Eden never learned to be a strong swimmer. She never had to. With the world going to hell, there'd been precious little time to do anything that she enjoyed and, what time she'd had, she spent sleeping and smoking and not much else. She'd liked that life. It had been refreshingly uncomplicated ( Read more... )

It's taken a little bit of time, and some creative work, but Jen and Priestly are comfortably settled into their new hut. Living in a hut with no plumbing and no running water is not exactly the height of luxury, but neither of them are really concerned with fancy living, and the Compound is close enough. They've got nice neighbors, and a great ( Read more... )

Hunter had taken his bike out a few times since the snow melted, but he was trying to conserve fuel. The cold weather probably did him a favor, keeping what little gas he had left from evaporating, but it was going to be gone soon and he would be fucked. So today he drove out to the clearing where he'd stashed the gear that came with the bike to ( Read more... )

January 24th, 2009:
Dean and Jess celebrate their birthdays in The Catscratch Club with friends and family.

[ HERE | Some on-going | PG]

Three Months Ago

"Eee-eee!"

Yorick's head whipped around, he looked up, searching the tree branches for the familiar sight of his friend.

"Eeee!"

A monkey, maybe capuchin, maybe not, swung from one low hanging branch to another.

"It's Beelzemonkey," came Crichton's voice from behind Yorick. "He's mean like the devil's asshole after a fierce ( 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... )

Lisey gets up, brushing off the snow that had stuck to her knees as she'd knelt to check the mulled wine and cider. The fire seems to be keeping it at a good temperature, and she's satisfied that they'll have enough hot drinks to warm up their guests after a few rounds on the frozen pool - that is, assuming that anybody turns out. But it's a lovely ( Read more... )

Elphaba didn't like to take up space that others might need so she'd taken the brightly colored magazines that the bookshelf had reluctantly given up to a patch of floor near the wall. There she industrially began to snip out all the purest shades, blues and reds and golds and greens. Lush violets and sunny oranges. All the things that winter ( Read more... )

With the arrival of the snow, Mathias's sense of adventure has returned along with enough courage to actually leave the Compound on his own for the first time since his arrival. Bundled up in a warm coat and a scarf, his gloved hands shoved deep into his pockets, he's wandering down the boardwalk, heading for the beach that he has yet to see. He ( Read more... )

The moment she'd begun to settle in her own skin, in the blissful quiet of being the soul inhabitant of the body she wore -- a body that was hers, the nightmares set in. They came on fast and strong, searing every last bit of sleep from her nights, leaving her hollow eyed and paranoid in a way she hadn't been in centuries ( Read more... )