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    Monica shakes her head, shivering involuntarily. Her skin is still crawling everywhere the assailant grabbed her. She’s really not good with tall men… “That’s exactly why I have to go to class,” she tells Nero, crossing her arms high over her chest. “Besides, if I skip right after a security incident, the timing would be suspicious, and I don’t want people to think I was involved…”

    If everything goes well, no one will even know there was a security incident, but she doesn’t want to leave it to chance.

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    In the course of her bodyguard duties, Monica is afflicted by a spell that gives her a desperate need to be held. She handles this about as well as one might expect.

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    05 Dec 2025

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    An alternate history story in which Monica Everett was not chosen to be one of the Seven Sages, but instead becomes Louis Miller's apprentice.

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    02 Dec 2025

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    “Are you alright, Miss Norton?” Felix asks. He’s the only one that still bothers. Everyone else has gotten used to Monica taking a tumble or walking into walls or clipping her side on a table corner, and they very kindly ignore it unless it seems like something is actually wrong.

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    Monica takes a tumble. For Day 8 of Polyship Week.

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    26 Nov 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 1

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    The messenger from the Mage Association comes as Monica’s pouring Isaac a cup. But rather than a summon for work, he’s here to tell her that Cyril Ashley had come to Sazandol with a report for her and been assaulted by the Gluttonous Zoe before the city was hit. He’d been found and brought inside to rest, but the rain had come just moments afterwards, and there weren’t enough hands to spare for someone who was conscious and resting quietly.

    There’s a beat where Isaac and Monica exchange a look, and then she’s running to pack a bag.

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    Canon-divergent AU wherein Cyril falls victim to the Gluttonous Zoe in place of Monica. Written for Day 7 of Polyship Week.

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    26 Nov 2025

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    Some days are harder than others, even now.

    Some days she’s fine. She doesn’t think about it, even when she moves the wrong way and her shoulder twinges with pain, even when Ike passes her too closely in the kitchen and crowds her against the counter by accident. Nothing floats to mind at all, she’s not suddenly sad or frightened, and later when she realizes it she feels very proud of herself for finally letting things pass.

    It’s not always so easy.

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    Monica has a nightmare. Written for Day 6 of Polyship Week.

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    25 Nov 2025