Out of Milliways:

this time, don't assume anything

( you sussed it out, didn't you?)

Professor Digory Kirke is sitting in an armchair by the fire, writing a letter on heavy paper with a fountain pen.

He would be delighted to set aside his letter for a good conversation.

[OOM: Everybody has their own ways of coping when someone's broken their heart. Zuko's involves heavy exertion and exhausting himself.He came back this morning; a flash of magic and he was here with a duffel bag and some crates, which were hauled upstairs, where he vanished for a good part of the day ( Read more... )

There is a tall, skinny man sprawled in a corner booth ( Read more... )

Nathan came downstairs, and stopped by the bar. He noticed the note left for him, and read through it quickly. Brief sad chuckle ( Read more... )

[OOM: In the House of Arch, the old wolf comes to the young wolf.]

"...moving back to England already. If I heard Luz and his Horton impression one more time I swear he would be on the next patrol going out." Little Harry Welsh opened the door to what was supposed to be the officers billets for Easy Company. He was looking back over his shoulder paying no attention as he stepped into what is now a bar. Not the inn ( Read more... )

We join our heroine, Kit Baxter, as she enters the mysterious Bar at the End of the Universe through an apparently ordinary door in the home of her employer.

"Stupid boss, doesn't know what day it is, how can he expect to fight crime if he can't even check a stupid calendar..." Grumbling to herself, she marches up to the Bar and sits. "Gimmie a ( Read more... )

Makita has had a few more visitors while she finishes out her sentence in the cells.

Rachel comes by and they talk about friendship and fear. And Knox stops by to provide support and reminds Makita that she has people she can rely on. Sallie sends a lovely pie. And finally, Wells has something to say about guilt and responsibility which Makita ( Read more... )

[In the cells: Zuko talks to Baby and gets approval that doesn't help his ego, sees Rachel for the first time in a while, and then gets offered a choice between a bitchslap or a beer with Wells, as it were.

Some threads are still ongoing.]