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    Why does desire for his rival taste like wine on his tongue? Every time they touch, they stray farther from where they started: they lose their sense of self and purpose. Enemies that secretly lust for each other, people who are supposed to be no good together. Where would it lead them if they kept walking along that forbidden path?

    [a series of pieces depicting snippets of Aventurine and Sunday's tempestuous, depraved and strangely passionate relationship]

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    That Ratio cared about him at all was not a surprise. For all his sternness, there was a wellspring of incomprehensible devotion in him, a doctor’s instinct for the damned. The surprise was how much Aventurine wanted him to. How he’d slipped and lost his footing the moment he’d felt like someone would catch him. Aventurine couldn’t afford that comfort, and Ratio couldn’t afford the trouble Aventurine would bring him, inevitably, the distractions and the nonsense and all the reckless gambles.

    Aventurine had cheated fate enough. And Ratio had other battles, more worth his while. 

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    31 Jul 2025

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    see this fic is perfect. I love it so much..

  2. Rec 9

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    lord mydei. he was the worst. he had offered, more than once, to be what she needed. “no one can live on nothing,” he said to her. “not even someone as strong-willed as you, castorice. and i know death the way nobody else does, not even you.”

    “it’s true that i have never died,” castorice said. “but i do not take it lightly. and i am fine and fulfilled, no stronger-willed than any other chrysos heir. i must simply do my duty as it is to be done.”

    “i am finding here in okhema that there is more to life than duty.”

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    28 Jul 2025

  3. Rec 5

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    𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩'𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘘𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘯. 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦.
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    An ocean-bound ghost sick with grief and eroded by time mistakes a troubled young woman for his deceased sibling and abducts her. Now captive in an illustrious but cold, sunken manor, Qingxuan must learn everything she can about the dearly departed younger Shi to either convince her captor she is not them, or trick him into thinking his sibling's only desire is to be set free of his gilded cage. But her ventures into the Shi siblings' complicated history act as a knife tearing through the veil separating the mortal realm from the bygone era of gods and ghosts. She will soon discover that Ghost Lord Wudu is not the only liminal creature in desperate search for his younger sibling.

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    14 May 2025

  4. Rec 12

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    𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘩𝘪 𝘘𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵. 𝘏𝘦 𝘟𝘶𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱, 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘫𝘪𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥.

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    Shi Qingxuan acts carelessly in the heat of the moment. He Xuan takes it upon herself to clean up the mess.

    Or: Shi Qingxuan gets herself hurt and He Xuan acts really, really, really weird about it.

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    16 Feb 2025

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    A poor man dies in the freshly swept temple of broken gods.

    And the ocean screams.

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