Honestly, she hadn't meant to take a nap today. One wouldn't think she would need one, judging by how late she slept this morning. Rae had intended to do some baking, and maybe take a walk outside (since there was some sort of building with guns blocking her normal running route around the lake ( Read more... )

It's been a busy couple of days for Balthazar Blake, between alternatly abusing Dave to get him to train, and abusing Dave during training. He used to think that he and Horvath had set an unbreakable standard in the amount of trouble an apprentice could create during training ( Read more... )

"-ust back off, all right? I know!" Rae replies impatiently as she comes through the door, carrying a cardboard box about twice the size of a shoebox. She slams the door behind her, cutting off the sound of her mother's voice, raised to be heard through walls and her daughter's unwillingness to listen ( Read more... )

There is a man with wings sitting at a table in the main area of the bar ( Read more... )

Near the edge of the forest, under the winter stars, there is a bright light flickering. Nightmares have driven Sunshine from her bed, and she knows she won't get back to sleep any time soon. So rather than fight the nightmares she knows she can't defeat, she has decided to practice defeating those she can, in the waking world ( Read more... )

Sunshine finally finished up her solstice-gift baking earlier today. It'd taken longer than she'd expected, but soon, baskets with tags labeled "Happy Winter Solstice, from Sunshine" are left with the Bar for: ( Balthazar Blake, Thirteen, Ben Wade, Ned, Axel, Teja, Finvarra, Urquhart, James Watson, Howard Stark, Gene Hunt, Elrond Halfelven, Juliet O'Hara, Shawn Spencer, Burton Guster, Steve Rogers, and David Stutler )

The napkin that appears to Sunshine as she brings out a tray of the day's baking is quite welcome, really. Maybe the Bar knows that she's been trying to save up money for gifts. It's a cold night, so she figures people could probably use something hot to eat and drink.

Specials!
Hot mulled cider
Hot mulled wine
Tea
CoffeeFresh cinnamon rolls ( Read more... )

Things back home might count as 'quiet' if it weren't for SOF. Those members of SOF that frequented Charlie's Coffeehouse, who knew Sunshine and what she could do, could tell that the attack that had taken Paulie might have been aimed at her. They meant to keep her safe, whether she wanted them to or not. It had taken her nearly an hour (of ( Read more... )

A while back, Balthazar went back to New York, to make sure Dave hadn't managed to kill himself in some new and creative way. This was after making sure his other apprentice fully understood that he meant what he said about training on her own.

The door slowly opens, and a small, tousle-headed blond-haired boy peers around the edge, his ( Read more... )

Balthazar Blake is beginning to wonder if the bar is stalking him. He cannot seem to turn around in Dave's underground study space / apprentice training area without finding another doorway. After going about his business five times, he's decided to see if there wasn't something urgent he was needed for ( Read more... )