11 Works by CryingCow
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No Rain, No Rainbow by CryingCow
Fandoms: State SMP | ish's Civilization Series, Chained Life SMP
09 May 2026
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In the wake of the chaos left by the Death Stranding, one group seeks to fix the world and build up connections between people isolated by the mass explosions. With the technological breakthrough that is the chiral network, the agency known as Bridges is one step closer to achieving their goal.
It's a noble endeavour, for sure, and one Micro wants absolutely nothing to do with. He's content with being a regular porter: making deliveries, stealing a little here and there, and going through his mundane life acting as much of a ghost as the stranded souls around him.
When his estranged brother, Saparata, seeks him out to gift him a ragdoll, Micro doesn’t think much of it at first. But it doesn't take long for him to get dragged into a conspiracy unlike anything he could have ever imagined, and he realizes that maybe there is a lot more to life than just surviving until the end of the world comes to pass.
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In Pursuit of a Prince by CryingCow
Fandoms: Chained Life SMP, State SMP | ish's Civilization Series
03 May 2026
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Thomas, a knight from Luminara, is tasked to save a prince from the clutches of an evil dragon. A simple idea, in theory. Fairytales are typically very simple. Nobody gets into the nitty-gritty of how exactly one goes about slaying a dragon in the stories, because they're all about 'love at first sight' and 'true love's kisses' and 'happily ever afters'. Not exactly his cup of tea, but orders are orders. He can do this in a week, no sweat.
He's about five days in one of the most convoluted fairytales he's ever heard when he realizes that maybe, just maybe, he shouldn't have bet a year's worth of his salary against Snowbird and Rotation on this.
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How to Tighten Your Noose by CryingCow
Fandoms: Chained Life SMP, State SMP | ish's Civilization Series
18 Jan 2026
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What could be worse than waking up in a world where your life and death is physically linked to a complete stranger under the whims of some unknown greater entity?
Micro would like to argue that waking up late in the middle of said world is a close second.
aka Chained Life, from the perspective of one ex-Canadian Cartel member who is not where he's supposed to be.
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Following multiple lawsuits filed against them after the android demonstration back in November 2038, Cyberlife has decided to enter the gaming industry. After all, they had all those unused AIs that they couldn't legally put in android bodies for sale anymore. What better way to recover their reputation than to tap into one of the best pastimes ever?
Detective Gavin Reed wonders how the hell that ploy worked so well. He had always found Cyberlife shady, and while that wouldn’t be changing anytime soon, he also wasn't one to turn down a free gift . . . even if it comes with an unexpected anomaly.
(Connor, now legally a member of the DPD, happily handles a series of seemingly unrelated cases. It wasn't until Hank points it out that he realizes something sinister was going on, and it all seems to be pointing back to Cyberlife.)
A story where two people learn about friendship in a “haunted” Animal Crossing game. (Meanwhile Connor has to deal with shit from Cyberlife. Again.)
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Business hasn't been going great for Gavin Reed lately. It's hard being a fine jewelry seller when he doesn’t have any fine jewelry to sell in the first place, and no one on the damn island has enough artistic sensibilities to appreciate his painstakingly handcrafted flower globes. (Except for Tina, but only because the flowers were from her in the first place.)
So when a merman offers him a once-in-a-lifetime business deal, Gavin quickly jumps on it. His glass sculptures in exchange for authentic treasure? He'd be a fool not to accept.
And really, what's the worse that could happen?
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It's Not Graverobbing if it's Your Brother's Grave, Right? by CryingCow
Fandoms: Pokemon Legends: Arceus (Video Game), Pocket Monsters: Black & White | Pokemon Black and White Versions, Pocket Monsters: Black 2 & White 2 | Pokemon Black 2 & White 2 Versions
12 Jul 2022
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"I am Emmet. I cannot sleep. I want to know why so I can fix the issue and get back on track."
Silence, and then the wooden planchette slowly but deliberately moves along the surface of the board, gradually spelling out a single word.
G. U. I. L. T.
"Hmm . . . not a chance! I think I'd know what guilt feels like, brother."
The ghost pokémon floating a few inches above the dining table sighs. Yamasks are said to be protective of the golden masks bearing carvings of their faces in life, but right now Ingo looks halfway ready to chuck his mask at Emmet and strangle him, lack of opposable thumbs be damned.
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What's Hell with a Friend? by CryingCow
Fandoms: 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games)
09 Aug 2021
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Mine Yoshitaka learns that sometimes all it takes is a city-wide zombie apocalypse to make one's deepest wish come true.
Too bad that's not the only shit he has to deal with.
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aka Between an all-out Yakuza war, 30+ bombs, and a government conspiracy involving the CIA of America, Mine and Daigo come to the conclusion that they'd actually prefer facing the zombies.
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"Nishiki, what does-" he briefly pauses, mulling over how to pronounce the foreign word he saw, "'exercist' mean?"
"'Exercist'?" Nishiki slowly enunciates, brow furrowed. "As in, 'exercise'? Like, someone who exercises?"
"Oh." Kiryu blinks. "So a 'professional exercist' would be . . ."
"Some sort of fitness coach, I guess. Why?"
His thoughts drift back to the advertisement, letters slanted and curved and altogether a bit hard to read, especially since it was written in English. HELP WANTED: PROFESSIONAL EXORCIST. MUST BE GOOD AT EXORCISING BAD SPIRITS. WILL PAY A LOT OF ¥¥¥!
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Kiryu sees Nishiki in a dream in Okinawa, and makes really bad curry while he's at it.
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The world ended on May 1, 2039 at 8:43 PM. It started up again at 8:53 PM. For most people, humans and androids, nothing changed. But for some, their whole lives were turned upside down: their aspirations, their lifestyles, their entire beings. Still, life goes on.
Gavin just wonders if this means he's responsible for starting a zombie worker's union at the DPD now.
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Kiryu and Majima cross paths one afternoon in Sotenbori and learn the importance of staying hydrated and not participating in illegal underwater death matches.