“It's a thing to meet someone else that's so desperate to do the right thing that they're willing to die for it. They were willing to live for it, too. We should live for it, too. Yeah, in the end, it's what we had in common. It was the thing that made me keep them around, and I'm sure it was the thing that had them keep me around. They were way too good for this world. Yes, they were. […] A toast. To FCG, who could always see the worst in everybody but chose to only honor the best. Only the best. Cheers.”-Ashton Greymoore/Frida
Authors are revealed, so now I can post all my contributions!
Weighing in at 17 fics and 15,614 words, it was a productive event for me.
Given that length, I'll keep the fics themselves under the cut.
For my giftee PissHimself: In Your Closet
Ashton/Fearne
Sometimes you just have to steal your lover's look for a little while.
And then my many treats:
A Pinch of Salt for rightpastnowhere
Tary & Vex
Cooking and baking are not the same, as Vex learns from Tary.
Silence in the Night for CitizenMocha
Vex/Percy/Tary
Vex has a stealth mission tonight. Her boys won't see her coming.
Early Steps for IllusionOfDeath
Pike & Grog
Grog wants to do something that's really helpful, a special helpful that only Grog can do in the little Trickfoot household.
A Different Mask for Theatricuddles
Bolaire & Termina
In this timeline, Termina walks free with her host Amariya Cormoray. And she just received a certain coffin.
Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky for justabrain
Milo/Ashton
Ashton and Milo take a break to cool off while on their way to the Heartmoor Hamlet.
Resonance for Aishama
Bolaire & Murray
"Hey, Bolaire!"
Blue ghostlight eyes meet hers as his head flicks up, wig a wild mess of red framing his pale clay face.
"Let's make another miracle," Murray grins, wide and vicious.
Deals and Souls for gauzemer
Occtis & Bolaire
Bolaire helps Occtis confirm a theory.
Life, Death, and Curses for Poetry
Julien & Bolaire
Julien seeks the counsel of the one person in this group who hates the damn hitchhiker in his shadow as much as he does.
Warming Up for turtleducknewton
Ashton/Essek/Caleb
Bringing Ashton Greymoore with them to Aeor is good for many reasons.
Dress-up Doll for jam_jarmusch
Ashton & Laudna
Laudna works on a dress design with Ashton as her mannequin.
You Could Ask for notkaaii
Ashton/Milo/Essek/Caleb
Milo needs Ashton's advice about how to get wizard laid.
Champions' Secrets for PurpleLaptop1
Vax & Morrighan
Morrighan and Vax'ildan lean on each other with the secrets they keep.
Wish Upon a Paper Crane for Vem_chan
Bolaire & Shadia
Shadia has a little chat with her uncle about wishes.
By Tooth and Claw for CelestialPinay
J'mon Sa Ord & Thordak
The end of Devo'ssa and Thordak's fight crica 636 PD.
A King and his Empress for Cabbagiez
Ashton/Kingsley
The Plank King invites the Empress of Earth to Darktow after their fateful encounter at a Nicodranas wedding.
Also slight Darktow Liveshow SPOILERS: when in the Exandrian timeline Kingsley becomes Plank King, and a special form of address from Kingsley to Fjord and Jester
Tiny Treats for girlsonthetv
Occtis & Thimble
Occtis meets with Thimble once again at a gala.
[ID: A digital drawing of Milo Krook from Critical Role. They're visible from the chest up, looking towards the viewer and smiling. They're wearing a knitted cap, a shirt, and an apron with tools in a front pocket. End description.]
A kofi doodle request for @just-a-funny-little-brain!!
I was thinking about Ashton and FCG again and thinking about their backstories, specifically the shared elements. Milo is the one who found Ashton and fixed them up after the Nobodies abandoned him. While Ashton was the one who found FCG, Milo was the one who fixed him up. Milo fixed both FCG and Ashton from scraps and parts.
I wonder, does Ashton ever think about how they were broken things fixed by the same hands, and how FCG can never be fixed again?