The Grind (Book 2) Ch.32
— Speaker Shan —

The Grind (Book 2) Ch.31
[AN: Just some Heather/Hermione/Luna refresher pics to start us off. They have aged, after all (~20-21 now).]
2025-08-21 23:56:48 +0000 UTC
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— Sean —
“Oh, poor girl…” Didi sighed upon hearing of Marika’s initial shenanigans with Destined Death. It was a sympathetic sigh, but far from an approving one. ...
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— Hades —
“Oaf!”
“Pruddish scholar!”
“You without a thought in your head but waves and shaking earth!”
“And you with too many meaningless ...
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“I’ve been named a heretic by oppressive and stagnant powers that be. And for what? Wishing to innovate, to advance, to better huma...
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“Even in the most trying of times, the gears of governance must continue to turn. Bureaucracy and recordkeeping and lo...
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RHAENYRA I: THE REALM’S DELIGHT, THE REALM’S DESPAIR
“Old or Drowned, Seven-in-One or Fourteen Flames, the gods will always have surprises in store for us. ’Tis the way of ...
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— Sean —
“Ophis, I need you to roll two checks for me,” I said. “The first… We’ll call it Initiative, though you’re not going to be in combat. It’s the Init...
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— Sean —
“The night is dark and the day is bright. Both are full of terrors. You may be some of them. Eventually… One day, you might be powerful, unbound, en...
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“I fear not the warrior or persecutor or tyrant. They are simple men at their cores, relying on the pure strength of violence...
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CIAPHAS III: VIOLENCE IN DEBUT
“It’s a shame that hurting and thinking don’t often go hand in hand. Many situations call for a unique and exceptional blend o...
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CIAPHAS II: BEAUTIFUL DECEPTION
“Some wise and not-so-wise men call me a hero. I can’t help but laugh at that sometimes. I’m far from what they think ...
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CIAPHAS I: ... STILL ALIVE!
Editorial Note:
Those who know of the Cain Archive will likely also know of me, Ordo Xenos Inquisitor Amberley Vail, to ...
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[TLDR: The occasional Dead End chapter will continue, but I’m going to be turning the rest of my focus from The Grind to a new story: ‘Ser Ciaphas of House Cain: A Westerosi Vacation’...
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— Sean —
“-There I was, on a, Enthusiastic Nighttime Walk™, coming one way, with the Crimson Fucker going the other. ‘Course, if I knew that back then, I would’ve...
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— Varys —
King’s Landing was not a city that tended towards ever sleeping. Some might call it the center of the realm. Varys disagreed. The center of the Seven Kingdoms...
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— The Stranger —
Turning, turning tides fell upon an old town by a sunset sea. IT watched. IT lingered, always out of sight. IT guided and guarded, damned and destroy...
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— Willas Tyrell —
After a… stressful, to say the least… arrival in Oldtown, their host was finally setting foot on Battle Isle, the Hightower looming high ab...
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— Atlas —
We walked through a picturesque scene cast in green. Some several hundred thousand people were living under the Hightower’s immediate dominion, and now, under...
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— Atlas —
Highgarden was a grand show, a genuine exhibition of feudal politics.
The capital of the Reach. The ‘Heart of Chivalry’ (though not Knighthoo...
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All across Vale, the first snow of the year fell. Chill in the air, white on the streets, it should’ve been the perfect time to stay inside. But Vale was a city of millions, one of only five majo...
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— Sean —
“-Never, never, NEVER do it again, Jaune. Please, just talk to us,” Juniper wrapped up her lecture with an earnest plea. “Next time, we’ll figur...
2025-05-27 23:26:17 +0000 UTC View PostGotham's Dead End Bar Ch.76
From: OzoftheClocktower @ Beacon.edu
Subject: Dead Ex-Wife
To: StudentBody @ Beacon.edu
My ex-wife is dead. I’m throwing a par...
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— Sean —
“-But really, it’s a matter of preference. And personally, I prefer not dying to stupid, entirely avoidable complications, such as clients who think...
2025-05-19 23:25:59 +0000 UTC View PostGotham's Dead End Bar Ch.74
— Sean —
“For years, you’ve trained to become warriors. And today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest,” Ozpin said.
Beacon’s incoming cl...
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— Jaune Arc —
He still felt sick. Air travel didn’t agree with him at all, Jaune found. No, it just ended in upchucking, embarrassment, and terrible first impressions. ...
2025-05-11 22:19:53 +0000 UTC View PostGotham's Dead End Bar Ch.72
— Sean —
“Sean…?” Barbara asked warily, incredulously. “What exactly are we getting ourselves into here?”
Jason was similarly bewildered, “How the hell ...
2025-05-07 23:34:45 +0000 UTC View PostGotham's Dead End Bar Ch.71
— Sean —
“Hmm…” I hummed to myself, seemingly out of the blue, as Didi and I closed up for the night. “The Bat kids have been in a real mood lately.”
A fe...
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This is mostly just to get a feel for what people want to see most from the coming arc.
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