It went over. He asked questions but I said it was Hermes and he didn't call me on it. Either it went over, or he's trying to trap me. But I think it's the former. Which means [the writing wavers here, for a few moments] capabilties are far less than I though.

[carefully written, with heavy strokes that seem to indicate effort being taken to ( Read more... )

He receives the summons quite soon after he leaves the Nexus, a coded message ordering him back to base. He takes his time replying, as much as he thinks he can spare -- just a few minutes, really, to neaten up and write a note for Hermes. Then he activates his PINpoint, appearing in the designated PIN area, and nods curtly to the guards waiting ( Read more... )

It's not Norman's ancestral home, that decaying Connecticut manor, that he PINpoints to tonight. It's not his luxurious penthouse, with the patio perfect for launching a glider off of. It's not the beautiful hideout in Paris, where Gabriel and Sarah were raised. But for Norman, even though he's not really living here anymore, it's still home, ( Read more... )

....well, then.This is... going to make things considerably more awkward, yes -- especially once everything gets together, and we're doing more than just behind-the-scenes. But I'll still do what I have to. Not all of us have the luxury of running, after all ( Read more... )

Well, then. Shall we?

(As for the rest of you. Don't burn down the Nexus while I'm not there to watch, hmm?)

I can't be you.

I'm sorry, but we both know it's true. I could try, but I would fail, miserably, and hate myself all the more for that failure. I can't be you, and I can't be what you'd want me to be ( Read more... )

No.

I will never forgive you for this, Peter. Not because of the Engine, not because of what you did to myself and Hermes. That's fair play, the way things have always been between us. (I can still remember, you know, the way it tore the world apart. I can still remember the look in Hermes' eyes, as the knife went in.) I can live, I think, with ( Read more... )

Heh.

Don't you just adore irony?

Making the calls, setting it all in motion. It's going to take a while, though. What's liquid is liquid, but properties and possessions will take a while longer. As will deconstructing the human aspect of it. But for the rest... yes. It's happening, damn the lot of you ( Read more... )