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and i never will be by burningafterdark (burningdarkfire)
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
15 Jan 2023
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Caleb Widogast is a liar and a thief.
Essek announces this with a haughty tone after dinner.
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05 Mar 2023
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The fact that six mercenaries and a weasel have stowed away on the highest-security vessel in the Dynasty’s fleet is, technically, a serious problem that bodes poorly for the rest of their journey. But Essek is delighted. He’d been dreading a long and tense voyage to Mutalos, without any company except for a skeleton crew comprised mostly of military personnel, the awkward spare scourger, and his—
It feels strange, to think of Becke as his wife. Even calling her his enemy feels too intimate.
(In which Essek agrees to a political marriage to ensure intergalactic peace and keep himself alive, only to discover that his wife has married him for exactly the opposite reason.)
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05 Mar 2023
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“I would like you to know me,” Caleb says.
It feels like a secret. Like the darkest part of him cracked open; all his months and years of hiding, of wrapping his arms and scratching the bindings, of not loving, not loving anything but an unkillable cat — it’s unraveling around him. He feels naked. He feels the way he did the first time Pumat Sol spelled him clean.
“I find that — I would like you to know me,” he says, again.
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24 May 2022
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because i could not stop for death by sockablock for RoseTheScribe
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
19 Aug 2020
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Essek's gaze is carefully blank as he leans in, closes the gap.
"…how did you hear of Azadrun’s Series?”
Caleb stops.
He really gives this some thought.
“Er…but it was you who taught me that,” he says, eventually. “During one of our sessions, yes? Where else could I have learned of such things?”
“You are asking me?” Essek snorts. “I certainly do not recall sharing it with you.”
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22 Mar 2022
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There is a very important asset being studied quietly within the Soltryce Academy by the Cerberus Assembly, so secret that only a select few know it's there at all. The highest ranking Volstrucker who have been tasked with guarding it find themselves struggling to contain their curiosity, especially regarding the item's handler and his research.