All of this ceaseless banging! My poor Renate has begun to worry herself into quite a state, and I have begun to think I preferred my mirrors begging for blood.

[Private to Severus Snape]My friend, I wish not to trouble you needlessly, as I understand your familiarity with my current Inmate makes things a mite...awkward. However, I require ( Read more... )

I think it would be best for me to remain on the ship during this venture, but if my Inmate desires an outing, he will require a chaperone ( Read more... )

Prefect appears to have been taken with the same madness as some of the others. He attacked me in the corridor and is severely injured.

...Some of them neither I nor my dog caused.

I require medical assistance and advise you keep him restrained while in your care.

You may return my manacles when he has come to his senses.

Iago, respond.

A lovely holiday, my dears. Perhaps some slight setbacks, but I am most satisfied to have enjoyed beautiful gifts and the joy of giving to others, even those with whom I've been at odds in the past.

Now now back to writing.

[Warden Filter]

I...confiscated what appears to be a riding crop from one of the newer Inmates earlier today. It struck me ( Read more... )

Pere Noel,

Such a silly compulsion, to write anyone begging for gifts, but by now I understand that it is unavoidable. My third Christmas here. Imagine!

I require little for myself this year, though I would like to request a firearm of more modern make. One with a 'safety' setting.

( His Wish List for Everyone Else - Private )

A much needed outing -- perhaps so enjoyable that some of us returned to our roving home, surprised that while the world outside has indeed changed -- offered us pleasure, beautiful sights and the deepening of friendships -- the interior echoes the same old dreary stories. Angry Inmates -- they were angry even when I was one -- the authoritarian ( Read more... )

The truth can be very entertaining, but better, my sweets, when it's given willingly.

[Private to Iago]I doubt you are enjoying yourself as much as I am, so I have a proposal. Come to my cabin. We'll sit and talk -- or rather ask questions. I am affected -- I do not know if you are, but I have little reason to suppose you are not. So better to ( Read more... )

Forgive my recent silence, my fellow denizens. Somehow, in spite of everything, I have been somewhat "under the weather." It's taking quite the toll on my Renate, honestly, for I haven't really the energy to run with her at present. I'm feeling much better now, however. It seems, furthermore, that my relative absence has meant I have not provided ( Read more... )

Short and unpleasant. I suppose that when the Admiral gives us ports that turn out to be completely unsalvageable, that's the best he can offer us.

Not pointless -- you might have noted I did not use that word. If anything, my brief sojourn into the mad wilderness yielded some experiences that were most illuminating. Even on top of knowing what it ( Read more... )

And of course a perfectly good walk is ruined by hard rain. Sometimes, the CES is just a little too real for my liking. The garden is coming along nicely, however. A bit balmy in there for my tastes, but there you have it.

[Private to Jack Harkness]

How are you feeling, cherub?

[Filtered to Colonel Sexby, Iago, and Judas Iscariot]

I believe a full ( Read more... )