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The Price of Promise by Syphonosaur
Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, Original Work
18 Jun 2025
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Whoever implied that promises even to oneself weren't a dangerous game was clearly a liar—
Sthenorax’s dreams —visions— have been haunted by deaths for years now. The figure of a friend, features smothered by mist ever present.
Despite his best attempts at denial, he always had an idea of who it was.
He had a choice, one that was never his to make, and he knew it.
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In a city straining under the weight of industrialization and political corruption, where gilded opulence clashes violently with the crimson reality of its exploited underclass.
Amid the chaos, two contrasting figures emerge as voices of opposing ideologies, an upper-class politician and a young rebel leader must confront the unyielding question: How far will you go to protect what you believe in?- Language:
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Set in 1912 New York, a young boy is brought to his father's place of work and witnesses the lows of industrial poverty, child labor, and the weight of his father's expectations.
After a fleeting encounter with a young girl and with the aid of vaguely supernatural forces, he uncovers a harsh truth that haunts him into adulthood. The memory of that fateful night lingers; a reminder of the children left behind in the shadows.- Language:
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A string of ritualistic murders has risen to the forefront of the public eye; paranoia and panic creeping through the streets and stirring up trouble. With no apparent pattern to the victims of these crimes, it could only be a matter of time before violence comes knocking.
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Exhausted after the confrontation with The Mother, Kyle Crane stumbles blindly through the dull, damp, dam; desperate to get the vials back to the tower and secure a future for the residence there with the GRE no longer sending in supply drops of the suppressant. Kyle meets a roadblock that not even he may be able to overcome.
The last segment of the following ending cutscene, but written.
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But there it was again - the tantalizing promise of retirement. It pulled at the forefront of his mind consistently now.
It was hard to even attempt not to get too excited, too difficult to even pull himself away from imagining a life away from all of this. A calm morning to wake up to, no need to keep watch over the camp, a bed big enough to spread out in, a fireplace warm enough to spread warmth into a house. It all seemed…too above his station.
John Marston didn’t deserve retirement. Didn’t deserve that nice big bed or that cosy fireplace. But maybe for just a couple of seconds, he could squeeze his eyes shut hard enough to block out the opposition to those thoughts, allow himself to dream of that home, of that safety, that was now conceivably close. There was just one more thing he had to do.
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John Marston belongs to one of the last outlaw gangs still roaming the country, job after job and score after score - hoping tiredly for a different ending to his story than all of the ones he had seen before. Shot in the head. Captured by law enforcement. Hung. Tried. They never ended.
What happens when the key to the end of this all is found in a enemy who (at first) is unwilling to help?
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14 Sep 2025
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In a world where Arthur is ten years older than in canon, it is not Dutch and Hosea who raise John in the gang. It's Arthur who finds him at the gallows, and Arthur who takes him in. Dutch is not impressed.
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11 Sep 2025
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real sweet and funny. Arthur is just collecting strays.