Soldiers [Detective Conan] [Crow series 1/2]

Introduction - Soldiers

The Crows are Growing,
Tomorrow we inherit the earth.

- Mashrou Leila,  Ghost (Tayf)

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Hello! I am SO excited to share this story will you all! 

There's a huge dearth in Black Organisation-centric stories in the Conan fanfic area, especially ones that take complexity of human characters into account. So I've decided to stop helplessly searching and instead start writing myself. I hope you all enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. 

Content notes:

takes place 2010 onwards:
Historically accurate events, wars, politics, media, fashions
(some cultural artefacts such as music or games are chronologically transplanted)

Alternate Universe:
major canon divergence
OC-centric
villain-centric
(don't worry, beloved canon characters will show up!)
(also, I've taken the liberty of giving backstories to certain characters)

Genres/ tropes:
Noir – Neon Noir 
Spies & Secret Agents
Murder Mystery
Sci-Fi, cyberpunk, science fantasy tropes

General content:
Multilingual storytelling & characters
Canon-typical gratuitous violence & crime scene investigation
Canon-atypical psychological thriller & horror elements
Horny for the Void (?)
Queer characters & themes
Cars, night drives, guns 
dark themes taken seriously by the author and generally neglected by the characters

Content warnings:
mention of possibly triggering recent historical events (2005-2013), including visceral descriptions of war
suicidal ideation & self-destructive thought patterns
corrupt/overly violent law enforcement (esp. US)
claustrophobic/paranoid narratives
manipulation, gaslighting, emotional violence
gore, dismemberment, physical violence
scenes of violence (& fantasies) narrated from the perp's perspective 

Gratuitous song references!
(every chapter title is a lyric from Maghawir by Mashrou' Leila)
(also, music is generally an important plot device)

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Where the arm of the law cannot reach us,
Adonis himself will fall victim.

- Mashrou Leila, Maghawir (Commandos/Soldiers)

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I do have the whole plot for both books planned, but I will not update consistently because I'm not confident I can stay motivated if I do that. 

This story is also being simultaneously posted on AO3 under the same name; and I've also made a tumblr for character art & supplementary material, if you so wish to peruse.
<https://liminalh-creations.tumblr.com/>

I hope you can all bear with me for this wild ride!