oops.. Had this accidentaly locked for tier 1. Sorry, all good now.
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Marina Nikolaevna had a very busy summer. Of course, compared to her previous work, there ...
2024-11-07 23:26:19 +0000 UTC
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Strangely enough, the school year ended rather peacefully.
True, the promised shaman from Ilvermorny (Ingebjorg was right; it was indeed an old acquaintance of hers) was only able to stay for...
2024-11-07 23:24:39 +0000 UTC
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In the morning, Marina Nikolaevna took her time heading to the hospital wing, telling Madam Pomfrey that she’d slipped on the stairs and gotten bruised. Pomfrey found nothing amiss, suggesting th...
2024-11-07 23:23:44 +0000 UTC
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“Break their legs!”
A phrase that made it crystal clear: diplomacy was off the table.
Through the strobe-lit red glow of the club, I spotted four Animals. Plus, someone was on the s...
2024-11-07 23:20:50 +0000 UTC
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(V is still speaking in Russian)
I took the file off the table and opened it. Damn. Hard copies. Not a shard or an e-mail, but actual paper. I started leafing through it, seeing what info the...
2024-11-07 23:18:42 +0000 UTC
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The Rayfield Aerondight could go over three hundred, though I was driving it slow and steady. Last thing I need is trouble with the cops, especially with a dead corpo in the suitcase behind me.
...
2024-11-07 23:14:17 +0000 UTC
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Hiring me to take out Abernathy? Fujioka was banking on this offer to flip the situation and put us on the same side. My face was hidden under the mask, so he couldn’t read my reaction, but he wa...
2024-11-07 23:12:42 +0000 UTC
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Looting is always a treat, especially when there’s no time crunch. Still, we keep things efficient, avoiding unnecessary risks. My paranoia conjures images of a mob of pissed-off patriots showing...
2024-11-07 23:11:01 +0000 UTC
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"That big guy, he a spy too?" Rebecca whispered as I parked on the edge of Northside, far from prying eyes.
"Jackie? Nah. He’s a friend. And he’s got news. Wait here."
She groaned, ...
2024-11-07 23:08:40 +0000 UTC
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The knife struck me before I saw it coming.
It seemed like the punk was out of the fight, but as I got close to finish him off, he suddenly went berserk. Don’t know if it was cyberware or d...
2024-11-07 23:07:03 +0000 UTC
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The car brought me to an apartment block in Northside. Stepping out, I felt like just another face in the crowd. An old stretched-out T-shirt with a boxing club logo, jeans hanging from a worn belt...
2024-11-07 23:03:13 +0000 UTC
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Snape had also managed to dress, and in his high-collared robe, he looked, as usual, rather sinister.
"Quite the mirror you’ve got there," Marina Nikolaevna remarked casually.
"Like i...
2024-11-07 22:45:41 +0000 UTC
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Time flew by quickly: February passed (Marina Nikolaevna successfully escaped to the Ministry for a private party, and to keep Filch from getting too upset, she anonymously sent him a large heart-s...
2024-11-07 22:43:06 +0000 UTC
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"I see you succeeded?" greeted Ingebjorg that evening, gesturing for her to sit.
"Yes. And it was embarrassingly easy," Marina Nikolaevna admitted as she settled into a chair draped with a so...
2024-11-07 22:41:14 +0000 UTC
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That same evening, after dinner, she ascended to the eastern tower where Ingebjorg now resided. Her quarters were bright and spacious, bearing no resemblance to Trelawney’s abode. There were no o...
2024-11-07 22:38:51 +0000 UTC
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The morning was cold and frosty, and in the Great Hall, a few sparkling snowflakes drifted down from the enchanted ceiling. The sky was covered with light clouds, but it was expected to clear up by...
2024-11-07 22:37:05 +0000 UTC
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Hi, and welcome to my Patreon where you can read advanced chapters of the fics that I am currently translating.
So far there are 4 fics in the rotation which you can read on Spacebattl...
2024-11-07 19:44:29 +0000 UTC
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Cash, gold, some boxes—Lucy quickly dumped the contents of the safe into a black, untearable bag that, when folded, was no bigger than a business card. Time to bail.
I switched to the camer...
2024-11-06 04:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Faraday's on the hook. Looking back at my memories of the future, this is pretty much how Arasaka forced him to cooperate in that reality. An attack, a threat, and then a tempting prospect dangled ...
2024-11-06 04:00:00 +0000 UTC
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While I mulled over my next moves, leaving the dead fixer’s place, a message pinged through on a secure channel.
“Car’s all set. Meeting tonight?”
Definitely. But instead of mes...
2024-11-06 04:00:00 +0000 UTC
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By some unspoken villain tradition, torture chambers are usually found in the basements. Better soundproofing, darker atmosphere. But Jotaro’s studio occupied the third floor. Entertainment was a...
2024-11-06 04:00:00 +0000 UTC
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What a strange feeling. The last time I came to this apartment, it was with a Claws squad, and we were ready to paint the walls red. I still remember every word spoken during that tense encounter. ...
2024-11-06 04:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Well then... No more worries about the Maelstrom. If Smasher’s around, there’s only one thing to worry about: being around Adam Smasher. Here’s hoping he remembers we’re technically allies ...
2024-11-05 05:00:00 +0000 UTC
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My familiar counterintelligence office welcomed me with wary, polite greetings from colleagues. Beneath their courteous facade, I could read the true tone:
“Oh wow, V, you’re still alive...
2024-11-05 05:00:00 +0000 UTC
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The operation was a success. Despite losing a lot of blood, a severed arm, and a grazed lung, I was recovering quickly. “Recovering” being a relative term—I spent the next couple of days lyin...
2024-11-05 05:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Susan Abernathy. Forty-two years old. Born October 29th, her medical file informed me. Next, details on her security: four bodyguards around the clock, in twelve-hour shifts.
“The job has t...
2024-11-05 05:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Well, we meet again. Sooner than I expected.
“What brings you here, David?” I asked.
“They recruited me two weeks ago,” he replied, tugging down his mask further. “First, they...
2024-11-05 05:00:00 +0000 UTC
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I sat in my chair, unable to shake off the day. Explosions, gunfire, concrete cracking. Even just closing my eyes triggered flashes of today’s events.
I glanced again at the Security pamphl...
2024-11-05 05:00:00 +0000 UTC
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After the meeting with Tanaka, I kept replaying the participants and the details of the upcoming manipulations in my head. All the pieces fit together harmoniously. I’d finish it in a month, tops...
2024-11-04 16:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Sensing danger, I immediately sent a signal to mercs, but the countdown was in seconds. Sure, the Claws were under Arasaka, but today, we were enemies.
Try to take control of Jimmy? Slip into...
2024-11-04 00:00:00 +0000 UTC
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