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1. Carved Deep Like Shadows by VividPix

   Fandoms: Searching For A World That Doesn't Exist - Wifies (Web Series)  

   • Not Rated
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   12 Jan 2026

   Tags

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   • AveryTheMayo & d3rLord3 (Searching For A World That Doesn't Exist)
   • AveryTheMayo/d3rLord3 (Searching For A World That Doesn't Exist)
   • AveryTheMayo (Searching For A World That Doesn't Exist)
   • d3rLord3 (Searching For A World That Doesn't Exist)
   • The King In Yellow (Searching For A World That Doesn't Exist)
   • The King in Yellow is mostly just mentioned
   • Inhuman d3rlord3 (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist)
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Paranoia
   • Hallucinations
   • canon adjacent
   • Blood and Injury
   • Slow Burn
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Tags May Change
   • Slow To Update
   • technically beta read but my beta is dyslexic so forgive me for any grammar mistakes

   Summary

   The golden visage of the King burned itself into his mind the same way a roaring river gouged canyons into the earth. His head emptied and filled in pulsing waves of static and song, replaying, rewinding, etching, engraving the infinity of the universe into D3r's very being. He couldn't look away— wasn't allowed to look away.

   He felt fragments of himself fracture, pieces sharp and raw from the very depths of his soul being caught and swept away by the unfathomable flood.

   And all at once the gladiator knew,
   knew this was neither a gift, nor a curse...
   But an exchange.

   (Where D3r's encounter with The King in Yellow leaves him a little less than human.)

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   English

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