This pub at the end of the universe really is turning up in the most random places. Granted it hasn't shown up in awhile...but here it is again ( Read more... )

See Simon.

See Simon read.

Read, Simon, read.

[ ooc: break, you say? yes, that still applies. ish. even though i plan to participate in mardi gras tomorrow. but it still applies because boy howdy, i promise you, i am going to be slow, really slow, like molasses, like a slug, like...a really slow thing. ]

Mr. Bond is stalking around outside. His hands are in the pockets of his long black coat, his face is turned down, his brows are furrowed, and he is frowning. He never did handle boredom well.

M, after having walked away from Le Chiffre and Villiers, had found out that her door had gone missing again.

Bothersome thing.

So she had found a room, thanks to the Bar, and had spent the last few days getting used to this bar at the end of the universe. It was like a vacation...that you couldn't get away from. Not that it was bad, persay ( Read more... )

Over by the fire, on one of those lovely cushy couches, there's a Le Chiffre reading. This wouldn't be remotely unusual if it weren't for a certain Villiers, asleep on his shoulder, a forgotten book beside his hand. He looks quite comfortable. Le Chiffre slightly less so, but at least he's getting accustomed to having the aide use him as a pillow ( Read more... )

OOM: How M came to find herself at the end of the universe.

Being the head of MI6 means that you are prepared for almost anything your agents can throw at you, be it shootings, nuclear disasters, blowing up an embassy, or igniting the third world war.

However, when said head of MI6 steps through the door of the lift which should lead to her flat ( Read more... )

Somewhere in one of London's more comfortable old neighbourhoods, it is 4 AM of a night in early spring. Inside one of the venerable old houses, (Of the sort where the mantles of coal fireplaces from the turn of the 20th century now hold very 21st century digital photo albums of granchildren.) someone has left a bathroom light on ( Read more... )