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    "Alhaitham?"

    The cat only stared back at him, as if he hadn’t just spelt out the name of Kaveh’s roommate on the floor.

    Kaveh was being goaded.

    He grabbed the cat (Alhaitham, but he couldn’t fully register this, so he wouldn’t for now). “This is no time to be difficult! You’re a cat! We have to get you help!”

    But the cat deplored this notion. He clung to the floor, or attempted to, claws drawn out and scratching with particular vehemence. “Hey!” Kaveh held him up, his body hanging low and limbs tensing. “This is your floor, you know!”

    And then he processed what had just happened. “Hold on – you don’t want to get help?” The cat’s body became lax, and he stared back at Kaveh was disinterest. Kaveh resisted the urge to shake him. “This is ridiculous! I’m not arguing with a cat! I don’t care if you just so happen to be Alhaitham. I’m getting you help whether you like it or not.”

    (Upon inadvertently transforming Alhaitham from a cat back to a human by somehow fulfilling an unknown desire, Kaveh is confronted with the question he’s tried to smother for years – why did Alhaitham allow him to stay? Why was Kaveh here?)

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    27 May 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 36

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    “You said this was urgent,” Ratio reminds her. “I’d appreciate it if you’d get to the point then.”
    “I need you to find Aventurine.”

    Or alternatively,
    When all things end in Penacony, Aventurine vanishes without a trace, and Jade thinks that no other person is best suited to find him other than a certain doctor.

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    03 May 2026

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    Forget the guessing game, he’d rather have small talk about the weather. “I’m not interested in playing twenty questions with a stranger.”

    “Strangers are but friends waiting to be made.”

    “You’ll be waiting for much longer, then.”

    There aren't many opportunities for a university professor and a famous movie star to meet. Their careers, relationships, and lives are simply too different. That's what Veritas believes at least, and his lack of run-ins are proof of that - to the point where there isn't really a need to think about it at all. …So why hasn't this big screen actor left him alone yet?!

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    Dr. Veritas Ratio finds himself a new tag-along in the form of a lively celebrity.

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    17 Apr 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 93

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    Aventurine is so distracted that he does not notice the car door opening at the back until someone heaves a loud sigh. His heart nearly jumps out from the shock. Is he being mugged in this day and age? He could already imagine the headlines in the news the next morning: The senior manager of the of the Strategic Department of IPC, mugged in front of the university of Veritas Prime?

    "Good evening...?" He tries to be civil. Perhaps the intruder will be amazed by his impeccable manners and dashing looks to forgo doing heinous crimes against him. Technically, if worst comes to worst, he's got plenty of credits to spare, but he would rather not lose spare change for no reason when he can keep it for another day.

     

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    Or: Ratio mistakes Aventurine's car as his Uber ride. They deal with the drama (read: stupid rom-com) that ensues. (Oh, the tragedy)

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    09 Mar 2026

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    “Could you tell me exactly what is troubling you?”

    Aventurine makes a vague gesture. “Bad dreams. You’re probably familiar with it.”

    “The touch of the Nihility affects everyone differently. Until I know your exact symptoms, I won’t be able to treat you.”

    Aventurine closes his eyes, for a moment, and opens them. “Old memories,” he says, finally. “A lot sharper than they should be. Like I’m really there, watching it happen.”

    (After Penacony, Aventurine's been having some bad dreams. He starts seeing a Doctor of Chaos about it. Ratio gets roped in to help. Aventurine's not happy about any of it; and anyway, it's all pointless, isn't it?)

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    09 Mar 2026