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    Memory slips back along with faint threads of feeling. There's a familiar hand pressed against Thjazi’s back, a warm weight up against his front, and the soft sounds of sleeping people on the mattress beside him, their breaths out of tandem with his own.

    Thjazi stays in place for a long moment, letting things settle back into his brain before he opens his eyes. It’s good that he does so, because the moment he sees Aranessa, the tears begin to well up all over again. He has to fight fiercely not to let them fall just yet, more for the sake of letting her rest than any particular hangup about stoicism. She’s gloriously naked, her hair mussed and frizzed up like an abandoned bird's nest. Her legs are tangled through Thjazi’s, but her head is tilted away - resting trustingly on the shoulder of an equally naked and slumbering Julien Davinos.

    Huh. Apparently, that part wasn’t a dream either.

    In another world, the Lady Royce sends her knight to save Thjazi from the hangman's noose.
    The consequences are quite pleasurable, for all parties involved.

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    26 Aug 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 31

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    “It's already so bad. They could have said all normal stuff, and the way she touched her face—” Demodus broke off with a horrified gasp. “Oh, shit! The head! I forgot about the head! Where is it?!”

    Julien Davinos is part kettle-hob/grig, but his "nice" head has been stuffed in a closet in the Palazzo Davinos since the Falconer's Rebellion. Now, the Tachonises have taken the Palazzo, and Julien has no idea what they might do to or with his head of blooms. Fortunately, someone else has actually managed to find it first…

    Scenes of (mostly) the Seekers and Schemers coping with the ramifications of Julien's second head. Currently follows the campaign canon as it unfolds with scenes occurring around canonical events or modified canon events, plus some flashbacks to Julien's backstory.

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    24 Aug 2026

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    “We would like to offer our sincere condolences regarding the passing of your husband,” Ethrand states in a lofty drawl.

    Julien sees Aranessa’s jaw go taut. “Thank you for thinking of us in our time of mourning,” she grates out.

    “Of all Houses, House Tachonis would never seek to downplay or invalidate the importance of a mourning period. However, certain circumstances warrant a loosening of the proscribed timelines.”

    Julien’s jaw falls ajar. He can't possibly mean...?

    “I fear I fail to understand you," Aranessa hisses. "Elaborate.”

    “All this recent unpleasantness was the consequence of years of unfortunate misunderstandings between our two houses. In contravention of what one might expect, I am pleased to say that I am here with an entreaty of peace.”

    Aranessa allows a long silence to transpire, one that seems to make even Ethrand uncomfortable. “I will hear the details.”

    “In exchange for a lasting peace, we only seek to solemnize this new alliance with a vow.” Ethrand smirks. “Accordingly, my father offers you the hand of my brother Occtis in marriage.”

    Julien looks down at the rug. If he doesn’t look down at the rug, he’s going to start shouting.

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    23 Aug 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 6

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    Azune's bought them all a few more days, or weeks - but - 

    - oh, gods in their graveyards. He can't stand it anymore. The worlds his words conjure up keep coming true. One day, will he look back and find himself without a shadow? Will he be erased by the movements of his tongue? Swept along and subsumed beneath his own deceit?

    Better not to speak at all, for a little while. He already came so close to ruining everything. He can't let it happen again. 

    So as soon as a proper chance presents itself, he pulls Julien Davinos into the third-floor coat closet and pins him carefully up against the door.

    Azune approaches Julien for some quick, efficient stress relief.
    Both of them get a little more invested than they bargained for.

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    22 Aug 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 11

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    It's been a shitty couple of weeks, and Occtis simply wants to take a few moments to himself to relax and unwind. Julien, however, has taken it upon himself to confront Occtis with a proposition that is too tempting to refuse.

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    21 Aug 2026