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LiteratureA Kid in Queen Cersei's Court (Pt. 1)Much has happened in the last few years. War has torn apart the realm. All nine men who served as Lord Paramount in each of the nine major regions of Westeros are all dead now. A couple of those regions are currently without an official leader, and some have disputed rulers. Although the war has ended, Westeros is still in great disarray. Especially since Jon Snow has been declared by his family's vassals as the new King in the North, and Daenerys Targaryen and her dragons have landed on Dragonstone. That is no concern of yours, though. You have no family and no one you can really call a close friend, and you have always had to struggle to get by. As such, the war had not affected you as greatly as it had affected most other people in the Seven Kingdoms. The world had been more dangerous, yes, but you were used to danger. In fact, your rough childhood and difficult upbringing had helped you to survive where so many richer, grander, and higher born persons hadLiteratureUnconventional Therapy (Pt. 1)To many people, Jennifer Melfi seemed to be an emotionally unattached woman. Indeed, she insisted on maintaining a certain degree of professionalism with most of her patients, namely the mob boss Tony Soprano. However, while she was accustomed to being stoic, stern, and no-nonsense, there were times when she reveal an entirely different side of her persona altogether. Those who knew her for her rigid approach to psychology would hardly recognize this aspect of her. One Friday, shortly after her usual weekly appointment with Mr. Soprano, Jennifer sat waiting for her final patient of the day. As always, Tony had vented his own personal problems, regarding both his home life and work life, and Jennifer had analyzed and counseled him as best she could. As usual, there were times when she was concerned as to what sort of illicit affairs the Jersey mob was involved in. But she decided she would not worry on that overmuch. She had another patient coming in who needed her attention far moreLiteratureWednesday's Newest Torment (Pt. 1)Wednesday Addams had been back home for about a week. She had never doubted for a moment that her stay at Nevermore Academy would somehow be cut short, though even she could not have foreseen the pure horror which had unfolded there. She had never been one to ponder overlong on a tragic event. To her, tragedy was a crucial aspect of everyday life, as well as a wholly unavoidable eventuality. Even so, she found herself wondering if Nevermore and the people she met there would ever be a part of her life again. As she ruminated, Wednesday heard a knock on the door to her bedroom. "Come in, Mother," she called out stoically. Morticia Addams entered at once. "How'd you know it was me, darling?" she asked with her usual devious grin. "The sound gave it away," Wednesday claimed, "It was too soft to be Father, too hard to be Cousin It, too low to be Lurch, too high to be Thing, and Pugsley wouldn't even bother knocking, though he knows I'd torment him for entering withoutLiteratureThe Succubus Queen's Plaything (Pt. 1)(Those of you who are familiar with Astarotte's Toy/Rotte no Omocha can skip ahead to the section break) Up until about a year ago, Naoya Touhara had lived a fairly quite life. His parents had died when he was a teen, and he had all but lost the will to live. But his life had been saved when Mercelida Ygvar, a gorgeous young woman whom he'd had a one-night stand with just after reaching puberty, had brought him the product of their union, a little girl named Asuha. Naoya had come to love his daughter immediately. He loved caring for her, cooking for her, bathing her, and being a father in general. For the longest time, it had been just the two of them. Then one day, a woman named Judit Snorrevík had paid him a visit. Judit had turned out to be an elf. She was also the best friend of Mercelida, who turned out to be both a succubus and the queen of another world called Ygvar. The whole reason she had been on Earth was because she was trying to run away from her responsibilities as