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    [Written by Dragonfruitflamb3, edited from chapters 9 to 32 by CopperNuggets]

    Sebastian Solace is trying the best he can to work his way out of the Hadal Blacksite while still staying sane as he has to deal with the pathetic human expendables.
    Unfortunately for him, he might be two steps away from snapping, all thanks to a chatty new 'friend' who's far more lucky than he'd like. Though, he'll have his fun with how readily they listen to him.

    You are a nosy little newbie who Very Much So should Not be on death row, so getting an opportunity to avoid that is great! You're going to take this chance to continue your work, and maybe also find out what the heck is up with the monsters down here? Because those exist. Apparently.
    They said something about escaping, making it to the end, yadda yadda. For now, there's research to collect and documents to earn.

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  2. Public Bookmark 71

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    Expendable. That's all you were, all you'd ever be. Stuck in the depths of the Hadal Blacksite you've come to admit it to yourself. Just another Expendable, seeking a freedom that was never promised. You know of others in similiar plight. The experiments, that funky fish-looking dude with the snark and his static friend who often radio'd in whenever you were buying supplies.

    "It's either us or them."
    "You're just someone trying to persist in the unimagineable circumstances they placed you in."
    "Surviving doesn't make you a bad person."

    You'd heard Sebastian's softer words of comfort to Painter. Ofcourse they were only surviving, but so were you. Freedom was a precious thing you both sought, but they would never extend their trust to someone working for Urbanshade.
    So, despite the unimaginable circumstances, you seek to change that. To stray from the script.

    And you know, to avoid getting murked by Sebastian at every little inconvenience.

    Or,

    Player seeks to gain Sebastian & Painter's trust (and sometimes fails miserably).

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  3. Public Bookmark 27

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    He’d already done enough, and she couldn’t even begin to reciprocate without worrying him. This was already not her strong suit, and whatever fucked-up thing was running around in her head wasn’t making anything easier. She had to get it together. She was fine. She was here. She couldn’t let whatever this was ruin this for the both of them.
    They needed this.

    After a particularly disturbing adventure, Pomni is left stuck in her head. She knows exactly what to do to get out.

     

    (Written before episode 6, but could be read as taking place after a resolution.)

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    “You can be my trusted adult,” Dustin cuts in.

    Steve blinks several times. “Huh?”

    “You’re an adult,” Dustin says, like he’s talking to a three-year-old.

    “…yes, Dustin.”

    “And my mom trusts you.”

    “Yeah, but…wait.” Steve sits back up, ramrod straight in his chair. “You’re not suggesting…”

    “Come with me to New Zealand,” Dustin finishes, then adds a quieter: “Please?”

    ***

    When Dustin Henderson parent-traps Steve and Eddie into taking him to New Zealand for a holiday and some Lord of the Rings sight-seeing, Steve's forced to confront the reality of what he really wants out of life. Is it working for his father in a job he despises to afford his sky-rise apartment in Chicago and the status that comes with it, or is it something else, something simpler, something truer to himself? On the windy back roads of New Zealand, amongst the most stunning scenery he's ever seen and with old flame Eddie Munson in his passenger seat, he figures it out.

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    Hedonist that he is, Lestat has never particularly cared to be held to the constraints of a schedule. Louis may enjoy the routine and predictability of something as prosaic as the requirements of managing a business–one of his many little idiosyncrasies that Lestat simultaneously enjoys and is frequently irritated by–but for him? Non. He can enjoy the artistry of a well-planned ball or the satisfaction of a business deal well-struck, but he’s always enjoyed the freedom of not quite knowing what’s coming next. In a long, long life, it’s far too easy to fall into a rut and find oneself constrained to it for decades before noticing.

    Even with his taste for surprise, however, Louis holding out a tiny, sooty, sniffling child is a shock he is not best pleased by.

    He flicks his eyes up from the big-eyed, dripping moppet, raising a brow and feeling his lip curl slightly in distaste. The child reeks of smoke and fear and God only knows what else.

    “Put it back,” he says flatly.

    (AU based on the idea of Louis finding Claudia at the age of five like in the book but raising her until she's old enough to be changed)

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