Arthur Nielsen hates Christmas.

He hates the decorations, he hates the consumerist hype, and he really hates the godawful music that he's been subjected to since Thanksgiving. Coming to work for the Warehouse just added a new layer of horror to the season, what with various solstice- and Christmas-related Artifacts. (Artie still can't listen to " ( Read more... )

Out of Milliways:

It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.

Spoilers for Warehouse 13 episode 1x11, "Breakdown."

[tinytag: Lt. Mark Hoffman, Myka Bering, Rory Williams. Thanks to everyone who participated, and regrets that we couldn't actually finish the group plot of awesome.]

A Man in Black is coming through the Door glowering at a digital readout screen in his hands, which is how the Door manages to slam shut behind him before he looks up to see:

"Ah, shitHe stomps over to Bar and brutally takes a seat. (No, really, 'brutally' is just the word ( Read more... )

In and around Milliways this morning, one finds:

a piece of software at the Bar with an energy shake and a VidWindow;
a pregnant woman at a table covered in electronic bits;
a Warehouse agent in a booth with a crossoword puzzle;
a combat droid tromping through fresh-fallen snow by the lakeside;
and a black cat curled up on the seat of the armchair ( Read more... )

The door swings open and in, letting in the tail end of a conversation ( Read more... )

Nobody has yet warned Artie Nielsen of the potential consequences of entering Milliways on or near a holiday. He's about to find them out the hard way.

As he steps into Milliways, the first thing he notices is his glasses vanishing. "What--?" He gropes at his suddenly clean-shaven face, ears and nose that aren't shaped quite right, and what on ( Read more... )

Do you know what’s fun? This strange little thing Teller found inside one of the chairs by the fireplace. This thing is a lot of fun.

The various little fuzzy things around the bar like to chase after the beam, which is entertaining for a while.

Even more entertaining is how much the small, green dot seems to annoy other people. Now that is ( Read more... )

Certain times of year are busier than others, in the Warehouse. Not necessarily holidays, as one might expect. Oh, sure, there tends to be a spike in Artifact activity around Halloween, Christmas, and a few saints' days--but there's also one when Mercury is in retrograde, and when the third moon of Saturn is aligned with the Vermillion Bird of the ( Read more... )

Back home, it's Christmas. More specifically, it's a really good Christmas. Adrian Shephard hasn't had one of those in a while, what with difficulty getting leave from Santego way back when Santego still existed and then the whole thing with the aliens and all. So he's been in a good mood for a good while now ( Read more... )

(OOMery:

the anvil is always the last thing to hit
the trick is not to be under it

Spoilers for Warehouse 13 episode 1x10, all the way through.)