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  1. Public Bookmark 39

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    “Tell me about yourself,” Aventurine smiled. “How does an upstanding, sweet thing like you end up in a den of moral grit and grime?”

    Stelle thought carefully about her response.

    “I was horny.”

    “What?” Aventurine’s head nearly hit the countertop.

    “I was… horny,” Stelle repeated herself, wondering if perhaps he hadn’t heard her the first time.

    “I heard you the first time, darling,” Aventurine stressed. “But… you need to have a little more class than that, no?”

    Stelle frowned. She never went to school. How was she supposed to have class?

    In which Stelle winds up in the seedy underbelly of Penacony Golden Dream--the red light district, home to all manner of lowlifes, scoundrels, and one-night stands. She won't survive a minute there, not without a friend to lean on.

    But she learns soon enough that everyone deserves as much; a shoulder to cry on, and a friend to call home.

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    01 Jul 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 45

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    vanishing point • noun • /ˈvæn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ ˌpɔɪnt/

    1. the point at which receding parallel lines viewed in perspective appear to converge.

    2. the point at which something that has been decreasing disappears altogether.

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    30 Jun 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 10

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    Stelle's stomach burst with cruel butterflies at the implication, hesitantly replying, “What do you want to talk about?”

    "Ah..." Aventurine let out a little coquettish chuckle, Stelle's cheeks growing warm as Aventurine stepped closer, “Cutting to the chase. I like that.

     

    Or: Aventurine and Stelle's encounter in the Reverie hotel room gets a bit... sidetracked.

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    30 Jun 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 23

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    “Caution? Oh, I dance with her. I tease her. I wave at her from the side of risk and hope she never forgets me. I show her that being careful is too bland for her, too boring. I take her hand and run into a dying sun.”

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    29 Jun 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 65

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    Aha and Akivili had mostly gravitated towards the mortals, bantering and hanging around like humans while decidingly not being human themselves.
    In the future, even with Akivili’s death, this changes absolutely nothing at all.

    Or: In Jarilo VI, the Elation attempts to reconnect with an old friend. The difficult part is to not get caught while they do so.

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    26 Jun 2024

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