Seventeen & Maldusk: A Supernatural Soap Opera

Ion Seventeen is an earnest young field agent from the Sixam Amalgamation sent to study the inhabitants of "Human World Alpha" for business reasons.  Ion is enthusiastic, outgoing, eager to do the job well, and utterly naive about human nature.

Reuben Maldusk is a world weary and grumpy detective, with a lot of secrets and a reclusive habit, but he needs help with the high cost of San Myshuno rent, so he lets Ion in as a roommate.  Obviously, they're going to get along great.

Also, there are neighbors.  And conspiracy theorists.  And some kind of vampire mob boss.  And a psychic-alien-bodyguard-cat.  And probably some romantic tension plot arcs for at least somebody.  Because I don't know when to stop.

This story was started in October of 2022.  The first season ended in April 2024.  Season One chapter index here.  Season Two is being worked on, and I don't have a firm date yet for when I will begin posting it, but when I do, you'll hear about it here.  Feel free to use this thread to leave comments about the story.  Or you can also comment on the chapters in the blog itself.

Genres: Urban fantasy, space opera sci-fi, comedy, drama,  romance, and...?

Warnings: Mostly pretty "innocent", but some characters swear a lot, some characters have sex (off screen, or tasteful nudity shown), some characters have trauma in their pasts, some characters experience/take part in/are witness to violent events, some characters drink (and it's probably not juice), some characters are are hopelessly naive, and at least one character is aggressively extroverted.  Human and alien reproductive biological systems are enthusiastically discussed at some point.  Content warnings in spoiler boxes at start of chapters where I think they might be needed.