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Ratio shifts forward. “If there is something I can do to assist you, Aventurine, then I will try my best to—”
“I need you to marry me.”
To escape a bureaucratic shitstorm brought on by his less-than-complete onboarding paperwork, Aventurine comes to Ratio with a proposal: stay married for a period of two years, then get an easy, quickie divorce once Aventurine's residency status is secure.
Only, it's not enough for them to simply get married; the marriage has to look legitimate too. Which is fine. Aventurine can act the part. Except, he's not really acting. Not anymore. And this last-minute trip to visit Ratio's family in Bumfuck Nowhere, Veritas Prime as Ratio's newly minted fiancé is threatening to prove it.
(inspired by The Proposal)
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07 Jan 2026
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Vulnerable's Inability by endlesshades
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
02 Jan 2026
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“If it’s you, then I suppose that’ll be the best case scenario.” Aventurine said, his demeanor relaxed as if nothing happened. “What’s more fun than being able to dive deep into that head of yours and feel like I’m disappointed at people all the time? Ah, but don’t strike me down if I get a song stuck to your head.”
Ratio sighed, and he released Aventurine’s arm.
“I’d prefer if you don’t think about doing that.”
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Ratio and Aventurine are testing a Curio where it makes them share their thoughts and emotions.
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31 Dec 2025
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A click sounds from behind Veritas: the safety of the gun no doubt now pointed at him being turned off. “Get away from that thing.”
“That thing?” Veritas spits out the word, anger boiling in his gut.
“The android,” Sunday says. “You’re an intelligent man, learned doctor. Surely you can see it was trying to use you to lower our guard.”
“Him,” Veritas says. “Him. Not it.”
His attacker lets out a hollow laugh. “Him? That there isn’t a person but a Trojan horse. A pretty facade with rotten insides, ready to open our doors to a horde of others of its kind.”
Veritas’ hands tighten into fists at his side. “You know nothing about him.”
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Being an android wasn't Aventurine’s only secret, Veritas learns when he's desperately trying to patch him up. My take on a Rota Fortunae AU.Bookmarked by Naans
25 Feb 2025
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my favourite colour is you by liuterine
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
13 Mar 2025
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Marketed as the ‘land of love’ to those smitten enough to fall victim, the prerequisite for entry upon the Terra Amoris is about as baffling as it is laughable.
“—And somewhere along the way, we have to fake-date about it.” Aventurine adds wryly. There's no way to beat around the bush with this one. “An honourable role to play with you, if I may add. I was meaning to ask — does that mean I'm gonna get to hold your hand, doctor? Get a little cosy with you? I mean, we'll have to make pretty convincing lovers, right?”–
Investigating strange new terrain across the cosmos, Aventurine and Ratio travel to the enchanting planet of Terra Amoris, where posing as a couple is their only ticket to entry. But as they navigate the planet’s strange rituals and unsettling gazes, they begin to suspect that the promise of eternal love hides a darker secret.
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19 Feb 2025
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paltry as those lives are by futuresoon
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
08 Feb 2025
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The man steps closer to check him. See which parts are worth salvaging, maybe. “Your optics are damaged.” A pause; maybe he’s looking elsewhere. “Are your legs malfunctioning? They appear to have sustained significant damage as well.”
“Servos broke down a few days ago. Probably still good for scrap, though.”
“Why would--ah. You think I intend to take you apart.”
(An android, a man; a beginning, an end.)
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03 Feb 2025
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Veritas Ratio and the Blessed Gambler by tuttlebirdy
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
02 Feb 2025
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It’s not often that Hogwarts accepts a transfer student in their seventh year – but that’s not the only thing that makes Aventurine special.
A Muggle-born Slytherin, a charismatic showman, and a fool who sometimes seems like he has no idea how to cast magic… but at times seems capable of far more than he should.
The more Ratio learns about his new classmate, the greater his intrigue grows.
… And the deeper his emotions become.
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23 Dec 2024
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The man bristled, his gaze darting around with nervous uncertainty. “What’s the catch?” His tone was wary and thick with distrust.
“As I said,” Veritas gripped his sleeve, trying to temper his frustration, “you will be my lab assistant.” He paused. “This does mean that you will take orders from me, but it will be as an employer, not a master. You maintain the right to refuse and leave my company at any time, however, as one with far more experience in navigating the real world, I would not advise doing so until you have a stronger foundation.”
“...” The former slave’s expression flattened into something difficult to read. He almost looked like a different person altogether without his usual facade of faux-confidence. “You’re a strange man, doctor.”
“So I’ve been told.”
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Ratio is 'gifted' a slave. Even though he frees the man from his service immediately upon arrival, he can't help but feel responsible for the well-being of a person with nowhere else to go.
So, in lieu of any better ideas, he takes the former slave on as his lab assistant. Just until he gets back on his feet, of course.
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16 Dec 2024
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Ratio presses one of the buttons, and the screen lights up. The numbers on it flash for a moment before settling at 0.200.
“In this area alone, the concentration of ambient memoria is 200 millisomni per square inch. Not enough to induce hallucinations, but we may have some interesting dreams while we’re here. And the citizens of Vara-II have been having such dreams likely their entire lives. The effects of nuclear radiation on memoria have not been studied, so I can’t say for sure what effects this has had on their societal development. But I doubt it’s helped them keep a level head.”
(During a negotiation on a planet with a history of IPC-enabled nuclear warfare, Aventurine and Ratio get stuck alone in an old fallout shelter-turned-museum after a bomb drops, with Aventurine severely injured. They've got the supplies to last until an IPC rescue ship can arrive, but the planet's already-unstable memoria has been stirred up, and they're periodically forced to relive the memories of the shelter's original inhabitants. And things didn't go well for the shelter's original inhabitants.)
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21 Nov 2024
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If his eyes could glow, he'd most certainly sell them. Anyone would be a fool not to.
When his information and photo is put onto a black market website with a hefty sum for his head, it is Aventurine himself who takes on the task of infiltrating the market with the intent to either raze it to the ground, or turn it into something profitable for the IPC. Truly, the only entertaining element is that it is Veritas Ratio who must follow him through a swarm of hunters waiting to sink their claws deep into his throat.
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22 Oct 2024
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you were always my do or die by liuterine
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
07 Jul 2024
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It’s all rather refreshing, as though nothing had really changed. The journey to the bath and back to bed is an arduous task at best, and Aventurine doesn’t begin to fool himself into thinking he’s in any fit state to do anything much more than this for now, but Ratio’s company is a welcomed one, if only in the way it always has been.
Maybe, in another life, they might have made for quite the formidable pair. Oh, well.
♠︎ ♥︎ ◆ ♣︎
or, Ratio brings Aventurine back from Penacony.
a story of learning to trust, to confront old demons, and to love unequivocally.Bookmarked by Naans
07 Oct 2024
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"What's the game, then, Doctor? What do I need to do to get out of here?"
"I'm afraid I'm not actually on your side. As a member of the Intelligentsia Guild, you've made yourself my enemy with what you did on Egyhazo."
The prisoner's eyes sparkle with sudden enthusiasm. "Did you believe it?"
"Believe what?"
"My ruse."
"Of course not," Veritas scoffs.In the aftermath of the Intelligentsia Guild and IPC's fumble in Egyhazo, a new Stoneheart rises to prominence. Veritas hesitates to believe that this "Aventurine" intends to make good on his promise of 'mutually beneficial collaboration.'
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27 Sep 2024
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a play on skin and bones by tamashiinorei
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
08 Jun 2024
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He’s losing himself as the seconds trickle by. So if Ratio allows him a piece of his heart, who is he to deny himself the fleeting seconds of pleasure that will dissipate with the dawning sky?
That’s selfish of him. It’s selfish, and Aventurine doesn’t give a damn. But he does, because he wouldn’t want Ratio to get the wrong idea and mourn him. But he doesn’t, because if Ratio is dumb enough to not despise Aventurine with every fiber of his being then he deserves the consequences of the Mother Goddess’ loving gaze.
“Come on, Ratio, what do you say?” The voice that comes out is—odd, torn like the rest of him. “You could spare some truth, perhaps, to a dying man?”
There’s a sharp inhale. Then, “You will not die. Is the note I gave you not proof enough?”
Of all his gambles, the one most certain is his feelings towards death. But maybe he’s starting to believe in dichotomies and change, for the closer he approaches the end the more he realizes that life isn’t so bad after all.
How foolish of him. Nihility’s taint cares not for such sentimentality.
But Ratio does.
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25 Sep 2024
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At 9:48 pm system time, a classified weapon was detonated beneath Pier Point. Among the missing employees are a team leader of the Marketing Development Department… and a senior manager of the Strategic Investment Department.
As the brightest mind of the Intelligentsia Guild, Ratio is asked to assist with the investigation. It’s a high-stakes case and the departments are competing to present their version of events to the Board of Directors. Buried beneath the political feud, the growing body count, and the scars of an intricate scheme, Ratio must find the truth.
But can he do that, when the person who was closest to the blast, the person who is now missing, and might be missing forever… was also the one and only person he could rely on in his weakest moments?
Without Aventurine… can he even stay sane…?
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23 Sep 2024
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The Imaginary Perks of Higher Education by goodnight
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
14 Jun 2024
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“You have better things to do.”
“Not according to the Company, I don’t.” Aventurine smiles and takes off his sunglasses. He reaches over and goes in for the kill, lifting the bottom of Ratio’s chin to meet his eyes. No one ever resists the eyes. “You have no idea how special you are—in that I was sent to retrieve you.”
Ratio says nothing. He doesn’t really move.
In which the IPC just can’t seem to convince Veritas Ratio to join the Intelligentsia Guild, so they deploy Aventurine to a tiny university city-state, where he must charm the good doctor into their fold.
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- Part 1 of The Imaginary Perks of Higher Education
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29 Jun 2024
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Until Next Time by Florencetheflowerfairy for Charlie
Fandoms: キミガシネ | Kimi ga Shine | Your Turn To Die (Visual Novel)
18 Mar 2021
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Sara felt like she was drowning after Joe died, but Shin reached out to comfort her. Shin understood Sara’s grief and inspired her to bravely move forward. Sara wanted to repay him. But how do you save a man destined to die?
Written in memory of my cat, Charlie.
[Featuring artwork by my sibling, Arthur]
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20 Mar 2021
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Cat in Hell's Chance by Hidari
Fandoms: キミガシネ | Kimi ga Shine | Your Turn To Die (Visual Novel)
24 Jan 2020
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Sou never liked perfect Miss Sara Chidouin, and he was sure the sentiment was mutual—until a covert proposition from her throws everything into question.
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Chapter 19 Update: Sou makes an unsettling discovery in the doll depot.
Note: Fic on temporary hiatus until I play Chapter 3!
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10 Jan 2020
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It was too late when Yato noticed the creature wearing her face was not the one he truly longed for.
Or: in which Ebisu is not there to keep Yato from falling into Izanami's trap.
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13 Aug 2019
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Lux enters a relationship with Ezreal as a strategic rebellion against her parents. Ezreal enters a relationship with Lux because he actually likes her. Valoran's politics are thrown into chaos when the League of Legends officially ceases all operation and shuts down, and in the face of a rune war, he isn't the only one who wants her.
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When things go wrong, the solution is either fight or flight. Though Luna would like to think she's the type to fight when shit turns left, a particularly sharp turn sends her running without looking back. Luna hadn't planned to take over her grandfather's farm, where she spent nearly every Summer until her father passed away and her mother refused to go back. Yet here she is, a city girl floundering not just with her watering can but her emotional well-being after the deepest betrayal made her run away from everything she knew.
As Luna struggles to rebuild her grandfather's dilapidated farm and her crumbling heart, she discovers she's not the only one with an affinity to cut and run. But he just might be worth sticking around for.Bookmarked by Naans
17 Jun 2019