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  2. Summary

    Two vessels, two timelines, two chances.

    In one universe, the Pale King's foresight shows him the past. In another, it shows him the future. This difference causes a butterfly effect no one could have predicted. In one universe, a Vessel lives, and everything proceeds as it has been: completely FUBAR. In another, a Vessel is killed, another is born, and the situation is still completely FUBAR, but for a completely different set of reasons.

    EDIT: FOYN (AKA Fyn) here to clarify, both our stories share a root universe and a lot of their lore, but things do diverge, with growingCataclysm's story taking place in my AU. So, NSBV is an AU of an AU essentially. growingCataclysm's story starts somewhere during NSHK 20th chapter, but events began to diverge in the background of NSBV before then. Not all lore elements are the same, though they are similar.

    Our stories do not interact with each other otherwise, and though NSHK does not strictly need to be read in order to understand NSBV, it does provide a lot of the background details and some context. NSHK is completely independent from NSBV and will not be interacting with the plotline of NSBV, aside from maybe an easter-egg or cameo Stan-Lee-style.

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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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    Series
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    19 Jan 2026

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    A Complete Guide to 'Limited HTML' on AO3 by CodenameCarrot
    Part 19 of AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials

    Series Information:

    ID: 458134
    Words: 89,170 | Works: 20 | Complete: Yes | Bookmarks: 4,372
    Description:

    NO DESCRIPTION

    Completed: 2025-10-31
    Work ID: 5191202

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    Work Summary:

    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.

     /)/)  /)/)  /)/)
     (..)  (..)  (..)     
    *(  ) *(  ) *(  )     

    (Approximate) Last Read: 2026/01/19

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    Five Pebbles is frustrated. He's tired of searching for the solution, tired of trying over and over again, and angry at his creators for leaving him behind to finish their works.

    Usually he'd turn to Seven Red Suns, but a temporary communications issue ensures the iterator is unavailable at a critical moment. With little choice he turns to the only iterator left he can think of.

    NSH: Speaking entirely seriously, you need a hobby.

    (In which Pebble's 'Bugs in a maze' talk happens with Sig, hobbies are more fascinating than he realises, and eventually slugcats can into space)

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    14 Aug 2024

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    Five Pebbles gets a hobby by MaxwellDanger

    Updated: 2024-07-16
    Work ID: 51666670

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    Work Summary:

    Five Pebbles is frustrated. He's tired of searching for the solution, tired of trying over and over again, and angry at his creators for leaving him behind to finish their works.

    Usually he'd turn to Seven Red Suns, but a temporary communications issue ensures the iterator is unavailable at a critical moment. With little choice he turns to the only iterator left he can think of.

    NSH: Speaking entirely seriously, you need a hobby.

    (In which Pebble's 'Bugs in a maze' talk happens with Sig, hobbies are more fascinating than he realises, and eventually slugcats can into space)

    (Approximate) Last Read: 2025/12/27

    Five Pebbles seeks life advice from NSH instead of SRS, resulting in FP starting a space program. Highly recommended.

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    Centuries ago, a crater opened under the Capital. Fifty years ago, the Citadel sank and Qurio swarmed from the ruins. Today, the battle against the cause of that calamity does not go as planned.

    (History doesn't repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes.)

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    04 Sep 2024

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    inimicus inimici mei by droptables

    Published: 2023-04-11
    Work ID: 46411213

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    Centuries ago, a crater opened under the Capital. Fifty years ago, the Citadel sank and Qurio swarmed from the ruins. Today, the battle against the cause of that calamity does not go as planned.

    (History doesn't repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes.)

    (Approximate) Last Read: 2025/12/27

    Malzeno intervenes in MH Sunbreak's final battle. Highly recommended.

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    Five Pebbles is consumed by his own Rot, and dies. Or, that's what he assumed would happen, but instead he wakes again, bound to the cycle, trapped in a body that is not his own, and perhaps this is his solution: a mobile body, capable of bringing him down to the Void Sea, where he can finally, finally, find his peace.

    But his so-called sister has never been able to just let him rest.

    (Pebbles, Moon, and the Artificer: a story about surviving, old mistakes, and the families built in the strangest of places.)

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    21 Dec 2024

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    but there's no hope for me (i've been set free) by acaciapines
    Part 2 of I've Been Set Free

    Series Information:

    ID: 4458223
    Words: 81,503 | Works: 3 | Complete: Yes | Bookmarks: 15
    Description:

    My slugcat Pebbles verse! Contains the main fic, it's prequel, and the sequel I accidentally tripped into writing. And possibly more, if I get any other ideas set in this 'verse.

    Completed: 2024-12-21
    Work ID: 60267886

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    The Artificer & Five Pebbles (Rain World)
    Five Pebbles & Looks to the Moon (Rain World)

    Work Summary:

    Five Pebbles is consumed by his own Rot, and dies. Or, that's what he assumed would happen, but instead he wakes again, bound to the cycle, trapped in a body that is not his own, and perhaps this is his solution: a mobile body, capable of bringing him down to the Void Sea, where he can finally, finally, find his peace.

    But his so-called sister has never been able to just let him rest.

    (Pebbles, Moon, and the Artificer: a story about surviving, old mistakes, and the families built in the strangest of places.)

    (Approximate) Last Read: 2025/12/27

  5. Rec 67

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    PI: Imagine forgetting this annoying work we’re supposed to do entirely~
    Five Pebbles paused his simulation, turning his focus fully to the chat window in his view.
    FD: Say that again.
    PI: Imagine forgetting the work we’re supposed to be doing?
    PI: Isn’t that what we’re doing by spending all our time in chats like this, anyways?

    Five Pebbles's frustration with the Cycle, the Great Problem, with existence finally bubbles over. He has to take drastic measures to find an escape from this misery he's drowning in- and he's finally been given an idea how to do so.

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    12 Jan 2025

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    Reset by FangFury
    Part 2 of Untethered Related

    Series Information:

    ID: 3859696
    Words: 215,500 | Works: 5 | Complete: No | Bookmarks: 6
    Description:

    A collection of works with the same background worldbuilding. While not all are canon to Untethered's timeline, there are many plot points and events that will coincide across the works.

    Now with a Discord! Check it out here: https://discord.gg/V8btAHYd7K

    Updated: 2025-12-07
    Work ID: 51157345

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    Five Pebbles & Looks to the Moon (Rain World)
    Five Pebbles & Seven Red Suns (Rain World)
    Five Pebbles & No Significant Harassment (Rain World)
    Five Pebbles & The Spearmaster (Rain World)

    Work Summary:

    PI: Imagine forgetting this annoying work we’re supposed to do entirely~
    Five Pebbles paused his simulation, turning his focus fully to the chat window in his view.
    FD: Say that again.
    PI: Imagine forgetting the work we’re supposed to be doing?
    PI: Isn’t that what we’re doing by spending all our time in chats like this, anyways?

    Five Pebbles's frustration with the Cycle, the Great Problem, with existence finally bubbles over. He has to take drastic measures to find an escape from this misery he's drowning in- and he's finally been given an idea how to do so.

    (Approximate) Last Read: 2025/12/27