Oct 31

Beckett had reached that end of his rope where things like ‘tones appropriate for use with Generals’ no longer registered.

Oct 31

“I have kind of a crazy idea.”

“And this is different from your usual ones how exactly?”

Oct 30

593.

Oct 29

Daniel mentally filed that nickname under ‘things to inquire into further when Jack is very drunk’.

Oct 29

“He’s a General now?” he added incredulously.

“You didn’t notice?” Daniel said.

“I was a little preoccupied by the low-flying pigs. When, why, and what kind of recreational drugs were involved?”

Oct 27

592.

Oct 26

“In.” The taller of the two thugs curtly gestured them toward a doorway with a card and keypad controlled lock.

“You know, you boys really need to work on your repartee,” he said, screwing up his face. “That monosyllabic thing... don’t get me wrong, it’s a classic, but the world expects a little more these days. A little back and forth, a little banter - people want to feel their thugs are engaged with the job, it’s not just another act of mindless violence to them.”

“In,” the man repeated, with no change in inflection.

“Of course, you’re a man who knows where his strengths lie, doesn’t mind the typecasting... I can respect that.”

Oct 26

“Unca Jack said I could have rum when I’m twelve.”

“Uncle Jack may not live to see you turn twelve.”

Oct 25

591.

Oct 24

“Jack, you can’t take all our rum. What would you do with three barrels anyway?”

“Well, mate, if you don’t know what to do with rum, then you don’t deserve to have any at all.”

Oct 24

“Dearly beloved we are gathered here to join this man right here and this woman who is wearing the ugliest dress that I have ever seen in my entire life in Holy Matrimony which was instituted by God because he wanted to enslave us men into a life of purgatory and Hell with screeching children and only one woman whose job is to yell at us if we stay in the tavern with our fellow men for a little longer…”

Oct 23

590.

Oct 22

“Really, Dick, you shouldn’t have.” Bruce looked down at the copy of Mortal Ninjas: The Destructoid Saga IV he had just unwrapped.

“I know, I know. How did I pinpoint that one thing you desperately wanted yet wouldn’t buy for yourself?”

“Oh absolutely. You read my mind.”

“You know, down at the polo club they call me psychic Grayson.”

“And yet,” Bruce mused, flipping the case over to read the back, “I have the oddest feeling that I just unwrapped one of your gifts.”

“Bruce! Would I do such a selfish thing? I mean, sure it’s designed for more than one player, and sure you’ll need me to walk you through the very complicated opening levels, but I’m shocked, shocked, that you could accuse me of such crass selfishness.”

Oct 22

“Come, Lily. Apparently Mister Jacob wishes us to sever our friendship with Mister Mud Puddle and form proper new acquaintances with Mister Bathtub and Mister Soap.”

Oct 21

589.

Oct 20

“I know what you’re thinking.”

“How enlightened, given I don’t know what I’m thinking.”

“You think this is a stupid thing for me to be doing.”

Jack snorted, his own chains rattling where they hung against his thighs. “That isn’t a thought. It’s a fact.”

Oct 20

“Worse,” Will echoed. “How much worse?” Jack took hold of Will’s elbow and started looking for an escape route.

“Bad enough that we really should have been running before you asked me that question.”

Oct 19

588.

Oct 18

“You know, Bill, you write like a bloody girl,” he commented.

“Well, I thought of trying to do mine a bit more like yours, but I was afraid she would think it was a ransom note from some lunatic who just buried two bodies in his garden.”

Oct 18

“Trust you to have a humorous anecdote about getting flayed.”

Oct 17

587.

Oct 16

From outside came the sort of laughter that suggested Will was no longer vertical.

Oct 16

“Fine. Tell me your idea, Jack.”
Similar words had probably preceded the destruction of Atlantis.

Oct 15

586.

Oct 14

“I can’t believe you said that!” Apparently his faith in his own ears hadn’t improved since the third time he’d made this same exclamation.

Oct 14

“You haven’t aged a day,” you murmur into her hair. She sighs and melts into you, sounding fond and exasperated.

“You don’t expect me to believe that, do you? I am in possession of several mirrors, and my eyes are perfectly functional.”

“Well.” You pull back and make a great show of inspecting her again. “Perhaps a few days. Perhaps as much as a week.”

Oct 13

585.

Oct 12

“I was trying to say that you were right,” he added.

“Naturally,” she quipped. Then after a beat, “Right about what?”

Oct 12

It wasn’t a very big wood. At least, not to a man who’d stood on planets where whole continents lay swallowed by forest. The Doctor admitted to himself that he might be a teeny bit prejudiced in that regard. But still–only ten or fifteen square miles? Barely a copse.
It was, however, plenty scary. All tangled underbrush and shadowed secrets.

Oct 11

584.

Oct 10

“So you’re not dying of curiosity?” she snorted. “Because your eyebrows say otherwise.”

“My eyebrows?” he asked, confused.

She nodded. “They’re all gloomy and thinky.”

“My… eyebrows,” he repeated disbelievingly.

“Are both gloomy and thinky,” she confirmed.

Oct 10

“You don’t have to worry about that yet. Spike won’t show me how to hot wire a car until I’m old enough to drive it.”

“And again, I’m not sure that’s as comforting as you intended it to be.”

Oct 9

583.

Oct 8

“Until we know what’s wrong with him and how it’s transmitted, we can’t afford to let him back among the general population.”

Xander blinked a few times. “And that’s bullshit doctor-speak for what now?”

“I’m curious about him and I have a perfectly legal excuse to keep him here.”

Oct 8

“They sounded like they were speaking through a mouthful of evil rocks. So yeah, I’m going with demons.”

Oct 7

582.

Oct 6

“Look,” the double began. ”It’s a long story.”

“So you’re what? Like from an alternate dimension or something?”

His double stopped. ”Okay, it’s a short story then. I’m here with some friends. Can we come in?”

Oct 6

“Are you threatening me, Mr Gunn?”

“Absolutely not, Mr Vogler. When I threaten people, I tend to do it with an axe. I’m a traditionalist that way.”

Oct 5

581.

Oct 4

To his surprise, he woke up. Considering that the last thing he remembered was being chased by a dragon, this was unexpected.

Oct 4

“An intriguing dinner choice, but beer isn’t known for its vitamin content.”

“Don’t care. Too tired to chew.”

Oct 3

580.

Oct 2

“It’s just a soap opera,” Robin said. “It’ll be on again tomorrow and nothing will have happened.”

Oct 2

“His nose met my fist. Twice, it wasn’t properly introduced the first time.”

Oct 1

579.