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Pipes and Polite Company by Opathos for Wildcard
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
30 Aug 2025
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Summary
DEAD DOVE: Do Not Eat
Viktor needs relief. Silco needs leverage. Jayce won’t slow down to even see what's going on right beneath his feet. And the longer Viktor stays, the more he begins to understand that survival isn’t about learning which parts of yourself you can sacrifice.
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Some days, Viktor wonders what it might feel like to live peacefully blissed out on existence, free of coherent thought, of the awareness of his own body’s betrayal, his lungs’ collapse like an ecosystem without its vital function, what it might feel like to lay on his back staring blankly at the ceiling, caring and not caring as interchangeable as not breathing. But it was very hard not to care.
“Nonsense. Our mutual friend has made me quite clear on the details of your situation, Viktor. Such a shame that even now Piltover continues to leave such a mark on the sharpest minds of our land. They take and take and take from us— You’re not wrong for wanting help, Viktor. For needing help. What this represents is a tool, not a crutch. Do you understand?”
Series
- Part 1 of Bad Science