It was a pretty big sodding difference these days, cooking in the kitchen of the compound - though Bill wasn't sure it could be called that at the moment. It was rather nice, actually, having so much more available to work with, and not only was there whatever they had on hand, it was easy to nip out to the shops and pick up a thing or two. Bill ( 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... )

"And so we find ourselves here again," says Geoffrey, projecting from front and centre of the stage, "as we have so many times before ( Read more... )

Something dawned on Kate the other day as she was coaxing Sam into the ocean. It's been five years since she was beamed here. Five years since Jack found her on the beach and they made this ridiculous place a home. Every time another anniversary like that passes, it knocks her for a loop. Not like it used to, not even close. But there's always a ( Read more... )

It had started unexpectedly. Dairine was up late working on updating the algorithms she uses for keeping track of the island's magical patterns, and slept in past the time she meant to. She woke up not really in the mood to do more work, went for a walk, and came back to the rec center to find something to read ( Read more... )

In retrospect, Geoffrey may have overestimated his building skills ( Read more... )

Nearly nine months it's been that they've been working on the Green Arrow Estates, and even standing in the middle of the completed clutch of luxury cottages, Clark can't quite believe that it's finally finished ( Read more... )

It wasn't that the IBI had ceased to exist in the absence of a permanent office. It was more that life's other challenges proved more pressing, and unravelling the mysteries of the island (and the other mysteries that all too seldom presented themselves) took a back seat to helping to actually run the island. They weren't mutually exclusive, but ( Read more... )

There's an underwater city to be explored and secured in its entirety, filled with an untold number of dangers and potential resources, and though every fiber in Bucky Barnes' being wants to be down there in the dark, tonight he's outside the house he shares with Jason, overseeing a party instead. It's a silly thing, maybe, to have wanted to pull a ( Read more... )

He returns to the scene of it all a day after he finds the beginnings of explanation ( Read more... )