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16 works open to everyone here carry this tag; 81% are complete. The average one runs about 5,900 words. Read any of them in your browser, save it as an EPUB, or listen to it.

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The Mechanisms (Band)

Hello My Old Heart

by perennii

"There's a ghost in the machine. Who could it be?"In which Nastya returns from going Out, and her transformation from ghost to crewmate.

Teen 41k words 12 ch Complete 258 kudos

Canon-Typical Violence · Hurt/Comfort · Jonny d'Ville and Nastya Rasputina are Siblings · fleshrora rights! - Freeform· +1 more

The Mechanisms (Band)

what comes first

by alderations

Jonny is debating which crewmate to shoot for fun when a message alert goes off on the dashboard.“Brian,” he barks, startling the Drumbot enough that he hits a harsh chord on the banjo and pouts up at Jonny. “Since when do we have outside messaging systems?”“Since always,” Ivy pipes up. “No one messages us because we kill them first.”(Whumptober Day 17: blackmail)

Teen 2.3k words 1 ch Complete 180 kudos

Angst · Canon-Typical Violence · Hostage Situations · Mechtober· +5 more

The Mechanisms (Band)

you never changed, but i sure did

by alderations

Nastya doesn’t know this, but she’s been floating in empty space for three years.(written for the Aurora Blackbox zine!)

Teen 2.8k words 1 ch Complete 95 kudos

Angst · Angst with a Happy Ending · Depersonalization · Dissociation· +5 more

The Mechanisms (Band)

ghosts // machines

by TheWrongKindOfPC

Some time after he once and for all destroys the moon he looked up into the sky at for the vast majority of his life, Tim wakes up and he isn’t dead.   Neither is the ship he’s on, but he finds that part out more slowly. Gunpowder Tim loses the love of his life, finds some other loves of his life, becomes immortal, makes some friends, and plays a significant symbolic role in the long, slow breakup of a close friend and another close friend who happens to be his house, all in no particular order.

Teen 37k words 5 ch Complete 68 kudos

Codependency · Non-Linear Narrative · Post-Mechanization · Unhealthy Relationships· +3 more

Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson+2

the most important step (reach out and take it)

by Kaladin_x_happiness

Life before death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination. A crew of broken people lands on a world swept by storms, torn by war, under the threat of the gods themselves. But this isn't how the story ends for it. And for them, it is only a beginning.What can mend a soul that has been broken for millennia?What strengths can arise when a light is shone on them?How do you teach an immortal to Live?Updates on Saturdays (theoretically)

General 10k words 7 / ? ch In progress 52 kudos

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Depression · It/Its Pronouns for The Toy Soldier · MASSIVE SPOILERS for all Stormlight Archive books· +14 more

Tales To Be Told Vol 2 - The Mechanisms (Album)+1

Ode To Swans and Love Long Lost

by Ackasi

Why did they decide to tell their story? For Jonny, the words on the page, the story to be told-Siegfried and Odette were important.

Teen 1.5k words 1 ch Complete 49 kudos

A Conversation Between Characters · Jonny and Aurora deserve to be close · Nastya is mentioned in passing · Swan Song - The Mechanisms· +4 more

The Mechanisms (Band)

this i swear by the stars

by DesertLily

Nastya Rasputina finally finds peace amongst the infinite stars.

Teen 1.1k words 1 ch Complete 39 kudos

An almost happy ending · Angst · Bittersweet · Canonical Character Death· +6 more

The Mechanisms (Band)+1

Baby-Stealing Witches

by TheWrongKindOfPC

In which the Mechs return to the scene of some of their very favorite crimes, and Marius and Raphaella are, as the title suggests, baby-stealing witches.

Teen 3.4k words 1 ch Complete 29 kudos

Accidental Baby Acquisition · Deliberate Baby Acquisition · eventually giving the babies back · canon-typical human rights violations· +1 more

The Mechanisms (Band)

And They'll Never Come Marching Home

by FanFics4allppl

Scuzz had left. Carmilla had left. And now Nastya had gone out, too. What was he supposed to do now? Or: Jonny misses his family.

General 1k words 1 ch Complete 28 kudos

Angst · Hurt No Comfort · Jonny d'Ville Needs a Hug · Jonny d'Ville and Nastya Rasputina are Siblings· +6 more

The Mechanisms (Band)

a ghost in the machine

by academic_orpheus

ivy has a nightmare, long after nastya has gone Out.

Teen 229 words 1 ch Complete 14 kudos

Blood and Gore · Mild Blood · Nightmares · poetry?· +2 more