"If everyone goes checking facts every time I open my mouth, where does that leave most of my conversation?"

How's my Horst? Sometimes he runs wild, so let me know.

FORTHCOMING

[Horst is awake after the event ends, and for the first time all week he heads outside. He hasn't had his PCD on, or if he has he didn't answer it. And in fact he's not planning to now, but the verdammt thing is in his jacket pocket ( Read more... )

[It's possible Horst is the happiest person in Adstring right now. He's outside, lounging on the grass, in the sun.]

[Horst is, as usual, up on the roof well after midnight. And he's stitching something that vaguely resembles this sock puppet.]

Severus, I don't suppose you could conjure up some thimbles? And maybe an apron and some curlers to complete my ensemble.

[He flashes a grin at the PCD.You know what this place needs ( Read more... )

[Horst is sitting on the wall, and he lies back and sets the PCD down behind him. It can catch sight of the moon overhead and, sometimes, Horst's hands. Sewing.You know, it's summer and I'm sleeping quite a bit more--consider it my hibernation period. But that's really not much of an excuse not to get to know all these newcomers, especially with so ( Read more... )

Shall we take bets on whether or not zombies are the worst thing we'll see this year?

[Horst is lounging on a couch near a fire, a book open and on his chest.I realized, with all the new arrivals especially, we have a pool of unusual skills here. Would anyone be willing to teach a few classes? For instance: I could teach...oh, bar tending. Card ( Read more... )

[Where is your favorite scruffy vampire tonight? Apparently he's out by the Taj Mahal.

He's exploring the doors, tapping the windows, and when he finally finds a safe way in the PCD skitters off his belt and turns off as it slides across the floor.]

[If there's one thing Adstringendum is good at, it's yanking people around. Where Horst had been laughing and giddy the night before, he's...well, not now.]

Mina was sent home. I'm sure those of you who knew here are aware, but....

[But he personally checked everywhere she could possibly have gone. Just in case. Hope springs eternal, they say ( Read more... )

[An hour before dawn, Horst's PCD clicks on. He's in the very small, windowless space he calls a room, but he's grinning. His voice is barely above a whisper, since this room--like the one in the church--is connected to Johannes's.Greetings, gentle viewers. I hope you haven't forgotten the previous lessons in the care and feeding of a necromancer. ( Read more... )