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" Kip was never listening to Hellen again. Never ever. Not in a million years. Not even if she bribed her with another joyride through the corridors.
The turn was sharp, her sneakers scuffing against the wet, moldy concrete. She nearly fell over, wobbling and flinging her arms out, but the squelching behind her was enough to keep her in motion. A glance over her shoulder proved what she already knew— the worms were gaining on her. "
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In which The Distortion decides she misses The Archivist, and sends his preteen child to do the heavy lifting.
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"the woman leaned backwards after a brief fit, running a hand through her frayed, thinning hair and batting her eyelashes. it was a little burlesque, a little bram stoker, but karin would be lying if she said it didn’t fluster her a little.
fortunately, karin was an expert at lying, especially to herself."
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in which karin finds stitches dozing and tries to ‘rescue’ her. stitches, bemused and admiring the eye candy, allows her to, towing around prehevil and scaring the shit out of the moonscorched.
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" machines are meant to carry out their directives. nothing more, nothing less. so long as it got its fill of blood, a machine shouldn’t have cared about its source. the thought shouldn’t be itching at it, like an incessant wire, frayed and sparkling at the edges.
and yet.
and yet, and yet, and yet. "
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gabriel has been acting strangely, so v1 tries to confront him. the argument quickly spirals out of control.
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- Part 2 of machines do not…
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" v1 was a machine. a war machine. war machines did not talk. war machines did not have thoughts. war machines did not have opinions.
and yet.
and yet, and yet, and yet. "
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In which, the longer Gabriel speaks to it, the greater V1's fixation on him grows. And as that grows, so too does its desire to have a real conversation with him.
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" She had a wild look in her eyes. A wild look, it seemed, that only Arcade noticed. "
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Arcade Gannon, in his own opinion, is a pretty upstanding, normal guy. So then, why is it that he always finds himself with the strangest company?
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there are plenty of things that machines aren’t supposed to do. machines, and war machines especially, are meant to perform their duties. that was it— no more, no less.
but v1 is many things: a learning machine, a war machine, a ‘v’ model, a contradiction. and the longer it spends with gabriel, the more it finds itself breaking expectations.
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"It's like he's not even here." A sliver of confusion. "Like. Hey, Sanji. It's Nami. Can you look at me?"
or: sometimes being in a cage again just hits wrong
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14 Jul 2026
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tell me a piece of your history (that you've never said out loud) by golden_blue
Fandoms: One Piece (Anime & Manga)
01 Mar 2024
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All of these thoughts fly out of Sanji’s head when Zoro opens his mouth and asks, “Who are the Vinsmokes?”
Glass shatters at his feet. The room goes deathly silent.
Sanji hardly notices, rooted in place with frozen shock and trying to process the question in a way that makes sense. His disbelieving gaze is riveted on Zoro’s face, and Zoro stares back steadily, revealing nothing. “Where,” Sanji says, slowly, quietly, his voice cutting through the stillness like a blade, “did you hear that name?”
Zou isn't the first time the Strawhats hear of the Vinsmokes. Because apparently Sanji can't keep his mouth shut when he's drugged, sick, and delirious with fever.
Or: Sanji has a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. But it's okay, because his family is always there for him.
(Sanji Week Day 5: Family)
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- Part 3 of sanji week 2024 🕒
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05 Jul 2026
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Sunny? Sanji racked his brain, searching desperately for something to connect with that name. Slowly, through the haze, he caught glimpses of grass, a homey kitchen and tangerine trees. He could picture sails and a grinning flag with a straw hat. Could hear the trill of a violin, bubbling laughter and swords being sharpened and polished. Could smell sweet perfume, meat and ocean. A ship. Sunny.
“Home…” he whispered.
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When Sanji contracts a dangerous illness, memories of past trauma are brought closer to the surface than he ever wished for. Thankfully, his crew has no plans of letting him weather the storm alone.
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- Part 1 of Let the morning chase my ghosts away
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05 Jul 2026
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The knife goes in. The tower falls. When Jon opens his eyes, he is sitting in the uncomfortable chair in front of Elias Bouchard's desk, signing his employment contract as the Magnus Institute's newest researcher.
He is alone in his memories of the future; his old friends might as well be worlds away. He demonstrably does not do well alone.
Luckily, in the year 2011, he has options.
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27 Jun 2026
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virtual insanity by BronzePlates
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
04 Jul 2026
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Simon just irradiated 3 people and got dropped back into the blood ocean. He'd love to wallow in his mistakes, but there's something shifting just behind the wall...
Ryland Grace does not know that "Ryland Grace" is his name, nor does he know where he is or who the hell this scrappy man is next to him.
(Freshly amnesia-d Grace appears in the SM-13, and now they BOTH have to deal with it)
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- Part 1 of Say Grace
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26 Jun 2026