AceArtemis



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    'Changing is hard. For most of us, it happens little by little in in the smallest moments and we don’t notice it, we don’t choose it. But looking yourself in the face and deciding to be different – that is hard. You are unpicking threads of who you are that were put in place more than a century ago.'

    (A collection of Essek-centric oneshots, following a hypothetical redemption journey post-Episode 97. Features Shadowgast and Essek's platonic relationships with the Nein. The fics are arranged in rough chronological order and are loosely interconnected, but they can all be read individually. This series was written during the 2020 hiatus, so is not canon compliant beyond episode 100.)

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    06 Apr 2026

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    Essek's stomach whined at him like it too had been cast back into the memories where a grumble would have been too forward. The aching hollowness felt somehow reassuring, even though it was unpleasant. It was a little bit of home—and what has home been for him in recent years but a dull ache? 

    Essek tries to undo the tangled web of ambition, guilt, and alienation that brought him to steal the beacons. He is, after all, his own punishment.

    (Detailed ED warnings in the notes of the first chapter)

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    15 Jan 2026

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    Caleb and Essek's research trip to Aeor is going swimmingly - until it's not. Stuck in a region of the city where magic doesn't seem to work at all and surrounded by numerous dangers, things are liable to get worse before they get better...

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    08 Jan 2026

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    When Alastor was just starting to get bored, a face from the past turns up at the Hotel, igniting back up emotions he thought long buried and that he was done with

    Inspired by Upside Down

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    06 Jan 2026

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    The stage is wrecked, the crowd is gone... not really, but Alastor is not in it. Direct continuation from the end of the last episode.

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    09 Dec 2025