For the last thirty minutes of Leonard McCoy's life, he's been witness to something that he knew about in theory, but that he damn well didn't want to have to see. The conversation onboard the Enterprise during the Vulcan rescue mission is as good as burned into his mind and so he knows all about alternate realities and his life being altered ( Read more... )

Life for you, life for your cropIt was night, and the moon had come up as Alain walked back to New Gilead, whistling Careless Love in a strangely melancholy key. The Demon Moon hung there full in the sky, and as had been his habit as a boy, he did not look up at it, superstitious of ghosts, demons, and all thing other worldly. And small wonder too ( Read more... )

She's barely come out of her hut for ages, since her father disappeared, sunken into a depression only possible for those that don't feel like they honestly have anything else to live for. Of course, she knows that she does-- she knows that God must have brought her here for a reason, and that he must have decided to take Edgar away for a reason ( Read more... )

Dated May 15, 2009:
After his anger gets the better of him in front of Ilse, Edgar decides it's time to get some help, and heads for the Psych Office.

[ HERE | FTB | PG]

Dated August 11, 2009:
After the first homeplot, Violet is sitting on the beach while a storm rolls in. She'd like her privacy, but Edgar's persistent.

[ HERE | Ongoing | PG]

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When all was said and done, it looked like something out of a storybook ( Read more... )

If Alain closed his eyes, it could almost be a fair day in Gilead. The sounds and smells were all the same. There was the sound children laughing, trotted around by Glue Boy,and Jolly, getting their faces painted, and themselves entirely covered in flowers by Ilse and some of the other girls. Boys participating in impromptu footraces with their ( Read more... )

Dated April 29, 2009:
Both Ilse and Nita manage to run into Alain on the same day. Unfortunately for both of them, Alain is not quite himself.

[ HERE & HERE | Complete/In-Progress | PG]

Dated May 8, 2009:
Feeling bad about what happened between them, Alain goes to apologize to Nita, who has a little apologizing of her own to do.

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Ilse steps back and surveys the work that she's done. Her father was always the one to ask about projects that had to do with hammers and nails, but he'd been out for the day and she really hasn't wanted to trouble him. Regardless of the fact that it might remind him of his former life, she wants to do things on her own. She's always been an ( Read more... )

Between the two of them, the discussion's been ranging for the better part of twenty minutes. Buck, for his part, can't stop arguing in favor of UCLA's academic system and Webster's been pushing back with polite 'I see your point, sir's before he goes on to discuss Harvard. They've had a few conversations and Buck's ignored the personal aspects of ( Read more... )

Dated April 15, 2009 :
Edgar finally makes his way to the Compound, but before he can get inside, he meets the last person he'd expected to see.

[ HERE | Done | Rated G]