Title: beware herd response
'Verse/characters: Trickwood Unification; Hernén, the second Ian
Prompt: 43D "die"
Word Count: 779
Notes: And this is why we do not magic the horses unexpectedly. No, really.

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( His first thought as the equine shriek echoed in his ears wasn't 'Winter, what just happened?' or 'What's *wrong* with you you stupid horse?' but 'This is a really, really stupid way to die.' )

Title: a disorienting morning
'Verse/characters: Wild Roses; Phoebe and the Second Ian
Prompt: 00D "gone"
Word Count: 598
Notes: darthneko requested Phoebe, back in March. As always, I am rusty after a break, so this reads stiffer than it might.

( She was sitting half-curled into an invisible chair when he woke, one of her knees drawn up and her skirt draping heavily from it. )

Title: all in favour?
'Verse/characters: Wild Roses; Jared, Madeleine, Jasmine, Giovanni, James, the second Ian
Prompt: 06D "break away"
Word Count: 868
Notes: Trickwood Unification mid to late stages. Arianhrod's left; the second Ian, Joshua and James are all around but under a century old.

( 'So, let me get this straight . . .' )

Title: rituals
'Verse/characters: Wild Roses; Phoebe, the second Ian
Prompt: 57A "comfort"
Word Count: 359
Notes: This follows deliberate, and is followed itself by familiar stranger. Both of which will probably be revised at some point in the near future.

( Ulysse again, most likely. )

Title: good luck symbols
'Verse/characters: Wild Roses; second Ian
Prompt: 85C "glow"
Word Count: 230
Notes: He smiled, slowly. "Did Holly ever get to plant her flowers?"

( The man appearing in a burst of light was startled. The girl with a carving knife and a hand on a rabbit hutch nearly fell over backwards in shock. )

From this post.

( 'gunpowder and green tea'; Wild Roses, first war, Hernén and Fintain )

Title: admissions
’Verse/characters: Wild Roses; Phoebe, the Second Ian
Prompt: 75A "one more chance"
Word Count: 750
Rating: PG for weird family tangles.
Notes: same arc as this, a week or so later.

( He was so young. )

Title: deliberate
’Verse/characters: Wild Roses; the second Ian, (Phoebe)
Prompt: 20A "chance and choice"
Word Count: 168
Rating: G
Notes: between this and this.

( He could have let it go. )