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Twin yolks from a single egg. They glisten like the golden summer air, and Gilbert cannot find it in himself to tear his eyes away. How strange that they should appear today of all days, on such an anniversary. They’re good luck, he knows. Good fortune is on the horizon for him, though how far out remains to be seen. Perhaps luck will show itself in ten years. Perhaps it will be another ninety. His gut is sure it’s to be another ninety.
But luck in ninety years is luck nevertheless.
or,
Gilbert contends with grief.
or,
How is memory kept alive?
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how many autumns gone by by butchtemari
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
10 Jun 2024
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“I’m not looking to be congratulated,” Shi Qingxuan all but shouts now. “I’m not looking for your approval. I’m not looking to fall into your good graces and I’m not looking for your forgiveness! I don’t want it!” Her chest heaves with the force of her outburst, fists crushing the dead grass at her sides.
“Then what,” He Xuan says very carefully, “is it that you want.”
or,
Shi Qingxuan pays He Xuan a visit,
or,
What is the meaning of vulnerability?
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- Part 2 of through the seasons
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clarity by butchtemari
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 | Módào Zǔshī (Cartoon)
16 Feb 2024
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“Marriage seems like a bit of a scam, don’t you think, Lan Zhan?” Wei Ying had said one evening on the couch, draped across Lan Zhan as they watched—or tried to watch—the final episode of a drama he can no longer remember.
“In what manner?” Lan Zhan had asked, more focused on the chili oil stain at the corner of Wei Ying’s mouth.
“Like, committing yourself to someone forever,” Wei Ying said with a scoff, unaware or uncaring of the direction of Lan Zhan’s thoughts. “Like, when have you ever seen any marriage last happily ‘til they die? I can’t think of anyone’s, with the exception of jiejie’s, and that’s only because Jiang Cheng and I will grind that peacock’s bones to dust if he so much as thinks about divorcing her.”
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Lan Zhan and Wei Ying go on a night hunt together. It also happens to be a wedding.
or,
What is love?
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She thinks of Naruto’s face when they first met, young, still round with baby fat, so reminiscent of Nawaki it hurts. It isn’t hard to imagine what his parents felt as they died hovering above him.
To be Hokage, she thinks as she gathers the last of the cards, is to suffer.
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Tsunade considers what it means to be Hokage.
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What does it mean to be a leader?
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“Do you think me a cruel god, Kazuma?” Veena asks one evening.
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Kazuma and Bishamon reflect on the battle within the estate.
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What does true loyalty look like?
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through the seasons by butchtemari
Fandom: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
10 Jun 2024
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“Drink Xena. You’re hurt. His blood is in the soil. You need this. You need me. I want you to.”
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A mysterious woman arrives in Potidaea suffering from an unknown malady. Plague in the village rumors in the street. Gabrielle is entranced by Xena and has strange dreams in the night. But what happens if the woman she runs away with isn't all that she seems.
Vampire take on Sins of the Past era with heavy Carmilla influence
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04 Jul 2025
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Just as the good doctor Baizhu closes up shop for the night, an unexpected patient crashes into his life.
In the land where dreams are made true, a hundred-thousand different avenues tempt the commons with their human vices, but one path has proven insidiously persuasive in offering gifts too good to be true at a cost too quickly overlooked.
How many times has he cut Fatui tech from the bodies of the downtrodden, severed their link to a corporate devourer? Illness, disability, disparity—these biomachines and modifications birthed into this world by one Il Dottore have changed the landscape of cities far and wide, and for better or worse, money is now all that stands between civilisation and godhood.
For Circuit Noir, a Genshin Cyberpunk zine.
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18 Jan 2025
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“Are you— Are you laughing at me?”
“Not at all.”
The man schooled his features (which had hardly moved more than an increment upwards) before clearing his throat. “Your predicament is nothing to scoff at.” Zhongli gestured with a brief outward palm, all while keeping the movement subtle. “However, your ability to emphatically articulate while being so heavily under the influence…creates quite the humorous disparity.”
“I’m not even—” a jarring hiccup interrupted Childe’s words, an action he would artfully pretend never happened, “—drunk.”
OR: where it all began.
Childe has his first true interaction with Wangsheng's most-esteemed funeral consultant (and the Fatui's trusted Liyuan confidante) after a few too many, and, predictably, doesn't know when to quit.
Can absolutely be read as a stand-alone fic, but ties into the Weight of Gold series as well.
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22 Dec 2024
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personal services by futuresoon for lumigoomy
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
11 Nov 2024
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The scars on Jiaoqiu’s back are just as wide and deep. It looks like flesh has been carved out of him. Debriding the wounds was necessary, of course, to rid them of the necrosis, but it leaves behind a sobering sight.
Moze finds himself lingering a little longer. It’s not an unpleasant task. He wasn’t able to save Jiaoqiu from the borisin, but he can do this, at least. And Jiaoqiu’s shoulders have lost some tension since he started. The sight may be sobering, but Moze feels peaceful, too. There’s no danger here. Just a simple task that he’s good at.
He wonders what it would feel like if it was just his hands on Jiaoqiu instead of the towel.
(Back on the Yaoqing, Jiaoqiu gets put on leave and Moze is assigned to watch him. He end up helping Jiaoqiu with some things. He ends up realizing some things, too.)
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11 Nov 2024
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Aphelion by Nuying (Lachrymosity) for mireilla95
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
01 Nov 2024
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The infamous imperial scholar, Veritas Ratio, receives a mandate for his next mission: Penacony. It's just a shame he must complete this task with his government-assigned partner.
He's been through this routine before, from deathless days wishing for a spark of inspiration to the humdrum of plodding bureaucracy, and each time his performance bends his waist to accept another fanciful whim from the one basking in Qlipoth's grace, he wants to ask what will become of his research? What manner of fruit will the seed he's sown yield from the soil cultivated of corpses and croaking legacy?
The answer is always the same, so he has learned not to ask. It's not his place to wonder what gods intend for mortals.
Or, the reunion of long lost friends.
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02 Nov 2024