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Grazilaxx had always prided itself on its independence. This had caused problems in the past, of course. It was no small part of why it had worked towards fleeing its colony in the first place, and later, other... arrangements. Its life was its own now, and it would not be beholden to anyone or anything again. No matter how strongly the urge may have resurfaced, it had remained steadfast for years.

Omeluum was different. Grazilaxx had known this since the beginning, because how could it not? Omeluum had arcane powers that innately allowed it a freedom that Grazilaxx had bled for. No, Omeluum was very different indeed.

Even so, the two shared more similarities than differences, especially compared to their other colleagues. They understood each other in ways that the others’ brains could never compute. Not that there was any attachment between them, of course. Grazilaxx knew how foolish that would be, and had assumed that Omeluum would be of the same opinion.

Evidently, it had been wrong.

Grazilaxx had been skeptical of Omeluum’s growing fondness towards Blurg for some time now, but recently, it had reached a crisis point. The obvious affection in how they regarded each other, the way that their mannerisms changed when they believed that they were alone together, the soft warmth that resonated from Omeluum’s mind every time it spoke of him. And every time, Grazilaxx had to suppress its alarm, because Omeluum should know better. The world was a dangerous, uncaring place, and to accept that fact was the only way to survive it. Blurg, it understood, had little choice in the matter. Certain species needed such stupid things as love to function, and Grazilaxx could accept that. Illithids, however, had no such weakness. To work with others for mutual gain was one thing, but to allow yourself to care for another was to make yourself needlessly vulnerable and Omeluum was going to get hurt.

Pairing: implied Blurg/Omeluum (but the focus is on Blurg and Limeleech's friendship)

Warnings: Angst, hurt/attempted comfort, alcohol, ambiguous ending

Summary:

“You look dreadful,” was the first thing she announced when she opened the door, and alright, perhaps that wasn’t the most elegant approach, but it did get him to look up and meet her eyes for the first time since Omeluum’s disappearance.

Pairing: Lann Tarv/Orkan Toadbreath

Warnings: Dubcon, captivity, degradation, praise kink (if you squint), rough sex, objectification, Orkan has Issues and Lann unknowingly plays right into them, little bit of pain play, hobgoblin culture as its own warning (implied)

Summary:

1) soft post-canon lann tarv redemption arc learning to balance each other out and rebuilding a life together

2) toadbreath has a Very Bad Time

Pairing: Limeleech/Kar'niss

Warnings: Bondage, subdrop, spider anatomy, Kar'niss is his own warning

Summary:

(For Skriss and Limeleech)

This will probably be the last one, thank you everyone for sending these in, and I'm sorry to the people I didn't get to! This has been a lot of fun. For now, here's some "there was only one bed" to send you off 😂

The Lodge's dorms really weren't intended for everyone to sleep there at once, so having to share beds was a common inconvenience. Initially, Limeleech made for an appealing bedmade. She would only be there for half the time, after all.

Unfortunately, Limeleech was a couple of inches taller than Skriss. It wasn't much, but now, body contorted to keep to her side of the bed, she realized just how much it would affect the already tight fit.

"Don't bother," Limeleech laughed. "I don't mind."

Skriss hesitantly relaxed, letting her body press against Limeleech's.

(I was originally just going to do Limeleech + weakness but EGGS made me laugh so hard I think I have to do both)

This had been a mistake. Limeleech rolled over to look at the sleeping faces next to her - her colleagues now, she supposed. Stupid. She still couldn't quite place her standing in the group, but she wasn't so naive as to think they saw her as an equal. They'd been travelling together for years, and here she was as some interloper. Hells, the invitation might have just been a formality, not something she was actually supposed to accept.

(And she hadn't, the first time. They'd offered another.)

Well. It was too late now. She would just have to prove her worth.

***

Skriss wondered, sometimes, if she was deceiving herself. Was this version of her the real one, or did she only want it to be? Perhals she was only masking an innate nature hidden even to herself. She thought of how much she had changed since meeting her colleagues, and the version of her they had somehow seen past. Was the taste of blood still part of her?

"So are you finishing that omelette or not?"

Grazilaxx glared down at its wine glass as it swirled the contents, trying to give off the appearance of nursing it. It was capable of drinking, of course, but with the way the illusion was set up, it would look strange for a "human" to be drinking from under its chin. Besides, it was supposed to be talking to people. Its research wouldn't fund itself, after all. But even with this disguise, every time it met a patriar's gaze, they looked visibly uncomfortable and scurried away.

(If I get a lot, I'll just pick a couple favourites)

-Sloopidoop used to be a priest of Blibdoolpoolp, and still was when the Society of Brilliance was founded, but switched to worshipping Deep Sashelas at some point during the Second Sundering (this one might be worth its own post, I have Thoughts)

-Delverdenn is the unofficial spokesperson for the Society of Brilliance, mostly because people are more likely to respond well to a surface dwarf than any of the others, but also because of his stupidly good stats. Also, his warlock patron is an arcanaloth.

-Limeleech is transfem (hence her training as an arachnomancer, as well as her decidedly un-drow-like name) and Blurg accidentally came up with the name when struggling to think of a cover name on the fly. She thought it was funny, started going by it as a bit, and it stuck.

-Blurg, like all the other founders, was born in the Underdark, so the version of hobgoblin culture he grew up in is slightly different from the surface version. This has led to misunderstandings with surface hobgoblins on more than one occasion.

-Skriss does not currently know about Havkelaag's plans for the egg experiment, and when/if she finds out, shit will hit the fan because oh boy does it ever pierce right into her own Complexes regarding her relationship with her culture

-By mind flayer standards, Omeluum is really weak, since it dedicated so much of its focus to its arcane abilities rather than honing its psionic ones. It knows this well, and will almost always defer to Grazilaxx on the subject whenever it comes up.

But ever since writing that orgy kinktober entry, I've been thinking a lot about the SoB founders' relationships with physical touch. Like, even though that particular ficlet isn't part of my main timeline, I 100% believe that they've all had sex with each other on multiple occasions, especially early on. Not even necessarily because of attraction per se, but just. They've all gone so long feeling disconnected from everyone around them and being completely alone (whether physically or socially). And now suddenly, a good chunk of the way through their lives, they're thrown into this group where they are understood and need to latch onto each other and be closer, closer, closer.

Pairing: None

Warnings: Light angst, awkward hurt/comfort

Summary:

Just a few decades ago, if one of her colleagues had dragged an unconscious stranger inside to tend to him, she would have been wary at best. It would be a stupid move in the Underdark (not that that had ever stopped these people), and in truth, wasn’t a much safer one in Baldur’s Gate.