Streets of Hope

Vargas spared the two men a grin as he put his headset on. "Books and covers, gentlemen," he said, once the comms system enabled him to speak over the plane's revving engines. "I'm not Jameson, not exactly in it for bragging rights, but - let's just say I should be enough." Switc...

Carrie shrugged and shoved a bit of a sunny-side-up egg in her mouth. "Don't know. Theta, maybe? I wasn't worked on by the same guy as these two," she said, glancing back at Three, "and it isn't like they give us a printed manual. I know Jenkins is pure destruction, Aidan's more the S...

The Squid gave Abe a sideways glance. "Did I come on too strong? Ooof . Sorry about that; this social interaction thing is a bit weird for me, I won't bore you with the details, but - no . You're not in any immediate danger. If you hear something that should make you wake up or something weird ...

Three returned the wink as Ming passed, Carrie settling with quiet observation in the immediate. Once the groups began to pour in, she offered her beau an articulated, if silent "Really?" to which Drake replied with a shrug and a careful observation of what remained of his pot pie. When Ma...

Nereus finished his plate and then set it aside, zipping the gun's carrying case back up after replacing the object inside. Standing up, wearing the only Renewal-sourced item he'd allowed himself to pack, which was a set of pajamas, he approached Meris. "I know," he said, as soothingly as ...

The night was uneventful, tense and far too short. Nereus had hoped that he'd share a bed with Meris, but Archie had followed in Three's established logic, making it obvious that clustering would've been tactically unsound, in the immediate. The old servants' quarters were theirs for the night, and ...

Abe would have a while, a few minutes to spend soaking in the kind of mundane tranquility that wasn't typically the province of dreams. After the shock of it all would've passed, it would be obvious that this place didn't exactly magnify Tel Aviv, his memories were doing most of the heavy lifting. L...

The voice on the other end of the line was chipper, obviously masculine, as sunny as the weather outside - and familiar, while still impossible to exactly place... "Nope! I'm sorry Abraham, I'm not the network admin you're thinking of, but I am another one, so to speak. Hauser's not aware of it...

Abraham Zahavi likely had his own little nocturnal routine. He'd brush his teeth, pick up after himself - do whatever it was someone of his stature did once outside of his friend's shadow and in his own private two or three rooms. Falling asleep might've seemed difficult, considering what he'd been ...

Nereus' tentacles briefly clipped through the Veil of his feline appearance, his "ears" briefly flattening in embarrassment. "Oh, of course, I-" he started, a bit of a dejected chuckle trailing behind. He'd stabilized a few seconds later and settled with a more obvious nod. "...