Rainbow Fiction

Name: shadowsong26
Story: The Cover-up
'Verse: Feredar
Colors: Shadow #7. embezzlement, Bone #17. autopsy report, Arsenic #9. curare
Supplies and Materials: canvas (968 FY), oils, stain (“Opportunity makes a thief.” - Francis Bacon), modeling clay, charcoal, pastels (my current GRK card G1 "growing up"), chalk, seed beads, novelty beads ("I would never lie. I willfully participated in a campaign of misinformation."), glitter (alcohol)
Word Count: 458
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Mellir, Keta
Warnings: Teenaged drunken stupidity involving fire.
Notes: Constructive criticism welcome, as always. Mellir is about sixteen here, and Keta around twenty. Last Shadow!


( Keta shut the door to her room behind Mellir )

Name: shadowsong26
Story: Taking Action
'Verse: Feredar
Colors: Shadow #8. forgery, Bone #6. body wagon, Arsenic #12. sarin gas
Supplies and Materials: pointillism, miniature collection, eraser (generation swap au), acrylic, oils, modeling clay, pastels (my current GRK card B5 "symbols"), novelty beads (If you knew it was wrong, why did you do it?/You don't know, you didn't mean to, it slipped your mind/And it feels so good to feed a habit/You're just making the most of your borrowed time/Waiting for the white light--White Light, Vienna Teng), glitter ("For all his bluster, it is the sad province of man that he cannot choose his triumph. He can only choose how he will stand when the call of destiny comes, hoping he will have the courage to answer." – Mohinder Suresh, from Heroes)
Word Count: 339
Rating: R
Characters: Mel
Warnings: Genocide
Notes: Constructive criticism welcome, as always. Takes place in an alternate 981 FY, where Kellom is Sorell's father, rather than the other way around.



( Mel circled 'human' on the form, even though he knew what the question meant and knew it was a lie. )

Name: shadowsong26
Story: The Interview
'Verse: Feredar
Colors: Mellow Yellow #1. Obelisk, Electric Purple #10. But there's no sense in telling me/The wisdom of the fool won't set you free. (New Order- Bizarre Love Triangle), Shadow #11. resisting arrest
Supplies and Materials: fingerpainting (illustration + transcript format), illustration, eraser (Urban Fantasy AU), brush (ad hominem), oils, stain (“Nothing better than legalised mass murder.” - Harry Patch, the last surviving British soldier from the WWI trenches - on war), modeling clay, charcoal
Word Count: N/A
Rating: R
Characters: Detective Deshell Miller, Detective Renee Jones, Kellom
Warnings: References to murder
Notes: Constructive criticism welcome, as always. This takes place in the equivalent of an alternate 979 FY


( The Interview )

Name: shadowsong26
Story: Contact
'Verse: Lux
Colors: Shadow #5. breaking and entering, Isabelline #2. You're just a little bit too much like me, Electric Purple #12. Your former glories and all the stories/Dragged and washed with eager hands/But ohh oh your city lies in dust, my friend (Siouxsie & The Banshees- Cities in Dust)
Supplies and Materials: brush (ad hominem), stain (“Nothing better than legalised mass murder.” - Harry Patch, the last surviving British soldier from the WWI trenches - on war), feathers, fabric, modeling clay, charcoal, novelty beads ('Luka' by Suzanne Vega, glitter (nightmare), glue ("It may be difficult to believe that the outcome will be positive since you can see both sides of the issue quite clearly.")
Word Count: 581
Rating: R
Characters: Lux, Mariko
Warnings: Strong implications of an abusive relationship, references to murder and being set on fire.
Notes: Constructive criticism welcome, as always. The scars Lux refers to are six going down her back, in roughly parallel lines of three. This takes place early in Part Two, about ten years after the other Lux piece I posted.


( Mariko waited for the palm-plate outside her office to let her in )

Name: shadowsong26
Story: Advantage
'Verse: Feredar
Colors: Harvest Gold #3. crisp breeze, Shadow #13. hijack, Mellow Yellow #10. Jewel
Supplies and Materials: miniature, photography, canvas (978 FY), stain (“When you’re going through hell, keep going.” - Winston Churchill), fabric, chalk
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Taz and Kes Hantree
Warnings: Piracy
Notes: Constructive criticism welcome, as always.

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Name: shadowsong26
Story: Positive
'Verse: Feredar
Colors: Heart Gold #29. Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction. - Saint-Exupery, Harvest Gold #2. back to school, Shadow #12. concealed carry
Supplies and Materials: stained glass, miniature collection, photography, eraser (Urban Fantasy AU), modeling clay, yarn, glitter ("We all have to decide for ourselves how much sin we can live with." – Nucky Thompson from Boardwalk Empire), glue ("Unfinished tasks pull you out of your reverie today, yet the depth of your new awareness is up to the whims of trickster Mercury. It's even tougher than usual for you to walk away from sweet pleasantries.")
Word Count: 390
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Rema, Pellin, Sorell, Nida
Warnings: Unplanned teenaged pregnancy (therefore, background sex between a 16- and 17-year-old) and some less-than-happy reactions to it
Notes: Constructive criticism welcome, as always. This takes place in the equivalent of an alternate 943 FY.


( Positive )

Name: shadowsong26
Story: The Thief
'Verse: Feredar
Colors: Heart Gold #6. Love is a beautiful dream. - William Sharp, Electric Purple #16. I have stood here before inside the pouring rain/With the world turning circles running 'round my brain/I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign/But it's my destiny to be the king of pain (The Police- King of Pain), Shadow #6. theft
Supplies and Materials: pointillism, photography, miniature collection, reimaging (of Good Cop, Bad Cop, the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth ones), canvas (from about 978 FY through 984 FY), acrylic, oils, feathers, chalk, seed beads, glitter
Word Count: 413
Rating: R
Characters: Selmid, "Shura," Deshell, Fesha
Warnings: Homelessness, nonviolent death of a child, references to witnessed murder with mutilation, Eye Scream, brief implication of child prostitution
Notes: Constructive criticism welcome, as always. Could I get a Shadow color tag, please?


( The Thief )