9 Works by lightofskyfire
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Fate is a funny thing.
Really, a prophecy is only a prediction. And yet, despite this, not once in recorded history has one gone unfulfilled.
Until the World-Eater woke, and no Dragonborn rose to stop him. Alduin proceeded to consume the world, as was his birthright. He cared not that it wasn't yet time. To halt the ravage of the Firstborn, Akatosh unwound the very timeline of the world, and from there, it was out of His hands: Time itself would have to make its own course.
Commander Maro could describe himself as a lot of things. An old veteran, death-crossed and world-weary. A failure of an agent who couldn't protect his Emperor. A failure of a father who couldn't protect his son. He certainly wouldn't describe himself as a protagonist or a hero.
When he was ambushed by the Listener of the Dark Brotherhood on the docks of Solitude, he figured that for him, it was finally over. A final tragedy to round out his tragic story.
Time disagreed.
That was how Maro found himself reliving the worst day of his life, unaware that the strands of prophecy and the future of the world itself were now in his inadequate hands.
Fate is a funny thing.
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All the Time We'll Never Have by lightofskyfire
Fandoms: Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek
16 May 2024
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Data is gone.
Geordi is left with all the words left unsaid, all the things left undone, all the time they'll never have.
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I'll give you my whole world (if only you would be its sun) by lightofskyfire
Fandoms: Town of Salem (Video Games)
30 Mar 2024
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It didn't matter that she was Coven and he was Town. Hers was a love true enough to transcend any such boundaries in her way. And if their relationship truly was star-crossed, then so be it: the Conjurer would fight the stars themselves to be together with her Jailor.
But, of course, there can be no happy endings, not in this town.
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notturno (a melody through nights) by lightofskyfire
Fandoms: Town of Salem (Video Games)
13 Jan 2024
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One, a stone-cold killer by night, drawing information from unfortunate prisoners through the cock of a gun, the gleam of a sharpened blade, a deadly ultimatum given through unyielding steel bars. The other, a sharp-eyed ghost in the shadows, who lets no detail escape his notice, picking out roles and identities and feeding targets to the Godfather so they can be eliminated.
Two enemies' lives collide one fateful night. Neither of them could have known the aftermath would change not only themselves, but the entire town.
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This is a revision of my old story of the same name . More in A/N
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- Part 1 of The Whirling Song Our Worldlines Weave
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An Exercise in One of Life's Curiosities by lightofskyfire
Fandoms: Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation
06 Jun 2023
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Subject: The logic and ethics of killing.
Exercise: In what situation is it acceptable to take a sentient being's life?Results:
Once, Data would not have hesitated to answer such a question with a firm, no such situation exists, as in line with his original ethical programming. After all, he was programmed to respect all life. But in light of Fajo's actions, he was not so certain.
Results: Inconclusive
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He can remember it as though it was yesterday, that day the Mayor spat in the face of everything he held dear. He made a decision that day, that not once and not ever would he take the politician as a patient and sully the sacred art of healing. Was this a violation of his oath? Perhaps; he was not the judge of that. Asclepius didn't seem to harbor any objections, at least.
No, he would not heal the Mayor. He has no intention of treason, something the politician would surely accuse him of. His reason is far more straightforward than that.
It is simply a matter of incompatible ethics.
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- Part 3 of The Whirling Song Our Worldlines Weave
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It's a role that carries a lot of weight. It would be easy for him to lose himself to it, to what it represents, to what he's done as part of the job.
How much is left, of who he was before he was the Jailor?
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- Part 2 of The Whirling Song Our Worldlines Weave
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-Deprecated Version- notturno (a melody through nights) by lightofskyfire
Fandoms: Town of Salem (Video Game)
10 Apr 2023
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The Jailor, killer by night who coldly draws out information from his prisoner with a loaded gun, a sharpened blade, a fatal ultimatum through unyielding steel bars.
The Consigliere, eyes in the shadows of darkness that let nothing escape their notice, picking out the greatest threats to the Mafia and giving their identities to the Godfather so they can be eliminated.
Two enemies' lives collide one fateful night. Neither of them is what the other expected, and neither of them could have predicted how things would unfold.
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The people he tries to raise are husks of themselves who never last longer than a night. He can't truly bring them back anymore, not like the way he used to.
But he tries again, and again, and again, until there's nobody left to try with anymore.