There wasn't much about that man on the bench that would attract anyone's attention. He sat with his elbows on his knees, an unlit cigarette in his left hand, and he was looking down as if the cigarette would light itself if he stared at it long enough. What light the evening sun could afford him made strands of dark hair a dozen shades lighter.

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He'd had a delightful lunch and coffee with one of the Spade housekeepers. She'd been rather stressed by recent events and all too happy to share her woes to someone with an understanding ear and sympathetic tone. They'd even set up for a follow-up dinner date later in the week ( Read more... )

[Planting bulbs before it snows again.]

It was a few months ago that she and Cooper had this idea of a community garden at the Green, to replace the grove destroyed by The Magician a freak weather pattern, but time's gotten away from her. Between the storm at the beginning of last month, some oddities off-Deck and on, and the latest incarnation of ( Read more... )

He'd called Carmella into his office earlier, and told her that he and Eileen had chosen her to be Queen of the Clubs, and then after dropping that news on her - it wasn't exactly a bombshell since the Nine had expressed interest - asked her to sit down and talk to him about candidates for Jack of Clubs. The list had still been long, after all; ( Read more... )

She's okay. It was a rough night after the Halloween Festival, so she packed her bags and headed to her father's house in Town. Not so bad, really, spending time with him, though living with her stepmom was definitely... awkward ( Read more... )

A few rumors that Pete had heard about distances seeming wonky and some various Outside travelers ending up not quite where they expected had him curious. The timing, after all, was a bit suspect. So he's decided to take a nice, long walk out to the ruins of the old Arcana Embassy, to see what can be seen, if anything ( Read more... )

One, two...three...four. Leona stopped to look from the last from cross street she'd passed and then back to the street ahead with a curious sort of look on her face. It wasn't that she made a habit of counting steps (who did that?), but it was something to pass the time every now and then ( Read more... )

So Elisha abandoned them went off on a vacation with his boyfriend for the weekend. Theoretically, despite Tegan's recent departure, that left two Face cards to manage the Suit ( Read more... )

"I didn't think this through completely."The idea of a change was a good one. Of losing the old haircolor and updating her style somewhat. But she didn't realize until she was done stripping the dye from her hair that she would look very much like a certain Nine when she was done. Uncomfortably so ( Read more... )

Might be a bit of trouble.It has been an interesting day in the Deck. He's only been here a couple of years, but surely a Jack doesn't often resign on the same day that both a Ten and a Nine depart the Deck, not to mention two Sevens. And so many of them were close, too: the Jack of Clubs and the Seven of Hearts were best friends; the Seven of ( Read more... )