#:) yes Ardbert is gonna board that train

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FFXIV Write Day 24 - Bar

Note: Dawntrail second half references, well, spoilers but I never say anything as to why things are happened, just alluding to them.

Once more this is part of my eventual writing for Meteor and, well...part of my ideas for Meteor's MSQ playthrough through Dawntrail but I read the word and I had to write this...it is bigger than I am posting but I am saving some of it for later.

ArdbertMeteor Dawntrail lvl 96 MSQ

Bar : something that obstructs or prevents passage, progress, or action

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In the moment it had been so easy — they helped around as usual, because it has ever been their nature to help people, an absolutely impossibility to stay put, and of course, so far both of them had been having nothing but a great time — exploring, being together, wondering where they could go next.

And it crumbles down so easily.

Meteor wonders, sometimes, why he didn’t realize he was lowering his guard so much, how come he allowed Ardbert to board the train alone.

All he can do is stare ahead as there’s something screaming danger inside of him and, worse than everything and anything — he can’t feel him anymore. Ardbert is no longer a constant presence or feeling inside of him, it was like getting his very soul ripped away from inside of him.

He wants to scream.

He wants to run ahead and tear down that dome and get inside, see with his own eyes what has happened.

And all he hears is that it’s impossible.

There’s no entrance.

Only danger coming from inside.

And as Erenville yells that they have to return to Tuliyollal, and as much as his body is moving along and running back towards the capital — his heart is beating too fast, his mind racing, his entire being in shambles and crumbling down. Why?

Why can’t he feel Ardbert?

Why now?

Why can’t he ever protect the people he loves?!

No. He refuses. He still has a job to do, he needs to defend his family — and suddenly his mind focuses, he knows what he has to do, he will get rid of all of this, everything that is pouring from that accursed dome — he will find the responsible and make them pay.

He will get in there and bring Ardbert back, as he has done once and twice.

Nothing will ever stop him — not even another stupid attempt at the end of the world or whatever this stupid bullshit is now…and it is here when, suddenly, he feels it, a small yearning coming from so far away and yet so familiar.

…Ardbert is, indeed, inside the dome…their connection just weakened by whatever magic or aether or similar that keeps that thing up.

��Wait for me…I will be there…’ He wills, with all his being, for this message to reach Ardbert…and to let him know that no matter what — he will get there. He will get to him. Soon.

And the poor Warrior of Light has no idea how wrong he is about that…

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Dungeon Meshi Characters as FFXIV Players

Laios -FC leader because no one else wants to do it -Started at Paladin, swapped to Samurai once Nemari and Shuro left the FC and Senshi joined. Senshi won't play anything but Warrior and they needed another DPS. -Owns every lore book -Always in the chat during hunt trains -Working on blue mage but it's going slow because nobody wants to help him -Ask him about his Lightwardens designs (do not) -Favorite Character: You think it's gonna be Hermes but it's Midgardsormr. The next ten minutes are him infodumpng about dragon lore.

Senshi: -Warrior main just so he can do stuff solo, but his gathering/crafting is maxed out - God tier omnicrafter but doesn't really care about glamours - His apartment at the FC is designed around sustainable building and farming practices. He has opinions on these. He will tell you the opinions. -Hangs out in the Diadem for fun -Has not been paying any attention to the MSQ -Favorite Character: "I dunno. That girl from the new content has a good appetite?"

Marcille -The only one playing for the plot. Laios lets her design the FC house -Ask her about her Azem (do not) -Strong shipping opinions -White Mage 4 Life -Favorite character: G'raha Tia. Don't ask why she has a lot of suggestive Y'shtola/WoL and genderwap Raha/WoL fanart commissioned.

Falin -Plays Black Mage so they can have a caster in the team -Isn't actually muted in the voice chat but speaks so quietly nobody hears her - Originally played as a Hyur but her account got hacked for a while and she came back as an Au Ra later. -Listens politely to Marcille's shipping opinions -Favorite character: Alisae

Chilchuck -Plays the market board like it's the stock market -Shot-caller during raids but doesn't want to be FC lead so Laios does it -Palace of the Dead/Heaven on High veteran -Ninja main -Mad people call him cute things just because he plays as a Lalafell -Favorite character: Thancred, 'because he's cool, I dunno.' (This is lies, he cried during the dad arc in Shadowbringers.)

Kabru -Always knows the spiciest FC drama -Multiclassing - has Scholar as his healer, Paladin for tank, Bard for DPS. -Favorite character: Will pick what he thinks your favorite is to relate to you better. (The true answer is Ardbert.)

Shuro -Samurai obviously -Had a crush on Falin and somehow nobody but Marcille noticed -Mahjong champion but doesn't tell anyone about it -Favorite character: Lord Hien (yes he's got a cosplay)

Namari -Pugilist main -Also does crafting but only to get the best armor sets - Does not give a fuck about glams -Will grind for relic weapons like no one's business -Favorite character: Estinien

Izutsumi -Shuro's cat who gets on the keyboard during raids