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Jon and the new hire in Research bond over IT frustrations, much to his surprise.
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“Well, frankly your professionalism is none of my business. It’s not my problem how your probation goes.”
Jon winces to himself the second the words are out of his mouth, closing his eyes like doing so might suck them back in. 'Well, there that goes', his internal monologue sighs in its bleakly familiar defeatedness. Miraculously though, that warm cackle rings out again through his self-imposed darkness.
“Ouch. Come on, have we not bonded over cursing Microsoft to hell? I was really starting to feel a connection there. Or was that just the Wi-Fi signal fighting for its life?”
Jon dares to open his eyes. Tim is grinning at him. Like maybe, just maybe he hasn’t ruined -
“Perhaps a bit of both,” he attempts tentatively, and receives for his effort a laugh perhaps best described as 'generous.'
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17 Jul 2026
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A problem shaped like seven unexpected mercenaries carrying one of the priceless artifacts he stole arrives on Essek's doorstep, but he can handle it. Is handling it. Will be able to handle it, at some point, if he can figure out how to avoid them killing him first.
(Or: time looping your way into a new alignment, one catastrophic failure at a time.)
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14 Jul 2026
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When the Mighty Nein parted ways, they left an important enemy alive, so he might stand trial.
The road to conviction is a long one, fraught with pain, judgment, and the terrifying reality of trying to convince the world to take the word of an assassin-turned-mercenary over one of its most prolific propagandists.
All rise for the trial of Trent Ikithon, former Archmage of Civil Influence.
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- Part 1 of The Trial of Trent Ikithon
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11 Jul 2026
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The Quality of Mercy by BurdensOfTomorrow
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series), Critical Role: Campaign 2 - The Mighty Nein (Web Series), The Mighty Nein (Cartoon)
28 Jun 2026
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"...but Lawmaster Hanes said that if I had a hangman pleading for my life then the gods must have taken favor with me."
Years before seven souls crossed paths at a circus in Trostenwald, a starving thief was arrested in Odessloe. The threads of fate must have been strong indeed for the executioner to save his life.
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- Part 2 of The Trial of Trent Ikithon
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11 Jul 2026
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The Courage to Burn Bridges With You by linktopus
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series), The Mighty Nein (Cartoon)
05 Jul 2026
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Bren knows, immediately upon waking, that he is not somewhere safe. Despite what other faults he may have, Bren has always been rather good at situational deduction. He was trained to hone it very well, for events precisely like this.
Four things become clear:
One. He is in someone else's home. His dorm does not blanket him in this disarming kind of silence.
Two. The home is occupied; a light, unknown voice emanates from somewhere above.
Three. There is the low, oscillating thrum of arcane presence. Powerful unknowns surround him.
Four. He is not chained down to the bed. They have underestimated him.Bookmarked by DoveTurtle
06 Jul 2026
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virtual insanity by BronzePlates
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
04 Jul 2026
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Simon just irradiated 3 people and got dropped back into the blood ocean. He'd love to wallow in his mistakes, but there's something shifting just behind the wall...
Ryland Grace does not know that "Ryland Grace" is his name, nor does he know where he is or who the hell this scrappy man is next to him.
(Freshly amnesia-d Grace appears in the SM-13, and now they BOTH have to deal with it)
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- Part 1 of Say Grace
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22 Jun 2026
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Shed Light by wendyllwins
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
13 Jul 2026
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Simon was prepared to die alone in the depths of a blood ocean for the sake of the remnants of humanity. He wasn't prepared to live a changed man - monster - in an entirely changed universe, with little memory of how he'd gotten there or who he was or what he'd done.
Who the fuck was this Ryland person, and what did he want with him?
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20 Jun 2026
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Death in the Business of Whaling by willowwyrd
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026), David Szymanski's Iron Lung - All Media Types
29 Jun 2026
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"Bad. Stupid, very stupid." Grace can still hear Rocky's automated laptop-voice through the closed airlock door. "If Grace body poisoned by 'foreign contaminant', Grace die, contaminate spread and Rocky die—"
There's more blood smudged on the floors, the walls, leading up, up...Oh. There's a handprint. A handprint of blood. There's no way that could have happened without Grace realizing.
Rocky's still rambling on in the background: "—Adrian die, Stars-Erid-Earth die, all die because Grace is stupid."
Grace can hardly believe the conclusion he's about to draw. "I think someone's on the ship."
"Repeat words. I was narrating Grace-Rocky future."
"Rock, someone's on the ship."
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An AU where Project Hail Mary and the Quiet Rapture both happen in the same universe, but at different times.
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10 Jun 2026
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Sometimes I'd forget
Rocky has been stranded, alone and light years away from home for 46 years. For a long time it seemed like nothing would ever change. But a new arrival in Tau Ceti system is about to alter the course of history; For Rocky, for Erid, and for another world far, far away.
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Beta read by chez_levi! Thank you for your notes, and curse you for your implications about metaphors
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30 May 2026
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Provided That the Soul Is Free and Willing by lightgetsin
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)
11 May 2026
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“Oh,” Essek says, and a tremulous smile comes to his mouth. “That’s wonderful. You, ah.” He licks his lips. “You understand what happened?”
Caleb nods. “Ja. Clone spell. I don’t – things are a little blurry. But I . . . must have died?”
A ripple passes across Essek’s face. “You did,” he says quietly, with a rasp to his voice. “Just now.” He swallows audibly. “I barely made it here in time."
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11 May 2026
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On the Myriad Uses of Polymorph as a Method of First Aid by CatgirlTheCrazy
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
17 Jan 2022
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Essek learns first hand one of the Mighty Nein's use cases for Polymorph: keeping the mortally wounded alive.
He learns this when he unexpectedly finds himself a 40-foot long lizard with tiny arms and a brain the size of a walnut.
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24 Apr 2026
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body of my body (sky of my sky) by JPlash
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series), Critical Role: Campaign 2 - The Mighty Nein (Web Series)
18 Jul 2026
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Caleb should go back inside.
Caleb should stand up, go back inside, and forget that he saw anything curled up in the filthy alleyway behind his building. Stay out of trouble. Things die all the time.
When he lays two fingers at the vampire’s neck, its skin is chill as the wet cobblestones. He can just feel the tiny rise and fall of its ribcage.
Damnit.
(It's a Shadowgast modern-with-magic vampire!AU)
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19 Apr 2026
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“Indeed. You’re lucky Alia saw something in you,” Evrard comments. “I do apologize for the distrust initially. You understand.”
“Of course, not the first time someone’s attempted to murder me,” Arthur jokes lightly, but it trails off into a cough.
John winces internally, this was almost worse than dealing with Yorick's interjections. Arthur, be careful.
“I’m sorry?” Evrard asks, confused.
Arthur continues, voice dipping into humor once more, “Honestly of all the attempts it was one of the more survivable. Just dropped down a trapdoor, not even gutted or shot. Hell, I’ve gotten closer to getting the job done than you did.”
For fucks sake.
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31 Mar 2026
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Essek Thelyss comes to Soltryce to deliver guest lectures and, on the side, cultivate the brand new Archmage of Domestic Protections. He’s hoping that Caleb Widogast will oblige him by picking up his predecessor’s interest in conspiring to steal Luxon beacons, after so rudely murdering Da’leth mere weeks before the culmination of their schemes.
Essek is prepared for espionage. He is not prepared to find a love that will change the course of his life.
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24 Mar 2026
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proof by contradiction by Chrome for venndaai
Fandoms: Critical Role: Campaign 2 - The Mighty Nein (Web Series), Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)
01 Jun 2021
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When Beauregard asks for Dairon's help freeing a friend held captive by the Cerberus Assembly, they agree, expecting a rescue mission to clear the way to bring down Trent Ikithon for good. But when they meet Essek Thelyss in the depths of the Vergesson Sanatorium, they discover that Beauregard hasn't told them everything.
As the clock runs down and Dairon and Essek find themselves in a game of wits not only with the Assembly but with each other, they must find a way to trust each other--or risk neither of them making it out alive.
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Written for Hurt/Comfort Exchange 2021.
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11 Mar 2026
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A long series of kidnappings and international flights leaves its own special mark on someone. Before the Unknowing, Jon is a mess.
Martin helps.
(based on this amazing art by linecrosser)
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26 Feb 2026
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Carefully, Caleb undoes the buttons of Essek’s cuff, settling Essek’s hand against his knee so he can fold the sleeve up, baring Essek’s arm to the elbow. Caleb is briefly grateful that it is too dark for him to see much of anything.
He takes a breath. “Tell me if there is any pain or discomfort, please.”
[Or: Caleb does his best to ease Essek's pain.]
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30 Nov 2025
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i have been praying to the god of giving up by Princex_N
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
13 Oct 2021
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Caleb tries not to taste bitterness on his tongue as he leads Nott back to their room. Tries not to imagine how this dance might have gone if he was the one to lash out so publicly. They already think him untrustworthy, a risk, not even worth the effort to be spoken to face-to-face about these doubts, already labeled a problem in one way or another.
No, they would not miss him at all.
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23 Oct 2025
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‘Home is the place where, when you have to go there,
They have to take you in.’‘I should have called it
Something you somehow haven’t to deserve.’—"The Death of a Hired Man," Robert Frost
When running stops working, the Blooming Grove is where Caleb runs to.
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- Part 2 of waystations
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23 Oct 2025
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all these waves don't make a sailor out of me by rosiep8801
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
23 May 2024
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In the aftermath, Orym steps out to cool off. Dorian knows better than to let him go by himself.
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12 Oct 2025