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A couple years ago,

msbrokenbrightside gave me the prompt 'if you don't like this world, then change it: cult leader jester at her finest'. The resulting fic was to the willing souls, set in some undefined future after the then-just-a-date TravelerCon imploded the M9 and Jester was leading a Traveler cult loosely-aligned with the Kryn in Nicodranas with the help of a very Charmed Beau. It was always vaguely on my list of things to expand/return to, but for ~~death of Avantika reasons~~ various reasons I never did. But considering how poorly fandom's treating Avantika these days, she deserves good things, like being an alive pirate king and also the girlfriend of a greymoral cult leader.

The tolling of the harbour bell wakes Jester just as sunrise begins to break through the window. For a moment she lies still behind closed eyes, wondering why such a familiar sound has roused her this morning. Reaching out with all her senses she can feel the hard planes of Beauregard's back at her side, smell the tang of salt and fish drifting up from the docks -

And see, as clearly as if she were standing on the seawall, the towering wood and canvas silhouette of the Squall-Eater approaching the Restless Wharf, green Cloven Crystal flag snapping in the wind.

Avantika is back.

Jester's eyes fly open and she rolls over, burying her face in the crook of Beau's neck. "Beau," she whispers. "Beau Beau Beau Beau guess what."

If you like me are sad about Avantika's current canon state, tell me why she and Vess are fine!

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Hey y'all, the Mighty Nein keep killing everyone I love and I am really, really tired of the new 'if the party doesn't kill and mutilate the corpse of every morally questionable woman who's ever been mean to a dude NPC they're evil and I hate them' flavour of misogyny that campaign 2 fandom has. I have a whoooole lot of thoughts on how Matt's ladyvillains are often coming from a fundamental place of wanting to live and how that gets them called The Ultimate Evil, but that is for another time. It's Samhain so let's talk resurrection!

If you're pleased Avantika and/or Vess are dead do us both a favour and keep scrolling xo.

Poll #24785 Kimara's Faves are Fine, Actually

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Vess has already been resurrected, by herself. Her clone is in:

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Rexxentrum, the better to barge into her colleagues' offices going 'guess who just fucking murdered me'.
1 (33.3%)

Rosohna, because resurrecting behind enemy lines is the Ultimate power move.
0 (0.0%)

Nicodranas, obviously, resurrection sickness is a bitch and she deserves some R&R before getting revenge.
1 (33.3%)

Tal'Dorei, somewhere, she took a page from Delilah's book and decided an ocean between herself and her enemies would be useful.
0 (0.0%)

Somewhere I've forgotten, but that you will explain in comments.
1 (33.3%)

Clones are for other people, Vess is fine because:

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She yeeted her soul into Lucien's body.
0 (0.0%)

The Traveler is going to convince Jester is going to do an extremely unauthorised Raise Dead in a couple days, for giggles.
1 (33.3%)

Jester and/or Caduceus are going to do a group-authorised Raise Dead on her in a couple days, because politics.
1 (33.3%)

She died too close to the sea, Uk'otoa's archmage now.
0 (0.0%)

She died too close to the sea, deathlock!Avantika's archmage now.
0 (0.0%)

Some other reason I've forgotten, but that you will explain in comments.
1 (33.3%)

Here's how Avantika can still win:

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Landing with the Water Ashari, being given a hot new body via True Resurrection, initially plans to turn them to Uk'otoa worship but unwittingly develops an actually healthy relationship with the sea (to her horror).
0 (0.0%)

Landing in Raishan's new lair, getting a new and better patron and also a new and better body.
0 (0.0%)

Uk'otoa's revenant, again. Seriously, someone please give her a body that hasn't been trashed.
0 (0.0%)

Vess left an extremely pretty body behind, costume party time.
0 (0.0%)

Died in the sea, tempest-death goddess Vesh's revenant now. Vesh is probably looking for a new spouse, Vesh would totally give her a new hot body.
2 (66.7%)

Some other way I haven't thought of yet, but that you will describe in comments.
1 (33.3%)

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Evernote informs me I started this fic in August of 2017, the probably inevitable consequence of my 'the twins are identical and Keyleth loves them both' insistence meeting my 'there really needs to be more somnophilia fics for my ships' belief. So: hopefully-light fun fic where Vex and Vax have an ongoing competition to see who can make a sleeping Keyleth come first (or most), but whoever wakes her up forfeits their right to style Trinket's fur for a week. There's no good reason why I've not finished it yet, there's just always been Other Stuff when I'm in one of my smut-writing moods, but maybe posting it here will convince me to finish it [shrug emoji].

Keyleth's still sleeping when Vex pads her way over to her brother's room and cracks the door open just a bit. For a moment she thinks Vax is asleep as well, until a hand emerges from the pile of red hair and green sheets to wave her inside.

"Started without me?" Vex whispers with a grin as she crosses the room and climbs up onto the bed on Keyleth's other side.

Vax flips her off without any real malice, and pulls down the bedclothes for Vex to kick into an untidy pile at the foot of the bed. "Never." She doesn't need to be told, not when he's smiling at her like that, but it's still nice, and the warmth of it settles over her better than any blanket.

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Unfinished thoughts about the world where Thordak pulled Vex from the ashes of Byroden, where Pike and Vorugal played humanity on the icy wastes the Broken Howl feared while Grog grew up fierce under Umbrasyl’s guidance, where Brimscythe promised Vax he would help him find his sister, where Keyleth met Raishan too early on to know the difference between power and love.

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