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Shanghai, Friday, morning local time, Oh God When? jet-lag-time
There was this about 5-star hotels; they stocked enough alcohol to make jet-lag tolerable. Unfortunately, Parker wasn't going to be able to take advantage of that until after her briefing of Triela, and set-up for Angelo's audit ( Read more... ) -
7G Temp HQ, Chicago, Wednesday night
"Kyle. If you blow up one more garbage dump, I will skin you. Angelo? Quit with the hacking of Wall Street. They're confused enough, and I'll take away your Pixie Stix. Yes, Ben, the FBI agent look suits you; when are you just going to quit and join them?" Parker paused, blinked. "Alex. I will put you down like a dog if you kill anyone or start a ( Read more... ) -
Miami, Florida: Sunday evening
So the two-month cruise and semi-honeymoon was officially over, and oh look: Jarod had gotten arrested ( Read more... ) -
The catamaran Daydream, Fandom harbor, Tuesday evening
As soon as the catamaran was moored, Parker got out the cellphone and placed the call.
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The catamaran Daydream, the Caribbean, very early Wednesday morning
"You're leaving?" Parker gave Jarod a glare that had him reaching for his life-jacket, as well as an anchor-line. "It's only been two months. Not even two months! Why the hell are you bailing?"
And the answer had better not be It's not working out with us. Or she was going to yank that jacket out of his hands before she threw him overboard again ( Read more... ) -
Fandom Harbor, late Thursday night
Parker had already called Drake, and was now contemplating calling Isabel to see if she could get Wyatt to orb her to the island for the next couple days. Why not? Being here was an impulse, but a good one. Maybe she'd call Zero and see about getting her a portal in for a day too ( Read more... ) -
The catamaran Daydream, mid-Atlantic, Wednesday night
Parker's nightmares had been an ongoing companion for over a decade now. She was used to them. They'd had additions to the family, little nightmares generated by her waking reactions to the big ones. Near misses and full grotesque errors and everything in between.
Tonight was the exception. ( Moonlight on ocean. ) -
Bristol, England; high tide, Monday morning
The Daydream was tied up at the dock, waiting for Parker to get on board. The rest of the catamaran crew-- friends from college, and a couple professional sailors she'd met while prepping for the trip-- were already getting ready to sail out of port as soon as she was on deck ( Read more... ) -
Dolphin Hall, St. John's College, Oxford, England - Sunday Afternoon
Soooo, Parker had graduated. There had been Pomp & Circumstance. There had been stupid hats, and stupider robes. There had been pieces of paper with her name on them, granting her the equivalent of a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese and a Bachelor of Science in Economics, with highest honors. (Damn right, given she'd combined the two for her thesis ( Read more... ) -
Dolphin Hall, St. John's College, Oxford, England
Parker had been sleeping for... a while. Okay, two days. She earned it, you bastards on the Orals Committee. She deserved to sleep pretty constantly since... Sunday? When they finally confirmed that yes, she would be graduating with two Firsts, yes, her father was attending, yes, she was done. Yeah ( Read more... )