(OOM: Conversations with (Un)Dead People )Physical and emotional exhaustion had been the flavors of the day. SOF had been questioning all of Charlie's employees about Paulie's disappearance, when they had last seen him, etc. Pat and Theo had given Rae some pointed looks and unsubtle comments about how tired she looked, but she couldn't even rise ( Read more... )

Balthazar Blake comes back inside from a brief stint outside to get some fresh air.

"... What."

The door opens to messy bedroom and the sound of a woman yelling through the room's closed door. Berating. Haranguing. All those fancy words for someone yelling at someone else. The young woman wandering through the door, clearly the target of the yelling, promptly slams the door behind her, cutting off the sound as suddenly as it had begun ( ( Read more... )

(Not-Really-OOM: A conversation between master and apprentice pseudo-father and pseudo-daughter friends acquaintances-with-complications takes a nose-dive towards the rocky slopes of conflict as personalities and expectations clash between Sunshine and Balthazar.

They almost pull out of free-fall at the last moment, but not soon enough to salvage ( Read more... )

Milliways' October daylight is not nearly as strong as the summer sun back in New Arcadia. Nevertheless, Sunshine is out on the lawn by the lake, where Balthazar had burned the Merlin's Circle into the grass. Her blue blanket is stretched out nearby, with the Encantus propped open, and huge cup of tea off to the side.

The blanket, book, and tea ( Read more... )

Your boyfriend being loving and understanding and staying out of your business, not asking any uncomfortable questions despite this being the one situation where you really need to be able to talk about things openly ( Read more... )

Yrael sighs when he sees the napkin appear instead of the plate of fresh fish he'd ordered.

"I see the price of a meal has gone up considerably."

An answering napkin appears.

"No need to get snippy," he replies, wry, resting a hand on the bar top. "I didn't say I wouldn't do it. Go get some rest ( Read more... )

The door opens to the deep, oddly electronic sound of plasma and girly screams ( Read more... )

(OOM: It has been ten years.

To the day.

And here's something the fable left out:

That urn also counts to the second.The front door is flung open and someone enters at a near run - someone with a leather trenchcoat and entirely too much jewelry and a thing for classy leather shoes ( Read more... )

(OOM: Millitimed before this and this, but after this, Sunshine catches Balthazar not'brooding in the bar. Determined not to leave him like that, she works to distract him.

Tourism ensues.)

(Spoiler warnings for Sorcerer's Apprentice in the first two links. Warnings in the last link for cinnamon rolls, snark, rings, vegan Korean food, and ( Read more... )