Second ‘Verse AU
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Second 'Verse, Same as the First by Carhmel
Fandoms: Dungeon Crawler Carl Series - Matt Dinniman
22 Jul 2026
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Carl, a 27-year-old Coast Guard vet, still finds himself facing a World Dungeon full of goblins, shapeshifting tutorial guides, and a deranged AI with a foot fetish, all with his ex-girlfriend's prize show cat and her pet dinosaur in tow - but this time, he's not alone. This time, his neighbor/tentative friend, a paramedic named Mel, happens to get back to their apartment building just as Carl is trying to get Donut out of a tree, and they watch the world collapse together. Surely this won't cause them to form a shaky bond that grows over time as they face more and more harrowing challenges that only bring them closer together...
AKA What it would be like if Carl was thrown into the dungeon with another competent, supportive human instead of just a loveable but easily distractible cat and a gang of people who insist on calling him crazy at every turn.
AKA Carl x OC slowburn that starts out as a straight-up rewrite of canon then branches off as the plot develops. The slowburn is very slow, but will also continue to develop, so be patient, young grasshopper.
Now complete!
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- Part 1 of Second ‘Verse AU
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Lose My Heart on the Burning Sand by Carhmel
Fandoms: Dungeon Crawler Carl Series - Matt Dinniman
30 Aug 2026
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Things get infinitely more complicated for neighbors-turned-allies-turned-friends(?) Carl and Mel when they descend to the third floor of the dungeon. Not only does Mel now have an entirely new set of skills to master, but the audience is starting to get ravenous, and the space politics only become more complicated. All of that, combined with wrangling Donut and an increasingly powerful Mongo? They'll have their paws—I mean hands—full.
The second work in my DCC x OC rewrite, with more of my own inventions sprinkled in.
Updates every Sunday!
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- Part 2 of Second ‘Verse AU