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Worlds Apart 🪐 [ONC 2025]
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Complete, First published Feb 27
Mature
[ONC Round 2 Ambassador Pick]

The elf Pepiryn is about to achieve what he's been working towards for years-opening a portal to another dimension. If he does that, he will prove his abilities, would be allowed to study other dimensions directly, and hopefully find out more about what happened to his mother.

However, during the presentation of his machine, Quinli, an old acquintance turned enemy crashes the party, ruining everything. Now stuck in the city of Prague, Pepiryn and Quinli must work together to find their way back home while old feelings bubble to the surface.

(Based on ONC prompt 45: It's your big day - everything is falling into place - but why does your hot, irresistible enemy seem to think he's won?)
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