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“Time to fully cross the border, my friends! I’m even doing this free of charge, you know,” Hu Tao informed the entities around her, summoning the Staff of Homa. All she needed was a little spark from her vision, and—
“Miss, I kindly ask that you refrain from disturbing the spirits any further. They are perfectly peaceful creatures, and should you dispel them, I would sorely miss the company they provide,” a calm voice said, right behind Hu Tao in the desolate cemetery.
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Or, a chance encounter in a haunted cemetery leads to a discussion between two people who tread the border between life and death
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Revelry in Strife by the_nerdiest_nerd
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
31 Aug 2025
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After years of self-imposed exile in the deepest of the depths, Hysilens’ mournful song is harshly interrupted… by a baby’s cries. Cradled by the current, she finds an abandoned Kremnoan baby, and decides to take him in after discovering he is a Chrysos Heir.
… or, what if Hysilens found Mydei as a baby and took care of him?
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Purging the Filth by the_nerdiest_nerd
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
23 May 2025
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Deep breath in, deep breath out. Those wretched horns materialized like a mantle on his brow; the nearby waters surged against in response to his awakened power.
Stelle and Phainon were, hopefully, already long gone. It was just Dan Heng and the black-cloaked swordmaster—the Flame Reaver.
The Flame Reaver seemed confused by his sudden change in appearance, and its shadowy clones wavered, flickering in-and-out, in-and-out. Its clawed hands held its sword tighter as it struggled to force out the words. “Who… are you? Must… reset…”
“I am Dan Heng, Nameless of the Astral Express,” he said simply.
The Flame Reaver flickered again, perhaps considering, then growled and charged.
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Or, what happened when Dan Heng stayed behind to fight the Flame Reaver as Imbibitor Lunae?
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what if you gave it all to find it wasn’t enough? by the_nerdiest_nerd
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
11 Sep 2024
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Jiaoqiu ruminates on all that happened on the Xianzhou Luofu.
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I want to feel that fire that you kept from me by the_nerdiest_nerd
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
08 Jul 2024
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In which Furina, on what was supposed to be a wholesome trip to Sumeru, is waylaid by ill-intended Fatui in the desert, only to be saved by a mysterious Wanderer, who is… damaged in the ensuing fight. Now Furina and this Wanderer have to make it make to civilization in order to fix the Wanderer’s odd injuries. Some small problems. The Wanderer can barely walk, and Furina can’t cook anything but macaroni. Nothing could get worse, right? Wrong.
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Dan Heng’s Very Bad, No Good, Awful Adventure on Amphoreus by the_nerdiest_nerd
Fandom 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
23 May 2025
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exactly what it says on the tin. Amphoreus, but Dan Heng’s POV. featuring excessive headcanons, exhausted inner monologue, and continual third wheeling.
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though the stars walk backward, by yuyangs
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
24 Jun 2026
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Five years ago, Castrum Kremnos swore allegiance to the Republic, and a prerequisite of such a drastic decision was that they were to leave behind their old ways. The King of Castrum Kremnos, Mydeimos, promised to slowly rehabilitate his people. Three years later, Castrum Kremnos was granted full membership in the senate.
Nobody knows why Mydeimos did such a thing. The only thing that’s certain is that his people are divided.
Or: the Phaidei Star Wars AU no one asked for.
Bookmarked by the_nerdiest_nerd
25 Jun 2026
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the crows in the garden are laughing at my expense by orchidspace
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
22 Jun 2026
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A pen slips from Blade’s hand.
It’s almost thoughtless—the knife was just there.On hands, pens, and kitchen knives; or, more precisely, on memory and feeling.
Bookmarked by the_nerdiest_nerd
22 Jun 2026
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ,,,,,,,
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“Alhaitham,” Kaveh drawls quietly, the alcohol hitting his system. “Why don’t you touch me?”
Alhaitham blinks. He wasn’t expected to be asked about this, of all things. This goes against everything he had gathered from his observations of Kaveh’s behavior.
“Because… you don’t like being touched?” Alhaitham supplies.
“But I do,” Kaveh whines. “And you never touch me.”
Or, Kaveh keeps reacting strangely when Alhaitham touches him. In observing why exactly Kaveh's behaving like this, Alhaitham realizes that what Kaveh desires aligns awfully close to his own.
Bookmarked by the_nerdiest_nerd
13 Jun 2026
Bookmarker's Notes
it’s been like a year and a half since I’ve bookmarked kavhaitham #weresoback
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La Mancha was the Lead Hunter of the Galaxy Rangers. He was the one who dealt the killing blow to Lord Ravager Zulo, the one who tore and gnawed at his enemies without mercy. Even after fading into obscurity, there are those who continue to look for him—for better or for worse.
Ashveil is the Ashen Detective of Planarcadia, led only by intuition and a wish for retirement. He knows the truth about La Mancha: he died after consuming Zulo, and all the letters and knocks at his door won't change that. He's a wolf without a pack now, no matter how many wolf cubs use their pleading eyes on him.
That is, of course, until he gets to know the cubs of the Astral Express. But is he the one adopting them, or are they adopting him?
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what is a century, but a spark swallowed by eternity? by Anonymous
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
25 May 2026
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Madam Faruzan. There is something I would like to show you, if you have an afternoon free. Meet me at the east gate at second bell? I will bring snacks! — N
Faruzan read it twice. She set it on her desk. She looked at her manuscript. She looked at the mechanism, which had, in a development she was choosing to interpret as coincidental rather than symbolic, defeated her again this morning on what she had believed was the final calibration step. She looked at the note again.
She spent two hours not thinking about it during which she accomplished nothing useful and knocked over one of the inkwells.
She was at the east gate at second bell.