Thanksgiving had been... interesting. But in a mostly good way, until Lilly discovered her cable wasn't working. This happened occasionally, reception being a little extra tricky post-end of universe and all.

Unfortunately, this time it had happened right before a three-day marathon of Tentacles of Our Waves and Lilly was so not about to miss ( Read more... )

Sam's lazing on a sofa by the fire, alternating playing cats-cradle and juggling with shining magics, so that it looks like his hands are full of rainbow. He's chatting to Father Mulcahy, who has a nearby seat and looks slightly nonplussed but bemused, his eyes following the occasional especially bright flicker. He has a notebook in hand, pen ( Read more... )

Kaylee stares at the note in her hands.

(This is, hands-down, the best news she's had in months. Several of them.)

Then, with an ear-splitting grin -- first one in a long, long time -- she seats herself and says, half-laughing, "Rum ( Read more... )

The boots up on that table are high-heeled, strappy, and rather alarmingly pink ( Read more... )

Father Mulcahy sits in an armchair tonight, busily bent over the crossword on his knee. Every so often, he pauses to press the tip of his pencil to his tongue and stare at the empty boxes ( Read more... )

Even Time Lords get care packages. This one is from her third cousin, twice removed, on her mother's side, and it came this morning while Romana was getting her breakfast together. It looks like a multicolored box, but really it is a puzzle, with the package inside as the reward.

No, Gallifreyans don't even give uncomplicated giftsRomana is ( Read more... )

You know, what's the good of having preternaturally fabulous weather if you aren't going to take advantage of it?

And furthermore, what's the good of having a sharkless lake if you're not going to take advantage of that?

And what's the good of giant squid in that sharkless lake if you don't occasionally descend to the depths to taunt them ( Read more... )

There are many doors in Fowl Manor. Artemis Fowl the Second, of course, has known of this for a very long time and not even the hidden doors, and there were many of those as well, manage to surprise him.

In fact, he knew the two hundred acre estate quite well. It would be a silly thing not to know the grounds that you lived on, after all. But ( Read more... )

Carmela's current outlook on life is revolving on that annoying getting up to go to work in the mornings thing. Did someone miss the memo that it's summer? And that's it's the weekend after Fourth of July? Some people have been exercising their rights as Americans to stay up until godawful hours ( Read more... )

Mia is sitting in a booth with her usual pot of tea.

She's not particularly sad, but not particularly happy. Neither high nor low. Not a terrible state to be in, all things considered.

Company, as always, is welcome.