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  1. Rec *

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    The cruelest thing about the Nameless was that they made it so easy to pretend that Sunday belonged. They fed that greedy, stupid, childish thing that cried out from within him, tossing enough scraps of amity for him to piece them together into something that felt like home. The curtains only closed when Sunday lay awake at night and stared at the ceiling of the bedroom that wasn’t really his, and he remembered that it started like this and could only end like this: with him, alone in the dark.

    Sunday is found by the Astral Express Crew after fleeing Penacony. He accepts their offer to join, and realizes that

    a. fitting into this tight-knit group is likely impossible
    b. trouble finds the Trailblazers no matter where they go.

    or, the chronicle of the Astral Express trying, failing, and trying again to fit Sunday into their family.

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    18 Dec 2024

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    The inside of the Astral Express is warm, cozy, done in a style he's heard was touted for its modernity an Aeon's lifetime ago. The entire crew is present: Dan Heng all the way in the back, March 7th, springing up from her seat beside Stelle, Mr. Welt, serving as a barrier between him and the younger members, and Ms. Himeko, taking a step forward to capture his attention.
    “Mr. Sunday,” she says, diplomacy wrapped tightly around her voice. “Welcome aboard the Astral Express.”
    “A pleasure,” he responds, fully intending to match her honeyed word for honeyed word. “I suppose this arrangement is your doing?”
    “A joint effort,” she smiles. “As partial shareholders in Penacony, we've been working with both the Family and the IPC to ensure its smooth management. We've agreed to take you on.”

    Sunday is transferred into the Astral Express' custody. He assumes he's changing wardens. The crew is determined to be much more than just that.

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    17 Dec 2024

  3. Rec 52

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    Being in a sweet dream for far too long has its overreaching consequences.

    aka Sunday has lingering physical issues in his imprisonment; going to the Astral Express helps, and various encounters with the familiar crewmates.

    2.7 spoilers.

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    16 Dec 2024

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    After the fall of Penacony's Dreamscape, Sunday is arrested, his future hanging by a thread. Desperate to save him, Robin makes a risky deal with Jade, begging the Astral Express to take him in. But can Sunday truly escape the chains of his past? Haunted by trauma, guilt, and a world that’s moved on without him, Sunday’s journey aboard the Express may prove just as perilous as the world he left behind.

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    15 Dec 2024

  5. Rec 8

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    “I’m a monster, by human standards, and you are selfish. You’re as selfish as me.”

    There was a proper wince then; the slightest narrowing of eyes and flinching of limbs that jolted the Doctor’s body. The Master drank in the sight like a man starved.

    “That kills you, doesn’t it?” The Master asked, almost breathless. “Being compared to me. Being told we’re the same. You’ve spent so long trying to tell yourself otherwise, but you know it. You know, deep down, we’re the same.”

     

    Or: A collection of moments between the Doctor and the Master in the Tardis

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    13 Dec 2024

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