Di's Victorian Vexes

This year I did it!  Yay!  I'm very happy about this, especially since I was behind my target number of drabbles at the beginning of December and I knew it would be a busy month.  But I managed to get going and get the drabbles finished.


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Title:  Run Irene, Run.
Prompt: Irene's flight. (Go Fish) (lauriempress)
Rating: PG. 
Spoiler rating: 10/10. 
Summary: What happens to Irene after Esmond manges to leave the Smithy and the village.
Notes: It was a lot of fun to revisit this, and although I'd like to add more to it, I think that this is a good start for one of the next parts to the story, when I get back to it.
Word Count: 625.


(  Irene’s heart pounded even harder, making her blood sing in her ears. )

Title:  Hope and Despair.
Prompt:Vivaldi's "Spring"  (tatdatcm)
Rating: U. 
Spoiler rating: 9/10. 
Summary: This is spoilery, even though I don't mention what exactly has happened, so read at your own risk.
Notes: I know this reads as being very choppy and disjointed, but I think that fits with what is going on at this point in time, and how this character feels.  You'll see what I mean when I get there in the story.
Word Count: 230


( The conductor was planning on revisiting Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, which was one of his favourite suites. )

Title:  A Hero's Reward.
Prompt: Stanley's first kiss (peasant007)
Rating: PG. 
Spoiler rating: 0/10. 
Summary: Stanley plays the hero..
Notes: I don't really have anything to say apart from I'd forgotten how much fun it is to write young Stanley.
Word Count:828.


( Without pausing to think more, he wrenched off his boots and slid down the bank into the water. )

Title:  Burnt
Prompt: Burning the food for an important dinner. (silverbelle1220)
Rating: U. 
Spoiler rating: 8/10. 
Summary: Clockwork lets a certain person down.
Notes: Fairly high spoiler rating due to the fact it references something in the future.  Also, I've not found any reliable facts for how long a bottle jack runs.  The Victorian Farm which was shown a few years ago, had 10 minutes between windings, but whether that is due to the age of the bottle jack used or a usual amount of time, I can't say. 
Word Count: 310


( Pausing only to grab the thick cloth she used to protect her hands from the hot metal, she wrenched the screen round, turning the meat away from the searing heat of the fire. )

Title:  Space
Prompt: "You remind me so much of your father." (leilia)
Rating: U. 
Spoiler rating: 8/10. 
Summary: John and his son.
Notes: Only a quick little drabble this time.  Again, I could polish this more, but I like the ideas I have going on in it.
Word Count: 651.


( "That house is the house where your grandfather was born and grew up. Would you like to grow up there?”  )

Title:  Family
Prompt: Christopher's thoughts on his parentage (katrisims)
Rating: U. 
Spoiler rating: 5/10. 
Summary: Christopher thinks about his father at two points in his life.
Notes: I'm not happy with this at all, mainly because I think Christopher's thoughts on the subject are very muddled and he flip flops back and forth on them, but I've been going round in circles trying to pin those down, and I'm sick of looking at this now.  So, here you go.  A not very good drabble for you all.
Word Count: 820.


( “You have no comprehension as to what it is like.” )

Title:  Bragging.
Prompt: Sister-in-law.  (mzyra)
Rating: U. 
Spoiler rating: 8/10. 
Summary: Ezra and Bethany are having tea with Sarah Jane..
Notes: Only a short one this time.  I might do more with this and make it into a scene at some point.  Also fairly high spoiler due to references to something upcoming.
Word Count: 241.


( Surely by now she would have realised that Bethany cared little for titles and the company that Sarah Jane kept these days? )

Title:  More than that.
Prompt: Robert courting Emmi.  (penguingirl03)
Rating: U. 
Spoiler rating:  8/10. 
Summary:  Robert arrives to take Emmi to the theatre.
Notes: I've put quite a high spoiler rating on this, since a version of this scene will appear in a future chapter, and it also refers to some of the events in Emmi's tale, even if it is obliquely.  Also, you'll notice that there's no mention of a chaperone in this part of the scene.  Emmi wouldn't think of one, and Robert is from a place where they aren't common place.  As for the other person in the scene, well she hasn't had chance to insist on tagging along yet.
Word Count: 986.


( Today, the tune she was playing was upbeat and bouncy, and he took that to be a good sign that she was looking forward to their date. )

Title:  Argument.
Prompt: "That is unacceptable" (superfr0g)
Rating: PG. 
Spoiler rating:  8/10. 
Summary:  Sophia goes to see her father.
Notes: This is fairly spoliery in that, although this scene won't be in the next chapter the events that count as the build up and aftermath will be.
Word Count: 616.


( "Why should my sister sacrifice her happiness, in order to look after a selfish, ill-mannered man?!”  )