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The Night Watch Affair by Benzadmiral - G
Fandom: MAN FROM UNCLE
Pairing: None - gen
Length: 29K
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: Author's works can be found on MFU Archive
Why this must be read:
Mr. Waverly has decided that every Section 2 agent should take a turn at night watch so that they can better appreciate their boss's job. This evening it's Illya's turn to stand watch. So naturally a simple mission of Napoleon's goes wrong when a Thrush agent turns out to be decidedly paranoid and psychotic. Can Illya resolve this without having to call Mr. Waverly? And will he be able to save Napoleon if he breaks down and calls Mr. Waverly? Illya has to do some quick and inventive thinking.
"The current psychiatric term is `paranoid personality disorder,'" Dr. Koenekamp said. His ruddy face glowed on the color monitor in the comm alcove. "From that tape you played me, I'd say Vulpin fits. Mistrust, suspicion, hypersensitivity to other people's words and actions. Hostile and unpredictable. Paranoids believe they are the focus of continual persecution, of conspiracies big and small."
"How do we deal with him?" said Illya. The hall door slid open and Jim Martinez of Enforcement strode in.
"You don't," Koenekamp said. "You can't reason with him. He'll shift his premises so that he always has the `right' answer. It's incurable and gets worse with age. The medical community believes the only way to handle true paranoiacs is drug therapy; there are some exciting new drugs on the market now. . . . Ironic, isn't it?"
"That Vulpin is part of Thrush, a very real conspiracy?"
"That too. But you realize, don't you, that his paranoia may have been a survival characteristic. Perhaps he always had such tendencies, but under the pressures of his work in the world of Thrush, his inability to trust and eagerness to believe in conspiracies centering on him might actually have allowed him to thrive."
Koenekamp looked happy. "This will make a very interesting paper. Please try to keep him alive so that I can interview him, won't you?"
"No promises, Doctor. Thank you. Kuryakin out."
The Night Watch Affair
Pairing: None - gen
Length: 29K
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: Author's works can be found on MFU Archive
Why this must be read:
Mr. Waverly has decided that every Section 2 agent should take a turn at night watch so that they can better appreciate their boss's job. This evening it's Illya's turn to stand watch. So naturally a simple mission of Napoleon's goes wrong when a Thrush agent turns out to be decidedly paranoid and psychotic. Can Illya resolve this without having to call Mr. Waverly? And will he be able to save Napoleon if he breaks down and calls Mr. Waverly? Illya has to do some quick and inventive thinking.
"The current psychiatric term is `paranoid personality disorder,'" Dr. Koenekamp said. His ruddy face glowed on the color monitor in the comm alcove. "From that tape you played me, I'd say Vulpin fits. Mistrust, suspicion, hypersensitivity to other people's words and actions. Hostile and unpredictable. Paranoids believe they are the focus of continual persecution, of conspiracies big and small."
"How do we deal with him?" said Illya. The hall door slid open and Jim Martinez of Enforcement strode in.
"You don't," Koenekamp said. "You can't reason with him. He'll shift his premises so that he always has the `right' answer. It's incurable and gets worse with age. The medical community believes the only way to handle true paranoiacs is drug therapy; there are some exciting new drugs on the market now. . . . Ironic, isn't it?"
"That Vulpin is part of Thrush, a very real conspiracy?"
"That too. But you realize, don't you, that his paranoia may have been a survival characteristic. Perhaps he always had such tendencies, but under the pressures of his work in the world of Thrush, his inability to trust and eagerness to believe in conspiracies centering on him might actually have allowed him to thrive."
Koenekamp looked happy. "This will make a very interesting paper. Please try to keep him alive so that I can interview him, won't you?"
"No promises, Doctor. Thank you. Kuryakin out."
The Night Watch Affair
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