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  1. Rec 68

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    And as the wave of rage washes over him, fierce and ever-sharp, he catches sight of it: the darkness that has been tearing him away closing all around him, suffocating him. Furious, heartbroken, he tries to scream, and as he does the lines of code choking him begin to glow the dull red of hot metal. He tears at them with his hands, ripping them away; they cling to his body like spiderwebs, growing ever brighter.

    Phainon is faintly aware of Mydei shouting, but that is happening somewhere else. Here, in the dark, he sees only one thing: a single line of blinking red code that makes his blood freeze solid.

    modified boot sequence initiated: irontomb.exe


    irontomb shatters the peace of the exotale and phainon resolves to sacrifice himself and end things permanently. mydei and the other heirs have a different outcome in mind.

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    21 Jun 2026

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    Phainon fails the trial of Strife. Mydei saves him. The next day, they sit in the baths until Phainon collapses.

    Kremnoans use boiling water for their baths. It was a foolish challenge.

    But Mydei indulges Phainon anyways.

    The day after that, he coughs up petals.

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    content warnings will be given for each chapter. here are some overall warnings:
    blood, mild body horror (standard with hanahaki), racism, themes of war, resurrection, instrumentalization, themes of self-sacrifice, and disregard for one's own wellbeing

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    13 Jun 2026

  3. Rec 36

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    Mydei knows, the way he knows the number of his fingers, the way he knows he cannot die; that of all feelings, wanting is the most fruitless.

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    31 Mar 2026

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    He’d tried, in the end, he really had. And it had been hard; so damn hard. Would’ve been so much easier to crawl off into the woods like a dying dog and let himself be reclaimed by the wilderness. But, getting them folks out, sending them to safety, doing his best to protect them from the Pinkertons and Dutch’s lunacy and that rat...

    For maybe the first time in his life, there was no doubt in his mind about what was right or wrong, good or evil. He just knew.

    The sunlight warms his face, and he smiles.

    But then he hears footsteps.

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    Meanwhile, Charles Smith can’t stop looking back at the mountains to the south, and wondering what it means to be home.

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    26 Jul 2024

  5. Rec 36

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    Coming in unannounced, drag my nails on the tile
    I just followed your scent, you can just follow my smile
    All of your flaws are aligned with this mood of mine
    Cutting me to the bone, nothing left to leave behind

    "Revolver Ocelot", as Kaz sizes him the second he swings in his rickety office in bumfuck nowhere, Puerto Rico, is dressed like a complete idiot, is as Texan as Kaz is Icelandic, and clearly thinks he’s an idiot.

    He’s also hot as fuck.

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    19 Oct 2023