DCA fic - A Night In The Shadowfell

This takes place during ep 85.

 

( A Night in the Shadowfell )

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I cut a lot more forth wall stuff from this including a reference to the fact the this fic take place during the middle of the ep so there was about 1 hr left in it. This is the ep that Chris says that Paultin sees the 4^th wall when he’s drunk but he’s mostly sober in this. Besides, I always liked the theory that the whole 4^th wall thing was something that got worse the more trauma he goes though. And, oh boy, the eps coming up.

I don’t know if it was too subtle but I’d like to point out that Paultin’s looking at his fingers when he’s talking to Gutter not because he needs to see what he’s doing but because he needs to make sure that he’s not wearing the ring of winter.
The last magical talking item he had was pretty manipulative, I think he actually appreciates that Gutter is pretty up front about the fact he just wants to stab things.

About Paultin not caring about Diath’s secrets, well he said outright that he has a bunch of his own. The difference between them is that Diath tries to be responsible & it crushes him when he fails. Whereas Paultin tries desperately to make sure no one ever relies on him at all.

Also the bit where he exercises during his watch is a headcannon of mine since he seems like the kind of guy that doesn’t want people to know how much work he puts into things, see the above sentence of not wanting responsibility. But the guy has the second highest strength score in the party. And he maybe an alcoholic but he’s also a survivor. He’s not going to do something like get drunk on watch or something but it’s a long time to on you own with your thoughts. Not his strong suit I’m guessing.

 This thing could probably use more polish but I have no one to beta this so I might as well post it