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    “Then it’s personal,” says Zanka, in a low, musing voice. He swallows. Shrinks back a little. It looks unconscious, genuinely contrite. “Did I misunderstand somethin’? I thought this was all… mutual.”

    “Huh?” says Jabber, scrolling through their interactions in his head. A lightbulb comes on. “Oh, wait, you think-” He starts laughing. “You think you hit me a lil’ too hard, so now I’m out for payback?”

    Zanka blinks. He’s putting on a very brave face, but underneath it… “Is there somethin’ else I coulda done to piss you off like this?”

    Jabber Wonger, twenty-late-year-old masochist galore, has himself an arrangement that satisfies his interests in all ways but one. Well, whatever else you can say about him, you can't say he isn't determined--especially when it comes to his personal life. But little does he know, he's in for a weird night.

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    17 May 2026

  2. Rec 25

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    Zanka will admit to anyone that he loves his Vital Instrument. It’s kind of a baseline requirement of being a Giver. No one judges him too harshly for it (even though, by Giver standards, he can be a little over the top). What he doesn’t really tell anyone though, is that he has a deep admiration for other people’s Vital Instruments, too.

    It’s logical though, isn’t it? When someone cares for something so deeply that it gains a soul, you naturally want to find out what it is about that object they love so much.

    With Mankira on his tongue, he can tell clearly what it is about her that’s special.

    aka:

    Zanka gets freaky with Mankira. Jabber is also there.

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    13 May 2026

  3. Rec 93

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    “How long do ya plan on runnin’ for?” Zanka asks eventually. Jabber ignores the way his heart trips in his chest.

    “As long as it takes for you to lose interest.” He retorts, taken aback when Zanka snorts.

    “Yeah, that ain’t happenin’ no time soon, not now that I know what I know.” It’s a horrible, terrible, revealing answer that leaves Jabber feeling stripped bare. His finger twitches, Mankira practically burning his skin with her eagerness. She wants to tear the smile straight off Zanka’s face, and Jabber wants to let her. He almost did, back in the trash beast, where she sprang into action the moment the raider got those damning words off his tongue.

    “Yer a masochist.”

    Jabber feels his lip curl into a sneer. “You don’t know shit. I enjoy a good damn fight, not whatever fantasies you wanna have about me.”

    An almost deranged grin splits Zanka’s face. “Yeah? Why don’t ya go on an’ prove it ta me, then?” And in the next second, Mankira has deactivated, and Jabber throws the first punch, straight at Zanka’s face.

    Zanka discovers something about Jabber that Jabber would rather ignore. Zanka won't let him.

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    24 Apr 2026

  4. Rec 61

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    In which Jabber uses his chemistry knowledge to dose Zanka with estrogen over the course of a year after a particularly wonderful realization. Alternatively, "internalized homophobia so bad I forcefem my roommate into my girlfriend".

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    17 Apr 2026

  5. Rec 32

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    Somewhere far from the world, deep in the cold heart of Transylvania, a small circle of gifted givers devoted themselves to destroy what ancient demons left behind after feasting on flesh and blood - living corpses, known as trash beasts.

    But what happens when the vampires stop hiding and come out themselves instead?

    One month after Zanka Nijiku, member of Akuta Cleaner's team, found a thick silver ring in an old church, his life slowly drowned into a chain of grim, mystical events.

    By the end, who is hunting whom?

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    09 Apr 2026