[Fancy dinners still weren't her thing, but she'd learned to take the pampering for what it was, and just snicker through the sillier parts. Still. The idea of some holiday strawberry pastry thing (and so soon after stuffing herself on steak) was a bit too much. So an ultimatum for the poor, under-appreciated gentleman - a walk, and a casual ( Read more... )

[One wonders if the clerks of the lesser used, sometimes never seen shops of the hotel must get bored, and even welcome the troublesome, thieving residents that appear.

If so, the one nearby isn't batting an eye either way at the girl who eventually gave up asking him to pull out anything she spotted, and instead started sliding the displays open ( Read more... )

[One reason one should never wait until the last minute to do holiday shopping is you might not find it when you need to. It might be sold out, the mail-in could come too late, or you might get run over by a crazy lady and her cart in the department store.

Clearly, that is not a problem here. But another reason - which really she has no business ( Read more... )

[Business as usual, in the lobby area. No gigantic mazes, no festival stalls, no pitch darkness. All's pretty calm save perhaps the new day care nearby but that's another thread!

Except some people might find it weird Seiran's parked herself in a lounge chair near one of the halls, turning around to take a good look at anyone that comes by, before ( Read more... )

[First, the lights go out, just as she started soaking in the tub, leading to an awkward rummaging in the bathroom for towels and clothes.

Then she's stumbling through the apartment, trying to find a light switch, and turning around every other second because she swears she's hearing somebody talk, like they're calling to her.

And then when she gets ( Read more... )

[When most people of his time picture the after life, it tends to involve sunlight. There's also some very nice fields, quite similar to the ones that line the nile banks.

But there's someone who looks like some strange mix between the thief king and Jonouchi Katsuya pulling himself off from the floor with a groan, and what he's seeing is definitely ( Read more... )

[Life has been pretty good for Brunch of late. He made a fun new friend a useful and intriguing ally, and thinks he's seen marked progress in his own dueling ( Read more... )

[She didn't ask for this to show up. She didn't even muse over what's appeared. But maybe it's a special occasion. Maybe the hotel sensed her need for a little normalcy, after what she's been hearing. Maybe it just wanted to prove her wrong about being untrustworthy via bribery of the normal hotel service variety.

It just might work.

To a girl who ( Read more... )

[[Inspired by comments on old posts and Edinburgh Park, I'm throwing in three muses for my one-year anniversary! But don't worry, they're all separated, so no need to poke them all. =3]]

[The Dressing Room might be known for the odd quirk and making something spark up out of nowhere, but right now - somewhere between the cafe and the arcade, there's ( Read more... )

[Trying to manage finding something - and particularly someone - can be quite a challenge about here, can't it? Especially when one doesn't know where to look.

But at least Seiran's caught by now that it's better to stay in one place than run about looking in that case, right?

Not that staying still makes the wait any less of a worry, what with the ( Read more... )