((I'm so sorry for flaking out on you in the middle of this. School has been insane, but I can post as I get time at least!))All three foes of Shiwan Khan had been correct in their statements that Khan would not be silent much longer. There was yet another passage of time where things remained quiet. The younger Shadow kept his distance from New ( Read more... )

Only Khan could orchestrate such a complete disappearance of his forces. Crime in the city returned to normal, the presence of Mongol warriors and naljorpas faded into the shadows of Chinatown, and all seemed quiet. There had been no more probing or plotting from Khan, so it seemed.
( A new presence makes itself known within the city. )

It's been snowing off and on in the past week, making the sidewalks a treacherous mix of disgusting brown slush and slick ice. Due to working in his alternate's world, The Shadow's missed most of the bad weather, but he's taking the day to catch up on things in his own city. After last night's fight with Khan's men, followed by packing up the ( Read more... )

Ichi gets a text message a few days after he's come to New York, in The Shadow's voice. He's supposed to expect a delivery of food and clothes by an agent, and he's not allowed to mention the Nexus. He is encouraged to practice his English, though ( Read more... )

Although between keeping tabs on crime in his own world and pursuing Shiwan Khan in his alternate's The Shadow has little time left over for anything else, he still makes time to set up something for Ichi when he hears the other man is injured. Moving him from all he knows to an apartment in a time so far beyond his own is not an easy procedure, ( Read more... )

Khan does not make any moves against The Shadow during the next 48 hours. Crime seems to subside, giving the police a much needed breather to catch up on paperwork and do some high quality investigating, but even the dependable instincts of Cardona are unable to turn up anything beyond the fact that crime was on the rise, and something sinister ( Read more... )

There is almost a week of time that passes, where hardly a clue to Khan's whereabouts is to be found, but crime is on the rise, and that in itself is reminiscent of events that have played out in the past for the Old Tiger. It seems the shifty mastermind is keeping almost uncharacteristically low after his challenge and the failed attempt on The ( Read more... )

Myra sat in the apartment of Helen Menz, dressed as a woman of the era. She had a kettle on the stove and a couple cups set out. She'd managed to stop by a specialty shop in Chinatown, but the teas had changed since her own era, and she made due with what she could find ( Read more... )

For the Old Tiger, an extensive report complete with a duplicate of Sayre’s document, and other information appear within the Rettigue apartment. It contains many details, and also, the thoughts of the younger Shadow. ( Read more... )

When last the two Shadows met, it was an uncertain, wary encounter in the younger world. The apartment carefully shrouded in black was as much a sign of distrust as any body language, although in a first meeting nothing less than caution was expected ( Read more... )