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Neathy Morsels

Summary:

Fills for the 3 Sentence Ficathon on Dreamwidth. (Table of contents in notes.)

Notes:

Most of these fills were prompted by candlesinthewell; the crossover fill was prompted by adaeze!

[Brackets] means I chose the characters for 'any' prompts.

Chapter One: [The Dauntless Temperance Campaigner and the Implacable Detective], tarnished silver
Chapter Two: [The Tireless Mechanic and the Genial Magician], a Mirrorcatch Box Full of Very Angry Dream-Snakes
Chapter Three: Player, subjecting the Empress's Court to a hundred and fifty tiger ballets in a row
Chapter Four: Sinning Jenny, unexpected skills
Chapter Five: [None], [Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell], subterranean rivers
Chapter Six: [Inhabitants of Pigmote Isle], you appear to have purchased an extraordinary number of weasels
Chapter Seven: [Player, Majestic Pleasure Yacht, Polythreme Steamer], unusual love stories
Chapter Eight: [The Masters of the Bazaar], Neathy coffee shop AU
Chapter Nine: [The Old Man in Vienna and Original Character - proxies for the White and Sol], Neathy coffee shop AU

Chapter 1: The Dauntless Temperance Campaigner and the Implacable Detective, tarnished silver

Chapter Text

Round and round goes the Campaigner's handkerchief, in circles as wide and frantic as her eyes. There is fight left in the old girl, though perhaps as arbitrary as the victor's wont - unable to process defeat, she has grabbed a random tray, trying to polish it by elbow grease alone while she watches her supporters dwindle.

"Dauntless," says the Implacable Detective, with a knowing sigh, "reflections are overrated."