Spiral Cycle Masterlist
Immortal, defiant, and masochistic lady whumpee who can kill herself to ‘respawn’ in a new body. She has an unhealthy relationship with pain, to say the least, and a knack for getting into bad situations.
Recurring Characters List here (forthcoming)
Masterlist
Whumptober gets an *
Explicit fics get an (E). This is if sex or something close happens on screen, not if it is merely mentioned or discussed. Read the tags for more info and stay safe.
Spiral Empire: Cassian and Livia
Waking Up: Five wakes up trapped in a human body.
Learning to Speak: Another prisoner teaches Five how to make noises (eww) like humans do to communicate.
Sold!: Five and assorted other indentured servants are sold to Dex.
Curiosity Whipped the Cat: Five is punished for poking her nose where it doesn’t belong.
A Lesson in Diplomacy*: Five is punished for keeping a secret, then sent to the Keep for further interrogation.
subject five*: Iovita gladly accepts Five as an (involuntary) test subject for a new brainwashing campaign.
Wanton Desire*: Iovita shows off her subject’s obedience.
Little One*: A servant is delighted to discover Five’s fear of water and tries to ‘cure’ her of it.
Hand Speak*: Five learns to communicate after being punished for speaking.
Subject Five*: Five defends her choice of name.
Hair* (E): Five experiments with sexual intimacy for the first time since being tortured.
A Nice Touch*: In an effort to discover a traitor in the household, Five allows herself to be kidnapped.
Paralysis*: Five finds herself back in Dex’s tender care.
Public Humiliation*: Dex tries to goad Cassian into attacking him by humiliating Five at a feast.
Life and Death at Sea*: Five struggles to survive in the ocean.
Always*: The emperor tortures Cassian to try to get Five to cooperate.
Toothless*: An irate Five seeks the names of the three men who once hurt her.
101*: Izi tries to figure out why something feels so wrong with her perfect life.
Wish You Were Here*: Énas taunts Five with hallucinations of her dead lover.
Hold the Pain and Hold It Close*: Five finds herself plagued by all sorts of moral questions while she tries to torture those who hurt her.
Assorted Tribulations, in Vague Chronological Order
Reverse Interrogation*: Five pretends to be a fellow victim to convince a prisoner to talk. Cauterization* (E): Five tries to ingratiate herself with some enemy officers who hear she’s a masochist. Nightmare*: After learning Five hasn’t felt safe enough to sleep in years, Harper tries to make her as comfortable as possible for the night.
Cold and Hard and Brittle as Ice*: Five struggles to carry the heir to the throne over a mountain to escape a military coup.
What You Paid For*: Five and Six try to buy someone at auction, but get a little bit more than they bargained for. Just a Bug*: Two non-humans try to figure out why Five has a stuffy nose and sore throat. Blood Letting*: Five is kidnapped, drugged, and drained of some 30% of her blood. Not a great day, all told.
Ethics: Best Discussed at Knifepoint*: King Njal uses Archer’s closest friend and confidant to convince him to walk into a trap but gets caught up in an argument about philosophy instead.
Cleave Gags Are Rubbish*: When six people kidnap Five and drag her into the middle of the desert, she considers breaking her not-killing-humans-even-when-they’re-annoying vow to take revenge.
The Sunset Slasher*: Against her will, Five works to bring the mysterious Sunset Slasher to justice.
The Doctor Will See You Now*: What’s a little vivisection between friends?
Checkmate*: Some friendly folks express frustration that Five’s friend filched a book from them.
Bird’s Eye*: When three people get killed and eaten by a wild animal in a remote village, Five investigates, and finds more than she counted on.
Living with Infinity
Five slowly recovers from her existential depression and discovers new meaning and joy in her life. (But first I break her mentally and emotionally)
Coward*: While Énas searches for her, Five cowers beneath a trap door in a friends house.
Til Death Do Us Part*: When Five refuses to kill one of her friends, Énas wonders if a little brainwashing and torture might change her mind.
Horse Archery and Other Ways to Fight Against the Inevitability of Eternity: Five learns to shoot arrows on horseback.
Apotheosis
Five and the other beings try to take care of Énas once and for all (forthcoming)