( Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself. Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards. )

( A guide to Koschei's various verses )

(or, five times Koschei and Theta found each other)

i. I found the one I've waited for"Do you know me?" the stranger asks, and it takes Koschei a moment to be certain he's not the one who spoke. The desperation is familiar ( Read more... )

The room they keep him in is white and square, no decorations, nothing to occupy himself with. A window on one wall, higher and smaller than his head; a small square light in the center of the ceiling; a door and a bed. A temporary holding cell, they tell him, as they wait for his trial ( Read more... )

In the end it's not the killing, but a string of months with no fight and no planning that causes him to take off again. The TARDIS bay isn't well-guarded at night and no one directly interferes with his attempt to leave. Sometimes he wonders if they know about his jaunts, if they allow them as an indulgence, to make him feel less like a prisoner ( Read more... )

The first time Theta asks, Koschei assumes it's a passing fancy, inspired by this moment and quick to be forgotten. He doesn't like taking advantage of Theta's faulty memory and wandering attention, but this time he does, only responding with a shrug and waiting for him to get distracted. And he does, and Koschei is just glad the subject is dropped ( Read more... )

Theta's having a very bad day, and of course Koschei is there to keep him up.

Older Koschei, tiny Koschei, and Earth movies.

"How do you handle guilt?"

Koschei's TARDIS lands in the F!Inn and any path you follow, there's an interesting conversation to be had. [NotQuiteCanon-verse]