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A Siberian Lesson
Something enlightening happened to me along the tracks of the Trans-Siberian. Awaiting departure from Sverdlovsk station, I was in my seat, reading an English-translated copy of 'Crime and Punishment'. Gratifyingly, I discovered the 1938 edition inside a used bookshop in Yekaterinburg. I was...- Carmen
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Canon Tête de Femme [Part 4]
[Previously...] 9:08 AM Somewhere between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Chase woke at 6:00 AM and immediately read the previous day’s reports. He reviewed the news, checked messages from international contacts, and completed a 2-hour morning routine. A double shot of espresso later, he...- Chase
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Canon Tête de Femme [Part 3]
[Previous Chapter] A month later, perhaps two… Buenos Aires, Argentina Slums littered this city, but most of Argentina’s wealthy lived like kings. The hacienda sprawled along a cliff-side beach complete with a Venetian glass mosaic pool, a hedge maze, statue-lined fountains and other such...- Carmen
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Canon Tête de Femme [Part 2]
[Previously...] Later… [Still at] Tarragon, St. Paul’s Bay, Malta For the rest of the meal, she was quiet. The food came and went, and both of them declined dessert. Chase because he didn’t like them and his guest, well, because she wasn’t feeling it. He was terrible with smalltalk, so he...- Chase
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Canon Tête de Femme [Part 1]
[Co-written and edited to Chase’s point of view.] Some time, now or never… Tarragon, St. Paul’s Bay, Malta Chase Devineaux took a flight from San Francisco to Milan, a train to Naples, a car to Salerno and then boarded a boat to St. Paul’s Bay in Malta. Granted, he took the long route, but he...- Chase
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Open New Year Tidings 2016
Welcome to the New Year's game. This is an open RP Premise: New Year 2016 (After January 1, 2016) Idea: What your character has been doing, or have done for the holiday season. Basic RP rules apply. Take it slow, no need to spin any stories, just focus on character interaction. Enjoy!- Chase
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Open ACME Retro
This thread is an Alternate Universe, meaning it happens in its own timeline and timeframe. Points All characters are approximately 10 years younger than they ‘currently’ are now. Technology and mode remains the same, feel free to use your cell phones and hover boards. Accolade is our tower...- Chase
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Open Carnival
March 1st, 2014 Copacabana Palace Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Ivy Monaghan, supervised as ACME Securities completed their set up of a basic monitoring studio. She was in a junior-suite directly above the Copacabana Palace's Golden Room, where suspected drug cartel leader Barbas Chuate was said to...- Ivy
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Lucy:
Jimothy is a real raccoon without a spine. He looks as though AI created him. He's like in New York or somethingDeric Storm said: -
Lucy:
Did you know San Francisco's original name was Yerba Buena, meaning "Good Herb" because it was so abundant there?
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Lucy:
Yesterday, while watching a streamer, I learned something cool about the Eiffel Tower. The 72 names engraved on the Eiffel Tower belong to French scientists, engineers, and mathematicians who supported the building process. These golden letters are located on the first level (the lowest platform) of the tower, just beneath the balcony that runs around the structure.
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Lucy:
Other things I learned about it: The stairs only go up to the 2nd floor. After that you have to take an elevator. The original spiral staircase was sold for scrap.
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Lucy:
Does anyone know whether Patty or Joe might eventually pick up again? I kind of liked their P.O.V.
