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    Most Avians don't survive the loss of thier Flocks. They're not meant to, not really, hardwired as they are to bond so closely with other Avians. Legundo is one of cursed lucky few who survived his sundering.

    He wasn't happy about it, and everyone left in his life knew that. But he lived, for them if no one else, and got better. It took time, it was hard, but he was still here. Still healing, still helping, still hurting.

    Five years on, on a vacation he doesn't even really want to take, and the damaged Avian finds himself dragged into a FUBAR situation that makes Iraq look like a picnic in comparison. Magical barriers(?), vampires(???), people who are friendly and want to take care of him(??????) are almost more than he can take. But in the melee, maybe he finds a soft place to land, soft ginger curls and laughing amber eyes- softness and joy and warmth that he wasn't sure he was even allowed anymore, not since....

    Well, first he has to get out of this place. Feelings and mental health can totally come later. Right?

    Probably not if Cleo and Pearl have anything to say about it.

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  2. Public Bookmark 40

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    Scarlet Pearl is a thief, an assassin, and a runaway from everywhere she's ever been. One day, she is given a strange request - she's tasked with escorting Gem, the princess of Dawn, all the way to the kingdom of Dogwarts. Little does she know, the journey will change both their lives.

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  3. Public Bookmark 60

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    Prison never would've been Scott's vacation of choice. The food is bad, the clothes are hideous, and worst of all, he has very little time for his true passion: thievery. But now that he's newly free after three years, he has plans for something big, and he knows he can't do it alone.

    Cleo is trying her best to be content. Her gang, the Crastle, is one of the most feared in the city and she has a decent stake in the city's illicit trade of magic. Things are good, if monotonous. But that might just change after she receives a visit from an old friend, and an offer she can't refuse.

    Pearl swears up and down that her life isn't a mess. She finally has a normal job and normal friends, and she's only mildly paranoid. She also swore that she'd never do another heist again, but that was before Scott found her, and dragged her back into the past she wanted to leave behind.

    One last job. That was the promise. How hard could it be?
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    TL;DR - A 1920s fantasy AU in which Scott, Pearl, and Cleo are a team of thieves.

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    10 Oct 2025