Skipping ahead to say, yes, of course, Anne. I threw them out there to see if they'd be useable to you.

Whee! Thanks!

Thing is, the Ethan piece is turning into Ethan's Acid Trip - not sure it's clear that what he thinks is happening isn't happening, and he's being massively toyed with?

I've always wanted to see Ethan toyed with. He so does have it coming...

They're not in that livejournal. I made a fic one, to try and resusitate a dying muse. sathinks.

Then I shall friend that LJ, and then read them. Thanks for letting me know!

Whee! Thanks!

You're welcome.

And this...

I've always wanted to see Ethan toyed with. He so does have it coming...

sounds like it could be a really good story...

My first real Due South story! for the current flashfiction Mendacity Challenge. I'm still thinking of a name.

Frannie hates running into old friends. She hates the small talk, the questions. She hates talking about her brother. They always say the same thing:

We haven’t seen you. We haven’t seen Ray. We heard he moved out, was there trouble? Is he seeing someone?

She hates their questions and she gives her answers quick and to the point. She’s started being rude.

He’s busy with work. There’s no trouble. No, no, he’s not seeing anyone. Look, he’s an adult. Adults live on their own. Okay?

Now she has a reputation for being rude, people have started asking Ma or Maria:

What happened to Frannie, she used to be such a nice girl.

Frannie accepts it, she’s not a nice girl anymore. How can she be a nice girl? She lives in the middle of a web of lies.

Which she hates.

Sometimes she gets so mad because no one seems to take the undercover business seriously. Ray chases after his ex-wife---Stella, not Angie. Ray’s parents come to the station—his Dad, not Ma. She hates that everyone at the station seems to know that Ray Kowalski is playing at being her brother. Frannie worries that one day the men out where ever Ray is--because no one has told her where he is--will figure out that her brother is playing at being someone else.

She hates worrying about what she’ll do if Lt. Welsh calls her in his office, not to complain about her clothes or filing but, to tell her Ray is dead.

All of the lying and worrying and she knows that she would never be able to look at Ray Kowalski and say, “I don’t blame you.”

Lovely, askye. But I'm confused about

Ray’s parents come to the station—his Dad, not Ma.

Would this be Ray K.'s dad? Because Ray V's (and Frannie's) dad is dead, right?

Yeah it's Ray K's dad. Because Frannie's Dad is dead and Ray's Dad shows up at the station in at episode, at least one.

I thought because I had Stella--not Angie and then Dad--not Ma that it would help because it's RayK's family and not RayV's in the same order both times.

Okay. Thanks for the clarification. You might want to indicate that, unless the rest of the story spells it out enough.

deb - I'd already read the Xander wish in your LJ and loved it. In Which Spike Acquires a Coat is also delicious. You say so much in 100 words.

but in this guise, hungry as a vicious bear

Love that description!

...

Victor - where does your Manchild/BtVS Cross-Over Fic begin? I've read from when Faith was on the phone with Buffy and there was the confusion about James/Giles being tied up. I love it. Need more. Am too far behind in BF to find my way.

SA - I loved Buffy finding the Watchers' diaries. Like Beverly, their relationship is my favorite on the show.

Cindy! You made me turn pink!

If I ever get a day where I can bend my back (it's completel talky meat right now) and two minutes without errands, I'll finish the Ethan's Bad Day. As I say, Ethan is being screwed with, and, at athe moment, it isn't by Buffy, poor silly man with far too man enemies.

Cindy, Part one is at:

victor infante "Bitchy Fic: It Could Be Plot Bunnies" Jul 17, 2003 2:17:40 am PDT

But it still may be hard to find the rest of it. Plei will have it up at some point soon, if you get lost.