#bells hells secret library au

[masterqwertster]

Hi! I was wondering if I could pick your brain about some of your ideas regarding the secret library au. Would bells hells be able to defeat Ludinus? Do they get their hands on the fire titan shard? Share what you want!

Honestly, this is one of the AUs I don't think about much? Like, for as many questions as I've gotten on it, Secret Library is episodic TV vibes that came to life from a "What would you do with this genre AU?" prompt.

Anyways,

📚 They probably would defeat Ludinus? I mean they managed a (physical) defeat of Ludinus in canon.

Although I think the problem with Ludinus would maybe need to be reversed? Like, instead of exposing the secret magic to the world where magic can (hopefully) help people (and not conquer them), it's get rid of all the magic so no one can have that kind of power anymore (no more of the inherently magical beings of great power being at the top of the secret food chain, just normal humans everywhere. ignore the lesser magical people/critters that are hurt/killed by this).

I think that would fit more with canon!Ludinus being big mad at the gods for being battling kaijuu during the Calamity and just putting altruistic dressing on his anti-god rhetoric/plans rather than the true-believer "altruism" I had noted out before.

📚Probably? I think most of the Secret Library stuff was written before Titan Shards were a thing, so it doesn't really reflect that level of elemental stuff. But yeah, I could see a series of "episodes" dedicated to the same Figure Out the Origin of Ashton's Powers/What Was Hishari with the follow-up discovery, hunting down, and collecting of the Spark of Rau'shan.

📚Also the Secret Library TTRPG game night (that has to be accidentally brought to life at some point) would be Candela Obscura and/or Daggerheart.

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📚 How does the Apogee Solstice mess things up for the Secret Libraries and how does it effect Bells Hells?

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That's a really interesting question. Especially because I very much conceptualize Secret Library as a more episodic, Monster of the Week sort of vibe while paying homage to but not directly following the canon plot/storyline.

📚 The thing is, the gods/pantheon aren't as much of a thing in this AU? Like, sure, once upon a time they were here. But centuries of lacking worship leaves them mere shadows of what they once were on the Material Plane. Which means that Ludinus is not having major beef with them because they don't really do anything anymore or really have any power.

What Ludinus does have beef with is the Masquerade. That people, beings, with magic cannot be all that they are because they must hide from the greater non-magical populace. That it's not possible to openly display and use the power that they have. There are such great things magic can do. Why, he'd be saving the world if he unleashed magic into the open for all to attempt to access.

So I think Ludinus's big plan for the power of the Apogee Solstice in this AU would be to eat one of the reduced gods (Predathos, actually. As like, an eldritch abomination of similar power) so he can Godzilla it up with the Libraries having no chance of stopping him from shattering the Masquerade. (honestly, still not entirely convinced that canon!Ludinus isn't planning on absorbing Predathos and doing away with the gods himself)

Obviously, Bells Hells stumbles into Ludinus's final stretch preparations. And upon finding out what is about to go down, do their best to stop it.

It of course ends somewhere between failure and success for Bells Hells.

Ludinus does not get to eat a god and become unstoppable. But, all that unleashed power is now messing with a lot of longstanding enchantments.

Suddenly, a lot of glamours and seals aren't working so well, if they're working at all. So the Libraries are left scrambling trying to set everything to rights. Meanwhile, Ludinus and his cadre are still loose, trying to shatter the Masquerade and probably still trying to get some god juice to make them even harder to stop.

What happens next... is kind of dependent on where canon goes, just for a general direction.

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One word prompts #24. What better place is there to hide a book than in a Secret Library?

24 Diary Decided to art an answer to this one. BEHOLD! A page from Laudna's Secret Library Diary

Please excuse my shitty cursive handwriting, I haven't really practiced since elementary school when they made us learn. However I feel like Laudna would write in cursive. Or at least my cursive is a better match than my plain letters. Anyways, know that it reads:

Ashton's curse has been lifted!! Or at least temporarily removed...

It is quite strange to see them with normal skin. And hair as well.

His scars translate most strange of all.

I've included a quick sketch for reference, though Imogen assures me she got a good picture with her phone.

We shall see what the coming days bring...

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Any of 12, 18, 19, 28, or 32 of the Guy in a Situation prompts seems like shenanigans Bell's Hells would get into in the Secret Library AU.

Alrighty, let's go 18 Possession/Mind-controlled. After all, Laudna is kind of possessed normally anyways.

"Come on, Laudna! You're stronger than her!" Imogen shouts, back pressed against a bookshelf.

"Oh really? Is that what you think?" a voice that isn't Laudna’s comes purring out of the dark-haired woman's mouth. “Poor dear. She hasn’t even told you that this isn’t the first time I’ve taken control. It’s not even the second.”

Fear and fury shiver down Imogen’s spine as she hears those words among the slow tap-tapping of Laudna’s possessed footsteps. A bitter and hysterical part of her mind says the bitch is probably miffed that Laudna wears flats, denying her the crisp click of heels for her little predatory stroll.

For the thousandth time, Imogen curses the artifact that came in earlier today. It’s what Delilah is after, what she saw fit to take over Laudna for, so why shouldn’t it bear the blame? There’s hope that if they can get the stupid thing to the forge it’ll be possible to melt down the little verdigris stained statue of a left hand with an eye in the palm, rendering it inert, which will then, hopefully, get Delilah to fuck right off.

Problem is, Delilah cottoned on to the plan pretty fast. Worse, she’s somehow gotten control of Ashton. You would think it would be real easy to keep track of 500-plus pounds of living stone, especially with how Ashton stomps around most of the time. But no, the damn bastard has a near-silent tread when they’re sneaking around. It’s fucking terrifying the way they ghost out of the stacks as they hunt down the rest of the team at Delilah’s command. And certainly not helped by the fact that Ashton knows the library best, seeing as it’s been their home far longer than any of the rest of the team has been here.

Though by now, FCG has, hopefully, tangled Ashton up somewhere else. Even mind-controlled, the punk rock has a soft spot a mile wide for the cute little robot. And FCG isn’t exactly defenseless either.

Imogen looks across the aisle to Chetney, receiving a nod. A steadying breath in, then she darts up the aisle, finding a new hiding place. He shadows her advance a few seconds later, ducking under a blast of magic spun between no longer friendly fingers.

The telepath and the werewolf have been playing leapfrog to distract Delilah while Orym and Fearne try the ventilation ducts to get to the forge. And they’re so lucky that Delilah can’t sense the damn artifact, otherwise the bait-and-switch before they all split wouldn’t have worked out like this.

A tsk echoes amongst the shelves. 

“Try all you like, but you’re not going to beat me,” Delilah calls out, taunting. “Not without killing your precious little Laudna.”

“That’s what she said,” Chetney taunts back. Then yelps when another blast comes his way.

They’re playing a dangerous, dangerous game. Orym and Fearne need time to sneak by and do the deed. But more time means dodging more shots from Delilah, that Ashton has more chances to break free of whatever entrapment FCG has used against him. It’s a race against the clock with no way to know who’s won until the cards are all down.

How’s it going, Orym? Imogen calls down the psychic tether she’d established as the group split.

We’re there. Just trying to get the forge hot enough to melt this thing down. Orym reports, mind distracted with his current activities.

Well please hurry. I’m not sure how long we can keep this game up before someone gets real hurt.

I know. We’re trying.

“Then again, maybe you are willing to kill her. I haven’t seen that poor statue of a boy in a while. What you’ll do to him, you’ll surely be willing to do to her. Or is he just worth less to you? A Nobody that no one wants around,” Delilah continues.

Imogen’s fists clench. Sure, her and Ashton don’t always get along, but that doesn’t mean she’d kill them for what Delilah is making them do. Yet she knows just how deeply such words would cut Ashton, and it scares her that Delilah probably also knows that just from watching from behind Laudna’s eyes. It’s something only friends, like Laudna and Ashton are, should know. Delilah shouldn’t be able to tread on that bond, the fucking bitch. She shouldn’t be able to touch any of Laudna’s friendships.

And that sparks a damn foolhardy and risky plan in Imogen’s mind.

Delilah says she’s possessed Laudna before? Fine. Imogen bets that Laudna’s never had so many reasons to fight the bitch off before. Her friend just needs a reminder.

“Imogen!” Chetney hisses when she boldly steps into the middle of the aisle.

“I care about all of my friends. And that includes you, Laudna. So you better kick this bitch out, or I’m spendin’ the rest of my days lookin’ for a way to bring you back. Even if the rest of my days is just today,” Imogen declares, standing boldly in the open space.

Delilah twists Laudna’s face into a teeth-baring snarl, hands twisting into arcane motions. 

Imogen doesn’t break eye contact with her best friend(‘s body).

The blast misses her by three feet.

Imogen wants to whoop in victory as frustrated confusion spreads across Delilah’s expression. She knew Laudna was in there, knew she was strong enough to throw off that damn ghost.

“Like I said, Laudna’s stronger than you,” Imogen says with a vicious, victorious grin.

“You think that’s enough to stop me!?” Delilah snarls, hands clawing for more arcane might.

“Maybe not, but I don’t think you have a reason to keep fighting anymore.”

Delilah whirls, and Imogen can see Orym and Fearne stepping up behind her. The small man tips his hands, letting a misshapen lump of metal fall to the floor.

“NO! What have you done?!” Delilah shrieks, gathering even more magic to her.

Imogen fears that this blast isn’t going to be one Laudna can redirect away from them all. Even Fearne and Chetney reflect her fear. But strangely not Orym.

The reason becomes apparent when FCG comes wheeling out of the stacks next to Laudna-Delilah, an artifact in hand and arcane words tumbling out of their mouth, Ashton standing protectively at their back.

FCG finishes before Delilah can release her blast, sending the malevolent spirit screeching back to whatever damned hole she’d crawled out of. 

Imogen rushes forward to catch Laudna before Delilah is even fully banished.

“...Hello, darling,” Laudna rasps out as her eyes flutter open to Imogen cradling her.

“Hey yourself. I’m glad you're back with us,” Imogen replies, tears gathering in her eyes.

“Me too, darling. Me too.”

[masterqwertster]

I would love to know more about oryms family in the secret library au cuz I assume his sisters would work in the zephra library?

Also what’s collaboration between library’s like if that makes sense? Like would we get fun scenarios of oryms sisters showing up or the hells going to do work in zephra?

Prompt

📚Yes, the triplets work at the Zephrah branch. Maeve works in the gardens there, Baernie bounces between the gardens and Field Team, Leeta took over as a Field Leader after her dad, and Nel works in their med bay.

📚I mean, it's kind of like the canon Cobalt Soul. I think? The Libraries are all capable of operating independently, and often do just tend their own area, but they've also got a sort of inter-loan system for books, artifacts, and personel of certain skillsets. And a general information sharing deal.

I also think that like the Cobalt Soul, branches in major metropolises, like Vasselheim and Rexxentrum, are higher up the ladder, so to speak. They've got more inventory and staff, so they have a bigger presence/authority.

📚I think Orym would very much keep in touch with his in-laws (and mother) via phone calls, text, and e-mail. Asking for advice for the Jrusar branch garden, tips on being a Field Leader, and just general checking in.

For a fun "guest appearance episode," maybe Maeve and/or Baernie come over for a hunt for a rare magical plant. Or Orym gets sad on an anniversary, so Bells Hells pokes around and gets his family to come visit to try and make him happier again.

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💐📚for the tidbit prompts? They’re a favourite of mine

💐 Much like we have Zodiac personality association stuff, there's a certain level of that for what type of flower a soul bloom is. Basically presumed personality traits based on the bloom. And it's not exactly inaccurate, but there are a lot of ways to interpret any kind of flower. Not to mention that the same traits can manifest in different forms depending on life experiences.

📚 Since this is a Modern Setting AU, I think Imogen occasionally calls her dad, just to let him know she's doing okay. Sure, the relationship is strained like canon, but they've never hated each other. They're just shit at communicating well.

[masterqwertster]

If you’re still accepting the tide bit prompts

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Questions about my AUs, including the tid bits prompt, are always open. So no problem.

💐 So a bit of worldbuilding that's less relevant to Bells Hells, as things currently stand, is what happens when you literally sell your soul. Because your soul is no longer your own, the blooms you send and receive are wilted and stunted.

🐺 Pâté has had a few unfortunate Chew Toy Incidents. It's a good thing Familiars can't truly die.

📚 Fearne occasionally steals books and artifacts from rich people to add to the Library's catalog. Jiana Hexum becomes a favored target when she learns about her part in Ashton’s broken state.

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🥈 I definitely have to touch on some shit about how the canon titan blood for Ashton turns out in this AU since they've got the elemental blood hunter remix I made going on.

Firstly, Bells Hells has a lot more obvious showing that Ashton is not your typical genasi with the Hybrid Form. And with Orym being an Ashari wizard, he's a much more magically-scientific mind willing and wanting to poke at that. Orym is not going to be able to put together titan blood as he lacks the experience with primordial power, but he definitely notices that the elemental power of Ashton's blood is impossibly ridiculously strong. And that doesn't even touch on the weird brain magic.

Then, uh, checking my notes on the C2 Class Swap Otohan Battle and the prompt where I wrote out Ashton actually being revived, Keyleth was supposed to stick around for the resurrection and be their ride back to Jrusar... while Ashton showed off their Hybrid Form hugging everybody. Which would definitely catch her interest since it's not a Circle of the Moon elemental Wild Shape like she can do. Add on the dunamancy flareup from Ashton's soul being put back into their body as the Beacon brain revs back up, and Keyleth is very interested in taking Ashton's measure.

So cue learning about titan blood way earlier and figuring out some Hishari stuff too.

There's no time to pursue the Hishari and titan blood stuff when the moon shit is on a deadline and Ashton doesn't seem to be in any danger from the magical superpowers of their existence, so Bells Hells still pursues knowledge in Yios and stuff.

And during the separation, while Ashton still doesn't pick out Abaddina as a member of Hishari, he is super cautious about using his Hybrid Form in Hearthdell given her belief in elemental powers and titans. In fact, I don't think he'd use his Hybrid Form at all while fighting the Temple because of his sense of caution.

I'd also slightly retcon that the larger, more deadly Hybrid Form that occurred in this prompt had some basis in titan blood being amplified by the power of the Emerald Tree, Ashton's emotional state, and the dunamancy.

🥇 Since Fearne is a cleric of the Moonweaver, who is the goddess of trysts, among other things, Fearne is (somehow) even more into hook-ups than in canon. And hooking other people up. So she's more proactive about "making her way" through Bells Hells. Or at least trying to get the others laid. It would just do wonders for them, she's sure.

📚 So exorcising Delilah from Laudna is a goal. It's not a goal that ever really seems to work out though. They'll banish her, and then Laudna will do something to let her back in (usually to protect/save Imogen). Just a bad on-again, off-again relationship.

And then they learn that the Whitestone branch absolutely cannot know about their Delilah problem, or that branch's manager is likely to show up in town with a sniper rifle or some shit and go full scorched earth on Laudna to remove Delilah's anchor. ....And they should be cautious of letting Keyleth know too, since she's best friends with Percy.

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📚 So an episode/adventure that I think should happen in this AU is Ashton being temporarily freed of their stone curse, making them human again. Which of course leads to some shenanigans/problems because Ashton has no fucking clue how to be human anymore.

One of those problems is that everyone else has to ban Ashton from the kitchen. He has no fucking clue how to safely work in the kitchen with soft human skin instead of thick stone skin. Ashton has no idea when things are too hot and he should use an oven mitt. He's not careful using a knife because he never put enough pressure into cutting veggies and stuff to break his stone skin if he slightly misjudged a chop angle. Just a bunch of little things where being soft means Ashton's going to hurt himself with his usual habits.

(And FCG is no help because they learned kitchen stuff from Ashton and metal is just as good at resisting those issues as stone)

💐 You know, I really want to do something with Ashton becoming titan blooded. I'm just so obsessed with that revelation. And it really should do something seeing as soul blooms happen when people bleed.

Currently, I'm thinking that after Hishari blew, making Ashton titan blooded, the thistles everyone bloomed for them started increasing in size. After all, one of the defining traits of the titans was that they were enormously huge. So by the time Ashton's Shift to genasi was complete and the titan energies settled in, the thistles were abnormally large and remained that way.

...And this is probably gonna be a chapter at some point now 😅

🫂 Considering part of the goal of the party split after the Malleus Key battle was to split starting groups, it gets awkward. Ashton and Imogen are odd ones out since Imogen came in single here and Ashton was separated from starting partner Dorian long before this point. Plus, Orym, FCG, and Laudna being a trio means a split without companions is impossible. But it still requires some rearrangement.

I think the new split would swap Orym and Fearne.

So Fearne gets to hit on Deni$e and Prism (not Bor'dor. He's too twiggy and scared of everything to be particularly appealing). Be worried about what kind of trouble Chetney's getting up to without her there (to participate or help him out of it).

Laudna is probably less full-on panicked since she's not as close and tangled up with Imogen.

Ashton is still trying to hold the group steady.

Orym is worried about Laudna as much as he was for Fearne in canon. Maybe pushing a bit to at least make sure things are properly settled between Chetney and Deanna, since he knows the heartache of losing love. Definitely having that interesting talk/connection that Aabria talked about building Deanna to have with Orym.

Chetney is only a little worried about Fearne, seeing as she's quite the resourceful gal.

Imogen is still worried about her Nice Thoughts Lady, but probably not the full panic of canon.

FCG is doing pretty much the same as canon, though Orym may be trying to curb the self-sacrificing tendencies better than anyone did in canon before they decided FRIDA was worth living for.

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Evergreen Prompt

🐺 Just to be a little shit, Fearne will occasionally wolf out then Wild Shape. She thinks its funny when people knock out the Wild Shape form only to get a werewolf on the other end instead of a normal humanoid. It definitely makes accidental rodent reversions more chaotic.

📚 The Secret Library's kitchen is stocked with every cookbook the regular library has to throw out for damages. So there are a ton of recipes to try.

Ashton and FCG have a regular Bake/Cook Day where they find the most complicated or longest cook/bake time recipe they can in one of the cookbooks and give it a go. Sometimes it turns out amazing, sometimes it's shit. But Team Rock'n'Roll has fun.

🥇 Chetney is still under threat from the Claret Orders about controlling his lycanthropy in this AU, but they are somewhat impressed with his barbarian Path of the Beast method of taming the wolf within.

It does make talking with the Gorgynei a little less helpful. However I see no reason why Chet can't still take the challenge of Sahyaadon to help him control his wolf.

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Evergreen Prompt

📚 I think what finally stressed FCG into snapping on Dancer and friends in this AU was some housemate/roommate drama between the members of the Division of Public Benefit (might have been an activist club/group here) that FCG was having no luck mediating. And then the upset of someone's pet bird in the house shitting on FCG's head was the final straw that broke the camel's back.

🥈 Orym still does Zeph'aeratam forms as morning calisthenics to combat Squishy Wizard Syndrome, just a little bit (you honestly only need to swap his DEX and INT stats for good wizardry). As a monk, Laudna usually does morning exercises with him. Orym may even begin to teach her the forms as time goes on.

❓ I haven't done anything for the Ruby Hells AU in a while, so let's go there.

🤫 Imogen's doubts about what the Ruby Vanguard is doing, or at least the methods, really starts with the visit to House Lumas. Seeing a mother who has lost her children for just researching Ruidus, with no direct action taken against the Vanguard, hurting and not knowing why.

Also, since Imogen has embraced her powers more as a tool (it's still a curse to be lifted when they save the world), she's not entirely shy about skimming surface thoughts to help keep her cover intact. So she gets flashes of why Orym is hunting for Otohan (and the Vanguard), the absolute heartache that he's been put through for their cause. Orym doesn't deserve that, but Imogen can't fix the past. (She could try to prevent it in the future. If she had the courage to go against the Vanguard's flow. But she can't. They're saving the world. Right?)

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📚 what does Ashton and Laudna's relationship look like in the secret library au?

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📚 Excellent question!

There's definitely some parallels to their canon relationship. Like their understanding for each other having a rough life.

I think one of those points of understanding is (still) that their physical appearances stand out from regular humans. Though the difficulties faced because of that are somewhat reversed. Undead are not a commonly known phenomenon that happens in this AU, so Laudna looking like death warmed up is not a giant red flag like in canon Exandria that will get her run out of town in short order. Meanwhile, genasi are also a(n even more) largely unknown thing who are very obviously not human, making Ashton's looks an immediate red flag in need of hunting/handling. So while looks are not nearly as much of an issue for Laudna, she still has some experience with being a social pariah of that nature and can commiserate some with Ashton about it.

Another would be the loss of family/parents by death. Laudna's were killed by others, Ashton's accidentally blew themselves up. Both were left without people they relied on to support them before they were ready to go out into the world on their own.

And no, Laudna did not die younger. She just hadn't been in a rush to leave home. Maybe was going to take over the small family farm one day before things went to shit.

Ashton and Laudna are also crafting buddies! Anytime one of them randomly picks up a book on a new type of crafting, they tend to poke and bother the other into trying it with them. And they'll pull or recommend books about the kind of crafting they know the other is into.

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🐺🥇📚 for the tidbit prompts?

Evergreen Prompt

🐺 Laudna's Hybrid Form has a white ear and dorsal-stripe to match the one in her human-form's hair.

🥇 Imogen does know how to use a regular bow as a ranger.

In fact, she started with a regular bow as a form of protection when she was getting away from Gelvaan and a means of hunting so she could bring something of value back home/to town.

It was through the hunting and trying to get more accurate with the bow that she discovered that her psychic abilities allowed her to bend the path of the arrows. With further experimentation, Imogen found she could ditch the bow completely and just psychically throw arrows at things.

I don't think she got the easily used over and over again fully steel arrow until after she'd left town with Laudna. A commission/purchase that Laudna insisted on to best arm Imogen and allow her to defend herself (and Laudna) from danger.

📚 I haven't touched on the Nobodies in this AU, so let's cover them.

The Nobodies were Ashton's childhood friends. Those kids that lived in the same neighborhood, went to the same schools, and were constantly in the same classes. Such close friends that they're practically family.

And most of them had subpar to awful home lives, which drove the friends as family angle.

Ashton was on the more subpar end of things, since his parents had their cult/obsession. He was still cared for, but his parents were busy most of the time with their project that Ashton wasn't particularly interested in.

So Ashton's home was the place to crash when shit got bad. Even if their parents said "no," it was way too easy to sneak their friends in with how distracted their parents were.

But when Ashton needed the Nobodies to return the favor because his parents blew themselves (and his life) up and shit, all of the Nobodies said "No way, I'll get in trouble. Try someone else." Just excuse after excuse to turn him away when Ashton never turned them down when in need.

This is how Ashton ended up on the street. They couldn't bring themself to go back to their destroyed home, and the stone curse became apparent basically overnight, so Ashton didn't feel they could trust themself to the orphanage/foster system or any other government group that would help an orphaned child/teen.

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Regarding your secret library au where do people live? Cuz you’ve said Ashton and fcg live in the library so is there a residential area of sorts? And does anyone else live at the library or do they all live elsewhere?

There are some residential areas in the Library. Which are mostly lived in by people like Ashton and FCG who have a lot of issues with passing for human. Or people who just find the on-site housing more convenient.

I think Chetney would also live in the Library. But that has more to do with not wanting to bother with finding other housing options.

Imogen and Laudna rent a room in the Windowed Wall, pretty much just like canon, as they were in the city for a while before joining the Secret Library.

Orym would have a small apartment somewhere in the city. Fearne usually crashes there with him, though sometimes she'll stay at the Library.

And I've already kind of mentioned that Milo has an off-site home that he shares with Anni. So, you know, basically the canon Krook House.

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You mentioned secret library chetney first joining the jrusar branch with the intention of being the big wolf so was he similar to how the party met him in canon or more so like Bertrand as in he was smarter and wiser since he was so much older? And how’d he work with having a much younger boss for field stuff? If that makes sense

I meant Chetney was being himself, much like the canon introduction.

The man has a lot of personality, so when he decides to dial it up and play prima dona, it's a lot. And part of Chet's personality is that he's old as dirt with all the experience that brings. He's just playing things up in an attempt to look cool and definitely worth keeping around.

But he doesn't begrudge Orym his position as Field Leader.

Chetney is perfectly capable of admitting that in the matters of Secret Library things, he's less experienced than Orym. He hasn't been a werewolf for very long and Orym has been at it since he was at least 20, if not the upper teens, so that's 15-plus years of experience to Chetney's 6 months or so.

Also, Chetney just likes Orym in general as he's a respectful young man. So it's pretty easy to let that respect be a two-way street.

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I would love to know more about living statue Ashton like can they do the thing where if they aren’t actively moving they look exactly like a normal statue? Or any habits or needs they do or don’t have compared to humans or other more fleshy people?

I mean, the living statue commentary is more about how an earth genasi of Ashton’s flavor would, in general, look like a statue come to life.

The Secret Library Ashton’s curse of living stone is just my way of accounting for/nodding at Ashton having become a genasi instead of being born one.

But yes, I think if he held still and breathed very shallowly, Ashton could be mistaken for a statue.

The answer for things Ashton has to do differently than normal flesh and blood people (by my estimation) really exists as my Rockin' It series on AO3. It's so much exploration of the side effects of being made of rock (and Ashton as a character). Which the rock stuff really doesn't change between settings.