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“Hey, uh… back in that vault of yours, did you have a special someone?”
“No, why?”
He tilts his head like a dog. “What about on the road? That kid you were hauling around, you ever…?”
“Have sex?” she fills in when he trails off. “No, but even if we did, how is that relevant?”
He clenches his teeth and hisses to the sky. “Christ almighty, is there any chance you could be knocked up?”
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“Oh shit.”
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14 Feb 2026
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Victoria Javadi wakes up on her first day at the ED. Again.
And then again.
And then again.
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09 Jan 2026
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Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death by Charlotte_Stant for sophiahelix
Fandoms: The Lottery - Shirley Jackson, The New Yorker RPF
24 Dec 2025
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The picturesque village of Buell, Maine is one of the last in the United States to continue the tradition of the “harvest” or “prosperity” lottery. Its residents insist the lottery makes them stronger, even as condemnation from outsiders grows.
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31 Dec 2025
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Lost in Translation (Patching the UT) by sayler_antimony
Fandoms: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
30 Dec 2023
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A look into the Personal Logs of a Linguist on Deep Space Nine, who is uncovering the funniest and sweetest translation errors, and trying to patch the UT along the way.
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And if you had asked Lieutenant Wittgenstein, who was currently tasked with the next report on the use of the UT on Deep Space Nine, which was a special case, what with all the Gamma Quadrant languages mingling in the matrix now, nevermind the decidedly casual language the UT was being exposed to at Quarks, she could have told you a number of things. The UT memory bank transcripts, heavily encrypted and for the linguists’ eyes only, of course, were littered with missed moments, lost meanings, and mix-ups. For instance…- Language:
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03 Dec 2025
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Greg’s having an okay time right now. He’s eating okay, he’s living just fine, the van’s working nicely, but his magical space goddess girlfriend doesn’t seem to be taking him very seriously. It’s possible she doesn’t take anything he does seriously, no matter how hard he tries. Is there something wrong with him? Is there something wrong with her? Is there something irreconcilably wrong between them both?
Greg’s having a less-than-okay time right now.
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12 Sep 2021