#polakott

[softtransbf]

i'm thinking more about my b4b s/i and what him being unendingly kind would really look like/come from

he's not naive like lenore or leila pre-reveal. the world can be cold and harsh and awful. he's a barbarian- he knows HE has rage and destruction to the point of cruelty in him (more than most, and that's part of why he tries so hard to be kind)

it is an active choice every day to fight that. to be kind especially in a place designed to be violent and encourage cruelty like the rajmadan.

he's not from polakott like nikhil. his brother brought him with him when he found his ticket, thinking they'd fight together.

but he showed up, not really wanting to fight in the first place, and upon seeing the overworked and underappreciated staff running the damn thing, he chose to work.

#nikhilposting

[luna3141]

Alright, y'all, get ready for some verified spelling...

- Sarenda (the lilac skin tiefling from ep1)

- Olin Munn (goblin armor inspector)

- Sarahbell (elephant woman, AKA loxodon)

- Harpy Goldendale (dwarf commentator)

- Kyshaar (everyone's favorite half-orc porter)

- Malini (Nikhil's sister)

- Liora (Kyshaar's boss)

- Filendaar (fire genasi cook from ep4)

and most importantly in my opinion...

- Tovayu (Sestia's lost partner)

- also, Polakott (the setting)

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#battle for beyond #the wonderful folks at dndbeyond have been posting recaps this whole time and somehow I never found them #despite aCTIVELY LOOKING for them #sarenda #olin munn #sarahbell #harpy goldendale #kyshaar #malini #liora #filendaar #tovayu #polakott

[swarmkeepers]

SOLA OMG HOW ARE YOU ENJOYING B4B

casey i'm LOVE it so much it's just so. fun? jasmine is so good at making things cinematic without being over the top as a DM, it's my absolute favorite. i love combat in general and these combats are so cool. the characters all own my heart the vibes, the chemistry especially at table 2 is off the charts and i'm delaying watching the last episode bc i don't want it to be over D:

#sola answered #aberfaeth #i'm so excited to get to read all your fic though #also like. love love LOVE the feeling of #from the first moment of malini's voice like #so much familiarity so much love. that's an accent i grew up around! and to get to see that punjabi culture so threaded through #polakott and the rajmedan and nikhil and malini. yes!!! #sola said #battle for beyond

[cactusnymph]

“Okay, are we doing this?”, Nikhil says and gestures between himself, Sestia and Murdina. Two sets of blinking eyes look at him as if what if he says is ridiculous. Which it isn’t. He picked up on the vibes and they are definitely there. Nikhil might not be very insightful but he sure as hell knows about sexual attraction.

 “Doing… what?”, Murdina asks slowly and sits up on the bed she was lying on.

 Nikhil snorts a laugh.

 “Well, you know. Sex. Fucking. A threesome. Pleasures of the flesh—“

 Sestia giggles and cocks her head.

 “Nikhil”, she says without continuing.

 “What? I know—“

 “I don’t think you’re ready”, Murdina says with a shrug.

 Now it’s Nikhil’s time to blink. His brain needs a second to catch up.

 “I—what?”, he laughs. “I was born ready! I’ve fucked so many people, you don’t even know—“

 “We know, okay? We know you fucked your way through Polakott.”

 “Yeah, it’s really hard to miss.”

 “But that’s not what this is about”, Sestia clarifies, her face weirdly soft as she looks at him. “This is about you coming from a place of self-deprecation.”

 “Yeah, look. We’re not slut shaming or anything. But I feel like when you told Abaddon to not respect you that wasn’t just a kink thing, right. That was like. A you thing. And—“

 Nikhil laughs again but his throat feels weirdly dry.

 “Listen, just because I like it rough—“

 “I like it rough, too”, Murdina says with half a smirk and shrugs.

 “Get over here, idiot”, Sestia says and gestures over to the bed she and Murdina are both situated on. Nikhil waits for the rush of smugness and vindication upon being invited to bed, but both Murdina’s and Sestia’s faces look. Soft.

 Nikhil wouldn’t say it scares him. Of course not. And he would deny that there is a moment of hesitation as he steps towards the bed but maybe he doesn’t exactly leap onto the mattress how he originally planned.

 “How about we start with some cuddling, hm?”, Sestia says quietly and Nikhil feels himself freezing up, just like the first time Sestia healed him for the first time.

 “Cuddling?”, Nikhil echoes as four arms carefully wrap around him, four hands touching his bare arms and his hair.

 “Hm”, Murdina hums.

 “I—uh”, he starts, but the words don’t come. His skin feels as though someone set fire to him again.

 “We can just be here for a little while, if that’s alright with you”, Sestia says and gently leans her head against Nikhil’s shoulder.

 Nikhil isn’t sure why this moment feels like the hardest thing he’s ever done and somehow seems way more intimate than every fuck he’s ever had.

 “Yeah. Yeah, okay”, he mumbles as Sestia’s fingers burn paths of lava onto his skin and Murdina’s arms hold him close as if he’s something precious and valuable.

#battle for beyond #b4b #nikhil #sestia #murdina #nikhil/sestia/murdina #mi writes #d&d #dungeons and dragons #i'm having feelings for these three and i started writing this but my brain is being a dumpster fire so i dunno if i can finish #so have this first snippet of it

[grasslandgirl]

laying in the floor about how Sestia’s decision to come to the battle for beyond was inherently a selfless choice and sacrifice in a sea of people being selfish. that the thing she wanted to change was letting tovayu go to polakott alone, and she was willing to throw herself back into it again- and again and again- if she got the chance to do it with him.

#CHARACTER OF ALLLL TIMEEEEE #watching the alt history hallucination thing in ep5/6 WILL RUIN MEEEEEE #b4b #let’s burn it all down. ghrhrgrgrhrhrhh