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by Ruzi
Book Two - Complete!! Bunny Lovelace thought she understood how the universe worked. Silk curtains, polite society, and pristine rules. But when a disgraced noble daughter gets shoved into a rusted mech in a penal battalion, those illusions shatter fast. This is Bunny's story, and we experience the brutal, grease-stained reality of the front lines exactly as she does. Watch a hopelessly naive aristocrat step out of her sheltered bubble to learn just how messed up the world really is, one terrifying, heavily armed, and aggressively blushing disaster at a time. Facing down bio-mechanical mimics? She can figure that out. Making eye contact with the most beautiful, battle-hardened girl in the fleet? Critical system meltdown. Eject! Eject! What to Expect: A Character-Driven Ride: We learn the world as Bunny learns it. Watch our heroine adapt to the mud, earn every single win, and slowly transform from a sheltered debutante into a ridiculously capable leader. Heavy Metal, Heavier Crushes: Giant robots paired with monumental romantic malfunctions. She might be fearless under mimic fire, but a wink from a pretty girl will completely short-circuit her. Sunshine in the Trenches: Laugh-out-loud antics that treat "grimdark sci-fi" like a completely ignorable suggestion. Bunny brings her own light to the wasteland. Accidental Empire Building: Why survive the frontier when you can conquer it? Watch Bunny turn a penal depot into a sovereign kingdom, armed with salvaged tech and an infuriatingly devoted squad. Yuri first, Plot second! This is a character-focused romance with a very slow-burn overarching plot that Bunny stumbles onto eventually. Book Two - Civil War: The depot is saved, but threats continue to loom. What's a disgraced duke's daughter to do? Simple: ignore the rules, loot an ancient vault, and carve out her own sovereign territory where the empire's jurisdiction means absolutely nothing. Book Three: Empire -> Kingdom?...(Ongoing) Living dangerously with absolutely no backlog. Editing as I go!
Current
8/11/2026
Peak #32
2d
#5
8/5/2026
Peak #50
0d
#4
7/3/2026
Peak #8
38d
#3
7/3/2026
Peak #30
32d
#2
6/27/2026
Peak #32
6d
Rank updated 13 Aug 2026, 14:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
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