A collection of one-shots about Essek and his found family. The Life in the Party: One-shot about Essek and his colorful friends that he's grown to love who are determined to pull him out of the shadows... at least in a literal way because they're tired of him sulking off to the side. What is a Friend worth: One-shot where Essek's treachery is discovered and he has a bit of time in prison to think about the people in his life and atone for at least some of his mistakes. Meanwhile, the Mighty Nein are ticking off the Cerberus Assembly to save their friend. Mark of Adventure: A platonic soul mate AU where a group of adventurers destined for each other share a mark. Essek struggles with himself as he comes to terms with what the mark his mother erased for him may have been. A Touching Reunion: The Mighty Nein have found their ex-dead friend Mollymauk and Essek finds himself in the midst of celebrations and reunions which strangely only make him feel both distant and close to these chaotic people Eternal Friends: A consecutive AU where the Mighty Nein and Essek have forced to become forever reincarnated heroes to defeat the foes they couldn't in their first lives. Warning: Canon-typical themes, language, and all that stuff. Warning: It's fluff and angst and found-family all packed into a bunch of long one-shots Also. Art is NOT mine, at all, those belong to the wicked talented artists. Characters are not mine, no those belong to the amazing talents of the Critical Role crew. This is just a self-indulgence bunch of one-shots created by yours truly. Not all of them are canon-compliant but all of them include SPOILERS!! Be warned.

WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD Mollymauk... you are well loved by many. But your story didn't end with your first death. So why should it end with your second?

Caduceus has had the same dream for a few weeks now; a familiar grave of a tiefling he never met and the life that The Wildmother placed over that grave. So familiar was the flora on that grave in the dreams that Caduceus could easily name them all on a whim. And then the dream shifts: There's a heartbeat. A breath. A struggle. The Wildmother calls to Caduceus, pulling him towards that grave once more, where her work is centered trying to bring forth another life. No, not bring forth - bring back. With a gasp and a panicked scramble, a lavender tiefling pulled himself from the dirt. Freeing himself from the earth's clutches in a desperate escape. He is blank, an empty slate of a person except for one word that screams in his head. A word screamed, called, laughed, and spoken by so many different voices that vie for attention in the confused tiefling's mind - Molly He doesn't know how he is exactly or what he was doing in the earth but he can only suppose that Molly is his name and that the cloak over his grave is his too. He's not quite sure how, but he knows that somewhere out there, people are waiting for him. He has no idea where they are or how to find them but he'll be damned if that stops him. With only a single tarot card, a small letter giving him some clues, and an open road before him, he sets off to figure out who exactly he left behind. WARNING: Spoilers, cannon-typical violence, alcohol usage, language, and mature themes. (AKA, there's angst) WARNING: Short book about the reunion of the Mighty Nein as they find their old friend (that means this is cute, lovable, fluffy, and adorable). I don't own art, characters, or any of that. I'm just a fanfiction writer who's trying to console the heartbreak of losing the great Mollymauk Tealeaf. Long may he reign.

A hero's story being told by others.