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    “It’s funny.” Falin rubs her cheek. “People always said they like me because I’m gentle. Quiet. Selfless. But none of that was really true.” Her mouth pulls into a small smile. “Looking back, I think I was too scared to be anything else. Too scared to want anything that would be inconvenient for anyone else.” She smiles a little wider. “And that’s what everyone liked about me, in the end.”

    Marcille inhales sharply. “Falin—”

    “But now, I don’t care. As much, anyway. I like this. I like wanting things and being honest about it. I like being strong and scary sometimes.” She digs her nails into the back of her own neck, relishing the sting. “I think I like it more than I like being liked.”

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    17 Sep 2025

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    “You probably do not think this is cruel,” GLaDOS says suddenly, not taking her gaze from the mouse for a second, “After all, you have such enormous capacity for cruelty, I doubt you can recognise mistreatment even when it is right before your eyes. However, a normal human with basic abilities of empathy, love, and compassion, would correctly identify my treatment of this animal as cruel.”

    Chell says nothing.

    “However, if this experiment were to be submitted to an ethics committee, it would receive full approval. Cruelty, in and of itself, is not wholly banned in science, after all. It is simply needless cruelty, the kind you excel in, that is not permitted. What I am doing is necessary for testing conditions. What I do is the only way for knowledge to progress.”
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    Chell, GLaDOS, and the end of the world.

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    03 Apr 2025

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    Feng Min had begun unraveling long before the Entity ever claimed her, losing herself in a self-destructive spiral after the devastating end of her pro gaming career. When she first wakes up in the purgatory of the Black Fog, she sees it as a challenge— a way to hit the reset button on her entire life. The others sharing her fate don't trust her, but she doesn't need them to. She's focused only on escaping the Entity's endless trials of punishment. Winning.

    But it's not long before she's unraveling again, disarmed by an unusual confrontation with one killer in particular. When the Doctor doesn't immediately choose to kill her, Feng Min begins to walk a dangerous path, determined to test the limits. Hers, and his.

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    22 Jul 2024

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    After a particularly perilous fight that leaves Shadowheart far too close to death for comfort, she comes to a decision.

    An idiotic, unthinkably painful decision, but a path forward, nonetheless.

    She needs to become better at physical combat, fast.

    And, fortunately or unfortunately, she has recently made a tentative 'truce' with an obnoxious yet admittedly adept Gith Warrior who for some ungodly reason seems to always erect her tent right across from her own.

    Well. Let's see if Githyanki can be trusted on their word. Or, even better...coerced into a mutually beneficial arrangement. She's certain there's something she could offer the Gith. Twist to her advantage. If this could also make Lae'zel more bearable, all the better for her.

    Lady of Sorrows guide her. How badly could this go?

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    in which kugisaki nobara is extra gay for one (1) zenin maki

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    03 Apr 2022