Rainingslumber

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  1. Rec 48

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    Desperate to escape the pain, the responsibility, Orostor's brain breaks itself. Repurposing two halves of a whole, Hii and Fu are born.

    Fu thinks everything is fine, there's nothing to address. Hii disagrees.

    And while Fu may be able to make himself forget, the people around him won't.

    (Alt. 5 times Orostor forgets to hide, and 1 time he tells the truth)

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    11 Aug 2026

  2. Rec *

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    "A contract?” said Venti, “Did you just lock me, god of wind and freedom, into a contract?”

    Somewhere between the first glass of wine and the last, between a solemn oath and an offering to a god, Venti gets bound in a contract to protect and care for the last of Alberich line. Sure 1000 years ago Venessa had banned him from babysitting, but he can handle this freshly traumatized seven year old.

    Crepus would beg to differ. He takes one look at this “irresponsible alcoholic teenager” playing parent and decides he needs to step in.

     

    OR: Papa Alberich gets lost and ends up leaving Kaeya with a friendly bard instead of at the winery. Venti adopts Kaeya…and Crepus adopts them both.

    OR: The Anemo Archon, a Khaenri’ahn spy, and a Fatui Harbringer all think they have figured out what is going on but they are all playing very different games.

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    11 Aug 2026

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    Don't know how I haven't bookmarked this yet; i've been reading it for 2 years, delights me every time I read it, exactly my shit

  3. Public Bookmark 56

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    That’s that, he thinks to himself. I saw the Sphereite. It’s just a kid. Curiosity sated.

    Done. Finished. No reason to go back.

    Despite these thoughts, Zanka will go back. It’s not for anything in particular. Not even a gut feeling. It’s simply an impulse that he can’t shake. Maybe, possibly, a feeling not entirely dissimilar to guilt.

    And he’s probably imagining it, but from where his hands grip his bō, a warmth travels through his perpetually frozen fingers and seeps into his bones and blood, slowly melting up his arms and settling like what he thinks a hug would feel like around his shoulders.

    It feels like a reassurance.

    That was, technically, the first night Zanka (and Aibō) met Rudo. It depends on who you ask.

    OR: Moves are made earlier than they should've. Rudo is dropped from the Sphere at a younger age, Enjin isn't there to find him, and Zanka is presented with knowledge that will forever shift the trajectory of his life and those around him. Maybe that's a good thing.

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    06 Aug 2026

  4. Rec 8

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    Y’know, Jabber bets if he tries really, really hard, he could make a vital instrument out of Zanka. He’s already in the process of it. Chipping away at each edge of restraint, going, going, going. Zanka’s still growing.
    An if whispers in the youthful flush of his face, a real possibility.

    If Jabber keeps pushing, he could make something great out of Zanka. Someone great. Someone to go with and keep going and going and going. Someone who won’t leave. Can’t, because they’ll be too intertwined. Soul and soul-product. Sadist and masochist. Jabber and Zanka.

    Or; Jabber, Zanka, hair. And all the things in-between.

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    05 Aug 2026

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    Oh my god 🫀

  5. Rec 2

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    As he began to walk up the porch, Momoa spoke up, “I wouldn’t go in though,”

    “Huh, why?”

    “Today’s cleaning day.”

    Jabber paused then proceeded to take a seat next to her.

    “Damn, I knew I should’ve stayed for breakfast.”

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    30 Jul 2026