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  1. Rec 15

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    A story about running until there’s nowhere left to run, about love mistaken for sin, about the cost of being remembered and the quiet courage it takes to forgive the person you used to be. The finish line becomes a noose. When applause turns to accusation, and the dream of victory devours its dreamers.

    In the end, it’s not about victory or redemption.
    It’s about learning to live with the echo, and choosing to remember anyway.

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    15 Nov 2025

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    I hate this site and everyone on it for doing this to me

  2. Public Bookmark 12

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    "JUST a motorcycle?" Scarlet raises an eyebrow as she stares at Vodka, whose unimpressed stare in turn wasn't dulled at all by the dim lamplight. It was a valid question! The motorcycle worked, sure, but it was JUST a motorcycle! Fit enough for one person to sit one, sure, but two? 

    "Sidecars are lame." Vodka rolls her eyes, as if this would have been obvious to anybody, instead of just idiots who swapped their brains with exhaust pipes. "Just get on behind me and hold on tight."

    Scarlet didn't want to do that, and so she trots uncertainly on the sidewalk, eyeing the path that leads back up to the academy where she could maybe chance the terrible sleep instead of going on this deathride. Not that she thought Vodka would intentionally drop her. It was way likelier that Vodka's overestimated the length of the seat and that she'd be seven lengths down the road before realizing she'd dropped Scarlet on her butt because she was driving too fast.

    Vodka rolls her eyes, and Scarlet got a terribly uncanny feeling that they both already knew what she was thinking. "Look, it'll go faster if you stop bellyaching!"

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    Late-night drives can be cold. Daiwa Scarlet wishes she brought a jacket.

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    14 Nov 2025

  3. Rec 20

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    //Part I :: Black Rose
    Rice Shower buckles under the weight on her shoulders, but she has those around her to help her try picking up the pieces…

    //Part II :: Ozymandias
    In the aftermath, all that’s left are jagged pieces and memories, forever tainted by that fateful afternoon.

    (Original Title: "Black Rose")

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    14 Nov 2025

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    If I have to suffer so do you

  4. Rec 14

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    Even if the path is mired with self-inflicted wounds and bloody bandages, Scarlet still reaches out through the suffocating haze and asks for help.

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    14 Nov 2025

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    By far the strangest member of Odysseus’ crew was a man named Danny Motta, who spoke oddly and might or might not be some kind of prophet. Also he kept calling him Dyssy.

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    04 Nov 2025