It made perfect sense, of course, that something wacky would happen today. Apparently I still had it in me to be totally naive, because I'd actually believed that a few cherubs with a bad attitude was all the island was going to endow us with for the holiday. Good one, island, you really pulled the wool over my eyes, har har ( Read more... )

This morning, Lipton got up, went for his morning run and workout before the sun got too high, grabbed a quick breakfast, took a mug of black coffee out to the beach, and turned 25.

He'd never really been the sort of guy to make a big deal about the fact that he was turning a year older or throw a big party for himself. His birthdays came and went ( Read more... )

There was only so much time you could spend inside on a nice day. Jo had spent the morning in her room with a pile of books trying to learn more about soil and testing it and what the results might mean. But it had been hard to concentrate. She didn't do that well with concentrating on text books to begin with, but at least now she had an excuse. ( Read more... )

A month had passed since the dell had arrived on the island. After the initial shock, Harry had decided just to ignore it, on the grounds that it couldn't do him any harm now. Now the snow had melted and the trees had begun to grow leaves, it no longer looked like the place he remembered, and it was no work to put it out of his mind and move on by ( Read more... )

There was no morbid curiousity in Kara after the sandcastles, no desire in her at all to run towards the danger and the flying explosives as Hartford's rampage continued. There might have been at another time, but not today, with Calliope's tears still drying on her cheeks. Today Kara scooped up her child and went in the opposite direction, ( Read more... )

If you had been upstairs in the Compound or in the Hub at six in the evening of December 31, you might have thought your eyes were playing tricks on you, or that you'd once again been whisked off to some strange, new place. Within the blink of an eye, the rooms had changed, sparkling instantly with festive decorations, and it was all so ( Read more... )

Dated 10 December 2009:
Lew and Dick find themselves victims of Cupid's good intentions when they each show up for a blind date, only to find they've been paired with each other.

[ HERE | Ongoing | PG]

Once again the Island had carried out a peaceful and democratic election, which Dale felt was always a cause for celebration. The work was done, the results were in, and it was time for everyone to let loose for one night. If there was one thing that nearly everyone on the Island agreed on, it was that they liked a good party ( Read more... )

Wiggling her toes, Coraline sighed loudly as she pulled her feet free from her boots. The boots were bright yellow with neon orange and lime green spots on them. Coraline loved her wellington boots but she also knew she was nearly thirteen years old. That meant she was practically grown up. And grown ups didn't get to wear fun and comfortable shoes ( Read more... )

Pepper couldn't remember the last time she felt so harried. Planning something this large on what was essentially short notice would have been taxing back home, but was all the more difficult on the island, which lacked most of the conveniences that made party planning actually enjoyable ( Read more... )