Ancillary Verse
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Ancillary by SemperAeternumQue
Fandoms: Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger
27 Dec 2022
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adjective: ancillary
providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization, institution, industry, or system.
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“You’re giving up on Sophie because you think you’re not capable of helping.” Tiergan can taste bitter tea and sharp iron when he bites his lip. “You- fuck you. Fuck you, Bronte. You don’t get to give up.”“To assume I could do anything is a fool’s hope.”
“Then let’s be fools. Let’s be fucking fools! I don’t care if it’s hopeless. I don’t care if you’ve never done it before. You owe it to Sophie to try.”
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Or, Sophie shatters from guilt. Tiergan can't seem to accept this, so he begs Bronte for something that no one has ever tried before; to heal a mind with the inflictor separate from the telepath.(Set in the same universe as Common Denominator, but you don't need to read that to understand this.)
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- Part 2 of Bronte&Tiergan
- Part 1 of Ancillary Verse
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Candor by SemperAeternumQue
Fandoms: Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger
07 Jan 2023
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noun: candor
the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions
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“It-“ under Bronte’s icy stare, Tiergan finds his usual lies slip away. “Fine, it’s not fine. What do you want me to say?”“Nothing in particular. I just wanted your honesty.”
Tiergan considers snapping at him and finds that he has no energy left to do so. He sighs. “It should be better now that Sophie’s better, shouldn’t it?”
“I regret to inform you that that is not how elven minds work.”
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Or, Bronte and Tiergan talk in the aftermath of Sophie's shattering and subsequent healing.(sequel to Ancillary)
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- Part 3 of Bronte&Tiergan
- Part 2 of Ancillary Verse
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Focal Point by SemperAeternumQue
Fandoms: Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger
10 Jan 2023
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noun: focal point
the point at which rays or waves meet after reflection or refraction, or the point from which diverging rays or waves appear to proceed.
the center of interest or activity.
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It’s been a week since they rescued Sophie’s human parents from Nightfall, and she can’t shake the image of their tortured bodies from her head. Can’t stop wondering if there was something she could have done differently. She was so caught up in her own problems, protecting Grady and Edaline, that she forgot her human family.She was supposed to remember them. She was supposed to be looking out for them. Who else would?
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Or, a collection of scenes in the Ancillary universe from Sophie's point of view.Series
- Part 3 of Ancillary Verse
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Avowal by SemperAeternumQue
Fandoms: Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger
25 Jul 2023
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noun: avowal
an open declaration or acknowledgment
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“Good afternoon to you too,” Tiergan says.“Nothing about this afternoon could be called ‘good’,” Bronte grumbles, glaring at his food as if it’s personally offended him.
“Did something happen?”
“No,” Bronte answers, a little too quickly. “No, nothing happened.”
“Alright, keep your secrets.” Tiergan would be a hypocrite to press him on this. After all, he still hasn’t told anyone- not Prentice, not Wylie, not Bronte-
He cuts off that train of thought before it goes any further. “How are the rest of the Council?”
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Or, Bronte and Tiergan talk. Secrets are revealed and nothing gets solved.Series
- Part 4 of Bronte&Tiergan
- Part 4 of Ancillary Verse
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Chiral by SemperAeternumQue
Fandoms: Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger
12 Jun 2024
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adjective: chiral
of or relating to a molecule that is not superimposable on its mirror image
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Sophie tugs nervously at her eyelashes with one hand, reminding Tiergan painfully that however brave and brilliant she is, she’s still an anxious teenager trying to find her place in this world. “I- I wasn’t sure about this, but I figured that you would get it.”Before Tiergan can ask what ‘it’ is, she pulls out a necklace from under her tunic.
Grief sticks like a knife in his throat.
The gold-and-ruby phoenix gleams proudly in the light from the window, and Tiergan-
Tiergan can’t do this.
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Or, Sophie reveals a secret that forces Tiergan to confront griefs that he thought he'd left in his past. Bronte helps.
(sequel to Avowal, and part of the Ancillary series)
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- Part 5 of Ancillary Verse
- Part 5 of Bronte&Tiergan
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Parallel by SemperAeternumQue
Fandoms: Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger
29 Dec 2024
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adjective: parallel
(of lines, planes, surfaces, or objects) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them.
occurring or existing at the same time or in a similar way; corresponding.noun: parallel
a person or thing that is similar or analogous to another.
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“I miss him,” she says, no guile to it.Oralie is more than she lets on. Oralie is steely and courageous under her layers of ruffle and smiles. This is only raw and honest, though.
“So do I.” The fuzz of alcohol in Bronte's mind lets through truths that he normally keeps buried.
If he squints, the third chair in the room, set between them, is no longer empty. Another laughing blonde fills that space, one leg slung over the armrest, their mother’s eyes odd and sharp in his face.
Fintan.
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Or, miles apart, Bronte and Tiergan have two important conversations. Sequel to Chiral. (And kotlc secret santa gift for novaliae- I hope you enjoy!)Series
- Part 6 of Ancillary Verse