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[willowberecki]

Fic Directory

I wanted a more comprehensive list of the fics I've written, so here goes:

HLVRAI

Who Are You, Really? - (7k, completed) Character study of the Player that takes place between HLAGE and HL2VRAI and tries to answer the question, "why did he go back?"

My Heart's Here Upon My Sleeve - (9k, ongoing) Additional Voices Cosmic Horror High School AU. Boomer and Addibubby. Harold Coomer disappears and they need to find him; Addi uncovers strange things about their world along the way.

In Your Skin - (3k, ongoing) Dr. Coomer manages to swap places with the Player, and everyone is left grappling with the consequences. Hurt/Comfort, complicated family issues.

This Disconnect Feels Like Drowning (5k, completed) - Player-Gordon whump based on the part in HL2VRAI Act 2 where the Player disconnects from the internet.

HLVRAI Drabbles - (anthology) Collection of 100-word fics, cross-posted from Tumblr. Requests eternally open.

Genshin Impact

Tales From a Town of Night and Frost - (107k, series, ongoing) Another take on Childe's family, written before Snezhnaya's release, but people seem to like it, so maybe give it a try???

Alone Amongst a Sea of Stars - (1k, completed) The All-Devouring Narwhal is lonely and views Ajax as a friend.

No Comfort in the Abyss - (100 words, completed) Ajax tries to give Skirk a hug and it doesn't go well.

Welcome to the Fatui - (anthology) Collection of fics about what the other harbingers thought of Childe when he first joined.

The Metamorphosis

On Grime and Respectability - (3k, completed) The Metamorphosis from the POV of Gregor's father.

[dredsina]

Ive said this before but swear the biggest skill to learn as an adult is how to resist high-pressure sales tactics. You do NOT have to answer questions with anything other than "Sorry I'm not interested." No matter how nice they are or no matter how many follow up questions they ask or even how agitated they get when you stand your ground. Just keep saying I'm not interested. Don't answer their questions. Don't give them an opening to try to push back on your reasons. Be a fucking brick wall of I'm not interested.

[sweaterkittensahoy]

When we bought our car, I told Sean to let me handle it. I walked in and said "We have X for a down payment and cannot pay more than Y in monthly payments." My Y number had some leeway, but I didn't mention that.

First thing the sales guy did after I laid down the rules was turn to Sean and go, "What's your number?" And Sean said. "Oh, no, you negotiate with Gayle."

So, strike one for the sales guy. Could not divide and conquer us by implying THE MAN would not surprised at what I laid down.

Sales guy then had to confer with his manager and left us at his desk for several minutes. I have a vague recollection (this was 16 years ago) of Sean and I amusing ourselves doing bits about the other people there to look at cars. I am sure we did not give off the stressed or nervous energy they were hoping for.

Guy comes back. His first offer is fifty dollars a month more than I told him we could pay. I looked at him and said "I gave you our upper limit."

"Well, but what's another 50 bucks a month?"

"Something I can't afford."

He didn't know what to do with my open and unashamed admittal that I had a budget because my money was finite.

He went back to talk to the manager again.

It took two more rounds of "I told you what I can afford" before he finally came back 20 bucks under what I'd stated as my max.

The trick to resisting high-stress sales tactics is doing the math at home, knowing exactly what you can afford, and then walking into the room and stating that number minus 15%. Then refusing to budge from that number. Never, ever, meet then where they want. Always meet them where you want. Because at the end of the day, you can walk away and go somewhere else and say "I told the people at Z what my terms were, and they refused to work with me. Here are my terms. Meet them, and you make a sale today."

[tjodity]

WELL GUESS WHAT.

YOU DIDN'T KILL THE SNAKE, JOHN.

[nondelphic]

writing isn’t hard. i just have to extract 80,000 words from my brain using sheer psychic force

[duhaeriss]

falling into the abyss again

[mystii-gur0]

weirdo trans kids in the egg meet at the park and spend the next six hours roleplaying warrior cats (ajax ofc has to be leader of riverclan but peruere can be the deputy)

[anywhoozles]

[jester-de-punyalada]

being crazy abt a character is great coz u eventually access both defense and prosecutor and also judge, jury, and executioner mindset regarding them

[guooey]

[artpopfath3r]

[o-fantasma]

by the time u’ve finished reading this sentence twenty seven innocent words will have been absorbed, suffocated, and killed by the warm embrace of ur Understanding

[eccebitch]

[r0zeclawz]

reading dnis is a great way to learn words that no one has ever used and might not even be real

[matchafigs]

having good friends can literally save your life

[targetedknowledge]

[brinkydinky]

Recently discovered creatures!

[oblique-lane]

Happy season 2!!!!