Nowhere in the Book Of Rules does it say that Dick does not like bragging. He does not, as a rule, of course, especially not in regards to his own merits or accomplishments (such as they may be), but this is different. This is for his little brother, and he has unconsciously but exactingly calculated that a little showing off is acceptable. So, ( Read more... )

Having been out most of the morning - finding a tattooist in Taxon had been 'interesting', but since it behooves the Extras to be good at whatever they need to be good at, the endeavour was surreal without being utterly pointless - Sol's shoulder is tender and he's got a second appointment lined up by the time he gets back to the forest house near ( Read more... )

( we countdown we learn we're out of time )

As Taxon tricks went, this was a novel one ( Read more... )

The grounds outside the Manor were, of a necessity, different, and the boys set to exploring them the same way they had explored the house. At various times jogging, sometimes running, and then sometimes walking, they covered the area in a timely fashion, deep in conversation the entire time. Dick was still uneasy here, though he tried his best to ( Read more... )

A woman appears in Taxon's arrival chamber ( Read more... )

If you get right down to it, there are two ways John Constantine spends his day: either in immediate peril or out of it. (Although arguably there's also having just gotten out, and about to get into, but split that many hairs and we'll be here all day.) His appearance in the entrance chamber seems to indicate the former, both of which have their ( Read more... )

( ''Oh, crap. Tim, what did WE do with the dinosaur?'' )

Once Dean's services as an ambulance driver are no longer required and Enfys finds that in the chaos of all this she actually does have a free moment, she squints up at the tower she can see from her vantage point in front of the manor and makes an abrupt and sneaky decision.

[ voice ]Hey, Dean, don't give those keys back just yet. Meet me ( Read more... )

There's a bit of a suggestion of bustle in the background as Nightwing heads outside of the Sanctuary, masked face serious (or... probably serious, the mask makes it hard to tell) as he looks into the tablet. His voice is actually different from Dick's, authoritative and formal, though not without a hint of potential sass ( Read more... )