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    Abandoned by his parents, Megumi Fushiguro survives through sheer stubbornness, stolen food, and the aid of his shadows. He doesn't trust easily, because why would he?, but he's determined to live long enough to find his father and kick his ass.
    Enter Gojo Satoru: obnoxious, powerful, and apparently someone who knows his deathbeat father. He claims he wants to help and though Megumi doesn't really buy it, Gojo is determined to aid him anyway.

    (Or in which Tsumiki’s mother leaves behind only the child that wasn’t hers, and Gojo Satoru finds himself trying to earn the trust of a boy who’s never known safety, and decides to raise him anyway.)

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    27 Dec 2025

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    "Does it hurt you to think of him hurting your country?" he asked, and he told himself that he was pleased, that he wanted Damen hurt. That is eased his own pain if Damen, too, were forced to suffer.

    "You know it does," Damianos answered. He paced like a caged animal, like one of Halvik's chained leopards, full of restrained violence, yet he came no closer. "Are we playing now with the fate of nations?" he demanded. "It won't bring your brother back."

    With the Regent in Ios and his Akielon's identity revealed, the war for the throne of Vere is gaining heat. Laurent's plans for his alliance and his trust in his Akielon have both been shaken by his Uncle's machinations, but he is determined that he will continue the fight, no matter how much it hurts. This is an attempt to examine King's Rising from Laurent's POV.

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    25 Dec 2025

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    After yet another failed attempt at dating, Satoru is ready to give up on love. Suguru finally has the freedom in his life to start looking for love, and he's ready to try dating. Both of them know that it would be a terrible idea to get romantically involved with a roommate, but thankfully their best friend Shoko is here to help enable their irresponsible decisions.

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    Satoru sank back down on his end of the couch, staring out the window at the Tokyo skyline. Thousands of lit windows filled with tens of thousands of people finishing up their evenings and getting ready for bed. He wondered how many of them were happy and in love; how many were resigned to relationships without love; how many were alone. "Seriously, though. I'm done."

    "With dating? You won't last a month."

    "I'm tired, Shoko. It's not good for me. And we're in our mid-thirties now. Anyone quality is already in a relationship." Satoru cracked his soda open, slumping down on the couch and tipping the bottle toward his mouth. Fruity sugar coated his tongue, but it failed to cheer him. "No one's left but undateable disasters."

    "Implied: like you."

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    17 Dec 2025

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    “I need you to go to the Gojo’s.”

    Suguru nodded, eyes not leaving his task. He knew this was coming.

    “They have the strongest weapon of our age. I need you to get it for us.”

    “Of course,” Suguru said. He zipped the bag. “I take it they aren’t too pleased to relinquish it?”

    Yaga had blown out a sigh. Looked older than his age and nodded. “Mei Mei has been doing a good job of negotiation. We’ve gotten to the point where they will give us an audience. That’s more than we were hoping.”

    “Alright. I’ll do what I can."

    But he made no promises.

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    17 Sep 2025

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    “We’re going to sit and be as quiet as possible. Do you think you all can do that?”

    No, a group of ten easily distractible younglings could not do that. But Megumi could. He could hear everything in the room. The shifting of robes and the humming of the kyber crystals in Master Utahime’s lightsabers. It was annoying that the other kids were jostling, muttering and giggling. The sun was warm on the floor, deep in the core of the temple he could feel his papa and he reached, slipped into meditation he brushed against his papa’s brightness in the Force.

    Satoru’s shields slammed down with a severity that burned Megumi.

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