Whiff.

So. Sari signed up for the baseball game in the middle of the month.

Whiff.

Thing is, she's never actually played baseball except in video-game form. So, obviously, she needs to practice.

Whiff.Thus far, her practicing has consisted of getting a bat and ball from the Bar, going out back, tossing the ball into the air, and attempting to ( Read more... )

Someone has sent Mary Lennox a message.Mary Lennox is not the kind of young lady who keeps hurt to herself, in a stoic and dignified fashion; Mary Lennox is not the kind of proper young lady who keeps herself under control. Even if she were, she would have trouble doing so now ( Read more... )

When your schooling consists of daily lessons with a live-in robot tutor (does it count as 'live-in' with a robot?), the concept of 'summer vacation' doesn't mean a whole heck of a lot. To her, the changing of the seasons just means a change in temperature and fewer reruns on TV ( Read more... )

"The Cosmotron 5000 traverses light-years and centuries in the blink of an eye!" Ed announces. She is holding an object that is, at a guess, a miniature space ship kludged together from various Lego sets. She's waving it around to simulate a turbulent trip through space (or possibly time ( Read more... )

♩ ♪ ♫ ♩

Sari's sitting cross-legged on the couch over by the fireplace, a bandage wrapped around her right hand and a xylophone set across her lap.

♫ ♩ ♫ ♩ ♩

It's hard to say whether she's trying to learn a particular tune or just playing notes at random.

♫ ♫ ♩ ♩ ♩

Sari hasn't been in Milliways for a few weeks.

This is mostly due to the birthday she had recently. Or, more specifically, what she got for said birthday.

She comes bopping in the front door, dancing and humming to a tune no one else can hear.

((OOM: Back in his own world, Momiji hosts some Milliyoungsters at the Sohma family hot springs, complete with pingpong and food and big, steamy, splashy baths!))

[OOM, present day, the desert outside Barstow: " They're heeeeeee-eeeere....Ironhide stumps through the door with an odd sound like the THX noise played in reverse. He glances around at the assembled organics, grunts to himself, and makes his way over to the Bar. Once he gets a sizable glass of Singha beer, he settles in at one of the stools and ( Read more... )

Dixie-cups of liquid chocolate are arrayed across Parker’s table this evening. Arranged in neat ranks and files, each set is marked with a small tent card denoting a particular flavor.

A new company has sent several complimentary tubs of their product to Everything Nice in the hopes of scoring some business. Chocolate body paint is a solid seller ( Read more... )

[Out of Milliways: "I dunno, maybe somethin' sweet... somethin' pretty... somethin' loud." Dialogue lifted from Transformers Animated Episode 10, "Sound and Fury."]

Okay, so Sari and Bulkhead didn't get do a whole lot of toy shopping today. But they kicked a supervillain's butt, and that's even better. Thus, Sari's feeling pretty good as she comes ( Read more... )