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The first time BigB saw Scar smile was in the orientation circle at the start of third life.
Scar wasn’t even looking at him. He was bustling excitedly in a random direction like everyone else, getting ready to collect materials and run into each other at random places and make teams and eventually kill each other.
The smile was excited, plain and simple. Scar was happy to be here, looking forward to the game. He had heard the pitch, heard the rules, signed the contract, felt the laws of the world plug into his code, and he was still expecting to have a good time.
That was dangerous, BigB decided.
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(This would not be the last time BigB makes this determination.
Scar's smile, it would seem, is dangerous as a rule.)
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Y0u c@n m@k3 m3 @ g3ggfr13nd¡
“I don’t know if i can, honey, I’m sorry. But hey! I bet I could get Mariana to listen this time if we talk to him again-”
C@n y0u try¿ Pl3@s3¿
Well, his therapist’s professional opinion had been “don’t trigger a primal slime fear response for a party trick” but a gegg clone hardly counted as a full split, he’s so small! Plus, this wasn’t a party trick, this was for Flippa! (Besides, all Roier had to say these days was that his daughter was a monster. Probably. He stopped going to therapy a while ago, Flippa didn’t like it when he went.)
“I’ll try.”
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Worst Case Scenario by otherwiseldritch
Fandoms: Life Series | 3rd Life SMP Series, Empires SMP
06 Feb 2026
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“Woah woah woah! Back up. What part of my life makes you think I’d want to commit suicide?”
Joel gave Jimmy a funny look.
“Are you being serious?”
“Yes!”
The demon jolted in surprise. “Oh! My goodness! Well, uh. I mean. Where to start?” He started counting points off on his fingers. “You can’t hold down a job. Your ex is blatantly still in love with you. Your other ex thinks dating you was an insult to his intelligence. Your old cult keeps finding you. Grian’s still in your old cult. Grian thinks you can’t tell he’s still in your old cult. Your stalker’s still in your friendgroup. Your sister’s obnoxiously perfect. Everyone you know bullies you constantly. Grian again, but this time just because of his general personality. Uh. You ruin everything you’re involved with.”
“Excuse me?!”
“You can’t be that surprised!”
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Joel is a demon who thinks Jimmy really should kill himself.
Jimmy disagrees.
Eventually, they come to a sort of agreement.
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Eggxile, despite the original intention, isn't really lonely.
It used to be, but then Flippa returned and now Slimecicle has his beautiful egg daughter there!
Even that was lonely, but ever since the accident things have really been looking up!
Flippa's been going to school, and while she's there Slimecicle gets visitors from the mainland!
Slimecicle's life is perfect, really! Nothing ever goes wrong, the island is always beautiful, everyone is always happy to see him, and every day is like a dream.
Now if only (his bandages would stop itching, and) his brain would stop pointing out all those funny little (impossible) unnecessary details (that don't fit).
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Gridlock by otherwiseldritch
Fandoms: Hermitcraft SMP, Life Series | 3rd Life SMP Series
07 Dec 2025
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The footage is grainy and low quality. The viewpoint shifts slightly like it’s handheld, or even attached to the operator’s face. Judging from the perspective, the camera operator is tall, but the room they stand in is suited to this height.
The camera operator begins speaking the second the video starts. It’s Doc:
“Something terrible happened, and I do not know what.
“Very recently, several Hermits returned from somewhere. I do not know when. They had been there for a long time. I do not know how long. They were there with several people from outside the server. I do not know who. They did not go or return willingly. I do not know how.
“There is much I do not know, that we knew with clarity just days ago.
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Third life happens, and no one remembers.
Then Doc remembers.
Sort of.
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gotham doesn't let go of her own (not easily) by Sapphic_terror
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the soviet montage by pressuretoparty
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
06 Jan 2026
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"Listen, Mr. Rozanov." The general manager is talking out of the side of his mouth, his cigarette dropping ashes all over the hotel table. "We like you. We want you. We understand you are putting yourself under a fair amount of risk here, meeting with us like this. I hope it's obvious that if you play for us, we will set you up for a good life in Canada."
He pauses, looks Ilya in the eye. "But you have to understand, if you agree to this, you have to be prepared to leave with us right now."
Red Army superstar Ilya Rozanov defects from the Soviet Union. A Cold War-era hockey AU
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You Don't Have To (Say Yes) by luminousbeings
Fandoms: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)
03 Apr 2016
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The abridged sexual history of James Tiberius Kirk.
Or, Jim’s varyingly unhealthy idea of what sex is supposed to be (a it-gets-worse-before-it-gets-better story)
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22 Mar 2026
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“How do I know?” The kid spits, knife raised again, trembling violently. His eyes are wet, angry and pleading and piercing right down into Grian’s soul.
“...If I can fly?” Grian asks, confused. His heart is beating fast.
The boy shakes his head violently, taking a lurching step forward, now only a few feet away. Something about his eyes almost seems familiar, but the thought is fleeting. The knife looks sharp. The child is crying, slow tears that barely have an effect on his voice.
“No,” the kid says forcefully. “How do I know you’re not a zombie?”
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A young Scar fresh from a world overtaken by zombies stumbles through The Rift onto Hermitcraft, and is quickly adopted by the rest of the Hermits, who have no idea who he actually is.
An older Scar grapples with a past that he'd rather forget, all while trying to avoid the version of himself he left behind a long time ago. -
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The light vibration in his throat as he tried to speak was missing. Like his vocal cords had completely given up on him.
Grian looked back at the two suspected culprits with wide eyes, trying to hide the way his right hand was trembling on his neck.
“I had hoped it would not come to this”, the left one spoke, the voice devoid of emotion. “You have been chosen. You are to become one of Us. And Watchers do not speak.”
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Evolution was supposed to be a normal server. Grian wasn’t supposed to get trapped in the End and be changed into something beyond his comprehension. As his playerhood gets ripped away, Grian is thrusted into the cold, unfeeling world of Watchers. A world he never was meant to belong to.
Deep down, he is still a player wanting to be whole again. A player wanting to get back his old connections and live a normal life. A player, who had lost his physical body and the ability to interact with his surroundings in the process of becoming a Watcher.
This story is a journey of learning to live once more, finding and returning to normal when "normal" seems unattainable, and finally being able to love yourself again.