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Against The Tide by Houseofyork2018
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series), The Legend of Vox Machina (Cartoon), The Mighty Nein (Cartoon)
30 Dec 2025
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Summary
"Touch her and I swear to all the gods I'll—"
"You'll what?" The captain's ice-blue eyes narrowed behind wire-rimmed spectacles, his white-knuckled grip on the ship's wheel betraying his calm demeanor. "We found you in a splintered row boat in the middle of the vast, unforgiving ocean, half-elf. That suggests either you're runaways or you've been marooned. The lack of pistols and the suggestion that you had provisions lean more towards runaways." His lips curled into a thin smile that never reached his eyes. "So, if you would like to get back in your little boat and wait for the next ship, go ahead. But if you would like to remain somewhere that you may actually be fed and not die of thirst then I suggest you keep that shiny little dagger to yourself." The captain's aristocratic accent dripped from every syllable, as out of place on a pirate ship as fine china in a tavern brawl.
Joining a pirate ship had not been on Vax's list of things he wanted to do with his life but neither had a lot of things that had happened to him. Now all he had to do was not piss off the captain, not fall overboard, and not fall from the rigging. He manages one of those things.
Series
- Part 1 of A Sailors Life for Me