Title: juggling manticores
'Verse/characters: Sun Queen era; Ian Sansoucy, two other Hands
Prompt: M: "(yes, there is a pattern here, hush)" and Dormouse: "that anonymous Hand of whom I am so fond" (who is much less anonymous once he coughed up his name)
Word Count: 805
Notes: Ian Sansoucy has appeared in gooood morning, your majesty, family ( Read more... )

Title: morning post
'Verse/characters: Wild Roses; Phoebe and a Hand
Prompt: 79B "flight"
Word Count: 286
Notes: This particular Hand has appeared in unfair advantages, repairs and Leaves. Nature's way of laughing at you.

( He found the Queen up on the roof of the Keep, catching paper birds with nets of sunlight. )

( let me know if this reads better, please? )

Title: Leaves. Nature's way of laughing at you.
’Verse/characters: Wild Roses; Phoebe, a Hand
Prompt: 26C "authority"
Word Count: 385
Notes: same Hand as in unfair advantages and repairs. Requested by dormouse_in_tea

( You MUST be joking. )

Title: repairs
'Verse/characters: Wild Roses; Phoebe, a Hand
Prompt: 22A "dream the impossible"
Word Count: 287
Notes: continuation of unfair advantages.

( She was still laughing )

Title: unfair advantages
’Verse/characters: Wild Roses; Phoebe, a Hand
Prompt: 'floods', a Hand, and Phoebe - non list requests
Word Count: 383
Rating: all ages
Notes: sometime during the Sun Queen's Reign.

( The Hand blinked a few times at the gently dripping mud. )

Title: rules of diplomacy
’Verse/characters: Wild Roses; Sean and a Hand
Prompt: 'dismemberment' and a Hand - non list requests
Word Count: 561
Rating: all ages
Notes: after the wars, before the spawn of Lin and Hazel started putting in appearances.

( She'd read the reports twice )

Title: stakes
’Verse/characters: Wild Roses; a Hand
Prompt: "crocodiles" and a Hand - non-list requests.
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Notes: The story referenced is Mr. Kipling's; it's well worth reading, but you get the feeling that it's less complete than it could be. Snip below is dialogue only.

( Please tell me . . . )