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He thinks maybe it should make him more frightened, that he should worry about the liabilities he has allowed these people to become. It does nothing to temper the joy of being trusted, of being someone worthy of friend. It does nothing to diminish the memory of Caleb’s spellbook in his lap this morning, its owner sound asleep before him; the sweet press of concern behind Jester’s words in his mind the night before as she reached out with sending.
A rabbit walks into a snare. The snare closes around its throat, killing it. What is responsible for its death, the stupidity of the rabbit or the viciousness of the snare’s purpose?
The Shadowhand of the Bright Queen walks into the T-Dock, he thinks, and feels sick.Two months after surviving the ruin of Aeor, Caleb and Essek return to tie up loose ends.
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01 Apr 2026
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An Account of the Research Expedition into the Ruins of the Floating City of Aeor Undertaken by Essek Thelyss and Caleb Widogast by elisekc
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
25 Mar 2026
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But, forgive me, I have gone off on a tangent: this account is for retelling the events of our expedition, not for musing upon personal matters. It will not happen again.
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Essek attempts to keep a professional journal of the progress made on his and Caleb's Aeor field trip, but as the days go by, he finds himself writing a lot more about his colleague (and his feelings for said colleague) than their work.
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14 Mar 2026
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amazing characterization
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Eighteen-year-old Phainon joins the Kremnoan Detachment. Mydei stumbles his way into a courtship with him.
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12 Nov 2025
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Hysilens goes into hibernation. Cerydra keeps her safe while she recovers.
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21 Sep 2025
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“Lots of nerdy dudes with intimacy issues keep fish tanks.”
When Neuvillette learns how close Wriothesley came to being killed by the Primordial Sea, he finds his desire to care for the Melusines (diligently and from a safe emotional distance) has expanded to include the Duke of the Fortress of Meropide.
It’s not that odd. Neuvillette can do his best to help this particular human thrive, just like he’s done with the Melusines. It will help him better understand humans in general, which will help him better understand his purpose.
Surely he’s never going to have to think about it any more closely than that.
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21 Sep 2025
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tres faciunt collegium / three makes a company by lannies
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
08 Mar 2024
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“Who else are you dragging on board for this project?”
Instead of answering, Aventurine raises his wine to his lips.
Behind the rim, there is a smile—cocky, competitive, certain—
“Someone logical, for your emotions.” Red coats the back of his throat. Red stains the edges of his mouth. Some broken part of his head wants to know if it looks like blood to her.
He thumbs away the stain. “Don’t worry. You’ll cover his weaknesses, too.”
“...And yours?” Topaz watches his finger, sipping her own drink.
Before he frees his flightless inhibitions by emptying his glass, he smiles again—and makes sure it touches the corners of his eyes.
“Scapegoat, remember?”
Hypotheticals: filling in the gaps between Topaz, Aventurine, and Ratio.
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24 Jul 2024
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amazing phrasing, pacing, and interpretation of the ip3 trio's relations. the ending gave me chills.
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An Asymptotic Approach to the Universe by DiamondJackdaw
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
15 Oct 2024
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“You might want to review your contract,” Aventurine said, with an easy smugness that evoked pure Schadenfreude. “Funny little thing called a spontaneous travel contingency clause. Up to 80 hours of on-site consulting—paid, of course—if the asset liquidation specialist deems it economically valuable.”
When the IPC’s newest Stoneheart drags Ratio along on a debt case seemingly for no reason other than his own amusement, Ratio wastes no time adding Aventurine to the list of people he’d strangle if it wouldn’t jeopardize his career. Upon their arrival on Xin-41, however, Ratio begrudgingly deems his contempt for the planet’s intellectual oligarchy stronger than his contempt for his insufferable colleague. Even more begrudgingly, he finds himself drawn in by the web of mysteries lurking not just within the Slinkans’ ivory tower, but within the depths of Aventurine’s dangerously inscrutable mind.
Through deadly equations, volatile spices, and the ‘warning’ of a brutalized corpse left out under the summer sun, Xin-41’s insolvency reveals itself as something deeply sinister, with threads tying back to the early days of the IPC... and to one of the Intelligentsia Guild’s most infamous scholars.
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16 Jun 2024
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AHHHH so good... great sci-fi elements, worldbuilding, characterization, OCs, dialogue, and pacing
plot also sounds INCREDIBLY intriguing....