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''[[https://www.drivethrufiction.com/product/417441/RMR-The-RealmMesh-Reality RMR: The Realm-Mesh Reality]]'' is an anthology of [[{{Retcon}} slightly tweaked]] stories from the late [[Website/RealmMeshReality Realm-Mesh Reality Wiki]], published in late 2022 (shortly after the wiki's shutdown).
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!! The Realm-Mesh Reality's stories contain examples of:
* ActionGirl: Most of the female characters in stories can hold their own in fights and have done so at least once.
%%* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: The narration of ''Illicit Vigil'' does this a few times.
* AddictionDisplacement: Rane used to be in the habit of biting her nails in stressful situations. Sara got her to stop by having her instead carry around a lollipop and suck on that in the same situations. This change apparently works, though Sara feels bad about having gotten Rane addicted to what she feels is also a bad habit.
* AlbinosAreFreaks: Downplayed and Justified. Opal is bullied over his albinism by other kids, but it's largely due to the contrast between him and his dark-skinned family. Also, the bullying doesn't last long, as he stands up to it, reclaims it, and isn't bothered again.
%%* ArcWords: ''Football Man'' has [[TitleDrop its title]] as these.
* BigDamnHeroes: In the final chapter of ''Spinning Out'', [[spoiler:when Aiden is tied to a chair in the Gone's townhouse, he is saved by the dramatic entrance of ''every other character in the story'' (with the exclusion of [[HeelFaceTurn Jag]], who'd helped Aiden earlier in that chapter, and Evan, who shows up at the very end to clean up).]]
%%* CanOnlyMoveTheEyes: The statue in ''Crimson Lightning''...[[LivingStatue at first]].
* ChekhovsGun: In ''Spinning Out'', [[spoiler:one-third of the way through, Aiden asks Bri for a panic button. Near the end of the story, when he's tied up in the Gone's townhouse, it's revealed that she's given him one, which he uses to get help, thus saving himself and bringing down the relevant Gone members.]]
* CombatHaircomb: Discussed but Averted in ''Crimson Lightning''. Sara wishes she'd put her hair up so she'd have a hairpin to [[spoiler:free Rane from where the gargoyle's tied her up]], but the point is moot, as Sara has in fact left her hair down and so has no such useful implement.
* CrazyPrepared: Bri in *Spinning Out*, Bri has a plethora of items on her person that never come up and is able to construct just about anything necessary for avoiding sticky situations.
--> '''Bri''': If you want, I'll come over and put some prime security around your house after school. [...] I can rig up some nice electrified barbed wire, no problem. Heat and motion sensors linked to alarms. All the basic stuff.
* CurseCutShort: In ''Spinning Out'', Marcia has one of these:
--> '''Aiden''': Where's Corey?
--> '''Marcia''': He's [[spoiler:in the hospital]], you unthinking--
--> '''Alex''': Marcia, it's not Aiden's fault.
* DarkSecret: Rane habitually accumulates these. Among the big ones that have come out are [[spoiler:her participation in monster-fighting organization Crimson Lightning, stealing from her mother for said organization, and actually being a Quarterblood Vampire.]]
%%* DeadpanSnarker: Rane, while not normally one of these, does this quite a bit to the man with the cart in ''Illicit Vigil''.
* DistressedDude: Aiden in ''Spinning Out'', no fewer than three times. The last one requires a BigDamnHeroes moment to save him.
* DualWielding: Adriana uses a pair of knives.
* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:Kate gets [[HandBlast one of these]] at the end of ''The Creature'' when it's needed to save Bri's life after spending the final third of the story trying to figure out how to unlock superpowers.]]
* EmptyPromise: In ''The Creature'', when Bri and Kate are stranded in an unfamiliar place with an unseen monster chasing them, Bri keeps Kate from despairing by telling her that they'll survive this and everything will fine afterwards, despite Bri silently believing the contrary. Subverted (see ForegoneConclusion below)...[[spoiler:until ''Spinning Out'' reveals this to have merely been Downplayed, as while the characters did survive, it's clear that Kate never fully got over this.]]
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Aiden obviously is interested in Alex. While Aiden believes himself to be good at hiding this fact, his friend Marcia and even his enemy Jag can tell. [[ObliviousToLove Alex cannot]], and Aiden is perturbed when all of these facts come out.
* EveryoneIsASuper: A very large percentage of the characters have superpowers, and those who don't usually have unusual weapon skills.
* ForegoneConclusion: ''The Creature'' begins by Bri reflecting on the fact that she and Kate both survive the dangers of the story.
* FullContactMagic: All of the superpowered characters in ''Spinning Out'' use this, albeit with different special effects.
* FunetikAksent: In ''Illicit Vigil'', the man who Rane talks to and the man's wife both have these.
%%* TheGlomp: Rane does this to Sara twice in quick succession after Sara [[spoiler:kills the gargoyle]] in ''Crimson Lightning''.
%%* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Yorick]] dies this way.
* GratuitousJapanese: Rane's father tells her not to gain any feelings of ''chūnibyō''.
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Rane's father]] is half-vampire, which is apparently human enough that his possible vampire status is relegated to gossip.
* HandBlast: Kate shoots multicolored energy beams [[spoiler:after [[EleventhHourSuperpower learning how to do this]]]].
%%* HealingFactor:
%%** According to ''Illicit Vigil'', vampires are rumored to have these.
%%** [[spoiler:Rane seems to have at least a bit of this, possibly due to her Quarterblood Vampire status.]]
* HiddenSupplies: [[spoiler:Rane has a sai in her bag in case of emergencies.]]
* HowWeGotHere:
** The entirety of ''The Creature''--save for its opening scene--is a flashback to the events of the story building to the opening scene.
** ''Crimson Lightning'' and ''Within the Edifice'' both do this as well, but with some story after the flashback catches up to the present.
* AnIcePerson: Kirby uses ice powers to make snow, make ice ramps, freeze enemies, and [[spoiler:[[BreadEggsMilkSquick accidentally hospitalize one of his friends]]]].
* JustFriends: In ''Spinning Out'', Aiden secretly has a crush on Alex. While this is reasonably obvious, Alex ignores or [[ObliviousToLove is oblivious to]] it. [[spoiler: When Aiden accidentally reveals this in Alex's vicinity, Alex awkwardly refutes the crush, forcing Aiden to pretend that it didn't exist to save face. No mention of this is made for the rest of the story, and Alex is only referred to as a "friend" in her final appearance.]]
%%* LesbianVampire: [[spoiler:Rane, though technically she's [[UnevenHybrid only one-quarter vampire]].]]
%%* LightEmUp: [[spoiler:Jag]] has this.
* LightIsNotGood: The only character with powers over Light in the Realm-Mesh Reality so far is [[spoiler:Jag]], who's a bully.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: [[{{Determinator}} ''Out of the Night that Covers Me'']].
%%* LivingStatue: The gargoyle in ''Crimson Lightning'' is one.
%%* NamelessNarrative: ''Football Man'''s eponymous character.
%%* NervousWreck: Sara. She even describes herself as this.
* TheNightOwl: Rane would like to be one of these, but isn't allowed to be. Her father, on the other hand, is one. Both are justified by the fact that [[spoiler:Rane's father is a Halfblood Vampire and Rane is a Quarterblood.]]
%%* ObfuscatingStupidity: Invoked by Rane, who tries to use this to avoid having to explain why she's out at night. This fails pretty quickly, causing Rane to seek RefugeInAudacity instead (which works).
* ObliviousToLove: Implied. In ''Spinning Out'', Alex gives Aiden an odd look when he makes an awkward romantic advance towards her. However, given her JustFriends reaction later, this is uncertain.
* OralFixation: Justified; Rane sucks on a lollipop, but it's [[AddictionDisplacement to avoid biting her nails]]. Also Subverted, as, despite this trope being Lampshaded by Sara (who explicitly refers to this by the trope name in ''Crimson Lightning'''s narration), Rane is never seen with a lollipop again after the initial instance of this.
* OurGargoylesRock: The gargoyle in ''Crimson Lightning'' is not atop a building, is [[LivingStatue fully sentient]], and can [[TimeStandsStill freeze time]].
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Vampires haven't been elaborated much on, but silver seems to heal them rather than to hurting them as is the norm in vampire stories.]]
* PlayingWithFire: Bri is capable of making fireballs, though her CrazyPrepared status becomes much more relevant [[CharacterDevelopment once it kicks in]].
* ThePollyanna: Rane. Even after being [[TimeStandsStill temporarily frozen in place]], attacked by a LivingStatue, having to reveal one of her [[DarkSecret DarkSecrets]], and nearly dying, she still manages to remain optimistic.
%%* PresentTenseNarrative: ''Crimson Lightning'' starts and ends this way.
* PsychicChildren: Madison can read minds. She's never seen using said power, but [[spoiler:Aiden uses this once against their father to make him tell them an important secret.]]
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Although Adriana succeeds in killing Yorick, this fails to give her unstoppable power, instead essentially depriving her of all the power that she had previously.]]
* RefugeInAudacity: When asked about something she doesn't want to have to answer, Rane Invokes this when ObfuscatingStupidity fails, saying lots of random lies in an attempt to creep out the person asking her. This succeeds, though she feels bad about it.
* SelfDeprecation: In the narration of ''Spinning Out'' (written by Aiden):
--> ...[Kirby] said, "Aiden, not to be, well, Marcia, but I can tell something's bothering you." And I, [[SelfDeprecation like the genius I am]], said, "Dude, my relationship with Alex is none your business, okay?"
* ShoutOut: In ''Illicit Vigil'', Rane imagines [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland her grin hanging in midair]] by some people who she feels triumphant over.
* {{Telepathy}}: Madison has this. This is used against [[spoiler:Evan when he learns about the Gone. He doesn't want to tell Aiden, but since Madison (who's in the room) can pick up on Evan's thoughts, Evan has to tell Aiden to avoid them getting a warped version of the truth.]]
* ThrillSeeker: Corey. Besides enjoying horror movies too much, he also goes after agents of a paramilitary cult he knows nothing about, winds up in the hospital, and--almost directly upon getting out--has to invade the cult's headquarters to rescue Aiden. And all he can say next time he runs into Aiden?
--> '''Corey''': Aiden. Dude. This been awesome.
* TimeMaster: Downplayed. Both the gargoyle in ''Crimson Lightning'' and Alex have power over time, but the gargoyle can only freeze time, while Alex can only slow it down.
%%* TimeStandsStill: What happens when the gargoyle freezes time. Complete with [[{{DeliberatelyMonochrome}} monochrome effect]].
%%* TitleDrop: In ''Football Man'', this occurs [[ArcWords several times]].
* TooUnhappyToBeHungry: Discussed by ''Spinning Out'':
--> '''Aiden''' (narration): I have three slices of pizza on the way, because as awful as I feel right now, I'm still hungry.
* UnevenHybrid: [[spoiler:Rane is one-quarter vampire, three-quarters human, having a half-vampire father and human mother.]]
* UnPaused: When the gargoyle decides to un-freeze time, this occurs. PlayedForDrama, as the results of the Un-Pause are everyone in the vicinity--story protagonist Sara included--being terrified of the gargoyle (which continues to move in the un-paused world) and running for their lives.
* TheUnReveal: At the end of ''Out of the Night that Covers Me'', [[spoiler:Color Star's appearance is revealed to Gavril, but only as being "aweing as befit a sacred one"]].
* WorldOfBadass: Most of the characters who appear in the stories are fully capable of self-defense and prove it through at least one combat scene.
* YouWakeUpInARoom: ''Crimson Lightning'' starts this way.
--> '''Narration:''' Waking up from having been knocked out by I-don't-even-know-what is disconcerting. To make matters worse, I don't even know where I am now.
''[[https://www.drivethrufiction.com/product/417441/RMR-The-RealmMesh-Reality RMR: The Realm-Mesh Reality]]'' is an anthology of [[{{Retcon}} slightly tweaked]] stories from the late [[Website/RealmMeshReality Realm-Mesh Reality Wiki]], published in late 2022 (shortly after the wiki's shutdown).
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!! The Realm-Mesh Reality's stories contain examples of:
* ActionGirl: Most of the female characters in stories can hold their own in fights and have done so at least once.
%%* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: The narration of ''Illicit Vigil'' does this a few times.
* AddictionDisplacement: Rane used to be in the habit of biting her nails in stressful situations. Sara got her to stop by having her instead carry around a lollipop and suck on that in the same situations. This change apparently works, though Sara feels bad about having gotten Rane addicted to what she feels is also a bad habit.
* AlbinosAreFreaks: Downplayed and Justified. Opal is bullied over his albinism by other kids, but it's largely due to the contrast between him and his dark-skinned family. Also, the bullying doesn't last long, as he stands up to it, reclaims it, and isn't bothered again.
%%* ArcWords: ''Football Man'' has [[TitleDrop its title]] as these.
* BigDamnHeroes: In the final chapter of ''Spinning Out'', [[spoiler:when Aiden is tied to a chair in the Gone's townhouse, he is saved by the dramatic entrance of ''every other character in the story'' (with the exclusion of [[HeelFaceTurn Jag]], who'd helped Aiden earlier in that chapter, and Evan, who shows up at the very end to clean up).]]
%%* CanOnlyMoveTheEyes: The statue in ''Crimson Lightning''...[[LivingStatue at first]].
* ChekhovsGun: In ''Spinning Out'', [[spoiler:one-third of the way through, Aiden asks Bri for a panic button. Near the end of the story, when he's tied up in the Gone's townhouse, it's revealed that she's given him one, which he uses to get help, thus saving himself and bringing down the relevant Gone members.]]
* CombatHaircomb: Discussed but Averted in ''Crimson Lightning''. Sara wishes she'd put her hair up so she'd have a hairpin to [[spoiler:free Rane from where the gargoyle's tied her up]], but the point is moot, as Sara has in fact left her hair down and so has no such useful implement.
* CrazyPrepared: Bri in *Spinning Out*, Bri has a plethora of items on her person that never come up and is able to construct just about anything necessary for avoiding sticky situations.
--> '''Bri''': If you want, I'll come over and put some prime security around your house after school. [...] I can rig up some nice electrified barbed wire, no problem. Heat and motion sensors linked to alarms. All the basic stuff.
* CurseCutShort: In ''Spinning Out'', Marcia has one of these:
--> '''Aiden''': Where's Corey?
--> '''Marcia''': He's [[spoiler:in the hospital]], you unthinking--
--> '''Alex''': Marcia, it's not Aiden's fault.
* DarkSecret: Rane habitually accumulates these. Among the big ones that have come out are [[spoiler:her participation in monster-fighting organization Crimson Lightning, stealing from her mother for said organization, and actually being a Quarterblood Vampire.]]
%%* DeadpanSnarker: Rane, while not normally one of these, does this quite a bit to the man with the cart in ''Illicit Vigil''.
* DistressedDude: Aiden in ''Spinning Out'', no fewer than three times. The last one requires a BigDamnHeroes moment to save him.
* DualWielding: Adriana uses a pair of knives.
* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:Kate gets [[HandBlast one of these]] at the end of ''The Creature'' when it's needed to save Bri's life after spending the final third of the story trying to figure out how to unlock superpowers.]]
* EmptyPromise: In ''The Creature'', when Bri and Kate are stranded in an unfamiliar place with an unseen monster chasing them, Bri keeps Kate from despairing by telling her that they'll survive this and everything will fine afterwards, despite Bri silently believing the contrary. Subverted (see ForegoneConclusion below)...[[spoiler:until ''Spinning Out'' reveals this to have merely been Downplayed, as while the characters did survive, it's clear that Kate never fully got over this.]]
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Aiden obviously is interested in Alex. While Aiden believes himself to be good at hiding this fact, his friend Marcia and even his enemy Jag can tell. [[ObliviousToLove Alex cannot]], and Aiden is perturbed when all of these facts come out.
* EveryoneIsASuper: A very large percentage of the characters have superpowers, and those who don't usually have unusual weapon skills.
* ForegoneConclusion: ''The Creature'' begins by Bri reflecting on the fact that she and Kate both survive the dangers of the story.
* FullContactMagic: All of the superpowered characters in ''Spinning Out'' use this, albeit with different special effects.
* FunetikAksent: In ''Illicit Vigil'', the man who Rane talks to and the man's wife both have these.
%%* TheGlomp: Rane does this to Sara twice in quick succession after Sara [[spoiler:kills the gargoyle]] in ''Crimson Lightning''.
%%* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Yorick]] dies this way.
* GratuitousJapanese: Rane's father tells her not to gain any feelings of ''chūnibyō''.
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Rane's father]] is half-vampire, which is apparently human enough that his possible vampire status is relegated to gossip.
* HandBlast: Kate shoots multicolored energy beams [[spoiler:after [[EleventhHourSuperpower learning how to do this]]]].
%%* HealingFactor:
%%** According to ''Illicit Vigil'', vampires are rumored to have these.
%%** [[spoiler:Rane seems to have at least a bit of this, possibly due to her Quarterblood Vampire status.]]
* HiddenSupplies: [[spoiler:Rane has a sai in her bag in case of emergencies.]]
* HowWeGotHere:
** The entirety of ''The Creature''--save for its opening scene--is a flashback to the events of the story building to the opening scene.
** ''Crimson Lightning'' and ''Within the Edifice'' both do this as well, but with some story after the flashback catches up to the present.
* AnIcePerson: Kirby uses ice powers to make snow, make ice ramps, freeze enemies, and [[spoiler:[[BreadEggsMilkSquick accidentally hospitalize one of his friends]]]].
* JustFriends: In ''Spinning Out'', Aiden secretly has a crush on Alex. While this is reasonably obvious, Alex ignores or [[ObliviousToLove is oblivious to]] it. [[spoiler: When Aiden accidentally reveals this in Alex's vicinity, Alex awkwardly refutes the crush, forcing Aiden to pretend that it didn't exist to save face. No mention of this is made for the rest of the story, and Alex is only referred to as a "friend" in her final appearance.]]
%%* LesbianVampire: [[spoiler:Rane, though technically she's [[UnevenHybrid only one-quarter vampire]].]]
%%* LightEmUp: [[spoiler:Jag]] has this.
* LightIsNotGood: The only character with powers over Light in the Realm-Mesh Reality so far is [[spoiler:Jag]], who's a bully.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: [[{{Determinator}} ''Out of the Night that Covers Me'']].
%%* LivingStatue: The gargoyle in ''Crimson Lightning'' is one.
%%* NamelessNarrative: ''Football Man'''s eponymous character.
%%* NervousWreck: Sara. She even describes herself as this.
* TheNightOwl: Rane would like to be one of these, but isn't allowed to be. Her father, on the other hand, is one. Both are justified by the fact that [[spoiler:Rane's father is a Halfblood Vampire and Rane is a Quarterblood.]]
%%* ObfuscatingStupidity: Invoked by Rane, who tries to use this to avoid having to explain why she's out at night. This fails pretty quickly, causing Rane to seek RefugeInAudacity instead (which works).
* ObliviousToLove: Implied. In ''Spinning Out'', Alex gives Aiden an odd look when he makes an awkward romantic advance towards her. However, given her JustFriends reaction later, this is uncertain.
* OralFixation: Justified; Rane sucks on a lollipop, but it's [[AddictionDisplacement to avoid biting her nails]]. Also Subverted, as, despite this trope being Lampshaded by Sara (who explicitly refers to this by the trope name in ''Crimson Lightning'''s narration), Rane is never seen with a lollipop again after the initial instance of this.
* OurGargoylesRock: The gargoyle in ''Crimson Lightning'' is not atop a building, is [[LivingStatue fully sentient]], and can [[TimeStandsStill freeze time]].
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Vampires haven't been elaborated much on, but silver seems to heal them rather than to hurting them as is the norm in vampire stories.]]
* PlayingWithFire: Bri is capable of making fireballs, though her CrazyPrepared status becomes much more relevant [[CharacterDevelopment once it kicks in]].
* ThePollyanna: Rane. Even after being [[TimeStandsStill temporarily frozen in place]], attacked by a LivingStatue, having to reveal one of her [[DarkSecret DarkSecrets]], and nearly dying, she still manages to remain optimistic.
%%* PresentTenseNarrative: ''Crimson Lightning'' starts and ends this way.
* PsychicChildren: Madison can read minds. She's never seen using said power, but [[spoiler:Aiden uses this once against their father to make him tell them an important secret.]]
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Although Adriana succeeds in killing Yorick, this fails to give her unstoppable power, instead essentially depriving her of all the power that she had previously.]]
* RefugeInAudacity: When asked about something she doesn't want to have to answer, Rane Invokes this when ObfuscatingStupidity fails, saying lots of random lies in an attempt to creep out the person asking her. This succeeds, though she feels bad about it.
* SelfDeprecation: In the narration of ''Spinning Out'' (written by Aiden):
--> ...[Kirby] said, "Aiden, not to be, well, Marcia, but I can tell something's bothering you." And I, [[SelfDeprecation like the genius I am]], said, "Dude, my relationship with Alex is none your business, okay?"
* ShoutOut: In ''Illicit Vigil'', Rane imagines [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland her grin hanging in midair]] by some people who she feels triumphant over.
* {{Telepathy}}: Madison has this. This is used against [[spoiler:Evan when he learns about the Gone. He doesn't want to tell Aiden, but since Madison (who's in the room) can pick up on Evan's thoughts, Evan has to tell Aiden to avoid them getting a warped version of the truth.]]
* ThrillSeeker: Corey. Besides enjoying horror movies too much, he also goes after agents of a paramilitary cult he knows nothing about, winds up in the hospital, and--almost directly upon getting out--has to invade the cult's headquarters to rescue Aiden. And all he can say next time he runs into Aiden?
--> '''Corey''': Aiden. Dude. This been awesome.
* TimeMaster: Downplayed. Both the gargoyle in ''Crimson Lightning'' and Alex have power over time, but the gargoyle can only freeze time, while Alex can only slow it down.
%%* TimeStandsStill: What happens when the gargoyle freezes time. Complete with [[{{DeliberatelyMonochrome}} monochrome effect]].
%%* TitleDrop: In ''Football Man'', this occurs [[ArcWords several times]].
* TooUnhappyToBeHungry: Discussed by ''Spinning Out'':
--> '''Aiden''' (narration): I have three slices of pizza on the way, because as awful as I feel right now, I'm still hungry.
* UnevenHybrid: [[spoiler:Rane is one-quarter vampire, three-quarters human, having a half-vampire father and human mother.]]
* UnPaused: When the gargoyle decides to un-freeze time, this occurs. PlayedForDrama, as the results of the Un-Pause are everyone in the vicinity--story protagonist Sara included--being terrified of the gargoyle (which continues to move in the un-paused world) and running for their lives.
* TheUnReveal: At the end of ''Out of the Night that Covers Me'', [[spoiler:Color Star's appearance is revealed to Gavril, but only as being "aweing as befit a sacred one"]].
* WorldOfBadass: Most of the characters who appear in the stories are fully capable of self-defense and prove it through at least one combat scene.
* YouWakeUpInARoom: ''Crimson Lightning'' starts this way.
--> '''Narration:''' Waking up from having been knocked out by I-don't-even-know-what is disconcerting. To make matters worse, I don't even know where I am now.
