Despite traditional avoidance behaviour like answering e mail, I did about 275 words on the story I'm supposed to be working on. I should get myself a little bar graph! Then to reward myself I did around 250 fooling around with something I've been thinking about for awhile. Something with angst. Excerpt below, except it won't make any sense unless you're pretty familiar with MFU.
Illya looked at him in surprise. "The offer came from Waverly. Just after the New Year, he must have been thinking about it when he sent you after me. Semenov told me when I went back to Moscow that June.
Napoleon thought about it. "The old fox. We all thought it was one of Semenov's demands."
"Oh, Semenov was eager enough. He might even have brought it up if Waverly hadn't. But it started with Waverly."
"God. I wonder if Beldon knew."
"I'm not sure; he probably suspected. He invited me to dinner a couple of weeks before I left for New York."
"That must have been a bit uncomfortable."
"Dinner with Harry was always uncomfortable. But yes, this was stranger than usual. He was angry; with me a little I think, but his anger went deeper than that. He tried not to let it show, but it was there. He felt I put up too little resistance to the transfer."
Napoleon looked at Illya. "I always assumed you wanted to come. Did you?"
Illya's lips quirked. " I put up no resistance." He paused for a moment remembering again the fraught conversation and Harry's glittering eyes. "I think...I think that night he tried to recruit me."
Yeah, I really want to see what makes Harry tick--I know there's a seething resentment of Waverly in there somewhere. But it has to be angsty--you've already done the ultimate Harry Beldon non-angst piece :)
LOL! That wasn't really Harry Beldon, though. That was, um, something else.
I totally agree about the seething resentment of Waverly (which the old fox knows about - one of the things I like about Summit Five is that moment when Waverly is surprised to learn that Strothers is guilty - I reckon he suspected Beldon all along).
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Excerpt below, except it won't make any sense unless you're pretty familiar with MFU.
Illya looked at him in surprise. "The offer came from Waverly. Just after the New Year, he must have been thinking about it when he sent you after me. Semenov told me when I went back to Moscow that June.
Napoleon thought about it. "The old fox. We all thought it was one of Semenov's demands."
"Oh, Semenov was eager enough. He might even have brought it up if Waverly hadn't. But it started with Waverly."
"God. I wonder if Beldon knew."
"I'm not sure; he probably suspected. He invited me to dinner a couple of weeks before I left for New York."
"That must have been a bit uncomfortable."
"Dinner with Harry was always uncomfortable. But yes, this was stranger than usual. He was angry; with me a little I think, but his anger went deeper than that. He tried not to let it show, but it was there. He felt I put up too little resistance to the transfer."
Napoleon looked at Illya. "I always assumed you wanted to come. Did you?"
Illya's lips quirked. " I put up no resistance." He paused for a moment remembering again the fraught conversation and Harry's glittering eyes. "I think...I think that night he tried to recruit me."
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Oh, you definitely should. Huzzah for steady progress!
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I totally agree about the seething resentment of Waverly (which the old fox knows about - one of the things I like about Summit Five is that moment when Waverly is surprised to learn that Strothers is guilty - I reckon he suspected Beldon all along).
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That sounds like a quality bit of backstory right there...
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*flicks whip*
(better?)