I've been here on the island for over a year now ( Read more... )

Dated December 5, 2011:
Adding another couple of scarves on top of the three draped coats, Mark thanks the puppeteers- marginally- that the snow has abated for the moment, and wraps one of the scarves higher around his nose and mouth to keep the air from biting on the way down. Shoving his hands into his pockets, he starts making decent progress ( Read more... )

Only two days after which Frodo Baggins would have said he felt comfortable navigating the compound and the island country around it, everything changed. The world itself went from lovely and blue and warm to some strange and complex city. The very clothes on his back had changed. To his utter dismay, the streets were now oddly cobbled ( Read more... )

Dated October 31, 2011:
After the toys won at the carnival attack and Olive starts screaming, Eduardo finds her door blocked and climbs through a window to get to her, injuring his leg in the process. They fight off a horde of tiny unicorns and a snake before making their way to the clinic.

[ HERE | Ongoing | PG-13]

Dated November 1-6, 2011:
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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... )

DATED NOVEMBER 1, 2011:
How many people are ready for something like this if it happens again? she'd asked Columbus, wondering if any of the people she starts to care about will ever truly be prepared: Olive, Santana, Eduardo, Mark. They're all people she's starting to become closer to, and she blames herself for it, for letting each of them in ( Read more... )

There's a select group of people scattered throughout the Compound today, any of which someone might happen to run into, but only if they know where to look.

In the IPD Office, there's a tall woman with long brown hair sitting behind one of the auxiliary desks and filling out some long-neglected paperwork. She's been putting off her patrol ( Read more... )

It's late when Wichita realizes she can't sleep, but she's quiet as she untangles herself from Columbus and slips out of bed without making a sound, moving on silent feet across the floor ( Read more... )

Deputizing was really hard work ( Read more... )

River always did love to dance. And even though she still wasn't really convinced that she was the best person to teach others how to do anything, she did love her dance classes. She worked really hard, and most of her students did try to keep up with her even if she didn't always remember that it might not be as easy for them as it was for her ( Read more... )