20 Works in Community: bucketlist
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You'd thought your master's hive was grand, but it's nothing compared to the Imperial Palace. The building rears up before you, sweeping arches and high towers, black stone ornamented with garnet-colored tile. The banners snapping in the wind are brighter, though, a red so bright it looks unnatural: the banners of the Scarlet Emperor, newly risen, the first of his blood since the Signless Sunderer tore down the old empire and built the new one a thousand sweeps ago. Every noble in the Empire is coming to the Capital tonight, bringing gifts to demonstrate their allegiance and beg the new Emperor's favor.
Your master is bringing you.
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You review the terms of the diplomatic meeting one more time, as if they'll be less ridiculous on a sixth reading. "Two ranking officers," you read, "accompanied by no more than one bodyguard and one personal slave apiece." You look at Feferi as if she'll have gotten some other version of the memo.
She just shrugs with a jangle of bracelets. "Ranking officers means you and me, Karcrab," she says, "and I'm shore we can pick bodyguards...."
"But fucking personal slaves?" you finish when she trails off. What the fuck kind of decadent society do humans have, anyway?
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You're happy for Jake. You're happy for Jane; god knows the poor girl has been obviously smitten for ages. And you made the choice to be unapproachable yourself. You had priorities, right? They were just so much easier to have when you were a few hundred years apart.
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You have succeeded in your mission to seek the Highblood, but everything about this task feels wrong.
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Roxy finds out that love doesn't conquer all of the problems inherent in owning and caring for her new pet. (It does, however, help.)
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Kismeses make better nurses than most humans might expect. It doesn't do to let your rival get killed, at least not by someone who isn't you.
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You are pinioning your very own eldritch abomination on your personal collection board, an admirable trophy piece for anyone who considers herself a connoisseur of things that whisper in the darkest corners of the universe.
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"At times your curiosity is maddening," Kanaya says. She looks into the middle distance over your shoulder. "As you know, when it comes time for trolls to reproduce, it is rather a do-or-die situation. Failing to follow through with the deed is disastrous for all parties involved, so it is advantageous to be able to stimulate your partner chemically in addition to emotionally."
"You secrete a natural aphrodisiac," you say, to be sure you are understanding her correctly.
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Why does watching the Maid of Life as she slumbers bring her peace?
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"Hey, buddy," you say as you drop your keys on the table and kick your shoes off. "What's wrong?"
Equius chews on his lip like he's nervous about answering you, which is just weird. He's really good about being obedient—it was one of the reasons you got him as your first pet.
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- Part 1 of Petstuck
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They've both their own reasons for continually seeking out these dream bubbles time and time again. For her, she drinks to sleep and escape the reality of the Batterwitch and everything she's brought with her into her world. For him, he waits, awake and apart from the horrorterrors and everyone else, for when he can drift through the dream bubbles, leaving behind the filthy truth of what all has happened on his meteor.
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Everybody needs somewhere to go when things get to be too much for them. Karkat visits Gamzee in his hiding place before he can lose his mind entirely.
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A gentleman should not complain when adventure finds him, but surely there is a limit. In which there is time travel, fisticuffs, and a Hollywood romance.
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Faint heart never won fair lady, you think. Or fair gentleman either. "If you're going to kiss me," you say, "now would be an excellent time."
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Your world stretches from stem to stern of this ship, and he is lord of it all.
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Dirk laughs, presses his lips to the sweat-drenched nape of your neck, lets his teeth scrape the skin. "Don't worry, babe, I'm not going to leave you hanging. I've got something special for you. Get up."
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Crackling quiet on the line for a second. "Are you serious?" Jake asks at last. "You've programmed that machine of yours to...?" He trails off but the question mark is audible.
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"What do you need to rein this in?" you ask. Captor doesn't acknowledge the pun. He shrugs one bony shoulder, letting his head droop further.
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"Brownies?" he says. "Where did you, get those?" And because Gamzee doesn't jump on him the second he says anything, he comes up with the answer himself: "Wait, I know, it's, a miracle. Right?"
Gamzee beams like Tavros just figured out the secret to the universe.