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  1. Rec 32

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    Pete is six years old the first time he hears the moonlight sing.

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    02 Nov 2024

  2. Rec 31

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    Pete Wentz is legendary among the Pan-Pacific Defense Corps for two things: first, he’s one of the most phenomenally talented Jaeger pilots the world has ever seen; second, he’s never been able to keep a copilot around for longer than six months.

    With the resignation of his latest, he’s told in no uncertain terms that this will be his last chance- he finds someone he can really work with, or he’s grounded permanently. The ultimatum seems a moot point when Pete meets Patrick Stump, a cadet who he’s absolutely sure is his perfect copilot.

    But Patrick is entirely unwilling to even pilot a Jaeger, much less let Pete into his head. To protect each other and the world, they’ll have to fight more than their fair share of monsters lurking both within and without.

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    05 Feb 2024

  3. Rec 40

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    His whole life, Patrick Stump dreamed of being up among the stars. Now he's commanding a 6-month mission aboard the International Space Station, crewed by Dr. Trohman, a strung-out botanist; Lieutenant Colonel Hurley, a meathead marine; and Captain Pete Wentz, an insubordinate pilot who's bent on taking heaven out of the stars and giving Patrick hell instead. Can they survive the brutal inhospitality of the vacuum of space, where the smallest equipment failure can mean instant death? And more importantly, can they survive each other?

     

    ...meteors fright the fixed stars of heaven
    the pale-faced moon looks bloody on the earth
    and lean-look'd prophets whisper fearful change...

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    01 Nov 2023

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    I'm sure given your position you already know about the advent of the General Data Protection Regulation next year, wrote Peter Lukas, to Elias Bouchard. However, the Lukas family wishes to be crystal clear that our continued investment is contingent upon the Institute taking its responsibilities with regards to privacy and confidentiality seriously.

    The Magnus Institute hires a Data Protection Officer. He sets about diligently booking in meetings, writing policy documents, and training all the staff in the importance of confidentiality. Now if only he could get hold of the Head Archivist, who seems to have vanished again...

    (Jon is only trying to save the world, but apparently some people think he should still be doing his day job.)

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    08 May 2023

  5. Public Bookmark 86

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    Blackbeard wanted to hear his name again - the one his mother gave him, and the seas took from him, and Stede returned to him like a scrap of silk tucked into a pocket.

    He wanted that kiss; that breathless, innocent press of their mouths while the sun on the horizon bore witness.

    Put plainly, he wanted all the things he could never have again for as long as he lived.

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    In short; Stede and his crew return to The Revenge, and Ed has to decide what would hurt less: to kill him, or let him go.

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    14 Apr 2022