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When Jack walks in tonight, he doesn't immediately see where he is; he's too busy trying to wipe water out of his face.  It started pouring outside just before he came in, and while his nylon jacket has saved his clothes from being soaked, there's water streaming out of his (somewhat longer than usual) hair and down his face.

He wipes the rain out ( Read more... )

[oom: Sometime after this, Annie tries to escape. She opens a door.]

There is a girl huddled on the floor, bound hand and foot in iron chains. She is barefoot, wearing a purple hospital shift and bruises up and down her body. Most noticeably, three tight rings mottle her upper arms in blue and green (the color of her eyes, if you care to make the ( Read more... )

Alex sleepily wanders into the bar, barefoot, bed-headed, and bewildered. He's wearing flannel pajamas, so it's obvious he's just woken up. He was going to get a glass of juice from his kitchen before showering ( Read more... )

The door opens to admit a trail-weary outlaw with a layer of burnt red dust clinging to his faded clothes ( Read more... )

In the late afternoon, the sun slants across the lake as it starts to set, the birds chirp in the trees as a light breeze ruffles their leaves and ripples the water of the lake--

BAM BAM BAM BAM

--and Jack's over at the range, getting in some target practice.

(He's quite well aware of what American holiday falls on this day in bar time.  He's been ( Read more... )

Munch is one of those people who doesn't go in for Father's Day. After all, if your father had made you the target of his constant physical and verbal abuse and then took the coward's way out by committing suicide, you wouldn't want to honor the man, either ( Read more... )

Ben, for his part, is mostly squelching a smirk as he scribbles on his half of the specials board.

Dead Man Walking
The Lazarus
Walking Dead

He glances at Dan once he's finished.

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 Jack didn't realize it was that time of year again, until he came down from his room yesterday and an explanatory screen popped up when he sat down at the bar.  After a moment of surprise, however, it didn't take Jack long to make his choice.  Last year's form is fine with him ( Read more... )

[OOM: March, 2014]

The door flies open to reveal Jack standing on the other side, looking rather alarmed.  It's not the sudden appearance of the bar that's put that expression on his face or at least not entirely.  Usually he'd be glad to see the bar, but not now.  Now isn't the time to get stopped by anyone he knows, and the last thing he wants is ( Read more... )