You know, I have absolutely no idea why the snow makes me so happy. It's not like I grew up with it. There's not any warm memories tucked away of sleigh rides or trudging through it to pick out our tree or building a snowman outside on my folks lawn. In Texas we're just as likely to string lights over a nearby cactus somewhere. But that doesn't ( Read more... )

Is it strange?

[There's a pause here, because for someone that is so friendly with words? For once the right ones seem hard to find]

To feel the loss of something you never even wanted in the first place?

[Yes, she's talking about Illyria here. Now that attacks and expeditions are over? The realization of what is gone is falling catching up with

[She's been a bit quieter than usual lately, coming of that extended nap. Then Wesley's attack. Not to mention the loss of Spike and Charles -- the other Charles. But really, Fred can only stay silent for so long]I feel like I should be getting a report from everybody. About what I've gone and managed to miss. Which, you know, included most of ( Read more... )

[At first there's just the rustle of bedding, following by a distinct thud as a journal is knocked off the nightstand and lands open-ended on the floor. Then there's a quiet hum -- that warm, wakeful sound that always seems to come out of a body after a good bit of sleep. It elongates as Fred does the same, stretching out and then curling to one ( Read more... )

( Team Angel )

( Wesley )

[Having finally found some free time, Charles and Fred had finally decided to stop putting off the date they'd been planning for close to a month. Wheeling himself out of the elevator, Charles wheels himself down the hall. He'd cleaned up as best he could, as he'd refused the help of the ghosts this time, but his was nevertheless smartly dressed in ( Read more... )

[It's not anything she can explain really. A passing thought that other thoughts and words hadn't been exchanged in a while now. A sense of something less. A void that shouldn't be there, but has somehow crept up all the same ( Read more... )

[Who: (1) Host, (4) Judges, (8) Chefs.

When: August 20, 2011

Where: The kitchen

What: EXTREME Iron Chef Cook-off!

Why: EXTREEEEEEEEEEME]

((ooc | Sections {Subsections} [linked to as they go up]:

Insert EXTREME opening theme here { Find your station and your partner! and a Message from your Famboyant Host}
Cook-off! { 90:00, 60:00, 30:00, 05:00 ( Read more... )

( Kaylee )