Hadyn couldn't have told anyone when he'd fallen asleep. He'd just known he hadn't been sleeping entirely well (despite the medication Caleb had put him on.) There had been strange dreams- rolling from declaring himself to be King only to be challenged five seconds later to his unexplained appearance in the middle of the frozen Atlantic ocean. In ( Read more... )

It was a good year, actually. Remembrance Day actually fell on Sunday, which meant the silence felt a little deeper, a little more like it reached over the entire nation. It left the soul actually feeling a good deal lighter, to lift one's head at 11:02 and smile at an old friend across from you ( Read more... )

Mathis was back to his old looks. Which is to say he hadn't shaved since Halloween, and was back in a pair of holey jeans and a raggity shirt. As some observed at the party; it isn't that he doesn't know how to dress- it is just that he doesn't want to ( Read more... )

Challenge won, there's still work to be done. Karin is an ambassador--an emissary on behalf of the Clubs, to the Hearts--and it's time to ambass. Well, if ambass is even the right verb form of that word. She doesn't know ( Read more... )

The Festival that the Hearts have been planning for a month is finally here, and it’s a sight to be seen. The Green seems transformed into a haunted grove strung with lights, and throngs of people in costumes are seen taking part in all kinds of festivities. In the center of the Green is a dance floor, though the music blaring from the speakers is ( Read more... )

Today being Wednesday, Caleb's been down in Heart Castle spending some time with his family. Polite but strained conversation with his father and ducking his mother's thinly-veiled suggestions to switch suits to be closer to them are worth the effort, if only for Talia, his little sister. She's nine, going on thirteen, and growing up far too fast ( Read more... )

Hadyn's back from Morocco, and after a break from his vacation [where he crashed and stayed put for a good twelve hours for once] he is back up to full speed.

And he got you [something pretty] or just flat out fun as a gift.

No...really, he did get you something. It is in the bag. He even got something for Eileen...

He was 22 today ( Read more... )

Nuts or toffee or plain caramel?It seems like forever ago that she and Johnny were wandering the Spade gardens during the summer ball, talking about instituting some trick or treating into the Deck, and while she'd probably have made do with a couple of bags of Kit Kats and Snickers at home, the Deck doesn't seem like that sort of place, so Abby ( Read more... )

[Since resuming programming, DJ Shuffle has been playing Christmas and winter music, from traditional to songs that he first heard listening to the Doctor Demento show back in New York. Once he's gathered his information and his thoughts, though, he cracks the mic and begins to talk, much more calmly than usual. If there was ever a chance to ( Read more... )