Timely Tea Collection (A time bound magic inventory)
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1.2 | Metrology  by whereareyouhades
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Every morning at 8:34 AM, Sanya boards Coach Number 6 with her diary 'Metrology,' collecting strangers' stories like precious artifacts. When Neil appears with terrible jokes and banana breakfasts, her carefully catalogued world shifts. Sometimes the best stories aren't about the people you're watching but the one sitting right beside you.
1.1 | Leftover Dreams by whereareyouhades
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Every night at 10:45 PM, a mysterious man with a steel tiffin appears at Tanu's failing European bakery in Ranchi, collecting her day's disasters with the reverence of someone handling precious artifacts. He pays too much, arranges imperfect pastries like art installations, and disappears into the November darkness with secrets that taste sweeter than her best chocolate walnut slice. When Tanu discovers where her lopsided buns and overbaked cream puffs actually end up, she realizes that sometimes the most beautiful things in life come wrapped in yesterday's failures. But what happens when the mathematics of love collide with family expectations, business ultimatums, and the delicate architecture of dreams built from leftover crumbs? Some stories begin with perfect recipes. This one starts with everything going deliciously wrong.