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Dr. Halsin Silverbough runs the Emerald Grove, a recovery house designed to help troubled people transition back into society.
The Grove has been a home and sanctuary to many, and two of its latest residents - a recovering drug addict from Kirkwall and a juvenile delinquent trying to move beyond her criminal record - are both ready for fresh starts. However, with the influence of the vampire working street corners and the local university's new Professor of Magic old habits die hard, and second chances may not be enough to help them escape what they've been running from.
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It was simple. Easy.
Accept Cazador's invitation, play the part, scope out the situation, kill the monster, and perhaps even take his place in the ritual.
And then that nice, simple plan fell apart.
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In which I needed an excuse for a ball and fancy clothes and a whole lot of angst.
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Almost everyone has a soulmate.
Unfortunately, someone won't sense their other half if that person is already dead. Just as someone won't feel the direction of their soulmate's pull if they're on another plane.
Fortunately, rogue nautiloids have a way of bringing people together.
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- Part 2 of Soulmates AU
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"It was our...tradition, I guess you could say. To sing when we were uneasy or..." she pauses again, trying to think of a way to explain it. "If our dreams felt dark, and we were unsure how to get back to the light."
"And did it work?"
"What do you mean?" She wasn’t expecting a question like that. If anything, she had been preparing for some dismissive ridicule.
"Did it help?"
"Yes,” she answers again, after a beat. “I think it did, for the most part.”
He's quiet again for a moment, and this time it's heavy with thought. And then, "Would you be willing to sing it again?"
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The flickering glow of torchlight throws dancing shadows across the stone walls, but Astarion pays them no mind. He keeps his head bowed, not daring to risk a look at his master as Cazador strides down the corridor ahead of him. The muted click of boots on marble contrasts sharply with his own bare footsteps.
"I heard interesting gossip earlier. Perhaps you can illuminate the rumours for me."
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Astarion can't escape Cazador, even when he's dreaming.
Especially when he's dreaming.
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Interval by obvious_apostate
Fandom: The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
21 Jan 2020
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a wrong place and a right time by obvious_apostate
Fandom: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
08 Sep 2019
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“People always talk about how bad the surgery is,” Ed told Hawkeye, “but you never hear people mention how much it sucks to have fifty pounds of metal hanging off your body. Bolts in your bones.”
“What’s happening?” Mustang asked sharply, turning toward them with his clouded eyes still lingering a few feet over their heads. “Hawkeye? What’s Fullmetal doing? Is there something wrong with his automail?”
Ed flicked the lighter again, waited a little more patiently this time, and inhaled. Then he gave Hawkeye a nod, giving in to the inevitable. The only reason Mustang hadn’t figured it out already was probably because Ed didn’t do a lot of... this sort of thing. The comfort thing. Mustang liked people to play into his expectations.
“Edward came out to smoke opium,” Hawkeye said at last. “He says it helps with the pain from his automail.”
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Unemployment was not the best thing to ever happen to Connor, but it was high on the list. The best thing to ever happen to Connor was the sight of a Corgi wearing a small cowboy hat leashed to a post in front of the liquor shop. The second best thing to ever happen to him was the emancipation of his people from slavery and the opening of negotiations for equal rights. But unemployment may come in at a solid third.
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10 Dec 2021
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“Indulging humans was one thing, but partaking in another culture’s sacred rituals for secular fun seemed tacky.“
11/10 fuckin incredible fic.
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The mostly peaceful Android Rebellion of 2038 ended with tentative success, but now the androids must carve out a permanent place in a wary society. Markus, trying to hold on to that hard-won freedom, gets drawn into Hank and newly deviant Connor’s investigation into a string of complex thefts and murders. With far too many coincidences for comfort and old enemies resurfacing in the shadows, Markus has to figure out fast who he can trust. Letting North blow everything up is starting to sound like a better idea every day…
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Mostly an excuse to write more Markus and Connor interactions, now featuring triple the angst, double the Tracis, allegedly naked confessions in a public restroom, and a furby.
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In the end, Rishid inherits Malik.
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04 Mar 2021
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The first thing Toph notices about Zuko is that he’s pretty much always scared. The others figure it out with time.
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- Part 1 of Family Is More Than Blood
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31 Aug 2020