the sea, the stars, the dreamers by @nonwal
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the sea, the stars, the dreamers by @nonwal
What if weāre in a space opera and the script is dooming us!!! But weāre hating on the script togetherš³

Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Astrid Beck/Essek Thelyss, Eadwulf Grieve/Caleb Widogast, Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast, Astrid Beck/Eadwulf Grieve, Astrid Beck/Eadwulf Grieve/Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast
41: think I forgot how to be happy
Essek Thelyss does not, generally, enjoy following orders. He certainly knows when to play along, knows when a polite smile and the appearance of willing subordination is the best way to get what he wants, knows when being subordinate is his only realistic optionābut that doesnāt mean he likes being kept on a short leash. Heād prefer equal footing at the bare minimum, but given a choiceāEssek wants control.
Perhaps Astrid needs it.
The sea, the stars, the dreamers off hiatus weāre so back!!!
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Astrid Beck/Essek Thelyss, Eadwulf Grieve/Caleb Widogast, Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast, Astrid Beck/Eadwulf Grieve, Astrid Beck/Eadwulf Grieve/Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast
29: calling security, keeping my head held down
The Expositor has been acting suspicious, Wulf says.
update on tStStD! (plus discord nonsense)
Just a heads-up for anyone whoās still alive out there: I plan to resume regular updates of the sea, the stars, the dreamers on September 28th. If youāve forgotten what the hell itās even about because itās been two years without consistent updates, or if you fell behind and have been planning on catching up at some point, youāve got a week-ish to get up to speed. Also! Iāve opened up a section of my notes/brainstorming Discord server to the public. It is not intended as a general-purpose social spaceāyou wonāt find any channels for Campaign 4 discussion or pet photosābut if youāre interested in exchanging conspiracy theories about what the fuck is actually going on in tStStD, want to liveblog a re-read, have sea shanty recommendations (I need one more!) or just want to chat about it, the public invite link is here. (Channels for my other writing projects will likely be opened up at some point in the future, assuming this doesn't all go horribly.)

Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
Free to watch ⢠No registration required ⢠HD streaming
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Astrid Beck/Essek Thelyss, Eadwulf Grieve/Caleb Widogast, Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast, Astrid Beck/Eadwulf Grieve, Astrid Beck/Eadwulf Grieve/Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast
38: Iāll be my own escape route
ACT FOUR. SCENE FIVE. An apparent shipwreck off the shores of Mutalos, the deck listing and partially submerged, with crates and other debris drifting across the stage.
Enter THE VILLAIN and several underlings, stage left.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Astrid Beck/Essek Thelyss, Eadwulf Grieve/Caleb Widogast, Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast, Astrid Beck/Eadwulf Grieve, Astrid Beck/Eadwulf Grieve/Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast
39: no light anywhere and nothing left to burn
THE EXPOSITOR Ā Ā The powerful reside in secrecy, Ā Ā Their institutions work without constraint. Ā Ā They breed corruption. If you kill him now, Ā Ā It looks like just another violent act Ā Ā Without recourse. If we expose him, he Ā Ā Is raked across the coals of public court.
THE SAILOR Ā Ā Now, I think you should kill himābut, I doubt Ā Ā You care. I think you care what he thinks, though.
THE EXPOSITOR Ā Ā Do not make him the hero of your tale. Ā Ā Do not make him the hero of your tale.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Astrid Beck/Essek Thelyss, Eadwulf Grieve/Caleb Widogast, Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast, Astrid Beck/Eadwulf Grieve, Astrid Beck/Eadwulf Grieve/Essek Thelyss/Caleb WidogastĀ
36: Iāve gotten good at leaning on metaphors
āSurely someone in the Dynasty is familiar with the concept of polyamory.ā The words are objectively true even if the implications are not, and itās the easiest cover story, given her current predicament. It would be easier if were the truth, on both a political and personal level. (She wants to take Essek apart, which isnāt unusual; she wants to put him back together afterwards, which is.)