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    To Xiao, Barbatos was the embodiment of everything he was not: happy, free, fully confident in who he was. His music made the shadows in Xiao’s head retreat. They were all about living life to the fullest, having hope when the world was turned against you, and having fun (something that was almost entirely foreign to Xiao).

    And now he was going to have to give away all his albums, delete Barbatos’ songs off his phone, and never listen to his music again. Just looking at the albums lined up on the shelf made Xiao cringe. He’d thought that if he ever did get a chance to meet his idol, it would be in a controlled space. He would have said something normal, like, Your music means a lot to me. Then he would’ve shaken Barbatos’ hand, gotten an autograph, and lived out the rest of his life in peace.

    Xiao’s idol had watched him punch a guy in the stomach.

    Since Zhongli's early retirement, Xiao's life has been aimless. But a chance encounter sets him on a new and uncharted path.

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    22 Sep 2024

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    Whoever this young man was, the artist had loved him. And it had likely been unrequited. Albedo felt an acute stab of sympathy for the painter. The loneliness and desire that poured out of these images was almost too much to bear. Looking at the portrait hurt, and yet Albedo couldn’t tear his eyes away. It forced you to gaze upon it, to long for the subject to finally turn around and look back at you.

    Albedo becomes captivated by a mysterious portrait in the local museum.

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    22 Sep 2024

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    (1971-1978. A love story, a war story, a record collection.)

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    14 Aug 2024

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    “Ever since I met you, I have been trying to pin down this strange feeling that you give me. It and you both are utterly incomprehensible.” A stray bead of sweat traces Caelus’ jaw. “I want to try my hand at understanding it.”

    The butterfly-blinks are back, beating at Caelus’ eyes in a fluttering flurry. “By—by kissing me?”

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    (Danheng feels strange, and Caelus is strange. Surely, there's a connection.)

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    09 Jul 2024

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    Caelus cannot even begin to fathom how March 7th and Dan Heng are entirely unaffected by the cold.

    Dan Heng realizes, only after Caelus had collapsed after their separation from March 7th, that they had forgotten to provide him with the proper cold-resistant gear that had long-since become staples of their uniforms.

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    07 Jul 2024