Between the worlds of at least one portion of the multiverse is the Veil. It contains past, present, future, all jumbled up at once, and nowthreecenturiesagotwelveandahalfminutesinthefuture there waswillbeis a fight. A fight, a sacrifice, a monster of the Void - more importantly, there iswillbewas an explosion ( Read more... )

Katya has not been allowed to go shopping, properly, in a long time. Sure she can get what she needs from Bar, but... shopping. It is different. So, in consequence, she hasn't been able to change her look in a while ( Read more... )

William's spent most of today dealing with part of the fence that won't seem to hold and he's tired and worn out when he gets the napkin from Bar. He stares at it for a long while before nodding as he remembers the conversation with Tower. Once he's behind the Bar, he sets his hat down, pulls off his gloves and coat and picks up the cocktail book, ( Read more... )

There is a young woman in the bar today who may be looking completely human, but is not ( Read more... )

He will never understand this place. Time moves in ways it bloody well shouldn't. It's only been twenty minutes since he was last here, only now it appears to be Christmas, if the decorations are to be believed.

He walks to the bar. 'You're tryin' to tell me somethin', aren't you?'

There is no reply. He waits a moment, then sighs. A pint appears.

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Urquhart is at the fireplace, brewing up mulled cider in a copper kettle over the open flames.

Sirona is in a booth, drinking green tea and giggling at something on her computer.

Teja is in the forge, working hard on a batch of silver-and-gold mokumegane.

Ma'at is at the bar, in a brilliant mood, drinking good champagne. Voting in her country ( Read more... )

Today, it's finally quite cold outside. Tamara, used to the occasionally choppy seas but almost permanent warmth of her Caribbean home, is shocked when she surfaces ( Read more... )

There is someone out there, enjoying the night.

A pale figure, not bothering with clothes.

It's not like there are other people out there to be bothered by nude moonbathing and nude swimming, there is?

Or maybe there are...

It is a cool and rainy Scottish afternoon by the lake, the rain now pouring, now drizzling from the fast-moving clouds over the lake. The wind is gusty, and even though it is July, there are some moments in some corners along the steep lake shore when it's positively unpleasant. Despite this, some people need to be outside. Among them are:

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There is a mermaid in the shallow waters by the rocks, quite close to the back door of the bar. She is flitting about among the sunlit wavelets, and watching people come and go.

There are some quite interesting people here.