Lottie wasn't going to need an email to tell her to look up and see that there were aliens. She had an excitedly barking dog and her own finely honed mystery instincts to do that for her ( Read more... )

Between the smell of food, the sound of party music, and the sight of a lot of bottles (some of them even non-alcoholic!), it was clear that the sixth floor was ready for a party. Far away from yurts, and more importantly, far away from people who might be interrupted by a bunch of food, music, and drinking ( Read more... )

Lottie sang a little popcorn song to herself as she danced around with a very large bowl of the stuff, shaking it about a bit to help distribute the butter and salt she'd put on it properly. She danced her way over to the couch where she flopped upside down and switched on the television ( Read more... )

The truth was, it wasn't the best day to be outside; the sky was gray and looked like rain. But even after most of a year outside the Circle, Anders still sometimes got an itch to be in the fresh air just to prove that he could, that no one was going to stop him from doing whatever hit his fancy ( Read more... )

It had been days of ceaseless hunting, and yet Cassandra was no closer to fulfilling the request that had been made of her. It was beginning to dawn on her that it was, perhaps, a fruitless quest, and that the chance that Anders had long since made up for the lost moss was considerable ( Read more... )

It felt like it'd been awhile since Nathan had cooked anything. It hadn't since he regularly did it but that was often over an open flame in the preserve. Today, he'd stopped into the common room and ended up in the small kitchen ( Read more... )

When Anders wandered into the common room to get breakfast, the TV was already showing a marathon of cooking shows. He settled in to watch one -- TV about pie went well with hot porridge -- and found himself learning far more than he'd expected about the upcoming harvest festival. Apparently pilgrims and turkeys were involved, and something about ( Read more... )

Tobias was up early--it was selfish to lay in bed and wait for others to serve you--and was in the common room working on breakfast ( Read more... )

After last night's bender, Edward had somehow managed to climb up several flights of stairs - only to forget which exact room he lived in. He'd stumbled into a couple of doors, then given up on the whole thing. The common room couches looked as comfortable as any bed, after all ( Read more... )

The day had been mostly uneventful, and Ichabod had left his room to enjoy whatever the television had to offer. Surely there had to be something that would make him roll his eyes at modern times? In order for the evening to be even more enjoyable he had bought ice cream, chocolate, strawberry and vanilla, and of course this should be enjoyed with ( Read more... )