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    The story of an as-yet nameless Soldier FA-model Nikke, built to be a footsoldier in an endless war, and her struggle to find a place for herself in a world that has taken everything from her, including her memories.

    This is my homage to Nikke, and the incredibly dark, dystopian SF world in which it’s set. It’s not a happy setting, and this will not be a happy story: there will be lots of depression, introspection, misery, trauma, and pain. The main characters are all regular, mass-produced Nikkes, with no plot armour and no superpowers. I’ll try to keep it as lore-accurate as I can, but intersections with the main plot will be minimal (it’s mostly set before the events of chapter 1), and appearances from in-game characters will be few and far between. There may eventually be some F/F romance.

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    09 Jan 2026

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    There are some great quick-and-dirty guides to HTML on A03. This is not one of them - it is a comprehensive guide

    It's now 2025, a decade later. A03 supports some new HTML and and we're all walking around reading fic on supercomputers that fit in a jean pocket. It was time update this and take a crack at finishing it. (Links and Images are in, the new Audio and Video tags are not.)

    The previous three chapters have been divided into smaller concepts. Each tag continues to have - at a minimum - a link to the w3schools page about it (so you can learn more), a code example, and the result of the code example. Most tags have their attributes, things like [src] or [title], listed and examples of how using the attributes modify the tags.

    There's a chapter on Bad Ideas, including how some of the archive's default CSS is available to you to format your work (users can't turn that off by hiding a workskin!)

    Oh. And I added a bunny army. You could learn how to add one too.

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    30 Dec 2025

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    Acting Lord Daemon is usually a nice and dutiful man. Doing his work for Dolkness County. In some stories, he may even take notice of the neglected Heiress of the County.
    This is not one of those stories.
    Here Daemon harbors the same prejudices against the Heiress for her appearance. Only, while out investigating the reports of low monster encounters Daemon witnesses the Heiress harness dark magic with startling power. To stop a rising Demon Lord, Daemon will have tea with the Heiress, with an addition to the girl’s cup…
    A few drops of poison.
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    Surviving an attempt on her life, Yumiella Dolkness, decides that it is time to stop playing like this is a game still, and instead is her new reality with death being a real possibility. And what better way to ensure her own survival than to take the future Saintess as her own apprentice while taking control of Dolkness County from her neglectful parents?
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    A story of politics, independence, monster hunting, childhood friends becoming more, and two young girls trying to stand in a world poised against them.

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    21 Oct 2025

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    After hitting an unexpected doom flag, Katarina is exiled from Sorcier!

    Starting her life in a new country proves more difficult than she thought, especially when she can't find work on a farm. However, she finds a glimmer of hope in the form of a job opening as a maid for a wealthy family in her new country... but things aren't quite as they seem.

    Katarina faces a challenge she never expected when she discovers that the woman who hired is actually the villainess of a different otome game! Now, Katarina must do her best to help her new employer dodge doom flags of her own, all the while wondering if she may be able to find some way back home....

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    21 Aug 2025

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    "I know what you're doing," Prince Gerald smiles his terrifying grin of his. Underneath the apparent softness of perfect lips, Maria can feel the cutting edge of bare teeth and the sting of venom.

    "What I am… doing?" Maria tilts her head to the side, blinking at her host over the cup resting in her hand. "Drinking tea?"

    "Oh please, do spare me and drop the ingenuine act already," Gerald says as he flicks his wrist dismissively. "I have to say, I would have never guessed our only commoner would hide such a shrewd mind under the naive facade. Congratulations, Campbell-san, you have surprised me. That happens so rarely it's an exploit by itself."

    An exploit by itself, no less. He probably means that statement unironically. Maria sighs to herself. Nobles. You really gotta love them.

    Or: Maria Campbell and Prince Gerald Stuart fight to the death for the right to call themselves Katarina Claes' sugar parent, as civilized people do.

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    20 Aug 2025