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  1. Public Bookmark 9

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    An outtake, or a missing scene perhaps, in the long stretch spent on the lake.

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    In which Gregor does not do well with unstructured downtime, Rodya does not do well with insects conceptually, and I could not get Meursault to go away.

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    28 Apr 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 12

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    All others were formed to handle practical matters— but Dieci carries on that history. Dieci is special. And by extension, so are all her children.
    So is she.

    A Dieci Association Fixer goes about her day and her daily prayers.
    (Or, Rodya and weird religion, weird feelings, and weird sex)

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    03 Mar 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 6

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    A typical stop in the middle of nowhere was turned over by being asked to step outside for a second.
    With the cold wind rising up in the outskirts of the city, rose the persistent reminder of one's past, leaving the skin exposed to all sorts of temperature drops. The frost so easily pierces the heart, stabbing ice-cold needles into everything that's capable of feeling pain. Hypothermia swallows the fragile body whole. Only the dim flame of a lighter remains as a thin string keeping lethal frostbite away.

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    The weather reminds Rodion of a terrible night somewhere from her past. The eerie similarity of today's circumstances to ones back then only makes the matters worse.

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    02 Mar 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 4

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    "...Eh, it's awkward, but," he shrugs. "I dunno. I feel like I'm chasing a version of myself I lost."

    Rodion pauses to look him up and down, a questioning expression across her face. She ponders his meaning for a bit; after a sigh, she settles for nodding.

    "I hate admitting this, but I do miss those times." Gregor adds a small, melancholic smile. "I'm not scared of walking in the Backstreets without any weapons on me—my life is expendable to the powers above and to others below. So long as we do our part."

    She's nodding the whole time; it's the sort that she's seen way too many times. Gregor isn't exactly unique; you can hardly call any person special nowadays. Their dreams, wishes, and talents: they mean scarce when this City makes an effort to steal them from them. There's nothing for people without power, nothing worth fighting for anymore in an empty and vast existence.

    "I want to be... admired. Pathetic, right? I wanna compensate for how pathetic I feel when nobody looks at me with admiration. But if I had that," Gregor lets the words spill from his lips, thoughts long lost and gone, yet capable of piercing his heart. "What else would I need?"

    "I admire you, Greg."

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    02 Mar 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 12

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    For 12 hours, Rodion and Gregor can read each other's minds.

    (For 100 words of mind-reading.)

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    02 Mar 2026