Had a sister once. Older, more your world than your parents. She used to kiss your hurts better, one feather-light to the corner of your mouth and it always worked. For her own, she liked to play with razerblades, said it helped with the pain. You tried it once, but couldn't understand ( Read more... )

Living vicariously doesn't remotely compare.

[Private to Simon]
Need to talk to you about something.

Brush it off like it's nothing. Just move on.

...warm today.

[Filtered to Kaylee]
What do you think?

Some of our best work is done when they're asleep.

But it's not your rutting playground.

I don't know the words I'm sorry.

Volumes, so many different threads, connected here. Were we all to go home, is there a choice or are we tagged and coded for return? No visits. No forced entry. No trades ( Read more... )

Just as expected, the intercom system clicks on today-- Not so expected, however, is the familiar, mousy voice of Candy Whitman addressing the masses:

"G-Good afternoon, everyone. Today is Saturday, February twenty-fourth, and the current time is one'o'clock P.M.. Now for a quick status report; Solanum levels are 'Moderate but Non-Threatening'. ( Read more... )

Can't breathe, no need for breath after the end, but the want's there anyway nothing to do but watch and gag, hundred years to go by and no one's coming for us.

Got to get out.

Got to get out, careful going down. Careful, careful.

Don't want her staying in, seems like.

I'm going to have to take special care of my toes.

[Filtered to Simon]
You're going to have to learn to be more forward.

[Filtered to Greed - visible to Kaylee]
Supposed to introduce you to someone.

[ After literally scouring Veles for the materials he needed to make his "bouquet of bones" and finding out the Nyu was not a good person to hang around acquiring a bottle of wine from somewhere, Greed walks up to River's apartment and knocks once, twice, three times before he just stands there waiting for her to open the door. ]

Oi, Riv! You wanna ( Read more... )

The situation is problematic. Shared space, they're unlikely to recognize the necessity of defenses. Less likely to take you where the walls can hear, but not impossible, and disappearing's got to be fought at all costs, even if your fingers are supposed to come back in the end. Who's to say they won't keep what they find if what they find is ( Read more... )