Johnny Storm was well versed in the various traditions that came with various parties, and having someone to lay one on at the stroke of midnight was in his top three, beat only by Mardi Gras beads and mistletoe ( 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... )

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... )

She called him a moron. Then, she kissed him and walked away. Again ( Read more... )

As usual, Yuffie doubted that the general population would be able to comprehend the brilliance of her plan.

Sure, they'd had that big costume party about a month ago, and she'd found something for it and even had a little fun. And apparently this month's holiday from worlds she didn't know about involved eating a lot of food. Nobody would ( Read more... )

Some things are better practiced just as night falls, in the twilight where most people have given up and gone on in for the night.

Especially when those things have to do with the very touchy subject of testing whether or not one Gold Chocobo can do what she's been bred and hatched to do.

Yuffie tried not to chew nervously on her thumbnail. ( Read more... )

Johnny Storm's experienced weird, and the past week? Not it.

Well, it's normal weird, like Peter'd explained, but it isn't Fantastic Four weird, and that's all that really counts. In the macroverse one minute and on an island the next? Been there. Unconscious for days and had adventures all in his mind? Done that. (Though the Jersey part was new. ( Read more... )

The night is nothing short of blistering. Heat environs the car's two passengers even as the air conditioner whirs on tirelessly. Anabelle can feel each individual bead of sweat inching down her neck and along her spine, the fabric of her dress damp and well on its way to soaked. The bare skin of her arms presses against the old leather seat and a ( Read more... )

It wasn't like Yuffie had never lost anyone, even on this stupid hunk of ocean-humping rock ( Read more... )

Lee wasn't used to patrolling alone. Even back on Galactica, when he'd been alone in his viper for CAP, he'd had someone to fly his wing. Sheppard had been his IPD partner for over a year, and with him gone, things were...off ( Read more... )