Shards of Shame

[Moscow, October 1941]

Another piece of bread shoved onto Stepan's mouth, then he swallow it forcefully. The burning sensation on his throat and stomach dampened for a while. So, Stepan able to crouch fast around the ruined building, making sure he can find any enemy to kill before his stomach acted up again.

It took around fifteen minutes until he found one who wandered alone. But Stepan was too late to load his gun, as that Wermacht soldier already lunged on him with knife. Stepan managed to dodged and pick his knife. They fought with brute force, although it doesn't take too long because once again Stepan's insides are acting up again. Stepan quickly subdued and cornered at the wall by the wicked Wermacht soldier.

The sudden slam on that wall made Stepan's stomach burning hotter. He can feel his insides turning violent more than usual. He know what will comes afterwards... and can't hold it anymore. The burning and nausea on his body become stronger than his fear that the knife almost touching his forehead.

"HOOEEEKKKK!!!"

The hot, yellowish liquid thrown out of Stepan's mouth... and instantly landed to the enemy's face. That enemy startled until dropping the knife, screaming and gagging from such disgusting projectile. And with such golden chance, Stepan took his knife again and finished that Wermacht soldier's life.

Then Stepan look at the corpse thoroughly with flabbergasted face. "The acid saved me for the first time," he whispered to myself. But this makes him more scared and mortified. He doesn't want to be known by his peers as vomit thrower, even though that saved him from peril. Thus, Stepan quickly scoop the shards of glass from that ruined building and pour it onto the dead body's face. Then he left that building, continued to seek another empty place to chew another piece of bread.

At least this will cover such embarrassing detail about that enemy's death... and about himself.

Spectrum Meme

Remaking this Spectrum Meme I used to participate long ago. Enjoy!

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Fyodor's Mercy

[1940]

After Fyodor got the cats from Oleg, he decided to naming them:

Mila for the white queen

Khleb for the orange kitten

Chai for the grey kitten

Koka for the brown kitten

But he knew those old hags would try to ruin his happiness. How to kept these cats without known by them?

For the first time, Fyodor asked his father if the father can craft a special crate as the cat's house. The crate would be filled with lots of blankets and covered with pot plants, so people thought it was just gardening tools. The father happily fulfil it, and put that crate on the balcony. The cats are still kept outside, since Fyodor can't risk the cats abused by the old hags. The cats also sometimes escaped to streets since sometimes the old hags will check on balcony.

Since that moment, Fyodor, his father and two now-adult brothers are taking turns in caring the cats secretly. He trusted them to help caring the cats whenever Fyodor cannot arrive home (due to concert tour or overtime at the ensemble). He still doesn't trust his mother, as he still wounded by her choice to bring back those old hags.

Little did Fyodor know... the mother actually cat lover too. And the mother has making sure the abusive old hags won't come near balcony too often.

Bar

Semyon: "Aww come on, Vanya! You're not cute when being gloomy."

Ivan: "How can I'm not being gloomy, for my wife always argued with me after work?"

Longest Concert Ever

Alexandrov Ensemble used to perform concert tour around Far Eastern and Mongolia from 3 May until 26 September 1938. It was claimed to be the longest concert tour they've ever done in lifetime.

And so when looking at the calendar... it's interesting that it means some artists' birthdays are celebrated during the tour.