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    Two years after Laios' coronation, Melini is ready to start expanding outwards, building roads and settling new towns. But such ambitious ventures will require good trade and that means working to improve relations with Khaka Brud--and the hard-hearted noblewoman they've sent to delegate is not easily impressed.
    To make matters worse, Laios has become deeply depressed after receiving a letter from his father for the first time in well over a decade. Seeing Laios withdraw from him makes Kabru's heart ache for his friend, but Laios' past has stayed a thorny topic all this time and he'll need to find a new approach to get him to talk. For the good of the kingdom, he needs Laios to open up to him.
    As Laios and Kabru get closer and closer, Rin can feel Kabru pulling away. He's in love for the first time, and it's not with her. At her lowest in a long time, Rin sees Marcille crying over Falin one night and recognizes a pain they share--that pit of loneliness that nothing can fill. And she wonders if they could at least be lonely together.
    And with all this personal drama to navigate, are they going to be able to convince Khaka Brud to just pay their fair share to build a road between the two cities?

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    06 Aug 2024

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    Dick, Jason, Tim and Damian are all tired of watching Bruce struggle with the stress of trying to handle the newly formed Justice League. He needs an outlet, he needs to relax, he needs to get out of the house, he needs... he needs to start dating. And what he doesn't know won't hurt him, right?

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    “Excuse me, I don’t know who you think I am, but I think there’s been a mistake.”
    “Bruce, right?” the guy says, albeit less confidently this time. He looks slightly concerned and if Bruce is not mistaken… a tad embarrassed. “Bruce Wayne? You look just like your pictures.”
    “My pictures?” Something finally clicks in Bruce’s mind, and he takes a small step back and plasters a smile on his face as to not rouse suspicion. Stalker. “Ah, of course, I’m sorry but I’m late for an appointment.”

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    23 Jun 2024

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    Erik Magnus, the King of Genosha, has received an invitation he cannot reject. Victor von Doom, the God Emperor of Earth, will host a summit in Latveria at the request of Dorrek-Vell, the young emperor of the Kree/Skrull Empire, and all the monarchs of Earth must attend. Yet why is Dorrek-Vell visiting Earth all of a sudden? What are Doom's plans? And above all else, will Magnus’s grandsons consider their involvement in this a misfortune? Or rather…a blessing?

    Based on House of M (2015) (the Secret Wars version)
    I wrote this in Chinese first but I did envision some of the lines in English when I planned this, so I wanted to see how it'd sound like. Hope it's readable!

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    10 Sep 2022

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    "It was weird, Erik thought, as he walked around the schoolyard. Charles wasn’t in the normal place waiting for him, as he sometimes is. So Erik had waited a few minutes, hoping he would show up. Then the bell rang and he had to abandon that idea. He made a quick lap of the grounds around the school, looking for the other boy, but was unable to find him, leaving him with no choice but to go on inside or else be late for class."

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    The one where Charles and Erik are in high school and have been best friends for years. Unforeseen circumstances arise that could either bring them closer together or tear them apart.

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    28 Aug 2022

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    The moment seemed to stretch out endlessly until Erik’s brain seemed to catch up with him again.

    “...Charles?” He breathed, his voice betraying an emotion he couldn’t quite place.

    Charles took a deep breath, steadying himself. He could do this. He could do this. He could-

     

    “Hello, Erik.”

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    27 Aug 2022