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1. The Colonel and The Lieutenant by AdolTheBread

   Fandoms: Xenoblade Chronicles Series (Video Games), Xenoblade Chronicles X  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/F
   • Work in Progress

   21 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Irina Akulov/Elma
   • Elma (Xenoblade Chronicles X)
   • Irina Akulov
   • Avatar (Xenoblade Chronicles X)
   • Lin Lee Koo
   • Gwin Evans
   • Mutual Pining
   • Jealousy
   • Overthinking
   • Loss of Limbs
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Survivor Guilt
   • Cross's gender is not specified
   • Sorry Al. Your escape from the rift will have to be postponed indefinitely so the events of Chapter 13 don't interrupt the original stuff
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Fluff
   • Getting Together
   • Eventual Smut

   Summary

   Elma feels jealousy for the first time in her life after learning of Gwin's resolve to protect Irina, a role she had decided to claim for herself. Meanwhile, Irina despairs over the countdown at BLADE Tower as it ticks down to their impending deaths.

   Is set between Chapters 10, 11 and 12 before going off into an original story post-Chapter 12. How does Elma deal with the loss of the Lifehold database and the knowledge that her decisions have doomed humanity to extinction, along with those who would exploit the situation against her?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   304,044

   Chapters:

   59/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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