Six Sentence Sunday: Omens

The Republic of Ansdale has, at its heart, the land of the North Star, Alaska. Really, without Alaska there would be no Republic. The spark which led to Western Secession was the refusal by Washington to grant their new acquisition any semblance of a Civil Law.

Maybe the Russians should have seen it coming. The signs were about even on the day of the Official Transfer, October 18, 1867. It was an unusually windy day, and the Russian Flag just refused to come down. Trying to save the ceremony from failure, a Russian sailor climbs the flagpole at Baranov's Castle and remove the flag himself.

Once at the top he pulls out his knife and cuts the flag from the halyard. Once freed from the halyard, the Russian Imperial Flag flutters down on the breeze and lands on the fixed bayonets of the American Army. The symbolism, though unintentional, is too much for the already emotionally high-strung Princess Maksutova. As soon as she sees the flag come to rest on the bayonets of the Americans, she faints.

"The Princess has collapsed" Peshurov shouts out, alarmed. "Someone help the Princess."

 What will become of Princess Maksutova, or of American Russian relations. Only time will tell.