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"We can start tomorrow."
"Or we start tonight."
Occtis gestures around the space. "I'm not exactly equipped tonight, Julien."
Julien's smirk is as infuriating as always. "Swordsmanship starts with the basic principles of combat. We do not need swords to start tonight." He beckons Occtis over. "Easy enough for a smart boy like you to pick up on."
Occtis discovering himself, as he is now.
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06 Aug 2026
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Elias hires a monster to work in the archives. One small decision that shouldn't make much of a difference.
Until someone's putting googly eyes over everything in the Institute, Melanie's having pizza parties to save the almost-life of a manifestation of the Stranger, Sasha's writing off payments for illegal phone hacks as a work expense, and Tim's trying to figure out how many helium balloons one needs to fill the boss' office with in order to get fired.
Oh yeah, and they still need to save the world.
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04 Aug 2026
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Before the institute, there was a stranger, who became a friend, who burned books.
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“So you what, you… you hunt these books? Destroy them?”
Gerard shrugged. “Best I can. They seem to evade capture, if we’re going with your ‘hunt’ metaphor. Although I seem to have something of a knack for finding them. As, apparently, do you.”
“Probably shouldn’t think too hard about that.” Jon shifted uncomfortably. “About how maybe once you’ve found one…”
Gerard smirked. “Doesn’t make sense.”
There was a twinkle in his eye, and against every instinct in his body, Jon found a small, ironic smile settle itself on his lips. “No, I suppose it doesn’t. Which likely means it’s true.”
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- Part 1 of life after sense
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25 May 2026
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Jon's family would stop meddling in his affairs if he could show them he had a devoted boyfriend.
Thankfully Martin is up for the task.OR
Surely this fake relationship won't snowball out of control.
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20 Apr 2026
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"Jon, this isn't—you know you're awake right now, right?"
Jon laughs, low and mirthless.
"No, I'm not."
You—you are, though. This is real, this isn't a dream." Martin gives a small, nervous laugh. "I—I know it feels a bit like one, after everything, but—"
"Yes, it is," Jon says, with absolute certainty. "This is a dream. It has to be."
"Why?"
Jon looks at Martin then, with such sadness and longing in his eyes that Martin can barely stand to hold his gaze. "I wouldn't be here with you otherwise."--
Martin knows that they can't stay here at Upton, that being disconnected from the Eye is affecting Jon. But one more night, he thinks--just one more night can't hurt.
He's wrong.
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12 Apr 2026