Title: you'd think he'd be used to it by now . . .
'Verse/characters: Sibir; Stas and Sergeievich
Prompt: 40B "positive"
Word Count: 270
Notes: The other tea stained paper. She didn't believe me when I said I'd get two each out of the sparks. *solemn!*

( 'Stas!' one of the sergeants roared across the mess, and he waved an arm above the crowd in acknowledgement. )

Title: in plain sight
'Verse/characters: Sibir; Sergeievich, Marya Ivanovna
Prompt: 86C "invisibility", 'a moment of unguarded pleasure' (klgaffney)
Word Count: 1117
Notes: billradish kept going 'Sibir? Sibir? Sibir? Sibir?'; Marya Ivanovna was introduced in no head for the waters of life. Realistically this is one thread of a chapter or so ( Read more... )

Title: circumstances must
'Verse/characters: Sibir; Sergeievich
Prompt: 69A "belief"
Word Count: 598
Notes: goes hand in hand with little help, sir?.

( The highest rank they found breathing was a dying lievtenant )

Title: little help, sir?
'Verse/characters: Sibir; Sergeievich, others
Prompt: 84A "courage"
Word Count: 337
Notes: This dramatically predates anything else in the Sibir sequence. Prompted by a poll response and some chanting from billradishVocabulary: 'singer' - audio connection. 'zastava' - mobile staging ground for horses carrying men to board ( Read more... )

Title: poink!
'Verse/characters: Sibir; Stas, Sergeievich
Prompt: 35B "poetry"
Word Count: 488
Notes: after the expanded piece glory's where you find it. Stas figures he's up for going back to duty.

( It will NOT stop going *poink!* )

Title: glory's where you find it
'Verse/characters: Sibir; Sergeievich, Stas, others
Prompt: 28A "at the end of the day"
Word Count: 895
Notes: this is an expanded version of surnameVocabulary: a vezha is a research station; a terem is a standard station; an artel is, traditionally, a group of men ranging from 5 to 20 in number, who all came ( Read more... )

Title: no head for the waters of life
'Verse/characters: Sibir; Sergeivich, Stas, Marya
Prompt: 6B "truth"
Word Count: 477 587
Notes: after *poink!*, before repurposing. Stas is convinced his commanding officer needs to meet girls.

( The difference in body language was fascinating )

Title: suspicions
'Verse/characters: Witches' Horses; Stas, Sergeievich
Prompt: 01B "magic"
Word Count: 1439
Notes: follows lies, lies and more lies. Stas makes a gesture. Sergeivich has a mild Moment. These are not necessarily related ( Read more... )

Title: bad news
'Verse/characters: Witches' Horses; Stas, Sergeievich
Prompt: 71A "premonition"
Word Count: 263
Notes: follows . . . okay, then. Roughly a week before arrest.

( 'Hey, boss--' )

Title: . . Okay then.
'Verse/characters: Witches' Horses; Sinclair, Sergeievich
Prompt: 62A "infinite limits"
Word Count: 372
Notes: follows reassurances; meanwhile, back in the room . . .

( They held a stare while the guards filed out )