It's like taking a step backwards ( Read more... )

I really think I deserve credit for doing my best to embrace the steampunk Victorian lifestyle. I've never been a fan of cold weather, and I grew up in a place where a bikini was considered appropriate attire 90% of the time. When the island made the switch that December, I was definitely not in my element. I'd always loved pretty dresses, though, ( Read more... )

It's not even Chris's idea this time. It's Tony that comes to him, saying that there ought to be another party. And seeing as it's been months and months since Maxxie's birthday, Chris is all for it, even if it's not like they can go and just find a cave like last time. The island's bolloxed that all up by turning into fuckin' London ( Read more... )

It was still disconcerting, waking up to the sun on his face. Disconcerting. And fabulous. So fabulous, he lay there for a full ten minutes before stirring, just enjoying the warmth on his skin and the peace that could only come from a good night's sleep. Since coming here his days had been spent in sunlight, his nights free of Ambrose's dreams - ( Read more... )

For a little while after I wake up, I figure I'm imagining most of this stuff, so it doesn't bother me the way showing up in that supply closet on the island did. The room - the entire little apartment - isn't too different from the place I had yesterday, except that the bathroom is worse and there's a kitchen I don't know how to use and it's an ( Read more... )

Every year, between Guy Fawkes Night and Thanksgiving, there was a holiday that everyone on the island could celebrate despite their cultural background. Tabula Rasa Day might not get the same fanfare as the other two red letter days, but it was well-enjoyed nonetheless because it commemorated the establishment of the community, a new home and a ( Read more... )

It takes him a few hours to figure it out. They don't spend every fucking minute together, but, still, he's got used to being around her. Being around her made him feel kind of quiet in a way that he hasn't since Jingletown, lying side by side with Will on a single bed. Getting high. It's her thigs that seal it; there's nothing in her room when ( Read more... )

Batgirl is on the shoreline. She should be at her post outside the entrance to Rapture, no, she should be down there in the underwater city helping them, Jason and Bruce both. But she's not because fuck Batman and Bruce Wayne and, you know what, add everyone on the ITF who's keeping her topside to her shit list too ( Read more... )

( Spoilers for Kushiel's Avatar. )

I don't know why you're always complaining. It's not like you can go back and fix anything. Just move on, Nick. Acheron certainly has.Once again, his fate changed on a throwaway comment ( Read more... )