[[Richard Ryan and River Song have been spending quite a bit of time together. Ryan is pleasantly surprised when he gets to explain* this to a packmate he hasn't seen in quite some time. Shortly thereafter, Ryan recruits his new roommate to remodel the easy way over the full moon and has one of his dog tags stolen for his trouble.

Come full moon, ( Read more... )

There's a pwing! of blue light, and Belar is in the Bar, dressed as usual in the sort of clothing that wouldn't look out of place in western Mongolia. And, hey, there's a sign on his table:

SECURITY MEMBER ON DUTY

ALSO SKI, SNOWBOARD, AND OTHER WINTER SPORTS LESSONS

ONLY NOT RIGHT NOW - ASK ABOUT SCHEDULING FOR LATERHey, it's that time of year ( Read more... )

There is a woman sitting in a chair near the fire. She's not terribly big, and has delicate bone structure. She's got curly black hair, and big blue eyes, and truly eye burning taste in colors for clothing ( Read more... )

A little man runs into the bar and jumps on a waitrat.

What? That is the punchline.

[ tiny plumber tag: mario ]

The roaring of two Bristol Hercules engines is kind of hard to miss.

More so when in comparison with the relative silence of the Milliways wilderness.

The speck, at least, initially, is easy to miss.

However, as it grows into a very clearly distinguishable plane, well. Not so much.

As it happens, the stretch of land that said plane is heading towards ( Read more... )

There is a weedy, blond, arrogant sci--hold it, no, no there isn't. Keep looking. Keep ( Read more... )

It's conspicuous and inconspicuous at the same time. It appears with no fanfare, no flashing lights.

But the simple fact that it's half of a jail cell sticking out of the wall next to the front door makes it hard to miss. It's not a terribly clean jail cell, either. There's rust on the bars, oil from countless pleading hands smeared on the ( Read more... )

[[Millitimed to before Gordon and Alyx re-enter the Bar, and after Chell finishes her first round of tutoring. My, but I'm caught between a rock and a slow place.]]Chell had been spending her days and nights in the library, alternately reading and sleeping, since she finished with her first bit of tutoring. The freedom granted to her by no ( Read more... )

((OOM: After blowing up a lot (all) of his former workplace and stealing the data to trade to the government for not prosecuting him for his part in creating a terrible bioweapon and participating in human experimentation and various other ills, Wesker and his fellow genius attempt to rendezvous with government agents. It is not the best rendezvous ( Read more... )

Tifa likes to show up a little early on nights when she's tending, and until she's supposed to officially go on duty, she spends some time wiping down the bar, humming under her breath. She has a cup of berry tea for herself behind the bar, and once she's done, she stops to take a long sip of it ( Read more... )