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1. Shore Leave by rufflejax

   Fandoms: Original Work  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen, Other
   • Complete Work

   22 Apr 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Original Human Character(s)
   • Original Trans Character(s)
   • Mechsploitation
   • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
   • Worldbuilding
   • Slice of Life
   • POV First Person
   • Diary/Journal
   • Assets & Handlers
   • Family Drama
   • Vacation
   • Handler Has Hobbies
   • Turns Out That Doesn't Make Them Less Awful!
   • Obsessive Behavior
   • Insecurity
   • Deeply Opinionated Mother
   • Organized Crime
   • Evil Corporations
   • Military
   • Lists
   • Unmarked Dialogue Is A Valid Stylistic Choice
   • Family Issues
   • Meet the Family
   • Welcome To Definitely Not Mechsploitation Atlantic City hahaha
   • Implied/Referenced Incest
   • The Author Would Like To Remind You That Fascism Is Presented As Evil In The Text
   • Drinking And Writing And Writing And Drinking
   • The Author's Barely Concealed Lust For Artificial Constructed Environments Right Next To The Wild Untamed Sea
   • No Beta Readers We Die Like My Bank Account After An Unexpected Charge
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Use

   Summary

   Handler-Major Xelene Torai goes back to her family's Thalatoll villa for a week of R&R. It is neither restful nor relaxing.

   (or: a Handler With Hobbies and Family Drama fic)

   Series

   • Part 4 of Mechanisms of Rule

   Language:

   English

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