By Any Other Name - A Little Drabble Do Ya

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"Are you alright Napoleon?"

The sigh escaped the American's lips.

"What, exactly, is the problem?  Or is that something to which I shall remain ignorant while you continue in this … state?"

Napoleon was lying down on the sofa in his office as Illya spoke.  Eyes closed, lips pursed as though in deep thought.

"Has THRUSH overtaken the globe, are we all fired?  What Napoleon?"

Illya was getting a little impatient with this malaise exhibited by his partner.

"Dorine thinks I'm cute."

"Oh. I get that all the time."

"That's the problem."

"That I'm cute?"

"That we might be the same."

"The really unexpected affair"~ chapter 7

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Links to: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6

Napoleon joined Maude for a full breakfast, making Mrs. Dunphy quite happy, but not enough that she didn’t complain about Illya.

“Your friend left early this morning, off to ride that crazy stallion and wouldn’t have but porridge and a mug o’ tea. The lad could do with some meat on his bones if you ask me and I’ll bet he’ll have a sore bum when he gets back.  I swear he has no come-after to sit on.”

“Yes, that’s been said about him before,” Napoleon chuckled.

“Please, that’ll be all Mrs. Dunphy,” Maude seemed a bit displeased at the cooks forwardness.

“She was only speaking her mind, and it is the truth. Illya is a bit on the skinny side. Now as to having such a light breakfast, we both know that’s not like him...I hope he isn’t coming down with something?” Napoleon spoke his mind as well.

“She overstepped her place,” Maude said.”That’s completely unacceptable behavior...I have a mind to let her go.”

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"Just an illusion"~ for A Little Drabble Do Ya!

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“There is nothing we can hold onto in this world. It is but an illusion. Only by letting go can we truly possess what is real,” * Illya Kuryakin announced to his partner as he sipped a small cup of green tea.

They’d met for lunch at their usual place, Chang’s Restaurant. The food was good, and they knew Kuryakin’s infamous appetitie well enough to make the portions extra large.

“I didn’t know you were into ancient Chinese philosphy,” Napoleon speared his food with a fork; he could never get the hang of chopsticks.

“No… merely a fortune cookie,”Illya barely smiled.

* paraphraseing a line from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Averted (Double Drabble) - A Little Drabble Do Ya! - Sept 9th

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For various reasons, I wasn't able to write anything for yesterday's picfic, so instead, I offer you a double drabble based on the prompt picture.

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Alexander Waverly and Napoleon Solo watched in horror at the pictures they were being shown. Image after image showed them the catastrophic destruction of some of the world’s best known landmarks and buildings. The two men sat in silence as they saw India’s Taj Mahal crumbling, the White House in ruins, and the Clock Tower of Britain’s Palace of Westminster in flames, as well as many others. Waverly waved for the projector to be shut off.

“I think we get the idea, Mr Kuryakin,” he said.

“From the information we extracted from captured THRUSH agents,” Illya explained. “These images, along with detailed instructions, were part of a plan to destroy several important and cultural sites simultaneously. The plans were to be implemented on Friday of this week.”

“That’s tomorrow!” Napoleon stated.

“The plan has been halted, Mr Solo,” Waverly told him. “Before bringing this information to us, Mr Kuryakin took it upon himself to set counter-operations in motion worldwide.”

“Without informing you?” Solo asked.

“Of course he informed me,” Waverly confirmed. “But as his decisions mirrored what my instructions would have been, I saw little point in countermanding him.”

Napoleon offered his partner a ‘teacher’s pet’ expression. Illya merely smiled.

Dancing Discussions - A Little Drabble Do Ya - 9th September

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The woman he was dancing with was beguiling enough to turn a saint's head and Napoleon had no such natural resistance.

“You do remember our mission?” his partner asked scathingly in his ear from across the room.

He smiled unconcernedly, spinning her around dizzyingly.

“And you have noticed she is KGB?”

Of course. Really, Illya should know by now that he wasn't inclined to discriminate.

“Her name is Irina Petrovna Pichushkin. She and I were acquainted back home. Intimately acquainted. If that makes a difference to you.”

Ah. Sadly it did. He brought the dance to an end with regret.

A call to all for an impromptu Round Robin...just for kicks and grins.

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At Glennagirl's suggestion, we're going to have a Round Robin drabble challenge here in Section VII next week.  It's based on this drabble that I posted today, and prompted by Glennagirl's comment: "Just a fortune cookie? Imagine what they might find in a fortune cookie... uh oh... plot bunny.'

Here's my drabble that's starting us off:

"There is nothing we can hold onto in this world. It is but an illusion. Only by letting go can we truly possess what is real," Illya Kuryakin announced to his partner as he sipped a small cup of green tea.
They'd met for lunch at their usual place, Chang's Restaurant. The food was good and they knew Kuryakin's infamous appetite well enough to make the portions extra large.
"I didn't know you were into ancient Chinese philosphy," Napoleon speared his food with his fork; he could never get the hang of chopsticks.
"No...merely a fortune cookie," Illya barely smiled.

The Title for this Round Robin is:
                "The Fortune Cookie Affair."  
                                                     

The Gen chapter you contribute must be in the form of a Half-drabble (50 words), a Full drabble (100 words) OR a Double-drabble (200 words)

Posting will begin next Wednesday, with one chapter posting each day in order of the queue.  (giving each one of you to write and post your chapter based on the ones posted prior)

The idea is to have a cohesive story written by everyone, but with their own take, so this NOT just a series of unrelated drabbles. We want them to connect somehow.

So let's see where and how far this can take us?

Sign up for the round robin here in the comments.
Posting will be in the order of sign up. (Signups close Tuesday evening 9/15)