Gabrielle liked to think that she was an adaptable person. That she could accept change in the world around her. In fact, she thought that she'd done very well on the island, getting used to all the new things in the compound and the references people made when the talked about the worlds they came from ( Read more... )

Every year, between Guy Fawkes Night and Thanksgiving, there was a holiday that everyone on the island could celebrate despite their cultural background. Tabula Rasa Day might not get the same fanfare as the other two red letter days, but it was well-enjoyed nonetheless because it commemorated the establishment of the community, a new home and a ( Read more... )

October 11, 2011:
And Gabrielle liked to think she was a brave person, that she would rather face things then let them linger unsaid. But this was proving harder then she thought, until it was easier to just avoid Rachel. Even if she missed her best island friend something awful ( Read more... )

Lex had never been to an amusement park ( Read more... )

So here's what you missed on Glee:

After getting slushied in the face for years and dealing with Karofsky's bullying, Kurt's decided to take a few defense lessons from the Black Widow herself - ( "I... just wanted to say thank you, again, for letting me participate in this course, and how much I'm looking forward to future lessons. You kind of blew ( Read more... )

I'm holding the first class in the gallery, at Anthony Blunt's leave. The room is airy and more than large enough for the number of students who signed up. Some of the faces are more familiar than others, though I'm starting to recognize most of the island's inhabitants on sight, even if we haven't been introduced. There are chairs set out with ( Read more... )

All morning, Gabrielle had been hearing about people gaining extraordinary powers and about both the celebrating and disasters that usually came with such a thing. She wanted to help those who needed comforting and it had taken a while but she'd finally come up with something she knew most people would like ( Read more... )

Of all the people Alexis thought she'd ever be getting romance advice from, even after coming to the island, the seemingly ditzy and Valley girl-esque goddess of love from those shows in the '90s was definitely not one of them - and yet here they were, sitting in the kitchen over lunch, chatting away about Alexis' love life, or more accurately, ( Read more... )

It hasn't actually been that long since the last proper party on the island, but Chris can't help but feel like it's been fuckin' ages or something, what with all that's happened between then and now. If he's honest about it, they've probably got more to mourn than to celebrate, what with how the island's fucked with all of their lives lately, ( Read more... )