The Polka-Dot Tycoon
By @john1208
In the neon-tinted coastal mountains of 1989 Vellarno, Zetta Floris has a major problem: she is three years old, trapped in a scratchy polka-dot dress, and her hopelessly naive father is about to confess to a smuggling crime committed by her sleazy Uncle Gavril. Armed with a cynical adult mind and the strategic use of toddler tears, Zetta stages a chaotic runaway soapbox-cart chase to intercept him. To keep her family afloat and protect her newborn brother Tino, Zetta deploys her ultimate weapon: pretending the local patron spirit sends her prophetic dreams. Guided by her babbling 'visions,' her bewildered parents harvest the ultra-rare Silver-Crested Truffle, laying the first stone of a massive retro-botanical empire. Zetta isn't working alone, however. She recruits Tavito, a brooding six-year-old runaway hiding in their village, forging an alliance that blossoms into a sweeping romance as they grow up side by side. As cassette tapes play and vintage Vespas roar, Tavito's quest to avenge his fallen family and Zetta's campaign to build an invincible business empire seem entirely separate. But what happens when the shadowy syndicate hunting Tavito turns out to be the exact same organization pulling her uncle's strings?
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Rewind the Cradle
By @john1208
The 1988 morning started completely normally: cheap coffee brewing, a synth-pop track on the radio, and Bram lacing up his boots for his shift at the Stanton Mill. But six-month-old Selah knew the mill's roof would collapse at noon. Unable to speak, the reincarnated tech mogul resorted to her only weapon: a tactical, projectile-vomiting temper tantrum. Her fake illness kept her parents at the clinic, saving their lives. But surviving the day is only step one. Convinced they are destined to be poor, exploited laborers, Bram and Dessa need aggressive, high-speed manipulation to succeed. Through strategic crying fits, the shy but incredibly stubborn infant forces them to buy a winning lottery ticket, paying off their immediate debts and funding a fledgling pager start-up. Soon, Selah is secretly orchestrating a booming electronics empire from her stroller while clashing with Corin, an arrogant toddler next door. But Selah operates under a massive, stressful misunderstanding: she believes altering history causes a painful 'paradox sickness' that threatens to erase her existence. Will she realize her agonizing timeline corrections are actually just normal infant colic and teething before a treacherous mentor steals their company?
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