Moritz has been absent from the social scene on the Island for quite some time, now. Since Melchior vanished, Moritz has retreated into himself, barely even speaking to his new roommate. He's stopped going to his classes, stopped turning in his work, stopped going to his meetings with Dr. Sweets. He'd almost completely forgotten about his birthday.

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In New York, there would have been a party - a catered event, a room filled from end to end with classmates, family, friends. Serena would have pulled on some fabulous ensemble at the last possible minute and swanned around the room, laughing, drinking champagne, enjoying her last real birthday before college began. Or maybe they would have been in ( Read more... )

She had not been very active around the island. She had created many plans of what to do with her time there, of which plans, none came into fruition. She had wanted, once, to create a support group for those who found out that they were from books or films, but once the shock had passed over her own discovery, her plan seemed to fade into the ( Read more... )

Mal was goin' t' be a father.

Oh, he trusted Chase jus' fine, which meant that, like it 'r not, what the doc said was true: River was goin' t' have a baby.

There were goin' t' be tiny combat boots pitterin' n' patterin' 'bout on Serenity sooner'n Mal'd e'er be ready for. But, he reckoned he ought t' at least be grateful for gettin' a few ( Read more... )

It had been some time since I had had an afternoon not filled with tasks and errands, and I had chosen to spend this one indulging my love of reading out-of-doors. Already dressed in my bathing suit and shorts, a towel hung over my arm, I stood in contemplation of the bookshelf, hoping it would be cooperative in my desire for something good to read ( Read more... )

Az knew she shouldn't have been interested, but she was despite herself. She had come to the bookshelf with the definite purpose of finding more books on advanced chemistry because the ones she had received with her gift in the beginning of the year were now woefully inadequate. But on her way to choosing something heavy and scientific her eye ( Read more... )

Gideon was surprised he was coming off as calm as he fucking was with this shit. Inwardly, he was a ball of nerves, which didn't get any better as he fucking stood up front. Everyone was gathered in a halfway decent set-up on the beach, and he knew all eyes were on him. While he didn't usually mind that shit, suddenly it was all in a different ( Read more... )

Recently, things on the island had been quite odd. Jim had always been a part of her life here, ever since the moment she fell into the pool of the waterfall, completely soaking her clothing so that she was forced to dry off. Their kiss had been just the beginning of what turned into the best thing to ever happen to her, save her arrival on the ( Read more... )

Gelt. Harry, like any other businessman, was drawn to money. In London it had been what everything circled, the centre of what mattered; money. Making money, to be more specific, and having money to make more money. He had lived in the Consumer Age, and no matter how the world changed, spending money never again did. Money to the common man. That ( Read more... )

Kon groaned softly when he woke up. It was still that time just before dawn when the entire world was quiet. Except that Kon could hear the chittering of squirrels and the calls of birds. He tried to roll over, but his feet tangled in the sheets and he kicked something off the bed as he was trying to get them out. That woke him up completely ( Read more... )