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She looked over the ragtag group of injured, bloody, shell-shocked crawlers, really taking the scene in. All of them were still so, so young. Their hardened shells cracked down to their cores.
One of them was staring at her, she noticed. The rest were busy recovering, talking loudly amongst themselves, but that one crawler was standing shock still, his hand against the wall, stiff legs unsteady under him.
He looked human, Milk noted. But his race was primal. Carl was his name. Warlord Carl.
“Milk?” he whispered.
The first meeting, through Milk's eyes.
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- Part 7 of DCC Oneshots
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25 Jun 2026
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Eirika is defeated in Jehanna, sending the twins and their allies on a different path. Two years later, circumstances conspire to give them a second chance.
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- Part 1 of restoration
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11 Jun 2026
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The Circle of Radiance by Secret_Pizza_Party
Fandoms: The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
19 May 2026
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As I waited for sleep, my thought strayed to the methods used by the Nazhmorhathveras to hunt the sheleian that ranged on the steppes. No barbarian would have been foolish enough to try to take on a flock; though a sheleis resembled little more than a large stack of poorly cared-for carpets, the adults of a pack would vigorously defend their young. Thick of hide, dense of fur, tusked, and ferocious—the Nazhmorhathveras stalked the steppes in search of a sheleis that had gotten itself separated from the pack. A lone sheleis would flee, in the face of a hunter’s spear, and the hunter would pursue. Not at the desperate pace set by the sheleis; the beast could leave his sight, and still he would track it, at a steady and persistent pace. It might take hours, even a day or more, but eventually the sheleis would collapse from exhaustion, and the hunter would be ready when it did.
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A caravan driver stricken with sessiva, bodies missing from Ezho's ulimeires, a deceased doctor--and the endless task of keeping Thara Celehar alive to deal with all these things in their turn.
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20 May 2026
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Caves are best avoided at all costs. They’re full of hazards, from falls to floods and suffocating small spaces—and this cave also had alien remnants in it, on top of all that. But here I was, stuck inside it with three of my humans and Three, and all we could do was try and find a way out while keeping everyone alive.
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04 Feb 2026
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And then she felt Seth’s head heavy on her left shoulder and neck, and for a moment -- one absurd and fleeting moment -- she thought he was kissing her.
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02 Dec 2025
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A Promise Kept by TheGoldenHalla
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age (Comics), Dragon Age - Various Authors
18 Nov 2024
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“It wasn’t darkspawn, that much Evka knew. Her blood flowed leisurely through her veins, hushed if not completely silent. If the creatures were still lurking about it would be singing an aria. Certainly it wasn’t the brave servant boy; he would have succumbed days ago. Someone else was here. Sick, maybe.”
A tale of Antoine and Evka’s harrowing first encounter, in which an oath to an old companion is honored against all odds.
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28 Jul 2025
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Closed Loop System by One_of_Them (greenbean_paste)
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
29 Jun 2025
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Unit Communication Log:
SecUnit Two: Atmospheric conditions optimal.
SecUnit One: ...
SecUnit One: Indeed.- Language:
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19 Jul 2025
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It seems like there should be a very neat line, at least for humans, between dead and not dead, but I’ve seen enough messy half-alive humans to know that there is no such clear distinction. I’ve seen bodies that were still breathing despite missing part of their heads, bodies that weren’t breathing despite their owners being fully conscious. I wouldn’t call either option alive. I wouldn’t call either option dead, either.
For a machine intelligence, the border is even blurrier. It's hard to say which side of it I will stand on when they're through with me.
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My performance reliability dropped but the spike of fear upped my reaction time, and my body moved before I consciously realized that it wasn’t going to work.
I swung at TargetContact with my improvised club, but the force I put into the swing made my wrecked knee joint give out, and the blow only grazed it. I hit the floor again, and TargetContact was on top of me.
Turns out, I was right that this was going to be worse. I just had no idea exactly how much worse.
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Things go a lot worse for Murderbot at the end of Network Effect before they get better. This changes a good number of things, but maybe not anything that really matters. Like how far the people that love it are willing to go for its sake.
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17 May 2025
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How old is SecUnit? I field hesitantly.
Perihelion remains silent for another fifteen seconds.
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13 May 2025
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“I don't remember what I did,” I said, rallying enough to try and sound annoyed, despite the fact I was completely shaken. “So can I go back to my bunk and let you yell at me when I know what you're yelling at me about?”
If you try to leave this room before we have had this discussion, ART said, its voice barely able to stay even, Three will shoot you. Nonlethally. But it will shoot you.
I paused for three whole seconds.
“Okay,” I said.
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09 May 2025
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When he opens his eyes, his mind syrupy and slow, he finds not one face looking down at him, but two
Iana Pel-Thenior, Thara thinks, is beautiful.
The light is almost gone from the evening, but what remains is a hazy purple and gold, and it settles across Iana’s face, making his honey-eyes glow.
“Oh, Thara,” Iana says, “What hast thou done to thyself?”(Or: Thara's ghoul wound acts up, and Iana steps up)
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13 Mar 2025
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Unsteady Foundations by platyceriums for fraternite
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
01 Feb 2025
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Three is growing frustrated with Murderbot's refusal to offer support in the terrifying ordeal of being a newly rogue SecUnit.
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01 Feb 2025
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This Unit: Where is my owner, Dr. Mensah?
Dr. Yuen: Well, that’s the million dollar question, isn’t it? SecUnit, where did you last physically interact with Dr. Ayda Mensah?
Information Retrieval: Dr. Ayda Mensah last interacted with This Unit on Preservation Station at 08:27:22 on 4098-09-17 CRST.
This Unit: You do not have permission to access that information.
Dr. Yuen: You’re incorrect, SecUnit. We do. Answer the question.
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(When the infamous rogue SecUnit of the Preservation Alliance gets captured, the corporate techs assigned to it expected to be able to get some juicy data, or at least some insights into its cracked governor module. They didn't expect something so... basic.)
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08 Jan 2025
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Four times having a governor module fucking sucked, plus one time [REDACTED: FILE MISSING].
(Or: Murderbot has Emotions for 8,000 words. ART tries to help. So does Dr. Mensah, but like, in a decidedly less assholish way.)
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08 Jan 2025
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same lesson again by brightlight
Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses
07 Oct 2024
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Felix sighed, his frustration audible. “Were you planning on getting this healed at all?”
“Sure,” Sylvain lied.
Felix looked at him again, longer. There was something rotten in Sylvain’s chest. That wasn’t new, really, except that five years of war left it darker and heavier than ever.
“For once, you could be honest,” Felix said finally, his voice rougher than Sylvain was expecting.
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10 Oct 2024
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crimson and clover (over and over) by deargalileo for Serie11
Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses
10 Jun 2023
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"I have been caught in a time loop. And it seems that you have joined me." The Professor turned, facing the view of the lake. "At first, I thought it was a blessing, to give me the chance to try the battle again and again, until I could make sure we would come out victorious, but I've come to realize that there is no such thing. This is no blessing, and there is no victorious outcome. No one else remembers, so I've come to accept that I've been alone in this time loop."
Until you, goes unspoken.byleth is trapped in a time loop. sylvain gets stuck alongside them.
he tries his best to make do, maybe win a battle, or admit to how he really feels along the way.- Language:
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11 Mar 2024
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SJG just uploaded a video by wingspear (sfxlled)
Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses
15 Oct 2019
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Guys wtf, is Ingrid’s response when she wakes up at one in the afternoon, because she also makes very stupid decisions in life, albeit going in the completely opposite direction as the rest of them. Then, sylvain if u do this im coming over to beat u up.
Unfortunately, her warning comes too late; Sylvain has already recorded himself pouring a bowl filled with marshmallows straight into his gaping mouth, and the uncontrollable coughing and hacking that followed it soon afterward.
Can’t tell if this is a real channel or the greatest performance art i’ve seen, comments watchful_eye when the video goes up.
In which Sylvain becomes a Youtuber.
written for sylvix week 2019. day 3: modern au
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10 Mar 2024
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The Dug-Out by lyhoradka
Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Fire Emblem Musou: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
28 Sep 2023
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Before the battle at Myrddin, Sylvain had tightened the saddle of his mare and looked at Felix, and he thought, if we both get through this day alive, I’ll tell him.
Now, the black blood was almost to his knee. All Sylvain could hear was the deep, blue silence of the forest. He understood that the silence was the result of his body shutting out all external stimuli to focus on pumping poison through his veins. He understood that it made him very bad at keeping watch.
He made himself think it: only one of them would live.
Still the words wouldn’t come.
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Cut off from help, deep in enemy territory, Sylvain and Felix navigate the realities of injury and make difficult choices.Bookmarked by regularturtle
29 Sep 2023
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Those with Ruinous Envy by Dawnedonme33
Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses
31 Dec 2020
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(An AU where Miklan joins Those Who Slither in the Dark. Not 3Hopes compliant.)
After Miklan steals the Lance of Ruin, he attracts the attention of a dangerous group, people who promise to give him everything he ever wanted... for a troubling price. Meanwhile, Sylvain travels to the Gautier Margraviate with the order to bring Miklan down, unaware that he is walking directly into a trap.
This is the story of the Sons of Gautier and the collateral damage their feud has caused for Faerghus— and for the students of Garreg Mach.
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- Part 1 of Conflict of Kin
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Bookmarked by regularturtle
21 Jul 2023