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Chanting in his mind Enjin's words from their last staff meeting last week, be nice to customers, we need the money, Zanka keeps his face neutral and says, "Hey there. What can I do for ya?"
The man beams at him. Without missing a beat and with the boundless enthusiasm of a five year old getting to choose his own toy truck, says, "I wanna get stabbed."
Zanka, a piercer in Cleaner's studio and certified gay disaster, does his very best to handle a walk-in client: Jabber Wonger, a gorgeous PHD student and unhinged natural talent (at rage baiting).
**Illustrations included in chapters 3-5
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20 May 2026
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He's being fucking mocked, isn't he.
"I'm givin' ya five seconds ta get yer fuckin' hands of 'a me before I sock ya in yer fuckin' teeth." Zanka hisses, full of all the aversion he can muster when his mouth finally decides to work like its been dying to all night.
The problem is—Jabber all but melts into his hold, his body instantly wrapping itself around Zanka's own like the finishing touches of a ribbon around a gift.
This…thing—whatever it is Jabber offers him—is anything but a fucking gift.
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A rival Band AU, featuring bassist (sub vocalist) Zanka Nijiku and frontman (lead vocalist/rapper) Jabber Wonger.
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12 May 2026
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Rudo heeded Enjin’s words carefully. On the Ground, information was power. And with many questions and too little answers, it becomes apparent that the Cleaners need to hire the services of an information broker. Kuro’s prices are too high, and with Arkha Corvus being in and out of their reach, the need for another information broker becomes their new priority. And to everyone’s surprise, Fu may know someone.
Or: Enjin never met Zanka that fateful day, and instead, Zanka has managed to leave his family on his own, joining the dark underworld of the Ground and becoming an information broker.
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02 Apr 2026
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“What, you gonna call daddy to come beat me up?” Dreads mocks him, sticking out his bottom lip in an exaggerated pout.
Zanka feels the anger bubble up inside him at the comment, hot and cloying as it courses through his veins—and decides he needs to go home, right now, or someone’s getting punched. “Fuck you. I’m leavin’.” Then he turns on his heel to march to the back door of August’s house.
“Yeah, call your limo, pretty boy!”
Okay. That’s enough.
Zanka turns back around, cocks his arm back, and decks the guy in the face.
Or, alternatively: How the meet-ugly of the goddamn century catapults newly broke college student Zanka Nijiku head-fucking-first into the strangest, weirdest, most evilly convoluted situationship of his life.
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15 Mar 2026
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Zanka knew he was obsessive, but even he had to admit that this was a new low. He'd been stalking Jabber for over a month, for seemingly no reason beyond a morbid curiosity to figure out what made him tick.
After losing again and again, Zanka promises himself that he will become strong enough to put the Raider in his place and to prove that an Average Joe could beat a natural talent, by any means necessary. A well-timed letter may be just the push he needs.
Or,
Zanka tries going back to find a way forward.
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24 Feb 2026