Group Four

Group Four is a Fashion Club fan fiction novella by starmeshelion, which takes place in the post-canon.

Inspiration
The inspiration for this fic can be traced back to the year 1998, and as such, to the time before the author considered himself a Daria fan. At its core, it is based on the author's vision as elicited from Scottish singer Elizabeth Fraser's vocal performance on the British trip hop group Massive Attack track "Group Four", which gives the fic its title. The vision that came with the song was always an ethereal an evocative image of a nocturnal party, which somehow involved a swingset merry-go-round that was spinning in the back yard of the house in which the party takes place. This image was used as a memory for Fashion Club Secretary Stacy Rowe.

Plot Summary
Four months after Is It College Yet?, Lindy invites Quinn to a party at her dorm. Sandi tries to use this opportunity for her own purposes, a plan which fails miserably.

Structure
"Group Four" is divided into a prologue and four chapters, one for each Fashion Club member. Each chapter is written differently, in order to reflect each Clubbie's individual personality. The third chapter, which focuses on Fashion Club Treasurer Tiffany Blum-Deckler, received more attention than others; If only due to its noticeable stream of consciousness technique and favour of style over substance.