Pick Them Before They Die
WilloStars
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  • Reads 473
  • Votes 107
  • Parts 25
  • Time 1h 39m
WilloStars
Ongoing, First published Oct 21, 2015
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Seemingly just your everyday eccentric in an evolving world, florist and store owner Calci Ireland doesn't stand out too much in the heart of a senior and hipster heaven, seaside town of Privi Village.
This is good!
However, times are testing; as if running such a business isn't tough enough, the store isn't doing too well and neither is her health.

Tradition crudely clashing with modernisation, this may be an age old concept however, these days, the present seems increasingly tough, particularly for somebody who's 'different'.
Calci yearns for the simplicity of the 'old days'...
Sometimes...
Does she?




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The Orbs of Tala

44 parts Complete Mature

Powerful deity Isla Develler is cursed and goes to the other side of the world for a solution, where she encounters more trouble than she imagined, among them a human who ignites her darkest desires and a mischievous god who seems to enjoy her struggles. ***** Growing up in a powerful family of Opulents, beings with blood of both the gods and angels, Isla is the best candidate to be the next Opulent Empress. But being an Opulent means getting a Curse. Isla just got hers and it's a bad one. Before her ambitious cousin finds out and ruin her chance to the throne, Isla is forced to go to the other side of the world, live in a dilapidated colonial house in the middle of a mystical forest that hides many secrets, and lead the incompetent Department of Lost Things where the temporary solution to her Curse is kept. Things get a little tricky for Isla when she encounters a human teenage girl who lost her memories. But Jade is just one trouble Isla will face in East Isles: Across the forest, in a human village, lives Lucas, a powerless but famous human jazz singer with a flock of devout fangirls, and he fills Isla's nights with dark desires that may lead to her ruin. And within the forest is Avi, a mischievous and untrustworthy god, who seems to enjoy watching it. As Isla and the peculiar team of the Department of Lost Things reluctantly help Jade find her family, while working on a case for a major goddess with a major attitude, they struggle with everything human and powerless, and other things more sinister that lives very close to home. Content Warning: This story contains mature sexual content and themes of sexual assault and violence. Cover design by Kallmegaudier

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