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Warden

Don't get distracted!

The target has been decided. The deadline has been set. All that is left is for you, Adam Finch, assassin extraordinaire, to execute your mission. Success is inevitable. Because you are weapon made flesh, and nothing will stop you from completing your mis- Oh! Look! A story-game!!

There are 5 endings: 'Double kill', 'War in the shadows', 'Retiree rescue', 'Kiss of death' and 'Who let him cook?!'.

Submitted for End Master's Prompt Contest 4 for the prompt of: 'A story involving being an assassin'

Ignis and Aero

Aero, a 14-year-old inhabitant of the village of Albritton, wants nothing more than to read his enthralling storybooks in peace. When he hears of a Golem wandering in the forests near his village, he is more than happy to let the professionals deal with it, while staying within the comfort of his home.

Unfortunately for him, his adventurous brother, Ignis, has other plans.

Author's note: If you want to collect all endings, then there are six of them: The Wise, The Mourner, The Cleaner, The Knight, The Skeptic and The Magician. Certain choices don't have immediate effects but may influence the endings. Also, certain endings can be reached through multiple different paths.

Submitted for Sherbet's Summer's End Synergy Contest.

Special thanks to mrcrimsonclean for proof reading :]

Of dreams and daemons

Most would be willing to trade a great deal to catch a glimpse of what the future holds. Hannah de Reade, however, has spent her time in Lumintrone ignoring the omens that she sees in her prophetic dreams. All she wanted was some semblance of normalcy.

But when her dreams warn her of a daemonic plot, she is compelled to act against it, leading her to be invited as an honored guest to the Imperial Castle.

However, in a court filled with dark secrets, are her eyes that can pierce through fallacies truly a gift or a curse? You will have to take Hannah's side and guide her through this ordeal that will forever change her fate.

And perhaps you will change the fate of Lumina itself in the process.

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Author's note: There are nine endings. I highly recommend reaching multiple endings since you may not be able to experience the entirety of the plot with one read. While they are not central to the story, I should also warn that themes of domestic abuse and graphic violence are present in it.

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An eternal flower for a dying princeling. The future of a kingdom weighed against the greed of a visiting merchant.

Tonio normally wanted nothing to do with nobles and their fickle ways. While they had more gold to pay, they were almost invariably terrible customers who were hard to please. But when the King of Spireshade made him an offer he couldn't refuse, Tonio saw the opportunity to make his most earnest desires come true.

But how far will a man go for the castles that reside in his dreams? How much will he sacrifice along the way? This is what the choices you make will determine.

This is amazing work. I'm sure it'll be plenty useful when the Secret Santa event rolls around again. XD

While we're on this topic, why is sneak peek enabled by default anyway? I can only think of very specific scenarios where I'd want people to be able to view an unfinished story of mine.

It was a fun read. Definitely gave me some ideas on how to approach romance in future works. :]

Just reread the OP and realized I was supposed to say something nice about women. So here goes:

They say behind every successful man is a woman. But in the modern age, women no longer feel the need to stand behind the scenes. They're out there boldly redefining the norms of society, stepping out of the box they were put in. To every mother, sister and daughter out there kicking ass and constantly redefining the idea of womanhood, I salute you!

Happy Women's day, CYSters!

Will do! :D

Review of Sabrina complete. :]

If there are any pending requests or if anyone would like to request a review from me, I wouldn't mind taking on one.

I'm pronouncing GEOS as Gay-O's in my head and you can't stop me. XD

All you had to say was that it was pronounced "jif" because it stands for Giraffic Interchange Format. :P

Slightly tangential rant but god damn do I hate story modes in fighting games. They often have these big scenes where all the good guys go to face off against all the bad guys but then the story remembers that the game can only handle one-on-one fights so it bends over backwards to find excuses to include such fights. A good guy will just step up and say "Y'all step back, I'll handle this," and then the villains come forward one at a time to get their asses kicked while everyone else just watches on awkwardly.

I miss fighting games that just said shit like "This is a tournament where only one-on-one fights are allowed," and just gave you a bunch of fights to do.