Before & After & Inbetween

So, chapter 7 hit the AO3 yesterday; a couple booboos were found since then (including the missing last two sentences), so if you read it before 2026-09-26 10:00 EST, have a look at the last para to get the full picture. You can find it - as always - as a logged-in user on the AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/89238176/chapters/247786981

We're now reaching the less drafted parts of Bionics, so progress may slow a little. Most of the Goose & ALMA stuff is written, but Zach's scene - even though he's supposed to be the main character of this story - are yet to be written. I have notes what has to go where in the plot, but nothing written yet.

And on a different tack:
I finally got around to reinstate my website as an intentionally very plain story archive, designed to be readable on most screens and printable via most browsers. Plain because I want to limit bandwidth and energy consumption (and because "fuck SEO, AIO, the scrapers, and the assholes who programmed them and consider wasting a shitload of energy to rip other people off a good idea")!

It's still far, faaaaaarrr from complete. So, if you want to read my stories - the AO3 is still the better address. But it's there. :)

...and chapter 5 of Bionics was just uploaded to the AO3 - I expect to spend the next few days catching typos I missed. ;)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/89238176/chapters/241472836

...just hit the AO3 : https://archiveofourown.org/works/89238176/chapters/238225226

......and the obligated "post posting editing" to correct all the missed "a", "the", and erroneously chosen words was completed on the next day!

The first chapter of "Bionics", the story about what happened between Zachary getting shot and the S5 team being formed is up on the AO3 .
It's currently roughly 10 chapters, but especially in the second half are still gaps that will have to be filled, so final length may be longer. Anyways, hope you'll have fun with it.

Summary: In the first TV-ep, Zachary is shot, Eliza is captured, and at the end of the episode, we see him with the team and weapon-grade bionics.
Well, this story is my take on what happened between those two moments. It covers Zach's implantation and struggles to deal with it, Niko and Goose getting their implants, Doc learning about them (and the commander), Goose getting ALMA, and the S5's being formed...

https://archiveofourown.org/works/89238176

...just went live on the #AO3 - now only a short epilogue is to do.
(Sadly, Zach is underrepresented in this chapter).
Yes, this fic ends with a stalemate of sorts.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/87440591/chapters/235802556

"Chapter 7: Tarred, Not Feathered" of "The Right to Refuse" is now on the AO3. Looks increasingly like it's going to be 9 chapters and an Epilogue. All remaining chapters have major parts already written, but with some gaps & need for arrangements left & the cold from hell [tm] is so not helping right now. :(

https://archiveofourown.org/works/87440591/chapters/232317121

Fandom: Tokyo Babylon, X/1999
Story Arc: Decagram
Story: Business as Usual
chapter: part.1 - Demons
word count: 14.723
rating: Mature (this chapter less so, I believe)
Story summary: ...in which Seishiro and Subaru learn the hard way that overcoming the differences of two feuding clans is nothing in comparison to a business merger!
Chapter summary: At least, they answered the phone.

Link to part.1 at the Archive of Our Own

Fandom: Tokyo Babylon, X/1999
Story Arc: Decagram
Story: Business as Usual
chapter: part.0 - On Vacation
word count: 22.696
rating: Mature
Summary: ...in which Seishiro and Subaru learn the hard way that overcoming the differences of two feuding clans is nothing in comparison to a business merger!
Chapter summary: Golden Week 2000

Warnings: "Business as Usual" as a whole is rated R for violence, (organized) crime, occultism, sexual situations, alternative lifestyles, and a vocal tree having issues. Single chapters may be less restricted.

As a direct sequel it may not make sense unless you know the previous parts of the Decagram, most notably "36°" and "Family Matters". You can find all stories of the Decagram at the Archive of our Own and on my homepage.

My stories are based solely on the German translation of the Clamp manga books, therefore there might be differences in names and details from the English or Japanese editions.

Link to the Archive of Our Own

I finally got around to create the planned Decagram - Outtakes WIP on AO3. Nothing great, nothing edited, but at least the abandoned snippets won't be buried in 10 years worth of blog posts. :)

Now that my website is up-to-date (and Crystal Structures posted), it's time to present the fics depending on it. Here's the first one:

Fandom: Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
Title: Dark Ozark
Rating: R
codes: violence, fungi, lack of house-training for horses.
characters: Goose, Niko, Annie O, Darkstar, Walsh (brief appearances of Waldo and Doc)

Summary: Annie O's shot and it's not easy for a wanted woman like Darkstar to call the cops (err-- the rangers).

Important references: Crystal Structures, Weaknesses Are To Be Erased, Strange

You can read it on my website: http://www.annkniggendorf.de/page206.html
or on the AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/13349835