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    The climb is steeper than Sciel remembers, and the metal groans softly beneath her as she ascends the final ladder. Her hand ghosts along rusted beams warped by time and ink, passing the old scratched initials—lovers used to come up here, the letterings long since faded with the oxidation.

    She almost laughs at herself. What was she hoping for? That the room might still feel the same? That she might feel the same?

    Then she steps inside, and the moment her eyes adjust—

    “Sciel,” Lune says in a breath caught somewhere in between. Her guitar disappears in a flurry of chroma particles. “Of course you’d run into me up here.”

    or, Maelle stays in the canvas and life goes on, just not as Sciel once imagined.

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    24 Jan 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 35

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    The silence stretched, charged, until Mira finally broke it with a low murmur.

    “You know,” she said, eyes fixed on Rumi’s, “you’re a lot more dangerous off the track than on it.”

    Rumi’s pulse skipped. “Dangerous?”

    “Yeah.” Mira’s lips curved faintly. “You make it hard to look away.”

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    Street racers Rumi and Mira find something they're not expecting amongst the adrenaline, gasoline, and burnt rubber.

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    28 Oct 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 18

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    She watched them -- rebels with no idea who she was, what she’d done. Rebels who hadn’t been shaped in Luthen Rael’s crucible.They worked with purpose. With urgency. She felt like she was watching something she had helped ignite but now was too far from the flame to feel its heat.

    “They don’t know what it cost,” she murmured.

    Behind her, soft footsteps. Vel’s voice came from the doorway. “They don’t have to. That’s the point.”

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    19 May 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 72

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    She and Imogen fluttered about the house together, knocking elbows and hips, spending easy hours luxuriating in the blanketing peace of knowing this - this house, this life, these hands together - was theirs to keep. Laudna basked in getting to spend time arranging the place just so, knowing they would be staying, knowing she could take her time finding the right places for things without having to worry about strategizing exit routes.

     

    The problems of the children of Drear could get the same treatment - the right solutions, well considered. There was no need to rush. They weren’t going anywhere.

     

    After everything, Imogen and Laudna get their home, and the town of Drear gets a dose of magic mending.

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    06 Jun 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 8

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    Much to her chagrin Ashley finds herself teaming up with Miranda for a few missions. They work surprisingly well together.

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    11 May 2023