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They’d been taken by surprise, is the problem. The fight with Auntie Ethel had left them drained, and they hadn’t been able to take more than a short rest on their way back to camp when the red caps ambushed them. They were small but tough little shits, and there were so many of them – their already weakened party was quickly overrun.
Karlach sees Astarion fall a moment later, rage rushing through her as she tears through the redcap that felled him. When she turns around, she realizes that was the last one. But none of her friends are standing either.
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Or, Karlach is the last one standing after a grisly battle. She doesn't take it very well.Series
- Part 4 of Whumptober 2K23
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the one thing in the galaxy (god didn’t have his eyes on) by victorionious
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
07 Oct 2023
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“You’re Karlach, aren’t you?” he says, voice dripping with vitriol.
“That’s my name, yeah,” Karlach replies, shouldering her backpack. She notes Gale watching them, concern in his eyes, but brushes it off. If he’s going to find out about her past, it might as well be early into their burgeoning friendship. “If you know my name, you probably think you know my history. But we’re both college students, yeah? Tolerate my presence and I’ll tolerate yours and we don’t have to do anything else about it, okay?”
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Or, Karlach's second semester at Baldur's Gate Community College seems to be going well, until she has a vexing interaction with another student who seems to know more about her past than he should.
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It had been an uneventful day on the road from Alfield to Zadash - no bandits, no wild animal attacks, no screaming children, no mysterious strangers - it was almost peaceful (you mean boring, Nott would say), a day spent amidst companions who, despite everything, were very swiftly becoming something like friends. Dusk sets in overhead, staining the blue sky first orange, then red, then finally a soft lavender with a promise to deepen.
Mollymauk absently sets about getting a fire started while the others unfurl blankets and open bags and quibble over who gets first watch. He smiles gently to himself, at ease with the banter filling the night. The carnival was always bustling, even on the road, even when all the guests left for the night. Toya would sing to herself quietly for comfort, Orna and Gustav’s constant bickering, Yasha’s strong presence by his side.
He sends out a quick prayer that her mission be not only successful but swift. He misses her with a fierceness.
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Or, an uneventful night between almost-friends. Set early C2.
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all these people will be better people by victorionious
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
04 Oct 2023
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No. 3: “Like crying out in empty rooms; with no-one there except the moon.”
Journal| Solitary Confinement | “Make it stop.”When he comes to, there are arms around him and a gentle humming from above his head. He fights the urge to thrash against the confinement – but the arms don’t feel confining. There’s no weight to them, just a warmth and a softness against his chest and around his back. He blinks open his eyes, taking in the flickering light of the fire he’s faced towards, and the long brown hair next to his cheek. He catches the scent of leaves and earth and sweat and life, and has to jerk back despite how comfortable he realizes he is.
Or, Astarion gets hit by a Fear spell. Halsin comes to the rescue.
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- Part 3 of Whumptober 2K23
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Before she knows what she’s doing, she lifts the mask – The Mask of Regret, something tells her, and then it’s on her face, and the world dims.
Auntie Ethel will take care of you now, petal. The voice surges through Karlach’s mind along with a profound numbness that drifted from her head to her fingertips. Poor little Karlach – no one’s ever cared about you, have they?
Or, Auntie Ethel messes with the kids a little bit more than in canon.
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- Part 2 of Whumptober 2K23
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invent my own family (if it comes to that) by victorionious
Fandom: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
07 Oct 2023
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Modern AU where everything is the same except nothing is the same -- instead of tadpoles, all the companions found their way to the same community college DEI class. And while sometimes group projects suck, othertimes you can find lifelong friends.
This is self-indulgent and Silly and oddly cathartic. If you have any requests, let me know, bc I wanna play in this verse quite a bit!
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V's Round 7 H/C Bingo by victorionious
Fandom: Charmed (TV), Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age: Origins, Grey's Anatomy
23 Sep 2016
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In which things about Chris are revealed, but not quite what we (and maybe even he) wishes were. Not yet, anyway. Each story will be self-contained unless otherwise noted.
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Hallucinations come a little more naturally to elves than other races. The vapor-thin veil between the reverie of trance and stark reality takes so little effort to pierce. An elf dreams through their memories without ever truly sleeping; thus, dreams do not always wait for consciousness to exit before stepping onto the stage. At least, that's how Astarion sees it. He's never had his assumptions checked by a second opinion.
Astarion, at Tav's request, eats something that doesn't agree with him. This has unexpected consequences.
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Dreams of the Waking Man by Lex_Munro
Fandoms: Cable and Deadpool, X-Men, Deadpool - Fandom
11 Aug 2011
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A collection of more or less connected stories about Nate, Wade, and Hope becoming and staying a family. Nate gets over himself, Wade gets better, and Hope gets kidnapped a few times—it all works out.
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- Part 3 of Dreams of the Waking Man
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28 Dec 2024
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"All I did was disappoint you." He couldn’t breathe. He couldn’t catch his breath. "I just wanted to do good. I just wanted to be better and all I did was make everyone angry."
Or: When Bruce comes back from the dead, Dick goes nonverbal. Nobody seems to have the time to notice.
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a pointless resistance by emavee
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Batman (Comics)
10 Jul 2021
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It starts with a news report running in the background of a greasy little diner, but it ends with Dick dead.
Except, it doesn't stop there. It keeps on ending, over and over. Bruce's son keeps dying, and nothing he does seems to make any sort of difference.Series
- Part 12 of dc, let bruce be a good dad you cowards