Cruel Wonders - Revision history

Reki at 11:55, 26 February 2026

2026-02-26T11:55:50Z

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	"I came to the Zone to search for my wife."		"I came to the Zone to search for my wife."

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	The room flickered.		The room flickered.

	The refrigerator hum dipped lower, ~~stretching into a tone I had heard before in the Zone~~. Shadows gathered where they should not have, pooling beneath the cabinets.		The refrigerator hum dipped lower, sounding ever so subtly wrong. Shadows gathered where they should not have, pooling beneath the cabinets.

	I took a step toward her. "Is this real?"		I took a step toward her. "Is this real?"

Reki at 22:15, 25 February 2026

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	I slowed, not out of caution but because the space itself seemed reluctant to let me move quickly. My boots touched pavement that felt soft, as though the ground had not fully committed to being solid. The buildings pressed inward further, misshapen windows judging me from on high for pressing on.		I slowed, not out of caution but because the space itself seemed reluctant to let me move quickly. My boots touched pavement that felt soft, as though the ground had not fully committed to being solid. The buildings pressed inward further, misshapen windows judging me from on high for pressing on.

	I told myself I had to turn back, rejoin the ~~patrol…~~ even though I was not sure that was even possible. Instead, I kept walking. I squeezed myself through the small gap that the path forward had become, and emerged into a courtyard, or perhaps a clearing.		I told myself I had to turn back, rejoin the patrol... even though I was not sure that was even possible. Instead, I kept walking. I squeezed myself through the small gap that the path forward had become, and emerged into a courtyard, or perhaps a clearing.

	It opened between two buildings that should not have allowed space for one. Peonies filled it wall to wall. Pale pink, deep crimson, white edged with bruised purple. They grew directly from cracked concrete, from broken stairs, from the hollow shell of a tank half-sunk into the ground. No wind moved them, but they shifted anyway, a slow collective breath. The instruments at my waist emitted a soft tone and went silent.		It opened between two buildings that should not have allowed space for one. Peonies filled it wall to wall. Pale pink, deep crimson, white edged with bruised purple. They grew directly from cracked concrete, from broken stairs, from the hollow shell of a tank half-sunk into the ground. No wind moved them, but they shifted anyway, a slow collective breath. The instruments at my waist emitted a soft tone and went silent.

Reki at 22:14, 25 February 2026

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	I slowed, not out of caution but because the space itself seemed reluctant to let me move quickly. My boots touched pavement that felt soft, as though the ground had not fully committed to being solid. The buildings pressed inward further, misshapen windows judging me from on high for pressing on.		I slowed, not out of caution but because the space itself seemed reluctant to let me move quickly. My boots touched pavement that felt soft, as though the ground had not fully committed to being solid. The buildings pressed inward further, misshapen windows judging me from on high for pressing on.

	I told myself I had to turn back, rejoin the patrol… ~~somehow,~~ even though I was not sure that was even possible. Instead, I kept walking. I squeezed myself through the small gap that the path forward had become, and emerged into a courtyard, or perhaps a clearing.		I told myself I had to turn back, rejoin the patrol… even though I was not sure that was even possible. Instead, I kept walking. I squeezed myself through the small gap that the path forward had become, and emerged into a courtyard, or perhaps a clearing.

	It opened between two buildings that should not have allowed space for one. Peonies filled it wall to wall. Pale pink, deep crimson, white edged with bruised purple. They grew directly from cracked concrete, from broken stairs, from the hollow shell of a tank half-sunk into the ground. No wind moved them, but they shifted anyway, a slow collective breath. The instruments at my waist emitted a soft tone and went silent.		It opened between two buildings that should not have allowed space for one. Peonies filled it wall to wall. Pale pink, deep crimson, white edged with bruised purple. They grew directly from cracked concrete, from broken stairs, from the hollow shell of a tank half-sunk into the ground. No wind moved them, but they shifted anyway, a slow collective breath. The instruments at my waist emitted a soft tone and went silent.

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2026-02-25T21:43:38Z

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	* ~~psychological horror,~~
	* reality distortion,
	* grief,
	* quasi-religious themes,
	* ambiguous loss.
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	~~= Cruel Wonders =~~
	"I came to the Zone to search for my wife."		"I came to the Zone to search for my wife."

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2026-02-25T15:11:14Z

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	* quasi-religious themes,		* quasi-religious themes,
	* ambiguous loss.		* ambiguous loss.
	~~<nowiki>~~-----~~</nowiki>~~		-----

	= Cruel Wonders =		= Cruel Wonders =

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	* grief,		* grief,
	* quasi-religious themes,		* quasi-religious themes,
	* ambiguous loss. -----		* ambiguous loss.
			<nowiki>-----</nowiki>

	= Cruel Wonders =		= Cruel Wonders =

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	= Cruel Wonders =		= Cruel Wonders =

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	* psychological horror,		* psychological horror,
	* reality distortion,		* reality distortion,

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	=== Content ~~warning~~: ===		=== Content warnings: ===

	* psychological horror		* psychological horror,
	* reality distortion		* reality distortion,
	* grief		* grief,
	* quasi-religious themes		* quasi-religious themes,
	* ambiguous loss.		* ambiguous loss.

Reki at 14:37, 25 February 2026

2026-02-25T14:37:14Z

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	CW: ~~Psychological~~ horror, reality distortion, grief, quasi-religious themes, ambiguous loss.		=== Content warning: ===

			* psychological horror
			* reality distortion
			* grief
			* quasi-religious themes
			* ambiguous loss.

	= Cruel Wonders =		= Cruel Wonders =