Marie is surprising herself by how well she's settling into Victorian London. Maybe it's because once she started getting used to the island idea, the notion of all of it going to hell again isn't that much to take in, or maybe it's because being around all these stuffy British people brings out her inner rebel. Or maybe it's just because she's ( Read more... )

The latest round of Island Council elections were finished, and I once again had the job of posting the results to the Compound bulletin board:
Tabula Rasa Island Council - Term 12

General RepresentativesShari Cooper ( Read more... )

Dated November 21, 2011:
I crest that last hill, but instead of heading toward the house, I sit down on an outcropping of rocks with a view of the valley below. It is a gorgeous spot, probably the best view on the whole goddamn island. It's mid-afternoon by now, breezy up here with the air noticeably thinner than down in the jungle. I light up a ( Read more... )

The thing that had taken the longest were the mugs. Because there couldn't be a morning show without mugs and coffee, and painting their faces on them had taken a lot longer than Troy had thought it would. Like... at least an hour. Plus, it was really hard to get the shades of brown right ( Read more... )

Though she could hardly count herself among the hardier island citizens, Olivia had been around long enough to know not to trust anything that popped up over night, especially when it all seemed to do nothing but want to entertain the island ( Read more... )

He hears it first, walking from his hut in the morning. That's the surprise. He hears it, rather than sees it. The tinny piping of manufactured cheer wafting through the trees like an itch in his brain. In his ear.

Not in his eye.

Until he walks a little further from his hut and sees some of it, as if planted there overnight-

(If it was there at ( Read more... )

It was a motley crew ( Read more... )

Dated February 26, 2011:
They've exchanged a handful of words, but Eames decides that he likes her instinctively, the way she cuts right to the point, the smile that curves her lips, and several shallower things, as well ( Read more... )

She hasn't been able to sleep straight through the night in months ( Read more... )

I mentioned it over dinner two nights ago, and it was downhill from there ( Read more... )