Oct 31

“But I don’t wanna!”
There were times when his seven year old son was mature beyond his years. This was not one of those times.

Oct 31

“Good evening, Alastor, what may I do for you?”

“Die slowly of a horribly debilitating illness. Preferably a non-contagious one so I can enjoy the process.”

Oct 30

777.

Oct 29

“Your brother disappeared?”

“Not really. I just like to make up elaborate stories to spend time with you guys.”

Oct 29

She reached for an answer, an explanation—and found nothing. “It could have been worse?”

Her brother stopped and turned, pinning him with a look. “How could it possibly have been worse?” he asked, incredulous.

She opened her mouth and worked it for a moment; he just rolled his eyes. She snapped her fingers in triumph: “He could have poured the gasoline on us. You know, instead of just leading up to us. Then we’d really be hurting.”

“Wall of fire! Coming at my head!”

Oct 28

776.

Oct 27

He was a pretty good boyfriend. Way better than Tim, which wasn’t difficult, because a bar of chocolate was a better boyfriend than Tim.

Oct 27

“M’kay,” said the troll. “And I live under a bridge?”

“Well, not so much an actual physical bridge as a metaphorical construct of a bridge.”

Oct 26

775.

Oct 25

Her eyes glowed a deep, hellish yellow, the color of a poisoned sunrise.

Oct 25

“In training I was awake and alone for three straight nights, trying to avoid capture.”

“How’d you do?”

“I was awake when they captured me.”

Oct 24

774.

Oct 23

“Ah, ‘blew up’, did it?”

“Happened to combust whilst I was in the vicinity."

Oct 23

“Do you drive a black Lexus? Because I owe you a tail light and a rear bumper.”

Oct 22

771.

Oct 21

“They had to use viruses to alter their subjects’ DNA. They picked a retroviral that their planet’s population by-and-large couldn’t fight. You’re not from their planet. Your system could detect it, and do a fairly good job of rooting it out. And your systems are similar enough that I can isolate your antibodies and vaccinate them.”

“...Most of that was English, right?”

Oct 21

He just beamed at them. “If I told you, then it wouldn’t be a secret plan, now would it?”

Oct 20

771.

Oct 19

“I feel like I’m living a Cosmopolitan quiz. ‘You find yourself trapped in a elevator with a billionaire bachelor. Do you a) Make out for the entertainment of the security camera b) Discuss his company’s new super secret defence contract which they somehow stole from your boss c) Put him at ease by pretending you’re engaged to a Dallas Cowboys linebacker?’”

“A?” Bruce asked hopefully.

Oct 19

A pair of earrings and a matching pendant lay nestled in white velvet, made from silver so delicately worked that it looked less like jewelry than like the gleam of jewelry, made briefly solid.

Oct 18

770.

Oct 17

She raises an eyebrow that couldn’t be more of a ‘bitch, please’ if she wrote it in three-foot letters of fire.

Oct 17

“Rattlesnake,” stated Sam in an anxious voice.

“You sure?”

“No!” she blurted sharply, “it was a legless lizard with a pair of fuckin’ maracas tied to its ass! Yes, he’s sure!”

Oct 16

769.

Oct 15

“Psych minor, philosophy major - very ying and yang; but does the Princeton degree say that? I said ‘put in ying and yang’ and they’re like, nope, summa cum laude…whatever.”

Oct 15

“You don’t even know what the word ‘soliloquy’ means.”

“It means you’re bitching but nobody cares.”

Oct 14

768.

Oct 13

“It’s called earning your keep. It can be found in the dictionary right next to building character and moral improvement. Look it up.”

Oct 13

“So, what are you going to tell them?”

“The least ridiculous lie I can come up with in the next five minutes.”

Oct 12

767.

Oct 11

“Don’t go too far, you might get lost!”
 Gabriel made a sound that might be a snort before walking deliberately further away.

Oct 11

“Ooo Lego!” exclaims the brown haired man. “I love Lego.” He throws himself unselfconsciously onto the rug beside James who takes it completely in his stride and offers him a blue piece without comment.

Oct 10

766.

Oct 9

She means to ask the appropriate questions like, “What’s going on?” “What’s trying to kill us?” and “How many are there?” But she can only groan pitifully and clutch at her throbbing head.

Oct 9

“Oh a bug squashing joke!” Spider-man said. “Wow! I’ve never heard one of those every time I’ve fought a super-villain.”

Oct 8

765.

Oct 7

Dunst grinned. “Five bucks says she decks him within the next twenty-four hours.”

Carson raised a curious eyebrow. “He always this devoid of survival instincts?”

“Yes,” Michael said glumly.

Oct 7

“Think if I got on your shoulders I could reach the top and climb out?” he speculates, trying to eyeball the depth of the pit they were in.

“Considering you’ve got a broken arm—”

“Fractured at best,” Owen interrupts.

“And I can’t stand up,” Ian continues over him, gesturing vaguely to the deep gash on his right leg. “I don’t think you have much of a chance,” he finishes from his place on the ground, effectively murdering Owen’s optimism.

Oct 6

764.

Oct 5

“Son-of-a bitch!” he said without imagination as he gingerly examined his arm for damage.

Oct 5

“Mr. Simpson, my name is Dr. Burns; I’m your son and daughter’s new physics teacher.”

“I’m going to go out on a limb and guess, lying about their last name isn’t the only reason you’re here.”

Oct 4

763.

Oct 3

“You’ll never believe what happened.”

“Oh, that is the one statement out of your mouth that I’m willing to take on faith,” he said dryly, as he waved the guns down.

Oct 3

“What I feel for you...you aren’t bound or beholden to me in any way. Whatever you decide to do, wherever you go in this life...it’s your decision. I’m not looking’ to tie you down. I don’t...own you. I–I can’t offer you what you deserve. I’ll never be able to do that. But, for whatever it’s worth and whatever you decide to do with it...my heart is yours, and always will be.”
Then, looking like he couldn’t quite believe he’s said all of that out loud, he turned back to the game going on below. A red flush crept up his neck.
She kept her face serene, out of habit more than anything, but inside it felt as though a star had lit up. This must be what joy is, she thought.

Oct 2

762.

Oct 1

“You know that fungus that sometimes grows underneath toenails?”

Romana wrinkled her nose. “Not personally, no.”

Oct 1

“Do you really think so low of me that I would break hundreds of years of silence just for my name in the spotlight and a little extra cash?”

Morgan simply blinked at me, “That’s precisely how low my opinion is of you.”