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The choice that ended the Roaring was a mad gamble made in equal parts desperation and hope. What followed was reconstruction. Castle Town dissolved into rubble, releasing its chokehold on the school’s supply closet.
As the last light of every dark fountain blinked out at once, something else grew in their place.
Or, that one fic where Dess comes back wrong and Kris becomes a scientific glassblowing apprentice.
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There’s a part of Noelle that idly wonders when her relationship with Kris took a turn into what it is today. But the thought makes her smile somewhat bitterly, because she knows she’s fooling herself. She knows the answer.
Because here’s the thing: Noelle remembers vividly the last day she ever spent hanging out with Kris.
Or, a more specific catalyst for Noelle and Kris' falling out after Dess' disappearance.
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[SPOILERS THROUGH C4E4.]
“Honor is not just a word,” Julien retorts.
Occtis is too tired not to scoff in his face. “It’s just a word, and it’s a fickle one. Never trust a silent ‘h.’”
Julien’s brow furrows as he processes this, and his look of incredulity only increases. “So your family wants you back, and now—”
“My family wanted an undead thrall,” Occtis snaps. “They got half that. When Bolaire and Dr. Mag’Nesson took the stone out of my chest, the process that had started couldn’t finish. Now I’m stuck with the same problem I had before all this: I have to figure all of this out for myself!” Overtaken by a sudden fit of anger, he jabs his finger into Julien’s chest. “You of all people should relate!”
Rage flares to life in Julien’s expression, and he presses forward, making his superior build evident. “You are going to stop right there,” he snarls.
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31 Oct 2025
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Lucien regards Essek. “You know I steal things for a living, don’t you? You know I’ve got a few dead men to my name, too?”
“I am aware of these facts, Mr. Tavelle. I considered them to be among your highest qualifications for this job.”
“And yet you came here alone?”
“...Yes?”
Lucien digests this. “Okaaay. Well, how’s the pay?”
“200 gold."
Lucien bursts out laughing. “Nope! Nope. Absolutely not. Do you think I was born last night?”
“I beg your pardon?”
“Lemme get this straight.” Lucien leans forward, staring Essek down. “You’re telling me you came to a distant kingdom, arranged to meet a known criminal in a bathhouse, and thought nothing of stripping nude for a parley—but now you’re telling me that you need protection for your meeting with some spook? You’re dangerous enough on your own, my friend. If you’re in the market for a merc, it’s because you are about to walk into some fucked up, unsound, insane shit—and I’m not getting flayed alive and broken on the rack for 200 gold. For 500 gold? Sure, fine, that’ll get you some light flaying, maybe a turn or two on the rack—but not for 200.”
Essek sighs. “Do you prefer it in gold or platinum?”
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14 Apr 2025
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“Do you hate having me here?” Kingsley asks.
“This is just a lot,” is what falls out of Essek’s mouth. He tries to revise that into something cogent. “It’s a lot of different feelings I’m not used to. I don’t hate it, not really. I’m just… “
“Overwhelmed?” Kingsley says. “Yeah. Trust me, most days I can relate. You’re just about the only friend I have that doesn’t perpetually overwhelm me. At least around you, I don’t have to worry about living up to the legend.”
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- Part 3 of Strictly Academic
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22 Jan 2023
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Futaba decides to take Comiket by storm or die trying. Yusuke just wants it in writing that he's going to be paid for this.
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02 Mar 2023
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“If you’re going to get married,” Jiang Cheng ground out, “then you’re going to damn well get married at Lotus Pier.”
Wei Wuxian blinked once. Again. Then: “what?”
Or: the one with sibling reconciliation, brother-in-laws from hell, and Jiang Cheng trying to sort through his feelings while acknowledging them as little as possible.
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- Part 35 of Author's Favorites
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22 Mar 2023