Pity no one ever bothered to include this on someone's "required readings" list...

'If another man places his life in your hands then you are responsible for that man's life. And if he offers you his life and his mind and his heart - then you are responsible for everything... Every man that comes under your hand is your responsibility. And once he ( Read more... )

Why was it, no matter where one went these days, more and more people seemed to be paired off already? The best looking, the best dressed, and the most personable ones almost always were. That left rather slim, and often distasteful, pickings for the rest of us.

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The fate of the world rests on your shoulders. Gather up your belongings, and come to the reconstructed Hyperion hotel at 10 PM, two weeks from Thursday. Should you choose to ignore this request, our thoughts are with you, and we hope the end of your world is not a sad one.I read the mysterious missive Rupert found addressed to him, among the rest ( Read more... )

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What a ghastly little man they've sent to work with Rupert. Better him than me, but better I didn't have to suffer Rupert after one of his encounters with said G.L.M. They really need to add a remedial etiquette course to the curriculum at the Watchers' Training Academy (and change the name of the place, for a start - it sounds like something run ( Read more... )

Right. My father. Yes, that is another story, and not a very pleasant one.

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I had to take off for a while after the whole egg incident. So what if I played an integral part in destroying the thing, helping the Slayer, blah blah blahblahblah. Don't they realise if I'd been able to think of a way to get Rupert out of there by himself, I could not have cared less what happened to the rest of them? Fortuantely, this being ( Read more... )

It seems as though my spell has worked in a backhanded manner, after all. Rupert still doesn't appear too terribly happy about realising that he does love me, after all, in spite of everything, but I expect time and a bit of TLC will take care of that, right enough. I'm just happy to be with him again, even if I do have to play nursemaid when he's ( Read more... )

Nice little Samhain present... the latest issue of Parabola ("Myth, Tradition and the Search for Meaning" according to the sub-head) is devoted to Chaos [and order, but that's neither here nor there]. Just as one example, this Abraham Isaac Kook (unfortunate name, but what can one do?) seems like an insightful fellow. He writes in his article " ( Read more... )

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