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*Did* she know what she was doing? Does she know now? Keeping a damp vigil over not much. A disintegrating jetty, a finger of the bay. She stares into the distance and pretends she can remember where the pleasure wheel used to stand.
"You're here," says George, "'cause something bit you."
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and every wave is tidal
if you hang around, you're going to get wet
I can't prepare for death better than I already have
-- Elliott Smith, "King's Crossing"We are currently in Chapter 7: Discovery Day -- Jean and Rada at the Weep show -- Pryce and Gorki-Berdyayeva talk personnel issues -- Rada B makes a proposition -- Trant and Jean meet Rada and Alice at a concert -- Jean and Trant consider toothbrush symbolism -- hetero-sexual life partners share a kiss goodnight-- different hetero-sexual life partners share a different kiss goodnight -- Harry has a contingency plan -- Rada, in her own words.
"I understand why you don't trust me. But, Jean-Héron, I am not a *monster*. I did not feed you to the fucking Can-Opener. I would never."
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Falling in love with your best friend would fuck up your whole life.
You are so lucky it didn't happen to you.
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Garrett can make:
snares. traps. yo-yos. dreamcatchers. a finger trap. the best cup of tea his mother ever tasted. a tiny wooden mabari with all the fur carved in lines ...
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It's Axe Cop's birthday for a month! Who will answer the Ask Axe Cop mailbag? Uni-Man to the rescue!
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Post-series end, Julian is living on Cardassia and in a relationship with Garak, and their future seems assured. But a chance encounter with a former Cardassian dissident leaves Julian wondering if he ever really knew Garak at all...and may jeopardise both their futures.
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12 Nov 2025
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Section 31 Seduction Manual (For Use With Dominion-Affiliated Persons) by respocked
Fandoms: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
14 Mar 2025
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This is a story about Julian Bashir getting tasked with seducing Garak. It's also a story about depression, body-image and found family. And about clothes and Cardassian pop-stars.
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28 Oct 2025
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Comme larrons en foire by Houseofchaos for AceOfBaze
Fandoms: Disco Elysium (Video Game)
08 Oct 2025
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Harry takes a determined step forward, but Kim’s palm is already in the middle of his chest, stopping him.
“Rules, officer.” Kim says in his sternest voice, and Harry bows his head like a begging dog.
“I’ll be so good,” he promises.
“I’m sure.” Kim takes a long breath. This is probably a mistake, but then, maybe it would be nice to live a little. “This is a Mesque-themed place. Behind the curtain is the dance floor, which also features a mechanical bull. People challenge themselves into staying on it as long as possible, often in ridiculous or skimpy outfits. There is a gallery with railings all around the room on the second level that gives great khm…observation spots. Now,” Kim lifts his index finger in the air, severe. “No touching of any kind. People will probably rub on you, but I want you to keep your hands on your drinks for tonight.” He lifts his other fingers in time with the commands he is laying down. “No hollering, no bellowing, no drooling.”
It’s good that there are no more fingers to raise, because Kim is overtaken with the urge of adding, *no barking*, which would be insane, and yet feels necessary to specify somehow.
“That’s a lot of rules,” Harry grumbles.
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11 Oct 2025
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There are some great quick-and-dirty guides to HTML on A03. This is not one of them - it is a comprehensive guide
It's now 2025, a decade later. A03 supports some new HTML and and we're all walking around reading fic on supercomputers that fit in a jean pocket. It was time update this and take a crack at finishing it. (Links and Images are in, the new Audio and Video tags are not.)
The previous three chapters have been divided into smaller concepts. Each tag continues to have - at a minimum - a link to the w3schools page about it (so you can learn more), a code example, and the result of the code example. Most tags have their attributes, things like [src] or [title], listed and examples of how using the attributes modify the tags.
There's a chapter on Bad Ideas, including how some of the archive's default CSS is available to you to format your work (users can't turn that off by hiding a workskin!)
Oh. And I added a bunny army. You could learn how to add one too.
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06 Jan 2021
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"Little bitch," Jordan growled. "It's never been about Justin, has it? You've wanted to get at me for years; you, your predecessor, whatever. Well, here I am, for one more night at least. What do you say we cut out the middleman?"
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