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The Ice Court, the most secure prison in the world and stronghold of Fjerda’s might, has never been breached. Goro Akechi’s crew will attempt a break-in, or die trying. Should they fail, the world will encounter its demise at the hands of a disruptive drug. Worst of all: should they fail, they won’t get paid.
Seven desperate people, one impossible heist, and a thousand ways the plan could go wrong. Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows meets Persona 5 Royal!
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- Part 1 of Aki's Crows AU
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Determined to plan the best Christmas Eve date, Goro is instead held back by the umpteenth overtime. Now late for his own date, he finds Akira waiting for him in the snow, instead.
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Secret Santa gift for Joke!
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Akira Kurusu has seen Goro Akechi die twice and somehow still manages to go on with his life after the fact. So, when what by all accounts appears to be a dream figuration of the Akechi he remembers appears into the Velvet Room, Akira knows better than to fall for the same old trick.
Until Dream Akechi starts quoting Descartes. Then it's chaos.
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Written for the Akeshuake Tanabata Big Bang 2025!
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As the deadline for Sae's Palace looms closer - and thus, his time with Akira Kurusu is about to end - Goro finds himself craving some other sort of closure. He assumed all the loose threads to have been knotted up by this point. But maybe his body - and only his body, of course - has something else to say on the matter.
Written for ShuAke Week 2024, day 7: FREE DAY
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Ren Amamiya—former acrobat, then slavers' captive, now property of Alice Hiiragi—is fighting tooth and nail to escape the worst hand of cards life has dealt him.
Goro Akechi—Prince of the Barrel, leader of the Crows, and the most ruthless criminal in Ketterdam—is only looking for information.
As they begin working together, the threat of a man from the past looms over their lives: someone set to uproot the world's order from the luxury of Ketterdam's parlors. One leaf of jurda at a time.Six of Crows AU written for Every Universe, Every Timeline, a shuakeshu AU zine. Now with a sequel!
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The list of places Goro can safely go in Tokyo without running into Kurusu Akira continues to incur great losses. This time, it's his 777 of choice, which is nowhere near his new apartment complex for this express purpose, and yet. Ineffable Joker will always find a fucking way. And if he can't, he'll circle like a bird of prey until a way opens up.
Twelve years later, nothing is conventional and everything is deliberate.
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22 Jan 2026
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AKECHI
Why not join me instead…?
All you’d have to do is abandon the teammates you have now.
(The young leader of the Phantom Thieves has a moment of contemplation.)
JOKER
(to himself)
'Akechi's eyes are deadly serious. I better give him a real answer…'
AKECHI
How about it?
JOKER
> I'll do it.
I'm not doing that.
You're my rival.
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04 Dec 2025
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The Happiness Game! by engraved (Ludicrously_Idiotic), shouldbeworking
Fandoms: Persona 5
15 Nov 2025
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The Phantom Thieves have nearly secured their route through Maruki's Palace. There’s only one section left: The Twilight Corridor. A paradise where everything is perfect, and everyone is always smiling.
In order to enter that place, the Thieves must first prove they've "completed orientation" and can be "happy." There are points, there is a scoreboard, and they’re locked together in an experimental space where wishes can be granted by simply saying them aloud. Everyone has to individually earn 100 happiness points, or no one is leaving.
So what is “happiness,” really? How does Maruki define happiness? What the hell is a quantifiable happiness point? Is there any way around this? Don’t these stupid kids realize this is a trick to get them to fall back into the thrall of Maruki’s reality? And why can’t Goro earn any fucking points?
(Or: I've been watching too much Dropout Game Changer and I’ve built an Akechi torture chamber.)
Includes illustrations by the amazing engraved!
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16 Nov 2025
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"I Will Simply Have To Come To Leblanc Every Day In That Case" And Other Lies by lumensd
Fandoms: Persona 5
01 Aug 2025
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"This is the third evening in a row you've come all the way out here simply to accost my presence for an asinine hangout, when we both know you and I have more important things to do than waste time better spent on preparations tarrying like fools." He says the word tarrying like it's metal in his mouth. Akira cringes. "What's your real game here?"
"Uh," says Akira, eloquently. He clears his throat, "Well, you—um, you're a liar?"
(Akechi lies. Akira retaliates.)
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01 Aug 2025
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The original Japanese name of the sixth area of Mementos, the Path of Adyeshach, translates to: the Sense-robbing Path.
Akira develops a thing for going there alone, whenever he feels like throwing all sense, all logic, all practicality, to the wind.
Someone’s been following him.
Written for Day 6 of Bottom Joker Week 2025: Status Ailments
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09 May 2025