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    They'd only just ambled into the Kalhn textile shop when Qifrey caught sight of the short young woman working. She had a round face, rosy cheeks, flaxen hair. Her eyes had locked on Olruggio as soon as they’d entered.

    Olruggio, for his part, thumbed through dyed wool samples as though he hadn't noticed. He likely wouldn't.

    But Qifrey always noticed. Sometimes this left him as a voyeur: staring at someone staring at someone else. But other times, like today, his fixed presence at Olruggio’s side made him an involved party. There was always a delay, then a moment in which Qifrey became visible and the women realized he might be of help. Some of them were too scared to approach Olruggio outright—they’d built up a more intimidating version of him in their heads, had never heard him laugh wildly or watched dimples form when he smiled. Instead, they’d set their sights on Qifrey. Talk to him, or at least look at him imploringly, as though getting in his good graces might earn them the Torch’s attention.

    He never felt like helping them.

    or: Qifrey gets jealous.

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    06 Jul 2026

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    When Mydei wakes up at entry hour, it’s to thirty texts and ten missed calls, all from Phainon.

    “Mydei,” Phainon’s voice says, somehow managing to slur the consonants. “Mydei you… you wouldn’t—woah. Woah. Everything is—is—” A raucous round of laughter drowns out Phainon’s voice. “Mydei,” Phainon says again. “You wouldn’t be… belieeeve—” He stretches the word out like it’s some kind of competition. “Cipher just—Cipher just told me the craziest—it’s so—it’s really, um. It’s crazy. I’m—I’m—” The message stops.

    Mydei pulls his teleslate from his ear to stare at it. This isn’t the first time Cipher has dragged Phainon to an ouzeri to get him blackout drunk.

    Phainon disappears after a night of drinking with Cipher. Mydei, in search of their usual morning spar, goes looking for him only to find a strange dromas instead.

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    02 Jul 2026

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    Phainon doesn’t come home in time for dinner. At the same time, a suspicious white dog shows up at Mydei’s door. Surely these things are unrelated.

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    01 Jul 2026

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    Qifrey keeps his secrets. Olruggio tries to learn him anyway.

    (Simplified Chinese | 中文 translation thanks to the lovely therewashappinessbecauseofyou!)

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    01 Jul 2026

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    “This place is beautiful,” Mydei says.

    “And yet it pales in comparison to you,” blue-eyed Kephale murmurs, his thumb brushing against Mydei’s lower lip.

    His breath catches. “How many others have you led to this place to flatter with that line?” he asks.

    “You wouldn’t believe me.”

    For Crown Prince Phainon's twentieth birthday, his parents host an elaborate masquerade ball to which every eligible bachelor in the realm is invited. Despite losing everything to his stepmother, Mydei manages to attend.

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    30 Jun 2026