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    He looks the same as he always does, except for the stark diminishment of his height and the innocent brightness of his eyes. Standing on his tiptoes, he coos over the trinkets his older self keeps in his quarters, his oversized tunic hanging off his frame like a dress. Mydei’s blood runs cold.

    The younger Phainon turns to him and, with the voice of a boy more than a decade away from adulthood, points at a figurine: a miniature stone chariot drawn by a pair of swans. “Cyrene would love this! May I take this home?”

    Mydei can’t speak.

    For a moment, they merely stare at each other. Mydei narrows his eyes, attempting to gauge whether this is an illusion or some kind of Okheman prank. “How old are you?”

    Phainon gives him a thousand-watt smile and holds up five fingers. “Seven!”

    Phainon turns back to his seven-year-old self. Mydei takes care of him.

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    08 Oct 2025

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    “Why do they throw flowers?”

    “They’re well-wishes,” Phainon answers. “Crocuses are for new beginnings, cyclamen are for love, colchicum for fidelity. They’re blessing the marriage.”

    Mydei’s hand shifts a little lower, warm fingers circling Phainon’s wrist. “Your traditions are terribly sentimental.”

    “Romantic,” Phainon corrects. “Just call them romantic.”
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    To save his people, Mydei strikes a deal. Aid in exchange for two things: the coreflame of Strife and his hand in marriage.

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    22 Jun 2025

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    He holds out his hand, the matte metal of his palm illuminated in the overhead light. “Tell me something’,” he says, “are you really gonna give that man the satisfaction of breaking you? Or are you gonna help me ransack this place before getting the heck out of dodge?”

    The kid stares at him. For a second, Boothill thinks he spots a glimmer of something in those deep-well eyes.

    His hand’s nothing but skin and bone, but it barely shakes when it settles in Boothill’s mechanical palm. “Where do we start?” He asks.

     

    AKA Boothill finds Aventurine before Jade does and extends a helping hand.

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    In no universe should he have to witness Mydei’s hand linger on Phainon’s shoulder for a moment longer than what two friends consider proper, and then watch as Mydei flexes his hand right afterwards, clearly so affected by it. Like something straight out of March’s romance novels.

    Seriously, Phainon’s eyes had softened when he looked at Mydei. Multiple times. In public! And here Caelus thought eyes could only soften in Jing Yuan fanfiction.

    Dan Heng gives him a look. “Phainon and Mydei are good friends. They’re bound to bicker every once in a while.”

    Caelus sits up, wholly indignant. “Have you seen them,” he demands.

    In which Caelus meddles.

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    kicking my feet out giggling and screaming both dancae AND myphai i’m living my best life

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    As a dishonored knight of a fallen kingdom, Phainon has sworn his loyalty now to the holy city Okhema, only working in the shadows underneath the Council of Elder's demands.

    When they task him to kill the crown prince known as Mydeimos, he accepts it, even knowing the rumors of Mydeimos being immortal.

    Rumors are just rumors, and Phainon kills Mydeimos, succeeding in his task.

    At least, He was pretty sure he killed him..
    If not for the fact Mydeimos himself shows up in Okhema demanding for his assassin's hand in marriage.

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    23 Feb 2025