I arise today through the strength of Heaven ( Read more... )

The man known to most as Simon Black stood in the half-light of the library amid numerous boxes, carefully packed and sealed against the journey they would soon make. It was largely unnecessary - they would endure no rain, no jostling trucks and no airport baggage handlers. If something went wrong on this trip, no amount of packing would protect ( Read more... )

OOC note -

Half and half + vodka + kahlua + Hershey's Special Dark chocolate syrup = Peter is a fuckin' Genius

* headed into the sunset, all mad smiles and hard liquor *

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace ( Read more... )

1. Pick a word (or make one up, if you can think of a better one)
2. Pick the PC you want me to write about (yours, presumably)
3. Pick past, present, future, what could have been, or what could yet be
4. Profit.

For the regular Drabble list of words, look here.Additional words, specific to Black Arrow (or request your own word ( Read more... )

Kusanagi was in his hand even before his eyes had opened from deep meditation.

Someone approached the Walls.

And it was not someone he knew.

Arrows of thought pierced the illusion of space.

Serene in a robe of black, stark against the snows, the Adept stood before the Gates a lone defender.

Ray, if someone asks if you are a perfectedadept, you say, 'yes!'

Which movie was this quote from?

"Human affairs are like a chess game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like an earthen pot: only when it is shattered, does it manifest its emptiness." -Seneca

Or to put it another way:

"A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing." -Emo Philips

Few experiences in this life can equal the pride a teacher feels in a student who overcomes a hard lesson.

And can there be any act of which humans are capable that is more truly Divine than forgiveness?

Her words echoed my the warning of my intuition. She had found it - the gate and the key.

To see the world in a grain of sand
And heaven in a wild flower
Hold infinity in the palm of your hands
And eternity in an hour

To think I held it in my hands - not once, but several times! I swear by my life, and all that is holy: it shall not fall ( Read more... )