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'Probability' is Just a Fancy Word for Gambling by NonbinaryThemperor
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
25 Dec 2024
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Aventurine academically challenges – or rather, makes a bet with – Dr. Veritas Ratio via conversation to view his ‘system of chaos’ through an academic lens based on the hypothesis that he is being prejudiced and biased. Always on the Hunt of absolute truth and knowledge, the doctor agrees – perhaps Aventurine is secretly an expert statistician in a gambler’s disguise?
Perhaps, in time, the results of the gamble will surprise Veritas.
Perhaps, in time, the conclusion of the gamble will surprise Aventurine.
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26 May 2026
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to make the rain by goomyfish for mechanicaltrees
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
08 Aug 2024
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“Doesn’t matter how smart or careful you are, Doctor.”
“It most certainly does matter. Had I paid more attention to my surroundings rather than being an-”
“Don't tell me — even the eminent Dr. Veritas Ratio has fallen victim to the myth that 'things like this' could only ever happen to 'people like that'?"
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10 May 2026
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Aventurine nods, curiously waiting for Ratio to elaborate. Is Ratio planning to read to him? That is the sort of activity Ratio would consider leisurely, albeit rather mundane. Still, Aventurine muses, Ratio does have a pleasant voice, so it wouldn't be so bad.
With a determined nod, Ratio extends his hand expectantly, the other hovering over the book he had placed on the ladder earlier. After a moment's hesitation, Aventurine accepts.
As Ratio's hand touches the book, Aventurine feels a sudden lurch, and that's all the warning he gets before they're falling.
Or:
Veritas Ratio possesses the unique ability to enter the world of any book he touches. He uses it to take Aventurine on not-dates.
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- Part 1 of Across the Pages
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09 May 2026
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"Why make both of us suffer," Lumine says, tempering her voice to be sweet and coaxing as she tries to keep up with his rapid strides. "I’m sure you can have a more comfortable dinner without me around to make things miserable."
He stops in his track and looks back at her, and his eyes are burning with an insistence she doesn’t understand. An ire that could only be cultivated through years and years of hatred, sharpened and whetted over and over again. When he speaks, his scorn is palpable despite the chill of the night, words pointed like a knife. "I’ll suffer the misery gladly," he says, "if I can see you suffer that same misery alongside me."
or: when the job offer is too good to be true, think twice before accepting—then accept it anyways.
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23 Apr 2026
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You're a Sinner (But I'm No Saint) by tayzzyronth
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
26 Mar 2026
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Aventurine and Ratio enter a pocket dimension sealed within a Curio, seeking the treasure rumored to be inside. According to the intel Ratio's team gathered, it was hidden behind a series of trials, meant to test the bond between two people. Sure, Aventurine couldn't say for certain whether Ratio even liked him, but they could've never made it as far as they have as business partners without some degree of trust and cooperation, right?
By the time he realizes how utterly twisted the Curio is, it's already too late to back out. He and Ratio are trapped, at the mercy of the long-dead maniac who created this room, and it's going to take every ounce of strength they have to survive.
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- Part 1 of Sinner/Saint
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04 Apr 2026