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The Town and the Kin, an Odongh had once whispered, were sewn together wrong. The plague had torn those old connections apart, and it was left to Artemy Burakh to suture the severed halves back together in a better way. Blood could, and would, flow through them as one common body. And it would, and must, start with solidarity.
This, too, could be its own form of utopia.
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In which Artemy unionises the Termitary workers, organises a strike, and finds a new way to unite the Town.
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Vignettes from a post-plague town, locked in the the struggle between unity and the control of iron fists.
All set within the same universe as Bread and Twyre, but can be read on their own without the full fic.
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Some seventeen years ago, a young Private Block met the son of his commanding officer. The boy, as General Dankovsky was quick to tell everyone, would one day follow in his father's footsteps to be a fine military leader. It took a single conversation for Block to determine that little boy was never meant to shoot.
It's a gut-wrenching thing to remember, when he finds the man in the midst of a plague, beaten half to death in the Abattoir, with an empty gun in his hand.
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In which the Bachelor and the Commander find that fate has never had a kind touch.
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“Come play.”
Dankovsky stopped and stared. In his exhaustion-addled mind, he almost thought he must have misheard the child. Lacking any energy to put towards eloquence, he simply repeated the question. “… what?”
“Play with us!” It was the older boy who spoke up this time. “You always look so… pinched, you know? Like this.” He wrinkled his forehead, scrunched his nose, and twisted his lips in an exaggerated look of displeasure. “Mama says your face will get stuck like that if you do it too much. So… come play.”
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In which the Bachelor, at his lowest, remembers the carefree nature of childhood, if only for a moment.
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The money in his pocket, left over from the Town, was enough to buy anything in this shop he wanted and then some. Bread and eggs, if he chose; meat, if he liked; fruits, even, and that chocolate he’d always liked and could never find in the larger shops. He didn’t have to count his coins. He didn’t have to consider whether buying a single egg here would mean he couldn’t afford medicine for a patient two hours later. He didn’t have to scrape and budget and prioritise — and he didn’t have to starve.
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Day ——, in which the Bachelor returns to the Capital and remembers what it's like to afford food.
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Daniil asks Artemy to change a part of him.
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19 Jun 2025
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Artemy is having the worst day of his life so far. He tries to find safety and shelter at an old friend's place, and finds someone else.
At least the day can't get any worse.
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04 Jun 2025
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[Come unto thy (un)maker, you lost ghoul— for through them you shall regain your life anew.]
Peter never thought it would end up like this— but there were blatant signs of the consequences that may occur. This is the consequence of his actions.Bookmarked by dairis
02 Jun 2025
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Chukovsky said kids only like happy endings, and I never promised anyone to grow past that.
So I'm writing a Pathologic fanfic in which all ends well and everyone* is fine**.Series
- Part 1 of Saccharine
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29 May 2025
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Dankovsky considers just how much it would hurt to rip his heart out of his own chest right now. It couldn’t be that bad. “If it was me under your knife that day, if it was me being gutted, I'd lean into it too.”
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06 May 2025