On the last night of the old year, a change has come over the main rooms of the mansion. Decorations have been hung, bowls of confetti stand ready, noise makers and party hats are scattered throughout the rooms. There are tables laden with food, ranging from light snacks to rich desserts. Other tables hold drinks, from enough bottles to make any ( Read more... )

( Cut for possible spoilage... )

It has taken time for this to happen, for the Dark Lord to gather it all, his influence of that which is not Arda but close enough to it, that which he hates about all else for the light of it remains a beacon ( Read more... )

Sure there was the fact that he may be a dad, and the fact that Superjail II will be hard work to get off the ground. But The Warden didn't care, he had a partner, a person that did not think his ideas were far-fetched and even... 'crazy'. She even was willing to help him out, the wonderful woman ( Read more... )

Justin is a mess. Watching Vivien die hit him hard. And he's feeling guilty as well, because those twins needed a caregiver and he didn't step up to the plate. He wasn't being entirely selfish though; being an only child with no experience with babies, he had no idea what to do with them, and there were far more qualified people to care for the ( Read more... )

( Like a (Godly) BOSS... )

There are some days in which Harumi is fine with being in the mansion, and there are other days in which she doesn't even come out of her room ( Read more... )

The day had finally arrived and the weather had decided to be perfect ( Read more... )

It hurts. Not that Ruby didn't expect it to; she made that knife herself, and she made it to hurt. She'd also entirely expected Dean to turn it on her as soon as he got through that door, but she didn't flinch. She'd done what she had set out to do; if Lilith could engineer her own death out of loyalty, her most loyal handmaiden could hardly do ( Read more... )

Tom's been at the Mansion for just over a year now. He's only a few months shy of his seventeenth birthday. Thinking about it makes him feel weird. If he were still at home, going to school, he'd be doing his first year of HSC, maybe even thinking about what unis offered the best fashion courses. He's always wanted to study in London or Milan, ( Read more... )