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Essek stares at him, still worried, but with an expression that is a little more blank. “Your days?”
“Oh, ah, my cycle? Period?” He fidgets. “I’m sorry, I’m not sure how they say it in the Dynasty. Menstruation?”
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22 May 2026
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"No doubt thou didst melt the seal open on the steam vents to read the business of thy betters, planned how thou wouldst ingratiate thyself with the Archduke— oh yes, we know thy tricks…”
Not the steam vents, thinks Csevet. It would wet the paper. The hot pipes, yes— but not the vents. He would only use a steam vent if he wanted to bleed the ink onto the external sheet and claim inclement weather, and that almost never can be gotten away with inside the court.
Captain Orthema is saying Lord Chavar, leave Mer Aisava, but Csevet knows Chavar will not move for love or money now, not until he has said his piece.
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Two attempts on the throne; and Csevet Aisava, in the shadows.Bookmarked by ayaw
03 May 2026
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“Shaleän is an… awkward question for the Corat' Dav Arhos,” said Csevet slowly. “And we gather she is not much discussed in noble society… in public noble society, that is. But she is something of a folk figure to those who live on the coast, and they call her the arh’avar, the water-duke. She scandalises, to be sure— she has a wife stowed away in Solunee-over-the-Water, so it’s said— but many of the avarsin pay her huge sums to see their shipments safely across the Chadavean Sea, to smuggle valuables, or sometimes even to conduct raids on rivals’ ships. It has long been suspected that her father pays her great sums to feed him information and safeguard his ships. The Great Avar, we suspect, would not be as rich as he is without Shaleän Sevraseched. So her acknowledgement was generally considered to be long overdue, and we do agree with the Zhasan— we think he means efficiency, and personal investment, in his sending of her.”
(The Great Avar's definition of a 'trade negotiator' is possibly a little loose... so it's just as well that Shaleän is only sort of meant to be doing that.)
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03 May 2026
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child, how would we know? by astardanced
Fandoms: The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
22 Jan 2026
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“So,” he said, “You are to be our grandson’s wife.”
“An it pleases His Serenity and our father,” said Csethiro Ceredin. Her voice was deeper than he had expected, and she seemed to have to work to keep it from carrying.
“And how does it please Csethiro Ceredin, pray?” said Maru.
“As well as it pleases any lady chosen to be Zhasan, we have no doubt,” said Csethiro coolly.
Saying that to Chenelo Sevraseched’s father was either stupid or deliberately brassy, and Maru had already ruled out the likelihood of her being stupid.Bookmarked by ayaw
02 May 2026
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all your sisters wanna fly by astardanced
Fandoms: The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
18 Jun 2025
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To his Imperial Serenity Edrehasivar VII, greetings,
Should it please your Serenity to be informed— as your Serenity has always shown a generous interest in the wellbeing of the Ceredada— our wife the Marchioness Ceredaran was safely delivered of a son at eleven minutes past four this morning. The Marchioness and her child are both well; House Ceredada greatly welcomes the news of an heir at last and celebrates it in earnest.
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an heir for the ceredada, at long last.Series
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29 Apr 2026
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Csethiro broke abruptly free of the pack and came sweeping towards him with hands outstretched, probably hoping to do damage control.
“Serenity,” she said, ignoring her father, who seemed to be wanting to prompt her like a conductor. “We are honoured to have you here.”
Maia had very little experience with the specific social mortifications of an embarrassing family— his own having simply chosen to forget he existed— and it wouldn’t have been fair to make a judgement, but there was already an undeniable tinge of the ridiculous to the entire affair.(Awkward dinners are part and parcel of the Emperor's role... but the Ceredada really are spectacularly embarrassing.)
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- Part 1 of the sisters ceredin
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29 Apr 2026
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Foolishly abandoned by his mess of a wizard, the little fey Frumpkin sets out on a journey to go back where he belongs.
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06 Feb 2026
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Bringing Caleb to one of Nicodranas' most niche burlesque experiences sounded good in theory, but it's something else in practice.
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05 Feb 2026
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“Should call you the Ottawa Puppies,” says the Toronto centre, Svensson. As an insult it makes no sense, so Ilya ignores it, until he continues, “Hear Hollander keeps you on a short leash.”
Ilya is the captain, so if anything, he should be holding the leash. In English, you can be singular or plural, but he knows what Svensson is trying to say. He is saying Ilya Rozanov, you are Hollander’s bitch.
“Only sometimes,” Ilya replies, grinning. He wins the face off.
OR: Ilya trains himself to be a very, very good guard dog for Shane.
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05 Jan 2026
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Let's Have a Threesome by undeadknickknack for nsfwildflower
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)
08 Dec 2025
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Remember how Fjord got murdered by Uk'otoa fish assassins almost immediately after Veth got her body back? What if instead of that, he had a threesome with Veth and Caleb
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08 Dec 2025
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and the ghosts say what you already know by lakrisrot (enheduane)
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
06 Jul 2023
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He thinks of thick smoke in his nostrils and the sound of his own screaming drowning out that of his parents. He thinks, distantly, that he should have broken a long, long time ago.
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Bren attends a peace party in Rosohna with an unexpected guest of honor.Bookmarked by ayaw
01 Dec 2025
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“Poor thing,” Ludinus had said when he woke. “They’ve pushed you far too hard, to have you sleeping like a child.”
Sunlight burning his eyes, Essek whimpered and looked away. “I am fine.”
“I don’t think so, darling,” Ludinus answered, the concern previously in his voice replaced by reproach. Touch unyielding, he took Essek’s chin in hand and made him return his gaze to him. “I will take care of you.”
“What?”
“Tell them you’ve fallen ill. While they think you’re sick, I will get you out of that pretty little head.”
“And how will you do that?”
Ludinus had smiled, wicked. “Oh, I think you’ll find it quite pleasurable, pet.”
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01 Dec 2025
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tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow by RoyalHeather
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
17 Feb 2025
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LIAM: (Caleb) Oh wait, I have a quick question because when Essek was, his disguise was dropped before the Bright Queen, Caleb immediately was thinking, does he need to wrap up his presence in Rexxentrum and vanish so that Essek-- I don't know how hard they are going to go for Essek, so in the week that comes, I think Caleb starts making bug out plans in case they get all of the Dynasty swarming on them, but if that doesn't happen--
MATT: Make an insight check for Caleb.
LIAM: Oh, that's not going to be good at all.
Caleb needs to keep his wizard safe. Essek helps him chill out.
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01 Dec 2025
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It was still there when he made his way back to his assigned patch. And still there once he’d pulled all the low, creeping weeds from between the thick, woody stems of the lavender bushes.
“If you are dead, you realize I will pull up this weed,” he muttered to it on his fifth pass.
It, naturally, did not reply, though whether due to a lack of investment in its chosen home or a lack of vital signs was unclear.
In the aftermath of Aeor, in the Clay Family gardens, Essek encounters, speaks to, and has a mild existential crisis over, a bee.
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20 Nov 2025
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Recently, Ava had been watching Youtube videos on mindfulness in an effort to try to increase the percentage of her thoughts she was able to keep just in her head. That training was about to fail her spectacularly. “One of the nuns is kind of cute.”
Mary’s fingers paused mid stitch. Ava’s fork paused halfway to her mouth as her brain caught up with what she’d just said.
“Ava, what the fu—”
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Ava has to spend several weeks in a church archive. The person running the archive is a nun, and also hot. She is totally normal and respectful about this.
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20 Jul 2025
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Nona's Very Special Winter Carnival Funtimes by thewormwithproblems (lovetheirloves) for panconaceite
Fandoms: The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir
28 Dec 2024
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When cold weather sets in on New Rho, Nona and her family visit the festival.
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14 May 2025
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One morning, Essek was bumped into rather violently and rudely by a man in a red scarf, at whom he never got a proper look. That evening, he began to sleep again—true, proper sleep—for the first time since childhood, and found himself suddenly unable to trance.
These two events appeared unrelated. They would remain that way in his mind for a long while before he understood the truth.Bookmarked by ayaw
03 May 2025
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Hezenkoss has regained her hand, and she is ready to put it to good use.
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03 Mar 2025
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Cherry-Red by stardust_and_sunlight
Fandoms: The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir
21 Feb 2025
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“Do not,” Cam managed, “call me kid right now,” and Pyrrah’s laugh was the brightest thing she’d heard in months.
[Pyrrah and Camilla have a moment in between it all. Palamedes is not there, of course, but he also kind of is.]
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02 Mar 2025