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    Sequel to 'Missed Prayers and Misunderstandings'.

    There was something nice about seeing the familiar golden palace as Apollo parked his horses, his mind dashing between present and the courtroom of funhouse-style pantheon in the image of his own family. He'd been prepared for a nice, long decompression session soaking in his pure 100-carat gold bathtube when he is vehemently and violently pelted with the consequences of his actions through an arrow in the knee.

    Really, between their schedules and the recent lack of arguments from Apollo's new perspective on life (which he's pretty sure his twin finds weird, at best), he'd almost forgotten how sharp Arty liked her arrows. Almost as sharp as her words.

    "Have you finally lost your mind?"

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    08 Aug 2025

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    A dark, hooded figure emerged from the dense snowstorm, growing far too tall as it approached. You shuffled back weakly in the bloodstained snow and winced as you jostled the trap clamped on your boot.

    “What is this?” the man’s voice rumbled, muffled behind his mask. “You are…not what I expected to catch today.” He crouched and cupped your cheek reverently, as if you were a tiny creature whose delicate bones would snap at a too-rough touch.

    You flinched at first — but he was warm, so warm.

    “You are very far from home, aren’t you, Kleines Häschen?” he mused, honeyed words drawn out slowly as you relaxed into his palm. “Come, let me tend to your wound. Rest by my fire, just for a little while.”

    The man scooped you up from the snow, unresisting. Sleep whispered sweet temptation as you were cradled to his chest, lulled by the blood loss and his steady steps. You gave in to the beckoning darkness, and allowed your heavy lids to close, like he said—

    just for a little while.

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    08 Aug 2025

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    {Hey, Matchstick. Can we burn this birdbrain’s tail feathers?} The Lord of the Underworld asked.

    ‘No. No, we cannot, Lord Bonfire.’ You respond mentally with exhaustion while replying aloud to Headmaster Crowley. “Thank you for providing me shelter.”

    {No, no. Hades, for once, has a very brilliant suggestion. This...Crowley...is going to make us stay at this rundown, pest-infested piece of despicable trash...!} Queen Grimhilde hisses in your head. You want to slam your forehead against a wall, hopefully knocking yourself out in the process. Instead, you follow Headmaster Crowley into the deteriorating dorm while Queen Grimhilde continues. {But we should let him suffer first--slowly. Vessel, you should concoct a poison for Crowley. I shall assist you.}

    You are so tired at this point.

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    In which the Reader is from an alternate timeline of Twisted Wonderland, where there was a great war against Chernabog the Devil. In this slightly different timeline, the Reader finds out that the Great Seven are seen as magnificent, respected wizards by many in the land...and there was no war. The Reader just wants to sleep for a decade at this point, but Fate had other plans for them.

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    08 Aug 2025

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    Esher knew from the start that she would live out the rest of her days on the road, constantly looking over her shoulder. That was the life she had chosen, and she would choose it again in a heartbeat over the nightmare she would have lived otherwise.
    But she didn't know that a black carriage would come in the night during her travels, or that it would whisk her away to another world far from her own. She didn't know that she would learn of magic deeper and darker than any forest path she wandered.
    She didn't know that one day she might like to stop running.

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    A DnD 5e warlock gets pulled into Twisted Wonderland and has to come to terms with modern technology, high school education, and a magic system that seems to be entirely monopolized by sorcerers. There is no attaining magic through force of will, faith, or pact: so according to the Dark Mirror, Esher has none. But that’s Ok, she’s used to keeping it on the down-low. It’s not like warlocks are warmly welcomed back home. Her Patron finds it amusing either way.

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    07 Aug 2025

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    Apollo is a god.

    His six months as Lester Papadopoulos are over and he's back to his usual routine. Driving the sun chariot, being generally goddy and answering prayers. In the grand scheme of things, six months isn't very long. He's pretty sure he hasn't missed much.

    'You have 58 missed prayers from Yuu (your demigod child)'

    He's very quickly proven wrong.

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    19 Feb 2025