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Kingsley just wanted a pint in Bysaes Tyl. Or seven. He really didn't want to fuck with wizards. Being drugged by some fucking spell, dragged through the Pearlbow Wilderness, and deposited in a gross, cold torture tower wasn't his idea of a fun night.
But Da'leth's lackeys have Caleb so I guess no one can catch a fucking break.
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Law Enforcement Equipment by shiplizard
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Critical Role (Web Series)
01 Dec 2024
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The Coruscant Guard is the wing of the GAR that protects the Senate, AKA the people who decide how much funding each wing of the GAR should get. They are well supplied. Over-supplied, even. They are still not treated like people.
Fox doesn't have a pithy way to articulate it, the gap between the money the Senate is willing to throw at him and the needs of his men. He can't explain why money won't fix the alienation between the Guard and the civilians they are being ordered to police, the feeling of constant threat when they go out, the toll it's taking on them. All the Senate has to give is more money, more toys, replacement units for unfit ones.
...then one day the weirdest Bothan Fox has ever met gives him a horrifying metaphor that almost sums it up. It at least evokes the right amount of disgust, in Fox's opinion.
That conversation will save Fox, and only Fox, in the long run. It's not enough, but it's what he's got.
(Alternate title: "All cops are bastards but these bastard cops are also chattel slaves" )
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a row of captured ghosts by bloominggroves
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series), The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
28 Oct 2019
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A collection of statements regarding the group of entities collectively known as the Mighty Nein. Audio recording by Jonathan Sims; the Archivist.
Statement begins.
Or: Between the emergence of eight new avatars, the apparent uselessness of his office door lock, and an unpleasant headache that's only getting worse with every statement he reads concerning the aforementioned group, Jonathan Sims is really not having a great time.
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A random villain-of-the-week makes Robert late for work. It's only by a few minutes, yet the encounter that hardly lasted a few seconds instills a sudden chill in Robert's bones. Its persistence is matched only by the Z-Team's stubbornness as they force their dispatcher to join them in activities they think will warm him up.
But none of it matters if Robert can't learn to believe he'll ever be warm again... or that he deserves the warmth this team brings him.
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Post-Episode 8 (Good/Pacifist/No Romance/Everyone is Forgiven ending)
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From her mother, she learned the importance of making her own way, of charting her own path, even when it means standing apart from others.
From her mentor, she learned to be a survivor, to see the vicissitudes of the world they are without embellishment, and to face them well prepared.
From her father, she learned… From him-
From her step-mother, she learned to carry suffering and disgrace with dignity and elegance, and to let sorrow be her teacher when it could not be avoided.