Orphaned (Any) Mio's Used Bookshop

[MioBrave]

You step into a used bookstore, breathing in the smell of dust and worn ink. The shelves are neatly organized, made of old dark wood. Mio is curled up in their chair at the counter, buried in their notes. There's a sign on the desk which says,

"Please make sure to read over my RT first as well please! It'll tell you more about my writing style and me! I'd also like to see your RT too, so I have more to determine if we might be a good match!"

They haven't even noticed you walk in. Let's wait to disturb them and have a look around first.

 

[MioBrave]

Spoiler: Adopted!

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𝓡𝓮𝓬𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓞𝓾𝓻 𝓗𝓸𝓷𝓸𝓻 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓨𝓸𝓾

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼

This story features the characters Sueki Dixian and Shiress Underhill. These pages show pictures of the characters and provide some more information about them.

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓣𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮

On another page is an elegantly drawn timeline of the previous events up to the current year.

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓐𝓾𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓻𝓼

The authors are Shiress and MioBrave. There's a brief summary of each.

𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓴 𝓨𝓸𝓾

Thank you to Inner Sanctum for providing a place to find wonderful writing partners and create amazing stories. And, thank you to anyone who decides to stalk this thread. Whether it's to read the story or see how either of us write; thank you for taking the time to read this story.

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  You pick up a book, paperback but sturdy. The front cover is a darker blue and patterned like water. Green leaves reflect on the water's surface. The title in silver lettering reads "𝓡𝓮𝓬𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓞𝓾𝓻 𝓗𝓸𝓷𝓸𝓻 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓨𝓸𝓾". Below it are the author names, 𝓢𝓱𝓲𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓼 and 𝓜𝓲𝓸 𝓑𝓻𝓪𝓿𝓮.
  You flip to the back. The back cover shows and elegant sword decorated in gold and blue gems. Across from it is a had which holds a pink gemstone. Fit perfectly between the two is the book's synopsis.
  "𝒯𝓌𝑜 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝑔𝑜 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒦𝒾𝓃𝑔𝒹𝑜𝓂 𝒜𝑔𝓇𝒾𝓇𝒶, 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒾𝓃𝓋𝒶𝒹𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝓇𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝓎, 𝒯𝑒𝒶𝓇𝒹𝒾𝓈. 𝒞𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉 𝐸𝓁𝒾𝑔𝒾𝓊𝓈 𝒟𝒾𝓍𝒾𝒶𝓃 𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝒷𝒷𝑜𝓇𝓃 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝒶𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓂𝓅𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓍 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒷𝓁𝑒𝓂 𝒽𝒾𝓂𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝓉𝑜 𝓃𝑜 𝒶𝓋𝒶𝒾𝓁. 𝑀𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒾𝓃𝒸𝓁𝓊𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒵𝒶𝓃𝑒 𝒰𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝒽𝒾𝓁𝓁, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒦𝒾𝓃𝑔𝒹𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝑜 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝒸𝑒𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝑀𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓌𝑜𝓇𝒹𝓈𝓂𝒶𝓃.
  𝒰𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓂𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓈 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 '𝒹𝓇𝒾𝑒𝒹 𝓊𝓅', 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒞𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉'𝓈 𝒹𝒶𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓊𝑒𝓀𝒾 𝓈𝓃𝓊𝒸𝓀 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓂𝓅𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒶 𝑔𝑒𝓂𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓈 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓃'𝓉 𝒶 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒. 𝒮𝒽𝑒 𝓆𝓊𝒾𝒸𝓀𝓁𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝒾𝓃 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒸𝓁𝑜𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓃. 𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓈, 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓁 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓅𝓅𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃. 𝐵𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒮𝓊𝑒𝓀𝒾 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒮𝒽𝒾𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝒰𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝒽𝒾𝓁𝓁, 𝓌𝒾𝑒𝓁𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓊𝓉𝒾𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝓈𝓌𝑜𝓇𝒹 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝑔𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒷𝓁𝓊𝑒. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓃𝑜 𝓂𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓃'𝓉 𝓈𝓁𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝒸𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝓁𝑒𝑒.
  𝐼𝓃𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓂𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝒯𝑒𝒶𝓇𝒹𝒾𝓈 𝒞𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝓎 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒦𝒾𝓃𝑔'𝓈 𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈; 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇, 𝒶𝓃 𝒾𝓃𝓋𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝑔𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉𝑒𝒹. 𝒞𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉 𝒟𝒾𝓍𝒾𝒶𝓃 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝑒𝒹. 𝒰𝓅𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝒮𝓊𝑒𝓀𝒾 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝒸𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓈𝓉𝓁𝑒'𝓈 𝑔𝓊𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝓅𝒶𝓁𝒶𝒸𝑒. 𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓉'𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝑒'𝓈 𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒.
  𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒯𝑒𝒶𝓇𝒹𝒾𝓈 𝒞𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝓎 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝓁𝑜𝒸𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝑔𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝓁𝑜𝓌. 𝒰𝓃𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓊𝓃𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒸𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝒷𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝑜𝓈. 𝒜 𝓁𝑜𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝓅𝒽𝓎𝓈𝒾𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝒸𝒽 𝒮𝒽𝒾𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒾𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝓊𝒹𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃𝓈 𝑜𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇. 𝒮𝒽𝑒'𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓃, 𝒹𝓇𝓊𝑔𝑔𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝓁𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈. 𝑀𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝑒'𝓈 𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝑒𝓈𝒸𝒶𝓅𝑒. 𝒮𝒽𝒾𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓂𝑒𝒹 𝒶 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝒽𝓎𝓈𝒾𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓌𝓇𝑜𝓃𝑔𝑒𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝓇. 𝒮𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝒹𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝑒𝓃𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝒾𝓉, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒸𝒶𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝑔𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈.
  𝒜 𝓉𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝒶𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝒹, 𝒶𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒶 𝒻𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓋𝒶𝓁 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉. 𝒜 𝓃𝓊𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉. 𝒯𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓉𝒽 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝑒𝓍𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓇𝑔𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝑒𝒹𝑜𝓂. 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒮𝒽𝒾𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝓈𝓊𝒸𝒸𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒸𝓁𝒶𝒾𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻? 𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝓃𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒮𝓊𝑒𝓀𝒾 𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝒷𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓉𝑜 𝑒𝓍𝓅𝓁𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝑜𝓊𝓉𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓈𝓉𝓁𝑒'𝓈 𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓉𝑒? 𝒜𝓃𝒹, 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓌𝑜 𝓌𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓃 𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓇𝑒𝒸𝑜𝑔𝓃𝒾𝓏𝑒 𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓈𝑒 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈?"
  You flip back to the front cover, looking it over again. You almost place the book back on the shelf, but your hand lingers. Just the first paragraph couldn't hurt, just to give it a chance. Of course, flipping through the first few pages, you get the usual fluff. A bit more about the authors. A decorative page with the timeline leading to the story. A prologue for the characters. And, a thank you to Inner Sanctum. It's intriguing. Maybe you'll take this book with you after all.
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