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    "If it was nothing, you shouldn't have a problem repeating it," Mydei says, unmoving, but Phainon knows if his palms weren't oiled and powdery, he'd be folding his arms over his chest. Instead, they hang, claw-like, in front of him. It'd be funny if Phainon had the upper hand. "Look me in the eye..."

    Instead—in an obviously Pavlovian response—Phainon does.

    "…And ask. One more time."

    The song plummets into the bridge, petering out between them. Phainon inhales deeply, catalogues his crowded, eclectic dining/living room, at everything and everywhere except Mydei until he absolutely has to.

    "Right…um. So. Mydei…" he nods, smiles, even, despite the dread. No point in backing down now.

    "Do you want to make a sex tape?"

    Phainon has a proposition. His feelings for Mydei are (definitely) not part of it.

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    19 Jun 2026

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    It's some 30 minutes into this that Elysium realizes he's forgotten entirely about the chat window, another five when it registers his eyes are closed, he's slumped a little against Thorns’ chest, and there is definitely a hand in his hair now no doubt, carding through it gently.

    “This is nice,” he thinks is only a thought until it actually leaves his traitor mouth and Thorns only hums a quiet, “mn,” in response.

    or: Elysium and Thorns take the winding path to admitting certain truths about themselves.

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    06 Jan 2026

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    For a moment, all Mydei does is stare. He wants to see Phainon drop that veneer of professionalism. He wants to see what Phainon's real laugh looks like. He wants to see Phainon, truly see him without all the shine and glamour obscuring his vision.

    Slowly, deliberately, so that his intentions can't possibly be misread, Mydei says, "If you have nowhere else to be, you could come over to my place."

    Or, Phainon is the Flame-Chase's top-rated host, five consecutive years and counting, and Mydei can't seem to keep his eyes off him.

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    21 Dec 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 324

    Mystery Work

    Part of Personal secret vault stash thing
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    This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!

    01 Dec 2025

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    Things go wrong the moment the train car leaves the Express. Caelus hits Amphoreus soil with a hole in his chest and too little breath in his lungs, but he’s been (kind of) dead before. The problem is when it happens again. And again. And again.

    Or, Caelus gets a turn in the time loop machine.

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    26 Oct 2025