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A Stitch in Time (Saves Nine) by wheatbreadslice
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
28 Dec 2023
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“Hey, Legend?” Wild asks, voice a little too cheerful to mean anything but trouble.
“...What.”
“Who’s the person in that statue?” he says sweetly, in the tone of someone who knows exactly who the person in that statue is.
Everyone looks towards it. It’s the one on the fountain Hyrule had seen earlier, of a young hero wearing a simple tunic, long cap, and holding a very familiar sword and shield. Surely enough—
“Is that you?” Hyrule gasps.
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Reconnaissance by wheatbreadloaf (wheatbreadslice)
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Comics)
16 Aug 2022
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Surge tries harder to scan their form. She catches a hint of movement– but she still can’t tell what they look like. She can see two wings…? Maybe? And the stranger is near-silent, too. She can’t make out any noise besides her own heavy breathing.
They don’t look like they’re about to move. The tenrec grits her teeth, closing her eyes before she gets angry again.
She takes three deep breaths. Notices that two of her quills have come out of her ponytail. She fixes the issue, and begrudgingly answers.
“...I’m Surge,” she says. Her voice is ragged– she coughs to clear her throat. “Surge the Tenrec.”
“I see.”
The stranger hops down from her perch, landing delicately on the ground.
“I’m Rouge the Bat,” she introduces herself, hands clasped behind her back. “But you can call me Rouge.”
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Surge, recovering from her defeat at Sonic's hands, meets Rouge. They talk.
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Rhetorical by wheatbreadloaf (wheatbreadslice)
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Comics)
01 Jul 2022
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“...ome sort of interrogation mode? I didn’t think Eggman would program this in…”
Metal Sonic's optic sensors are still recalibrating, but he analyzes what he can. He’s in a seated position. The sound of typing and clicking comes from behind, slightly to his left, as well as impatient, rapid footsteps. Wires are connected to the normally hidden ports in his back. Two bodies of heat in the room. When he tries to move his legs, he finds them immobile and unresponsive. When he attempts to move his arms, he finds that they're bound to the chair. The rapid whirring, however, makes two voices startle.
“Woah, woah–”
“You can’t move, Metal. Take it easy.”
He recognizes the second of the voices immediately. His obnoxious copy.
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Sonic and Tails manage to capture Metal Sonic long enough to look through his code, and find a way to communicate.
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But Link knows everyone who lives here. With all the political unrest from Agahnim's reign, tourists to Hyrule are scarce– and yet, here are one, two, three, four… nine strangers all walking together along the trail. Armed. He has to strain his ears, but he can just manage to catch their voices from this distance.
“...We don’t even know where it’ll be.”
“It seems like there’s going to be somewhere indoors we can stay this time, though."
“And with any luck, the Vet will get us in the castle.”
Link bristles. The castle? The one in the scarf is saying something about an audience with the princess, but Link’s not about to let this slide. The knights are in no state to be protecting her right now, and Link’s not half bad with a sword himself.
If there’s anyone who’s gonna stop them, it’s me!Without thinking past that he leaps out of his hiding place, squarely blocking their path and leveling his blade.
“What do you want with the princess?” he demands.
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midnights and mournings by wheatbreadslice
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
26 Oct 2021
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“What are those scars on your back?”
Legend blinks over his shoulder at Wind’s question. He lowers his arms from where they’d been stretched over his head to take his bloodied tunic off for laundry and twists, trying to get a look at which scars the kid is talking about, but Sky has him beat.
“Those are lightning scars,” the chosen hero says. And then, with apprehension, “where’d you get them from?”
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A mere month before the royal tour- in which the crown princess of Khura'in will visit each of the seven realms before she ascends to the throne- Nahyuta Sahdmadhi, royal regent, has a problem. The princess, already troublesome at the best of times, has become obsessed with tales of the Jackdaw- a notorious outlaw who has taken the realms by storm, his exploits inspiring an entire cottage industry of trashy penny dreaduls.
Still, so long as Nahyuta can keep the public from finding out that their future queen is a devoted fan of a violent vigilante- in fact, so long as he can avoid the topic of said vigilante altogether- everything should be perfectly fine.
Avoidance of the Jackdaw, however, is about to become nigh impossible.
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13 Aug 2025
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“You have to be in control, Vanitas,” Master Eraqus had said, three years ago now, eyes stony with seriousness. “You can never, ever let your heart run wild.”
The boy beams wide. His cheeks are ruddy with a youthful vigor that Vanitas lacks, and his green eyes sparkle like gems. There’s something bright, about his eyes, about his teeth. Like they’re backlit by the setting sun, just enough to make them gleam.
Blonde hair bounces as he sticks his hand out to shake. “I’m Ventus!”
Or: when the boy originally called Ventus was split, Xehanort left a comatose Dark Heart in the Land of Departure, and trained his newest Light to be a weapon of the Dark. Ventus-Vanitas roleswap.
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- Part 1 of Warring Gods
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09 Feb 2025
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Chasing Shadows by Rand0mSmil3z
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
22 Oct 2025
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Even though the team has escaped Midgar, they're now on the run from Shinra, the Turks, and their pasts ... but unfortunately, the past has a way of catching up to them.
Meanwhile, the SOLDIER program is failing. Shinra is under new leadership, Hojo is missing, and robed figures are being spotted across the continent, all mindlessly wandering towards some unknown destination. Where did they come from? What is happening to the SOLDIERs? And--more worryingly--what is this 'Reunion' that the figures occasionally groan?
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Chasing Shadows is the second installment of the Reunion Cycle series, so I strongly recommend reading Halcyon Days first if you haven't already 🌸
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- Part 2 of Reunion Cycle
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21 Oct 2024
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Halcyon Days by Rand0mSmil3z
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Final Fantasy VII Remake (Video Game 2020), Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
01 Dec 2022
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The story of FF7 if Zack lived.
Shortly after being ambushed outside of Midgar, Zack and Cloud were separated: Zack remained under Turk care, while Cloud - confused from mako poisoning - went missing somewhere on the streets of Midgar. Now Zack has to somehow find his best friend before Shinra and Hojo can, not to mention that he has to stay under the radar himself - but with the Turks keeping secrets from him, and with so many reminders of his previous four years of being a lab experiment, staying anonymous is becoming more and more difficult.
Meanwhile, Cloud has literally stumbled into Tifa's care. Given his mako-enhanced eyes, it doesn't take long for him to be recruited into Avalanche... but it's quickly becoming apparent that he's not the strong, sturdy SOLDIER that he'd like everyone to think. His memories are disjointed and his mind feels foggy, to the point that it becomes difficult to tell what's real and what's not. But Tifa needs him. He made a promise to her after all, and he intends to keep that promise... no matter what it takes.
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- Part 1 of Reunion Cycle
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21 Oct 2024
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In the months following Snake's final mission, he lives life to the fullest until his body can't keep up with him anymore. Wasting away in a Manhattan apartment, watching Otacon's mental state deteriorate day by day, it seems like this is simply how their story comes to an end. Unbeknownst to him, Otacon isn't ready to give up—and neither is Sunny.
Persuaded to try experimental gene therapy far away from home, Snake finds himself realizing just how much he's been willfully ignoring about those closest to him... and just how much he will lose, if this doesn't work.
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07 Sep 2024