1931 -- Baccano! Fic and Media

Part of the ongoing series I've been doing with them! Might stand alone, but probably makes more sense (in the "why are they getting along this well?" way) with the rest of the series to back it up:
Away for So Long (Dallas, Eve)
Deep Breaths (Luck/Dallas)
Queer (Luck/Dallas)
A Bridge to Sell You (Luck/Dallas)
[some other bits I haven't written yet]
Attica

This part: worksafe, ~2100 words.
Being involved with a mafia man comes with a few drawbacks. Dallas is coping with one of them.

( Attica )

Title: "Stacked Deck"
Parts: 0 through 10 of 21
Author: Laylah
Characters: assorted
Rating: worksafe
Word Count: 9x100 and 1x200, 1100 words overall
A/N the first: Credit goes to puella_nerdii for the concept! She mentioned Claire being the Chariot, and I couldn't get the idea of a Baccano! Major Arcana series out of my head.
A/N the second: The Tarot deck I'm most familiar with is the Thoth, which has a few significant differences from the more common Rider-Waite both in name and order of the cards. I've used the Thoth order and names for this set.

( Stacked Deck )

I'm not quite brave enough to offer full-blown fic, but events at work have inspired me to drabble a bit. (And oh my, it's tough keeping to 100 words when you're still trying to get a handle on characters. My apologies if any of these folks feel off.)

There's nothing explicit (beyond a kiss), but overly-cautious me wouldn't read this at work for little girls perving over older men (and older men letting them), hints of m/f and m/m, and Tick promising to get creative with his scissors.

5 x 100 words. Also, someday, Carol and Eve need to meet.

( Carol and Gustav St. Germain )

( Firo and Ennis )

( Luck and Claire )

( Eve and Keith )

( Tick and Berga )

I need to stop spamming like this. *___*

Title: Growing Up Is Still The Most Fun That You Will Ever Have
Rating: G
Characters: Claire, Luck, Keith, Berga
Summary: Because Claire had to have grown up into the balanced individual he later became somehow. Everything he learnt, he learnt from his brothers.
Warnings: Mmm, invented backstory, ho.

2154 words of crazy almost-not-quite mafia-family fluff with a pretentious title to boot!

( 'You know, your dad is really weird,' Claire said; it was one of the first things that the angry-looking redhead kid said to Luck. )

This thing is a monster. Hugely speculative Gandor family fiction, go! I'm going to go pass out now.

Title: Family Rites
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Gandor family and associates; vague Luck/Claire/(Chane).
Summary: Growing up as a Gandor and growing old as a Gandor: Keith tries marriage, Luck tries ambition, Berga tries uncledom, Claire tries everyone else.
Warnings: Liberties taken with Keith's wife and family; liberties taken probably with everything. 8D

6,405 words and a lot of family politics.

( How it began was really very simple: just another one of the family's slightly dysfunctional relationships. )

Opening post! There's probably no one here yet, so I'll sit tight and see what happens. For the time being, some small drabbles crossposted from my journal:

Draw up a seat, and deal yourself in. A game with the Gandors. 166 words.

( Cards with the Gandors )

New-found immortality has its perks. Claire finds Luck changed, but not necessarily in a bad way. 261 words.

( Claire visits home. )