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  1. Public Bookmark 24

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    "It's a big thing," Sciel says, conversationally. "Having one. It changes the shape of everything. Pierre, Lune, and I—we talked about it for a long time before. It still managed to surprise us, how much." She glances at him. "Do you ever think about it?"

    The question lands lightly. That is the thing about Sciel—she puts things down rather than pressing them in. Verso is aware, not for the first time, that this is probably what makes her so effective at interrogations like these.


    "I think Gustave has found his way to something that works," he says, which is not an answer to the question she asked, and they both know it. "He's not—wanting for anything. He's got more than enough people in his life who need him."


    Sciel makes a small sound. Not disagreement, exactly.


    "What," Verso says.


    "Nothing." A pause. "I'm just—thinking about what 'enough' means,” she looks at him sideways, "and I think you're avoiding the question."

    In which two people who had stopped expecting things discover, somewhat belatedly, that they want the same one.

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    11 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 17

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    Renoir had only Repainted Monsieur Gustave as a last-ditch effort to pull Alicia away from the abyss she teetered on, to reluctantly return to her the man she so mourned. But one look at that kind face and doe-eyed gaze, one taste of the fierce protectiveness with which he attacked the moment he’d spoken Alicia’s false name, and something inside him stirred like a forgotten muse. His jealousy, bitterness, grief, and anger had all coalesced into something ugly and hot, and he was barely aware of forcing the man down onto the bed until he was already shoving between his legs, tearing his clothes and hearing his scream pierce the silent night like the snap of a violin string as he impaled the man on his cock.

    Ah, well.

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    26 Jun 2026

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    Monoco’s station was just as it had always been, Gommage or no. The painted curves of it flowed and trailed, one long brush stroke after another. The snow stayed, and so did the grandis, the gentle petals of iron, the curve of playful trains.

    Only Monoco had left. Only they had changed. And then they’d returned, and for what? To scavenge the chroma of corpses long gone to rest? To scrape the paint from a hundred abandoned creations?

    Verso was tired.

    “Yes,” he said, “I could have saved him.”

    Or: Maelle brings Gustave back, and accidentally ties his soul to Verso. This changes things.

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    14 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 44

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    "God, Maelle can’t believe it, she’s so close now. She can’t believe it’s finally happening.

    It’s taken weeks and weeks of work and raw, ugly communication to bridge over the hurt, guilt, rage and grief, to slowly rebuild the wreck of their lives.

    And now, she's here, at the edge of her world."

    In which Maelle returns to the Canvas after reconciling with her parents, but sometimes reunions are messy, and things rarely remain the same. Also she notices the very unexpected friendship between Verso and Gustave.

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    26 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 6

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    Spoilers for all of Act One!

    The citizens of Lumière are no strangers to loss, and Gustave is no different.

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    20 May 2026