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    Five years ago, Jayce made an impulsive offer to build Hextech weapons to combat the rising tide of Undercity airship piracy. In response, Viktor torched their research and disappeared from Piltover for good.

    Five years ago, a new airship took to the skies, with a young captain and a misfit crew and a massive, impossible tree growing straight through the hull.

    These two events are completely unrelated - unless, of course, they're not.

    Jayce steps into Viktor's space. His fist closes in the lapel of Viktor's overcoat. It's a little foolish, but he half-expects this whole thing to be some kind of hallucination. Something at the back of his brain imagines his hand will pass through Viktor like mist. It doesn't, and that, more than anything, makes this feel like more than a hypervivid variation on the same dream Jayce has been having for years now.
    In his dreams, Viktor always has the clammy chill of a cadaver. This Viktor feels so warm under Jayce's hand, he thinks his skin might come away scalded.

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    12 May 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    God. The YEARNING.

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    “It happened to you too,” Nile says softly. “I can see how worried you are about him, but he’s not the only one who got hurt. Immortal or not, no one just walks off being tortured.”

    “It wasn’t torture,” Joe says blandly.

     

    After Merrick, Nicky needs to be alone for a little while, and Joe needs not to be.

    Fortunately, Nile could use some company too.

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    03 Apr 2025

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    "But have you ever thought about what happened after?"

    Suddenly, Jake felt like the tone alarm was going off and he was stuck in the cockpit with the hydraulics out. "After?"

    "His dad died before he even turned three. His mom died a week after he turned nine. Have you thought about what happened after?"

     

    Or, Seven years after their break up, Jake and Bradley are finally about to admit why it happened. But instead of resolving whatever there is between them, Bradley starts giving Jake heart attacks while in the sky - and Jake has a feeling it's all about more than flying.

    Going to Maverick for advice might just clear things up for him.

    (or, I heard 'slow ride' and 'waiting for the right moment' and made it into a backstory for all of Rooster's issues)

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    12 Aug 2024

    Bookmarker's Notes

    So good that I’m not even going to hide it in private bookmarks.

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    “We’re going to kidnap a Jedi?” Boba sounds far more excited by the prospect than most twelve-year-olds probably should. And, because he’s Jango’s boy, because he’s too kriffing smart for his own good, he catches on way too quickly. “Wait. Are we kidnapping your Jedi?”

    Picked up from hiatus.

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    14 May 2024

    Bookmarker's Notes

    So I don’t lose it again.