Skyline Tavern

A blog of tabletop roleplaying game storytelling, character development, and world-building

Category: Critical Role Fanfics

  • Matrix AU: I’m not The One

    Matrix AU: I’m not The One

    { #Orym /* Orym blinks in and out of consciousness. Sweat pours down his sleek bald head, stinging his eyes. The chains holding him captive to the cold metal chair tighten as he struggles, pathetically, to free himself. “Have you ever stood and stared at it, marveled at its beauty, its genius?” Agent Da’leth’s voice…

  • Lacrosse AU: Ashton POV vignettes

    Lacrosse AU: Ashton POV vignettes

    From Mystery at Lake Korron “I will be stepping down as head coach…” Chetney’s statement hangs in the air. Ashton feels Orym and Fearne on either side of them, tense. “What?” Gasps the Bells’ resident tough guy.Chetney waves them off and introduces the new coach. And wow. Just wow. She is something else. Ashton could sit…

  • Lacrosse AU: The night they stole the Emon Cup

    Lacrosse AU: The night they stole the Emon Cup

    Prologue She’s seventeen and she’s just been drafted first overall by the Taloned Highlands Junior A lacrosse team. Her parents warned her she was going to have to choose between her high school sweetheart, Relvin Temult, and her first true love, lacrosse. But now she doesn’t have to choose. Now she can have both.  She’s…

  • Matrix AU: There is no spoon

    Matrix AU: There is no spoon

    The faint sound of a dial tone… Clickety-clack of typing… On one end of the line, a high-pitched masculine voice, C: “You weren’t supposed to relieve me.” On the other end is a lower-timed feminine voice, L: “I know, but I felt like taking your shift.” C: “You like her, don’t you? You like watching…

  • Lacrosse AU: Nightmare in Jrusar

    Lacrosse AU: Nightmare in Jrusar

    Prologue The warm jungle air would be good for his aging soul, or so that’s what his doctor had told him. Bertrand Bell leaned on his walking stick as he stood outside of the run-down arena in Jrusar. He was pushing into his mid-eighties and had been warned he didn’t have much time left in…

  • Lacrosse AU: Mystery at Lake Korron

    Lacrosse AU: Mystery at Lake Korron

    Prologue 10 years ago… The arena lights are bright and illuminate Laudna’s tall and willowy form as she stands beside the player’s bench. She’s leaning on the boards and breathing heavily, her lacrosse stick in one hand as she stretches and listens intently to her coach. Coach Dee is in a lunge position, one foot…