Theresa Cassidy had left the Island. Cable supposed that he could comfort himself with the idea that she has returned to the same home he himself longed for but, in all honesty, he was still largely convinced that she, like every other person on Tabula Rasa, was merely a duplicate of the real Theresa Cassidy created for this Island and now, no ( Read more... )

Having an increasingly mobile daughter was both a relief and a concern.

The relief was that she was acquiring milestones as a developing child could be expected to reach them, so he wasn't doing something completely wrong, although he wasn't sure he'd contributed to this one so much as Shenlong, by way of both being and not being a stationary dog ( Read more... )

In theory, Eden is used to this. In spite of her best efforts, in spite of being friendly, her small circle of friends never grows - it only ever shrinks, dwindling little by little as the years go on until she has almost no one left. It's some kind of a sick joke - you can live, but here's the trade-off: you will live alone. It was always the case ( Read more... )

Now that he's got Claudia's radio show playing while he does up breakfast, Priestly shakes his ass a little more while he cooks. Not that he hasn't been ass shaking all over the place these days--in the kitchen, in the clinic, in the Catscratch, hell, even in the rec room. Ass-shaking is probably good for the soul or something. He's almost certain ( Read more... )

Rupert de Worde had spent more time around small children than one might have imagined, although it hadn't been since he himself was quite small. His younger siblings had been a delight, primarily serving as objects to play with and torture, roles that hadn't much changed once adulthood had been reached, though the mechanisms had. Then again, he'd ( Read more... )

You could say that since his plan for wintertime revenge on some of his greatest enemies, such as cold weather and science, Jason had been a little shy of the public eye. And that was really a shame, as he figured the public eye could really use him ( Read more... )

There was a party, because it was Halloween. Rupert strolled to it, hands in the pockets of his well tailored costume, which wasn't much more than a blue embroidered captain's coat and jodhpurs, which meant he was essentially going as a Lord, which counted as cheating given the spirit of the holiday. He didn't whistle or do anything so mundane to ( Read more... )

Eden had a penchant for taking in strays: the kitten who'd appeared in her home one day, the show dog who'd been left behind, the cheerleader she'd lied to for so long and a somewhat alarming number of hapless scientists. These last, at least, had been spread out over several years and she'd never actually brought them home to live with her ( Read more... )

It was always a good day when the democratic process had been carried out without a hitch, and this day was no exception. The results of the latest Island Council election were in, and it was time to celebrate, not only the results, but the process itself. And given the number of hardships they endured on the island, a celebration was something ( Read more... )

William was becoming increasingly dubious about the term 'due date ( Read more... )