The party was over. The only dead people walking the streets now were the ones who had been invited to the city by the hamsters.

Drusilla had enjoyed the last week. It had been bloody and chaotic, yes, but her heart - her dead and silent heart - had stirred with the thrill of it. She was bloody and chaotic, after all. She'd been able to kill and ( Read more... )

So -- how better to drown the trauma of a zombie infestation than by seeking gainful employment in the heady world of gift shop retail? Buffy Summers had been intending to hit the job search hard before the undead began to make nuisances of themselves (as they so often tend to do) and prompted her to go out and hit other things harder instead; ( Read more... )

The feed turns on at a slight angle, providing visual of Katherine slamming the door to her hotel room shut and striding over to a stout cherrywood credenza in hurried movements. Producing a heavy tumbler from the drawer along with a half-empty bottle of amber liquor, she tears out the cork and pours at least three fingers worth into the glass. The ( Read more... )

[ the tablet turns on to the sound of a hose.

...okay, a hose and bitching. stefan's voice is the first one heard. ]

It's in your hair, Damon.

[ damon sounds utterly unconcerned. ]

Fratellino, there are things in your hair right now I couldn't even name with an anatomy textbook open in front of me. Well, you shouldn't have slept through biology ( Read more... )

Jenny pops up on the tablet, haggard, exhausted, and in need of a long bath. She opens her mouth to speak, then closes it to clear her throat before trying again ( Read more... )

"...You’re getting off light ( Read more... )

The gates had held for almost a full day before a panicking infected Extra tried to get out. By the time River gets her tablet and puts it on visual, everything is dark. The only thing that can be seen in the emergency backup lights of the gift shop is her lower jaw dotted with dried blood (not hers, for the most part) as she whispers as loudly as ( Read more... )

Since everyone else seemed to be enjoying the change in weather, Amy decided to join in. Gone were the scarf and mittens, replaced with khaki shorts and a tank top, though at the moment she was also sporting a button down shirt, just until the mercury raised a few degrees more ( Read more... )

In one of the suites in the Taxon hotel, three female Extras are busy bustling about the space carrying bags and storing them in their designated places to set the room up while its new occupant lounges in a well-stuffed armchair, sitting sideways with her crossed legs dangling over the armrest. And why not? If Katherine Pierce could get someone ( Read more... )

Elena has really come to hate glitches, especially when they wreak havoc with the minds and bodies of her and those close to her. She'd thought that being glitched into a vampire would have been the worst of it, but at least that didn't make her forget the people she loves. Stefan's current glitch is tearing her apart inside. He's been treating her ( Read more... )