Dinner party! Everyone disliked that. [ id: illustration of the dinner scene from critical role episode 110, camera view over the shoulder of Trent Ikithon. You can see his wrinkly old hands and shoulder in green mantle. Mighty Nein, Astrid and Eodwulf are sitting around the table with lit candles. M9 looks at him with various expressions of disgust, Astrid’s expression is covered by her fringe, and Eodwulf is drinking water. end id ]
[id: sketches of blumentrio and Jester. on first Bren, Astrid and Eadwulf as kids gathered around a cake piece, Ben holds a spoon and wears a party hat. On second Eadwulf and Astrid, in scourger dark red uniform, dance together, on third Jester dips the same Eadwulf, laughing, and on the last Jester whispers something in Astrid’s ear, touching her neck. end id.] I wanted to do something with those after the relevant episode, but got distracted.
[Image description: A page from the comic book “The Mighty Nein Origins: Caleb Widogast.” The page depicts a scene between a teenaged Caleb, Astrid, and Eadwulf. Caleb has pale skin and red hair in a close crew cut, Eadwulf has black hair in a close crew cut, and Astrid has blonde hair in a short undercut. All three have white bandages wrapped around their forearms. The first panel depicts the three of them in a stone bedroom. Astrid is sat at a desk in front of several open books, Caleb and Eadwulf are sat on the bed beside each other, each with an open book. Astrid says “We have to get this right…” to which Caleb responds “We will.” The text in the speech bubbles are in dialogue brackets to indicate that they are being spoken in “Zemnian.” The next two panels are a close up of Caleb’s hand, fidgeting with a small blue stone, when another hand reaches up and grabs it. The fourth panel zooms out to show Eadwulf reaching forwards and grabbing Caleb’s hand with an intense expression, and Caleb looking back at him. The fifth panel shows Caleb’s surprised expression, with Astrid’s face peeking just into the frame. The sixth panel shows Caleb lunging forwards and kissing Eadwulf passionately, bringing a hand up to caress his face as Eadwulf grabs him by the waist. The seventh panel shows Astrid leaning in and turning Eadwulf’s head by the chin as Caleb continues kissing him. The eighth panel shows Eadwulf lying on his back, his head raised, as Caleb straddles him and begins taking off his shirt and Astrid leans in from the side, one arm braced against the wall. One of Eadwulf’s hands is resting on Caleb’s waist while the other tugs at Astrid’s collar. The ninth panel shows all three of them shirtless, although Astrid’s chest is still bound. Astrid is kissing Eadwulf, who has propped himself half up on his forearms, and Caleb straddles Eadwulf’s lower half, pressing a kiss to Astrid’s shoulder while pulling at Eadwulf’s pants. The tenth panel shows the three of them lying naked on the floor together, surrounded by open books, with a red blanket covering their nether regions and their legs all tangled together. Caleb is lying half on top of Eadwulf while Astrid cuddles up against his side. /end description]
