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Simon Tam is in the bar.

He's not doing anything in particular, and rather enjoying it.

After some more of the same, unsettling nightmares, Nefret has given up on sleeping. She has also, in fact, given up on working, reading, and doing all that much of anything else -- and that's why the next plan is to go outside.

In the stables, the large, white-coated Arab mare is thrilled to see her, and playfully gnoshes on Nefret's hair as she ( Read more... )

Five days of bedrest, even if it's very, very good for you, still makes a girl very, very antsy ( Read more... )

Take a mun with a terrible migraine.

Add a character from 1917.

Throw in Modern Forensics from 2005.

Watch Nefret's eyes widen.

Interrupt if chosen.

The front door is supposed to let in people. Groups of people, people alone, people in pairs, people who have more than one self inside their own heads. Bleeding people, hale people, live people, dead people, small green people, giant fuzzy people, young people, old people, people who are clueless, people who have been here before ( Read more... )

Last night seemed like a good idea at the time. Right now, it's seeming like a very bad idea, as is moving, speaking or thinking.

Which might explain why he's in a booth in one of the darker corners of the bar, dressed in black as usual and very slowly getting through a jug of water.

Endings are heartless. Say true.
Death is before me today
Endings are mercy. Say thankya.
Like the recovery of a sick man
Ka blew them here, like a prairie wind, and none may stand against its force, they say in Mejis. And, as is ever the way of ka, it has brought joy and pain, love and sorrow, dear friendship and bitter grief.
Like the going ( Read more... )

After Talking to Dr. Stanz Preston has made his way into the bar again, and he's sitting on a bar stool. Every once in a while he looks at his PIU and sighs, loudly.

Teasing, taunting, harassment, kind words. All are welcome. Preston needs to learn to grow a thicker skin.

Sheemie is out in the clearing of the forest where the silkflowers grow. He's carefully harvesting seeds and cuttings from the dying plants, for the spring.