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Gustave let go of a heavy sigh and nodded his head. Back in the Stone Wave Cliffs, he had come to peace that this was where his journey ended—For those who come after, right?—but it seemed like his story wasn't done just yet. Maelle had, somehow, given him another lease on life, and this time, he could live it. He could grow old. He could do things simply for the sake of doing them; every waking moment didn't have to be dedicated to trying to solve the issue with the Paintress, with preserving their civilization.
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Or: Maelle returns Lumière to its former glory, but... things just seem a bit off. Gustave investigates.- Language:
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28 Jun 2026
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pi·a·nis·si·mo
/ˌpēəˈnisəˌmō/
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(especially as a direction) very softly.
"she played pianissimo alongside the full orchestra"
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performed very softly.
"the final verse was beautifully balanced and controlled in the pianissimo ending"
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a passage marked to be performed very softly.Or, Verso is stuck in a time loop. Maybe the canvas has one more story to tell.
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- Part 1 of A Life to Dream
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26 Jun 2026
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(learning how to live when your death was the mechanic by which you could succeed.)
Then the assassin says, "I don't know where to go from here."
At first Corvo thinks one of the Whalers must have snuck into the room, that maybe this is a coded message, that that's why it makes so little sense—but no. It's just him, and the assassin on his knees.
"I don't know how to change this," he adds. It sounds as drained as Corvo feels. "I've tried... everything I could think of. Nothing worked. This is how it always ends."Bookmarked by Neare
10 Jun 2026
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Corvo hates him, by the Void; every fiber of his being wants him dead. He hates how Daud's face haunts his nightmare, how he can't dream of Jessamine without being flooded with visions of her death.
But he owes it, to Jessamine's memory, and to Emily's future, to be better than that. He lowers his blade, with only a few drops of blood running from a thin cut on Daud's throat, and the assassin stares at him with shock and wonder.
That being said, if Daud imagines Corvo will simply let him walk free, he's overestimating his capacity for mercy.
(AU where Corvo throws Daud in Coldridge after DH1 instead of letting him go.)
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09 Jun 2026
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Esther looked at him steadily for a long moment, and then took her glasses off. "And you think this isn't a therapy question, Michael?"
(After the Fourth of July, Robby grapples with making a new path forward, with Jack at his side.)
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27 May 2026