That was truly disheartening. To come back to training after just six weeks away, and to do so poorly--

It is not encouraging.

09 April 2007
Piotr's room

From the sheer selection of goodies arranged carefully on the plate Illyana carries on in hand, the other side of the plate cutting into her side to balance it properly, it seems that a considerably ( Read more... )

08 April 2007
Near the lake

It is a relatively dreary day outside, overcast and chilly, but this does not seem to be bothering Piotr overmuch. Seated some way above the lake on the sloping ground leading down to it with both legs crooked at the knees to prop up a board, he has brought outside a set of oil pastels and is currently smudging lines of ( Read more... )

24 February 2007
The Danger Room

That tantalisingly inactive button on the elevator that leads down to the lowest level of the basement has, for fifteen minutes now, been accessible to the student population to carry them down to the secret halls hidden well below the school, though what they find when they arrive may be something of a disappointment ( Read more... )

20 February 2007
The Comsys Room

For once, Kurt Wagner is not lurking in a dark corner waiting to teleport in on someone and scare them half to death. Instead, he is perched upon a chair in the ComSys room, both feet resting upon the seat and his tail swaying behind him to keep him balanced there atop the wheeled chair. He prods at a keyboard slowly ( Read more... )

22 February 2007
Illyana's Room

This week has seen Piotr slightly less glued to his sister's side than the two weeks previously, as the combination of increasing concerns at the school and decreasing fears that Illyana will suddenly vanish again have caused him to spend a little more time away. Nonetheless, he has still been a more than regular ( Read more... )

18 February 2007
Piotr's room

Though he has not been such a common sight around the mansion in the past few weeks as he usually is, the last few days have seen something of a return from Piotr, and for the second time this week he is staying at the school for a period of time longer than it takes him to run up to his room and grab something before ( Read more... )

Autumn 2001
The Woods

The woods are bright if chilly on this autumnal day, and all around there are birds singing in the trees; all the trees, that is, but one. This tree has been reduced to a stump by the industrious toil of an axe that now sits with its head buried in the ground next to a pile of long-dead but recently cut logs, and the axe's ( Read more... )

28 January 2007
The Subway

It is a relatively quiet day on the subway. Perhaps the weather outside -- cloudy and threatening rain at any moment -- is keeping people indoors, or perhaps the fact that it is currently not raining that has encouraged people to attempt to make their journeys on foot in the spirit of exercise and fresh air, or as fresh as ( Read more... )

26 January 2007
The Roof

The light is fading in the sky above Westchester County, although fading is perhaps too tame a word for the dramatic display of red and gold that is providing a cloud-scudded backdrop to the trees silhouetted against the horizon. Perched on the edge of the roof, looking out towards the lake, is the large figure of Piotr, ( Read more... )

Sorry for these being out of order, the transition between family computer, laptop and lab computer has played havoc on my having-logs-in-one-place-to-post-ness, but now I finally have them to post!

12 January 2007
The Airport

Winter in New York is still doing a relatively good job of convincing people that it is not, in fact, winter in New York, but ( Read more... )