Round Robin: Higher Objectives, Chapter 14

[avirra.livejournal.com]

As the man departed. Illya merely shrugged.

"I suspect he is playing both sides of the wall. Dismiss him as a distraction."

After a momentary look of confusion, Napoleon chuckled.

"That's 'playing both sides of the fence'."

Illya made an impatient gesture.

"Wall, fence - what does it matter? I would rather shower than argue semantics."

Napoleon moved to the side and held the door open for his partner.

"My abode awaits. You still have a spare outfit there, so we don't need to return to your apartment for anything. I'll ask April and Mark to retrieve your things. I'm afraid you'll be switching apartments again, chum."

Illya simply grunted his acknowledgment and sank into the passenger seat as his adrenaline rush faded. A long, hot shower and fresh clothes did wonders for reviving him. Use of his spare makeup kit and some cling wrap had Napoleon staring at his partner in less than an hour.

"That's one look I've never seen on you, pal. You look like an entirely different person bald."

"That is the point, is it not? Get ready, my friend. No more delays - we are headed to Little Russia now.

Comments

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Very good chapter! Thanks for moving us along, and now finally we're on our way back to Little Russia and the satrapy! Yay!

[threecee.livejournal.com]

Short but very good! I have to admit though, when you said Illya and cling wrap, bald was not my mental image.

[avirra.livejournal.com]

No, not doing the MFU version of 'Grease' here, folks *l*.

[threecee.livejournal.com]

Was thinking more of an MFU version of the 70's legends about wives greeting their husbands at the door while dressed only in Saran Wrap. *wink*

[rosywonder.livejournal.com]

Wot, no spaghetti-O? What is spaghetti-O? I have to confess, my mind was working overtime at the cling film.

[avirra.livejournal.com]

All you folks obsessing with the cling wrap - dirty minds *tsk* Which is why, I suspect, I fit in here so well *eg*.

[avirra.livejournal.com]

Aha - and Spaghetti-O's are tiny pasta rounds canned with sort of an orangey sauce.

[sidhe-uaine42.livejournal.com]

You can kinda get an idea what Spaghetti-Os are if you look at the classic ad for them mrua7 posted in the Chapter 12 "alert".

The best way to describe them are spaghetti "rings" of different sizes in a cheap, slightly more liquid tomato "sauce". They don't take long to heat up on top of the stove (which is why I had Napoleon Solo mention that he had several tins of them to the ever-hungry Illya Kuriakin.)

[rosywonder.livejournal.com]

Oh of course! How very sixties and very accurate. They were called spaghetti rings in the UK and I refused to eat them as a child. Perhaps I wasn't as desperate as Illya.

[lindafishes8.livejournal.com]

Bald Illya seems to be coming into vogue. In my story "Open Arms," Illya shaved off all of his hair. Interesting chapter. Plastic wrap?

[avirra.livejournal.com]

They may have a better way of doing it nowadays, but when I was in the theatre, if someone had to put on a skull cap to make them look bald, they'd slick down the hair and then tightly cover it in cling film. It not only seemed to make the skull cap go on (and look) smoother, it kept your hair from getting pulled out as badly from accidental spirit gum adhesion.

[lindafishes8.livejournal.com]

Thanks for explaining. I was scratching my head over this one.