Spike had learnt, long ago, that one of the best ways to deal with tension was a good physical fight. The problem was ever since Faith had disappeared he'd been without a regular sparring partner. He wasn't going to let that get him out of practice, so he still worked out nearly every day, aiming kicks and punches at a palm tree ( Read more... )

While perhaps it was not an occasion to rival the dances she and her sisters had attended at home, Jane was very much proud of this, her fourth endeavour upon the Island. It was very much alike in the setting as her previous gatherings had been with food and drink aligning the sides of a space portioned for dancing and with the aid of radios, they ( Read more... )

The only thing that could make this day worse was if Asher's pretty prancing horse decided it needed to take Wednesday for a ride ( Read more... )

Anita finds the latest 'Anita Blake' book. As if this isn't bad enough Freddy has read the others. He decides to ask a few questions and things go downhill from there.

Thread is still ongoing. PG-13 for a tiny bit of language. Dated to March 11, 2008.

Despite the pain, or maybe because of it, Daniel almost felt home again. It had been a long time since he’d had a concussion and an even longer time since he’d had a broken bone. Still, by the time he’d gotten to the clinic, he’d already been able to give his own diagnosis. The concussion was easy. The headache, the nausea, the way he couldn’t keep ( Read more... )

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There's a certain amount of love that goes into each dish a chef prepares. Sure, there's the usual desire, longing, absolute need to get as much of it as you can before it's out of your life, but the thing is, for good food, we'll do a lot to find it and then keep it in our lives. And to please people with good food, well...there's just no letting ( Read more... )

Unacceptable. Everything about this place was utterly unacceptable. The clothing, the lack of slaves, or even servants, the food, the fact that she was forced to sleep in what they termed a 'crash room ( Read more... )

The island had done it again. Whether it was pure chance or benevolence none of them would ever know, but somehow, someway, the place had seen fit to give them all booze again ( Read more... )

When Anita had woken up that morning it hadn't taken her long to realize that something was different. Instead of sleeping on top of a comfortable collection of sheets and comforters and all that she had gotten from the clothes box she was actually on a real bed. At first had come confusion as she had leaned her legs over the side of the bed and ( Read more... )