There has been distress, disappearance and drama recently. Wren's been a little removed removed it all herself-- mainly because she's been under a mountain of work. Their Jack has now taken an official, somewhat vague leave of absence, and she's still trying to spread out the workload of their King. The Queen, of course, has a baby to take care of.

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I am leaving for a while.... That is just what it says on the tin. Athena's leaving the Deck for a while (something between a couple of days and a month, because being specific is my biggest strength ( Read more... )

There were a few things that Master Henry always kept as a tradition- the Annual Shakespeare on the Green productions being but a part of them. It was the biggest day of his year, though it was not his only production of the year, it was the biggest. The stage was built for this one night, and on this night Master Henry introduced the play as he ( Read more... )

Dr. Cataldo was a good man, if slightly on the perplexing side. He'd been trying hard to keep up his practice in Town while serving as interim head of the Castle Medical Facility. Ceiro had, some time ago, offered him the position itself, but he'd declined due to an apparent love of his offices in town- and his patience there. In the need, Ceiro ( Read more... )

She had really, sincerely, truly been hoping that she had the flu. Even though she was virtually never ill and there was no virus going around the Deck, she'd mostly convinced herself she had one and she'd be over it in a week or so. The five pregnancy tests just had been because she'd been curious about how they worked. But given every single one ( Read more... )

( Dreams bring on the memories // the memories bring on the pain // and the physical removes the emotional.. )

Indeed? [Please, do go on. He is extremely interested in what you're saying despite the speed at which his hands continue to prepare today's lunch spread.]

Maggie hadn't phoned. Hadn't called. Didn't want to make a fuss. Briefly, she toyed with the idea of not coming back. But then Sebastian had been utterly sweet and utterly unreasonable and asked her to marry him.

Poor dear. She thought he'd understood.

Then news came of Itchy, and Maggie knew she was needed at home. She packed her bags, patted ( Read more... )

Ah, April 16 in 2012. What a day to turn 24.

Chives didn't actually go to bed. He spent his Hour scribbling in his notes in anticipation. It's made sense of his paranoia, fixed him out of his funk and into a Proper State for celebrating his birthday. Because he's meant to be Happy today. The Numbers tell him so ( Read more... )

He'd sent the agents out to the Outposts to see if Julien was barking up a tree pointlessly...or if there was an actually a risk to the people. The news he got back, however? Was less than pleasing. A home burned, and the assailant disappearing in thin air ( Read more... )