Short stories

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• A Crown of Quiet Hours The benevolent monarchy people have long since come to worship is really just a dozen or so dragons in disguise, hoping to set up a state that can keep everything not on fire for a few hundred years so that they can finally get some actual quality slumber. Abandoned 3,472 words Not canon
• A Place for the Living Introducing a boyfriend or girlfriend to the family can be either very pleasant or very stressful. When you come from a lineage of necromancers, these feelings are amplified, as relatives who died decades ago might show up for a visit. Candidate 3,370 words Not canon
• Solstice Evening Bell Solstice Evening Bell, First Monarch and queen of all magical girls, is the only being on Earth under the "ultrahuman" categorization. The invasion force is easily into the six-digit range. She stands alone. Write me a fight scene. Candidate 3,740 words Not canon
• The City of Eleven Foundations There is a city that is architecturally colorful. It is divided by districts, and each district has its own style, like Gothic, Chinese, Egyptian, Greek, steampunk, cyberpunk, biopunk, dieselpunk, raypunk, solarpunk, and more. Notes: The story should focus on the city architecturally not the people or culture; Candidate 3,769 words Not canon
• The Friends I Built You are the child of a damned soul and the archdemon Belphegor. You are deaf and non-speaking. Unfortunately for you, your parents, while loving, are extremely lazy. So you use your exceptional aptitude and intelligent to create your own friends and impress others at school with your skills Candidate 3,669 words Not canon
• The Future That Refused Us You did it. You did what was thought to be impossible and broke the prophecy. But as you stare at the cost, you begin to wonder if was even worth it to break the prophecy. Candidate 3,530 words Not canon
• The Gentlest Terror Every single noble family in your kingdom has an alliance with a dragon that watches over them. The royal family's dragon, despite being the biggest and scariest by appearance, is a total sweetheart. Candidate 3,470 words Not canon
• The Peace They Could Sleep Through The benevolent monarchy people have long since come to worship is really just a dozen or so dragons in disguise, hoping to set up a state that can keep everything not on fire for a few hundred years so that they can finally get some actual quality slumber. Candidate 3,425 words Not canon
• The Shape of Mercy You are a child of a great mage lineage, your eldest sister could turn forests into ash with her flames, your older brother capable of freezing oceans over, your younger sibling, a tamer of magical beasts, but for some reason, everyone fears you the most, and you have zero clue why. Candidate 3,602 words Not canon
• The Station Between A person dies and wakes up in a train station, one train leading to heaven and the other to hell, anyone who is meant for hell but trys to enter the train to heaven will get dragged to hell while on the train, not wanting to find out what the afterlife is like, they stay at the station Candidate 3,613 words Not canon
• The Thirteenth Command System Update: Host found - Host's Capabilities confirmed - Seeking Class applications - Class found - Applying Class: Combat Controller - previous experience confirmed - applying previous experience - Level Up - Level Up - ... - Level 13 reached with previous experience in Class - waking Host Candidate 3,698 words Not canon
• The Weight of Falling Up You're an apprentice at a prestigious magic school! It's time for you to take your flying assessment, and take to the skies. Others choose brooms, levitation spells, or mounts. You show up with something a little different. Candidate 3,624 words Not canon
• The Wrong Side of the Part You find a magical wig that, when worn, turns you into the exact oppose of who you are, with the wig changing to match the new personality. However, you don’t believe this… until you put it on. Candidate 3,233 words Not canon