Player Appreciation Week 2026
For works on Ao3 that were written for the prompts for Player Appreciation Week 2025.
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Player doesn’t think much of it, when Carmen doesn’t answer her phone one Tuesday morning. She runs a lot of errands for her mother and cell reception is spotty at best inside the post office (her usual Tuesday errand).
She’ll call him back. She always does.
Today won’t be any different.
Right?
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just when i think im getting better by a_sad_tree
Fandoms: Carmen Sandiego (Cartoon 2019)
24 Mar 2026
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Just when I think I'm getting better
I cannot sleep and think about whether I
should leave this all behind"The call takes a moment to connect, since Carmen’s position on the boat is pretty precarious. But eventually the whirring loading screen opens up and suddenly… there she is. Bedraggled, tired, wrapped up in some fancy red coat, but undoubtedly still his friend. Player hopes it shows on his face how glad he is to see her."
for Player Appreciation Week Day One
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- Part 6 of player-centric fics because Yes
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A Long Distance Birthday by That Friendly Neighborhood Hacker (Athena_Apil)
Fandoms: Carmen Sandiego (Cartoon 2019)
24 Mar 2026
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Day 2 of Player Appreciation Week 2026!
It's Player's birthday! Team Red celebrates. Long distance and online.
accidently messed this up with day 2's prompt (it's actually day 1's), but yeah.
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- Part 3 of Fics I wrote for Player Appreciation Week 2026
- Part 2 of Player-centric one shots
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Player liked to think he wasn't the sort of person who got surprised easily. After all, he'd spent years being mission control for a team of vigilantes fighting a centuries-old criminal empire, where carefully-laid plans could be upended in a heartbeat and where it was a toss-up whether the fuzzy shadow on the security camera feed was a wayward night guard or someone armed with a crackle rod and the worst intentions. Expecting the unexpected was the order of the day.
Still, as he sat in his desk chair staring at his monitor, surprise was what gripped him.
Shadowsan really had just asked him for an Instagram account.
Hopefully this wouldn't be too painful...
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Sunset Sangrias And Surplus Surprises by CitrineLeaf
Fandoms: Carmen Sandiego (Cartoon 2019)
24 Mar 2026
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“You broke into my house.” Player deadpans.
“To surprise you!” Ivy throws her hands up, “It’s your nineteenth birthday, dude! And you have nothing planned! That’s like- that's so sad!”
“I- that’s not-” He starts, then stops, because... yeah, okay, maybe he’s nineteen today, but- “It’s not worth a fuss, Ives.”
Despite the disapproving cross of her arms, Ivy’s face doesn’t exactly read as shocked. “Yeah, Carmen said you’d say that.”
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As far as Player's concerned, his nineteenth birthday isn't anything special, just another normal day in the normal life they've all been cultivating since the fall of VILE.
If his unlocked door is any indication, then the rest of the team must disagree.
(Made for Player Week 2026, Day One: Long Distance Celebrations)