( EARLIER TODAY. )

The whole show had relocated to Toronto. Envy's debut was creeping closer and closer, and with it, so was the opening of the Toronto edition of Gideon's Chaos Theatre. So, here they were. It was weird to be back here, in what had once been her university town, but Envy was working with it ( Read more... )

The events of the previous evening, post-everything, had been kind of a blur ( Read more... )

It was Saturday, 1 PM. (Yes, only a day had passed. Time was messed up these days.) It was raining in Toronto, which was why Envy was sharing an umbrella with Todd.

Well, Todd was holding it. But it was her umbrella.

( Honest Ed's! )

And so it was Friday in Toronto.

( Hello again, friend of a friend. )

Not too long had passed since they'd left the club. The night was short when someone had to leave in the morning. And not too much had happened, either. 'I just want to be near you' was what Envy'd said and it was about what had happened ( Read more... )

And yet another eventful couple of weeks in Toronto had passed. Complete with a visit to Iowa a universe away to see Jim off to his future. She'd gone back to Toronto after that, back to lectures and late nights. Back to band practice.

"I'm a supercilious sensation, I'm wearing your underwear!The three of them had played something for an audience ( Read more... )

A plus side of the multiversal time difference between Canada and Brazil: lots and lots of time to work on work things. It gave her ample extra time to cross-reference existing documents as she worked on Peter's draft. Even if it meant doing so on what felt like ancient technology compared to hom-- the Compound, and in a tiny, cramped dorm room ( Read more... )

This felt surreal. After the... several months Natalie had just had, taking a day or two to actually be away from Brazil and the Hegemony and Peter was just surreal. Knowing she was going to get to actually see Jim for the first time in over three months? Yeah, weird ( Read more... )

It was New Year's Eve, and time for Natalie to make up for the Christmas she'd managed to miss almost entirely. And what better place to do that than at a lovely upscale hotel, somewhere far away from almost everyone she knew?

Yeah, she was standing in the lobby of the Windsor Arms Hotel, win Toronto. She'd already handled check-in (including the ( Read more... )