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Writing this to cope w my grandma's passing bcus I'm fuckin' weird
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Jarod picks up a (paying) hitchhiker in his taxi, but this isn't just any drive from one place to another.
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Just Get Me To My Destination by ScottieIsImpatient
Fandoms: Beholder Series (Warm Lamp Games Video Games), Road 96 (Video Game)
23 Aug 2025
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When Kim's legs are too tired to walk anymore, she calls a taxi. The driver is... odd, to say the least.
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- Part 9 of The Road Beholden
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“Your driver seems to be a fan of classical music. That's classical music *singular*. He's been playing the same song on repeat for the past ten minutes. “
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You’re picked up by a weird taxi driver who has a strange obsession with dinosaurs and seems to be taking a liking to you. Also, he kills people.
Also, you’re kind of okay with that.
(A platonic partners in crime fic I’ve had bouncing around in my brain for the past week).
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After the fall of the Tyrak regime and tying up personal loose ends, Jarod and Sonya attempt to unwind at an island resort built to revive Petria’s tourism. However, they meet again, and quickly discover the past has a way of catching up...especially when it’s wrapped up in each other.
A follow-up to my last fic, The Weirdest Strangers.
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After an eventful couple of days, which included a family reunion and an attempt on her life, Petria's famed celebrity, Sonya Sanchez, needs something potent to take the edge off things; what could be better than a good old-fashioned one-night stand. When she meets a potential candidate in the form of a stranger wearing a dinosaur-printed tie at a bar, she discovers revealed secrets, emotionally heavy conversations, awkward flirtations, and perhaps what she has been asking for.
COMPLETED.
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Jarod nimmt ein junges Mädchen in seinem Taxi mit und realisiert, dass ihr Ziel die Grenze von Petria ist...
Schnell muss er sich entscheiden, wie er verfahren möchte und realisiert schnell, dass seine Entscheidung sein ganzes Leben verändern würde...Eine Geschichte über einen rachsüchtigen, gebrochenen Vater, der vom Weg abgekommen ist... und einem jungen, unschuldigen Mädchen, das seine gesamte Familie verloren hat.
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It is what it is... (Discontinued.) by 7Le_Magnificent_Seven7
Fandoms: Road 96 (Video Game)
18 Dec 2024
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2 teens trying to escape Petria because shit country.
One is a smoker teen, the other is... A teen.
Yeah...
*Coughing*
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.Yeah, well enjoy I guess.
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A woman carves a bloody path across Petria in search of her teenage sister - but things get complicated.
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This guy Noah is trying to flee Petria but doesn't make it to the border. Now, this wouldn't be that shocking as only 1% of teens actually make it across. But, Noah's just a little confused as he wakes up to Zoe poking his cheek in a strangers car two weeks later. Because, he couldn't sworn he just died.
Or, a run away teen named Noah keeps dying at or on his way to the border and tries to navigate through life during the heat of Petrias election without raising too much suspicion of people he just keeps bumping into
I spent like 2 weeks on this fandom please don't be too dead
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After one lonely, wild night out, Jessica finds herself in the backseat of Jarod’s cab—a brooding driver with a shadowy past. As fate keeps bringing them together, a slow-burn romance unfolds, laced with an eerie sense of familiarity. Subtle hints suggest their lives are more connected than they realize, hinting at a mysterious bond that neither of them can quite grasp - all pointing to the event that shocked Petria so many years ago.
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The final part to the 'Bad Things Happen... Sometimes' series!
This one is a reimagining of the 'Better be Good to me' encounter with Jarod. After a night out on the town with your bestie, you're looking to call a cab home and, what a surprise! Jarod seems to be in the area... but he's off the clock for the kind of ride you were initially after.
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- Part 7 of Bad Things Happen... Sometimes
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Months after the Election Day Uprising of 1996, Jarod finds himself relating the story of his life to yet another captive audience.
Maybe this time, things will be different.
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On your journey to the border you make a few really bad decisions that lead you to a dark ravine, alone with a dangerous man that barely seems human.
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This one is a reimagining of the 'Beat It' encounter with Jarod.
Your hire car needs fuel and you find yourself walking along the road again... until you bump into a certain disgruntled taxi driver you can't seem to get out of your head.
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- Part 6 of Bad Things Happen... Sometimes
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You wake up in a backroom of a bar, confused and hungover. Over you a man you don't recognize offers to take you to some kind of secret meeting. As memories come back to you, you realize you're being pulled into a Black Brigades hideout, where you learn the truth about the '86 attack. The meeting is cut short for you, though, when the alcohol and emotions make your stomach twist and turn.
There is someone else in the bar, waiting for you to stop throwing up. Someone very dangerous. Someone that, against all odds, will make your life worth living. -
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This one is a reimagining of the 'Praying for Time' encounter with Jarod.
You're driving through a storm at night dreaming of being tucked up in your bed when you bump into an old lover you'd love to join you... though bad things happen sometimes, right?
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- Part 5 of Bad Things Happen... Sometimes
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Stan's pissed, so he goes to his least favorite murderous enemy to finally kill him...and totally doesn't get distracted.
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Under Pressure by SamWritesFanfiction
Fandoms: Road 96 (Video Game), Road 96: Mile 0 (Video Game)
27 Apr 2024
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Kaito Lin has only been in White Sands for two days, and he's already hating his time here. Trying to clear his thoughts, he finds some clarity after talking with one of the White Sands residents early in the morning on the rooftop.
Takes place roughly three years before Mile 0 (Oneshot).
*Title is from Queen and David Bowie's "Under Pressure"
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“Now, why don’t you make me those eggs?”
Axel laughed, shocked. “You threaten a guy with a gun and then ask him to make you breakfast?”
“I didn’t shoot you, did I?”
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You're a tired, dirty teen trying to escape Petria like so many others. On your way to the border you get a bartending job for one night and meet a weird, sad man. Though at first he puts you off, over time you get to see a softer side to this stranger.