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Chapters: 3/3 Fandom: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Original Verso Dessendre/Julie Characters: Original Verso Dessendre, Julie (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Louise (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Clea Dessendre, Renoir Dessendre | The Curator Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Original Verso Dessendre Lives, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Eventual Smut, drunk!Verso, bartender!julie, bouncer!Simon, Alicia cameo, so much bar jargon, Metaphors, Post-Fire, some parallels with expedition zero Summary:

He seems comfortable enough sitting with his thoughts that he's not using the wine to get out of his own head, at the very least. Maybe he's just lonely. Verso does like talking, and entertains himself by climbing into her head when she's free enough to make merry. Julie is… strangely unbothered by that part of their routine.

The part that does bother her is the meta aspect: the routine itself.

Verso is there every night.

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AKA Julie eases Verso off the slippery slope of drinking to forget his past.

I got around to making a cover for this since it’s the last chapter, so enjoy :)

Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game) Rating: Mature Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Original Verso Dessendre/Julie, Painted Verso Dessendre/Julie Characters: Original Verso Dessendre, Painted Verso Dessendre, Julie (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Renoir Dessendre | The Curator, Aline Dessendre | The Paintress Additional Tags: Writer!Julie, Time Travel, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Bittersweet Ending, Maelle Ending | A Life to Paint (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), pre-fire and post-fire, one major original character, i tried to come up with a writing system, Eventual Smut, Mild Smut, canon typical feels trip, Unreliable Narrator Sometimes, conveniently placed historical inaccuracies, And most importantly, Original Verso Dessendre Lives, Conflict Between Painters and Writers (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) Summary:

An upset candle, left unattended by a bribed servant late at night. That is the addendum The Forum added. The family would have already retired after the celebration, the other servants asleep in their quarters. Nobody would see the flame grow or know its carnage until death pounded at their doors.

Why this lethal act for such an innocent commissioner? The reason is simple - the young lady's family had been confirmed by the confidant to be part of the Painters' Council.

It would be simple enough to be passed off as an accident, if necessary, and so small a change that an impossible narrative would pose no true risk to poison the young lady's mind. My version of the Story was given to her uncredited, and the addendum was locked away in The Forum's library. They intended to take ownership of the fire if any in the family died as a result, to send a message to others on the Painters' Council of the power a Writer can wield.

A declaration of war.

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