Title: An Accounting of Weakness
Author: vyduan
Rating: TV-14
Disclaimer: All characters belong to JJ Abrams and Bad Robot.
Characters: Sark, Julia/Sydney, Vaughn, Lauren
Warnings: Angst and implications of sex. Character death.
Challenge: Mission Fic Possible: June; Mission Prompt Possible: September
Word Count: 1022
A/N: Originally posted at CopyThat. Everything up through the end of S2. Veers off into AU after that. Assumes Sark was exchanged to the Covenant for his inheritance while Sydney was still Julia Thorne. Also refers to 3x14 Blowback (albeit in a somewhat changed fashion). All quoted dialogue from Blowback courtesy of Twiz TV.

scathing: (adjective) Bitterly denunciatory; harshly critical.

An Accounting of Weakness

It had been eleven months, two weeks and six days since Sydney Bristow's fiery pyre consumed her body and all her worldly possessions. ( Read More... )

Since the markets were closed today, I didn't have to go into work. And all day, these birds have been singing, twittering, and chatting their beautiful melodies outside in the trees by my house. It has brought a smile to my face every time I think of it and every time I hear it.

It's been awhile since I've posted some dance videos. :) (In the case of LJ, the first time!)

1) This one, look for the yellow pants in one session and red pants in the other. (I'm mostly out of frame for the red pants part.)



2) This one, look out for the yellow pants again. Sheesh. I just filmed a video today wearing the same dang pants. Clearly, I only wear these once every three weeks. What can you do?



And lastly, I'm in love with the new Madonna song featuring JT and Timbo.

OMG, this is awesome.

http://nintendo8.com/toplist/more/

Choice Foods

I shake my head
Amazed
How diligently, faithfully
Day after day
You choose to eat shit and mud pies
When a bounty sits in front of your eyes

Feeling:

loved

I had a wonderful weekend that also felt like I packed a lot in (even though it was normal length). Saturday morning, my mom and I held a seminar at the church where J and I got married a year ago.

Then, all three of us had lunch and went out to watch the Spiderwick Chronicles (pretty good!) and had Coldstone Creamery ice cream afterwards (we made them sing for us), shopped at Draeger's (a fancy Wholefoods/Williams Sonoma/Papyrus mashup), and did some shopping. We chased ducks, walked in the sprinkling rain, and had a wonderful time. My mom had such a good time, she said she was putting it in her journal. YAY!

Then, we came home and napped. Afterwards, we went to DC's house to play board games and then later in the evening, my beloved CB (formerly of CM) stayed the night and we chatted a long time! Next morning, made omelets and juice and hung out some more.

I had a phone appointment for work and then I chatted with KL in NYC. (Feel better soon!!) Then, J and I met up AW and JN at the Bridges Restaurant in downtown Danville (where they filmed Mrs. Doubtfire). Then we came home to play some more board games. And we were happy to spend our first anniversary with friends we love and care about! whooohoooo!

Happy days, indeed.

I think this article on poor Haitians eating dirt almost made me cry. It also made me angry that the article included nothing on what we could do.

Feeling:

frustrated

Welp, I'm back from my two-week trip to Taiwan and Tokyo. Right now, I'm cranky cuz for some reason, my wireless card (including a new one I bought to fix this problem) isn't connecting to my wireless router. boo. So, I guess I'm kicking it old school with a LAN cable. Other than that, here's a quick sum-up (by request) of my trip.

Warnings: Graphic violence and disturbing images. High Squick factor. Be forewarned. Lots of time-shifting. Character death.
Word Count: 1,042
A/N: Originally posted at Copy That. I stole some characters and scenes from canon but switched it up a bit. As a result, some of it may seem familiar and yet wrong. :) All quotes from the original episode 3x02 Succession taken from TwizTV/JJ Abrams/Bad Robot. I blame all the violence on Neil Gaiman.

Loose Lips: Chapter 4

He was too late. He was always too late. She went missing again and he doggedly pursued her. The Covenant taunted him, leaving bruised and broken polaroids behind like a trail of bloody breadcrumbs. The last time, the memento finished developing in his clenched fist. He had been so close.

Title: Loose Lips
Rating: MA-17
Warnings: Strong language
Word Count: 925
A/N: Orpheus was a musician who charmed his way into the Underworld in an attempt to bring back his dead wife, Eurydice. I found them fitting as Sark and Julia's call signs. (And no, not foreshadowing at all. ) Special thanks to  born30 for her constant encouragement and availability to listen to my crazy venting. Her advice has been invaluable. And thanks to redbookie for beta-ing. Originally posted at CopyThat.

Loose Lips: Chapter 3

***3 MONTHS LATER***

They had followed the money. Logic dictated that discovering the final destination of all transactions and their account holders' identities would lead them to the people behind the Covenant. Knowing their names would define motives and ultimately, the Covenant endgame. They could then destroy the Covenant a myriad of ways.

 Title: Loose Lips
Author: vyduan
Rating: MA-17
Disclaimer: All characters belong to JJ Abrams and Bad Robot.
Ship: Sark/Julia
Warnings: Implied sex and overt violence. Character death. WIP.
Quick Summary: Set at the beginning of S3.
Word Count: 1109
A/N: Originally posted at Copy That. Inspired by the fountain pen pic for March Fic Possible. Set during the missing two years. The only change is Sark was not in CIA custody at that time. He now works for the Covenant and is paired up with Julia. Thanks to redbookie for beta-ing. =) 


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Loose Lips


Chapter 1

*BERLIN*

"Tell us what we want to know," he sighed, inspecting his manicured hands, "and your death will be quick." He glanced up and saw his partner loosen the garrote.

"I don't have what you want," the man grunted. "Just kill me and be done with it."

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Title: A Grief Interruption
Author: vyduan
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: All characters belong to JJ Abrams and Bad Robot.
Ship: None
Warnings: Mild angst.
Challenge: Mission Fic Possible: August
Quick Summary: We always see Syd in the awesome kickass moments for her spylife. But really, a lot of it was prepwork, analysis, and internal warfare. Set sometime during her joint employment at SD-6 and the CIA.
Word Count: 957
A/N: Originally posted at CopyThat. Inspirations: "Why Sydney Has No Social Life" by Jody Lynn Nye in the book, Alias Assumed: Sex, Lies and SD-6 ; A Grief Observed by CS Lewis.


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A Grief Interruption

Sydney stared at yet another manila folder on her desk. Why did they bother stamping "Top Secret" on everything? Didn't they work in Black Ops? Weren't all their files "Top Secret"? If they wanted to keep the files truly hidden, they'd make the files look as boring as possible (which sometimes meant a person just had to read them). All that stamp did was make it more likely someone would want to read it. Unless, of course, they were looking to do the opposite. By making even the most banal file Top Secret, they were effectively doing the same thing. Hiding an important file in plain sight. Well then, why bother wasting red ink?

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Title: Courtship
Author: vyduan
Rating: TV-14
Disclaimer: All characters belong to JJ Abrams and Bad Robot.
Ship: Sarkney
Warnings: Some innuendo
Challenge: Mission Fic Possible: June
Quick Summary: A series of phone conversations between Sydney and Sark.
Word Count: 984
A/N: Originally posted at Copy That.


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Courtship

"Good evening, Agent Bristow."

"What do you want, Sark? How did you get this number?"

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Title: The Little Things
Author: vyduan
Rating: TV-14
Disclaimer: All characters belong to JJ Abrams and Bad Robot.
Ship: Julia/Simon
Warnings: Some innuendo
Challenge: Mission Fic Possible: July
Word Count: 946
Quick Summary: Set during the Missing Two Years between S2 and S3. Requires reasonable understanding of what happened in first half of S3.
A/N: Originally posted at CopyThat.This is my first fan fic (or any fic) ever. If you could suggest where I could improve either technically or stylistically, I'd really appreciate it. Special thanks to JuliaThorne and IndiaQuinn for the encouragement and the idea to start with the challenge. Enjoy!


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The Little Things

It was the little things that put her life in the most peril. An answering machine message. A wrong number. A spoonful of coffee ice cream.

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