and honey

1. in which Jim
  * creeps out Harry Lockhart;
  * introduces himself to Poison Ivy;
  * neither creeps out nor introduces himself to Roberta Bryce Wayne.

2. in which sweet Jimmy O'Malley is entrusted with a secret

3. in which both Jim and Ivy get something they want

4. in which Pamela makes progress and Jimmy has a minor mishap

5. in which Ivy is not amused [second link continuation of first. tyvm, LJ.]

6. in which the New England Patriots might just have a new fan

7. in which Jim makes a terrible chauvinist

8. in which Jim and Mary Watson have a civil cup of tea

9. in which Jim makes friends and influences people

10. in which Molly Hooper isn't so boring after all

11. in which Jim enjoys a game of chess

12. in which it all gets a bit meta

13. in which Jim and Molly make a date
     in which a spy is caught

14. in which Jim plays a new game [Trigger warnings for drug addiction, consent issues, and talk of suicide.]
     in which Sebastian Moran makes a delivery

15. in which a Glee marathon is postponed

16. in which Jimmy and Roberta make friendly small talk

17. in which Sherringford Holmes overestimates Jim's sense of self-preservation

18. in which (metaverse) Sherlock is in complete control [S2 spoilers within; trigger warning for drug addiction issues.]

19. in which coincidental resemblances are not coincidental

20. in which Jim-from-IT could stand to polish up his social skills

21. in which a deal with Jim Moriarty is better than a deal with a demon

22. in which meta is not even the word anymore [warning for temperature kink play and eventual adult content]

23. in which Jim might have something vaguely resembling a soft spot after all

24. in which Jim does not bond

25. in which John is boring

26. in which Jim is getting ever closer to finding the right Sherlock

27. in which everything that can happen will happen somewhere

28. in which it is movie night [trigger warning for child abuse]

29. in which there are computer lessons

30. in which they rehearse

31. in which he is Jim and she is Irene

32. in which Richard Brook is innocent

33. in which Jim doesn't smoke often

34. in which they make an exchange

35. in which there are new experiences to be had

36. in which more than one game comes to an end

37. in which something else begins

38. in which it's Moran's turn to find movie night unnerving

39. in which Jim requires further assistance

40. in which an actor meets a captain

41. in which he is, in fact, Jim

42. in which there are tasty snacks

43. in which Jimmy O'Malley makes his final appearance
      and Jim is on holiday
      with certain restrictions
      which are followed mostly to the letter

44. in which Jenny's gone missing

45. in which Milliways is not the arena

46. in which Rich is no longer sure of what he's got himself into

47. in which it isn't a job, it's a favor

48. in which this is a hell of a game changer

49. in which Jim is a disturbance

50. in which signing in blood is optional

51.in which there's always time for a bit of trolling

52. in which fine detail is essential

53. in which Jim's judgment is a little off the mark

54. in which new ideas are explored

55. in which Jim has created the (almost) perfect system

56. in which Rich Brook drives a hard bargain [warning for in-character roleplayed dubcon]

57. in which not-quite-flowers make the best not-quite-apology

58. in which Jim chooses his enemies with care

59. in which Jim is no longer a disturbance

60. in which the Speech has been useful

61. in which a truce is (temporarily) declared

62. in which Jim is getting restless

63. in which a captain meets an actor

Jim has been upstairs in his room at Milliways for a week.

He doesn't know how long it's been; he's dimly aware that Seb turned up - once? twice? - with cups of tea he might have drunk and food he knows he didn't touch.

(It was four times, in fact, and taken all together it was more time than Moran had willingly spent in Milliways up until that point. But at least now he knows Milliways will drag him in rather than let Jim dehydrate himself with one of his prolonged fits of genius, so that's something, anyway.)

When Jim comes downstairs, he still hasn't slept or eaten, and he's still preoccupied with the maths and magic and Speech swirling through his head. The magical system he's spent that week working on is done, finished, constructed as tightly as he can make it, and it's beautiful.

When he approaches the Bar, she presents him with tea and toast. He stares at them as if he's trying to remember what they're for.

Which is, in fact, exactly what he's doing.

He'd intended to refrain from using anything other than telekinesis until he'd got at least the bones of the new system in place, but.

But conversation with the Bar confirmed that Milliways's built-in safeguards would step in to regulate his magic use in lieu of his magic being able to regulate itself. It would, after all, require a remarkable series of stacked coincidences for Milliways to sustain any kind of damage; nothing Jim could do now would be anywhere near enough to set off that kind of cascade.

He still takes the precaution of having a room with extra buffers set up, just in case.

There is, of course, nothing Milliways can do to prevent Jim from injuring himself as he practices, and he finds very quickly that without his own system to guide his focus, his control over anything non-telekinetic is exceedingly poor.

It was worth experimenting with, anyway. And at least the infirmary is handy.

Rich Brook enjoys filming for The Storyteller. He honestly does. It may not be the role of a lifetime, but he could do worse than to spend the day reading fairy tales to kids.

He's always liked fairy tales.

Still, when Milliways pops up during a break in filming, he doesn't turn it down. He glances back over his shoulder first; then, when no one else seems to see anything amiss, he goes in.

At the Bar, he asks for a club soda with lime. He could have something stronger if he liked - with time stopped at home, no one would be the wiser - but it seems wrong for the Storyteller to drink while he's technically on duty.



[OOC: For clarity, Jim is in character as Rich, and will be making a much stronger effort to remain in character than he usually does in Milliways. And yes, he really is coming in from filming. DVDs don't make themselves.]

Jim is . . . more or less himself today. He could easily drop into character if necessary, but he's recognizable enough to anyone who knows him.

In front of him on his table is a deceptively dated-looking laptop, with a small box of chocolates perched on top of it.

He might be waiting for someone. There's no guarantee, but Milliways tends to be good about these sorts of things.

The key to Jim's room in Milliways seems to have disappeared.

Curious, that.



[OOC: Warnings for drug addiction and abuse, consent issues, and talk of suicide.]

Ostensibly, he's reading from a tablet.



Someone with just the right kind of sharp eye might be able to tell that, in reality, he's waiting for something.

He's not even pretending to be someone else.