She is fable made flesh, the girl in the woods, but her uncertain smile is warm and human. She offers to play in the forest together, and taking the dare to go looking becomes, in that instant, the most worthwhile thing he's ever done.

A short summary of Harris and the girl from the forest.

Beyond world's edge, a second chance appears.

It's not exactly a horror story, when you're looking from inside.

Prompt: "pay no attention to the perfectly ordinary dog (or cat), it's just an ordinary pet, no idea what you're talking about".

Some children meet Nina.

"The cards told me to come to you," the man with the low-browed hat explained as he took the final empty seat at the table. Ekko slid him the last mug, which he accepted. "I find they're often right."

"Are we just picking up every goddamn weirdo in this tavern tonight?" hissed Ziggs, making good on his minute of progress by knocking his mug directly off the edge of the table in one frustrated gesture.

"Aw, you wound me," said Rumble. "There's only like, three new people here, tops. And that guy's your ex, right?"

"No," replied Ziggs, at the same time as Heimerdinger said, "Yes, unfortunately."

Or, "when the league is legendary idk ive never played it", timeloop edition.

"Hey," said Mad Rat, once the two of them were settled and staring up at the stars. "Uh. Heart. Do you know what the L stick is?"

[The following series of recordings was found on a small portable audio recorder by a Pokemon Ranger near Mt. Moon. It is unknown when it was recorded, but the device was fairly old and damaged. It appears to have been the diary of a young trainer, though many sections are missing, and has yet to be accurately identified.

Whether the story was truth or fiction is also unknown. Mt. Moon has been off-limits to trainers for years, and many have claimed these records to be fakes, but some also claim the circumstances match up with the disappearance of a young trainer in the area after being sent off on a journey for a local Professor.

In the end, though, the truth is for the recordings' original creator to know, and us to guess at.]

In which Homura's wish is a little different, and Madoka lives. This is not necessarily better.

You are Peridot 5M1L-3YY, preliminary planetary surveyor and secret anti-Homeworld rebel, and today, you and your skeleton crew are going to save a planet (or be shattered trying.)

(Now deanoned, re-proofread, and slightly patched!)