provisions. One was marked boldly 'FOR WOLFRAM'. The others contained, presumably, the many necessities of life as a von Bielefeld lord. Haircare products, for example? The lord of the Bielefeld region had to look the part, and ( Read more... )

((Backdated to after this.))

( Insert your favorite song lyrics here about people having a cup of tea. )