
Having carefully removed the Palermo Ruby from its setting on the Mace, I really had no further use for the thing: too big for a paperweight, useless as a toasting fork and too oddly shaped for a differential axle. I’ve passed it on to the owner of the pawn shop in Clockhaven. He assures me he can dispose of it discretely.
In the meantime further research notes have arrived from my contacts in Britain. Copying notes from family...
He heard the dog first: the short, high, bark followed by the low, sultry sound of a woman's voice and the scrabble of claws as the animal was lifted up off the floor in the lobby.
He was at the door before she knocked, preparing to greet her properly when one look from her silenced all thoughts of 'hello.'
"Mr. Berkhart?" She glanced behind him into his office.
"Yes, Mrs. Underby,...
“How much longer?” Sky hissed from the other side of the tunnel, her bright blue eyes scanning the darkness of the street for the small form of the Clockwinder. They reckoned he would come from that direction, straight from his loft in City Hall, but that was only the most likely path. Scottie let out a rather loud curse from inside the Square as some of the defoliant made contact with his skin. With a small patch of flesh on his hand...
(My typist wishes to tell you all that even though the pictures are a bit dark... [Hey! I forgot to turn up the lights, dang it!] She would like to show you where they are located. link )
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Raised 130500 L for RFL.
Donated 43,500 L *each ... to New Babbage .. Caledon and Aether Choronauts
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Week 6 Day 33, Saturday: I show someone my heart problem.
I spoke with the urchins of Babbage at their new home today, and compared it to their own Neverland. They don't think they'll be able to hold onto it, but just the fact that they ever did have it makes me feel like an idiot when I was their age and even now. I tried to find out more about the town, but didn't get any new information.
Later I ran into...
