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  1. Public Bookmark 87

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    Berdly uses that volunteer position like a birdwatcher uses their binoculars – for observing, not for joining. As much as it is his contribution to the community, it serves as his ticket in. The revelation chills him.

    Several times Berdly stays up late at the library and one time the others notice that something is wrong.

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    01 Jul 2025

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    Alphys tried hard to be a good teacher. Which probably wouldn’t have been hard even without Toriel working in the same building, or without having to step into Mr. Gerson’s shoes. But she tried. And a part of that meant that she did her best not to... kids all have! Their own circumstances! You couldn’t just think, oh this is a bad kid, this is a good kid. Kids are kids.

    ...But all the same, it takes a serious effort of will not to try to find an excuse to rush out of the room when she notices Berdly lingering after class. Berdly was a.... good kid! He worked hard. He was... academically.... motivated....
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    In which Berdly seeks out advice from Alphys about matters of the heart, nerd to nerd, and winds up letting on that he's nursing a. Somewhat unexpected crush.

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    01 Jul 2025

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    Hungry for companionship, Kim found an equally as lonely homo-sexual by the name of Thomas, living not too far from his humble little apartment in the GRIH. He too had a steady job, better paying than Kim’s, working not with the great big machines of the harbour that Kim held such fascination for but in coordinating hours and shipments. He liked Kim, but not too much, and never demanded what he couldn’t give. He had no eccentricities, no strange hobbies, and was perfectly acceptable company to discuss radio programs with, to introduce friends to with his sharp suit and perfectly honed small-talk, and occasionally went with Kim for dinner in which he reliably ordered steak and potatoes without horseradish. In short, he was perfect.
     
    Two years later, Kim stood in the entryway of hostel in a miserable little town and watched in horrified fascination as a man in mustard-yellow trousers and the most hideous tie he’s ever seen staggered down the stairs, smelling of piss and spirits, and declared himself Raphael Ambrosius Costeau.

    After giving up on true love, Kim finds it again in an unlikely place -- all he has to do is let it in.

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    01 Jul 2025

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    Spamton may have it all made, but he won't rest until he ensures he has all the info he needs to stay on top.

    And when he asks his source for more, they're all too happy to provide.

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    26 Jun 2025

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    The voice pours thinly from the receiver, near-indistinguishable from the slurry of static and uneven, unfamiliar signal tones.

    It goes without saying that if you speak a word of this to anyone I will end you. You like deals? There is my deal. Take it or leave it.

     

    Snapshots from a history of calls to a telephone in Cyber City.

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    24 Jun 2025