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The Royal Thief Unbound

"Work from the shadows rarely gets recognized..." Collab with breakeven

by k3l26
Mordred the concertmaster

"It was the night before the big talent show. Over the past week, the twins and I had bumped into Braxton a few more times..."

by cyber1ofkakoradesert
A Hero's Journey: Seasons (for issue 975)

"O Faerieland, Faerieland, hard shall you fall..."

by precious_katuch14
Valentine Mystery Noir

"I woke with a start to the sound of a Weewoo chirping on the ledge outside of my office window..." Collab with superkathiee

by honorrolle
 
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"Bright Glade, Shadowed Forest" by cookybananas324
Illusen sat at her table, studying a vase of blue flowers. She hadn’t been offering quests at her glade for very long; she’d started relatively recently, after hearing that Jhudora had started out giving quests back in Faerieland. But Illusen was already feeling so… tired. That afternoon, a little Kougra girl had come to the glade with her big sister. She’d been adorable—maybe four or five years old—and she’d brought Illusen a gift: a big bouquet of freshly-picked blue flowers. And Illusen had smiled politely, and thanked her, because she was so young, and she couldn’t have known that Illusen had personally planted those flowers and had been planning to harvest them later, on the full moon—but they’d been torn from the earth too soon and were now useless for the potion she’d been planning. It was Illusen’s fault, really, for planting them too close to the path to her cabin, where a child might see them and be tempted. If she’d built a garden bed, with a fence around it, perhaps her sister would have stopped her. But Illusen hadn’t wanted little wooden boxes with neat rows of plants. She’d had plenty of that growing up in her mother’s house in Faerieland. Her mother’s garden was beautiful, without doubt, but it was also very much a garden. The girl had seen a patch of wildflowers, had picked them because they were pretty and blue, and she’d given them to Illusen because she wanted to be kind, and that was a good thing, surely.




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Illusen's New Quest
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A Spring Day in the Glade
"One early spring morning, you decide to take a stroll through the Faerieland forest..."

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Top 10 Illusen Day Foodie Items
"Hello and welcome! On this episode of Top 10 Items, we have a theme dedicated to the one and only Illusen!"

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Six Ways to Decorate Your Home for Illusen Day
"And as the sun breaks, it finally arrives – Illusen Day! As ever, it’s an exciting time for the entire Neopian community, as this day is dedicated to celebrating the kindness and generosity of the beloved freckled Faerie, Illusen."

by daschuffita

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Xac and Fuzo: Natural Reactions
They do say "Opposites Attract" for a reason.

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Illusens Illusion
"Help deliver Illusen's present to her by completing the maze!"

by safemoon



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