Fyodor One Shots

Retribution (1800s Russia au + a surprise)

I'm actually quite excited for this one. It's over two times the size of my first, so it took a while to write, sorry about that. 

I've been reading Crime and Punishment since last month (I'm a slow reader) and I love it a lot. So this is partially inspired by Crime and Punishment. If you haven't read it I highly recommend it. Mind you this fic isn't the plot of the book (I would never do that don't worry). 

This fic contains violence and character death, just in case you're not cool with that. I was going to write something more fluffy but this one was nagging at me. Also some more religious stuff because it's truly unavoidable. 

I did research on Russian naming conventions before writing. I planned on incorporating them more than I did but that's just not how the fic turned out. Here's some basic stuff you'd need to understand naming conventions (I didn't include diminutives so there's nothing on that here): 

- A Name consists of:   first name / patronymic (father's name with suffix dependant on gender. 'ovich' for males and 'ovna' for females are common. they change slightly depending on some names) / family name

- Formal referral to a person: first name, patronymic

- It is informal to refer to someone by their patronymic only (it's like calling them 'son/daughter of ____' )

(Y/P) refers to 'your patronymic' if you feel like coming up with one. You can come up with a Russian name or use your own name. It's obviously up to you. If you want to come up with a name or want to read more about it go here: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/RussianNamingConvention?from=Main.RussianNamingConvention

Again the name thing isn't important as I only mentioned it once, but I included it any way. 

Also, I am now in summer school. We're writing a lot of essays so there likely won't be any updates until August sometime, sorry.  

Haha, sorry for the long authors note. Hope you enjoy. Leave feedback if you like. 

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He'd be there. You thought.

He'd definitely be there. It must be easier to hide in a city with a large population like Petersburg... Or that is what he thinks. He may just be enjoying his money and working another illegal business for all anyone knows!

It would be for the good of society if the man were to die. He is to die as all men do, but an earlier death would make for a greater good. Stepan Ivanovich Sidorov... does he have relations? Anyone who may care for him, such as a wife? That is unlikely... so he shan't be missed.

Who will kill him? I won't, will I? That is hardly something a human should do. Yet my intentions... are they not good? Should I not be the one to strike him down?

You had been contemplating this for sometime, laying on your bed in your small room. You had been contemplating it since your uncle had told you what he had heard during his trip to Moscow.

To think that Uncle was in Moscow at the time when the man was at the forefront of the news! Does God wish to have me kill him myself?

Stephan Ivanovich operated under many aliases while doing business, most involving illegal practice. This was how he accumulated his fortune. Your Uncle knew of a few of his aliases, and he had learned that a man referred to by one of these had escaped the authorities in Moscow as of late. He had apparently been seen heading towards St. Petersburg. Of course you hadn't learnt of this until your Uncle had returned a week later, the journey by carriage being considerable.