The Mask is Always There - Song Story Callenge - May 21st

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Can this world be a masquerade
Are you really what we see on the outside
And hidin' what you really are on the inside
Pretending that you're something you're really not, yeah yeah.

The World’s a Masquerade – Earth, Wind, and Fire.


Lying on a bed in another seedy motel room, following another successful mission, Napoleon watched with interest as the brown-eyed, red-haired man in front of him slowly transformed.

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Random and Completely Spontaneous Story Telling...

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It's a rainy day here in the Bluegrass state, which means I need to actually get something done inside the house.  Or... I could come up with an idea to entertain those of us hanging around LJ.
Spontaneous Story.  I'll start with a sentence, and the rest is up to whoever is out there, one sentence at a time.

Napoleon and Illya were walking from Del Floria's to their favorite deli.

Minuet of Forest (QuoteMe #2, 2016)

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The Quote: "No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions." -- Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Title: Minuet of Forest
Rating: PG13
Word count: ~6180
Author: Rose of Pollux

(Cross-posted to fanfiction.net and AO3, if you prefer reading there. This is a "first mission" fic, the sequel to the "first meeting" fic I posted some months ago--and a continuation of the "Baron of THRUSH" storyline.

The two weeks following the initial meeting between Napoleon and Illya were met with preparations for their first mission as partners in Rio—a simple reconnaissance mission to pick up information on Moran. Illya was still getting used to New York, and he found reactions to him around U.N.C.L.E. to be mostly positive. True, there were a few people who ignored him completely, a few people who stared with suspicion in their eyes, and a few who would whisper to each other as he walked passed, but, for the most part, the agents of the New York branch welcomed Illya as one of their own, greeting him warmly and advising him where to go for the best food, drinks, and coffee. And there were some who seemed to be concerned with the fact that he was partnering up with Napoleon. The rumor mill already had a series of field days with Napoleon, as Illya was already aware of. The Russian found himself being greeted by some agents advising him not to take it personally if Napoleon ended up going after the glory on his own.

“He’s so obsessed with this Baron thing, you know?” an agent said. “I heard it that his ex—some lady named Clara—up and left him because he wouldn’t stop thinking about going after the Baron. Said she didn’t want to be playing second fiddle to his work. So, even if you do help him with this Baron thing, it’s likely he’s going to push you off to the side. You’d better be prepared for that. Solo’s a good guy—no doubt about that. But working with a partner just isn’t his thing. He won’t stand for anyone getting in his way—especially not a partner. Last thing he needs is a liability. …Not that you will be, of course. Just don’t take it personally if he just… ignores you. Or if there’s tension.”

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Impromptu Challenge...

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Serendipity sometimes inspires.  Take this picture for example. As a group, I think we all like Early Years stories, so take this shot of a young Illya/McCallum and write something evocative of the period before the series,  No time limit.

Song Story - A Man for the People

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Can this world be a masquerade
Are you really what we see on the outside
And hidin' what what you really are on the inside
Pretending that you're something you're really not, yeah yeah

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