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Vessel has spent his entire life in the suffocating grip of the Church of Final Baptism, moulded from birth into a sacred vessel for the words and will of Father Phorcys. Trapped in layers of spiritual manipulation and quiet despair, Vessel submits to a marriage he never wanted, believing numb obedience is his only escape.
But submission is laced with cruel words and hidden torment, and his marriage is little more than a cage. One night, when Phorcys declares them both unworthy and drives them off a cliff into the ocean, Vessel assumes his final breath will be one of cold terror.
Instead, he wakes, barely alive and still beneath the surface, in a glowing cave tended to by creatures of myth. A pod of mermen: II, III, and IV. Each one stranger than the last, inexplicably kind, and devoted to helping this strange land-creature survive.
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A take on the lyrics of Infinite Baths, with lots of angst, fluff, and mermen.Bookmarked by complexus
19 Oct 2025
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“Hey Vess.”
Vessel took a deep breath in, held it, then out through pursed lips. Despite it being his voice he heard being played through the cassette’s speakers, he knew it wasn’t him. He knew, but sometimes he didn’t want it to be true. Maybe this could be a nightmare. A long one that lasted for weeks on end.
The singer rewound the tape.
Vessel falls back into old habits. Sleep forces him to take care of himself in a rather roundabout way.
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13 Oct 2025
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Vessel has relied on Sleep as far as he can remember. Sleep was the one to give him all he needs, all he wants… but was it actually? Vessel believed he was doing everything correct, until he realized that he was stuck in a vicious, never-ending cycle of death. He needs to find a way out of Eden, before it swallows him whole…
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An alternate universe where Vessel and the Numerals are trying to free themselves from Sleep’s grasp.Chapter warnings will always be in the beginning notes. Thoughts & other blurbs will always be in the ending notes. Updates on Tuesdays and Fridays (Well okay maybe not it updates when the authors gather a singular braincell)!
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13 Oct 2025
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The Memory of Certain Flowers by flightlessnerds
Fandoms: Twenty One Pilots, Hadestown - Mitchell
26 Apr 2024
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Tyler knows, suddenly and deeply, that this is someone who will be important to him.
I am going to love you, he thinks. Nothing has ever felt more true.
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06 Oct 2025
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III and IV stumble across a video on Vessel's phone that comes out to be more suggestive than it's outward appearance implies. A revelation is made, and challenge is issued, and fun is had.
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04 Oct 2025