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  1. Public Bookmark 49

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    The cycle was always the same. Olruggio discovered the truth, Qifrey started to turn into a tree, Olruggio would beg to save him, Qifrey took his memories to stay alive. The never ending cycle continued.

    But what if it didn't have to?

    what if Qifrey could give Olruggio some part of the truth? Enough so Olly knew that he cared, that there was a reason for there situation. But not enough for the Silverwood to feed on the relief and love the full truth would give Qifrey.

    It's a terrible idea. Qifrey knows this, and yet... how can he not try.

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    What if Qifrey reveals just enough to not die?

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    What if Olruggio had more time to process the situation and come up with a plan that isn't born from the desperation to save his friend that is currently dying.

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    29 Jun 2026

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    It starts, as so many things seem to, with Qifrey being absolutely miserable. It's not the ever present ache of his missing eye that used to follow him every waking second, nor the quiet underlying sense of dread that had never left him, cultivated by his own design to keep the silvertree roots at bay before the medics at the healing spire has cut him open and removed it with a precision no one thought possible. No, this was an entirely different sort of misery, one that was so mundane it bordered on comical in contrast to what he had endured.

    Qifrey, quite plainly, is sick.


    Or: Two years after getting rid of the silvertree seed, something new starts growing.

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    23 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 50

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    Qifrey looked up to the big window. The ocean hummed deeply like any other day in the Great Hall. He always hated how it looked so tranquil despite holding a great power enough to devastate the land above. Like a sleeping apex predator, the sea was calm as long as no ripple touched its surface.

    “You’re right. Maybe I just need time to adjust.”

    He’s suffocating.

    Qifrey's journey towards healing.

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    20 Jun 2026

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    “Well,” Olruggio paused as he ate some of the food, thinking it over. Qifrey might be able to help a little, he might have seen more of Custas than Olruggio had for a start. “Coco asked me to find out how to remove a silverwood seed from someone.”

    A thud startled him, and he looked over to see Qifrey had dropped the book and was staring at him with wide, almost horrified eyes.

    When Coco comes to him with an unusual request, Olruggio is more than willing to help out. But the more he researches and experiments, the more he can't help but notice about his best friend. When it comes down to it, is there any way to save a Silverwood host?

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    20 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 91

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    It was quiet, and when Olruggio’s head raised he saw that ever-present look on Qifrey’s face again.

    The one where he looked hesitant, a little bit displaced, and so startingly unsure of himself.

    “Olly, I’m...” he started, awkwardly trailing off as his hand traced to the top of his cap. “You know I don’t do too well with being... celebrated.”

    He spoke the words as if the mere thought of it made him uncomfortable, his shoulders hunching up as he coiled that ribbon tight around his finger.

    Olruggio reached between them.

    “Of things worth celebrating,” he murmured, catching the ribbon with his finger and gently pulling it loose. “You being born is at the very top of my list.” He leveled Qifrey with a look. “Understand?”

    Qifrey nodded slow as if in a daze, whispering out a hushed, “Yes,” as he watched Olruggio weave the ribbon between his fingers.

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    Qifrey’s birthday comes around again, but this year Olruggio hoped to make it a bit more memorable.

    Whether Qifrey liked it or not.

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    11 Jun 2026