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  1. Public Bookmark 98

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    I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
    I want to learn to rope and to ride
    I want to ride o'er the plains and the desert
    Out west of the great divide

     

    The infamous Lamb, Marshal Hamal, is short on cash when they roll back into the bustling river port of Ecumene. Luckily one of the city's strangest and wealthiest families, the Bishops, offers them the job of a lifetime. All they have to do is safely escort their brother Narinder across the western frontier to deliver a mysterious package. What could go wrong?

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    04 Jul 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 93

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    The lamb moves to a seaside city and gets hired as a waiter in a coffee shop on the verge of failure. The coffee shop owner is Ratau and he's going to teach them how to become a good waiter, while at the same time they will have to face their grumpy colleague Narinder.

    Will they save the coffee shop? Only time will tell.

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    01 Nov 2024

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    Something goes wrong. The crown is split during Narinder's defeat, splitting the power between him and the Lamb.

    Narinder keeps a portion of his godhood, and the Lamb finds that abilities they had access to before are no longer possible: Healing is cut short. Powers are halved. And there is a very real chance of perma-death, as the ability to resurrect is not possible without full power, and the God of Death is not cooperative.
    Afterlife and Purgatory are not options either. Dying means erasure. Gone.

    Lambert knows Narinder grows stronger by the day, crown or not, and yet keeps him spared as they try to figure out how to complete their own goals. Narinder vows vengeance on the lamb for usurping him. After a few unsuccessful murder attempts, he's in for the long haul. It is only a matter of time before the Lamb's guard is down before he can strike, and The One Who Waits is very patient. When a mystic being demands they save the bishops from purgatory, an alliance is in order.

    Except...the lamb's actions and their presence begin to unlock abilities within the God of Death he didn't know he had prior to his imprisonment, among other fickle things, like emotions. The prophecy didn't warn him of that part.

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    31 Oct 2024