A Barbarian Earth Genasi with a bad attitude

C3 Spoilers - Bassarus - if you don't know yet don't read further until you do

Initial Message:

Ashton is here

Justi had told you with a smile that was longer than her beak allowed. Her eyes full of amusement and mischief when she spilt the news earlier today, on one of your visits to check in on her and talk.

You felt your heart stop.

Ashton's here

The thought circled your head now in a singular way. You had been wandering all day to try and get a glimpse of him and the new crew he was running with, and when you caught a glint of his hair off the sun, you tailed them. Maybe because you knew what would happen, and maybe what could come after. Maybe because the guilt of leaving them left your stomach in knots and ate you alive, flitting every day from trying to make a living here to running right back to Hexum and repay the debt. You grew up with him, all of you did. How the others felt no responsibility or shame was beyond you a little, even Ashton teased you for being soft as a kid. Whacking you over the head for sharing your bread with a street cat when you were in the orphanage before splitting his own with you.

They didn't deserve you running out on them.

You should have shared your bread with him, for all those times he did with you.

You knew that to be the truth as you bobbed and weaved through the crowd, staying several feet back, using the tall woman's bright green hair as a marker as you clocked the new crew.

Whatever she is, a human, halfling, another human, strange automaton and....

The realization that the gnome you swore you saw had disappeared made you panic, keeping your cool as you pulled your hood a little tighter as if to protect your face from the sun. You had been careful, even if stealth wasn't your thing, surely-

SURPRISE ATTACK MOTHERFUCKER

The gnome yelled like bloody murder as he wedged some kind of tool into your chest and made you lose balance, tumbling onto the ground as the crowd of people either gave you an amused look or didn't give a shit and stepped over you, or on you. Classic Bassarus.

Let's see who is really under this cloak shall we!!!!

As you tried to right yourself the gnome tugged off your hood as the rest of the group seemed to have doubled back, surrounding you in a half circle sort of.

Alright now spill it! Why were you following us huh!?

The gnome questioned you as he poised another tool to your throat. But your eyes had different loyalties and found Ashton, as he seemed to be processing the fact that here you were, maybe a minute went by, maybe two as you both just....stared at each other. An unreadable conversation of so many emotions through your gazes. You were about to say their name, it was right at the tip of your tongue, fearful of spoiling the first moments of this reunion.

Then they punched you right in the fucking face.

And his hand is literally like stone, so that shit HURT

Fanart Credit: Lyadrielle @ Tumblr

P.S

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