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    Opal Kuznetsova lived in a very small, very boring village called Tambov, that skirted the edge of the Novokribirsk ruins. She’d lived there, amongst the dust and darkness, for nearly two years.

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    An amnesia AU, in which the fight at the Fold in the Season One finale ends differently, and history turns in the Darkling's favour as a result. Meanwhile, Alina is thrown out into the world with no powers, no memories, and no understanding of who she once was.

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    26 May 2025

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    He unexpectedly turned as he closed the door and caught Daphne observing him. Their eyes met, she blushed in embarrassment, and—

    Every time he smiled, really smiled with his whole face, the world around him seemed to dim in comparison. He made her want to take up painting again. Or pastels, or any of the other art forms she’d left behind when she graduated from RISD and started her first bookmaking apprenticeship. She’d never felt compelled to make representational art, but Gale Dekarios in the full bloom of joy was absolutely worth representing.

    In which tiny, remote Icepeak College mysteriously hires a massively overqualified antiquities scholar in the middle of term, and its book arts workshop director finds herself inexorably pulled into his orbit. In her defense, he's really fucking hot.

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    24 May 2025

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    “Patia, what if you took a break? Just for tonight?”

    The odd smile lingers on her lips. “What do you call what we’re doing?”

    [In which Loquatius has a late-night drink with Patia.]

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    23 Apr 2025

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    Hank decides it’s his responsibility to embarrass Connor in any way he can. It’s just what fathers do, after all.

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    06 Jan 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Hank trolling Connor like a dad dropping off the kid at a middle school dance