The bar was a funny thing. Since arriving, Gatsby probably hadn't spent more than a couple of hours downstairs before once again retreating to his room upstairs. That, or make his way outside to the edge of the lake. Gradually, a sense of despair had settled over him, which was in all likelihood a sort of cabin fever, but nothing he was willing to ( Read more... )

In two corners of Milliways this evening, two very different men are doing the same thing: reading.

The only differences between them are that one is humming while doing it and the other is drinking.

The humming one is Maxwell Smart, who is currently distracting himself from thoughts of the other night's Happy Hour with a copy of David McCullough's ( Read more... )

Moon finds herself in the bar tonight ( Read more... )

It's not much of a shock when Chuck opens the door and finds a familiar bar at the end of the universe.

However, she's expecting the Pie Hole to be greeting her instead, so her expression does change - to one of mild surprise ( Read more... )

[ oom: we outgrow love like other things
and put it in the drawer,
till it an antique fashion shows
like costumes grandsires wore.
~ E. Dickinson ]

[ooc: Catch Nick on his way outside, or outside! If you tag him outside, be aware that he'll have company in the form of a wolf. But don't worry! Nero is friendly~

Also: SLOWTIME WARNING IS IN EFFECT since I must sleep soon. I am happily taking tags on this through tomorrow - the weekend!]

You know that saying, when one door closes, another one ( Read more... )

[ somewhere very, very far from Milliways:

I shall be telling this with a sigh
somewhere ages and ages hence ]

Nick finds himself walking into Milliways for what he knows will be the last time, walking toward Bar for what he knows will be the last time, and ordering a cup of tea for what he knows will be the last time ( Read more... )

[oom: Up in room 123, Nick and Christian share some ideas and hatch a plan.]

[ooc: Two pups, one mun! Have at!]

Byers is sitting at the table off to the side of the bar tonight, marking the latest layout of The Lone Gunman for errors.

There are a few misplaced letters here and there -- his fault, he was in a rush to get this to print -- and one or two layout flaws, but it's nothing his red pen can't handle.

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