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  1. Public Bookmark 28

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    One quiet winter afternoon, a strangely-dressed man with an aureole over his head falls out of the sky.

    Or: Verso thought that it would all end after he expelled Maelle from the Canvas and put the Soul Fragment to rest. Fate seems to have other ideas. Finding himself somewhere else entirely, he has to deal with the unbearable chains of life weighing on him once more.

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    18 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 9

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    Verso wears many masks. For each person in his life, he finds exactly what they need him to be and becomes that just for them. He never expected to have difficulty finding the perfect mask for Gustave. No more than he ever expected Gustave to be able to see right through to the heart of him.

    (Or, Verso is forced to submit to The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known)

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    18 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 16

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    Gustave babysits Verso Dessendre as a teenager through his High School years.

    Eventually, though, Verso decides that he is too old for Gustave, and they drift apart, even though they spent hours talking about trains every single day for years on years.

    Years later, when their paths happen to cross again thanks to the meddling of his friends and family, Gustave is surprised to find that not only does Verso remember him - there's a spark that wasn't there before. One that... well. He's not about to let slip through his fingers.

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    17 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 7

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    Chat Fics written on Discord, moved over to Ao3 for archving and safekeeping.

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    15 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 9

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    Remember this - your name is Verso. You are at least 50 years old. To get your age, subtract the number on the monolith from 100 and add 33. You don’t look old. You’re immortal. You are not real.

    Your mother is Aline Dessendre. She is the Paintress. She made you to replace her real son. This is important- you are not real. Your sister is Alicia. Your father is Renoir. You had another sister, but she’s missing. Her name is Clea. None of you are real.

    Your mother is trapped at the top of the Monolith by her husband, the real Renoir. Every year she gets weaker and he erases more people. The people of this canvas call it the Gommage. You will not Gommage.

    Your mother is dying because she’s been here too long. The only way to save your mother is to make her leave the canvas. The only way to do that is to kill her. You need to work with an Expedition to get through the barrier and kill her.

    You won’t remember any of this. Keep this journal close, and read it when you forget again. Every time you die you’ll forget more.

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    13 Jun 2026