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One year after evading a grim demise, Goro Akechi's managed to find his footing in a post-Thieves world... kind of. Aside from the use of sarcasm and the surprisingly sage advice of a self-help book, Goro's still not sure of the right way to handle the weight of his regrets, his obligation to the world at large, or the matter of his... feelings... for Ren Amamiya. But sometimes it's not about fate, angel numbers, or the caprices of false gods. Sometimes, it's just that the only path leads forward— so, with the chance you're given, you steal ahead.
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Maybe it would have been better if he'd never been loved — if his mother had abandoned him, if he'd never had a sister, if the Goddess hadn't gifted him her beautiful curse. Perhaps if he didn't know how it felt, he wouldn't long so pathetically for what was sure to hurt him, like a mongrel dog begging for scraps of poisoned food.
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On the Circumvention of Ethics by chashmish
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
20 Jul 2024
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EDWIGE BERYLLIUM, PhD, ETHICS COMMITTEE VICE-CHAIR: Thank you. I’ll now review the purpose of this meeting. Our Committee has been tasked with the responsibility of determining whether Dr. Ratio's acceptance of several large gifts from Mr. Aventurine of the Interastral Peace Corporation violates article 24 of the Intelligentsia Guild Code of Ethics.
…Let the record show that Dr. Ratio is rolling his eyes. Dr. Ratio, please demonstrate professional behavior during these proceedings.
VERITAS RATIO, MD, JD, DEd, THC, LPS, XYJ, PhD, PhD, PhD, etc., MUNDANITE: My most sincere apologies. Please continue. I'm on the edge of my seat.
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“Sex with you is so embarrassing,” Aventurine said.
A post-coital primer on preferences and possibilities.
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The Mind Has Mountains, Cliffs of Fall by chashmish
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
26 Jun 2024
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Revealing your hand to a genius is a rookie mistake that Aventurine makes during a little dentist appointment between friends. And after that, what's a few phone calls and some souvenirs express-shipped from Xin-41 in comparison? Maybe a path to something resembling mutual understanding, maybe the first ever medical cure for a martyr complex, maybe nothing at all.
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what resembles the grave but isn't by chashmish
Fandom Subarashiki Kono Sekai | The World Ends With You (Video Games)
20 Jan 2024
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"look at the skill and spirit with which I rise from that which resembles the grave but isn't!"
ntwewy-era joshnekus and other stuff. ordered chronologically.
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a no-powers AU featuring Goro and Akira as college exes who reunite at a wedding, Makoto and Ann as the soon-to-be-wedded couple, Futaba and Ryuji as the friends from high school, and Yusuke and Haru as the cheerleaders and confidants
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convenient storage place for all of my one-chapter akeshu fics set in an alternate universe
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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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07 Jan 2026
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The Dust They Leave Behind by ionthesparrow for yeats
Fandoms: Under The Banner Of Heaven (TV)
13 Dec 2022
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When to move on, and what to take with you.
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22 Jul 2025
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The Downsides of Objectivity by profligate
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
29 Jul 2024
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It began with the gifts.
Ratio was aware this was a tactic Aventurine employed with all his professional relationships. On his rare visits to Pier Point, Ratio had occasionally caught sight of Aventurine delivering wrapped packages from desk to desk. When they had begun to work together, he had received some expensive, trendy knick knacks himself that he had been all too happy to misplace.
From then on, he noticed Aventurine’s habit more often: the way he’d take the time to gather up those gifts on long shopping trips, as well as his preference for opening negotiations with a few lavish presents in a show of both goodwill and power.
And he noticed the way that his occasional, persistent gifts to Ratio increased in specificity.
Aventurine is clearly infatuated with him. Naturally, Ratio has a duty to nip this nonsense in the bud.
Unsurprisingly, Ratio has the hots for him. For the Doctor’s sake, Aventurine will have to shut him down.
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11 Aug 2024
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"What's the game, then, Doctor? What do I need to do to get out of here?"
"I'm afraid I'm not actually on your side. As a member of the Intelligentsia Guild, you've made yourself my enemy with what you did on Egyhazo."
The prisoner's eyes sparkle with sudden enthusiasm. "Did you believe it?"
"Believe what?"
"My ruse."
"Of course not," Veritas scoffs.In the aftermath of the Intelligentsia Guild and IPC's fumble in Egyhazo, a new Stoneheart rises to prominence. Veritas hesitates to believe that this "Aventurine" intends to make good on his promise of 'mutually beneficial collaboration.'
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Superstitious people read power into threes. A witch always grants three wishes, a curse always lasts three days, and Xipe's glimmering melody manifests with three faces. There is some abstract truth to it all, even to Ratio's mathematical mind. A prime always exudes a sense of finality—or perhaps importance—because it refuses to be factored down into something smaller. It demands respect.
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27 Jul 2024