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- Table of Contents
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Tags: Gratuitous abuse of spacing lines.
- It’s 4AM And I'm Awake Again
Addison has been having a hard time sleeping lately. When she can’t sleep, she thinks. This time, Dust is here too.
Tags: Established relationship, implied polyamorous relationship, allusions to past abuse, domestic abuse (of a background character), allusions to a past relationship and breakup, implied murder.
- Chicken Soup For The Sick
Getting the flu sucks, but at least Killer and Horror are around to… help?
Tags: Character illness (flu).
- Smile, Everything’s Just Okay
Addison’s only just getting to know Dust when Cross starts to scope her out. One day he comes to her with a little bit more on his mind.
Tags: Discussion of accidents in the bedroom and the fallout of a lack of communication, hints of past trauma, mention of a past mental breakdown.
- Bad Snacks and “Study Sessions”
The hardest part of any game is the character creation.
Tags: Minor allusion to past familial abuse.
- The Shadows Left Behind
Nightmare’s abilities are useful beyond terrorizing the multiverse. He’s good at chasing away night terrors too.
Tags: Nightmares (literal and figurative), recollections and discussions of past abuse, bad coping mechanisms.
- Cover, Let Simmer
When Addison agreed to provide a safe house, this wasn’t what she had in mind. Horror probably thinks the same.
Tags: References to starvation, and death by starvation, very brief mention of a character being unable to care for living things.
- Good Days Start With The Best Intentions
It’s just an average day at the castle, and the boys are asked to go on an average mission.
Tags: Pre-Reader/Addison, mainly domestic Bad Sans Poly. References to murder, offscreen destruction, drinking.
- The Friends You Can Be Bored With
An accident at work has Addison realizing a few things about the skeletons that have been coming around with increasing frequency.
Tags: Character injury (burn), hospitals.
- When a Branch Dies And You Can’t Prune It
Now that Cross is home safe, Nightmare has an overdue conversation with Error about a request made long ago.
Tags: Pre Addison/Reader, Bad Sans Poly with a focus on Crossmare, psychological trauma and recovery, past emotional manipulation.
- Table for Five at the End of the World
There’s no better date than one with good food and good company, watching the colours bleed as a universe crumbles to nothing.
Tags: Panicked crowds, implied murder, the destruction of a universe.
- The Gentle Season
Addison is new to the poly, so she and Cross enjoy a quiet date at a local fall festival. It doesn’t go according to plan.
Tags: Depiction of a panic attack, aftermath of a panic attack, discussion of the fallout of a bad breakup.
- The Selfish Choice
Sometimes, relationships are defined by the selfish choices we make. Dust knows this all too well.
Tags: Mild LV flareup. - Rocky-Road and Stardust
Abandoning all expectations when Killer suggests what should be a simple outing is always warranted.
Tags: Talking about sex, sexual intercourse (implied and in the background), discussion of orientation and preferences. - Those Unsaid Things
Addison should have known that the events at the fall festival would have ramifications as she finds herself face to face with a visitor she’s really not happy to see.
Tags: Arguments & shouting at a late hour; panic attacks; brief allusion to past familial abuse; past breakup angst. - Special Delivery
Nobody is ever really sure what they’re going to get when deliveries are made.
Tags: Nothing really to worry about here! If there’s anything I’m overlooking, please let me know! - The Days We Feel Small
The weight of a mask is too heavy some days, but Addison doesn’t have to be alone to pick up the pieces of herself.
Tags:Post panic attack, or more like post-post panic attack. The day after a panic attack. Discussion of complicated emotions and a reminder that people are allowed to feel the ugly ones. Brief mention of past familial abuse. - When the Sunshine Chases the Shadows Away
Everyone needs a break from the routines of life, and what better way to relax than with a trip to a secluded beach!
Tags: Panic attack, existential horror, and a single mention of a deceased pet by a minor character (don’t worry, Trixy and Cheeseburger are fine). - The Eyes in the Mirror That Aren’t Me
All Cross wants to do is be left alone with his thoughts, but Dust reminds him there are better ways to handle his trauma. Meanwhile, Nightmare and Error have another chat.
Tags: Post panic attack, discussion of disassociation and a dissociative episode, past trauma, references to two major characters nearly dying. - Shift, Select & Delete
Error and Addison’s first impression of one another did not go very well, understandably.
Tags: Injury (bleeding cuts), near death experience. Or death experience. Can argue for both, really. - Cracking the Cage
On a day when she feels stuck in a holding pattern, Dust decides to surprise Addison with an impulse visit to Nightmare's famed library.
Chapter tags: Past familial abuse (flashbacks, references to going hungry, property destruction), discussion of the possibility of a dead body.
- A Story Heard X Times Before
Addison’s having a busy day at work. Cross shows up looking a little messed up and a lot more miserable.
Chapter Tags: dick jokes, a character briefly worried that another has cut wrists (nothing to worry about there, I promise). A bad dream and a bad omen. - A Favour in Kind (Part One)
A favour is an act of kindness above the norm. To whom you are being kind to… is a matter of perspective.
Chapter Tags: Cyber surveillance and borderline stalking behaviour. Surprisingly not from the squad. - A Favour in Kind (Part Two)
Cutting ties is hard when the other party holds the scissors. Nightmare gives Addison a machete and Dust gives someone else a piece of his mind.
Chapter Tags: More cyber stalking behaviour. Jokes about murder, death threats, flashbacks to past murders, mental breakdown. - No Such Thing as a Dull Moment
When the castle is quiet, Nightmare has suspicions that shenanigans are afoot. He's not wrong.
Chapter Tags: Stupid internet challenges. Do not attempt any of these! You are not magical skeletons, you will hurt yourself, or worse! - Lost & Found
Pre-Addison. After a frantic search across the multiverse for their missing partner, the gang discover Cross in The White Void, and Nightmare uncovers a new facet of his brother’s power.
Chapter Tags: Near-death condition, reference to torture, disassociation, panic attack and sensory-overload.
A Valentine’s Delight
Many are surprised to learn that Killer is the most romantic of the bunch. A Valentine’s Day special.
Chapter Tags: Talk of sex, sexual innuendo and implied sex (off screen). Otherwise it's just all fluff.- A Forgotten Dream
Being stuck in stone for 500 years has a way of discombobulating someone like nothing else. Dream tries to find his footing, and finds something else in the Doodlesphere instead.
Or does he?
Chapter Tags: Episodes of minor dissociation, implied poisoning (past), crawling through tight spaces, implications of off screen dismemberment and character death. - Rage is a Doing Word
Stretch finds himself taking part in an uncomfortable conversation in the middle of the night, as you do. Meanwhile, Killer has an interesting idea in mind for a date. One that Addison might need more than she thinks.
Chapter Tags: A lot of introspection and description of past familial abuse (physical, not sexual), breaking things with blunt objects. THIS IS A VERY HEAVY CHAPTER IN THE SECOND HALF -
The Multiverse Lesson
Addison has a request that only Nightmare’s library can fulfill, and Nightmare takes the opportunity to teach her a lesson or three about the Multiverse.
Chapter Tags: Paranoia, existential questions, Nightmare gets a little scary towards the end. - The Consequences of Being Fine
Directly after the events of “Smile, Everything’s Just Okay”, Cross tries to take Addison’s advice and have a talk with Killer. It goes well.
Chapter Tags: Rough housing, panic attacks, ptsd, discussion of sexual acts/kinks and the consequences of a breakdown in communication during the act, the after effects of trauma. - The Scales and The Sword
For Dust, the best kind of evening is chilling in the company of someone he cares about, especially when he’s just come back down from an LV spike. Too bad for him and Addison that someone else decided to call in the big guns.
Chapter Tags: Post LV spike, talk of past murder, home invasion, violence, panic attack. - The Bonds We Break, The Bonds We Make
After Addison’s not-so-wonderful encounter with Error, Nightmare suggests a visit to Sci is in order, to ensure there’s no lingering damage after all that’s happened. But the scan uncovers more than anyone expected, and reveals an answer that’s just as puzzling to the question it belongs to.
Chapter Tags: Eldritch on eldritch fighting, discussions of medical exams and discomfort with them, allusions to past trauma.
- The Talk, Where Nothing Is Said (Part One)
Addison decides to finally take matters into her own hands and confront her ex’s family over their repeated intrusions in her life, once and for all. It doesn’t go as planned.
Chapter Tags: Emotional manipulation, gaslighting, past familial abuse, mentions of physical assault (in the past, spoken about in the chapter, and the individual in question is fine) - The Talk, Where A Lot Is Said (Part Two)
A surprise invite leads to a long overdue chat between the two women at the center of everything. In which no skeleton Monsters appear, but there is much talk about skeleton Monsters.
Chapter Tags: The author is a goddamn tease.
- The Talk, Where Everything Is Said (Part Three)
Nightmare enters the chat.
Chapter Tags: Physical violence resulting in injuries and broken objects, mentions of broken bones, threats of death, threats in general, mention of character death (off-screen and temporary), lots of petty arguing, copious amount of italics. - Creative Process Blues
Sometimes the strive for perfection leaves one blind to everything else. Ink ruminates over his latest work, unsure of why he’s not satisfied with it.
Chapter Tags: Suspicion of gaslighting, self-induced mental harm and depressive episode, vomiting, dissociative moment, hand injury from broken glass
- Two-Thirds of the Fire Triangle
Heat. Fuel. Oxygen. They’ve got their own method of knocking a fire out. When Addison’s sparks, Killer’s the one to help her burn it out.
Chapter Tags: Mentioned previous injuries (burns, bleeding wounds), privacy invasion and public scorn, fantasies of murder, trespassing, heights, shouting and arguing, self-punishing behaviour, falling from a great height momentarily.