On reflection, maybe she should have put the note up earlier. Before she actually started throwing her weight around. Before she actually started making decisions Zuko would have taken to the council. But now she faces actually talking to people, justifying herself, and... well, the usual issues that come with these meetings ( Read more... )

Out in the outermost fields of the Cooper farm, there is an epic discovery being made.

Penge the Otterpenguin stands on top of a molehill, surveying the entire field in front of him. He's been travelling for weeks, months, years to find this place, and now he has found the promised sanctuary!

We will rule over this land, he seems to be saying, ( Read more... )

The girls dropped off to sleep eventually, curled up together against Zuko's comforting warmth. Mel, having assigned herself the first watch, left them reluctantly, pulling a new shirt on instead of the torn one and dropping back down to Street level to gather her dropped stakes ( Read more... )

Stupid babies.

Stupid bed rest.

Stupid stupid Chinese readers ( Read more... )

There's a balance to be achieved between putting up with normal discomfort during pregnancy and recognising when something's actually wrong. You can either be blasé about it or panic at every little twinge ( Read more... )

She let the meeting finish, never once volunteering an opinion or an emotion ( Read more... )

No.

No, she can't believe it. She can't, she won't. She can't let her hopes rise. She can't lose him again. She can't trust anythingShe's in no hurry when she strides outside, towards the basketball courts. After all, the people who use it most are actually in the War Council, and she knows where you can't see anything from 103 ( Read more... )

Mel doesn't keep a diary. And she doesn't says some things out loud. So some things just don't make their way out of Mel's head. Not ever.

He was right. I have replaced him. I replaced him and I stand by that replacement. But every time I think about it, it tears me up inside. Because I still love him. And I hate to admit that I could love another ( Read more... )

[OOC: Aphartimed to after this, thanks to me being useless]

If this were Haddyn, Mel would have gone to a tav, got blindingly drunk and beaten up some unsuspecting pump. Or a tav full of them. Under other circumstances, she might have gone to Zuko, but he's preoccupied with his illness, and doesn't need to worry about it. And what would she say to ( Read more... )

She doesn't really know whether she shold be sulking or smiling when she comes in after talking to Sokka. They're nearly ready to go, to bring destruction down on the farm, to get rid of the threat once and for all, and to bring Erin home ( Read more... )