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In a small village, far away from most of Snezhnayan civilization, there's a legend. A twisted tale told to children during bedtime, of the monstrous Damselette and her ravenous ways. Thought to be nothing but fiction, until signs start to show it is much more than that. Meanwhile, two heads of factions, the Fantôme's and the Automota, find themselves at odds with Il Dottore. Sneaking in the background with motivations neither can make out, but both ail from.
To summarize: Gothic Horror Lesbian Fantasy with vampires, monsters and puppets.
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24 Mar 2026
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“You’re in love with the General Mahamatra?” blurted the Spantamad sage, the moment the door had closed.
He was supposed to be a sage. If Alhaitham had any ambition, he would have despaired.
It sneaks up on him like Cyno did, the realisation: that Cyno had made a place for himself in Alhaitham's comfortable life, and had turned it into a home
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08 Mar 2026
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"You must still not know enough about me," Al-Haitham mumbles, fingers pushing higher under Cyno's shorts to squeeze at the junction between thigh and hip. "To expect me to agree to those terms. I don't do well with unanswered questions. What happened?"
Al-Haitham doesn't look up at Cyno's face, feels the way his Adam's apple bobs as he swallows, the tension that plagues even the usual austerity of his posture.
". . .Nothing."
Cyno has always been hopeless at lying.
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03 Jan 2026
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A series of letters between the General Mahamatra and the Akademiya's Grand Scribe, thousands of miles apart.
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13 Nov 2025
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“One scholar’s complaint should not doom an ancient ruin,” Candace says frantically. “The domain is a priceless remnant from King Deshret’s kingdom. It’s a cultural artifact that belongs to the Sands!”
“This domain sits far from any authority that can keep the area safe,” Cyno says.
“It’s far from Sumeru City’s authority, you mean,” Candace retorts.
“It’s far from the Matra’s offices,” Cyno corrects. “It’s the Matra that keeps scholars safe. And it is the Matra that rescues anyone trapped in domains.”
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Kaveh goes missing on an expedition to the desert, leading to a tense reunion amongst the desert gang. It’s a headache fueled by conflicting motivations. Aside from finding the missing party, Cyno wants order, Candace wants them gone, Dehya wants everyone to get along–
And Alhaitham just wants Cyno to himself.
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Veritas hadn't even tried to stop Aventurine from pulling him in by the chain at his chest and kissing him hard and biting. That had been his first lapse in judgment. The second came soon after, then the third, fourth, fifth.
Sex creates idiots. Veritas knows this well. He wishes he knew how to stop himself. He doesn't want to stop at all. Aventurine is far too good at pushing his buttons. Making him stupid. Making him care. They meet again in less than a week.
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Aventurine reacts strangely to gentleness. Veritas cares entirely too much.Series
- Part 1 of medians
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01 Jan 2025
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Yet, despite his meticulous planning, Aventurine unfailingly threw him off kilter– his charming smile like spun glass, brittle and thin, stretched over a fractured heart and a mind sharp as a crystal shard. Even when Veritas thought he had it handled, a fleeting gaze had been enough to make him unravel.
Had he been desperate? The question nagged at him. His crossed arms tightened a fraction around his chest.
(In Veritas' equation, Aventurine became the unexpected derivative / Sequel to moonshot)
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- Part 2 of the law of large numbers
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30 Dec 2024
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Being Hermanubis' vessel is easy, despite the way it affects Cyno's senses. It's just the way Alhaitham's heartbeat seems to follow him that's maddening.
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22 Dec 2024
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Venturing into the desert after runaway thesis students is, unfortunately, a normal part of Cyno's job. The same can't be said of Alhaitham, feeble scholar extraordinare, and yet he's here anyway. It's an addition Cyno doesn't need, no matter how helpful Alhaitham can be, but though the company's better than expected, the complications only get worse from there.
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24 Sep 2024
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Lying amidst his veritable mountain of bureaucratic paperwork is a deceptively thin file, unearthed after hours of sifting through the stacks of documents that his latest attempt at a quiet weekend had garnered him. The smooth manila surface is disrupted only by the hasty scrawl of a lower receptionist, but the label is enough to make his brow twitch in annoyance.
Quarterly Performance Review Request Forms – Grand Sage Alhaitham
His first thought is: they got his job title wrong.
or: Cyno is in charge of writing Alhaitham's work performance review. No really, that's all. (Spoiler alert: it's not.)
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17 Sep 2024
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an opening, petal by petal by towine (blacktreecle)
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
24 Nov 2022
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At the celebration feast, Nilou asked Cyno if he would be happy continuing to be the General Mahamatra.
Cyno said, “It’s not about being happy. There are merely a lot of things that I must do.”
Alhaitham can’t say for certain why Cyno’s words bothered him. In a way, the sentiment is unsurprising; Cyno is, after all, dutiful to a fault. It makes sense that he puts his work over himself. Even so, Alhaitham wonders what the shape of Cyno’s happiness would be, if he allowed it to take form. If he ever allowed someone like Alhaitham to witness it.
Which he certainly never would.
Or: In the midst of the Akademiya’s rebuilding, Nahida sends her closest advisors on a trip through Sumeru.
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29 Jun 2024