Tamara's mental paradigm is framed in metaphors, abstractions, and representations. As symbols are malleable and can take on innumerable permutations, this grants her the adaptability necessary for managing the chaotic information overload that is her power; however, as a side effect, trying to describe what she perceives perplexes the heck out of people who operate with defined, specific, and unchanging terminology. Which is most of them.
Book One — String Theory |
Volume I: Ascent |
08/13/08 |
It Starts with a Flower |
MacKenzie receives flowers and advice. |
MacKenzie, Tamara |
08/21/08 |
Once Upon a Midnight Confusing |
Jessica helps Tamara, and gets confusion in return. |
Jessica, Tamara |
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What the Mirror Holds |
The price of being a good Samaritan: belligerent cops. Or at least one of them. |
Jessica, Judah, Kaydence, Tamara |
08/27/08 |
A Good Thing |
Tamara shows up out of nowhere and shares Chinese with Colette. |
Colette, Tamara |
08/28/08 |
Collision |
Colette apparently can't stay out of trouble for one day. |
Colette, Jacob, Tamara |
09/03/08 |
I Need Help |
Tamara pays Peter a visit and shares some advice. |
Peter, Tamara |
09/03/08 |
Point of No Return |
Tamara's ability is revealed for what it is. |
Colette, Tamara |
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This is My Friend |
If Tamara remains a mystery, at least they can agree to get along. |
Colette, Tamara |
09/15/08 |
Are You Sure? |
The cops catch up with the girls. Fortunately, these particular two listen first. |
Colette, Judah, Kaydence Lee, Tamara |
09/23/08 |
Mud |
Some people are just easier to talk to than others. |
Helena, Tamara |
Volume II: Divisions |
10/04/08 |
To Fool an Inquisition |
Tamara strikes a deal with one version of the devil. |
Amato, Kazimir, Munin, Tamara |
10/05/08 |
A Poisoned Morsel |
Another decides she's too risky a prospect. |
Sylar, Tamara |
10/15/08 |
Are You...? |
Kent asks an open-ended question; gets an open-ended response. |
Kent, Tamara |
10/16/08 |
Lucidity |
Kazimir has a chance to question the sybil and get a straight, sane, sensible answer. He totally misses it. |
Kazimir, Tamara |
10/18/08 |
We'll Be Okay |
Tamara does the unusual and visits Judah in the hospital. Felix is introduced to Judah's unofficial ward in the process. |
Colette, Felix, Judah, Tamara |
10/22/08 |
Normality |
Tamara pays Colette and Felix a visit. There's some attempt to pretend everything is normal. |
Colette, Felix, Tamara |
10/24/08 |
Of Stars, Strays and Quadruplets |
A chance encounter, and discussion of stars. |
Brian, Josh, Tamara, Ygraine |
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Pestilence |
The devil comes to claim his due — and winds up indebted to Tamara. |
Kazimir, Tamara |
10/25/08 |
Through a Mirror Darkly |
Turns out Colette and Ygraine have an(other) acquaintance in common. |
Colette, Felix, Tamara, Ygraine |
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Ghosts |
The first solid step on the road to understanding… |
Colette, Tamara |
10/26/08 |
Sister |
…leads to more questions that aren't easily answered. |
Colette, Tamara |
10/27/08 |
Fingerpainted Memories |
A casual encounter on the rooftop, with paint. |
Colette, Felix, Tamara |
10/29/08 |
Guardian Angel |
A wounded Felix is seen to. |
Colette, Felix, Tamara |
10/31/08 |
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A birthday gift is given. (offscreen) |
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Volume III: A Collective Fear |
11/16/08 |
Echoes of Fire |
Presaging disaster; then it arrives. |
Colette, Felix, Judah, Tamara |
11/21/08 |
Nines, Zeroes, and Newspapers |
Tamara owes Mohinder lunch. Or something like that. |
Mohinder, Tamara, Teo |
11/26/08 |
Home-Hunting |
Three friends get advice on an apartment from an unlikely source. |
Abby, Alexander, Tamara, Teo |
11/27/08 |
The Cat's Cradle |
Tamara chitchats with an agent. |
Rami, Tamara |
11/30/08 |
Colin Farrell Can Probably Skate |
Tam brings Abigail coffee and laughs at Hagan. |
Abby, Hagan, Pam, Tamara, Teo |
12/05/08 |
Undercurrents |
Bolivar and Rami circle; Tamara watches. |
Bolivar, Rami, Tamara |
12/10/08 |
There Was No Meeting |
Judah gets a phonecall. Tamara just delivers the phone. |
Judah, Kathleen, Tamara |
12/18/08 |
Shifting Winds |
Tamara is not a model. Nalani's secret is still safe. For now. |
Magnes, Nalani, Rami, Tamara |
Volume IV: A Taste of Armageddon |
12/20/08 |
Hear the Music |
Obliquely, Tamara gives Colette advice. It may not have been taken the way she most meant. |
Colette, Tamara |
12/22/08 |
Prickly Brown Caterpillar |
The person Dantes assumes knows the most about his disguise actually knows the least. |
Dantes/Felix, Tamara |
12/26/08 |
Neither Friend Nor Foe |
Paths cross at the park. |
Abby, Brian, Deckard, Eileen, Tamara, Teo |
12/27/08 |
Flying Sandwich Eater |
Colette is introduced to another Evolved. |
Colette, Maria, Tamara |
12/28/08 |
Lunchtime Interruptions |
There is a snake, a leaf, and a biscuit. Possibly an acorn. |
Maria, Rami, Tamara |
01/01/09 |
Trust the Illusion |
Tamara helps an agent hunt his quarry. |
Rami, Tamara |
01/04/09 |
Apollo Spat |
Teo gets a glimpse of the sybil's darker side. |
Tamara, Teo |
01/06/09 |
If The Light Fails |
The sybil gives Teo the grace of two questions. |
Tamara, Teo |
01/26/09 |
Undeserving |
A healer requests escort to a recalcitrant patient. |
Abby, Felix, Judah, Tamara |
01/27/09 |
Fireflies |
Colette and Tamara spend time together in the twilight before the end of the world. |
Colette, Tamara |
Volume V: Nadir |
02/03/09 |
There is Also Beauty |
'The end' is just another way of saying 'the beginning'. |
Amato, Tamara |
unspecified |
Tamara hitchhikes her way to Utah, because necessity requires. |
03/04/09 |
Walking on One Shoe |
Judah is reassured about both his daughters. |
Judah, Tamara |
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Leaving Breadcrumbs |
Tamara makes a promise to return. |
Colette, Tamara |
04/07/09 |
And the Wind Began to Howl |
Tamara steals syringes and suppressants from a normally secure facility. |
Brooke/Odessa, Tamara |
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When Lightning Strikes, Part II |
Tamara plays guide and executioner. |
Alexander, Brooke/Odessa, Elle, Gabriel, Gillian, Helena, Hiro, Isabelle, Lucrezia, Peter, Tamara, Teo, Verse |
Volume VI: A Sound of Thunder |
Bright Future — 2019 (future self) |
04/07/19 |
They're Here |
Tamara plays welcoming committee to displaced ghosts. |
Django, Elle, Helena, Jessica/Niki, Lucrezia, Tamara, Trask |
04/10/19 |
Normal, But Not Normal |
Two abnormal people have a nearly-normal conversation. |
Gabriel, Tamara |
04/19/19 |
Cassandra's Curse |
Elle makes queries of the sybil. |
Abby, Elle, Tamara |
04/30/19 |
The Right Questions |
So do two freedom fighters. |
Helena, Tamara, Teo |
Present Day |
05/03/09 |
Guiding Light |
Colette brings the sleeping sybil home. |
Colette, Tamara |
05/29/09 |
Attaboy |
A seer arranges an encounter. |
Delilah, Leonard/Alexander, Tamara, Teo |
06/09/09 |
Not Afraid of Mirrors |
Tamara connects a mother to… a friend. |
Niki, R.Ajas, Tamara |
06/20/09 |
A Lack of Symbolism |
Strangers have difficulty communicating. |
Aude, Tamara |
06/26/09 |
Searching for Charon |
Colette requests guidance, or at least a clue. |
Cat, Colette, Tamara |
06/26/09 |
Catch the Wind |
Two cops scare off a seer. |
Aude, Rebecca, Tamara |
06/30/09 |
Truths Yet to Discover |
Dangerous things are traded to the sybil. She gives symbolism for free. |
Cardinal, Ghost/Teo, Tamara |
07/11/09 |
Race You |
A visit to the zoo yields an enlightening conversation. |
Cat, Tamara |
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Remember, It's Not Real |
Tamara plays an extra and dodges a power detector. |
Isis, Maxwell, Tamara, Wendy |
07/12/09 |
Lion's Flowers |
Rebecca isn't a mouse at all. Tamara says so. |
Rebecca, Tamara |
07/13/09 |
The Distant Sound of Rain |
Tamara gives Colette sage advice. |
Colette, Tamara |
07/17/09 |
Champions |
An item is requested; prophecy is given instead. |
Ghost/Teo, Helena, Tamara |
07/18/09 |
Imperfect Reflections |
Rebecca gives the sybil space to recover. |
Rebecca, Tamara |
Volume VII: Escalation |
07/31/09 |
Incorrigible |
Colette is recovered by family after an adverse event. |
Colette, Judah, Tamara |
08/02/09 |
It Made You Dangerous |
The seer encounters a psychiatrist. |
Bella, Tamara |
08/12/09 |
For Saying Hello |
The sybil greets a man who intends to capture her. |
Danko, Tamara |
08/28/09 |
The Birds are Singing Sweetly |
Round two ends with more damage than round one. |
Danko, Tamara |
08/30/09 |
Safe and Less Sound |
Tamara returns to her foremost sanctuary… |
Judah, Tamara |
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No Words |
…and finds rest in a friend's embrace. |
Colette, Tamara |
09/16/09 |
Owls Looking for Mice |
Tamara leads Judah to a potential ally in the hunt for Humanis First. |
Cardinal, Judah, Tamara |
09/23/09 |
Murky Taxonomy |
Seer vs. psychiatrist, take two. |
Bella, Tamara |
10/20/09 |
I am History |
The girl who sees what comes encounters the man that was. |
Francois/Deckard, Tamara |
10/31/09 |
Not a Halloween Shindig |
Tamara does laundry. Cooper is concerned. |
Cooper, Tamara |
11/12/09 |
Long Time, No See |
The seer escorts history to a time-traveler. |
Francois/Deckard, Hiro, Tamara |
Volume VIII: Fallout |
11/17/09 |
To Russia, With Love |
Tamara provides tickets to Moscow. |
Abby, Cat, Tamara, Teo |
11/22/09 |
You, or Everyone Else |
And other marching orders as well. |
Cardinal, Claire, Tamara |
12/17/09 |
Not Scary Today |
The sybil pays Peyton a visit to assure her that things are progressing just fine. |
Peyton, Tamara |
12/20/09 |
Forever Ago |
Tamara gives Colette a gift. |
Colette, Tamara |
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Out of Order |
Afterwards, they have a run-in with Cooper. |
Colette, Cooper, Tamara |
12/24/09 |
Two Pieces |
Gifts both tangible and ephemeral are given in return. |
Colette, Tamara |
12/30/09 |
Just Keep Going |
Telepath meets cryptic seer. |
Kaylee, Tamara |
01/08/10 |
Business Card Tarot |
Seer gives unasked-for advice and makes connections. |
Kendall, Peyton, Tamara |
01/09/10 |
On Not Judging by Covers |
Tamara provides Kendall with a gift. Everyone provides a dose of chaos. |
Colette, Kaylee, Kendall, Tamara, Wendy |
01/12/10 |
A Little Tug Back |
Three people ground one another. |
Colette, Kaylee, Tamara |
01/14/10 |
Feeding Fish |
Commiseration and cryptic relationship advice. |
Kaylee, Tamara |
01/18/10 |
They're Coming Home |
The seer interrupts dinner to convey news. |
Peyton, Tamara, Wendy |
Volume IX: Farenheit |
02/23/10 |
Please Stay |
Colette confronts Tamara over a lack of rescue. |
Colette, Tamara |
03/04/10 |
Cherish the Time |
Family come together on a special occasion. |
Colette, Felix, Judah, Tamara |
03/11/10 |
J'Adoube - Meeting |
The seer interrupts a secret meeting to give cryptic advice. |
Alia, Angelina, Bones, Claire, Cardinal, Elisabeth, Gillian, Peyton, Tamara |
03/19/10 |
Lonely and Cold |
Trees, shadows, snow, and fellowship. |
Cardinal, Tamara |
03/30/10 |
Faith in the Dice |
A shadow asks to take a chance. The sybil agrees to enable. |
Cardinal, Tamara |
03/31/10 |
Forward Momentum |
Colette makes plans, and asks what the seer wants. |
Colette, Tamara |
04/07/10 |
In the Name of Hope |
Abby receives one of the last doses of the Formula. |
Abby, Tamara |
04/23/10 |
No Understanding |
Cryptic words while tending someone else's pets. |
Peter, Tamara |
04/27/10 |
A Dog With Two Bones |
Colette's second love meets her first; awkwardness ensues on two fronts. |
Colette, Tamara, Tasha |
Volume X: Awakening |
05/24/10 |
Homeward Bound |
Tamara lays claim to a mute puppy. |
Abby, Doyle, Eileen, Hailey, Kaylee, Magnes, Peyton, Raith, Tamara |
05/26/10 |
Hey You, Dog |
The rhyme and reason by which a seer chooses pet names. |
Judah, Tamara |
05/29/10 |
Picking at Bones |
The seer interferes in the psychiatrist's errands, to her own distaste. |
Bella, Tamara |
06/01/10 |
Dripping Dry |
She then proceeds to give more unasked direction. |
Bella, Tamara |
06/06/10 |
Where the River Runs Quieter |
To a pastor is given a gift and a benediction. |
Joseph, Tamara |
06/09/10 |
Slippery Words |
Paint comes with cryptic advice. |
Tamara, Tasha |
06/10/10 |
Be Different |
Powerless, the sybil prays for the future to change. It doesn't. |
Tamara |
06/14/10 |
The Bridge to Unenlightenment |
A puzzle-solver is provided with a puzzle. |
Rebecca, Tamara |
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I Misunderstood |
A normal conversation goes south fast. |
Quinn, Tamara |
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Choice |
Colette comes face-to-face with fears new and old. |
Colette, Tamara |
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The Sound of Distant Footsteps |
Sleeping, the seer still sparks drama. |
Colette, Sable, Tamara |
06/18/10 |
Half Asleep |
An anchor is cast out, a drifter summoned home. |
Colette, Tamara |
06/19/10 |
Stay |
Sympathy and affection carry the day. |
Colette, Tamara, Tasha |
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Foggy |
A doctor's very valid queries are met with evasions. |
Francois, Tamara |
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Ink Unfaded |
Sable and Tamara meet for the first time in the conscious present. |
Sable, Tamara |
06/20/10 |
User Manual |
Complicated relationships, all in one apartment at last. |
Colette, Tamara, Tasha |
06/22/10 |
Fingerprints in Paint |
Bonding over redecoration, and what goes in pictures. |
Tamara, Tasha |
06/23/10 |
Shades of Madness |
Two people with their own distinctly bizarre quirks lounge on a fire escape and chat |
Sable, Tamara |
06/24/10 |
It's Better That Way |
Tamara drops in on acquaintainces, then drops out again. |
Quinn, Tamara, Ygraine |
06/28/10 |
Then Be Happy |
The seer plays relationship facilitator… |
Colette, Tamara, Tasha |
06/29/10 |
New Road, New Soul |
…and guide to an existential crisis. |
Sable, Tamara |
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The Party Plan |
Four young women socialize. |
Colette, Quinn, Tamara, Tasha |
06/30/10 |
What Do You See? |
Coming home, Tasha finds a seer in need of anchor. |
Tamara, Tasha |
07/02/10 |
Sandcastles |
A trio of young women take time off from worry and stress at the beach. |
Colette, Tamara, Tasha |
07/07/10 |
Building Blocks |
Being companionable while others converse. |
Cat, Colette, Tamara |
07/10/10 |
Tamara Brooks, Plumber |
The seer guides the local handyman to a problem. |
Colette, Doyle, Quinn, Tamara |
07/13/10 |
The Art of Asking Questions |
Teo is obtuse. So is his prophet. |
Tamara, Teo |
07/15/10 |
Take the Knife |
Sable receives advice, and makes a good-natured threat. |
Sable, Tamara |
07/16/10 |
Cloudy, with a Chance of Meatballs |
A food fight provides distraction while a piece of the bloody future to come is kept in play. |
Colette, Sable, Tamara, Tasha |
07/13/10 |
Foxes and Wolves |
An injured Tasha receives visitors. |
Colette, Sasha, Tamara, Tasha |
07/14/10 |
No Voice Leaves Quiet |
The sybil is asked an important question. |
Colette, Tamara, Tasha |
Volume XI: The Hunted |
08/28/10 |
The Most Important Meal |
The sybil affirms the time-traveler's mission… |
Hiro, Tamara |
09/06/10 |
Sure as Chance |
…and meets with his associate as well. |
Rhys, Tamara |
09/11/10 |
Superstition |
An inquisitive mind is headed off at the pass. |
Monica, Tamara |
09/12/10 |
Come Back |
The seer nudges a piece into place on the gameboard of history… |
Colette, Tamara |
10/07/10 |
Mirrors Elsewhere |
…and retrieves another that belongs to the future. |
Sable, Tamara |
10/14/10 |
No More Ink Stains |
Judah is interrupted at work that's run far too late for his own good. |
Judah, Tamara |
11/06/10 |
Parting Threads |
The seer ties up loose ends — messages, farewells, deadly weapons lying in wait. |
Tamara, Tasha |
Volume XII: Divided We Fall |
11/08/10 |
It's Not Harm |
Sable's vision comes to pass: she is entrusted with a dog, and a none-too-good penny. |
Sable, Tamara |
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Pyrrhic Victory |
Colette's vision is realized in fire and blood and loss. |
Colette, Tamara, Tasha |
Volume XIII: Crossroads |
12/23/10 |
Given Values of Better |
Tamara begins her progression back to typical function. |
Broome, Tyler/!Cardinal, Tamara |
01/22/11 |
A Different Game |
The real game bears no relationship to the checkers board. |
Tyler/!Cardinal, Tamara |
01/25/11 |
How You Experience the World |
A psychiatrist gets answers, opportunity, and more questions. |
Bella, Tamara |
03/04/11 |
A Ray of Sunshine |
An anniversary, a call from the nearly-dead, and very little good news. |
Colette, Tamara |
04/18/11 |
Whirlwind |
The Institute's little bottled tornado sweeps the new lab security chief off her feet. So to speak. |
Tamara, Veronica |
04/27/01 |
Dervish |
The whirlwind blows past Veronica again, implicitly laying groundwork for events to come. |
Tamara, Veronica |
05/20/11 |
Shadows on the Ground |
The psychiatrist plans a trip. |
Bella, Tamara |
05/25/11 |
Nightingale |
Options, opportunities, choices offered — and refused… |
Tamara |
09/06/11 |
Run Blind I |
…and consequences finally coming home to roost. |
Colette, Judah, Tamara |
10/01/11 |
Interesting People |
Two people share books — sort of — to pass the time in a gilded cage. |
Ruiz, Tamara |
Volume XIV: Five Years Gone |
11/08/11 |
The Tide Rises |
Two allies commiserate in the last moment of calm before the storm. |
Tamara, Veronica |
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Arkfall, Part IV |
Extract Julie. Destroy the reactor. Run away. |
Darren, Doyle, Else, Graeme, Julie, Liette, Luis, Odessa, Remi, Tamara, Ygraine |
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Whatever Happened, Happened |
Avi Epstein executes a kill-list within the arcology. Tamara intervenes on his last target. |
Avi, LeRoux, Tamara |
11/21/11 |
Porridge and Pyjamas |
Tamara's second day among the waking features a conversation at turns both convivial and serious. |
Tamara, Ygraine |
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Messages and Metaphors |
Ygraine relays messages; one of them clicks. |
Tamara, Ygraine |
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Fishing |
Graeme checks in on Tamara; after succeeding only at talking past one another, they give up and play games. |
Graeme, Tamara |
11/22/11 |
Two Worlds |
Scientist and seer. Past and future. Bridging them is frustrating and difficult, the payoff indeterminate. |
Luis, Tamara |
11/28/11 |
The River Winding On |
Seer and cyclist share a personal moment before going their separate ways — for now. |
Tamara, Ygraine |
11/28-12/03 |
Tamara makes her way back to New York City. |
12/03/11 |
Her Heart Cannot Forget |
At Pollepel Island, Tamara is finally reunited with Colette. |
Colette, Tamara |
12/06/11 |
A Long Ways Down |
Two strangers attempt light conversation under Pollepel's dome. They don't quite succeed. |
Rue, Tamara |
12/10/11 |
A Mirror and an Echo |
Two seers meet for the first time. |
Eve, Tamara |
12/19/11 |
Queen of Hearts |
Colette, Tamara, and Tasha spend one last night together before the Siege of Pollepel breaks. |
Colette, Tamara, Tasha |
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Quietus II |
An impromptu rescue team descends into the cellar to liberate Rue and Calvin as the siege on Pollepel Island reaches its climax. |
Avi, Benji, Calvin, Colette, Noa, Quinn, Rue, Tamara |
continued in Book Two — String Theory: Aftermath |