He's not trying to step on Edith-Felicie's toes - as long as she doesn't try stepping on his - but when the Heart guards do their training work. Normally he's actually mostly watching, and making notes, mental or otherwise, on improvements that needed to be made. But catching Hadyn training at Clubs when he was on his way back from Natalia Ambrosi' ( Read more... )

Last night while Briony was walking home from the pharmacy, she didn't see flashing lights on the Green; the pharmacy isn't facing the Green. But she felt something, a surge of energy that rushed through her like lightning and had her feeling for one of her knives. And then it was gone, the evening as calm as it had ever been ( Read more... )

Diana wasn't at Rachel's announcement, but the news made it back into Town rather swiftly. As she figures more than a few people are going to need a drink in response to these events lately, well...

Everything at The Four Suits is half price today, come on in and drown your sorrows, folks.

[ooc: Just trying to show her sympathy. And you know, if ( Read more... )

The evening light casts a soft glow over the four Castles and the Town. People hurry to and fro, trying to finish the day's tasks before the sun sets completely. It seems that everyone is in a rush - except for Riley James. Riley is taking a casual, meandering jog on the path that leads around the castles. She'll be doing quite a few laps, staying ( Read more... )

No, I really don't think so.

So, last week happened. The King resigned, his mother was banished (which was far better than it could have gone, truly), and at the moment, Jordan would just. Like to get on with things. So he's in his office today, going over guard rotations and reworking training schedules.

And breaking your heart by telling you no

Amongst his clients, there were a handful that gave the notion of 'eccentric' a whole new meaning by treating Mr. Cunningham like an errand boy capable of miracles rather than what he really was. Frankly, Toby was of the opinion that these extravagant individuals needed professional help; the kind they provided at facilities that also had padded ( Read more... )

The week-long Deck event draws to a close, culminating in the Midsummer Night's Dream Ball sponsored by the Spades. Liveried footmen greet party goers, who begin to trickle in after sunset, and usher them into the winding wisteria arbor draped in fairy lights. Music of unseen fountains sings to them as they stroll through the arbor until at last ( Read more... )

( Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination. )

Well damn, Rowan had been productive that day. If she had only know her drive would be so strong last night she would have surely gone a bit less hard on the drinks. She wasn't sure if it was that she looked like crap, which she didn't, actually; her coworkers and subordinates were used to her somewhat weary but definitely professional looks, big ( Read more... )

The sign on the door of the salle said there was to be no training until Monday at the earliest. The note on Tally's apartment door said she was out. The servants have been given three conflicting stories about where she'll be, including the tale that she's skipped to the Outside for a week in Paris ( Read more... )