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Nobody warned Sirius how awkward coming back from the dead could be.
In exchange for saving him, Hermione gave Sirius only one instruction: “We can’t interfere,” she insisted. “If anyone finds out you’re alive before the right time it will ruin everything.” Too bad that Sirius Black was never very good at respecting rules.
Of course, if he had followed the rules, he wouldn't have discovered that Remus Lupin has apparently taken his death rather badly.
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21 Mar 2026
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Gustave let go of a heavy sigh and nodded his head. Back in the Stone Wave Cliffs, he had come to peace that this was where his journey ended—For those who come after, right?—but it seemed like his story wasn't done just yet. Maelle had, somehow, given him another lease on life, and this time, he could live it. He could grow old. He could do things simply for the sake of doing them; every waking moment didn't have to be dedicated to trying to solve the issue with the Paintress, with preserving their civilization.
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09 Mar 2026
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“He was just as stupid. And just as blind.” Alicia's tongue flicked out to wet her lips. “Neither of you stopped to think about what I’d want—or that we’d have to go on without you. You’re selfish, Verso. And you—"
“—would make the same choice. In every life. In any life.” He smiled. She didn’t return it. “I won’t say I’m sorry.”
Alicia looked away. “You should have lived.”
“I decided otherwise."
(Or: Verso Dessendre's ghost visits every member of his family a final time.)
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08 Mar 2026
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They were painted creations, all of them. Nothing more, nothing less.
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26 Feb 2026
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"I'm leaving Paris," Verso says brusquely, by way of a greeting. He has never been very good with words; that has always been Papa's strength, not his.Gustave inhales sharply, watching him in silence, his hands clutching his notebook so hard the spine begins to twist.
"You want me to come with you," he says finally, looking at Verso as though he has entirely lost his mind.
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Time is running out. With war looming over Belle Epoque Paris, Verso must make a choice between his duty to his family and the young Writer who has unknowingly stolen his heart.
He chooses Gustave.
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18 Feb 2026