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all some children do is work by Pariahgraph
Fandoms: I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game)
06 Oct 2024
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“You are such a galactic nerd,” Anemone grins, “when did you get so serious and responsible?”
Sol swings their legs, looking out at the treeline. Was that a shadow, just there? “Same time you did, I think.”
Anemone abruptly stops smiling, staring out at the gloom. Sol watches a wild hopeye roll around happily in the dust and tries not to look at her.
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Solace endeavours to make it through the last of their teens alive, if not unscathed, and tries to bring their loved ones with them. A retelling of the last two years of my first IWATEX run.
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- Part 1 of children's work
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if we're just play fighting, how come that blade's shining by Pariahgraph
Fandoms: I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game)
13 Oct 2024
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Cal shoves his hands in his pockets. “That sounds. Less scary,” he admits, “people write about being in love in holonovels and stuff and I think it sounds sort of terrifying.”
Geranium’s eyes crinkle. “I could never really get into romances. They always seem to stop before the good bit, because it’s not as fun to read about showing up and doing the work.”
In the back of his head, Cal hears Solace say "ninety per cent showing up."
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Recalcitrance struggles with coming of age, moving on, and reaching for more. A prequel to "all some children do is work", although it stands on its own.
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- Part 2 of children's work
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you're built to balance on two feet by Pariahgraph
Fandoms: I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game)
04 Nov 2024
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It’s hard, sweaty work, but it’s good. He’s part of something bigger, something he dreamed of all those years aboard the Heliopause while people told him to grow up and do something useful.
Rex did grow up, and he did do something useful, just not the way they intended.
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Rex realises his world is changing, and him with it.
(now with lovely illustration by PenguinPerson!)
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- Part 3 of children's work
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four chambers, just a standard issue by Pariahgraph
Fandoms: I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game)
05 Dec 2024
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Anemone frowns, watching trees and cliffs pass them by. “That must have been hard, to re-learn something you used to be really good at.”
Sol shrugs, smiling. “Yeah, kind of? But I got to come back to it, and fall in love again."
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Anemone grapples with forgiveness, feeling purposeless, and finding her way back to joy.
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- Part 4 of children's work