Rainbow Fiction

Name: Nameless
Story: Divide & Rule
Colors: Twilight #19 (Nameless)
Supplies and Styles: Paint-by-numbers from bookblather (Caroline after the divorce) + Canvas + Graffiti - October Challenge (Fictober prompt #23 "we can fix this, I know we can.")
Word Count: 520
Rating: G
Warnings: Mentions of religion, guilt, divorce.
Notes: 1938; Caroline Aldridge, Diana Foyle.
Summary: Caroline's not sure who she is any more.

( Nameless )

Name: Caprice
Story: Divide & Rule/Heroes of the Revolution
Colors: Twilight #16 (Caprice); Vert #8 (Optimism)
Supplies and Styles: Eraser + Paint-by-Numbers from bookblather (Hanne has concerns about Julia marrying Edward) + Graffiti - October Challenge (Fictober Prompt #20 "I saw your eyes light up.") + Silhouette
Word Count: 596
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Notes: 1947ish?, AU; Edward Iveson/Julia Graves, Hanne Beck. (I wrote this out longhand ages ago; I don't even know quite which sort of AU it is this time, although clearly one where Hanne lived.)
Summary: Hanne has advice for Edward: don't marry Julia.

( Caprice )

Name: Something Breaking
Story: Divide & Rule/Heroes of the Revolution
Colors: Colour of the Day – 22nd Feb 2023 (in medias res); Twilight #14 (sine qua non); Vienna Orange #9 (Shouldn't there be screaming, praying, crying, anything at all?)
Supplies and Styles: Paint-by-Numbers from bookblather (Edward and Julia) & from shadowsong26 (silence after an announcement) + Miniature + Eraser + Novelty Beads – Birthday Prompts (stopped short).
Word Count: 100
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Mentions of death/grief.
Notes: 1958, Edward Iveson; AU (via this piece). I’ve been ill for weeks, but thought I’d might manage a drabble for the New Beginnings challenge & came up with this, and then realised it had to be 500 words, so, whoops: have a random Julia dies AU drabble just to prove i can still vaguely word anyway.
Summary: It’s the end of everything.

( Something breaking )

Name: Game Set and Match
Story: Divide & Rule/Heroes of the Revolution
Colors: Tourmaline #14 (pen/blade)
Supplies and Styles: Seed Beads
Word Count: 1555
Rating: PG
Warnings: None.
Notes: 1954; Jack Brayfield, Julia Graves. (Another in my random meetings set, this time how Jack Brayfield gets to be part of the Ivesons’ circle.)
Summary: Jack vs. Julia: the interview.

( Game Set and Match )

Name: Consorting With the Enemy
Story: Divide & Rule/Heroes of the Revolution
Colors: Tourmaline #3 (friend/enemy); Vienna Orange #1 (But I know it's wrong, why do I do it?)
Supplies and Styles: Canvas + Seedbeads + Paint-by-Numbers from shadowsong26 (because, sometimes, the benefits are worth the risk)
Word Count: 1051
Rating: G
Warnings: Some mentions of past deaths; period typical sexism.
Notes: 1910; Daisy Long, Jack Iveson. (I’m trying to do random first meetings for this colour, but we’ll see how it goes. This one features Edward’s maternal Aunt Daisy (who would later bring him up) and his paternal grandfather, Jack Iveson (the one who made a fortune building about a quarter of London in the 19th C.) Jack and Edward’s father are sort of estranged, but Jack’s not actually awful or anything; it was just one of those things.)
Summary: Daisy is a traitor, and that’s all there is to it.

( Consorting with the enemy )

Name: Literary Meeting
Story: Divide & Rule/Heroes of the Revolution
Colors: Tourmaline #20 (peace/war); Vienna Orange #11 (Call it any name you need, call it your 2.0, your rebirth)
Supplies and Styles: Paint-by-Numbers from shadowsong26 (just take a breath and start) + Seedbeads
Word Count: 1073
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Notes: London, 1944: Isabel Andrews & Edward Iveson.
Summary: Isabel had hoped for things to work out with Nancy, but it seems all she’s getting is disappointment and far too much bad poetry.

( Literary Meeting )

Name: Memorial
Story: Heroes of the Revolution
Colors: Vienna Orange #2 (How much did we lose to live this way?)
Supplies and Styles: Paint-by-Numbers (from shadowsong26: it was worth it, I think… I hope) + Novelty Beads (from shadowsong26: Of course, “I’m sorry” doesn’t always cut it.)
Word Count: 538
Rating: PG
Warnings: Grief/loss.
Notes: 1992; Julia Graves.
Summary: Julia makes a pilgrimage that’s been denied her till now.

( Memorial )

Name: Shadows and Phantoms
Story: Divide & Rule/Heroes of the Revolution
Colors: Ecru #1 (inform); Snow White #9 (stolen child); Twilight #13 (Particolor)
Supplies and Styles: Paint-by-numbers from bookblather (Emily Iveson is made up of so many different lives)
Word Count: 901
Rating: PG
Warnings: References to death, loss, abandonment.
Notes: 1992; Liz Cardew, Charles Terrell. (I've never really known what happened to Julia in the end, but, look, I have finally gone and done it. \o/) This also completes Snow White.
Summary: Liz has lived many different truths and lies in her various lives, but this is the strangest of them all.

( Shadows and Phantoms )

Name: Out of the Shadows
Story: Divide & Rule/Heroes of the Revolution
Colors: Candy Green #6 (Peppermint)
Supplies and Styles: Graffiti (June Challenge) + Eraser + Pastels (also for hc_bingo square “Suicide attempt” and genprompt_bingo square “Falls the Shadow”) + Tapestry
Word Count: 1419
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Some suicidal ideation. Mentions of necromancy?
Notes: Edward Iveson/Julia Graves; Dark Fantasy AU (from the giant list again).
Summary: Julia is prepared to do whatever it takes to bring her younger brother back from the dead.

( Out of the Shadows )

Name: Summer Haunting
Story: Divide & Rule/Heroes of the Revolution
Colors: Candy Green #9 (Saltwater taffy)
Supplies and Styles: Graffiti (June Challenge) + Eraser + Pastels (also for genprompt_bingo square “Character Death” and hc_bingo square “Haunted”) + Tapestry
Word Count: 1672
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Mentions of death.
Notes: Edward Iveson/Julia Graves; Ghost AU (another one from the giant list I have).
Summary: Edward hires a seaside cottage for the season, but it comes with complications.

( Summer Haunting )