Femdjinn Wrote:This became much longer than I intended, even after edits, so it'll have to be a two-parter. Sorry for the wait!

tealruby Wrote:An unfamiliar visitor drops in on newly elected Member of Parliament Hermione Granger. They know exactly who she is and what she can do, wand or no wand, and just want to talk. It might save someone’s life, after all.

Notes:
Surprise! A second story this year as part of my annual celebration of her birthday.

tealruby Wrote:Flight testing over, Zinda and Hermione head to Baltimore and a unique, superhero-themed pub that Lady Blackhawk helps support for the owner. Who firmly believes that he should have been Green Lantern.
I would have been a helluva Lantern. Greatest ever. No mask needed.

(09-26-2026, 04:30 AM)Jinx999 Wrote: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/21322/re-trailer-trash/chapter/4012412/64-they-dont-stop-coming

RE: Trailer Trash

BHS Wrote:Homura and Fate's mission to investigate the mysterious gatherers is interrupted by unexpected guests, and the picture of what has happened to Vertex Five becomes slightly clearer.

Notes:
Hey, guys.

This was the longest hiatus I've ever taken from Shattered Skies, but I'm back. I hope you'll all understand that the lack of progress was because from the end of January to the beginning of August, I was stuck in the grueling process of moving out of my home of more than twenty years. It was one of the most difficult and painful things I've ever gone through, but now that I'm fully settled in a place of my own, I feel the old me coming back. Pardon me if I'm a little rusty after all this time, but (knock on wood) this is the last big gap for a while.

EDIT: CW for Kyubey abuse.

EDIT: Either I didn't read the previous chapter when I linked it or I forgot about its ending in the meantime, because Mann oh Manfred. To cut a horror story short, Homura and Fate came on board one of the "gatherer" ships Dead End had flitting about V5 (the PMMM-verse) ramscooping mana, and discovered that its CPU was an Incubator terminal whose back half was a swollen mound of flesh with tubes and wires integrated into it. The new chapter picks up there, with Chi-Kyubey (the modified terminal that's working with Team Lighthouse) crawling out of Homura's shield, seeing the gatherer's onboard terminal, and becoming the first Incubator ever to experience being horrified. Homura makes a mental note that, someday, she will tell Chi-Kyubey that what he felt was a faint shadow of the experience had by every Puella Magi who ever found out what the end stage of their contract entails.

tealruby Wrote:Green Lantern gets a missive concerning the 2814 Fund, which exists to sponsor and promote areas for betterment. Mostly on this planet, of course. One of the issues raised is a perennial irritation for people like her. Namely, knock-off, unlicensed, and frankly ridiculously flimsy costumes. Even if she doesn’t wear one, she wears a uniform!