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Jul. 17th, 2013


[info]enoughsleep

Water guns are fantastic for protestors. Sometimes maturity is overrated.

Jul. 16th, 2013

[info]supposedtobe

I know that it's frustrating to walk outside and be subject to criticism, but before you pass judgment on these people, I would ask that you remember that the majority of us are guests of this world. There are many countries and other planets that would not tolerate the presence of world-travellers, however unwitting or unwilling their presence. We are fortunate that they have accepted us to the extent that we are able to work in their establishments and dine at their restaurants. Their tolerance may be grudging at times, but there are many places that would offer refugees no tolerance at all. Please try to imagine how your world would react if there was a sudden influx of stranded refugees and a simultaneous rise in violence, with or without a causal relationship. I suspect that your public's reaction would be much the same, if not worse.

Freedom of speech -- and, specifically, freedom of protest -- is one of the freedoms that many of you have fought to protect in your own worlds. It is one of the freedoms that terrorists like The Mandarin would like to take away from us. It is a freedom that was prescribed alongside the freedoms that you enjoy every day. That it is less pleasant to see it exercised against you makes it no less meaningful or important. If anything, the freedoms that are the hardest to defend are the ones most worth protecting.

Be grateful that we reside in a city whose citizens are free to yell and wave signs at us. It is the very manifestation of liberty, and something to which all free nations should aspire. Had they no such liberty, it is very unlikely that we would still be here to speak of it.

Jun. 27th, 2013


[info]emptyhouses

I've only been here a week, but I've already determined I'm the best version of me out there. Or, is that meant to say 'worst'? You decide.

Filtered to James Wilson
But it'd be better if you were a woman.

Jun. 24th, 2013


[info]comptometress

For goodness' sake, doesn't anybody else find something innately rehearsed about expressions of

I'm having lobster tonight. Nothing like getting to know dinner before the inevitable.

[info]thisiswhatiam

This...America? Right-o. Not what I expected.

Jun. 22nd, 2013


[info]diogenesis

→ network post

I've never much liked having help around the house—or rather, I've never been able to find anyone suitable for the job. However, Ms Adler has managed to procure someone quite talented at doing what he's told without a fuss, and doing it well. Although some of my demands are strict, they've been met without hesitation. It's a surprise, and it leaves me with a question.

Has anyone here made any demands of their household staff in the past which were considered by the working party to be overly-specific or difficult? (I'm not speaking of perversions, so please don't waste my time with such things.)

Jun. 3rd, 2013


[info]boswell

Do you know, I think one of my favourite things about living in this tower is waking up to the view. It's easy to get out of bed in the morning when I know I can spend it with a cup of tea and the dazzling magnitude of the New York skyline.

Of course, other mornings I pull back my curtains to find things like this and I'm reminded not only of how beautiful life is, but also of how impossibly short.

Holmes. Why.

Jun. 2nd, 2013


[info]theconsultant

I write today to say: goodbye.

Goodbye to your missing cats and stolen stereos; goodbye to tracking your husbands to hotels, to sniffing out the phone numbers of your favourite baristas. Goodbye to common burglaries, to long-lost siblings, to rain boots and umbrellas and welcome mats spirited away from shared hallways. Goodbye to the suspicious noises you keep hearing from upstairs. Goodbye to allegations of insufficiently organic greens at your farmer's market. Goodbye, especially, to the gentleman in Perry Street who insists that he is a ghost.

I have finished with you. I am done. I've used you and I make no bones about it, and now - now, I'm washing my hands, taking all this excruciatingly-won cash out of its hiding place of five long, long months, and I am going shopping. There's a Peresson I've been positively lusting over, and now it will be mine.

[SHERLOCKED]

Unless, of course, you have some strong objection.

Jun. 1st, 2013


[info]comptometress

This place. Busy for a few days and look what happens.

Congratulations, Mr and Mrs Gray. I'm thrilled; you don't know how much I love having complex relationships with other people's marriages.

May. 13th, 2013


[info]greglestrade

Right so I go to have a shower this morning Because my shoulder is still sore from moving furni and I nearly bloody scald myself -- what's going on with that, does anyone know?

May. 11th, 2013


[info]comptometress

All this fictitiousness about is giving me a headache. Don't you feel transparent? You should. All your secrets are just spoilers now, after all. Or subtext, if you're lucky.

Or that's the theory. Never mind it, really. Let's all swear to be more interesting than our Wikipedia write-ups. I'd be inconsolable if life got too simple.

So sorry; Irene Adler. It's a pleasure.

May. 8th, 2013


[info]boswell

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Frigid Coffin

I was woken this morning by the sound of a large crash coming from the kitchen, followed by the familiar whimper-barks of my dog, Gladstone. Fearing the worst, as per usual, I dressed with haste and left my bedroom. The apartment seemed to be in the same chaotic state of disarray that it was when I went to sleep the night before (I won't pretend "order" or "cleanliness" are words that have ever entered my vocabulary when the topic of shared loggings with Holmes is brought up). It wasn't until I'd reached the kitchen that I realised what the cause for the sound, and my dog's distress, had been.

The small collection of groceries that I had acquired since arriving were thrown about the tile floor. Gladstone, it seemed, was numbing the pain of whatever had caused him to bark, with the remains of the previous night's glazed ham. The refrigeration itself had been tipped over with Holmes, standing inside it an attempting to re-purpose his jackknife as a makeshift screwdriver.

Allegedly, it was of great scientific importance that he understand how the device used electricity (typically hot, as light bulbs, etc) was used to keep things cold.

...At which point I decided to try an experiment of my own. I've read that refrigerators cannot be opened from the inside leading to the suffocation of trapped occupants. The results? Much to my chagrin, Holmes certainly hasn't suffocated, though his time on ice definitely cooled his temper.

May. 6th, 2013


[info]diogenesis

→ network post

It seems I've just missed a celebration in my honour. Perhaps there's a bright side to this situation, after all.

Nov. 24th, 2012


[info]peppers

Hello, everyone. My name is Virginia Potts. I'm better known as (and answer to) the moniker that Tony gave me many years ago, Pepper.

I wanted to take a moment to welcome you all to the Refugee Network. Tony Stark - as well as many others - created the network so you would have a safe space to talk without the prying eyes of the media. I'd like to give them a warm thank you for their hard work.

Some of you have been here for a while, and as of today, the Tesseract has given us more refugees than it has in the previous five months, and it's still going. I'd like to take a moment to thank the hard-working men and women of S.H.I.E.L.D. for their diligence and perseverance. Without their quick thinking when refugees began to appear, this would have been nearly impossible for any one of us to handle.

And on that note, Director Fury has asked me to pass along the message that they are in dire need for Administrative Staff to help with processing. Anyone who is interested can pass on a note to your Housing Assistant.

Speaking of, there should be one Housing Assistant per two floors (and in one case, three floors). Should you require any assistance, they should be able to help you. Potts Tower is not a new building, but we have gutted it, given it an ARC reactor for clean energy, a full service gym in the basement, an outdoor patio and pool area, and an entertainment area. We plan to utilize all of these areas in the upcoming holiday season in the hopes that it helps alleviate some of the melancholy of being without your families.

Once again, welcome to the Refugee Network and Potts Tower, and I look forward to getting to know you.

-Virginia Potts

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