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    Jayce’s lantern is dwarfed against the damp dark of the cavern, a single match against a sea. He is not afraid of the dark; only afraid he will never earn the chance to prove to the world that he is right. That what he saw in his dreams is real.

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    08 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 38

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    “One more word and you are out on the street, Talis,” Viktor issues his empty threat in his coldest of voices, paired with his fiercest frown. Jayce only beams at him. 

    “The battle’s already lost,” he announces. “Mel’s approved my time-off ages ago. I got all the goodies,” he rattles the brown bag invitingly, “and Sky’s manning the lab. You’re not getting out of it, V.”

    “Out of what?” Viktor demands, in increasing malaise, clutching at his crutch like a lifeline.

    “Of fun,” Jayce says, threateningly.

    [Or: Viktor's terrible, lovely 32nd birthday.]

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    24 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 56

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    “… incinerated my prototypes,” he is saying as Viktor watches him; half-conversational, half-explanatory. “A few times, actually, by now. It’s like cat and mouse: I make them, they incinerate them … I don’t think they ever realised I had any other crystals or they’d definitely incinerate those, too.”

    “Bastards,” Viktor says, seriously.

    Jayce grins up at him again. “Yeah,” he says, “bastards. The whole lot.”

    They look at each other oddly, both blinking. Then Jayce grins again, as though he is in on some sort of great joke that only the two of them are privy to. For the first time in a very long time, Viktor feels very aware of his mask standing between the world an his face. 

    Perhaps the cooling system is clogged again. He feels oddly warm.

    Or: Zaunite shut-in Viktor hides in his lab and behind his mask, until a tipsy Academy drop-out stumbles into his life on a reckless gander into the Undercity. Something blooms.

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    07 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 34

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    Viktor, a world-renowned astronomer, and the revolutionary microbiology researcher Jayce Talis are falling in love. But there’s a slight complication:

    Jayce pinches the bridge of his nose, and sighs, and pushes through the nerves. “You know how if I think about space, I panic?”

    “Yes,” Viktor says, nodding. “I am aware.”

    “And you know how if you think about microbes, you panic?” Jayce prods.

    Viktor’s expression flickers. “Two for two.”

    They’re determined to figure it out. Together.

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    06 Mar 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 93

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    “I’m his best friend. He’d have said something,” Jayce insists, helplessly. Desperately.

    Caitlyn snorts. “Like what?” she asks. Then, in a horrible, unfairly accurate parody of Viktor’s accent: “Hey, Jayce, I like to fuck men. Hope you don’t mind, old sport. Pass me the chalk, will you.”

    Jayce is too stunned—and, frankly, traumatised—to bring himself to answer.

    [Or: a report on the impact of a rumour and its observable effects on the behaviours of one J. Talis.]

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    26 Feb 2026