AshesofTwilight
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A collection of short writings for the Nioh/Ninja Gaiden/Dead or Alive universe, with a focus on the NG and DOA era. Writings are based on my own headcanons and basically a rewrite of the entire timeline. Sporadic updates.
Word count is mostly under 1000 per piece.
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Unable to sleep, Black Raisin is thinking about her new life in the Vanilla Kingdom when she spots an unfamiliar face lurking around the cliffs below. She only meant to confront the outlander and learn why they were there. She didn't intend for things to end like this.
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The Prominence of Time by ArtisticAuthor, AshesofTwilight
Fandoms: Cookie Run (Video Game)
15 Feb 2025
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Before their Kingdoms' fall, when the Golden Cheese Kingdom and the Vanilla Kingdom were allies, Smoked Cheese was close with one of the Vanilla Kingdom's knights. But with the vast distance between their Kingdoms and the strength of their loyalty to their homes, they knew they could never be anything more than close friends. And just friends they remained, even when the war threatened both their lives.
Unaware they both still live, they're haunted by the words left unsaid, and wishing for a second chance.
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Simple, elegant, and modest. To live and die with honor, and to never forget the harshness of life. That was the way of the Cacao Kingdom. Most Cacaoans dressed in dark clothing, to absorb as much heat as possible, and to show the beasts of the wilderness that they knew no fear. Some were even bold enough to tame some of these beasts, to aid their survival in the wilderness, or to be their loyal companions.
When Caramel Arrow first met the mysterious visitor, she had mistaken her for one of these tamers thanks to the crow perched upon her shoulder. She quickly learns this visitor is actually an envoy of a distant Kingdom, and one of the closest friends to its royal family. She was there, it would seem, to improve relations between the Kingdoms, and establish a connection of sorts between them.
Now, if only Caramel Arrow could stop putting her foot in her mouth every time she tried to speak with this pretty visitor, that would be nice. It certainly doesn’t help that the visitor leaves her horrified with every encounter due to how shamelessly she interacts with everyone, teasing everyone she meets, including the king himself.
These next few weeks were going to be very, very long.
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Hundreds of years ago, the Ancients gave their lives to stop Dark Enchantress. Their Soul Jams shattered, the shards scattering across the world, marking the end of the Dark Flour War.
The Divines kept watch as time passed. Evil inevitably rose again. Some of these evils threatened all of Earthbread, prompting intervention. Using the shards of Soul Jam, the Divines would task chosen Cookies with defeating whatever had arisen. These heroes banded together, emerging victorious time and time again. History has deemed these various heroes the "Soul Wielders."
It has now been decades since the last group of Soul Wielders completed their mission, and Earthbread has been enjoying a steady era of peace. That is, until a light falls upon the opulent Crème Republic. Little shards glow among the dust.
The largest group of Soul Wielders in history has been summoned to defeat an evil so dangerous, not even the Ancients managed to truly defeat it.[On hiatus!]
Do not use for AI. Do not "update" with AI. All that will accomplish is making me wonder "Why should I bother putting in the time and effort of making an actual update if you're just going to have an AI spit one out?"
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- Part 1 of Wilted Cosmos
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They have not spoken of the wings again since the explosion at the Intelligentsia Guild laboratory - save for once, one afternoon when Aventurine lay sprawled across Ratio’s lap, utterly exhausted, and Ratio’s hand paused as he threaded his fingers soothingly through Aventurine’s hair.
“You have no obligation to nor do I have any expectations of you, but I hope you will take care of your wings.” Ratio’s voice was quiet and careful, and when Aventurine turned to look up at him, he was still looking at the book in his other hand. Beams of gentle afternoon sunlight splayed across them both, catching the edges of Ratio’s hair and reflecting in his eyes, still on the pages but soft around the edges. “Naturally, should there be anything I can do for you, you have my full support. But should you prefer time and solitude, you need only say the word.”
Aventurine just hummed and rolled onto his side, hiding his face against Ratio’s stomach. Ratio was warm and solid against him. “We can talk about it later, Doc,” he said, words coming soft and slow and his eyelids growing heavy with sleep, “promise.”
Aventurine really did mean it - he still does.
It can’t be too late.
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Prelude to Sweeter Things by decay for azurrys
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
25 Jul 2024
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There is only a split second of silence, but it is unbearable. Ratio has shown no real reaction, and it’s setting Aventurine’s nerves on edge. “Like what you see, Professor?” he asks, plastering an easy smile onto his face and forcefully lifting his voice until it’s light and teasing. Each word weighs heavy on his tongue as he forces them out.
Ratio’s eyes snap back to Aventurine’s face and his answer comes matter-of-factly, with no hesitation: “As always.”
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Desert Glass by Leonis_Lucidae, StrangeDiamond
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
28 Nov 2024
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A mass grave is discovered at the edge of the desert, and in it 20 corpses with strange circuitry-like marks on their skin, and masks fused to their faces – masks inscribed with a strange, nearly extinct language that can only be read by a dangerous, reclusive Eremite Tribe . . . and, inexplicably, by Alhaitham.
Perhaps he should be more bothered by the fact that he never actually studied or learned this language than he is, but as Alhaitham heads out to investigate the grave with Cyno, to learn what happened to these people, there are plenty more pressing problems to worry about. Assassins, betrayal, and ancient secrets plague them on their path to uncover a dangerous plot that threatens all of Sumeru, and suddenly it’s all they can do to survive. With allegiances shifting like the desert sands and primordial powers stirring, Cyno suddenly finds himself unsure of who can really be trusted, while Alhaitham . . . Alhaitham finds himself in a fight for his very soul . . .
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what the gods couldn't give. by spiderlillies
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
12 May 2025
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Where science and belief stand on opposite ends of understanding, a quiet tension simmers between two professors—an alchemist and staunch skeptic of the divine, and the other, an astrologist who sees meaning in celestial alignments.
Under the stars, where silence speaks louder than gods, they discover that not all alignments are by design—and not all answers come from the sky.
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23 May 2025
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“Oh,” Neuvillette says. His head turns. “Your Grace—”
And a whole bunch of things happen all at once, too many for Wriothesley to process. Neuvillette rises and the rest of his body follows his head. His hair swings away from his ass, and Wriothesley, who was just about to catch that loop of hair in his finger, finds that same loop drifting away from him. He can’t snatch his hand back fast enough, and his fingers brush the curve of Neuvillette’s ass.
Neuvillette freezes.
Wriothesley freezes.
The Melusines don’t freeze. They inhale as a collective, their tittering gasps filling the hall.
Wriothesley accidentally copping a feel on Neuvillette solves a decade of emotional and relationship turmoil.
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