The power is back ( Read more... )

When Meghana returned to Kerala during last winter, she met a gurukkal. The gurukkal wanted to know "who the fuck taught you kalarippayat"? Okay, that wasn't exactly the words he used, but he quickly realized the broken nature of the young woman who used an unorthodox style of kalarippayat. Meghana vaguely explained that her family was on Diaspora ( Read more... )

[He'd gotten the power back. He'd finally (though it was hard to tell if his efforts had actually done anything for it) coordinated everything and the power was back on.

And he was so tired. Ready to sleep. Sleep harder and longer than he had in years. Until this little anonymous (no, that wasn't true. He knew him, knew all his Spades. It was just ( Read more... )

Unseasonable snow. No power, even in the Castles ( Read more... )

Special post came for Amy around four yesterday afternoon. It took her a while to grow the strength to open it because she recognized the handwriting on the envelope. No return address, of course, but it was addressed to her by hand, and that was more than enough ( Read more... )

Jordan was, mostly, back to normal ( Read more... )

Once upon a time, Meghana liked dancing. In the grand scheme of things, Meghana felt she could have gotten to Five or Four when she was a pre-teen on dancing alone. Never good enough to be a master, and she had no sense of her grandmother Chaaya's Uttar Pradesh. She preferred Western dancing because she got to dance with other kids ( Read more... )

There were so many things that were going through her mind. Too many thoughts and she needed to clear her head. So she does the next best thing and goes back to her hobby. Something she enjoys to do when she thinks she's alone. So there's no telling what's on the sketchpad. It could be you or a formula for a new poison.

...the first challenge he's made in quite a few years. He'll be meeting Nico Rhodes on the field of battle on Thursday.

Or rather, in the Spade library at a table set up for Scrabble.

Yes. Scrabble.

Of course I've got my reasons.

Meghana might be protective over electronics. While focusing mostly on software and the like, she's pretty handly with hardware. And then there is actually times when certain motherfuckers people believe you can treat electronics any old way you wish. And once they're abused? Well, call IT.

But this time? She doesn't even understand the bullshit ( Read more... )