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The first page detailed the fictitious existence of a deity named the ‘Spawn’, titled after the ability carried by entities called Admins. The novel labeled it a ‘cult’. Wrote in detail the beginning of such falsities and the ‘research’ they’ve gathered on it. And the folder was brimming with pages.
But this… couldn’t possibly be true.
It couldn’t.
Azure and Two Time discover that the Spawn is a sham through a book in the library. So, they run away, starting a brand new life with brand new (and very rich) friends.
They’re finally free to do what they want! Free to leave the strings of the ‘Spawn’ behind and find out who they truly are. An opportunity they’d never have gotten otherwise…
…Doesn’t it feel too good to be true?
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- Part 1 of Azuretime Forsaken AU - Escapism
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1976 two men meet, in 1977 two men die.
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Bonnie & Clyde-esque tale.
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Your Sweet Face Is Turning Cold by applepride
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies)
02 Sep 2025
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When Harley gets turned, Tony offers to help by bringing him to New York. Everyone’s on edge at the almost-threat Thanos produced, and the new villain in town isn’t making life any easier. Tony’s plate is overfull, he wants to help Harley with his problem but is pulled away for Avengers meetings more often than not.
Unfortunately, Harley ends up finding himself in the middle of everything, and Spider-man inadvertently being his knight and shining armour, is always right at there with him. It doesn't make things easier that Harley is pretty sure Spidey is flirting with him, of all things.
Or. The vamp-au with more twilight references and extra slow burn parkner since they’re idiots in love <3
title from 'so i danced' by dpr ian
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I can’t do this again.
Whimper of cowardice and doubt. The unwillingness to face the consequences, the risks of choosing to fight once more.
We can, but you won’t. Not if you choke yourself with the night.
After defeating more than one ‘malevolent-entity-claiming-to-know-what’s-best-for-humanity’ and saving the world, the Phantom Thieves were done. Years passed, and everyone moved on, got lost in their own lives, sporadically kept in touch with each other.
Makoto Niijima was no exception – finishing her degree and getting a job in the police force were just the first steps on the way to becoming the commissioner and changing the system from within. A tough job, but she was content with how things were turning out so far.
Unfortunately for Makoto, this self-imposed fate had its own ideas.An excuse to write some new Metaverse locations connected more with mythology and deities. Main focus on Makoto, but shifting POVs later as acts advance.
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- Part 1 of Hymnal of Morituri
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It's a Filthy, Filthy World by theAdventurer0815
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
23 Aug 2025
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Kai picked up the other phone, wondering what to make of it all. During his short career cleaning other people's homes, he'd come across countless clues and pieced many untold stories of crimes and mishaps back together for none other but himself, but this felt different. Almost personal, in a way. None of his jobs ever had something to do with Pops. With his men, sure, but not with Pops himself.
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Imagine an AU in which Kai Chisaki aka Overhaul was never adopted by the Yakuza, but discovered for his talent of cleaning (and removing evidence) many years later. He's called in for a new job, but this time, it's about finding evidence, not removing it. And also about a little girl being the key witness to a murder case, and a hero being the prime suspect.A murder mystery told from the view of a germaphobe with the emotional range of a very annoyed rock that I will keep beating with a stick until he feels something.
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- Part 1 of Cleaning Company Overhaul AU
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Pride is often a catalyst for disaster. The innocent romance between Sasuke and Hinata will be tested by the political machinations of their fathers, the pressures of their duties to their clans, and a subversive plot from the shadows seeking to destroy what both hold dear.
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- Part 3 of The Fan & The Sun
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Te Alor'ad Ba'slanar by Retroyy
Fandoms: Star Wars Legends: Republic Commando Series - Karen Traviss, Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003) - All Media Types
15 Aug 2025
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For the general 98% consensus of any Fett clone, illness of the body are unusual plights given everyone's genetic alterations from the Kaminesse.
Now one year in, adding seven months, three days, seventy-one minutes and sparse credits no thanks to Stec; all of which has been been proven wrong to Maze offense on so many levels.
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they're so resigned to what their fate is (but not us, no never) by Kalopsiaa
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
28 Jun 2025
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'They stand in front of a dilapidated cottage. It’s all broken windows, clawing vines and cracked brick, unlike any of the other buildings in the town. Sitting in the shadow of the tree line and isolated from everything else. Dead flowers grow over the foundations, wilted and brown like rotten fruit.'
Izuku, Uraraka and Iida are grouped together for a relief mission out in a secluded woodland town. In five days, they must fix up a cottage but what happens when skeletons start falling out of the closet and ghosts start making themselves known.
Alternatively: Small towns and their nasty secrets
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Nny sets out on his vacation in pursuit of complete emotional vacancy. Things go awry when his body and mind begin to crave everything he deprives them of. The remote inn he’s locked himself in may just be the perfect place for him to succumb to Reverend Meat’s demands.
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Smoke and Mirrors by Aurora09 for Staceytriestowrite
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
27 May 2025
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Alex Claremont-Diaz had always had a life plan. He had goals okay. So what happens when your goals get changed by a hot blond and you suddenly found yourself on the other side of the Atlantic living a life you could never have imagined?
A life where danger lurks at every turn, where everybody is a potential threat. Even those you considered closest to you? Well Alex was about to discover that life was not always as it seemed and friends may become enemies...
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1823年，一桩巴尔的摩参议员的失踪悬案，将三人聚集在一起。
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Stranger Things: The Reckoning by The_New_Archivist
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Stranger Things: The Reckoning (Written Series 2023), Heroes Across The Cosmoverse (Written Series 2023)
23 May 2025
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005/Jason is trying to find his half sister to protect her from the darkness that Henry Creel will cause. Still, the path to find Eleven will be almost impossible, and Jason, along with Eleven's friends, will be met with many challenges, both physical and emotional, to find Eleven and stop Henry's reign of terror before he can harm the universe.
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- Part 2 of Heroes Across The Cosmoverse Saga
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"The only person who was kind to me was a woman," he says, almost conversationally.
Before you can ask about her, he continues, "She's dead now."
Based on the very first film noir, the 1940 Peter Lorre movie, “Stranger on the Third Floor.” (Not required to see the movie before reading. But if you want to, a link is below.)
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- Part 3 of Vignettes
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10 years after the War, and deep in the Department of Mysteries, something is stirring. The Wizengamot, predictably, decides to make it Everybody's Business.
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A marriage law fic featuring dramatic existentialism, gaudy jewelry and a society that just won't forget that one time where the upper class got a bit murdery.
This started as a loose tribute to the film Moonstruck and got increasingly out of hand.
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After a mission gone awry, the newest member of the Special Operations Squad finds herself running for her life in titan territory. All hope seems lost when a deviant, intelligent type of titan appears, but when she awakens in an unknown valley, she is still alive. To find her way back home, she has to overcome her demons and gain the titan's trust. But unbeknownst to her, he harbours demons of his own, and time is running short for both of them.
Or in other words: A love declaration to the Rogue Titan - His fierce, endearing and terrifying sides. (pretty much in this order)
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The Bewildering Confessions of Grayson Hawthorne by tadashinfj
Fandoms: The Inheritance Games - Jennifer Lynn Barnes
09 Apr 2025
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Grayson Hawthorne has always been good at keeping secrets. This one might be an exception. When it becomes clear that Tobias Hawthorne's death wasn't natural, Grayson's life turns upside down. Having known about his grandfather's murder, he is faced with an impossible choice, but his decision might be able to keep the death undercover and protect the Hawthornes' reputation. Naturally, the only course of action is dooming himself.
Avery Grambs has always been good at uncovering secrets. This one might be an exception. With the announcement of Tobias Hawthorne's murder, she becomes a detective, making choices she never thought she'd have to, turning against people she believed she knew. The endeavor isn't pretty, but it's her job to discover who killed Tobias Hawthorne, and nothing is going to stand in her way. But sometimes, knowing the answers is worse than being in the dark.
Thrust into a game orchestrated by a killer, Avery and Grayson must work together to expose the murderer, who is closer to home than either of them wants to admit. Soon, they're going to have to decide who they can trust...and that may not include each other.
The fact that they're falling in love isn't going to make it any easier.
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A S3-S4 Transition Speculative Fic
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Light's Out! by honkges for my younger self and Yelena s.
Fandoms: Roblox (Video Game), Flicker (Roblox) - Fandom, Classic Mode Flicker (Roblox)
08 Feb 2025
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Flicker: the game where seventeen innocents (including special roles like the psychic, investigator, medic, muffin man, and the pair of twins) use clues and accusations to figure out who the murderer is. More often than not, the murderer wins despite the amount of innocents. By all means, this show was supposed to be cancelled months ago, but it's crazed fans continue to defend and watch it. Because, hey, in the end it's all blood and games.
Now, you've got the finale of season two, despite the founder trying to stop it.
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Pistol Proof {ON HIATUS} by lilyveil1399 (clairespring7840)
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
16 Jan 2025
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It's a topic of heavy debate within the scientific community:
Mermaid scales can cure any ailment.
But it's become a prevalent enough theory that the hunting and harvesting of such elusive creatures has become a rather significant point of interest for many, and the I.P.C. is no exception.
So, it's quite an achievement for Captain Aventurine's crew aboard the Domina Fortuna when a beautiful, young sea creature is hauled onto the deck late one evening. Such close encounters with merfolk are a rarity, and it's under Aventurine's watchful eye that Sunday is to be delivered to the I.P.C. for the sake of his scales to further such research.
That's all significantly easier said than done as the lines between them begin to blur, and both parties find themselves painfully aware of the fast-approaching deadline that lingers on the horizon and the strange similarities that bind them.
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Orange on a Fire Hydrant by Seatrisa16 for WhiteCollarNonsense
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
31 Dec 2024
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Warriors is glad that Sky is finally able to spend time at his home after so long. He doesn't enjoy the resulting hangover from their celebrating though. But that's all it is, A hangover. Right?
Yet, Warrirors isn't the only one that is struggling. First Twilight is vomiting and then Legend starts coughing. What is it about the Skyloft that is causing so many of the group to get sick?