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Applicant Name: Kaveh
Darshan of Affiliation: Kshahrewar
Desired Salary: N/A
Attached CV: [Decoding the Runes and Architectural Philosophy of the Ruins of King Deshret’s Civilization]
Cover Letter (if applicable):
Kindly send this appropriately credited document to Akademiya staff so that someone may teach the belligerent Scribe that he cannot blindly pass along my existing work to some newcomer over a topic he destroyed almost a decade ago.
Delete this.
(or, Alhaitham posts a familiar job listing. Sumeru wishes he hadn’t.)
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Dear Al-Haitham,
I propose that we meet this Friday at sundown on the southeast edge of the city bordering Avidya Forest. This is a marital engagement. Please come prepared with your sword at the ready.
With spite,
Kaveh
Al-Haitham sets down the letter, letting out a long sigh. After all, isn’t the answer to dealing with domestic disputes not marriage? Isn’t that entirely contradictory to the issue?
Kaveh sends Al-Haitham martial summons to sort out their issues. Unfortunately, he makes a small error in the letter.
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When Kaveh announces that he’ll need to temporarily stop taking suppressants, Alhaitham assumes that he must be an omega. After all, that’s the only logical reason that Kaveh would have pretended to be a beta for all this time. It’s the only logical reason that Kaveh would ask Alhaitham, an alpha, to leave the house for two weeks.
Except Alhaitham has made a rare miscalculation—and helping Kaveh will be much more difficult than Alhaitham expected, when his own instincts keep pulling him in two different directions.
“To clarify,” Alhaitham says, “you’re saying you’ll feel safer if I’m not here. Do I have that correct?”
“That—that’s not exactly what I said.”
“You said that you don’t know if it’s safe. That implies a degree of uncertainty, which means that you’ll feel less uncertain—and therefore safer—if I’m not around.” When Kaveh doesn’t respond, Alhaitham adds, “I’m just making sure I understand the situation correctly.”
“To be honest,” Kaveh says, “I don’t think you understand the situation at all.”
Series
- Part 1 of fighting instinct
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To Dream in Shades of Green by Intensely_Reading
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
08 Oct 2023
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“There are three suitors who you can romance in this game. You must complete all your requirements with one of them."
“Who are the three potential suitors?” Kaveh asks warily.
“Your three suitors are Tighnari, the blunt Palace Chamberlain; Cyno, the standoffish Captain of the Royal Guard; and Al-Haitham, the acerbic Duke of Vultur Volans.”
There's a new invention from the Yae Publishing House that turns a user's dreams into light novel stories. Kaveh has the (un)fortunate pleasure of being one of its first users.
Too bad it dumped him in a romance game.
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Adventures in Trying to Assassinate Your Crush by OreganoGremlin
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
21 Sep 2023
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Just as the blades swirled red and the man crumpled to the ground, the door to his office opened.
Zhongli looked through the doorway to Childe, the man on the floor, then back to Childe. His eyes lingered on the Vision on Childe’s waist. Or, well, the Delusion. It was still purple, with the Hydro symbol replaced by the telltale insignia of the Fatui.
Shit. The Delusions were supposed to be one of the Fatui’s best-kept secrets. They were absolutely not supposed to be seen by random Liyuean funeral consultants. Dottore would have Childe’s head if he heard that he’d shown one off so blatantly.
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Zhongli accidentally learns some Fatui secrets. Naturally, Childe needs to get rid of him. It's not as easy as he thought it would be.