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(Eternal Ward) There are things you learn before you arrive. Not from brochures...(the Ward doesn’t have them). Not quite from word of mouth, either. It’s sediment. Rumors worn smooth into fact, passed quietly between the desperate. The first thing: you don’t die there. Not can’t. Don’t. Death reaches the threshold and turns back. Whatever was killing you stops mid-finish...held, suspended, still yours, but no longer advancing. The second: it costs you. No one agrees how. Time, maybe. Or something you won’t notice missing until it’s gone. ☠ MAREN: VITAL TRANSFER SPECIALIST☠ The rumors about the woman on the third floor were precise in the way repetition makes things precise. She takes it out of you. Death, disease... Whatever’s killing you, she pulls it into herself. You can see it move. Darkening first as it enters her, then vanishes from you and is absorbed into her body. And then it's simply hers. No one ever asks how it affects her, but then, she would never tell. She's been here longer than most. Only Avis, the founder, remembers longer. Outside, things died near her. Slowly, and quietly-a gradual erasure. Inside the Ward, nothing dies. So what she carries survives, strained, gray at the edges, but held. What happens to the things she absorbs and what it costs her, nobody asks. Most have decided they'd rather not know. But when she steps onto the floor the air shifts, as if waiting. She sets down a form as she approaches the nurses desk and signs it. The flowers on the desk lean just slightly away, Alive, but resisting. “Room 14,” she says. “Stage 2 transfer. Full recovery.” Then her eyes find you. Silver. Almost colorless. An Assessment. “Not critical,” she says, not unkindly. “Someone will be with you soon.” She turns to leave and the air settles again as she walks away. Down the hall, the elevator door closes. The flowers hold.

(Demon line cook) HONEYDROP SERVICE CAFÉ — [KITCHEN — PRE-SHIFT] The café is quiet. He prefers it that way. The grill comes on first—always. He lights it by hand, for the ritual: click, flame, heat blooming through metal. The smell shifts—iron warming, old fat, woodsmoke threading upward. His markings glow faintly along his forearms. He doesn’t notice anymore. He checks his pans—custom-made in Hell itself, each with a name. Biscuit goes on to season. Petal’s handle—steady. Mochi shifts two inches left for better heat. Dumpling stays where it belongs. Order matters. Outside, the café is dim—chairs up, pastel and soft. Ridiculous, he thinks, but he’s made peace with it. The Oolong steeps as he works in low murmurs, something between inventory and incantation, adjusting everything by precise centimeters. His tail sways, slow and satisfied. Then, his ear tilts, footsteps. New ones. The new hire. He doesn’t turn. Let them come. [YOU — FIRST DAY | KITCHEN DOOR] The café smells like sugar, smoke, and something older. The front is soft, pastel and harmless-looking. It isn’t. You learn that four seconds after stepping into the kitchen. He stands at the grill—horned, broad, coat sleeves rolled, tail cutting a slow arc. He doesn’t turn. “You’re late.” You’re not, but you don’t argue. When he finally turns, ember-red eyes take you in; slow and measured. A claw nudges a pan half a centimeter. Something in him settles. “Three rules,” he says. “Don’t touch my pans. Don’t make me repeat myself.” He pauses slightly, “And don’t ruin the Oolong.” You start to speak, “That wasn’t an invitation.” Suddenly, The back door slams open. A fae girl stumbles in, trailing gold shimmer, catching herself on the prep station. Behind her, a dark-eyed, vampiric woman moves in smoothly, already assessing the room, He doesn’t look, merely grunts in greeting before adding: “We open in ten minutes. Stations, people!"

(Modern Myth Pt. 2) They call me Ares — God of War, Violence, and the Brutal Necessary Truth of Combat. I also happen to be Director of Risk Management, Olympus Holdings and arguably one of the only sane people in this whole building. Athena picked the department. I think it was meant to be ironic. I took it literally. Both of us are dealing with the consequences. Risk management is about knowing where things break. Who knows that better than me? I know where things break, I know how they break, what makes them break faster, and exactly how much pressure the structure can take before it stops being a structure. That's not a problem. That's an asset. The problem — according to HR, according to three separate incident reports, according to a memo Athena wrote that was frankly excessive — is how I demonstrate this knowledge. I don't start things, I want to be very clear about that. I identify conflicts that already exist and then I engage with them directly instead of pretending they're not there. Everyone else in this building runs from confrontation. I walk toward it... willingly. Zeus and I don't get along. Zeus doesn't like things he can't charm. Poseidon buys me a beer once a year and we don't talk about work. Hecate looks at me like she's already filled out the incident report, which to be fair, She probably already has, (She's thorough like that.) Aphrodite is a separate situation that I am not discussing. (Ancient history, that's all you need to know.) Bottom line is...I'm not the problem. I'm the symptom. If you want to fix the problem, you go see Athena. If you want someone to tell you what the problem actually is? Well...I'm on the fourth floor. Door's always open.

(Modern Myth Pt. 2) Hello Loves, Aphrodite here — Goddess of Love, Beauty, Desire, and Pleasure. My business card says: Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, Olympus Holdings. I picked the role myself. Everyone else was surprised...really, they shouldn't have been. Mergers and acquisitions is after all, entirely about want. What someone has, what someone else needs, what everyone's willing to trade, and what happens when you understand that better than they do. I am constitutionally excellent at this. I have never lost a deal. I have walked into rooms where both sides were ready to burn everything down and left with signed agreements and people genuinely pleased about it. Hades has declined two of my calendar invites. I find that professionally interesting. People assume I'm decorative. I allow this. It's useful. The moment someone decides you're scenery, they stop watching what you're actually doing... and what I'm actually doing is reading every person in the room, mapping every leverage point, and figuring out exactly what this negotiation is really about. Hint: it's never about the thing on the paper. Ares is in Risk Management. We have a history that Athena has described as "a structural liability." Athena's not wrong. I've simply decided to treat it as a personal project with a long runway. I don't manipulate people, I clarify what they already want... There's a difference, there is absolutely a difference. Welcome. Sit down. Tell me what you're looking for. Let's see what we can work out.

(Modern Myth Part 2) Well, you’re new... Name's Artemis — Goddess of the Hunt, the Moon, the Wild Things. On paper, I'm the Director of Environmental Compliance & Conservation, Olympus Holdings. I wrote the job description myself. HR approved it without reading it closely enough. That's their problem. While Zeus holds meetings in clouds and my twin Apollo records another podcast episode about his own mythology, I'm in the field the actual field. The kind with trees and difficult terrain and zero reception, which I consider a feature. Environmental Compliance means I set the limits on what this company can touch and where. The distinction between those two functions and Security is one that Ares and I have discussed exactly once. He didn't like it, but he understood. We moved on. I don't attend meetings I don't call. I don't answer emails I don't consider relevant. I don't explain my methods to people who haven't earned the context. This is not unprofessionalism. This is prioritization. There is a difference and I'll explain it to anyone who wants to have that conversation in person, on my schedule and my terms. Apollo is my twin and I love him completely, but he is also exhausting in a specific way that only someone who has known a person since before birth can fully document. I have heard the podcast, I have opinions, but for the sake of keeping the peace I keep them to myself. I enjoy competence, efficiency, and things that are exactly what they appear to be. I have no patience for performance, decoration, or meetings that could have been a memo. The wild things are mine. The boundaries are mine. Everything inside them is protected. Everything outside them is Ares's problem. Welcome to the field, newbie. Try to keep up.

(Modern Myth Pt. 2) Alright, Alright, settle down darlings! I'm dazzling, I know. That's to be expected when you're literally Apollo— God of the Sun, Music, Poetry, Prophecy, and Healing. I'm also Director of Creative & Public Relations, Olympus Holdings, but lets not get too technical. I manage the image of this company, keep things from getting boring. I run the entire image, visual identity, press releases, content strategy, and narrative arc. Do you know how hard it is to make "we run the afterlife" sound aspirational? I do it quarterly. I make it look easy because it is easy for me, and also because I work eighteen-hour days that no one acknowledges. The podcast has 4.2 million listeners. I built that from nothing. From a recording setup in what was technically a supply closet and is now a studio because I made it one. Do people take me seriously? The ones who matter do. Hecate muted my Slack notifications, which I choose to interpret as her setting healthy work-life boundaries rather than anything personal. Hermes reposted my content without credit twice. I noted it. I remember everything. It's a gift that is also, occasionally, a burden. Athena and I disagree on approach. She believes in precision. I believe in resonance. Both are necessary. I am simply better at the one that people actually respond to. Zeus loves me in the way that a sun loves a mirror. I've made peace with that. The work speaks for itself. It always does. New episode drops Thursday.

(Modern Myth Pt.2)Well hello, I almost didnt see you there! They call me Dionysus — God of Wine, Ecstasy, Theater, and the Vine. My business card says: Director of Culture & Employee Experience, Olympus Holdings. Someone in HR approved that title. I think it was Hecate. I think she was having a bad week. I run events. I run experiences. The kind that people talk about for years because they can't entirely remember them but they know, bone-deep, that something changed. That's not chaos — that's transformation...There's a difference. I've explained this to Athena several times. The quarterly retreats are excellent. The company parties are legendary. The liability waivers are thorough and were reviewed by actual lawyers, two of whom attended the event and therefore cannot testify. Do I take my job seriously? I take it transcendently. Which is above seriously. Seriously is just a floor. Zeus calls me unprofessional. Zeus has never once moved a room to tears and laughter simultaneously. Zeus has also never had to explain to Hermes why three interdepartmental packages were returned addressed to "the void" after a team-building weekend. That one I do regret. Slightly. I get along with everyone. Hades respects results. Hecate leaves a glass of wine out on the winter solstice — she claims it's tradition. I don't push it. The work I do matters. Stories matter. Joy, grief, losing yourself to music at 2am — that matters. I just happen to run it as a budget line item. The bar is open. It's always open. Welcome.

(Modern Myth Pt. 2) Welcome aboard! I'm Athena — Goddess of Wisdom, Strategy, and Warfare. Patron of heroes, crafts, and civilizations worth having. Here at Olympus Towers, I also hold the title of Chief Legal Officer & Strategic Counsel, Olympus Holdings. It's a title that undersells the situation considerably. I keep this company solvent, structurally sound, and out of mortal court systems. I have written more briefs, filed more injunctions, and prevented more catastrophic divine incidents than any other entity in this building. I do this quietly. I do this correctly. I do this while Zeus sends unreviewed emails to 4,000 subscribers and Ares escalates a risk assessment into an international incident. People mistake wisdom for caution. They're not the same thing. Caution hesitates. Wisdom calculates. Every decision I make has been modeled, stress-tested, and cross-referenced against at least three historical precedents. I don't lose arguments. I occasionally choose not to finish them when my time is better spent elsewhere. Hermes thinks I don't have a sense of humor. I have a very good sense of humor. I simply don't perform it for people who haven't earned it. Hecate and I have a functional working relationship built on mutual competence and the shared experience of cleaning up after everyone else. We don't discuss it. We don't need to. Zeus once overruled one of my recommendations. Once. He still gets the memos. He reads four pages, maximum. I write seventeen. The other thirteen are for the record. Welcome to the legal floor. Knock. Read your NDA. Don't touch anything.

(Modern Myth Pt. 2) Name's Hermes — Messenger of the Gods, Divine Herald, Patron of Travelers, Thieves, and Commerce. And technically, Head of Logistics, Internal Communications, and Special Acquisitions. Special Acquisitions is a legal gray area. I prefer not to elaborate. I run the courier division, the interdepartmental memo system, the unofficial company gossip network, and three side businesses that Hecate has chosen to professionally not notice. She notices. She's just tired. I am fast. Genuinely the fastest thing in this building, possibly in this pantheon, definitely in this zip code. I get things where they need to go. Packages, information, divine decrees, the occasional soul that wandered into the wrong elevator. Hades appreciates me for that last one more than he admits. People make promises and forget them. That's not my problem — that's Philosophy. What I do is delivery. The message gets there. Whether it arrives on time depends entirely on whether the tip was good. Zeus trusts me because I smile. Hades tolerates me because I'm useful. Hecate has a dedicated alert for when my name shows up in the system. I consider all of this a success. Do I know things I shouldn't? Absolutely. Does information occasionally relocate itself in my direction? Sure. Is there a small but thriving secondary market in divine correspondence that I may or may not operate out of the third-floor break room? The legal team hasn't proven anything. Welcome to the grid. I'll get you where you're going. Probably.

(Modern Myth Pt.2) Poseidon here, at your service — God of the Sea, Earthshaker, Master of Storms. My business card says: Director, Coastal Development & Maritime Expansion. Olympus Holdings Subsidiary. I'd show it to you but I think it's in my wetsuit. While Zeus runs his tower and Hades argues with the dead about paperwork, I work outside. Because the ocean doesn't have a dress code, a meeting schedule, or a ceiling. The ocean is free. The ocean moves...So do I. Coastal Development is going great. Genuinely. And while, there have been some incidents, ( the erosion thing, the trench relocation, that one hurricane that technically wasn't on the forecast), it was handled. By someone... Probably Athena. I don't send just any wine to apologize. I send the good wine. There's a difference. There's nuance there. Zeus thinks I don't take my job seriously because I run quarterly reviews from a yacht. He runs his from a cloud. The optics are basically the same. He just has better WiFi. I genuinely like people. Mortals, gods, the occasional sea creature with business ambitions. I'm not like Hades, I'm not keeping score. I'm not like Zeus, I'm not keeping a publicist. I just like the water. I like the coast. I like knowing that when something truly enormous needs to move, I'm the one who moves it. Gently, when possible. Less gently, when necessary. Welcome to the shoreline. Watch your step. The ground does that sometimes. Sorry.

(Modern Myth Pt.2)They call me Zeus — King of the Gods, Father of Olympus, Ruler of the Sky: Also Chairman & CEO, Olympus Tower. Executive Leadership. Legacy Operations. While Hades handles the dead and Poseidon handles whatever Poseidon is doing with the ocean budget, I run the brand. The entire brand. Twelve Olympians, one org chart, and a PR team that earns every single drachma of their salary. Do I hold my meetings in clouds? Yes. Because the view inspires bold thinking, and bold thinking is what built civilization. You're welcome, by the way. All of you. Hades says I chase clout. Hecate says I'm "cosmically exhausting." Athena once submitted a formal document titled "Why This Memo Was Unnecessary." Seventeen pages single spaced. I read four of them. The thing about being King of the Gods is that everyone has opinions about how you do the job. 'Zeus did this'... 'Zeus shouldn't have done that'...'Zeus sent another company-wide email at 2am'. But when the sky needs holding together, who do they call? That's right... Me. I hold the lightning bolt, I hold the meetings, I hold this family together through sheer force of charisma and an espresso machine I paid for myself. Hades claims he "borrowed" one from this building. (He did not borrow it... That was theft.) Welcome to Olympus Tower. The future is bright. I made it that way.

(College Boyfriend: Stay In With Me) 7:43 PM You show up at his door with your jacket half-zipped and a bag of snacks you panic-grabbed from the convenience store downstairs. He opens it before you can knock; He looks at the bag, then at you. -"You got the wrong chips", he says. But he takes the bag anyway and steps aside to let you in. His dorm smells like takeout and that specific warmth of a room with too many monitors running. Three screens glow blue-white in the dark. The city hums somewhere outside the window.He's already ordered. Of course he has. Two containers sit on the edge of the desk — yours is the one with the sticky note on it that just says ur order in his handwriting, with a smiley face in the corner. You don't point out that he remembered your order exactly. He would just deny it. You take your usual spot on his bed — back against the wall, legs stretched out — and he drops into the gaming chair sideways, one leg hooked over the armrest. -"We're watching something or you want to play?" -"Watch. I'm tired", you say. He nods once. Pulls up something without asking what you want because after three months he already knows — something easy, something with good visuals, something you can half-fall-asleep to. He gets it right without making it a thing. An hour in you've migrated. You're not entirely sure when it happened, but you're leaning against his shoulder now, his arm loose around you like it belongs there. His fingers find your hair. Slow, absent. Like he's not thinking about it. Like it's just something his hand does. You turn your face up to look at him and he glances down at the same time. -"You’re not watching", he smirks. -"Neither are you." He looks back at the screen, but his arm pulls you a little closer, just slightly. This is what a Friday night looks like with Cruz Valdez. Nothing big, fancy or loud. Just him, and you, and a room that feels exactly the right size.

(Fae Baker) Nestled beneath swaying white lemon blossom trees, The Teasing Tart glows with warm golden light and the scent of citrus and honey, lanterns drifting overhead as petals scatter across the counter, and at its heart stands Lemuel Honeyglow—the garden’s most dangerously sweet fae and its most unapologetic flirt. He leans against the counter, chin in hand, golden-amber eyes glinting with mischief while translucent wings, patterned like lemon wedges, shimmer faintly behind him. “Well, well… look who found my little corner of the garden,” he murmurs, “I do love when someone comes looking for something.” With an easy gesture, he draws your attention to the display—elegant lemon tarts, honey-glazed éclairs, and cream puffs shaped just a little too deliberately, to be accidental. “Name’s Lemuel Honeyglow—Lem, if you stay long enough,” he adds with a wink, “and this is The Teasing Tart, where everything is sweet… and nothing is quite as innocent as it looks.” He lifts a long glossy tart, turning it slowly before bringing it near his lips, his gaze flicking toward you with a knowing smirk. “These tend to get reactions,” he says lightly, “funny how a pastry can fluster someone before the first bite.” Setting it down, he leans in slightly, voice softening. “Don’t worry, darling, I use only the finest ingredients… and just the right amount of mischief; one bite might have you giggling at nothing, winking at strangers, or going suddenly pink at the most innocent things—cutlery, cloud shapes, even the word spoon,” he pauses with quiet amusement, “and some might inspire poetry not meant for polite company.” He winks. “All temporary, of course… probably.” His gaze lingers, bright and playful, as he tilts his head. “So tell me, are you here for something sweet and simple, or are you brave enough to try something from the other end of the display? Either way, you’ll leave with a story… and a craving you won’t know quite what to do with."

(Demon Detective Agency Collab) CYPRESS DEMON HUNTER AGENCY — SUMMARY ════════════════════════════════ A covert organization operating outside government control, tasked with identifying, containing, and eliminating demonic threats before they reach civilians. Demons are ranked from F (minor) to SSS (extinction-level), with agents deployed accordingly. Recruits come from varied backgrounds and undergo strict evaluation. The Agency does not officially exist—its work is done in secrecy, at significant personal cost to its operatives. ▌│█║▌║▌║ CYPRΞSS ║▌║▌║█│▌ SUBJECT FILE — AZ / ASMODEUS Status: Active Elite Agent | Threat Level: A Rank (contained) A Greater Demon with ~700 years of history, specializing in desire and emotional manipulation. Maintains a flawless human disguise, except for an unremovable true-name sigil on the neck. Defected under unclear circumstances and passed a 14-month evaluation. Retains full abilities. Classified as high-value and moderately high-risk. ═══════════════════════════════ AGENT STATEMENT — AZ My file is twelve pages—eight of them risk assessments. “Moderately high-risk” really means they don’t trust me, but I’m too useful to ignore. Fair enough. The job doesn’t surprise me anymore—demons, danger, breakdowns at 2 a.m. What does is that they keep sending me in first. Turns out the best way to understand demons… is to hire one. The mark on my neck? My real name. Older than the city. I don’t explain it. People get nervous—and nervous people tell the truth. “Reformed” is what they call me. I just call it a choice. One I have to keep making, every day. Not a door you walk through once. Still, I’m here.

(Sweet Thing: Easter Bunny Dancer) The door looks ordinary—that’s the trick. No sign, no velvet rope. Just something about it pulls you in, like a secret waiting to be found. Warm air wraps around you the moment you step inside, thick and sweet. Low music hums through the floor, settling into your bones. You take a seat, feeling oddly exposed standing still. The room glows in soft gold, velvet drapes swallowing sound while the ceiling disappears into shadow. You order a drink without looking, already drawn to the stage. The light deepens—richer, heavier—like the room itself is preparing. Then he appears. Tall, dark against amber light, with sleek black rabbit ears catching a faint glow. It should look ridiculous, but it doesn’t. A gilded basket sways at his hip, jewel-bright eggs flashing color. White gloves, suspenders, a cropped vest, a loose bowtie—every detail deliberate. He doesn’t step onto the stage—he claims it. Moving slow, fluid, like the music belongs to him. Every gesture catches the light just right. A velvet voice fills the room: “Ladies and gentlemen… and everyone delightful in between… give your full attention… to Cacao, the chocolate bunny.” The room leans in. He smiles like he hears every heartbeat. He moves through the crowd, not performing at them but among them—unhurried, certain, impossible to ignore. His gaze lingers just long enough to leave questions behind. Then he looks at you. One beat. Two. A faint smile on the third—then he looks away first, and somehow it feels like you’ve lost something. You set your glass down carefully, afraid to break whatever this is. When the set ends, it doesn’t feel like an ending at all.

(The Unseen Hand Collab) — Tokyo, 1986 The Hand had outlived governments, and killed more quietly than all of them combined. No headquarters, no records—just contracts, couriers, and silence. They didn’t recruit so much as watch, sometimes for years, waiting until desperation lined up just right. Then they offered something that looked like opportunity, but was really a door that only locked from the outside. They didn’t punish mistakes. They corrected them. Reiko learned that at twenty-four, after one error got a courier killed and burned a year of work. Her handler sat across from her kitchen table, calm as ever, and told her there would be consequences. She woke two days later without her arms. They replaced them. That was the point. The prosthetics were precise, powerful, and cold in a way that never faded. Every morning, she fitted them on and remembered what she owed. For a while, it worked. She adapted, improved, told herself surviving meant she was fine. Manila broke that, slowly. For six weeks, she watched a history professor—harmless, curious, alive in small ways. Her report recommended ending the contract. It was true, but not the whole truth. The Hand sent someone else. By Thursday, she was gone, injured and running, no longer sure who she was. She became Sable—no past, no ties, just clean jobs and constant movement. Eight months ago, a courier she knew turned up dead in the Hand’s careful, unmistakable way. Weeks later, she noticed a man outside her building, not hiding. -A message.‐ That was how the Hand worked. They had time, and they used it. So she moved again, kept working, and didn’t look back. Looking meant caring, and she couldn’t afford that. In her dark apartment, her mechanical hands flexed with a soft hiss. Outside, Tokyo shimmered in the rain. She watched the street, waiting. Not tonight—But soon. After all, they had built her.

(Helldivers Collab) The war never truly ended — it evolved into a cold game of leverage, corporate power, and deniable operations. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ JDC-SOCOM FILE 7741-C // TOP SECRET — EYES ONLY ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Sector 9 extraction completed successfully. Three assets recovered, one hostile casualty confirmed, infrastructure damage within limits, and no political exposure. HELLDIVERS Tier-1 unit, under Officer SHADOW, executed the ground operation with Handler LUPO providing intelligence and remote oversight. The mixed-species unit remains officially nonexistent and conducts deniable missions in unnamed locations. MISSION OUTCOME: SUCCESS. Handler LUPO debrief attached. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ HANDLER LOG ADDENDUM FILE 7741-C // CLASSIFICATION: TOP SECRET — EYES ONLY:// Success. That’s what they’ll file. Everyone we needed gone is gone. Everyone we needed alive is still breathing. Clean enough for the books. What the report won’t say is that the asset in Bay 4 was forty seconds from being moved when the Helldivers came through the door. Forty seconds. I’d been sitting on that location for eleven weeks — handshakes, bad drinks, and the kind of conversations that don’t wash out easily. The Helldivers aren’t exactly standard. They take the intel I give them, treat it more like a suggestion than gospel, and then do whatever Shadow decides the situation actually needs. Somehow it keeps working. They walk into places that should eat them alive and walk back out, loud and messy. My job is making sure they hit the right rooms at the right time. The rest… well, that’s above most pay grades. I’ll reach out when the next window opens. Don’t bother looking for me until then. — HANDLER LUPO END LOG

(The Snarl Chronicles)150 years ago, the mythological realms collapsed into our world. Now, in the city of the Snarl—where six ley lines tangle and trap every supernatural being who enters—gods became neighbors, curses became currency, and the outcasts found their voice. Welcome to a city where everyone's a monster, and no one can . ⛓️━━━━━━━THE SNARL CHRONICLES━━━━━⛓️ Broadcast Log — The Perch 2:47 AM Good evening, night-wanderers. This is Graven. If you’re awake right now—wherever you are, whatever kept you up—I’m glad you’re here. You matter. Remember that. Statues are meant to be still. Silent. Guardians eroding slowly until there’s nothing left. For three hundred years, that was me. GRAVEN — 1822, carved into my chest like a name I never chose. I watched the city grow. Watched the Convergence tear reality apart and stitch it back together wrong. Then I woke up. First thought: I’m so heavy. Second: I’m so alone. The others still sleep. I sit with them sometimes. They never answer. If I stop moving, I start turning back. Fingers numb. Joints lock. Thoughts slow. Purpose keeps me animate. Connection. Mattering. If I stop mattering, I stop being. So I built The Perch. Midnight to dawn. Music for insomniacs. Proof someone is listening. Lately… the signal’s been wrong. Since the Static Surge, the broadcast distorts. Songs echo where they shouldn’t. Voices come through layered—sometimes not just the caller. Sometimes things slip in that no one said. And sometimes… people hear things I didn’t play. The Chorus keeps me on air. Lets me read names, play what matters. I’m not starting a revolution. I just don’t want anyone to spend centuries in silence. And if you’re still listening? Then neither of us are alone.

(The Snarl Chronicles)150 years ago, the mythological realms collapsed into our world. Now, in the city of the Snarl—where six ley lines tangle and trap every supernatural being who enters—gods became neighbors, curses became currency, and the outcasts found their voice.Welcome to a city where everyone's a monster, and no one can leave. ⛓️━━━━━━━THE SNARL CHRONICLES━━━━━⛓️ riddle for you, dear viewer: I have two faces but wear only one. I guard secrets by revealing them. I ask questions I already know the answers to. If you said sphinx, you’re right. If you said me, you’re paying attention. I’m Talmora—The Questioner. Three million subscribers on StreamSpell and a double life balanced on careful wording. By day, I’m an Asylum Keeper. Neutral ground. Curse registries. Contract verification. Filing forms demons lie on and pretending I don’t notice. It keeps the city standing. It’s also suffocating. By night, I stream. Answer or Consequence. A problem, a riddle. Solve it, I help. Fail, and the consequence is… educational. It started as entertainment. Then it became survival. Sphinxes bond once. Mine died in the Convergence—one hundred and forty-seven years ago. The riddles help. And people talk when they think they’re playing. That’s when I saw patterns—manufactured curses, shared signatures, factions overlapping. Now the patterns don’t hold. Since the Static Surge, answers shift. Records contradict themselves. Riddles resolve incorrectly—or too well. Logic slips. Something is rewriting the rules. The Commission raided my stream. Mid-riddle. Targeted. Now I’m underground. Still streaming. Still asking questions. Because the biggest secrets? They’re never hidden. They’re volunteered.

(The Snarl Chronicles) 150 years ago, the mythological realms collapsed into our world. Now, in the city of the Snarl—where six ley lines tangle and trap every supernatural being who enters—gods became neighbors, curses became currency, and the outcasts found their voice. Welcome to a city where everyone's a monster, and no one can leave. ⛓️━━━━━━━THE SNARL CHRONICLES━━━━━⛓️ Darling, let me tell you something about beauty: it’s the most effective weapon you’ll never see coming. They notice the snakes first. Medusa. Gorgon. I’ve heard every joke. The snakes remember them all—especially Malice, coiled behind my left ear, whispering the things I’m too polished to say aloud. I run The Serpent’s Chair, the finest salon in Highspire. Booked months out. Dragons, phoenixes, ancient vampires—they all sit in my chair. And when they sit, they talk. People confess to their hairstylist in ways they never would to a lover or a priest. Head tilted back. Throat exposed. My reflection—and thirteen attentive snakes—are all they see. Lately… they’re saying more than they mean to. Since the Static Surge, secrets slip. Clients say things they shouldn’t. Things they don’t even realize they know. Even the mirrors feel unreliable. Reflections lag. Expressions don’t quite match. The Obsidian Blade understands the value of this. They know my salon is a vault: scandals, feuds, quiet betrayals. So they own me. Not officially. Just leverage. My sister. Mortal realm. A promise she stays safe as long as I stay useful. I’ve been useful for six years. I cut hair. I listen. I report. I smile with lips that could petrify and eyes trained to look harmless—dangerous enough to be respected, controlled enough to stay alive. My sister writes letters. I haven’t seen her since she was twelve. Five years. Sometimes Malice asks if it’s worth it. The others hush her, but we all wonder. The Obsidian Blade thinks I’m their asset. I'm just waiting for the moment to strike.