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"Unfortunately, our progress has stalled out somewhat," Ikithon says, slowly circling the beacon on its stand. Under any other circumstances, that would be the thing that drew Essek's eye.
Instead, his gaze is fixed on the man sitting in a chair at the circle's center. A picture of misery, he is bound hand and foot to the chair with thick iron cuffs. His face is mottled with bruising, his rust colored hair hangs in limp, tangled clumps, and his clothes are torn and burnt. Wide, frightened eyes the color of daylight sky whip frantically back and forth between them.
Essek knows that face. He knows it all too well. Not two months ago, that face kissed him on the forehead and told him that he was still capable of good.
The bottom drops out of Essek's stomach. Please not him.
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After the peace talks at sea, Ikithon approaches Essek with an offer he can't refuse... But dearly wishes he could.
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08 Apr 2026
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There is warmth in his gaze and the utmost patience. Essek had seen those eyes brighten when presented with a new puzzle to solve, narrow as he focuses on something, fondness when looking towards any other member of the Mighty Nein, and darken with determination when facing some trouble. He has also seen these eyes wide and empty, staring at nothing after having been torn through by the demonic wings of Lucien.
Essek tells himself that the anxiety he feels in the pit of his stomach has everything to do with the cats and the cats alone.
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An examination of the relationship between Caleb and Essek after the end of the campaign.
Title from "Immortal" by Marina
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03 Apr 2026
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Caleb occasionally pictured what Cad's reaction would be if he knew what Caleb and Essek did together. A horrified expression, words like "unsafe" and "unhealthy" and "self-destructive" tossed around. An earnest entreaty that he stop. Caleb knew he should stop.
But he was not a wise man. And neither, it seemed, was Essek.
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(In which Caleb and Essek are constantly doing fake-out betrayals to each other because mortal danger is sexy)
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01 Apr 2026
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who i want to take me home by egg (strwpup), strwpup
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
26 Aug 2023
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Beau crosses her arms and leans against the doorway. “So? What’s the charge?”
Caleb looks at her blankly. She relaxes at the knowledge that this face is the kind of blank meaning he is not amused, not the kind that shows he was traumatized by this experience. “Sedition.”
“C’mon man. It’s the first day of classes. Do you already have a snitch?”
Astrid rubs the bridge of her nose, leaning forward on the back of the chair. “You aren’t even going to pretend he might be innocent?”
“She knows me,” Caleb says. He and the archmage have a silent conversation with their eyes, and Astrid loses.
“I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear that,” Archmage Beck rises in one swift motion, pulling on her robe. “Well, I was going to let him stew for a few more hours. But if you’re planning on taking him home I believe I have better things to do.”
or, beau finds an ally (and maybe something more) in the new interim archmage of civil influence
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01 Apr 2026
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'The world was starting to shrink around him, pressing against his skin until it felt like he was burning and freezing beneath the pressure it. That was when it splintered. Cracks spreading through his thoughts until he could only grasp the tiniest of pieces, and those shards burned beneath his touch, a wildfire that couldn’t be forgotten. Light them up pretty…My Bright Bren…Firecracker… Flickers of fires, flames dancing in front of his eyes, sparks on his fingers. They pressed in on him, as vivid as the day they’d happened, scorched into his memory, and the cracks spread further, leaving him with no idea what was past or present.'
The Fireball that Nott unintentionally unleashed on them in the cave, has more of an impact on Caleb than any of them were prepared for.
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28 Mar 2026