Someone's been pranking the Nein, with surprising effectiveness. Someone who isn't Jester. It's not that she's jealous or anything. It just seems like this is the kind of thing they could be working on together, and anyway, why wouldn't this someone come to her for advice? One thing's for sure: whoever they are, they've crossed the wrong detective.

The Mighty Nein pick over a gruesome battlefield. Nott knows what it feels like to be a scavenger. Written for the prompt: "Anecdoche: A conversation in which everyone is talking, but nobody is listening."

Jester visits a temple and engages in a little artistic liberty. Beau's just along for the ride. Written for the prompt: "Kenopsia: The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet."

It happens all the time. Sometimes you just have to wait a bit before your hand remembers how do to it right. But he'll wait for you to get it right, definitely. He doesn't get bored, definitely. He just wants a friend, and if you stop, he definitely, definitely won't get mad at you and never come see you again forever and ever. Jester hasn't drawn anything since the abduction.

The past is a tyrant. Mollymauk Tealeaf, the fates, and change.

Pike Trickfoot once died in a dark room, too far down to see the sky. Some part of her, she thinks, has never forgotten.

Two years after the battle with Vecna, Velora returns to Whitestone for several long-overdue conversations. (Spoilers for Episode 115.)

In his memory, Vax is forever locked in a moment (in a moment in a moment). Major spoilers for episode 102.

In the cold and the night and the storm, a half-elf walks into a bar. Vax remembers. Spoilers for Episode 88.

In the aftermath of the Sunken Tomb, Pike knows there's a conversation she and Vex still need to have. She's not really sure what to say or how to say it, but she'll be there, and she figures that'll have to do for now.

Keyleth chases down Vex in the immediate aftermath. Major spoilers for episode 85.

Scanlan's a master of deception. Turns out reality is a moving target when the words you sing keep changing it.

Two weeks after they found the ruins of their hometown, when the mire of misery had finally been pushed back by all the practical concerns that came with no reliable source of income, Vex sat down across from her brother, slammed a flawless turquoise gemstone onto the table, and said, "I'd like to hire us for a bit of thievery."

Early in her adventuring days, all Allura wants to do is find one of Emon's less scrupulous back-alley dealers of rare and magical literary works and engage in a bit of necessary-evil skulduggery. Instead, she's got a shining beacon of Bahamut's glory stuck to her like a particularly virtuous limpet.

Quick glimpses into how the story shifts with the characters as different classes.

During his first night back in the realm of the living, Percy is visited by three ghosts. It's a great deal more comforting than it sounds. [Spoilers for episode 69.]

In the early days of their adventures, the members of Vox Machina get to know their gunslinger.

In a quiet moment, Grog confronts Percy about Craven Edge.

Percy knows a thing or two about losing the battle but winning the war. They all do. Vox Machina, in the aftermath. Spoilers for E64.

She's their healer; she patches wounds, sets bones, cures disease. It's just that sometimes, you know, things get a little more complicated. Pike pulls her family from the brink.

After the late-night attack at Whitestone, Cassandra and Vex revisit the scene of the crime. There is much to be forgiven.

So much turns on the smallest decisions, the most insignificant moments. So much changes. Luckily, Pike Trickfoot knows a thing or two about redemption and second chances. These are the conversations she never had.

Vex stares into the abyss of her brushes with death and finds something smiling back. Spoilers through Episode 52.

Her crew is sleeping. Hera is not. In the wake of "Controlled Demolition", Hera takes stock of what's left.

Church can't remember the last time he saw three a.m. Tex is keeping an eye out.

Three times Carolina and Wash talked at the kitchen table.

York and Carolina wait for pickup after a successful mission.

[Wolf 359] The Hephaestus crew deals with the immediate aftermath of humanity's first contact. Just, you know, don't say the "a"-word.

Project Freelancer did its damnedest to ground her, toward the end, but hell. Since when has Project Freelancer accomplished anything it tried? Pilot 479er crash-lands on a planet embroiled in civil war.

Agent South hasn't slept in over fifty-three hours. Tex is on the case.

Wash has just survived his fourth mission with Alpha team, which means Maine has mentally promoted him to the status of Actual Human Being.

The Purrfect Harmony Animal Shelter's financial situation is deteriorating rapidly, but with her crew of dedicated fosters, an alarmingly invested staff, and the two mysterious new volunteers who seem more at home in a combat zone than a room full of kittens, Vanessa's going to keep fighting this battle. Whether she wants to or not.

She's a traitor, a defector, a deserter, a spy. It's nothing personal. She's also, sometimes, the only one holding this team together. Five times Agent Connecticut saved a Freelancer's life.

In the wake of the final fight for Chorus, there's blood in the water, and you'd better believe the sharks are circling. Carolina has a pleasant conversation with the Fed loyalist who's just captured her.

Tucker's trapped in the malfunctioning offshoot of some sort of alien technology. You know. Just for a change.

In the wake of the fight at the tower, Tucker checks himself out of the hospital to pay Wash a visit. Sometimes you just really need a change of scenery. Written for the prompt "Okay, the blood isn't mine, calm down" on Tumblr.

Kimball is wounded protecting Carolina in a firefight. Carolina is not exactly well-equipped to handle this situation.

Chorus is saved, but the Reds and Blues have vanished, transported into slipspace aboard the Sword of Charon, and Epsilon's final goodbye has just reached Carolina. Written for the prompt "kimball trying to calm carolina down after she founds out about epsilon" on Tumblr.

Maine visits Wash in the hospital after an incident on shore leave. He brings a peace offering.

After Armonia's destruction, the lieutenants have no illusions about what might happen next.

The first time Epsilon has the dubious privilege of living in Tucker's armor, during the last push in the hunt for the Director, Tucker starts asking questions about his friend. Okay. Yeah. This conversation isn't gonna be uncomfortable at all...

There's a moment to breathe after the detonation, but no time to mourn their losses. Vanessa Kimball faces up to the future, to what's been left behind in the rubble. Carolina knows a thing or two about moving forward.

We're losing the war. The war isn't over yet. Written for the prompt: "Write a scene that happens right after a tragedy. Don't mention the tragedy."

After the fall, Carolina is not alone. Spoilers for 13x11.

Wash and Maine are sent on a training exercise to a waterlogged planet. Their mission: convince two bases full of sim troopers to relocate using Project Freelancer's trademark diplomatic acumen. But a storm can play tricks on the eyes, and it's easy for someone—or something—to lurk between the sheets of rain...

On the run with York and Delta, at the knife's-edge of Project Freelancer's collapse, Tex has been doing a lot of thinking about how Allison died. Written for Tex Appreciation Week on tumblr.

After the ceasefire, Agents Carolina and Washington help train the soldiers of Chorus, but they find there's plenty of speculation that still needs to be put to rest: which surviving Freelancer is the stronger fighter? After all, a little sparring match never hurt anyone...

After an assassination attempt, Vanessa Kimball finds herself in the care of the Federal Army's star physician. Around here, everyone has a story about summer. (written for the rvb60min challenge on Tumblr)

Oh, you've probably seen the ads on TV: Visit the FUNtacular temple FUNfair! FUNnel cakes! FUNdamentally inexplicable gravitational phenomena! It's fun fun FUN for the whole family! (Minor spoilers for 13x03; written for the rvb60min challenge on Tumblr.)

Katie Jensen, mechanic extraordinaire, meets her counterpart on Red Team. Some things don't need translation. Minor spoilers for 13x02; written for the rvb60min challenge on Tumblr.

A collection of short ficlets, generally written for prompts on tumblr. Characters/pairings are listed in the title of each chapter.

A familiar face arrives aboard the UNSC prison ship Tartarus. It is, perhaps, important to have friends in high places. (Spoilers for 13x01)

A ceasefire is declared in Armonia, but the war has just begun. Trust your team. Chorus will take care of its own.

Wash, Maine, and Project Freelancer. Sometimes the only constant is the rain.

Agent Carolina goes into the field to meet a new recruit.

Early in the Project, Carolina comes to CT with a request.

After the battle on Chorus, Carolina tracks Wash down for a long-overdue chat.

The Mother of Invention hasn't shown up for a scheduled rendezvous. The Freelancers are stuck drifting in a Pelican with nothing but time to kill. Thus begins the Inaugural Project Freelancer Terrible Joke Competition.

In the early days after the ceasefire, Vanessa Kimball has an unexpected visitor.

A field mission early in Project Freelancer goes wrong. Agent Carolina improvises. Hey, someone's gotta test all this fancy equipment, right?

There are levels of awareness, levels of consciousness, levels of understanding. FILSS has always known this. It's how she's been programmed.

York visits Carolina in the infirmary after a failed mission. Things get a little weird.

Wash and Tucker test the waters before hunting down Control. Recovery's an ongoing process. Spoilers up through 12x18.

Here's the thing about manufacturing a civil war: once the illusion's gone on long enough, people start believing it all by themselves. AU in which Carolina stays behind to help Kimball rebuild Chorus.

'Ceasefire' is a loaded term. Carolina deals with the immediate aftermath of the battle at the jamming station. Spoilers for 12x18.

Wash has a risky, nefarious plan that needs South's help. It's probably fine, though. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Carolina's exhausted. Kimball's fascinated. Written for the RvB Ladies' Night on Tumblr, for the prompt "food."

The victories that matter are the ones you win on your own terms. South navigates a mission gone wrong. Written for the RvB Ladies' Night on Tumblr, for the prompt "teamwork."

Connie and Carolina make a supply run on an isolated colony. Written for the RvB Ladies' Night on Tumblr, for the prompt "drive."

"She won't like that injury part." "She never does." Turns out York's journal entries weren't the only Freelancer logs Epsilon recovered. Set shortly before Carolina's reappearance in s12.

During a vital mission to the heart of the capital, Carolina, Kimball, and Dr. Grey map out their common ground.

The thing nobody tells you about having an A.I. destabilizing in your brain is that it's not all bad. Carolina, Epsilon, and their half-remembered dreams. Spoilers for 12x11.

In the early days of the Project, Carolina and Wash are the sole survivors of a mission to a planet under attack by Covenant forces. As it turns out, imminent death by plasma fire has a way of bringing people together as a team.

This entire rescue mission's been nothing but disaster; now all that's left is a last-ditch assault on the Fed base in the Capital City. Casualties could be high. Morale is low. But Lieutenant Smith has absolute faith in his captain's ability to lead them through the worst of it. After all, Captain Caboose is the wisest and most compassionate leader he's ever known.

Vanessa Kimball has always had a weakness for lost causes. The trick is not to let it get you down. Contains mild spoilers for episode six of season twelve.

S6 AU. After the events of Recovery One, South finds help in the form of an unexpected ally. Better lucky than good, any day.

Look, sometimes you're just a glorified cab driver, trying to catch up on your reading between fares. Sometimes you're dropping into a hot zone, trying not to get exploded into tiny pieces. There's not a lot in between. Early in the Project, Pilot 479er swoops in to save the day.

Happiness, her mother always said, is complicated. Four snapshots of Carolina and the long road back to good.

Tucker, after the hit-and-run. (spoilers for s12e02)

After the defeat of the Meta, Blue Team adjusts to their new leader's command style. Which, y'know, would be a whole lot easier if a mysterious shadowy figure didn't keep trying to assassinate him. It's gonna be a long trip home. (Set during the stuff we didn't see in season 9.)

The Freelancers unwind after a successful mission early in the Project.

As it turns out, being a freshly-minted lieutenant in the New Republic army involves taking on a whole lot of unstated responsibilities. Like, say, figuring out what to do when your CO wakes up screaming.

There are a lot of ways this story goes south. (Written before season 12 aired.)

In the first few weeks with the New Republic, Tucker's been acting weird. Simmons draws the short straw.

Scenes from the universe where Agent Connecticut is paired with Epsilon.

Grif's shipping out, whether he wants to or not. Kai catches up with him to say goodbye.

Set between the flashback sequences of seasons 9 and 10. A mission gone wrong leaves Project Freelancer fragmented and left for dead behind enemy lines.

The first implantation can feel a little... odd. Eight standalone stories in which the Freelancers meet their AI fragments for the first time.

Set shortly after the season 11 finale; Tucker and Caboose take stock of what's here and what's gone.

York comes to Connie with a devious scheme. This can't possibly bode well for anyone involved.

Dexter Grif's Enhanced Scale of Shitstorm Severity is composed of three categories. You know. It's all highly scientific.

"Tell me this isn't a cliché scenario! We're trapped down here alone in enemy territory with no hope of rescue. And I'm mortally wounded." "You twisted your ankle, York."

So much depends on the five conversations Carolina never had.

She always leaves. She never says goodbye. She knows recursion like nobody else; she's two hands and a voice and a will. Agent Texas and Project Freelancer, start to finish.

The soldier standing next to Simmons takes a couple seconds to fall, like he doesn't quite realize he's already dead. Wash can relate.

Doc was pretty sure he was just grumpy because he needed a nap and a snack, and maybe a little less existential angst in his diet. Set during season 8.

The idea of renewal is something we drag with us to the stars. Three very different people celebrate three very different New Years.

Forward momentum meets the immovable center. Ten drabbles from a collision of universes.

Tuchanka is, at its heart, an unforgiving world. The die is cast. (Set before the trilogy.)

He's always been good at running. The Eighth Doctor, monsters, and the War. (Spoilers for the latest webisode!)

With her ship under enemy control, Commander Shepard must fight a losing battle against shattered-mirror metaphors, sci-fi clichés, and, above all, herself. An alternative take on the Citadel DLC.

On the face of it, justice and vengeance are simple things, black and white. After the confrontation with Sidonis, Garrus and Samara discuss grey.

Her heart beats slowly, arteries and capillaries and veins filling and receding like tides. Clementine is twenty-one years old today, and she is alive.

In the early days of the Normandy SR-2, Karin Chakwas must navigate a minefield of loyalties.

After a close call on Therum, the crew unwinds. Written for a request: "Joker saves the day".

Khar'shan, Tiptree, Citadel, Palaven, Earth. Five tales from the Reaper War. This is the way the worlds end.

Today's forecast: Thunderstorms, with a chance of giant killer space worms. Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. ME1

Everyone has a grieving process. John's just happens to involve subterfuge, conspiracies, and violence.

Through the looking glass, in the Mirror Universe, Miles O'Brien makes the acquaintance of two Julian Bashirs. He's always had a talent for fixing broken things.

Set after 'Sleeping in Light'. The vocabulary of loss is sparse; Susan comes home.

Everything's changing. Tron, in the spaces between.

Claudia always has a plan.

Four people and the Cardassian revolution.

Piece by piece, they're building something that lasts.

"You and I, we've barely scratched the surface."

History would take care of the Occupation's story. What Jake needed to do was find its heart.

Things changed. Rory stayed the same.

The past and future are conquered, reconciled. Kira Nerys and the Prophets, through the years.

Illya goes undercover on a dangerous mission to reveal Thrush's best-kept secrets. Napoleon waits.

The future is a convenient place for dreams. Five things Cassandra Fraiser wanted to be when she grew up.

There's nothing like the end of the world to make you reevaluate your priorities; Leonard McCoy has second thoughts.