Illuminated
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Ongoing20m
Last published Thu, Apr 9, 2026
Interstellar Alliance cultural consultant Tilara is on a diplomatic team sent to an Original Homeworld planet, Luminia, to facilitate ease of understanding of cultural customs to spur on a trade agreement between the native Ilukiné and IA, in the interests of the renewable energy the Ilukiné dominate and control. on a night roaming the arts district, she had become so well read on, Tilara meets Zikeré , and suddenly her galaxy is spinning
Metalsmith Zikeré is scouting competition one evening when they come across a wonderful smelling being of an unfamiliar species. Zikeré soon realizes this is their Zuletí, their fated one, and amidst their celebration, Zikeré soon realizes these...humans... are not as comfortable with the concept of fate as their own kin, and to get their Zuletí blissfully in their arms, Zikeré must first track her halfway across the galaxy...
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