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The ringing note of a concert A is played by the oboe, echoing on its own in the space. It’s picked up by the wind section, followed rapidly by the brass, and the familiar feeling of an orchestra calibrating takes over Caleb. The tonal adjustments as each person brings their instrument into alignment sinks into him and something inside Caleb shifts in recognition as Essek leads the strings into their own tuning.
It’s like something is waking up, like something unfurling and firing across long-unused paths of memory. His hands shake slightly, as he raises his bow and joins them, fingers fumbling against the pegs and fine tuners that give him control over his instrument.
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Essek Thelyss is a leading violinist, his spot as Shadowhand of the Rosohna Philharmonic Orchestra has been uncontested for over a decade. Caleb Widogast is a recent arrival to the city, convinced by his friends to audition for one of the vacant violinist positions.
After starting off on the wrong foot, Caleb and Essek get to slowly know each other, discover what brings them joy, create while defying expectations, and find out that what they can produce together may just be better than anything they can do separately.
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10 May 2022
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OPERATION: HOT BOI LIBERATION (or: How I Spent My Spring Break in Rexxentrum, by Verin of Den Thelyss) by CatgirlTheCrazy
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
17 Apr 2022
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The more Verin dug into it, the more convinced he became. Essek had spent an inordinate amount of time with the Mighty Nein when they came to Rosohna. Done all sorts of strange favors for them. Ferried them all over Wildemount. Arranged visits with prisoners in the Dungeon of Penance. Let them dig up his yard. Descended into Aeor with them, unaccompanied. Accepted invitations to dinner. Let one of them hug him. In public. More than once.
Mind control. It had to be.
Verin gets it into his head that Essek has been kidnapped by the Mighty Nein (specifically Caleb), and sets out on a solo rescue mission to Rexxentrum.
Hijinks ensue.
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17 Apr 2022
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“Do you ever want the things you know you don't deserve?”
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13 Apr 2022
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The first time Caleb woke up on the 13th of Fessuran, it was with a dreadful sense of finality.
The second time Caleb woke up on the 13th of Fessuran, it was with a crushing sense of grief.
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13 Apr 2022
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Reaction fic to Episodes 48 & 49, set during the gang's long rest at the inn in Felderwin, after the big backstory-revelation talks are done in the first half of 49. Caleb and Nott talk about where they're at with each other and hug it out.
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- Part 3 of Mighty Nein Episode Reactions
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04 Apr 2022
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"because they won't just hurt me, or hurt you, they will make me hurt you in order to hurt me, and I will not survive that. Because you are my best friend, and I like you more than I like anyone."