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  1. Rec 20

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    Some of this must be obvious from Wolfwood’s expression, because Vash’s eyes are soft. He says, “I want you to tie me up.”

    “...Eh?”

    “It’s not going to be totally the same,” Vash continues, despite Wolfwood’s jaw dropping. He turns so that they’re facing each other, his knees angled towards Wolfwood’s chest, his eyes very intent. “Because I can escape from most bonds, and I’ll still be able to move in little ways, not like I was when—” Vash’s voice wobbles and dies out, returning a moment later as if the falter never happened at all. “—but you’re the only person I know who is strong enough to restrain me at all, and it wouldn’t be safe to experiment with drugs, so…”

    Wolfwood blinks. Manages to shut his mouth, so he’s not just gaping up into Vash’s face like one of those fish from the old history books.

    “You want to do… exposure therapy?” Wolfwood croaks.

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    With Vash still struggling with the trauma from his time on the Ark, he asks Wolfwood to help him work through his issues.

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    21 Jun 2025

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    The most awkward thing about it all is the stupid Get Out smeared across the wall in bioluminescent garbage, along the far wall across from the entryway, prominent in its placement. Handprints are peppered beneath it, dragged down as if through blood. If it wasn’t so overstated, so fucking cliche, maybe it’d make his stomach turn—or maybe it wouldn’t. It’s hard to tell these days, the things that hit his hindbrain versus the things that don’t.

    “This,” Nicholas says, gesturing at the wall, “is embarrassing for the both of us.”

    The thing haunting the house doesn’t have a name that he knows, and Meryl hasn’t given one if she’s privy to the information. So it’s just the Haunt, and Nicholas, and the desert that’s hiding them both.

    The Haunt drags a hand-shaped force through the faintly glowing text, spiteful in its delivery. Underneath it, something else begins to come alive, the letters bigger, the strokes broader, two fingers wide instead of one.

    Get. Out. Underlined for emphasis. Circled to make a point. And beside it, a frowning face with angry eyebrows—a child’s threat.

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    29 May 2025

  3. Rec 18

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    So, Meryl has another problem. Every time she ends up in close physical proximity to Milly, she makes a complete fool of herself. So far, the sight of Milly Thompson going about her day has caused her to spill beer on herself, trip over a rock, walk straight into Vash, choke on her dinner, and, most memorably for everyone in their little traveling crew, nearly drive them into a ravine. And that’s while Milly was fully-clothed. There’s no telling what she’ll do with Milly sweaty, glowing, and half-unclothed less than two inches from her.


    In which Meryl contends with her huge crush on Milly over the course of a long, hot afternoon where Milly seems to be doing everything in her power to remind her just how attractive she is.

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    25 May 2025

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    Once Upon A Time, there was a Queen, and a King, and a castle, and a kingdom. And then, one day, there was a child. And then, many year later, there was a Prince. The only problem was that everyone thought he was a Princess.

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    25 May 2025

  5. Rec 7

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    He woke up cold, shivering in the sweat sticky on his skin. Already he felt drained, sharp sparks of agony racing along the edges of his consciousness that told him one of his sisters, one very close, was being pushed toward her end. Vash could feel it. Every time.

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    24 May 2025