Two things...

[glennagirl]

One thing that's happening today is Poll Day! You can make your opinion count by casting a vote in the poll that we're calling Motivation.  Find it and vote HEREAlso, the poll is in part related to the scenario suggestions found in a post that asked the question: what sort of stories do you want to see? Well, I didn't exactly ask the question like

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[mrua7]

It was an interesting poll. Unfortunately I'm still working on my PicFic. Yikes!

[glennagirl]

You and me both, but extending the time at least gives us a shot at posting by Next Week!

[mrua7]

I'm hoping to have it done by the weekend, though I didn't get much done today. I was just a lump on the sofa.

[thehappygirl53]

I don't think I answered the questions with this in mind, but I think they get a rush from living on the edge. I wrote a series of stories where Illya says that being an agent is not a normal job. "It’s somewhere between a religious vocation and drug addiction." So, there is training, and there is personal motivation to be the best at what they do, but it's also an addiction to risk.

[glennagirl]

That's a very insightful and interesting observation. Have you shared those stories on Live Journal? Gen stories can be posted any time on Section VII, no challenge necessary.

[thehappygirl53]

I've posted links to some of the later ones. They're all on Ao3. The link to the whole "Orphan Bond" series is here:

https://archiveofourown.org/series/151748

That quote is in the first story. The second story in the series is the most hurt/comforty of all.