Remus didn't often visit the island memorial. He certainly had an appreciation for remembrance, and for honoring those departed, but he had no inclination to spend much time dwelling on past occurrences. Getting caught up in the past meant ignoring the present, especially when one had a past such as Remus' to reflect upon ( Read more... )

It was a gallant show of trust that Glitch actually got to do the laundry for once. Not that he could blame Cain for making him avoid the machines - they were fascinating for one, and taking one apart would probably get him in trouble. The other more obvious problem was that whole half a brain thing and sudden short-term memory loss that could pop ( Read more... )

Whenever everyone pulled together to do something like this, Dale was reminded just why they had something to celebrate. Tabula Rasa has begun as just a handful of people on an empty beach and everything it now was, was because of its residents pulling together and making something of their mutual situation ( Read more... )

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It was early that day when Lucy wandered down to the compound, earlier than she normally found herself outside and away from the house she shared with her sister and her husband and their child. She'd not slept very well the night before, taking a book and a sketch pad when she left; remembering first to leave a note so Susan wouldn't worry ( Read more... )

Picture me last Wednesday, on my cot, in my hut, slumped against the wall, knees clasped to my chest. I'd been crying, again, and my eyes were puffy, but I'd finally stopped. Instead, in the rising light of dawn, I'd stared at what I'd written on the wall, next to the green and gold bird mask from the ball that is the hut's only other decoration.

( How Polly Learned to Accept and Deal. )

Horatio glowered down at the kite in his hands. It was certainly nothing the kite had done to sour his mood, nor could any bit of wood and coloured paper fill a man so with dread as Horatio was today ( Read more... )

Spotted: S, B, and C, not letting a little thing like locale stand in the way of tradition. It may not be Manhattan, but that doesn't mean that our favorite expatriates won't be doing their best to pretend otherwise. The annual Masked Ball has started off with a bang - but will it end the same way? Somehow, we think the recent arrival of Lonely Boy ( Read more... )

There were only days to the masked ball, and Lucy was rather busy preparing herself. She'd packed away paints and glue and brushes from her art supplies, carrying them up to the compound and settling herself in the compound. She'd some tanned hides, and scraps of canvas, leaves and feathers she'd gathered, plus interesting bits of fabric all laid ( Read more... )

Peter has thieved away Lionel's camera ( Read more... )