Della
- New to town (as of late December '21). Except...
- Summer camp in Gray Harbor: did you cross paths in the late 90s?
- Attracted to gadgets: are you messing with something mechanical?
- Now glimmers (as of early March '22).
- Lives on 5 Oak Avenue with Una and Jules: know them? Or are you neighbors?
- Is not the coffee shop Della. (But she likes coffee.)
Della's never believed in dowsing, but the divorce still isn't final and the house won't be sold till the spring, and she has to get out of Dodge. She knows she's lucky (though there's bitterness in her laugh): her job will follow her anywhere with internet, her parents have other daughters to spend the holidays with, and the storage unit has cameras. Besides, she gave Bella just about everything anyway.
Della and Bella. It was like they were meant to be, and for years they were, from meeting in physics class ("Heat and Magnetism!") to surviving grad school to getting married when finally they could. And then they couldn't, not any longer.
Della's never believed in dowsing, but one day she's on speakerphone and messing around with her stylus, nothing else to do with her hands, when suddenly it slips free. When she picks it up off her tablet, the driving directions have changed: not to a city but up north-northwest. To that place... that place she went to summer camp, once upon a time. Hadn't thought of it in twenty-plus years, but there it is: Gray Harbor.
Why not?
She favors smooth styles that suit her sleek mid-height frame, neutrals to set off her warm coloring, and scarves for flair. Her brows, well-groomed as the rest of her, arch over not-necessarily-warm brown eyes; her mouth's still inclined to be generous. In her thirties, she carries herself with a certain amount of presence; if she's fraying about the edges, it doesn't often show, but her olive skin's paler where her wedding band should have been.
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2022-07-11 - Friends and Family
Impromptu barbecue at Oak Number 5.
Una, Jules, Della, Ariadne, Mikaere
2022-07-10 - This Little Piggy Went to Market
It's market weekend on the Gray Harbor Boardwalk, serving locals and tourists alike!
Una, Jules, Della, Ariadne
2022-05-11 - Neighbour Of The Beast
Movies and books always tell you what it's like, facing down with the big bad and winning in the end. They never go into much depth with the //little// bads.
Aidan, Itzhak, Everett, Joseph, Ravn, Turner, Perdita, Monroe, Una, Jules, Della, Ariadne, Ava, Mikaere, Robin, Nicasia, Charity
2022-04-24 - Into the Woods
Jules gets ready for her solo adventure in the woods, and her crew's there to see her off.
Ravn, Una, Jules, Della, Mikaere
2022-04-17 - The Second Rule Is Bring Your Own Butter
The lobster fighting season begins! Bring your own combat crustacean to a shady warehouse on the docks. Or wander past with a beer to shake your head. Look, those two guys over there are police officers and even //they// think this is too silly to make a fuss about. Also, Officer Penn owns last year's champion, Mac the Claw.
Itzhak, Rhys, Ravn, Una, Jules, Della, Ariadne, Gabby, Mikaere, Bayin
2022-03-26 - Open House Day at Addington House
[Addington House](https://gray-harbor.com/location/96). Once the actual residence of the Addington family, now part museum, part event location, part archive, and part active business. Open to the public by prior arrangement and through guided tours -- and today, as an Open House event; the tourist season is just around the corner and the year's new tour guides need a dress rehearsal (most of them are college students, it's not like they've been under fire like this before).%r%rIt's a good day to check things out and ask questions. You know, if you have reason to do something like that. For whatever reason.
Itzhak, Ravn, Monroe, Houston, Una, Jules, Della, Ava, Leila
2022-07-05 - The Midnight Walk of Una Irving
Paul Revere rides and dies; Una Irving (not so relatedly) cries and cries.
Una, Della
2022-06-28 - Out of the Frying Pan
In which Robin falls through a Door and it's all Della's fault. But who do the other two have to blame?
Ravn, Una, Della, Robin
2022-06-28 - Please Don't Tow
Time to touch base (Robin has TK, Della has t... kittens). And maybe even leave the van?
Della, Robin
2022-06-21 - Girls' Night Out
An impromptu ladies’ night goes off-course by several centuries.
Jules, Della, Ariadne
2022-06-17 - Pompeii's Last Survivors
Our intrepid explorers aren't, as it turns out, the last living creatures to escape the inferno.
Una, Jules, Della
2022-06-14 - Matariki
What's more awkward than a Door that opens into someone else's house? %r%rThat 'someone else' being the mother of the person you're, uh, sleeping with, half a world away.
Jules, Della, Mikaere
2022-06-06 - The Last Night Of The World
Wherein there is confusion between August and October, and also? Winged dicks. %r%rAlso impending death and destruction.
Ravn, Una, Jules, Della
2022-06-03 - Under-Dressed, Societally-Displeasing Hooligan-Women
Because ankles were showing! How very dare!%r%rSmilodons don't mind ankles though, they like chewing on them.%r%rTrust the Veil to make Della and Ariadne jump through multiple Doors -- hoops? -- in order to make it home again.
Della, Ariadne
2022-06-02 - Intercontinental Carousel?!
All Jules and Ariadne wanted to do was ride the carousel.%r%rBut nooooooooooooooo.%r%rAt least the talking skull was chipper? And the horses didn't bite? And they got bread, wine, and cheese?
Ravn, Una, Jules, Della, Ariadne
2022-06-01 - Book Drop: Reparations
Little girls with lots of books try to come to grips with racism. %r%r(Not so little) girls are surprised.
Una, Jules, Della
2022-05-31 - Sensitive Soles
A day of chores and the kind of personal sharing that can all be blamed on Veil fruit.
Jules, Della
2022-05-20 - Bloodied Beak
After the Dream, cleanup. (At least there's no Spirit Bird guano?)
Una, Jules, Della
2022-05-18 - Sparadise; Wax 'n Relax!
Sometimes, what you need is hot water and bubbles and quiet plinkety plonkety music from the loudspeaker behind the bamboo.
Ravn, Perdita, Una, Della, Ariadne, Charity
2022-05-18 - Making Up Is Hard to Do
Housemates make up. It's all casserole under the bridge for now.
Jules, Della
2022-05-12 - Rage-Baking
The morning after Jules gets possessed, the kitchen's busy. All night, too.
Una, Della
2022-05-11 - The Color of Power
Hey come check out my ritual object, Jules said. Let's figure out what it does, Jules said.%r%rThey find out.
Ravn, Jules, Della, Mikaere
2022-05-11 - ??!!!
Those left behind do what they need to do.
Jules, Della, Ariadne, Mikaere
2022-05-11 - Splash Splash Oops
Splash landing.
Ravn, Jules, Della, Ariadne, Mikaere
2022-05-08 - Porch Cookies
5, Oak Avenue. When is the kitchen cleric //not// in session?
Ravn, Perdita, Una, Della, Ariadne, Ava, Willow, Charity
2022-05-04 - Little Black Dress
There are moments when Jules is not all tomboy. Surprise!
Jules, Della
2022-04-30 - After The Party
After the neighborhood barbecue, there's lots of clean-up to do, and the three housemates of Number 5 Oak Avenue can finally catch up.
Una, Jules, Della
2022-04-30 - Backyard Barbecue
It's always summer in the yards of Oak Avenue one through five, and what do we do with summer? We barbecue and talk and bring horrible casseroles.
Aidan, Itzhak, Everett, Ravn, Una, Jules, Della, Ariadne, Ava
2022-04-28 - Nothing Like Lemonade
Lemonade and applied physics and note taking on 'psionics'.%r%rAND SQUIRRELS.
Della, Ariadne
2022-04-25 - Midnight in the Enchanted Valley
Jules goes on a spirit quest in the Olympic National Park. She's not sure what's she's looking for, but not to worry -- it finds her.
Ravn, Una, Jules, Della
2022-04-24 - Not Chilled Out
Jules makes it home just in time.
Jules, Della
2022-04-19 - An Application of Antacids
"...Something came up that's unnerving." It isn't an emergency.
Ravn, Della
2022-04-19 - Heartburn
After pizza, heartburn.
Una, Della
2022-04-17 - Googling for Creepers
Side-conversation at the lobster fighting warehouse. Della and Jules are caught in the act of googling Mikaere, who is even more interesting in person than his online presence.
Jules, Della, Mikaere
2022-04-14 - Friendship, Photographs, and Fairies
Surely it's just a walk in the park. Della and Monroe meet and exchange info during a visit to Addington Park, and a new friendship is formed!
Monroe, Una, Della
2022-04-11 - Sittin' On (a Boat by) the Dock of the Bay
Della's out for a walk; Ravn has a boat _and_ beer. What they don't have: a door into Atlantis (yet).%r
Ravn, Della
2022-04-11 - Walkin' Home (From a Boat by the Dock of the Bay)
Though the _boat_ may be home; home is where your cat is, isn't it? Maybe someday 5 Oak will get one too, or at least three viking-style rocks.
Ravn, Della
2022-04-04 - Hospital Visits
Dream injuries are real injuries. %r%rOuch.
Una, Della, Ariadne, Leila
2022-03-30 - Finding a Finder
Robin's bicycle is out for the count... in Della's parking spot. It's cold.
Della, Robin
2022-03-29 - Repercussions, and a Bag of ...
Sometimes, warnings are hilarious. Except, maybe, to the guy who receives them.
Oliver, Seth, Ravn, Una, Della, Robin, Kayden
2022-03-28 - Off to Grandmother’s House We Go
Jules takes Una, Della, and Ravn to the Quinault Indian Nation, headquartered in Taholah, Washington, for a visit to her grandparents. Her grandparents share how the local peoples have historically understood the Veil and how they might interact with it.
Ravn, Una, Jules, Della
2022-03-13 - Burnt Hair, Coffee and Buns
Della has fire. %r%rWhat does it mean?!
Una, Jules, Della
2022-03-13 - How Della Found (Her) Fire
... or did Della's Fire find her?
Una, Della
2022-02-21 - Spoiler: The White Powder Was Fine
Della and Una go through things in the attic. Nothing bad happens.
Una, Della
2022-02-13 - Snowscapes!
It's a bright, crisp, cold winter day -- and snow flies.
Ruiz, Ravn, Isi, Una, Della, Ariadne
2022-01-22 - The Hangover of a Dream
Dream-hangovers are a thing.
Una, Della
2022-01-02 - Chicken Noodle Soup For the Soul (And Body)
Della's cold brings out Una's motherly side.
Una, Della
2021-12-19 - Creaky Old Houses
Una and Jules and Della and ghost(?!) makes four.
Una, Jules, Della
2022-06-25 - The Midnight Message of Paul Revere
_Listen, my children, and you shall hear_%r_Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,_%r_On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five:_%r_Hardly a man is now alive_%r_Who remembers that famous day and year._
Jonathan, Ravn, Una, Della, Ariadne
2022-06-07 - The Beautiful Lady Without Mercy
_O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,_%r_Alone and palely loitering?_%r_The sedge has withered from the lake,_%r_And no birds sing._
Itzhak, Everett, Ravn, Una, Della, Charity
2022-05-19 - The Crooked Beak of Heaven
A long time ago, a hunting trip went terribly, terribly wrong. Sometimes you think you're the hunter, when in fact other creatures are hunting you.
Ruiz, Ravn, Jules, Della, Ava, Nicasia, Myles
2022-04-27 - The Landlord’s Black-Eyed Daughter
_The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees._%r_The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas._%r_The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,_%r_And the highwayman came riding—_%r _Riding—riding—_%r_The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door._
Una, Della
2022-04-24 - Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
_"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!_%r_The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!_%r_Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun_%r_The frumious Bandersnatch!"_
Una, Della, Ariadne, Ava
2022-03-06 - How Coyote Stole Fire
//Long ago men were hungry and unhappy. They were cold. The only fire in the world was on a mountain top, watched by three skookums, evil spirits. They guarded the fire carefully. Men might steal it and become as strong as they.//%r%rThis is a tale from days past, when the world was only just beginning, and the world was ruled by the animal people.
Ravn, Conner, Una, Jules, Della, Ariadne, Ava
2022-01-21 - The Long, Hot Drive
Everyone knows that the short redhead can drive, shoot, and drink whiskey with the best of 'em. Every Hollywood movie says it is so, and Hollywood never lies.%r%rWhether Una Irving is entirely on board with this notion remains to be seen.
Ravn, Una, Jules, Della
2022-06-19 - Pride Day at the HOPE Community Centre
Pride month is here, and of course the HOPE Community Centre opens its door on this occasion. Pick out a rainbow shirt, bring some goodies for the community potluck, and try to remember the words to //I Will Survive// because it's that day, and it's going to be pridetastic. You don't need to be queer to work here, but it helps!%r%r
Una, Jules, Della, Ariadne
2022-05-28 - Our Secret Selves
Who doesn't love a masked ball? The Grand Olympic Casino kicks off the last weekend before Pride Month with a Venetian masked ball on the theme: Our Secret Selves!%r%rThe doors are open. The ticket fee is modest; a substantial part of it will go towards a Seattle-based organisation for supporting LGBQTIA+ youth. (Any rumours of money laundering originate from jealous competitors).%r%rTime to let your inner peacock out. Be careful with the fruit pastries.
Ruiz, Itzhak, Rhys, Joseph, Ravn, Perdita, Monroe, Una, Jules, Della, Ariadne, Ava, Mikaere, Deacon
2022-04-25 - Confessions
Sometimes it’s easier to share the things that no one knows via text.
Jules, Della
2022-04-19 - Best Buds
Sometimes it's easier to text.
Jules, Della
2022-03-26 - While at Addington House
Intrepid explorers send texts.
Una, Jules, Della
2022-03-25 - Hotel California, Yet Another Take
In which Della is coming to terms, enough to have a hundred questions for the lecturer type next door.
Ravn, Della
