100 Fairy Tales

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100 Fairy Tales Prompt Set

001.	The fox as shepherd.	002.	Curing a sick lion.	003.	The saving blood.	004.	The first to see the sunrise.	005.	Learning to fear men. -past!Rachel
006.	What was whispered in his ear. -Young!Edchel	007.	Blood-brothers.	008.	Sin and grace. -Mensverse!Rachel	009.	The danced-out shoes.	010.	The princess in the shroud.
011.	The girl as helper in the hero’s fight. -returned!Rachel	012.	The youth transformed. -AU!Edchel	013.	The magician and his pupil.	014.	The youth who wanted to learn what fear is.	015.	Little brother and little sister.
016.	Sleeping beauty.	017.	Friends in life and death. -Eddrew brotp	018.	The bridge to the other world.	019.	The confession.	020.	All stick together. -Pierchel
021.	Beloved of women.	022.	The dance among thorns.	023.	The devil’s contract.	024.	Open sesame.	025.	Invisible voices.
026.	Her only trick.	027.	The hunter.	028.	The lazy boy.	029.	The snare.	030.	The rhyme.
031.	Thank you three times.	032.	Why it turned winter.	033.	The spider brings luck.	034.	A pound of flesh. -Lysa	035.	Wise through experience.
036.	Like wind in the hot sun.	037.	The blood that testified to the truth.	038.	The partition of an inheritance.	039.	Bargain not to become angry.	040.	Casting eyes.
041.	Cleaning the child. -H/V!Sydney & Cadogan	042.	Contest in words.	043.	The ogre injured.	044.	As much as you can carry.	045.	With his whole heart.
046.	The man who competes with the devil.	047.	The girl who ate so little.	048.	Sunlight carried into the windowless house. -Rachel and Eileen	049.	The man takes seriously the prediction of death.	050.	Mistaken identity.
051.	Fools frightened.	052.	Sailing in a contrary wind.	053.	Hospitality.	054.	How wide the world is.	055.	The girl who patched her apron.
056.	The silence wager.	057.	The old woman as troublemaker.	058.	The girl who does not know herself.	059.	The thunderstorm.	060.	Staying with a friend in rainy weather.
061.	The practical girl. -Mensverse!Adair	062.	Keeping up appearances.	063.	Clean and tidy.	064.	Nothing to cook.	065.	The dead shall remain dead. -Edchel (two in one!)
066.	A clever boy.	067.	The girl who ran so fast.	068.	Carrying part of the load.	069.	The girl who wanted to be always young.	070.	The first harbinger of spring.
071.	Cleverness and gullibility. -Rachel and Eileen	072.	For the long winter.	073.	Know-it-all.	074.	Building castles in the air.	075.	What should I have said?
076.	The forgotten word.	077.	Jealousy.	078.	Two match-makers.	079.	Echo answers.	080.	Can’t take a joke.
081.	Cards fall from the sleeve of the preacher.	082.	The man who will never say thanks.	083.	The girl who is spinning the thread of fate.	084.	Good-bye, you dirty world.	085.	'Who gives his own goods shall receive it back tenfold.'
086.	Three words at the grave. -Edchel	087.	Imagined penance for imagined sin. -canon!Rachel	088.	A realistic demonstration. -Hollywood!Rachel and kiddos	089.	You shall see me a little while longer.	090.	Another matter. -Ace!Rachel
091.	Too much talk.	092.	Wishing contests.	093.	A miraculous escape.	094.	Good luck.	095.	I knew you were coming. -Hollywood!Sydilim
096.	Unusual hearing. -Edchel	097.	The wishing ring. -Hollywood!Syd/ Feilim	098.	No time for sickness.	099.	The lucky shot.	100.	The poisoned apple.

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Beloved of women - Canonverse, Rachel

Rachel Caustello loves her Diamonds.

Very few dare to say otherwise, whether they disagree with her views or not. Very few dare to argue that what she does isn't what she views is best for her Suit, even if the first seven years of her reign and the prejudice with which she rules may indicate otherwise. Rachel Caustello loves her Diamonds, and that is a concrete fact as hard as the rock itself.

It's evident in the hours she puts into her work, in the number of times she tugs herself away from the Deck in order to deal with a certain issue they may be facing Outside, the number of times she's gone down to the Outposts to make sure all is safe and secure. It's evident in the sleepless nights, the intense training, the way she forgets sometimes what eating is and has to be encouraged by the butler, her assistant, Säde, or Avery or Silas.

It's evident in the way she works herself through her grief over Edgar's death, over Ophelia's, over Andrew's, in the way she forced herself to take things on in complete capacity in Lindsey's absence and eventual death. In the careful planning that went into each and every Winter Festival of her reign, and in the way that she made sure to be introduced to every newcomer-- Outsider or Deckborn-- that proclaimed themselves part of her Suit.

And it's evident most of all on the day when she stands up to the man known as the Magician for the sake of both the Deck and her Diamonds and seems to lose crown, health, and home in one fell swoop.

Rachel Caustello loves her Diamonds, and would and has sacrificed everything for them. Very few dare to say otherwise. The Diamonds certainly don't.

Instead, they come in droves to bid their Queen goodbye, wish her well with Diamond Masks firmly in place but with eyes unable to entirely hide both their sorrow and pride. Rachel doesn't understand it, doesn't comprehend how they can murmur, "We hope you'll return to us soon, Lady" with such honesty. Even when Silas holds her sobbing form in his arms and murmurs that she is far too loved to be irreparable, it doesn't make sense.

It only slowly begins to be understandable when the weeks away stretch into months and still she is getting letters and calls and well-wishes, countless people telling her how dearly she is missed. It only begins to sink in when she starts to relearn not only how to walk again, but how to love herself. It is a delicate process, one she is still in the midst of when she steps out of the car and back onto Deck soil.

The bright smiles that greet her, crutches and all, help things become even clearer.

Rachel Caustello loves her Diamonds, and her Diamonds-- hers, now and forever, Queenship or no-- very dearly love her.