( What a fascinating modern age we live in. )

With thanks to copinggoggles

Only so long a fight can last.

The outsiders had left on their lièzhì ship and that was pretty much it; whole lotta riled up townsfolk and not a place to vent their collective spleens. Town was only so big, and everyone owed a favour to somebody, or was related to somebody, or parked their Yínghuŏchóng on another man's strip, if ( Read more... )

The coin seemed to almost float over the back of the man's hand, dark fingers barely moving. Shadow was almost too young to comment on it, wasn't much of a one for talking as a kid anyway, just watched silently. The dark man in his tattered finery, black frock coat with buckles and badges and magpie sparkles, laughed without noise ( Read more... )

Sirius scanned the alley warily, alert for anything out of the ordinary - but then it was Dung who'd set this up, Dung's contact, so he could be in for anything. He snorted softly to himself. Even the way he phrased it in his head was precise, blameless, carefully chosen words that ignored the part where he'd offered Dung a daycap, and one for the ( Read more... )

There were knees in his tree.

This was odd on two levels, really.

First off, he'd never really known it was his tree, at least not consciously. It just was. Yo-less and Kirsty were above such things, Wobbler was... generally below it, and Bigmac's boots tended to get in the way. So it was his tree, and it was where he liked to think, when he ( Read more... )

Turned out America was a bit much for Maggie.

I guess I can see what she means; after 2000 years with nothing, the atmosphere in America was a little too bright, and too loud, and too much neon, and after that stop at Vegas...

Who am I kidding? I loved it. It was like everything I ever dreamed about, only my dreams never had this much ambition. ( Read more... )

Learning From the Master"Certainly, that'll be… no ( Read more... )

It isn’t a mirror. It is a mirror, and it isn’t a mirror. It might possibly be a mirror. Somewhere ( Read more... )

Buffy was breathing heavily, favouring her right leg, but from somewhere she managed to muster up a grin ( Read more... )

Two of a Kind ( Read more... )