River is settled on the floor of the bar, near the open lake door. She's barefoot and crosslegged, and the wall would be at her back if she weren't bent forward enough to rest her elbows comfortably on the floorboards. The breeze from outside lifts her hair slightly every so often, and ruffles the pages of the book she's reading ( Read more... )

Mal's walking into the bar at the end o' the 'verse just now, and by the looks of things, he has a Plan.

Not as good as a Way, but he tries.

Mandarin Calligraphy, for Sale, Trade, or Because I Feel Like It

At least he's to the point.

[*Rogue Spaceship Captain. Ask Lilly Kane ( Read more... )

Ace likes to collect bits of this and that she finds along the way. Usually it's broken (sometimes it's her fault), which means she spends a lot of time tinkering with things that really aren't from Earth. Or from the twenty-first century. Right now she's at a table, her toolbox open on top, as she tinkers with a squarish machine that's she's ( Read more... )

Delysia is still very, very new to the concept of Milliways. Last time she arrived here (no matter how many nice people she met), she almost arrived in her dressing gown and oh, the scandal that might've been ( Read more... )

It's been ten days.

( SPOILER ALERT )

For all that it's summer, it's still Scotlandish, and evenings are still chilly.

So Sam's sprawled out on a rug in front of the fire, spinning magic for Shreddie (who is still very much a kitten, over a year since Sam rescued him) to chase.

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An eighteen-year-old Minerva is watching them; she's sitting up very straight in a comfy chair with a ( Read more... )

There is a Small Mutant outside, sitting on the jetty and dangling her feet in the lake as the kite she's holding pulls fitfully at its string from ten feet or so up. She's contriving to look bored, sulky and pensive all at the same time ( Read more... )

There are reasons why someone might consider Jono lucky; not many, but they're there. From time to time, he even considers himself lucky; he's alive, after all. There are many more reasons to consider him unlucky; his lack of torso being one of the most immediately evident among them ( Read more... )

Boo is amazingly gifted at sneaking away from adults when she really wants to. She's small and sneaky that way. Not that adults aren't helpful. After all, how else will she increase her sippy cup collection? (She has not discovered the wonderful generosity that is Bar ( Read more... )

...Well, Molly's bored. As might you be, had you been Bound in Milliways for a full year and a half ( Read more... )