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    For you, for me - he clutches the worn wood of the staff tightly to his chest, like a child seeking comfort in its favorite stuffed animal - I will not allow you to be ripped away from me.

    When it's with him, his soul feels whole.

    The massive hole is gone, the voices of doubt in his head quieted by the sensation of old wood against his palms.

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    02 Mar 2026

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    bookmarking at ch61, already obsessed :D

  2. Public Bookmark 78

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    When Zanka was six, he tried poison for the first time. His father, a shoo-in for some position or another, had been targeted by an assassination attempt. So as a precaution, all the Nijikus - even little Zanka - had to prepare for any scenario. They ran drills until their fingers bled, doubled down on self-defence technique, and started ingesting small bits of poison to build up an immunity.

    Eleven years on, Zanka doesn't live with his family anymore, but his life certainly is in danger thanks to one poison obsessed individual. Jabber is crazy, competitive, and the only thing Zanka’s been able to think about for weeks. Each time he faces a poison-tipped claw, he can’t help but wonder if he’s building up an immunity or falling into a new addiction.

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    11 Jan 2026

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    Not surprisingly, it only took Zanka a few steps to realize that he hadn't been magically teleported to a faraway land. Instead, he realized that his body felt weird, lankier, taller. His limbs felt awkward and uncoordinated. He could feel that the clothing on his skin felt different, that the usual training gear had been exchanged for a scrappy and thin shirt paired with shorts full of patchwork. He didn't even have shoes.

    No, Zanka knew that this wasn't his body to begin with.

    He couldn't help himself when elated giggling escaped past his lips. He was ecstatic. Overjoyed. He felt like he would vibrate out of his skin from the excitement.

    The switch — a unique and extraordinary event of two people switching bodies. Not just any people could switch, but soulmates. Those who are meant for each other. One soul split in half, inhabiting two bodies.

    And now, Zanka had switched. He had met his soulmate.

    Or, the Janka body swap soulmate au everyone was craving for

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    12 Jan 2026

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    Hard work beats genius. Zanka is gonna tattoo that onto the sorry fuckin' hide of everyone who's ever doubted him, and he's gonna start with Jabber fuckin' Wonger. He's gonna prove he's nothing like that guy, or his shithead family.

    (The rush he feels at the sight of blood, at the sweet sound of agony, doesn't mean a thing.)

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    09 Jan 2026

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    ngl I think this is one of my favorites >:3

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    "GREAT! Just great! As if this could GET any better!" Zanka bites out, seething. Of course he's stuck here, injured, in a damp, dirty cell, and of course he's stuck here with fucking Jabber of all people.

    Jabber whistles appreciatively, "Man, you're in a mood today. Wake up on the wrong side of the bed?" and cackles at his own joke. Zanka's gonna strangle him. He's gonna rip out those bars with his bare hands and use them to beat Jabber to death.

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    Zanka is taken by some people who want to study givers. Jabber is there too. This somehow makes everything both better and so much worse.

     

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    23 Dec 2025