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  1. Public Bookmark 23

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    Edwin and Charles get stolen away to the Fairy Court. The Fairies come to regret this.

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    24 Nov 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 62

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    "You’re right about me feeling a lot of feelings about the whole situation. Andrew tried to do right by me. Was it too late for all of that? Maybe. But it means something to me that he was going to try.”

    Charles bites his lip, searching for words. “And it means something to me that someone wanted to stop him. They got away with killing me thirty years ago. You’re not going to let them get away with doing that to me again, are you?”

    Instead of submitting his confession for murdering Charles Rowland 35 years ago, Andrew Fairfax has to drag his soul out the lake of St. Hilarion with no memory of who exactly choked these bruises into his neck but he's got a list of suspects and a pretty good idea of their motives. It seems like he's going to need the help of a couple of detectives to connect the dots.

    (Or: Charles is having a lot of feelings that he's definitely going to unpack later. Promise. Edwin goes a little bit insane and he's hiding it so, so well. Crystal sees some stuff she'd rather she didn't. And, honestly, Niko has had better weeks. )

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    24 Nov 2024

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    “Charles,” Edwin says softly, as they both stare at the man who has just entered the room. “This is-“

    “Me,” Charles says, but it comes out sounding like a question, and he realises that he’d meant it as one. He needs confirmation, needs to be sure. He hasn’t seen his own face in decades. “This bloke looks like me, right? Only older. Edwin, I think he is me."

    Edwin frowns at him. “But you died.” He says it kindly, like he thinks Charles might have forgotten.

    Or: Charles and Edwin accidentally land in an alternate reality that is remarkably similar to their own, with one notable exception: in this reality, Charles never died.

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    12 Nov 2024

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    “That about did it,” Edwin says, patting himself down and straightening his bowtie. “Now, if you’re ready, I suggest we find a mirror and-“

    “Did you just cough up a flower?” Charles interrupts. Flower, perhaps, is a slight exaggeration. It’s more like a petal, red and incredibly out of place here on the shore.

    Edwin clears his throat, but this time no petals follow. “Certainly it’s nothing to worry about.”

    Or: Edwin is suffering from a weird curse, but for some reason, he's refusing Charles' help. Charles is trying his best to fix it anyway, but Edwin is being oddly secretive about the whole thing.

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    09 Nov 2024

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    “For someone who claims not to like thinking,” Edwin says, raising an eyebrow, “you do a remarkably good job of it.”

    Charles laughs. “Tell that to my old teachers, mate.”

    “If they disagree, then they can’t be very qualified.” Edwin says this simply, like it’s just a fact of life. Like it’s plainly obvious that if anyone thinks Charles is stupid, it’s they who are at fault.

    Or: Charles grew up poor and is likely to stay that away, his job at the magic store notwithstanding. By the time he meets Edwin, he's decided that he wants a new life. In between figuring out what's up with the mysterious wish-granting pigeons, and whether he can go to the Royal Ball, Edwin makes him want to take a chance on being happy as well.

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    08 Nov 2024

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