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    Do you think about countries outside of Revachol and start to cry? Do you read fanfiction and see a bit of worldbuilding and wonder if it’s canon or not? Do you go onto FAYDE and see a line and go “how do you even get that line was that true the whole time?” Do you not know how much of Elysium is Fantasy France and you’re too afraid to ask? Well have I got the fic for you!
    The worldbuilding of Elysium is complicated, detailed, and often hidden behind skill checks. It is precise and vague and subjective and overwhelming, just like real life. This atlas hopes to streamline and organize the traditional FAYDE search process, clarify details, and note when the real world influences are notable and draw upon that. And wrap it all up in a colloquial bow because otherwise it’d be impossible for me to read my own work without my brain glazing over.

    Complete with aside breakdowns from the author over subjects such as “oh my god a dormant volcano is taller than two Everests”, “what the fuck is up with tzaraath that’s not how prion diseases work what the fuck”, and “why do I have to learn about time!”

    Version 1.02; Updated September 13, 2023

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    02 Nov 2024

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    The world hides you in her fog skirts. You row until you can no longer see land, till even its shadow has been swallowed and you’re drifting alone, the last person left alive in Elysium. Or perhaps the first ever made, floating in a wooden womb, amniotic fluid dewing on your thin coat. 
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    The Paledriver reminisces.

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    30 Oct 2024

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    A Kim Kitsuragi character study in fragments that lead up to the pre-apocalypse.

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    29 Oct 2024

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    Jean is expecting to lose you again. Lose you for the last time. Because make no mistake- if you fuck up, because of this or anything else, it *will* be the last time. Don’t disappoint him again.
    Kim catches your wrist as you walk between your desks, gives it a quick squeeze. The leather of his glove is cool against your skin. He doesn’t say anything, but you understand. It is both reassurance and a warning.
    The walk through the hallway behind Alice feels like a walk to the firing squad lineup. God, what are you getting yourself into? Why aren’t you listening to the people who know you so much better than you do? But your feet keep moving and in a minute you are in the lobby, and standing in front of you is the woman who ruined your life.
    You ruined each other’s lives, your brain hisses at you. That does not make it any better, you hiss back. You do not speak.
    “Harry,” She breathes, and her face lights up in a radiant smile. “Oh, it’s been so long. Let’s step outside, shall we?”

    Or: I had this idea about Dora coming back to see Harry well into his recovery and how it might affect him

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    28 Oct 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 60

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    HARRY DU BOIS - "Kim, this is a priceless opportunity for knowledge," he protests. "You never know when a working understanding of aerostatics will be useful for one of our cases!"

    PURSUIT [Easy: Success] - Harry does not think this will be useful for one of your cases; he's just curious. You know the way he gets: he's seen something new and interesting, so now he wants to crack it open and dig his fingers into the guts of it until he understands how it all fits together.

    FOCUS [Medium: Success] - He always tries this, as if you can't tell the difference between Harry on the case and Harry chasing butterflies.

    PURSUIT [Medium: Success] - Does it matter if it's relevant to your work or not? Harry's instinct for secrets is second to none. Let him untangle them. You like solving them too.

    FOCUS - They're a distraction.

    ADRENALINE - Let's solve irrelevant mysteries about something other than the pale.

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    Kim, Harry, and several members of C-wing take an aerostatic through the pale.

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