PicFic Tuesday Prompt for November 11th 2014

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Apologies, as this prompt should have posted yesterday.

Rules of the Challenge:

Due: Tuesday, November 11th
Statistical stuff: Minimum 500 words
Subject Matter: Should fit into the GENeral concepts of the community, and contains nothing explicit and reflects the 1960's series in style and content. However, that being said, there is a GEN-mature tag option for stories that contain violence, torture, angst or mild het. (for these please add an appropriate warning at the beginning of your story)
Subject Header: Please include in your Subject Header the phrase "For Picfic Tuesday, the due date and your title
Tags: Use PicFic, Gen or Gen-mature

It was 50 years ago this year that The Man From U.N.C.L.E. came on the scene, but it's also the 50th Anniversary of the 1964 New York World's Fair.  Some of us were lucky enough to have been there...

So here's your prompt:

                                  

Continuing with Chapter 2.

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With heartfelt thanks to mrua7 for praise, encouragement and beta skills.

Link to Chapter 1 http://archiveofourown.org/works/2563967/chapters/5701682

Chapter 2

The mission he had been on three days prior had been a simple one. He and his partner, Napoleon Solo were to check out an abandoned building next to the interstate in nearby Montville,NJ.

It was thought the dilapidated barn was a clever storage facility for T.H.R.U.S.H.’s latest project. T.H.R.U.S.H. believed no one would suspect the hundred year old building was being used for such a purpose but that was surmised by U.N.C.L.E.’s Intelligence Section.

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"Danse Macabre"~ for the PicFic Tuesday Challenge 11/4

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                        (the prompt)

                                      (play while reading)

                     

It was nearing the witching hour as Napoleon Solo, dressed formally in black tails, a white vest and bow tie, moved gracefully around the dance floor with his partner. His gloved hands held those of the Grand Duchess Allegra Beatrix Gwyneth Aurelia Mariella Elisabeth of Ingolstein, and who was also his current assignment.

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A Merry Dance - Picfic Tuesday- November 4th

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Illya Kuryakin hated this type of assignment. He had lived a long time outside of Russia, but the experiences and doctrines of his youth still remained with him. As such, working undercover as a waiter at a decadent society gala, sat rather uncomfortably with him. It was supposedly a charity fundraiser, and it was this detail which really stuck in Illya’s throat. The ticket price for the event was high, but he knew a lot of that went into staging it. Then there were the designer gowns and opulent jewels which were being flaunted. The value of those alone far outstripped the amount which would be donated. Illya would have called it western hypocrisy if he didn’t already know it was the same in his country.

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