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Freyja is a big fan of the cute. She likes flowers, fluffy bunnies, and children. But turning people into flowers is more of a Greek thing, and if you turn people into fluffy bunnies you are ultimately left with more fluffy bunnies than anyone could want. And while Freyja is a staunch supporter of making children it takes so long before they ( Read more... )

At this moment, a scarlet-clad individual on horseback comes tearing across the mansion's grounds at an impossible speed. He zips through the garden, almost avoiding several rosebushes, and dismounts even before the horse has come to a full stop before the mansion's doors. When he is no longer racing along at a breakneck speed, it can be seen that ( Read more... )

Tom isn't the sort of person who can deal with things. After all the things that happened earlier, even after Richard came back, he couldn't live with himself. He had asked for help and got someone to magic his way out of it for him. He was a coward. He knew it. And now he was heartbroken over... over the end of a relationship not fit to be ( Read more... )

Somehow, in between periods of moping over the Ada crisis and avoiding the gentleman, Tom found out that Rosier was gone. He was, of course, delighted at this piece of news and had a small, celebratory glass of wine. It turned out to be a very good vintage and he couldn't resist pouring another glass to toast such excellent fortune. The two ( Read more... )

A very pretty young lady makes her way now into the main room, her eyes cast downwards, her white fingers toying fairly constantly with something attached to a chain about her neck. Her dress is suggestive of the 1850s, or thereabouts. She is pacing, and does so for several moments before coming quite suddenly to a stop. She jerks her head up and ( Read more... )

Whatever magic in the Mansion is keeping the dead alive? Has gone horribly, horribly wrong. Those who've been dead, then, before or after arriving here, are at risk of-- degenerating, as it were. Possibly the word we're looking for is decomposing. And suddenly, brains are looking more appetizing than ever before ( Read more... )

Edgar Huntly wakes in darkness, stark naked and with blood crusted on his chest--he has just ceased being a panther, and what had been to his animal self a safe den is to his human self a terrifying and all-too-familiar prison. Wildly groping his way free of the cave (fortunately, a faint prick of light reveals to him its opening), he flings ( Read more... )

Richard has finally reached a decision and thus decided to take Curio's advice. And so he has posted a notice on the bulletin board that simply reads:

If there are any here with power over love and desire, and might be amiable to an interview, I would be most interested in speaking with him or her. Please contact me at your convenience, and many ( Read more... )

Molly has been, more or less, mostly happy since arriving at the Mansion. But now she is feeling quite lost indeed. And as much as she hates the loss of control, she can't help the tears that are coming hot and fast, if quiet. She's in the first empty room she happened upon, trying not to be noticed, though those who pay attention might hear her ( Read more... )