Hadyn was back, after nearly two weeks away. He honestly didn't know if going had helped him determine anything at all aside from the fact that when he was gone he missed being here. Or maybe it was that he missed certain people. Either way, what started out as a head cold in Paris that waned and seemed to go away had since evolved into something ( Read more... )

She's been doing well; there's no question about it. There's been more flickers (and more genuine) smiles seen in her almost three months back than many had seen in her years as Queen. Each day on crutches has had her step getting stronger. There's no question she's better than the woman who left broken all those months ago ( Read more... )

Elani is looking for a nice pair of shoes.

Because she has A Plan.

Don't ask. You probably don't want to know.

Since the show where he'd broken down and talked about his mother, Shuffle had been fairly quiet overall. And you really can't blame him--it was all too easy for people to discover who had brought their mother into the hospital and moved into Heart Castle. So, there had been no great controversy from the DJ. Oh, he'd reported on the new additions ( Read more... )

She didn't sleep well last night, which is becoming something of a beginning-of-the-year habit for her. This year, though, the insomnia has little to do with being afraid that she's going to fail a challenge - the challenge, really, that made her a Spade - and more to do with...well. With the Deck. With what it's doing right now that feels, to her ( Read more... )

This whole defunct gate business had been rather inconvenient to say the least, causing Archie to miss several appointments he'd had with patients Outside. Silly, foolish gate. Did it not realise that people had better things to do than play games with it ( Read more... )

Well. Having dinner and wine with Ms. Briony Williams wasn't one of the ways he typically spent an evening but it had been...not pleasant, really. But if he had to choose someone with whom to sit down to dinner with, at least Briony tended to remain interestingSo here he is, late in the evening, walking home from the Club district in Town. Feel ( Read more... )

The New Year seemed full of mocking irony for Claudia Chareut. First, the Chareut Cotillion on New Year's Eve, which was polished, elegant, sophisticated and perfect...perfectly boring until her Aunt Jaquelin spiked the champagne with God only knew what and things definitely livened up then. Claudia, playing hostess for her mother, had been ( Read more... )

Now that the holiday season was more or less officially over, there were no more excuses. it had been a nice couple of weeks, parties and dinners and gifts given and received, but January Second meant that Eden officially had ninety-four days to design, make, and fit a wedding gown and two bridesmaids' dresses, not to mention helping a hapless King ( Read more... )

New Year's Day was the same every year, really. For one night everyone seemed to have forgotten their limits when it came to drinking the night before and the Castle stirred late in the morning, groggy and hung over ( Read more... )