Catalyst
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Zanka earned his first victory against Jabber. Tipping the scale might have tipped them into each other, but if the solution they made was a deadlier thing than they'd ever been as separate components, that was neither here nor there.
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- Part 1 of Catalyst
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"Somehow it seems to fill my head with ideas—only I don't exactly know what they are! However, somebody killed something: that's clear, at any rate.”
-Through the Looking GlassIn which Jabber is not a mad scientist, because he doesn't consider himself a scientist. Furthermore, he ranked in at about the second happiest person he knew, though it said nothing about the happiness of the people who knew Jabber.
In other news, Zodyl figures out how to punish a violent masochist. Zanka does not.
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- Part 2 of Catalyst
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Zanka occasionally wondered why he was the one who had to crash into Jabber, because Jabber was a bed of tidal pools stranding venomous creatures and jagged shells, flaying the soles of anyone staggering through him. It could have been anyone. The thought settled between his teeth, and he gritted them together wishing that he could bite down on a truth with enough force to shatter it in his molars.
In which Zanka volunteers for an extremely unpopular assignment in the East Ward for the seventh time straight, and gets caught in the rain.
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- Part 3 of Catalyst
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Run to the Sand Bar, Howl to the Rip Current by Anonymous
Fandoms: Gachiakuta (Manga), Gachiakuta (Anime)
04 Oct 2025
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“And for this hunt, my malady becomes my most desired health.”
- Moby DickJabber did not measure the days by the sun in the sky or the ticks on a clock, but on the strength of his body’s rip current while he swam against it with glee.
A few moments in Jabber's life, regarding people he knows and a single question on multiple minds.
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- Part 4 of Catalyst
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Jabber becomes bored to the point of inadvisable experimentation. In the meantime, Zanka reflects on what he understands of Jabber Wonger, and what he doesn't.
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- Part 5 of Catalyst
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How pitiable for the solvent to love the solute.
“I have something interesting to show you," is not a sentence that is encouraging, coming from one Jabber Wonger.
In which Jabber gets distracted during stormy weather, resulting in injury. Zanka does some learning on the job, as well as some learning after the fact.
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- Part 6 of Catalyst