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... )

Peggy Carter prided herself on being able to stand fast in the face of things that may faze others, but she thought she could be given a little leeway in her new predicament ( Read more... )

There were times when Jack thought the island wasn't such a bad place to live. Plenty of beaches, plenty of sun, lots of fishing: these were the things he'd been after for years and had never really gotten since the good old US Air Force seemed to think he wasn't replaceable. And while that felt good, being important, it didn't change the fact ( Read more... )

Dated October 22nd, 2011:
In London, she'd never known any of her neighbours but here, on the island, she felt looked after. Cared for.

"Just passing through or fancy a chat?"

Down in the GAE, two neighbours spend a little time in idle chatter. There are worse ways to spend an afternoon.

[ HERE | ONGOING | G]

Dated October 1st, 2011:
"I can go run and get a doctor, but that would mean leaving you..." he said.

Somehow, she ends up with a fistful of his shirt, pulling him close to her, even as she's bending and crying out again.

"Don't leave me."

Martha goes into labour too far from the clinic and the burden of delivering the baby falls to Aidan.

[ ( Read more... )

Even though he'd done it several times now, composing the ad hoc syllabus for 20th Century Earth History, outside of the main textbook, was, quite frankly, like herding cats ( Read more... )

It's filling the days that presents the biggest challenge. Yes, there are the occasional outbreaks of mass hysteria, monster attacks, and general mayhem, but the average day feels endless when there's no work to be done. Where it had been relaxing at first, like a long overdue holiday, now it's begun to wear on her. Her mind feels idle. She ( Read more... )

Dated August 19th, 2011:
Gwen and Ianto host a birthday party at the Hub for their birthdays.

[ HERE | In Progress | G]

Dated August 27th, 2011:
Gwen runs into Martha Costello in the kitchens and despite having an interest in the same broody ex-vampire, they get on well.

[ HERE | In Progress | PG]

Day Five and he was still there.

It had only just started to settle in the day before. Really setting in. The fact that he was trapped there. That, unless his luck did a full 180, he may never see Nora again and never even get to meet his own son or daughter or... freaky wolf cub for all he knew. All of it was a huge adjustment, or it would be ( Read more... )