10 Works by APOLOGETICINSECT
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mirror and daisy by APOLOGETICINSECT
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age II
15 Jun 2026
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It was autumn, and Meredith had died three months ago, and the sun was rising, and the Captain of the Guard was making her plodding, uncertain way down through the streets of Lowtown with a basket of food by her side and a concerned expression on her face.
(OR: Aveline Vallen attempts an intervention. There are only so many friends a person can lose and still live with.)
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(Never get away from) The sound of a woman who loves you by APOLOGETICINSECT
Fandoms: New Mutants (Marvel Comics)
04 Jun 2026
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Rahne realises, a little too late, that her hands have gone all long and clawed and furry, and that her sharp nails are digging into Dani’s palms. The buzzing in her ears grows. She nearly recoils- but Dani clenches her hands tighter and looks her dead in the eyes. “I- Rahne, I’m fine, you don’t need to get the Professor, just- it’s- the bond, Rahne, just listen.”
Rahne listens. She can hear something unexpected. Something… uncomfortable. Something that really, really shouldn’t be possible.
“Dani.” She says. “Dani, why can I hear two of you?”
(OR: Rahne and Dani- from fifteen years in the future- get thrown back in time to the heyday of Charles Xavier's Institute for Gifted Children. Between ominous warnings, powers going on the fritz, and increasingly poor interpersonal relations, things are looking south for the New Mutants. And, as Illyana becomes increasingly ensnared in the ramifications her own past and the threat of her future, it's going to take all hands to save her. Even if they don't want to.
Even if they don't think they can.)
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And bleed out into the glassy water by APOLOGETICINSECT
Fandoms: Critical Role: Aramán (Web Series)
16 May 2026
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Occtis tenses. Ahead of him, Vaelus walks ahead without the purpose that has usually defined her. She’s stumbling, and damaged, and her eyes are so, so far away. She turns back to him, and he can see the sweat coating her brow. It’s too much, too vulnerable; he waves his hand and the green-white ball of light extinguishes itself, leaving them in monochrome, protective darkness. Vaelus’ voice drifts through the trees, lilting and gentle and unfamiliar. “Are you coming?”
Occtis picks up the pace to walk next to her. If she collapses, he needs to be close enough to catch her. It’s the only thing he can do.
(OR: On the road back from Tannesar, Occtis and Vaelus are separated from the rest of the group by a bandit attack.
Poison would be easier to handle if you were anyone but Occtis Tachonis, who has always been better with the dead than the living. But undeath doesn't care about ease.
And unless he wants Vaelus to join him beyond the grave, he's going to have to get help. And fast.)
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I'm never gonna make it 'til the end, I guess by APOLOGETICINSECT
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Batgirl (Comics)
04 May 2026
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“Damn.” Steph says. Then: “I know you said you didn’t want this, but… my seventeenth is next year. If you want, you could come? I mean, it’s not gonna be a big deal, but you’re my friend.”
“When is it?” Cass says.
“I’m getting out the invitations early.” Steph says. She laughs. “Next February. You just missed it.”
Cass will be dead by then, by Lady Shiva’s hand. She nods. “I think I’d like that.”
(OR: Five conversations Cass has about family in the run-up to her death, and one her family has about her, afterwards.)
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The very instant that I saw you, did / My heart fly to your service by APOLOGETICINSECT
Fandoms: Bannerfall SMP
04 Apr 2026
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There is a trellis, plaited with vines and ivy, that leads directly up to El’s open window. Ser Bek has been trying to conquer it for almost half an hour now.
(OR: Ser Bek of House Yamon attempts a romantic gesture. El gets in some magic practice.)
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Drift can feel a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. She turns to Avid, who is looking at her expectantly. When she shakes the envelope over the table, there is a clatter, and many, many small ruby-red pieces of rosygold come falling out.
“Avid.” Drift says triumphantly. “I think we have a case."
He lets out a little whooping sound.
(OR: The year is 1899. London has long since been consumed by the darkness of the Neath. The Unterzee stretches out like a hungry mouth; far to the South, the Ministry of Public affairs build a god; and in the North, something sleeps and dreams and waits, patient and inevitable, to be awoken.
However, this is not that story. Drift is an amateur detective working the streets of London with an amnesiac roommate and very little hope for the future. But when the mysterious Apo Apokuna contacts her asking to find a missing ally, things start to get much, much more serious.
Fear is one thing. Bravery is quite another. But if she wants to stay alive and stay human, Drift is going to have to figure it out- and quick. Because there are some things that cannot be changed.
And there are some reckonings that cannot be avoided.)
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Two places in one, there’s nowhere to run/ Either way you lose. by APOLOGETICINSECT
Fandoms: Vampires SMP
05 Dec 2025
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When Cleo leans forwards, her forehead rests on the top of Pearl’s shoulder, and their hand is grasped blindly in Pearl’s own. She can feel her too-slow, steady heartbeat through the twitch of her wrists, the slope of her neck. Arteries and veins. Not quite human- but not quite inhuman either.
Cleo has to bite back another sigh. It has been a month since the last massacre of Oakhurst, and they have both been trying to settle into a new normal. Normal being a very… subjective word.
(OR: One month since the end of Oakhurst, Pearl and Cleo try to make a home out of the ashes. This is much more difficult than it sounds, especially when chickens stop being able to sate Cleo's hunger.)
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And you'll never want for comfort, and you'll never be alone by APOLOGETICINSECT
Fandoms: Octopath Traveler II (Video Game)
22 Jun 2025
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AND AELFRIC MADE MAN AND AELFRIC MADE DAEMON: AND THEN AELFRIC SAID, NO MAN SHALL EVER BE ALONE AS LONG AS HE WALKS THIS WORLD, FOR I SHALL WALK ALONGSIDE HIM, AND NO MAN SHALL EVER BE WITHOUT COUNCIL, FOR I WILL BE THERE TO GUIDE HIM, AND NO MAN SHALL EVER BE WITHOUT CONFIDANTS, FOR I WILL BE THERE TO HEAR HIM. FOR I AM THE GOLDEN DUST, AND I AM THE GOLDEN DREAM, AND I AM THE LOVE THAT WILL SEE YOU THROUGH.
(OR: In a world very similar to the one you may know, daemons aren't that big of a deal, most of the time. Our travellers are, as always, exceptions to the rule. In which Agnea dances with six feet; Castti completely fails at identifying birds; Osvald plots with a co-conspirator; Temenos relearns faith; Partitio has a strange interview; Throné hunts some snakes; Hikari has a breakthough; and Ochette thinks her friends are deeply confusing people.)
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Things started to fall apart like this: When Riz Gukgak was a toddler, his father died. He saw.
OR: When Riz Gukgak- unlicensed paranormal investigator- decides to start digging into a series of paranormal attacks in his online friend Gorgug's hometown, they both get a lot more than they bargained for.
Series
- Part 1 of so let the end-times roll
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I haven't had a dream / in a long time by APOLOGETICINSECT
Fandoms: Octopath Traveler II (Video Game)
19 Mar 2025
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It’s about three days after leaving Healeaks that Osvald tries to talk to Castti.
(OR: Osvald sees something familiar at dusk. Castti takes an inventory.)- Language:
- English
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