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“Remind me, Stardust, why we came out here in this weather?”
“Oh, it’s because Mira wanted to get me new clothes to match yours, and Odile wanted to check out the bookstores in this town, and also Isa wanted to watch me get new clothes, and also also because Bonnie wanted you to—”
“‘Talk to more people beside Frin and Frin’, yes,” you finish with a grimace. “That was a rhetorical question, by the way.”
(or: loop gets dragged out to an outing at a town during their travels with... their party . they deal with some feelings about their... party members along the way.)
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- Part 3 of shorebird, stay with me
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Okay, let’s paint the scene. A crescent moon, directly overhead. A small campground with three tents. In each tent are two people.
In the slightly rumpled darkless tent, curled up together in a single sleeping bag, is you, Siffrin, and your other half, Loop. And you, Siffrin, are on the very verge of a mental breakdown in the middle of the night while your right arm is trapped under Loop and your left leg is lost to the tangled pile of limbs down there; and everyone including your other half is asleep— except for you!
Great. Just great! Amazing, wonderful, beautiful. You might as well exit stage left now. Show’s over, everyone— nothing could top this.
(or: siffrin has a nightmare, and the only one near enough to help is loop.)
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- Part 2 of shorebird, stay with me
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He’s alive. His cheeks are flushed and his face loves to smile and he still loves malanga fritters and he hates bananas but he tells the Kid so they don’t make it for him and he hugs his family he kisses the Fighter they’re dating they’ll be bonded and he holds you close to his heart that beats and you’re—! You’re—!
You’re Loop. Used to be a star, now some other thing. Something that’s not quite alive, not quite a ghost. You’re not Siffrin. You can never be him again. This life, this world— it isn’t yours. It was never yours.
(or: loop has some Feelings about siffrin's recovery while they weren't present. they talk, with hugs included.)
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- Part 1 of shorebird, stay with me
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a year after the loops, a star wakes up on the shore of a lake.
a siffrin who knows how to smile again takes them with him, but the star has not yet had the grace of a year of learning how to live again.
maybe through the help of their friends and their other half, loop can begin to heal, too.
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It is rare to find understanding in this world. It is rarer still to further your understanding of yourself through the lens of another.
What comes after the eucatastrophe? Freedom that was once beyond all of them slowly becomes commonplace, and the bounds of possibility that closed in over cycles of decay show signs of weakening once more.
With fragile hope, Seven Red Suns and Five Pebbles both intend to make the best of it. No matter what else might come their way.
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19 Feb 2026
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Pay No Attention (To The Mike Behind The Curtain) by Magbox Group Project (Magbox)
Fandoms: Deltarune (Video Game)
09 Dec 2025
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Battat the Green Pippins has a problem. Mike is looking a lot more real than anyone thought he was; and he's a lot closer than anyone would have guessed. Will two halves of the same whole learn how to get along? Can they keep their strange and wondrous inner life a secret? What does it take to heal from despair so deep, it could already be too late? And, maybe, just maybe... were the real Mikes the friends we made along the way?
An exploration into the idea of Battat (AKA Small Mike AKA Motormouth Mike) suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder. NOTE: This fic will feature (semi) realistic depiction of mental illness, including dissociation, the presence of alters (initially presumed to be "intrusive thoughts" or "hearing voices") and behavior that reflects a history of trauma. Proceed with caution.
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- Part 1 of Battat And Mike Are A System
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“I don't forgive you …”
“I know, my child, I know.”
In desperate times, difficult decisions must be made. When a merciful execution becomes undesirable, a waste of someone far too useful to be squandered over petty differences of opinion, Eigong realises there is an alternative. Beloved student or not, she takes Yi to her lab and keeps him there, hoping to find some way to exploit his symbiosis with Fusang to fix her own mistake.
Hoping it will all be worth it in the end.
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- Part 1 of A Higher Purpose AU
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"Sometimes, lying awake at night, you would lift your hand and run it down the side of your face, imagining that it was the caress of another person, trying not to wake you up. You would wrap your arms around your chest. You would interlace your fingers and squeeze. You felt a certain shame in this, that there was no one else who would hold you or touch you. But no matter how long and lonely the nights became, your own hands were always there to soothe you."
Musings about self-love.
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throw stones at walls you'll never climb by clockwork_owl
Fandoms: In Stars And Time (Video Game)
01 May 2025
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After testing a theory with Loop, Siffrin has come to the conclusion that they've been playing the wrong role all this time. Now that they see what their place in this play really is, he'll need to figure out how to fit into this new character. It'll be hard at first, but pulling off a good twist villain isn't exactly easy. Luckily, the loops grant him plenty of chances to rehearse, but as they begin to finally settle into this new role and become more and more comfortable with all it entails, Loop feels the need to finally step in -- if the Universe will let them.