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this is supposed to be a picture of cloud strife lol



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  1. Public Bookmark 22

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    Dan Heng kneels in front of him. There’s a hint of worry in his eyes as he starts peeling off the bandages, revealing what Blade does not want to be seen. Beneath the stained dressing, marred skin and bruises and wounds from early battles tell a story of wartimes. Blade can only tell when and how he got the newest ones; the oldest, though, have been a part of him for too long already. A blade can be repaired, but it can never return to its original state; it will always become a new sword, a new spear, one born from another weapon that had fought for too long.

    Blade doesn’t look at his own skin. Instead, he watches Dan Heng’s reaction. The other man carefully looks at Blade’s torso, his face twisting at times, but never daring to raise his eyes. Some of these scars, Blade remembers, were made by him. He has imprinted himself onto Blade’s body by plunging Cloud Piercer into his heart. That’s why Blade didn’t want him to look at the current state of his skin. Old wounds can still be reopened.

    In which Dan Heng changes Blade’s bandages and Blade relearns how it feels to be touched.

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    05 Jun 2026

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    “Deliverer.”

    Mydei hefted himself onto the shore as he spoke, long pink-red tail curling in the cool, wet sand. The fins sticking out of where his ears would’ve been fanning in and out in response to the breeze.

    “I still don’t think that word means what you think it does.”

    “You bring me human things.” Mydei pushed back his long, soaking wet hair, the little shells and repurposed human jewelry used to hold his braids together clinking against one another like windchimes in the breeze. Pointing at the bag slung over Phainon’s shoulder, Mydei added, “Deliverer.”

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    06 May 2026

  3. Rec 59

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    A warrior only kneels twice: the first time in prayer, and the second in defeat. All Kremnoans live and die by this, a lesson thoroughly sowed from the wall of their skulls to the hardened bone of their kneecaps, until they grow resilient, unbending legs.
    A king only kneels once — at his coronation, accepting the hefty weight of a jeweled crown over his head, and the responsibility of his land and his people.

    Phainon’s belt clinks, the leather slipping from silver hoops, and Mydei falls to his knees.

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    05 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 51

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    The water begins rippling again, this time much closer to his boat. For a moment, Phainon isn't sure what he's looking at—and then he chokes on his own tongue as the most beautiful man he's ever seen surfaces.

    The man—the creature—brushes his hair out of his face. When he looks at Phainon with his golden eyes, Phainon shivers, sword nearly forgotten. He understands, now, why the heroes of myths tied themselves to their boats in siren-infested waters. He feels no better than them in this moment.

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    Phainon sees something no man should see.

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    05 May 2026

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    Angel sipped his wine, cheeks beginning to flush. “I mean…” he trailed off, running his thumb through the condensation that covered the glass. His gaze flicked to Aki for only a moment before continuing. “It’s safe through cloth, right?”

    Aki’s cheeks burned a bright, cherry red and he finished his drink with a gulp.

     

    /OR a storm hits and Angel spends the night at Aki's apartment.

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    18 Nov 2025

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    it’s peak…..