Bert had been on his way to the dining room when the explosion happened. He wasn't at ground zero, but he wasn't too far from it. The floor shook violently and bits of rock were crumbling down. There was one of the maids carrying a basket of laundry coming the opposite direction when the blast occurred. As unsafe as the wall was, he still held it ( Read more... )

Ken braced himself against the wall when he heard the first explosion, followed quickly by the rest, and the rumble of the wall breaking and falling. The floor shook, or maybe he was shaking. It really worked. He wasn't sure it would. He wasn't sure he wanted it to. There was no taking it back now ( Read more... )

Gunter had been doing a lot of research that day. His discussion with his double the day before was productive, but there were still a lot of things to look at before he could confront her directly. He still found thrill in reading, but the materials were rather boring and he found himself dozing off throughout the day. He had opted to take a break ( Read more... )

Julia entered the garden around noon, with one of the former Julia's books which she had relocated from her previous stay in the castle. She settled herself in the center, under a tree, and read, and got a feel for the movement of people wandering in and out of the space ( Read more... )

Hube was crouched in place. It was something he excelled at doing. He could blend into the surrounding just by standing perfectly still and watching.  It might be a disconcerting thing for someone who might be used to seeing nothing there. He was feeling a little something in the air that morning but with Nyssa offline he couldn’t do a scan ( Read more... )

The sun was much higher than he liked when Ken slipped away from the wall. He had been out in the garden all night, crouched along the wall in the dark, seeking out the weak spots Julia had told him about, planting the delicate little bombs he had constructed the day before. Julia had been impressed that he knew how to make them; he almost wished ( Read more... )

Ok, so OOC Julia seems to have some sort of functional PC, so the event on day 85 is a go ( Read more... )