pride goeth before the fall
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a lick of gold by lilyveil1399 (clairespring7840)
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
27 Jun 2024
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Sunday is going to die at the end of this. He knows as much. Even so, that knowledge not make him any more accepting of said pre-determined outcome.
The manacles about his wrists are heavy, singing with the faint melody of the Harmony that imbues them. He's spent weeks bound and wasting away in his cell, not even the luxury of company nor small talk to distract him from the jarring weight of the cramped, chilly hovel he's been forced to call home.
That is, until a high-ranking IPC member graces him with his presence.
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Aventurine considers it novel that he derives such pleasure from seeing Sunday bound and restrained, should probably find it within himself to be a bit unsettled. But he shoves such feelings aside and instead focuses on why he's returned to Penacony in the first place: to ask the disgraced Oak family head a simple question under the guise of a pulse check:
"Was it worth it?"
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- Part 1 of pride goeth before the fall
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a game of chicken (the dice always roll in my favor) by lilyveil1399 (clairespring7840)
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
01 Dec 2024
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When Sunday arrives on Aventurine's doorstep - looking a bit worse for wear after having made the trek from the depths of the Family Estate to the Reverie - he's reluctant to allow him inside.
And understandably so.
The gambler is still reeling from having just been restored as a Stoneheart, his shattered Cornerstone mended and heavy in his pocket. One could certainly understand the drawbacks to harboring a wanted fugitive as high-profile as that of the disgraced Oak Family Head after such a grueling day.
However, matters of the heart are - regrettably - as fickle as they are tedious. The pair soon find themselves in a delicate dance around what took place between them in that cold, dark cell two weeks prior as Sunday's stay only seems to lengthen indefinitely with each passing day. Tensions bubble, feelings bloom, and the pair come to realize two different things about themselves:
Sunday is pathetically easy to woo in the face of his recent defeat, and Aventurine comes to care far too quickly for things that are out of his reach.
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- Part 2 of pride goeth before the fall
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sunday to kakavasha: a letter by lilyveil1399 (clairespring7840)
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
27 Jan 2025
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Sunday's letter to Aventurine, found tucked within the pages of a book.
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- Part 3 of pride goeth before the fall
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railroad blues || a story in three parts by lilyveil1399 (clairespring7840)
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
22 Jul 2025
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Freshly integrated into the Astral Express crew, Sunday finds himself on the troublesome end of a misunderstanding whilst perusing market stalls at the docks of a foreign planet. The young trio proves to be an unlikely set of allies as he attempts to evade incarceration.
Again.
Alternatively, Sunday finally procures a phone. He's all too eager to message a certain Stoneheart regarding his choice cologne brand.**~~~~~~**~~~~~~**~~~~~~**~~~~~~**~~~~~~**~~~~~~**
The Express Crew's weekly game night starts off as nothing out of the ordinary. It is, much to Sunday's chagrin, another round of Marco Polo. He supposes that it's better than yet another round of Charades.
Regardless of the game's clear objective to evade him at all costs, Sunday finds it more than a little odd when not a single member of the crew responds to his calls, and he's very close to forfeiting entirely when a voice finally breaks the silence:"...Marco?"
"Polo."
Oh, but that's...that's not the Express Crew at all.Series
- Part 4 of pride goeth before the fall