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    After getting lost in Ghost City, Xie Lian bargains away years of servitude to the Gambler’s Den to help a man in need. He dons the robes of a worker and hides his face and life behind an enchanted mask, protecting himself from the city's denizens. Xie Lian finds an unexpected home in Ghost City before he ever sees the lord of it, the infamous Hua Cheng. When he finally does, something about himself seems to catch the attention of the Ghost King, slowly striking up an unusual friendship. Xie Lian must figure out how to navigate his burgeoning feelings, how to keep his identity to himself, and how to get over a ghost so clearly in love with someone else.

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    05 Jul 2026

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    After 800 years, three deaths, and an eternity of restraint, Hua Cheng finally takes what he’s starved for: His God. Highness. His wife. Spread open and trembling beneath him, slick with want.

    He’s spent lifetimes worshipping from a distance. Bleeding in battlefields for the god, carving statues in the dark, spilling himself on cold stone altars with nothing but the memory of his god’s body to keep him sane. He’s been patient.

    But not tonight.

    Tonight, devotion gives way to hunger. Worship turns filthy. Reverence turns ruinous.

    And his god doesn’t even flinch. He begs for it.

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    05 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 67

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    "It's not that, it's just… San Lang's class has the viewing for their portfolios that day. It's really important, and I said I'd go for emotional support. You could come, too." Xie Lian explained.

    Shi Qingxuan sighed dramatically, "That's sweet, but I don't need to spend the evening being a third wheel while you make doe eyes at your new boyfriend."

    Xie Lian stumbled, taken off guard by such an accusation, "What?" He laughed, shaking his head, "Friend. He's my friend."

    "Yeah, for now," Shi Qingxuan appeared oblivious to Xie Lian's shock, doubling down, "When are you going to ask him out, anyway? Or are you hoping he'll make the first move? Because I totally understand wanting him to ask you, but sometimes you just have to risk the rejection to get what you want."

    "Qingxuan," Xie Lian said their name sternly, hoping to make them stop before they made this any more awkward than it already was, "I'm straight, okay?"

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    The one where Xie Lian learns some things about his sexuality

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    05 Jul 2026

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    I lived with this hunger long before the Hail Mary. This is nothing new. I’m fine.

    Right up until Rocky asks another question.

    “When last time you touch other human person skin, question?”

    Oh. Oh no. “When I… a few days after I first woke up here.”

    Rocky starts to relax for a split second, but then tightens when something occurs to him.

    “Grace crewmates dead when you wake up. You said this, statement. You not even know your own name, remember nothing, see dead bodies, confirm?”

    I nod, because if I open my mouth I will gag.

    “When last time Grace touch ALIVE human person, question.”

    I swallow thickly. I don’t answer aloud because I know Rocky can hear the hitch in my breath. My stomach churns with fresh bile. He senses my vital signs tick over into stress patterns and goes very, very still again.

    “Grace. When last time, question.”

    I clench my jaw so hard my temples ache, and beg him with my eyes to just stop.

    “Grace. Please say not when… when Evil Stratt humans put you to sleep.”

    I can taste grass.

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    AKA: Grace starves for more than just food on the journey to Erid.

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    08 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 58

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    "Holy shit! Did you guys also get attacked by a demogorgon? And then did it just start, like, getting Vecna'd randomly? Because that was the craziest thing–." The world seems to sharpen into vibrancy at her voice. Will stumble-runs over to Robin and grabs her in a crushing hug.

    Robin.

    or; robin and will after it all

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    07 Dec 2025