The baskets have stopped giving and the first snow has touched the ground. My lord father, with the help of my siblings and others, started preparing for this some time ago. But there have been many new arrivals and we should redouble our efforts while we still can ( Read more... )

Intoxication is such a poor excuse for bad behavior.

Not that I've happened to see any of late. [Except Teresa making out with some guy. Shut up, she's not jealous.] Actually, for the most part I've seen a good deal of [incredibly annoying] altruism and gathering of supplies - let's all get together and make soup kitchens and stock up ( Read more... )

[ So. Here's Dean, hiding behind what looks like something close to a broken, crumbling pillar of some sorts -- one of the many you would find in the Ruins. His back is pressed to it, and he casts quick looks around, as if expecting something to jump out at him. Otherwise he looks pretty good, a little breathless if anything, like he's been running ( Read more... )

[the first thing you see is blackness... though the Forge is obviously recording. This is evident from the sounds: soft laughter (a man's, and then a woman's, too). When the darkness finally lifts, it becomes obvious that the camera was, until that moment, blocked by a hand. Likely the same hand that accidentally turned the Forge on ( Read more... )

All right! A while ago, there was a man named Mello (although I don't think that was his real name) and he kept a guide that welcomed new people to the city and told them about all the things in it. That is... here. But he's been gone for a long time. So, I thought I'd kind of write a new one ( Read more... )

[All the video shows is the skin of someone's palm. There can be tapping noises heard from the Forge, however, and soon enough the screen is uncovered to show a handsome young man, staring curiously at the device.]

This is certainly not what I expected from death. [He glances around the room, then, and shrugs.]It's much better than I expected, to ( Read more... )