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  1. Public Bookmark 6

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    SPOILER, chapter 93 devastated me. Lament with me over all the different ways you know what may have played out over the years. And the beautiful push and pull of intimacy that would have evolved between Qifrey and Olruggio. See notes for proper details, spoilers and all.

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    12 Jul 2026

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    The Knights’ cloaks are the color of an open wound against the walls of the atelier, their pennants like exposed bones. They look at him like Olruggio has committed a crime he cannot remember. Maybe he has.

    They do not tell him who Qifrey is, even when he asks. They do not tell him much of anything.

    Olruggio thinks he can figure it out from the empty space.

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    01 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 61

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    “I have heard Mary explain the correct way to prepare potatoes four hundred and fifty three times.”

    Alison couldn’t help but look back up at that. Four hundred and…

    “I have successfully taught Robin the alphabet no fewer than eleven times.” He drew himself up, his steps animated, eyes gleaming. “He always forgets. I have seen other ghosts go half mad with tedium, trapped too long with their own thoughts and ennui after mere decades, before finally being sucked o— blast, Mary —before moving on."

    AKA why are the residents of Button House such nightmares to live with?

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    29 Aug 2025

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    I've recently been unexpectedly promoted to lead a department in my organisation, wrote the anonymous emailer.

     

    As there was no one working here when I arrived, my manager, who is head of the organisation, had promised me the choice of my own assistants. However, without warning, he simply presented me with an additional assistant. This new assistant’s first act on his first day was to let a dog into the office. It took several hours to catch and clean up after this dog and it has only been downhill from there. I admit I'm not entirely sure what to do with this assistant now I'm stuck with him. I'm hoping you have some advice?

     

    Kind regards,
    New Manager

    Abigail Bailey runs a successful management advice blog. One frequent contributor is from a workplace with some... issues.

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    03 Mar 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 20

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    There's no reason to take watch, but Imogen can't sleep and neither can Orym. At least it's a good time to ask some private questions.

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    25 May 2024