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One chapter a day for DenNor Week 2020 (11 to 17 May), run by @Pixetalia on Tumblr
"You. My morning call. My first kiss. My comfort. My hygge. My fairytale prince. My fellow seafarer. My... friend. Idiot, you should know that I feel as much, perhaps even more, for you than you might ever feel for me. I just cannot bring myself to tell. Not yet. When the right time comes I will find the courage to let you in again, and until the day comes...
"Wait for me."
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In which Norway observes Denmark's routines and habits, and reflects on their relationship throughout the centuries past and to come.
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“You named yourself Lien, after a lotus. A flower that should emerge from the swamps but remain pure. A beauty to be observed from afar, but never to be roughly treated. Yet, look at you and your beastly women, thinking yourself budding flowers! I can only laugh!”
“... I can say the same to you, Yao. You do shine like celestial bodies, being so full of greed that you stench of gold. Glorious of you to slaughter my men and force their wives and daughters into taking up arms! And to think your people were chivalrous!”
It was China’s turn to be irked. However, his men called as he was about to do so, and he turned to leave in a rage. Vietnam then decided to rid her body of the blood and soil in a nearby stream. Unwavering hazel eyes and a gentle, tanned complexion emerged from the crystalline water, surrounded by moonbeams that waltzed on its serene surface.
A lotus flower, she thought at the sight: petals pristine in spite of dirt and grime, her stem staunch amid tempest and war, wherever the tides of history might carry her.
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Collaboration with Thanh (purenguyening) for Hetabang 2020!
In which Vietnam invites Thailand over, and reminisces on the past during the wait. -
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Written for LietPol Secret Santa Exchange 2019.
For the first time in three and a half centuries, Lithuania and Poland spend their Christmas Eve together, in the way they used to (kind of) during the Commonwealth: with a Kūčios/Wigilia (Twelve-dish Christmas Eve dinner).
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In which the author attempts non-crack fluff instead of angst for the first time, and wishes everyone a Happy Holiday <3 -
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“Ber, do you think it is a sin to love?”
“Of course not, Mette. Why would you say that? Isn’t love the greatest thing a person could ever receive, or ever give? After all, it is only by love that you can understand your conscience, and God–”
“But God lied. He lay down all these rules to be followed, but they have only caused wars and destruction. He told us to love and forgive, but He took the lead in judging and killed the innocent indiscriminately. He said to love one another, but people who pursue love end up getting hurt, imprisoned, stoned, burned… like Antonio and Lo–”
“They deserved it. It’s abnormal. It’s wrong.”
“What is? Love? Them? Aren’t we all the same? They’re just like you and me, no?”
“Yes. But, no. Because it’s against nature–”
“And what about your ‘wife’?”
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In which a mismatched couple married only to avoid social stigma, both in mourning and trapped in an unrequited love, learn to tolerate each other, forgive, and move on.
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"All this time Emil had not ceased writing, his fingers still dancing to the rain’s splatter. Yet, watching the stranger before him, and thinking back to the two men in the rain’s embrace, something struck his mind. An understanding. Perhaps, not everyone loved the rain like he did, and that’s alright. Even among those who did, each might have their own interpretation of it. Rain was something to be shared by everybody, and like stories, each person was entitled to their own retelling."
In which four idiots discover each other, and themselves, in the rain. Originally written for a competition.
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An account of the media reactions to the reveal of Nations (anthropomorphic national embodiments) with scholarly commentary.
Heavily inspired by: United States v. Barnes, 617 F. Supp. 2d 143 (D.D.C. 2015)
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Finland was the only one who talked back.
(9 snippets from Finland and Russia's history. And a peculiar history that is.)
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04 Dec 2019
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It was to be a simple job on Søren's part: help Berwald clean out the home of a reclusive scientist, and then return home to his mundane, ordinary life.
That scenario became impossible when they came across someone who wasn't supposed to exist.
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02 Dec 2019
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Belfaux in the '20s is a rainy city of sin. Its most notorious criminals are Gilbert Beilschmidt, the Prussian gangster; Antonio Fernández Carriedo, the kind-hearted pimp; and Francis Bonnefoy, gentleman thief and partner to Arthur Kirkland, thief-of-all-trades.
Desperate to get in the good graces of his people, Grand Duke Roderich Edelstein calls in Agent Alfred Jones, a prodigy in the art of undercover deception. With Arthur's reluctant help, Alfred becomes part of the criminal family, but he knows none of them can be trusted. Alfred's mission goes well until, despite his best intentions, love begins to bloom. Secrets start to unravel. And all must prove where their loyalties lie.
Because in Belfaux, honesty is the deadliest weapon.
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