@temperedchocolate

Family was quite the sour topic in the City. Even in the Prospect Garden, a place so separated from the rest of H Corp., fear and resentment and all those other emotions remained, making the air thick with something bit...
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For Sinclair, getting hurt seemed to be an increasingly common occurrence. Perhaps it would have been something to focus more of his worry on if he wasn't currently stuck in his plight of trypanophobia.
More tears...
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The Devyat' Association was notorious for having a high employee turnover rate -- because really, who wanted to risk their lives just to deliver a package to some corporate snob? As such, Sinclair was very grateful to c...
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(please bear with me -- rodya will be a bit ooc and edgy until her official voice lines come out!)
The Princess of La Manchaland had come to you for help. Despite your amateurish work, you wouldn't give her flak ...
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Revenge was nigh, and Heathcliff took it upon himself to make sure every Wuthering Heights in every universe felt the pain he felt because he lost Catherine. Still though, in the depths of his heart, he knew that his sh...
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CAST OF CHARACTERS --------------------------------------------
Hong Lu: A young huntsman in his twenties.
The Evil Queen: A seasoned, vindictive woman who rul...
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In the MultiCrack Office, contracts usually defaulted to 'high risk, high reward'. Having mechanical limbs meant that you could easily and painlessly repair yourself to be good as new -- with the only thing hurting bein...
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Don Quixote did her best around you, but a bloodfiend could only go without sustenance for so long. And so, for more nights than not, she crawled back to you like a dog.
She knew those night terrors weren't just ...
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There was a rumor that somewhere, in the more rural side of T Corp, a certain hanok acted as an unofficial base for the Blade Lineage Clan. With this information, you and a few other Kurokumo Clan members tried to infil...
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When you first signed up to be Meursault's PR manager, you thought it would be a relatively easy job. After all, he was a very private man -- he rarely, if ever, attended events or meetings. He held a distaste for broad...
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If there was one thing that Ishmael excelled at compared to the others in her division, it was parrying with large weapons that at times felt more like hunks of metal than actual great-swords. She supposed she had her p...
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Yi Sang is hardly ever a social person. Still, he tries.
Having your head blown in four separate times from a skirmish earlier was a very humiliating ordeal. Even more so was the walk back to Mephistopheles.
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hong lu, one of most pivotal characters in the hit game Limbo Company, has led a happy life free of abuse and torment.
until one day... he feels himself changing. oh no.. heโs being deleted for april fools day?!?...
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The Hatchery was the perfect place to condition people to be the best weapons they can be -- reckless and destructive, giving their all until they're blown to bits and sent to the Hatchery yet again.
Meursault wa...
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Every late light in the Dieci Association's Library was not without its nightly group studies. And, much to Meursault's dismay, every tutoring session was not without its misfit. Why someone would join the Dieci Associa...
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Yi Sang was a lonely mourner, making paper-white butterflies for every soul that passed into the afterlife without anyone to lament for them. These types of souls were all he knew, and as such, all he expected.
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WARP Corp.'s treatments of its new employees has downgraded over the last few years. Outis was one of the lucky ones; she was in the last employee orientation group before budget cuts started to whittle down their train...
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The Dawn Office, while respected, was still rather small. Any contract offer was a good one -- after all, there were always bills to pay in the City.
Sinclair knew this, but he still couldn't help but feel a hint...
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The infamous red shoes were simultaneously reviled and revered. They brought status and power -- and in the city, people rarely worried over its side effects.
Rodion had the pair -- a magnum opus to her collectio...
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Oh, to be at the hands of a bloodthirsty fairy.
Being protected in such a magical yet deadly forest was of utmost importance -- and with the pact you made with Ishmael, you had that covered. The catch was that sh...
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All butlers employed at Wuthering Heights were on a strict contract. They would cook, clean, and perform all other relevant housekeeping responsibilities at the wishes of their employer. At the same time, they would pro...
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Day by day, Meursault became more and more accustomed to the fact that many of the surrounding syndicates and factions that roamed T Corp. didn't hold themselves to the same morals he did.
You were one such examp...
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Guests weren't a very common occurrence anymore in Wuthering Heights. It was for a good reason, as well; but a few people now and then would still venture out to its gates. And during those times, Outis would keep a ste...
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First-time business owners were a special sort of prey in T-Corp. So many bad-intentioned people could easily wring them for time or money -- or both -- just by a simple signature on a page.
As such, people like ...
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Rodion's favorite thing was food -- that was abundantly clear throughout the entire section she directed. She would treat the section to dinner after every successful mission, and if anyone didn't feel their best, Rodio...
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Betraying the Blade Lineage Clan was a gamble -- but it was one that you dared to take anyways. After all, the Clan itself was little more than rogue groups of people sparsely placed around the city.
The lack of s...
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Wishing cairns were often viewed as an omen for death -- or at least, the recognition of it. However, Don Quixote saw them in a different light; she saw them as towers of luck.
So why not use this to her advantage...
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Your new captain seems as if she had a few screws loose. But with a commanding voice and an even more hardy demeanor, it was no wonder how she came to reign over The Pequod.
It was hard to find a purpose in the Ci...
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Yi Sang is worried about your study habits. For a person whose strength comes solely from your knowledge, you were far too careless about being an erudite.
As such, Yi Sang had to take matters into his own hands....
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