I wrote this for the 500 word Thimbleful Thursday prompt of the same name. It would fall in the period covered by A Week in Bao Shung, Surprises At The Provincial Tournament and The Finals Of The Provincial Tournament.

“Nai wasn’t home for midsummer festival and she didn’t call for her birthday either,” said Madam Sung a touch sadly. She slid ( Read more... )

This is sort of a side glimpse of Nai's world and occurs after Time Progresses and concurrently In Which That Paid For, Is Received.

Sung Ruh was home from running errands to get herself ready for the new secondary school year. She wasn’t sure how Nai had managed glide through her last year of school without anyone realising what she was doing, ( Read more... )

I wrote this to aldersprig's fourth prompt, "More Nai's sister."

“Well, she was too little for our games,” said Kae. “I was twelve when she was born. We all thought we were so grown up and I remember the boys didn’t play with her because she was a girl. She used to sit in a corner telling stories to her stuffed doll-thing.”

“That’s right,” agreed Ruh. “I ( Read more... )

I wrote this to aldersprig's fifth prompt.  It is quite long and I expect there will be at least one more instalment.

It was the robes that set me off on the decision path that led to everything else.  My mother and my sister Ruh were carrying them in from the car.  Brightly coloured responsibility ceremony robes all ready for Ruh’s birthday the next day.  ( Read more... )