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• The Strangest Of Mosaics. by Qu0t13

  Fandoms: Thief (Video Game 2014), Thief (Video Game Original Series), Dishonored (Video Games), Thief (The Dark Project), Thief (Metal Ages)  

  • Explicit
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Major Character Death
  • Gen, Multi, Other
  • Work in Progress

  03 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Rape/Non-Con
  • Major Character Death
  • Erin (Thief) & Garrett (Thief)
  • Keeper Artemus & Garrett
  • Keeper Artemus & Erin
  • The Outsider & Garrett
  • Garrett (Thief 2014)
  • Garrett (Thief Original Series)
  • Keeper Artemus
  • Erin (Thief)
  • Orland (Thief Original Series)
  • Basso the Boxman (Thief Video Games)
  • The Outsider (Dishonored)
  • The Baron | Elias Northcrest
  • Keeper Oc
  • Keeper Vairia
  • Father Karras
  • The Trickster (Thief Original Series)
  • Viktoria (Thief Original Series)
  • Monthly Upload Schedule
  • Will tag as we go
  • First Meetings
  • Child Abuse
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Child Death
  • Accidental Child Acquisition
  • Near Death Experiences
  • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
  • Implied/Referenced Underage Sex
  • Panic Attacks
  • Hot Chocolate
  • Getting to Know Each Other
  • Cuddling & Snuggling
  • Sleepy Cuddles
  • Platonic Cuddling
  • Murder
  • Blood and Violence
  • Crying
  • Men Crying
  • Garrett Cries
  • Artemus Is Good Dad
  • The Void
  • (We Think Keeper Vairia Deserves A Tag At This Point)
  • The Hammerites
  • The Mechanists
  • The Pagans

  Summary

  Some people say time is like a river, ever flowing onward, never stopping.
  In some ways, that is accurate.

  But other people say that time is like the tide, rising and falling in endless tangent with the sea...
  We find this a better representation, if only because on the rarest of occasions, the waves of the sea will overlap so perfectly with a previous swell of water that it seems as though time... Repeats itself.

  Series

  • Part 2 of Percussive Maintenance

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  80,657

  Chapters:

  72/?

  Comments:

  387

  Kudos:

  75

  Bookmarks:

  15

  Hits:

  3,384