Title: unexpected losses
'Verse/characters: Trickwood Unification; Ruadhan pov, ensemble early trickwood unification
Prompt: 19D "gray"
Word Count: 862
Notes: I am cheating; this is the beginning of the expansion of the river baroness expansion.

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( The silence was deafening, after the boom. )

Title: races
'Verse/characters: Falcons' Feathers; (Irina)
Prompt: 69C "flight"
Word Count: 1117
Notes: This is a sketch of the beginning of the story-as-told.

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( In honour of Pyotr Feodorevich's visit, several days of revelry had been planned, interspersed with sumptuous meals and long hours of dancing and singing. )

Title: earworms
'Verse/characters: Trickwood Unification; Ruadhan, Arianhrod
Prompt: 27D "foreign"
Word Count: 417
Notes: This concludes the requests for the Trickwood Unification.

( No-one messed with the Bordeaux. He had no idea why. )

Title: repurposing . . .
'Verse/characters: Sibir; Stas
Prompt: 03B "evil"
Word Count: 438
Notes: towards the end, I think, based on the ranks; Stas' rank translates to a Captain of Cavalry, while Sergeievich's is a Colonel.

( He never forged his commanding officer's signature. )

Title: smelling smoke
'Verse/characters: Swallow's Tail; Taarstad, Sascha, Helena, Petrovich, others
Prompt: 91C "echo"
Word Count: 976
Notes: incorporates much of no horses in Eljúdnir. This is several days after names.
Realistically speaking this is a thousand word sketch for an eventual five thousand words. >.>

( If he didn't know horses weren't actually capable of it... )

Title: blast from another life
'Verse/characters: Swallow's Tail; Petrovich, Helena, Stas, Sascha
Prompt: 68D "hero"
Word Count: 324
Notes: Yes, you read that right. Remember that tossaway line in you gonna dance, or you gonna just look?, about Helena's last lover ( Read more... )

Title: upon regaining consciousness . . .
'Verse/characters: Wild Roses; Fintain
Prompt: 44C "kiss"
Word Count: 333
Notes: zero_pixel_coun suggested 'cold stone'; goldjadeocean said 'Fintain' when presented with a list of options. Blame, however, belongs to me and Hazel.

( His youngest daughter had, when presented with a sword, been first disgusted, then resigned, )

Title: breaking fast
'Verse/characters: Death be not Proud; the Morrigan, the First of China
Prompt: 14A "waking up"
Word Count: 643
Notes: Argh, I feel like I'm infodumping.
Timing wise, after old soldiers and before blood in the water.

( Sniping in the kitchen )

Title: at the lake
'Verse/characters: Sibir; Stas
Prompt: 03C "unheard"
Word Count: 495
Notes: Baby lievtenant; before he was transferred to Sergeievich's command.
Blame coastal_physics for this one. Oigh.

( He was promoted all of a week ago. )

Title: bright sharp shattering
'Verse/characters: Swallow's Tail; Taarstad, Helena, others
Prompt: 89A "strangers"
Word Count: 1317
Rating: bloodier than the rest, so far.
Notes: 3/3, follows like a brick from above. Longer than I expected it to be. May be followed by a 4th bit.

( He hadn't expected the world to end before dawn. Midnight, maybe. Dawn. )