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Who Are You, Dear? by LinzOd
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
16 Sep 2025
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“I would like to introduce you to Geralt of Rivia. There was an infestation of cockatrices, and Geralt quickly dispatched them.” Margarette pivoted to the Witcher. “Geralt, this is my dearest friend, the Duchess of Lettenhove.”
Her observations of the Witcher thus far showed her a stoic man, self contained, with quiet words accompanied by barely perceptible changes in his facial expressions. But as his peculiar gaze locked on her, she noticed a perplexed look as he stared deeply into her striking blue eyes. As quickly as the expression had begun, he smoothed out his brow. “It is wonderful to meet you, Dutchess,” he said.
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Annalise Pancratz, Duchess of Lettenhove attends a party celebrating a traveling Witcher and the renown bard, Jaskier. She desperately needs respite from the challenges in her life: a dour husband and an estranged son. Perhaps some good music and tales from a brave monster hunter will be what she needs to take her mind off of her troubles. But when she faces an unlikely danger, she realizes that this night may change her own future for the better.Stands alone but can be read as part of the series
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- Part 7 of Who Are You? Series
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“They always were a little nuts over money. Thinking that being wealthy makes you respectable,” Harry says.
”They haven't changed,” Dudley snorts.
”So, honestly, I really just want to tell your mum to go to hell, no offense.”
“None taken.”
”But, I want to know what’s in that safe deposit box. I have so little of my parents it would be worth playing their games to get access to it. And I think I could. You know, my fiancée is wealthy… very wealthy. They’re more loaded than the GDP of several European countries.”
Dudley’s eyes widen. ”Well, that might just equal respectability in my parents’ eyes. What are you thinking?”
”Maybe inviting them to the Manor.”
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Dudley Dursley is a changed man. Recognizing the abuse his cousin faced in their home growing up, he became a teacher to ensure that something similar wouldn’t happen to other children. Discovering that his mum is withholding property from Harry, he has to find a way to set things right. Now, with an invitation for the family to a remote manor to meet Harry and his mysterious fiancée, will he be able to negotiate a truce and show his parents just how wrong they were? A story about redemption and the family you choose. -
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”Beverly Marsh - the fashion designer?”
“Yeah! That Bev. And Ben Hanscom, we can try him too. I don’t know the name of his firm, but it would be easy to google. Recently they built that BBC tower…” Eddie freezes, eyes widening as he stares directly at Dr. Jackson.
”Holy shit, I sound crazy, don’t I?” He sends her a defeated expression. “You don’t believe me at all. You think I made up some weird parasocial relationship with a bunch of random celebrities.”
She clears her throat. “You don’t sound crazy, Eddie. I don’t use that word. I often see people who struggle, and these friendships sound like they’re very real to you.”
”They sound real to me,” he parrots. “What a nice way to say they’re all in my head.”
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Eddie comes home from Derry a different man, ready to make a clean break from his old life. He’s always been direct, so he tells Myra about recent events, so that she can understand why things have to change. Myra, however, isn’t about to let him go so easily. Now facing a psychiatric commitment, how can Eddie prove his competency, when everything that has happened to him recently is literally straight out of a horror novel? A story about living your truth.. mostly. -
Where Everybody Knows Your Name by LinzOd
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
07 Jun 2024
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Matthew laughs, a crowing, gleeful sound. “You got it, friend. But, true lucid dreaming is something only the boss of this place can make happen.”
Hob nods. ”Oh well. It’s been fun to learn about.”
”Why did you decide to try to learn more about your dreams?”
“It was my friend. He told me he would meet me in his dreams, and I guess I took that literally?”
Matthew snorts. “Your friend? I mean, they were obviously flirting with you, my man, because that sounds like a come on in every sense of the world,” Matthew says with what would be a smile, if he had lips.
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After an off handed comment from his Stranger, Hob decides to learn to lucid dream. He dreams up a pub, and imagines some very strange customers: a talking Raven, a Pumpkin headed man, and a beautiful winged woman. Acting as bartender, he advises his dream friends about how to cheer up their boss, while they also advise him on how to approach his oldest friend, who he just might be in love with. But when the king of the dream realm decides to visit this peculiar institution, Hob might be in for more than he ever dreamed of… -
The Case of the New Inn by LinzOd
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
22 May 2024
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”Ah, trying to avoid being a demon magnet, Crystal?” Edwin asks primly.
To her credit, she doesn’t bite. “Yeah, Edwin. Actually I am. There are a few experts here in London who can do some powerful warding magic. Why are we worried about this?”
Charles decides to take over. Even though Edwin and Crystal are starting to evolve in their friendship, his best friend can still be very territorial about cases.
”So, Kian’s professor here was always a real good guy, but the Inn he owns is warded against literally everything, and they’re worried about him, right mate?”
”Yeah, you got it. I have unfinished business he can help with, but only if he’s safe. Dr. G really helped me when I came out as non-binary. He’s an ally. And well, I just want him to be okay. I mean ordinary people don’t get caught up in this supernatural stuff do they?”
”They do at times, and often it is indeed a problem. I am glad you brought this to us.” Edwin looks to Charles who nods. “The Dead Boy Detectives are glad to take on your case.”
**Charles and Edwin take on a case where they will need to confront a whole new realm of the supernatural in London, while also navigating their feelings for each other. Complete.
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The Stranger hesitates, and does something Hob would not have believed possible. He stammers. “I- I do not remember. I came to and was being pursued.”
Hob notices the older man approaching, but is shocked as his voice rings out, addressing them both, “My dear boy, I am so glad we have found you.” He observes the situation warily; the only reaction from his friend is subtle, the smallest recoil.
“Who exactly are you?” Hob asks the man.
“Why, I’m Paul McGuire, and I can’t thank you enough,” the man looks at Hob’s ID badge, “Dr. Gadling, for finding my nephew.”
Hob’s eyes narrow, as he flatly asks, “Your nephew?”
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Hob’s life is forever changed when his Stranger literally stumbles back into his life, amnestic and hunted, and he must use the skills gathered over an immortal life to evade their pursuers. They soon realize that bits of memory are coming back to Hob’s Stranger, through the power of literature. They are slower, however, to recognize that the most important story to explore may be their own.
A love letter to books, libraries, and the stories that make us, and allow us to change for the better.
Part of the Centennial Husbands Big Bang! Work Complete, Includes Art!
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I Need to Know, Who Are You? by LinzOd
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
18 Mar 2024
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Next, Shani moved to check his eyes and pupils. A lot of diagnostic findings could be determined by their level of dilation and whether they reacted to the light. She pulled the left eyelid up and her breath was suddenly and completely taken away. “What the hell,” she spat out, as she was greeted with a yellow orbit with a slit pupil, much like a cat’s, in this otherwise human face. She stumbled back a few steps, and worked at catching her breath. And then suddenly it all made sense: the gore, the immense stature, the apparent strength. The man in front of her was a Witcher, harmed in the line of duty. Not enough Witchers were left to regularly come across them, and Cryptid 101 wasn’t exactly in her medical curriculum.
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Shani is having an ordinary, though exhausting, day at the clinic, contemplating her future as she approaches the end of her medical training. When a wounded Witcher is dropped at her doorstep, she needs to use all of her ingenuity to help the man, but becomes quickly suspicious when she finds him in possession of a lute, specifically her friend Jaskier’s lute. As is par for the course, she might make a few erroneous guesses…Stands alone, but also part of the Who are You series.
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- Part 6 of Who Are You? Series
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“Okay, okay. Then, how about this one. He took you with him shopping for a Christmas tree. He only bought a small one, but I saw the look on your face when he hefted it over his shoulder and it was, um… It was something. Then you made it snow in the most pretty and gentle way on the way home and brushed the snowflakes from his eyelashes.”
“I doubt that I made it snow Matthew.”
“Uh yeah, you did. I was behind you both, and it was like snowing in a six foot radius around you two and nowhere else. Now, I’m no meteorologist, but I don’t think that is an earthly weather phenomenon, boss.”
“Hmm.”
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Dream is invited to Hob’s department holiday party. Thank goodness Matthew is there to tell him what being a plus-one means, as well to help him realize that unbeknownst to either of them, they seem to have been going on a myriad of Hallmark movie style dates. With a new ending to their story in mind, Dream heads to the soirée, but when the narrative presents an opportunity to save Hob from an awful outcome in the date auction, while also revealing his feelings, will he get his movie-perfect ending?
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An Immortal, A Vampire, and An Exorcist Walk Into a Bar by LinzOd
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Comics 2019), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Comics 1998)
13 Sep 2023
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Just as he raises his hand, the door flies open, a crucifix is jammed in his face, and he is pulled bodily into the apartment. Johanna stands there, sleep rumpled, smelling vaguely of ale, still fully dressed, and incongruously wearing a trench coat. Her eyes widen as she gets a better look at the blond vampire at her door. “Get in here Gadling,” she hisses, as she further shoves Hob behind her, blocking his body with her own, and staring down Spike.
In this moment, Hob knows more than ever that Spike is his kind of people, as instead of getting serious, a smile spreads wider and wider on his face in utter delight at Constantine’s reaction.
***Hob’s life has become quite interesting. Not only is he newly romantically involved with Dream, but he has made some unlikely friends, including the vampire Spike, who is in town scoping out a nest of vampires who are dabbling in the occult. But when a simple mission ends up being more than they counted on, they must seek out the support of Johanna Constantine to exorcize a dangerous demon. And what about the grimoire that is being used, a book which holds a spell strong enough to bind an Endless…
A sequel to the BTVS/Sandman crossover you never knew you needed.
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- Part 2 of Slaying Nightmares
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Hob Gadling stares across the table, his fight or flight response on full alert. After living for centuries now, he knows when to engage, and when to turn around and run. And now is a time to retreat. As he starts to fidgit in his seat, brain racing to devise a way out of this predicament, the handsome man across from him continues, “That deliverable was a real example of corporate synergy. We were easily able to spin the whole recall situation and ended up easily leveraging the 18-25 demographic.”
***Hob Gadling is glad to have Dream of the Endless back in his life. He knows his stranger’s name, they are meeting regularly, and everything should be wonderful. Well, it would be if he could somehow control his pining over his oldest friend… after all, there is no chance an ancient, all powerful being like Dream could want a real relationship with a mere mortal, is there? Hob decides to try a few blind dates to see if he can move forward, but instead is affronted by the utter anguish of modern dating, while his attachment to Dream only grows as they open up to each other. Oh, and he is almost certain that he is being tailed by a raven, but that is neither here nor there….
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And Who Are You, Anyway? by LinzOd
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
27 Apr 2023
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Valdo stalked through the alley that would provide the shortest walk home, hackles raised, cheeks flushed. He did not notice his surroundings, but knew the direction back as he walked toward the high bell tower at the center of town. His thoughts could not be pulled away from the affront at the inn. They turned to how Pankratz even thought of himself as Valdo’s rival. The other man was no rival at all to him. The mere suggestion was a travesty.
Valdo was almost to the mouth of the alley when he felt movement behind him. He was entirely unprepared for his body to be slammed forcefully to the wall beside him. He managed to get out a small shout before a cold, long-fingered hand covered his mouth. Valdo’s eyes opened wide, but could only take in a terrifying visage, a mouth with long sharp teeth that filled his vision entirely.
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Valdo Marx has traveled to the last of this season’s bardic competitions and is not happy to hear that his purported rival Jaskier may be in attendance. But when he is menaced by a monster in the night, will he escape unscathed? And why the hell does the Witcher who comes to his aid have a lute case?Series
- Part 5 of Who Are You? Series
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Slaying Nightmares by LinzOd
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Comics 2019), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Comics 1998)
02 Apr 2023
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Mere moments pass before Dream realizes something is amiss, but it is several moments too late. As he turns to see who has interrupted him, he expects to see young people emerging from the club to enjoy the night air. Instead, he hears a strong female voice call out, “Stop right where you are and let her go.”
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Dream is searching for the last of his rogue nightmares. As he finally finds her, he is interrupted by two young women with supernatural abilities and is bound again to this plane.Buffy and her friends are searching for a creature that is killing young people in London. When they come across a man turning a young woman into sand, they know the only way forward is to capture him.
And Hob Gadling is living his best life as a history professor, spending more time with his oldest friend Dream and falling head over heels for him. What else can he do but help when he realizes his friend may be in danger?
AKA The Sandman/BtVS Crossover you never knew you needed.
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- Part 1 of Slaying Nightmares
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For the Last Time, Who are You? by LinzOd
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
17 Feb 2023
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Aiden quickly assessed that the man on the horse was not a threat, and without hearing any other signs of life following, he rushed to the man’s side. The horse came toward him and nosed his hand, as though looking for assistance with her rider. Aiden put his hand on the horse’s muzzle and rested his arm on the man’s leg, shaking and calling softly as not to startle him. The man groaned, and his eyes flickered open. He looked startled, but then cast his eyes down at Aiden’s medallion and stilled. Aiden wasn’t even sure why he still wore it after his betrayal, but something about its presence seemed to calm the man, who started to slowly shake his head as if to clear his thoughts.
“Are you alright?” Aiden asked.
“Mmmm, no, we’re in trouble…” is all the man got out before he slumped forward onto the horse again.
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Aiden has been betrayed and left for dead. He decides to travel to the stronghold of Kaer Morhen to seek out his closest friend, Lambert. Unaware of the location of the keep, he travels through the Blue Mountains, encountering an unconscious man on a horse. He realizes the man had been traveling with a Witcher, and that something dire has befallen the pair.
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- Part 4 of Who Are You? Series
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You Make My Dreams Come True by LinzOd
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
29 Jan 2023
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As he nears he is pleased to see Hob standing outside, in front of the Inn. Upon closer examination however, it would be more specific to say that Hob is standing in front of an ancient black Bentley, that is parked in front of the New Inn, while twirling the keys and smirking in Dream’s general direction. Dream feels himself light up from within. On the outside, this manifests as the slightest twinge of a smile.
“Dream my friend! This is fantastic timing, duck. Care for a drive?”
Dream’s eyes narrow. “What is that monstrosity?”
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Dream is finally settling into the new century, with the help of his dearest friend. As he tries to re-engage with humanity, he is also realizing that his feelings for Hob Gadling might run a bit deeper. These feelings come to a head during a road trip in which an apparently bewitched car radio keeps playing the most apt songs, each of which seems to somehow feature dreams, nightmares, and hidden feelings quite prominently. -
Seriously, Who Are You? by LinzOd
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV), Witcher - Fandom
23 Dec 2022
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The blue eyed man shook his head, still weaving a bit with inebriation. “You know I can’t Essi. I have a bit of a captive audience back in my rooms, and I have big plans for him.”
“You know he’s not going anywhere. Stay a while. He will be right where you put him when you get back. You know he has no escape from you, my dear.”
Vesemir had no idea how the professor ahead of him had captured Geralt.
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Vesemir hates traveling to Oxenfurt, as it holds bad memories of one of his own being kidnapped and experimented on by professors at the University years before. Still, he needs to access texts in the library so he pushes on. He sees Geralt’s horse Roach when he enters the city, and looks forward to seeing the man on the path. However, as evening draws near, Vesemir has been unable to locate any sign of Geralt, until he notices his scent clinging to a young professor. He follows the man outside a tavern, and overhears his nefarious plans. Vesemir knows he must act and forms a quick plan to save Geralt from the professor’s clutches. But as is becoming a bit of a pattern, maybe what is happening is not quite what it seems.Series
- Part 3 of Who Are You? Series
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Just Who Are You? by LinzOd
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
23 Nov 2022
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Eskel caught another bit of movement in the field and saw a brown horse grazing near the man. The horse was handsome and well cared for with a white star on its forehead. He drew in his breath quickly and studied the scene carefully. That horse looked very much like Roach, Geralt’s mount. As a matter of fact, it looked exactly like Roach if he was honest with himself
Eskel’s heart started to sink towards his stomach. He could only think of one reason that a strange man could have Roach, and that Roach would be allowing him to care for her. He tried to push away the thought, but with each moment Eskel became more and more sure of the terrible truth.
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When Eskel comes across a strange man sitting comfortably with Roach, he knows that his greatest fear has come true. His brother Geralt would never give up his horse, and with Roach accepting this new owner it can only mean one thing, that Geralt has fallen on the path. Mourning his brother’s death, he knows he needs to speak to the man to find out what happened, but of course, things end up getting complicated, and Eskel is in for the surprise of his life.
Part of a series of stand alones where Roach introduces Jaskier to our Witchers.
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- Part 2 of Who Are You? Series
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Modern Day Bard by LinzOd
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
18 Nov 2022
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This is a series of one-shot stories to compliment my story Legends. Jaskier is cursed by a mage and falls 700 years into the future. Over the years, Geralt has missed Jaskier and worked to secure his legacy. But what happens when a bard from the past ends up in modern times?
Chapter 1- Brian is an actor who has secured his first major role in a production, portraying the legendary bard Jaskier Pankratz. But when a centuries old Witcher shows up to help him better understand his character, he does not know what to expect.
Chapter 2 - Aren is a writer by day, an Uber driver by night. He picks up a handsome couple for a surprise evening out. But despite his writers imagination, he can’t wrap his mind around why one of the men has seemingly never been in a car before….
Chapter 3 - Keith has been doing well busking in the park in Oxenfurt. One night he meets another musician who is so phenomenal Keith hopes to convince him to start a band together. However his new friend Alfred may not be what, or who, he seems.
Chapter 4 - Mary is a post-doc at Oxenfurt. She finds an absolutely magnificent lutenist and hopes to have him perform for her Intro to Bardic Arts class. But who is he?
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- Part 2 of Legends Series
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Jaskier gasps, eyes wide, but then his arms float of their own volition to Geralt’s shoulders. He whispers again, more reverently than before, “Geralt?”
Geralt looks away, won’t look in his eyes. “It’s not you. You’re gone. We did everything, we never stopped looking. Jaskier,” His voice hitches, “Jaskier is gone.”
***During a battle with a mage, Jaskier is hit by a curse. He is unmoored in time and falls centuries into the future. Geralt, Ciri, and Yennefer search for him frantically, but over the years even the strongest spells are unable to locate him.
Jaskier must figure out how to survive in the strange new place in which he finds himself, certain that he is so far in the future that his friends are mere memories.
Geralt has spent the years since Jaskier’s disappearance securing the safety of his loved ones and the Continent at large, while also working to preserve Jaskier’s legacy. He continues to be haunted by the loss of his dearest friend.
But when their time streams align and they find themselves together again, will they be brave enough to discover the truth about their most deeply held feelings?
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- Part 1 of Legends Series
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Who Are You? by LinzOd
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
17 Oct 2022
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After he finished his ale and gave Geralt a few more minutes to present his annoying face, Lambert decided it was time to cut his losses. He laid down some coins on the bar and headed outside to look around a bit to see where the hell Geralt had gotten to.
As Lambert approached the stables he was shocked to find that Roach was missing from her stall. There is no fricking way Geralt could have gotten that close to him without Lambert noticing. Not to mention that Lambert had his mount in a stall right next to Roach and Geralt knows Lambert’s horse as well as his own. F*ck, he knows all the horses, fanatic that he is.
***Lambert shows up in a backwater village for a contract. He doesn’t see a contract, but he does see that Roach is stabled at the Inn. After waiting around for Geralt, Lambert comes out in search of his brother, only to find Geralt’s horse missing. He hurries off in search of a horse thief but finds much more than he bargained for.
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- Part 1 of Who Are You? Series
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Crossroads by LinzOd
Fandoms: The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
03 Oct 2022
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“Do you know the stories of crossroads, Geralt?”
Geralt’s eyes meet Jaskier’s and he gives his head a small shake.
“So, it is a bit of music lore. If you haven’t heard it, it probably does not have a place in reality. The story is that if you find yourself at a lonely crossroads at midnight, perchance you may meet the devil.”
Geralt hums. “Sounds like a fairy tale.”
Jaskier continues, “Of course, I agree. The tale often goes on to include a fiddle player who enters into a contest with the devil for his very soul. It is a slightly obscure tale, and there is a ballad that is even more obscure. Someone asked me to play it tonight. It…. Well, it gave me the creeps to be honest.”
***Geralt is hired for a very unsettling contract. Travelers in a town near a crossroads are disappearing, only to be found mauled. As he and Jaskier try to discover what type of beast could have beset the town, they are pulled further into danger. To defeat this creature they need more than swords; they also need to discover truths about themselves and their hidden strengths, fears, and regrets.
Just in time for spooky season :) Scares are mostly psychological, any violence is canon type