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in my thoughts (and far away) by SongOfWizardry for awaytobeunshaken
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
20 Jul 2025
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FRIDA is never not thinking about Fresh Cut Grass.
It’s like… a half-remembered dream that follows them around all day; like the rousing jig they heard a snippet of in a tavern on their journey to Eiselcross that they haven’t encountered since but can’t forget; like the scent of woodsmoke clinging to the fabric of their coat for days, faint and inescapable.
[or: a conversation between FRIDA and Ashton at the Spire by Fire.]
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Light, but this is embarrassing. He is a heretic, he is a traitor and a Beacon-thief, he was once the fucking Shadowhand of the Bright Queen, and now here he is, in a small House of Guidance in the Light-damned City of Beasts, crying. The closest thing to a show of faith he’s managed in decades. If only his Umavi could see him now.
or: Essek Thelyss takes an ill-advised trip into the Dynasty, and introspects.
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Caleb Widogast is figuring his life out. He has friends now, a job he cares about, and can even – on a good day – have fifteen Bunsen burners turned on in his classroom, and not get pulled into the flames. What he does not have, is any experience training other teachers.
Essek Thelyss is a prodigy, one of the Marble Tomes' foremost researchers, and the son of one of the Dynasty's most influential families—he is certainly not a teacher of children. And yet, somehow, he has ended up at a school on the other side of the border, with a list of publications as tall as he is and no classroom experience.
All he knows when he arrives is information gleaned from the school's website, and the name of the person who will be training him—Caleb Widogast.Or: a Mighty Nein and/or Shadowgast Teaching AU.
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mask of many faces by SongOfWizardry for Operafloozy
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
28 Jul 2023
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Long after the Xhorhaus, a (disguised) Essek runs into an (undisguised) Expositor Dairon.
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It is lovely to see Colton and Calliope arguing in the kitchen, and Clarabelle talking to insects, and his mother trying out new blends of tea. It doesn’t explain why, sometimes, Caduceus will start when they walk too close to him, having forgotten they were there. It doesn’t explain why when he walks into a room while they’re there, he has to pause, because his chest is sore and tight and hurts and he cannot breathe or speak.
(Sometimes, in the moments after this happens, he can name what is happening, or what he would call it if it were happening to a visitor to the Grove: That’s sadness, it’s all right to need to cry. That’s grief. But he is back here, his family is whole, the garden is thriving—so what need is there, for something like grief?)
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no big surprise you turned out this way by SongOfWizardry
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
09 Oct 2021
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beau knows a trip to kamordah is, to put it mildly, a bad decision. beau is going to make the bad decision anyway. the thing about having friends is, they insist on accompanying you while you make your bad decisions.
[or: the empire siblings and a journey to the lionett family home]
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- Part 3 of when i sing, you sing harmonies
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(set after episode 140)
The place they’ve brought him to smells like earth. Fresh, turned over, rained-on, growing earth. He has not smelt something growing, something alive, in a very long time.
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- Part 9 of a motley crew
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(set during episode 133)
“Do you think we are going to die out there, Caleb?” Essek asked.
Essek’s eyes were focused on him, sharp and intelligent. Caleb considered lying, but what would the point of that be? “I think it’s likely,” he said, slowly, “But I have also thought my own death was inevitable dozens of times in the past.”Series
- Part 8 of a motley crew
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(set after episode 126)
Beau had spent a hell of a long time with a crush on Yasha. Since before they properly knew each other, before the Glory Run Road, before Obann—so she should be used to this. But something about Yasha – the bold markings on her face, her hair, the small smile – still took Beau’s breath away. She could just stare all night, that would be fine, right?
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- Part 7 of a motley crew
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(set during episode 108)
“Trust me on this,” Veth said, “She. Loves. You. I’ve been happily married for years, I know these things.”
Yasha decided not to point out that until recently, Veth’s husband had thought she was dead. “Are you sure?” she asked instead.
Veth rolled her eyes. “Of course! You’re a catch. Come on, you have those muscles? Big fucking sword? You play the harp? Trust me, every woman within a mile of you is swooning.”Series
- Part 6 of a motley crew
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(set during episode 94)
“TJ seemed all right,” Fjord said, casually.
“Yeah, he’s cute,” Beau said, and Fjord could hear the fondness in her voice.
“Bet he’s gonna grow up thinking you’re extremely cool. Mysterious sister who punches shit and takes down shady organisations? Expositor? Lightning gloves? Come on, he’s gonna love you.”Series
- Part 5 of a motley crew
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(set during episode 70)
“We’ll find her, you know,” Caduceus said. “We’ll get her back.”
“You sound extremely sure,” Fjord said, unconvinced.
Caduceus smiled. “I have faith.”
“In Melora’s guidance?”
Caduceus laughed. “Yes, but that’s not what I meant. I have faith in all of you. In all of us.”Series
- Part 4 of a motley crew
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(set during episode 36)
“I keep seeing him in my dreams,” Jester said, “Molly, I mean.” She sniffled, and wiped at her cheeks with the edge of the cloak. “And I don’t know what it means.”
Caduceus took a moment to think, to take a sip. “I think it means you miss someone you love,” he said, and the words felt like something his mother would have said.Series
- Part 3 of a motley crew
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(set between episodes 21 and 26)
Mollymauk smiled, and there was something smaller, and softer, about it. “Did you know you stick your tongue out while you draw?”
Jester was definitely not somebody who blushed, so she definitely did not blush. “Yes, actually. My Mama always told me that.”
“It’s very cute.”Series
- Part 2 of a motley crew
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(set around episode 18)
There was something in Nott’s chest every time she’d looked at Caleb since that night, the one where he’d sat down, shaking, and told them everything—it was prickling, hurt and angry and sad and fond all at once, and she didn’t know what to do about it. But she wanted the chance to just look at him; to make sure he was here, he was okay; for it to be just the two of them for a bit. (Just like old times, ja?)
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- Part 1 of a motley crew
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a beach in Nicodranas, an hour spent attuning to the new amulets, and a moment between Caleb (who has been having a fairly continuous breakdown for the last few hours) and Veth (who stays within hugging distance).
[coda to campaign 2 episode 128]
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It's quiet, it's late, and Caleb's reading is interrupted by Yasha. Featuring soft conversations and too many descriptions of lights.
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A series of drabbles set in and around the Xhorhaus. Let the domestic fluff ensue.
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my nightmares will have nightmares by SongOfWizardry
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
27 Aug 2020
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caleb had not been planning on running into anyone on a one a.m. nightmare-fueled walk, but the universe (and beauregard lionett) seemed to have different plans for him.
[or: the empire siblings and a late night conversation]
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- Part 2 of when i sing, you sing harmonies
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beau had been distantly aware of the fact that turning her phone off and tossing it underneath her bed might lead to a dozen missed calls and her friends worrying, but—it hadn't seemed important, in the moment. which is how she's now ended up with caleb, outside her door, refusing to go the fuck away.
[or: the empire siblings and the aftermath of punching shit to deal with emotions]
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- Part 1 of when i sing, you sing harmonies