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Next Day
Jan. 20th, 2012
We Didn't Start the Fire (Yet)
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
12:10 am
(
Heraclitus Jones has better things to do than wait, and Annie has nothing else.
)
Haunted By Blue
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
12:19 am
(
There will be no fresh air for his lungs tonight.
)
I Will Not Last the Night
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
12:27 am
(
Dawn has a vague warning for Jemesk.
)
Lunch Break
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
12:32 am
(
Was there ever such pleasant company so difficult to endure?
)
And Sometimes the Chess Board is You
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
12:36 am
(
Jemesk goes over his options. Annie helps. Kind of.
)
Black Coffee
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
12:52 am
(
'Come out of the shadows, miss, you look like a child caught red-handed,' Holly said, and Carrie complied. 'Oh. One out of two's not bad for a first try, hm?'
)
A Good Man is Hard to Find
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
01:09 am
(
Cliff is presented with a choice that's really an ultimatum.
)
I Dreamed at Night of Growing Wings
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
01:11 am
(
And suddenly she's flying.
)
Romance in the Dark
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
01:15 am
(
People die, and Holly gets lucky. She tries not to think about that, though.
)
Tuesday
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
01:20 am
(
Helene has these little moments sometimes. Lucidity isn't quite the right term.
)
Ducks to You
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
01:46 am
(
Cygnelius appears to have a weakness for the relentlessly, stupidly noble sorts, and Melmans in particular.
)
Buried Alive
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
01:50 am
(
Lysandro is one with the cold tonight.
)
The Wrong Kind of Drafted
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
01:54 am
(
The year is 1933, and Cyprian's floristry, once the most requested in the Midwest, is failing horribly. Then along comes a blonde bombshell with a silver tongue and a Colt .45, and life gets a lot worse.
)
The Trouble With Kidnapping
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
01:58 am
(
Jack Briggs really wishes he had a straight job some days, and Carrie is an unfathomable well of something (and occasionally menace).
)
Skins and Names
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
02:03 am
(
Yuriya may prefer a human shape, but that does not in any way make her a human girl. You should probably keep that in mind, Likely.
)
Parallelogram
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
02:09 am
(
Joanna Asher tries to improve her daughter's vocabulary.
)
Pieces of Lucia
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
02:16 am
(
Vignette chain. The sisters, Joanna, and Holly remember Sister Lucia Brevin.
)
The Roles We Play
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
02:22 am
(
Helene will remember forever what nobody else will in a year.
)
Masochism
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
02:25 am
(
Fifteen-year-old Valentio's first encounter with Cygnelius isn't really notable. Unless you're Valentio, of course.
)
Imaginary Predator
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
03:01 am
(
Holly begins hearing the voice of a strange woman soon after being Marked by Largessa. Holly is still quite sane; the lady in her brain, on the other hand...
)
Sometimes You Are the Villain
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
03:04 am
(
Swift and fleetingly / was the Emissary swayed - an instant, / and an instant too long.
)
The Language of Flowers As Understood By Cyprian M. Corvo
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
03:07 am
(
Or, flowers are people, too.
)
Plastic
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
03:19 am
(
Cliff recalls his first love, and she recalls him.
)
Infernal
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
03:24 am
(
What you learn from reading isn't always something you want to know. Or, Holly and the old folk tale of the leopard and its spots.
)
A House is Not a Home
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
03:27 am
(
This is just the nadir of the Bennets' cursed lives. This is just a footnote in Jaida's.
)
Union
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
03:36 am
(
July 8, 1921. Holly and Lysander at the altar.
)
It's Coming Closer
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
03:38 am
(
Helene can see forever.
)
Off Balance
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
03:42 am
(
Cygnelius wakes up to find things have changed.
)
You Belong With Me
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
03:45 am
(
Battle For the Sun: high school remix. Cliff wears his heart on his sleeve, so when he loses it, it's hardly a secret.
)
Fire Hazard
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
03:50 am
(
Meredith Corvo has a son. Words sometimes fail her beyond that.
)
Submission
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:08 am
(
Valentio lives.
)
Heart's Desire
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:14 am
(
Jaida has some fun with an undead adversary.
)
Memento Egi
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:17 am
(
Cyprian and his snowbell arrive in Frutsmoarg.
)
Friendship From Spite
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:19 am
(
The first time another human being scared Jaida, it was with kindness.
)
This Dream Will Not Remember Me
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:22 am
(
Advance warning that one's life is about to change does not necessarily ease along the transition.
)
Mercilessly
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:23 am
(
Vera keeps in touch with Helene.
)
Landscaping
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:26 am
(
Ragnar tries therapy by way of arts 'n crafts.
)
The Hidden Stars
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:31 am
(
There are four stars which can never be seen from Castle Volacoeur, so of course they would turn out to be Valentio's favorites. Prince Lysandro doesn't entirely understand, but he's trying.
)
Sigillum Fatalis
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:32 am
(
Holly meets the goddess of fate, Largessa.
)
Largessa's Web
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:36 am
(
Largessa sees Holly and does not.
)
The Swan or the Crow?
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:38 am
(
Valentio and Cygnelius become friends.
)
Fears of the Son
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:42 am
(
Cygnelius is old enough now to understand his father moved on long ago. He doesn't know if he'll ever be old enough to be okay with it.
)
Thirteen Shadows
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:47 am
(
It would be such a cliche if it wasn't happening to her.
)
Inadvisable
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:48 am
(
Valentio is peripherally aware that his friendship with Cygnelius is vaguely troubling, but he's even more aware that he really, really doesn't care.
)
Severance
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
03:33 pm
(
It takes Lysandro twelve years to discover Capricia's purpose in the castle.
)
Waking Up to Us (PR Nightmare Remix)
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
03:36 pm
(
How Valentio ended up in Cygnelius's bed instead of his own, and the morning after.
)
For a Smile
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
03:41 pm
(
Sometime in the past seven years, Valentio was able to connect the dots and realize that the Cygnelius he'd first befriended wasn't coming back.
)
Redemption
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
03:45 pm
(
Capricia decides to quit her job. The problem, of course, being that her job is a high-ranking assassination post in the King's Secret Guard.
)
Ambiguously Happy Stick Men in Profile
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
03:48 pm
(
Lysandro begins painting after the war of ascension ends, and Valentio thinks it's hilarious.
)
Checkmate
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
03:50 pm
(
Valentio doesn't actually know the rules of chess, but he's pretty sure rule the first is that Cygnelius always wins.
)
The Question
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
03:55 pm
(
Holly is always asked the same questions, and none of them are right.
)
The Hand Which Hides the Sun
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
03:56 pm
(
Librarianism claims all stories have basis in truth. This may be true, but it's not a biography or a history lesson Hedda's telling tonight.
)
The Sun Brings the Nightmare
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
04:00 pm
(
Helene breaks anew with the dawn, and wakes to dream of tearing Holly Asher to bits with the sharp, fragile edges of her.
)
Strangers
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
04:02 pm
(
The story proper begins.
)
Job Demands
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
04:04 pm
(
Cygnelius offers Holly a job. For a given value of 'offer.'
)
Midday Sunlight
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
04:07 pm
(
Holly says goodbye to Arethusa, and Sofia knows all.
)
It Began By a Fireside Bright
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
04:09 pm
(
And where it ends, nobody knows.
)
The Great Largo Caprice in the Sky
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
04:15 pm
(
Valentio is dying. Cygnelius is not. But he made a promise a long time ago, and he intends to keep it.
)
How Does Your Garden Grow
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
04:19 pm
(
Cyprian and plants throughout his life.
)
Horticulture Shock
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
04:22 pm
(
It's true that no one respects the little people. Or the big people, as it may be.
)
Win or Lose
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
04:24 pm
(
Even Jaida can respect some things.
)
Five Revelations
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
04:31 pm
(
Five firsts in the life of Ragnar Merridan.
)
Her Mother's Daughter
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
04:33 pm
(
Jaida's eleventh birthday was more important than her sixteenth, more of a coming-of-age than her eighteenth. Because often you aren't the granddaughter of an incredibly powerful mystic without inheriting a little something extra.
)
Nine Days
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
04:38 pm
(
Kristen's life, from her pseudo-kidnapping from her home in Strathclyde to her planning to escape her life in Daldain.
)
Nothing But Blue Skies Do I See
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
04:40 pm
(
During the war between Sangria and Demonia, Rue lies with a comrade on a red field.
)
Healing Hands
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
04:43 pm
(
Jaida, Kristen, and white magic.
)
Waiting, Impatiently
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:17 pm
(
Jaida has no love for snow.
)
Paralyzed
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:19 pm
(
This isn't a dream. Helene keeps herself amused.
)
Flowers For Your Grave
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:21 pm
(
Cyprian's first encounter with Cliff Knight happened before the night he left Daldain.
)
Like Someone in Love
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:26 pm
(
Cliff sort of wishes he wasn't smiling like an idiot, but he really can't help it. Cliff Knight finally speaks to Kristen Morrow.
)
Conquer
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:28 pm
(
Wherein Ragnar Merridan is still fighting a war that's already been won, Mashiro's war has only just begun, and one or both of the above are had at 'hello.'
)
Bella Donna Among the Belladonnas
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:31 pm
(
Cyprian has seen nothing like them since he entered the city.
)
Courage and Stupidity and Soup
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:33 pm
(
‬Cyprian gets a pair of uninvited guests and feels compelled to preach the obvious to the short-bus choir.†‬Somewhere along the way,†‬values are revealed.
)
Unless First a Dream
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
05:46 pm
(
Cliff and Kristen go running off ahead in a fit of unbearable sugary cuteness, and some trees are just too tempting not to sleep under.
)
The Way of Things
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
06:04 pm
(
This was the way the world Earth ended and the way Anharo became a world of humans, and the way in which the mystics became scarce.
)
The Side-Effects of Tequila
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
06:09 pm
(
Cyprian can't come to terms with why he isn't wearing clothes. Cyprian can't remember how many shots of tequila he had. Cyprian can't account for why Kristen and Cliff are naked in his bed. Cyprian can't believe this shit.
)
Dangerous Things
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
06:13 pm
(
Amlaine is one disaster after another.
)
What a Little Moonshine Can Do
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
06:20 pm
(
It's nearly midhight when everything begins to shine.
)
Conversations With Ghosts
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
06:22 pm
(
Cyprian celebrates being alive still and comes across a strange woman.
)
The Five Uses of Love-Lies-Bleeding (And One Reason They Will Never Be Known)
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
06:26 pm
(
Cyprian reunites with a man he's loved and killed for, and then gets drafted along with his group and the love of his life into a mini-war against vampires.
)
Cold Authority
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
06:34 pm
(
Kristen asks the group to stop off at Strathclyde, city of vice, and asks Cyprian in particular to accompany her to visit her parents, both of whom she hasn't seen in ten years. Some parents only vaguely resemble the title.
)
(Not) The Easiest Escape Ever
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
06:38 pm
(
Wherein Cyprian, Kristen, and Jaida escape with minimal damage.
)
Tha Feline Menace
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
06:42 pm
(
In which there is a general weakness for kitten babies.
)
Silver and Gold
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
06:46 pm
(
Cliff's living the dream. Unfortunately, the dream includes Jaida, but even she's not all bad. Mostly.
)
An Interlude
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
06:48 pm
(
Being a contest of gaydars between Jaida and Cyprian over lunch in Soonah.
)
Darkest Hour
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
06:52 pm
(
The plot hits the fan.
)
Diss From a Rose
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
06:57 pm
(
Cypriah is kicked while he's down by something that doesn't even have feet.
)
A Night on the Town Satyr
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
07:00 pm
(
Jaida saves money by conning her way to inebriation. Some nearby roses at the bar giggle over her style and apparent choice in men, but it's Jaida who has the last laugh.
)
There's a Great Black Wave in the Middle of the Sea (For Me)
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
07:15 pm
(
To say the ocean is unpleasant for Cyprian would be to utter a woefully inadequate understatement.
)
Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
07:19 pm
(
How it could have ended, and might yet.
)
A Bang and a Whimper
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
07:27 pm
(
One of the many possible futures: the sun rose from the wreckage of a dark and stormy night and humankind did not follow.
)
Scar Tissue
Jan
.
20th
,
2012
07:33 pm
(
Mashiro exists because, lurking just below the surface, he remembers his people.
)
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Page Summary
We Didn't Start the Fire (Yet)
Haunted By Blue
I Will Not Last the Night
Lunch Break
And Sometimes the Chess Board is You
Black Coffee
A Good Man is Hard to Find
I Dreamed at Night of Growing Wings
Romance in the Dark
Tuesday
Ducks to You
Buried Alive
The Wrong Kind of Drafted
The Trouble With Kidnapping
Skins and Names
Parallelogram
Pieces of Lucia
The Roles We Play
Masochism
Imaginary Predator
Sometimes You Are the Villain
The Language of Flowers As Understood By Cyprian M. Corvo
Plastic
Infernal
A House is Not a Home
Union
It's Coming Closer
Off Balance
You Belong With Me
Fire Hazard
Submission
Heart's Desire
Memento Egi
Friendship From Spite
This Dream Will Not Remember Me
Mercilessly
Landscaping
The Hidden Stars
Sigillum Fatalis
Largessa's Web
The Swan or the Crow?
Fears of the Son
Thirteen Shadows
Inadvisable
Severance
Waking Up to Us (PR Nightmare Remix)
For a Smile
Redemption
Ambiguously Happy Stick Men in Profile
Checkmate
The Question
The Hand Which Hides the Sun
The Sun Brings the Nightmare
Strangers
Job Demands
Midday Sunlight
It Began By a Fireside Bright
The Great Largo Caprice in the Sky
How Does Your Garden Grow
Horticulture Shock
Win or Lose
Five Revelations
Her Mother's Daughter
Nine Days
Nothing But Blue Skies Do I See
Healing Hands
Waiting, Impatiently
Paralyzed
Flowers For Your Grave
Like Someone in Love
Conquer
Bella Donna Among the Belladonnas
Courage and Stupidity and Soup
Unless First a Dream
The Way of Things
The Side-Effects of Tequila
Dangerous Things
What a Little Moonshine Can Do
Conversations With Ghosts
The Five Uses of Love-Lies-Bleeding (And One Reason They Will Never Be Known)
Cold Authority
(Not) The Easiest Escape Ever
Tha Feline Menace
Silver and Gold
An Interlude
Darkest Hour
Diss From a Rose
A Night on the Town Satyr
There's a Great Black Wave in the Middle of the Sea (For Me)
Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies
A Bang and a Whimper
Scar Tissue
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