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awaytobeunshaken · 3 months
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The More They Stay the Same
Orym is still sitting in the garden long after the rest of them have scattered. He still wishes Fearne had said something to him. He’s not sure if she really wanted it, or she just felt like she had no choice, but either way, it was over now. And she seemed satisfied, seemed to be bonding now, with Ashton, in their shared elemental powers. Good for them.
It did almost make him wish he’d taken up more of the druidic practices of the Ashari. He’d never really had much interest in it, or aptitude to be honest, and deep down he doesn’t really think he’d be as comfortable with that life, but he’s feeling more alone than he has since he started traveling with the old crew, and that's never bred anything in him but regret.
His ears perk up at the sound of footsteps crunching across burnt leaves, and he swivels his head around to see Ashton crossing the platform. Not the Ashton that walked away an hour or so ago; they’ve still got the lava rock arm, but apart from that it’s the same genasi form that Orym first met.
“Hey.” And he could swear his voice sounds smaller than it used to. “You’re back.”
Ashton seems to grasp his meaning, taking a long look at his arm before answering, “Yeah.” He sits beside Orym, bicep not quite touching his shoulder but close enough for him to rest against, if he wanted. He doesn’t, though, keeping his gaze off into the wilderness. “You know this doesn’t change anything between us, right? Between any of us.”
Orym shrugs. “What’s there to change?”
“Just, like, stuff like this, being able to check in with each other… Look, I’m not gonna go off and hook up with Fearne just because everyone seems to think we should.” Orym draws his knees in, hunching over them. “Hey, I mean it. We just both figured out some cool shit we can do, that’s all. I’m not stealing your best friend away from you.”
“I never even realized she was having reservations about it before. She never said anything about it to me. Maybe I’m not as good a friend as I thought.”
“I don’t think that’s true.”
“I would’ve taken the shard myself, if I’d known. I was ready to take it today, if she hadn’t changed her mind.”
“Maybe that’s why she didn’t want to tell you. You, ah, don’t always show the highest concern for your own skin. And yes, I realize what a massive hypocrite I am to tell you that. Still, I’m not gonna lie, that would’ve been pretty cool.” He reaches over to tousle Orym’s hair, in an attempt to approximate Fearne’s fiery mane as best he could with the short strands. “We could’ve been, like, brothers. Or maybe not… fuck, I dunno. This is crazy.” They shake their head like they’re trying to knock something loose. “But I guess a lot of crazy shit has happened today.”
They turn towards Orym, and place their right hand on his cheek, and the stone is rough and dry and yet somehow it feels so alive as it guides his face toward Ashton’s. And Ashton’s lips are cool, and not rough at all, and they settle against Orym’s like they belong there, just for a moment before pulling away.
They’d come to the Feywild in an attempt to slow down time for a moment, but now it seems to have stopped entirely, Orym’s entire world resting between one heartbeat and the next. But as reality reasserts itself around him, he recalls what Fearne told him about what happened on the ziggurat. “So. You’re just giving those out to everyone, now?”
“Not this time.” Ashton’s eyes lose focus, his gaze drifting toward the background. “But, like I said, today’s been weird, so if you wanna just forget…”
They don’t get a chance to finish as Orym stands and leans in for another kiss.
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ford-ye-fiji · 2 years
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Eshteross should’ve made them write the letter
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Dear Lady Vex’ahlia and Lord Percy of Whitestone, 
We regret to inform you that this old man your friend? Sir Bertrand Bell said he knew you and was once a member of Vox Machina. He’s dead now. We regret to inform you he has passed away. Uh here he is. And his personal effects.
Sincerely,
Oɾყɱ σϝ ƚԋҽ Aιɾ Aʂԋαɾι, ꧁༺ʄɛǟʀռɛ ƈǟʟʟօաǟʏ༻꧂, ꜰʀᴇꜱʜ ᴄᴜᴛ ɢʀᴀꜱꜱ, ᴬˢʰᵗᵒⁿ, 𝔇𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔫 𝔖𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔪, 𝓘𝓶𝓸𝓰𝓮𝓷, and L̸͎̣̻͍̯̅̋͘a̶̡̜̳̬̘̫͒͊͊̽ų̵̻̮̈́̅̋͋̔̃̕͠d̵̙͙͚͙̮̖͈̺̎̆̓͋͂̀͋͜ͅn̵̩̿͂̀̏͂͛̃͘̚ä̵̧̛͕͔́͐̉̇͘̕͝
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nochiquinn · 2 years
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campaign 3 episode 12: ball’s out
sam: does That me: removes headset
insert my recurring rant about southern accents as punchlines
isn't like half the table also from some part of the south
sdfkjsdlk The Magic Of Television
okay but this is really good tho considering
"STOP WEARING THE MERCH AT HOME" she will not
I'm still always surprised when the intro isn't your turn to roll. like I forget until it happens.
"silence in the library" [crosses self in doctor who]
the plot thickens??
still big parvati holcomb vibes. I love her.
Mysterious Mom Plot
is travis wearing a team rocket shirt or is that a reference I'm not getting
"the hunger" no that's adventure zone
"gotta get a tux for pate"
oh no, old people
"you can't tell if she's alive bc she doesn't have a head"
orym keeping one eye on chetney the rest of the day
we lost travis
"he just hates it SO MUCH"
"taliesin shot me in the heart"
"what about your face" "insight check"
"don't cry, you're perfect"
"that idea happened fast, you've done this before"
GOOGLY EYES
turtle!
"you must gather your party before venturing forth"
quick matt describe the entire interior of a macy's
dorian as the party life coach
"the forgotten/discount rack" you mean the section I beelined for in hot topic in middle school
"haber-fuck?"
"no one ever comes back"
they turn in cyrus for clothes money
this is my partner bullying me into buying literally anything for myself
this is also not helping my parvati/imogen problem
robes with the fur
"is it well-taxidermied or not"
there's an outfit like this in rdr2
fearne's just gonna steal it
dorian asking permission to speak to imogen telepathically ❤
"GOT THOSE LEGS FINISHED OLD MAN"
so for the longest time my grandmother's prosthetic leg, along with skin-tone foot, sat in the corner of my parents' den and that's all I'm picturing
"maybe you should sign on my behalf" made me feel a thing but I don't know what it was yet
devexian in a tux send tweet
"I wanna live. I wanna experience the universe and I wanna eat pie."
"I have a table kink"
something something table service top
chetney is the granddad who tries to give you $20 and when you try to refuse it sticks it in your back pocket as you go out the door
oh no I love them
AARON
travis: "jubilee" CORRECT
ashton
fearne
children
ashley's haircut makes her Fearne Chaos Face ™️ look even more unhinged
help I love her
I want an adventure of the week series with a group of people collecting shit for the shop
fcg
I stood up to tell my partner goodnight and realized I've been hunched over my ipad drawing and re-ouched my ribs
BOOPDEDOOPBEDOOPBEDOOPBEDOOP HAUNTED DOLL WATCH
group: growth? fearne: absolutely fucking not
I'm so depressed we're already halfway through the lovm season. continuous releases forever.
"the dpb" I hate that I understand this
"we got hot glue, we got glitter"
"hot glue is such a good smell" "FOCUS, GROUP"
old people and kids
daniel bbeg
dusk maven sounds intensely cool
"you're a good egg"
[deadwood smallpox voice] I identifyyyyy
fcg lore FCG LORE
ptsd babygate
you can't access this thought until you're big enough to process it did they just do the emotional damage meme
briarwood lore BRIARWOOD LORE
or not
"I'm sure you just need more dice"  travis be nice
"you rolled too low to find the sexy photos"
...bloodline jutsu
good lord chatbot says this is almost a five-hour episode
ONE BED
THROUPLE I actively hate that word but stILL
orym: "I know what you mean"
it's not sad in text but it was sad when he said it
"I imagine she smells like a ferret" canon
"I wanna be fearne when I grow up" saaaame
oh them poly
"love love" just put me in the ground
laudna as imogen's alarm
matt you can't whiplash my mood like this
laura holding her mug after laudna got imogen water
the IMMERSION
I love them. I don't even care how they love each other, it's just very important to me that they do
marwa was created to attack me directly
oh no I love her
"ooooh it's got blood in it, you like blood spooky giiiirl"
put some dust of deliciousness on the croissant
some may call this trash, me...
VALIDATION
I showed you my rat please respond
Friendship Is Pastries
this is my new favorite relationship
[bloodborne voice] fear the old blood
!!!!
"I try to steal it" FEARNE
orym!!
my artist roommate every time she sees me drawing
liam ruining matt's schadenfreude
(...does anybody else have to sing the avenue q song to spell schadenfreude?)
"I was ready to say 'professor pate' but now I'm upset"
"he isn't breathing"
you've heard of fake dating get ready for fake noble & entourage
(both.gif)
oh no!!
revolution grandpa of my heart
"I don't want to cause undue trauma" "then don't look at anybody"
oh no
we're getting a glimpse of what he ran away from
second SUN
world's most interesting gnome
this polycule is going to destroy me
"and Doc"
NIGHTY MEINS
"alright, new campaign"
marisha: I'm basically a god
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