PhantomPiano



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  1. Public Bookmark 23

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    it's really hard to tell, and it's stupid to be jealous of your alternate self, but right now you just need a solid friend to hold & hold you.

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    31 Mar 2026

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    With his new webcam at ready, Gordon is ready to show the science team the real him for the first time. He expects a lot of things-- high emotions, jokes about his appearance, all the works.

    He doesn't expect fear.

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  3. Public Bookmark 26

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    “What are you, a cop? Get out of here,” Gordon snapped. His shoulders ached from hunching over the worktable, but he'd been so close to finishing the rebuild that he hadn't wanted to stop and stretch.

    “You don't have a nametag,” the girl said. “That would make this easier.”

    “I don't work in the main store,” Gordon told her. “Who are you – and, hey, why do you want to know? Why did Adrian even let you back here?”

    “I'm Alyx,” the girl said. She stepped forward and pulled a card case out of one of the zippered pockets on her jacket, holding it out. “And he let me back here because the characters in my game are asking for Gordon Freeman, by name. So is that you, or not?”

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    22 Mar 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 10

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    Knuckles, Sonic, and most of their other friends don't really think much about Team Chaotix. These sorts of close friendships are just the norm. But maybe that looser sort of model isn't as appropriate when you really don't know where your next meal is coming from or if you'll have somewhere to sleep next month. Especially with a young child in the mix.

    Vanilla remembers being 18 and a new mother, how lonely and tough it was. But babies don't notice when parents forgo meals or live in a cramped studio apartment the way a 6 year old does. Vanilla transitioned her daughter from the instability of her infancy to the comfort she not knows by the skin of her teeth, and Vector has TWO mouths to feed, with a LOT of opinions as to how he goes about it.

    Basically: None of his other friends think of Vector as a father, but to Vanilla, Team Chaotix is like this horrificly sad and struggling family of three headed by an 18 year old pseudo-raising 1 and-a-half children he isn't old enough to be the father of either.

    And don't even think about trying to tell Espio he does not *fully* count as an adult guardian in this situation.

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    15 Mar 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 12

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    Charmy is a small child. And like all small children, sometimes he acts out, is disruptive or disrespectful, or gets Team Chaotix kicked out of Twinkle Park. When this happens, Vector employs the advice he received from Vanilla: he has Charmy sit down and write a letter detailing what he thinks he did, why he thinks it wasn't okay, and what he thinks he should do to fix it. This is a collection of those letters, from ages four to six.

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    13 Mar 2026