#Popola Pola

[manasong]

It's Little Ladie's Day...... So I took pictures of my own princess!

[steak-n-popotoes]

FFxivWrite '24 - 17

"Well, my dear knights, shall we sally forth?"

Nanamo looked to each of her adventurer escorts for approval. She felt she couldn't have picked a finer pair of defenders from Thanalan's adventurers. Beef had been primed for some Sil'dihn spelunking for a few bells now, but Popola avoided the sultana's eye sheepishly. She still wasn't sure if she was suitable company for royalty...

Beef took a single look at his sister in her hesitation and knew immediately what the problem must have been. Certainly not the scalekin and vilekin infestations, unstable infrastructure, or general sewer-related unpleasantness.

He pointed a thumb at his chest. "Knight," and then clapped a hand on Popola's shoulder, "princess."

Nanamo's laughter and Popola's protestations bounced around in the barren drainage pipe. "Well, one of us should be the princess for a day, no?" Nanamo teased. "After all, today I am merely Lady Lilira - a minor noble of little note."

After a few twists, turns, and sewer gators getting boxed around the snout by a pair of experienced monks, the three came upon curious ruins draped in silver linings and shades of regal purple. "Could this truly be...?" Nanamo's steps faltered for a moment as she stared up at the architecture, then turned to a rapid pace as she hurried down the newly-uncovered corridor. Her protectors followed suit, lest they be left behind.

The following chamber was no less luxurious - bedchambers judging by the furnishings - and seemed to confirm Nanamo's suspicions.

"The layout of these bedchambers mirrors my own. Even the secret passage into the aqueducts..."

Popola clutched her hand to her heart. She had already felt where it was that she stood, even before Nanamo continued.

"...that so much of the Sil'dihn palace had lain undisturbed beneath our feet, for all this time..."

While his charge marveled in wonder, a nearby glimmer had caught Beef's eye. Hanging from a display stand upon an ornate vanity was a familiar-looking earring. He glanced back to Popola as Gale studied the details of the bit of silver.

"I wonder just how much is still intact? We should keep exploring." in that moment, Nanamo realized she was short one knight. "...Beef?"

His curiosity piqued, Beef had wandered over towards the table and was in the process of fastening on the earring. At the sound of his name he trotted back, the jewelry jingling faintly all the way. Once he was closer, he daintily turned his head to model it for them.

"What a lovely find, Beef. There are more than enough artifacts here for a series of exhibits around the Royal Promenade, so you have my blessing if you wish to keep a souvenir or two."

Beef nodded in response to Nanamo, then smiled to Popola, who was avoiding him. "Matching."

Nanamo followed Beef's gaze until she settled on the same sight. "My word, he's right! Popola, your own earrings share a striking resemblance!"

Popola tried to feign ignorance. "Do they, truly? I'm sure there are as many styles at Esthaime's as stars in the sky..."

"Esthaime's? Is that where you commissioned yours? I don't recall ever seeing their like in the displays..."

But Popola shook her head, sending the silver swaying along with it. She couldn't bring herself to deceive the Sultana, and Beef would no doubt remember where they had truly come from regardless. "N-no, they were a gift from... from my late grandmother. They're a matching set with the bindi I wear. An heirloom." All she had left of them.

The word 'heirloom' floated in the unstirred air like a speck of ancient dust.

Shock slowly dawned on Nanamo's face as she considered its implications. For a few long moments, she and Popola locked eyes in the low light, deepest emerald to brightest sapphire. A shaft of light, seeping in from the ornately cracked ceiling, laid between them. It separated the two like the placid mirror of a lake's surface.

Nanamo was the first to cast ripples across it. "Might we be...?"

"My mother by birth was an astrologian of Sharlayan. As were my grandparents." Popola said. At least, her grandfather was Sharlayan... but her grandmother...? It was a matter of which the Echo had revealed to her precious little.

"Then, perhaps your father was-"

"I'm afraid I have none, your majesty."

Nanamo smiled with gentle sympathy. She well understood the burden of a bloodline, and how one may wish to be free from its yoke. "Then I suppose either your grandparents or even their grandparents must have been dear friends to the Sil'dihn sultanate once upon a time. Much as you are to ours."

At that, Popola's face, normally as round and pale as the moon, turned flushed.

"Shall we keep moving forward?" Nanamo asked. Much as Ul'dah had done to the Amalj'aa in more recent memory, her ancestors had turned against those who they should have taken greater pains to enfold once more. In her heart, she swore she would weave Popola's loose thread back into the bond of kinship that had been torn to tatters in the War of the Sisters centuries before.

As the group continued their expedition, they came upon none other than the very throne of Sil'dih itself. It too was one of a pair, with a cousin residing in Ul'dah. As Popola passed it by, she felt the urge to sit upon it; to see if it would accept her as readily as it might her grandmother or even her mothers... or if she would simply be spat out onto the chamber floor.

Standing amidst the silent stone and silver, she felt a shiver through her, a sense that all she had for family were wrecks and remnants like these. A history of ruins.

She missed Venat's presence sorely.

"Popo?" Beef called from the doorway, past the throne. Nanamo waited for her beside him.

"On my way, Bifu." she replied.

Maybe not all she had.

[beefbroganoff]

Popo content on my dash Popo content on my dash

[eorzeanflowers]

11) What was your inspiration for your OC?

(( A fun one! Ty Rayn <3))

There is always a catalyst for when I make a new character. Some drive, or some impetus. I'll try to remember the main catalyst for each character of mine, let's start from the top!

The Lily - Lily was inspired by Kugane at large and Historical Japanese Fiction. I had already long shifted to Au Ra at the beginning of HW, but when I dipped my toes in the water of RP during the Stormblood lulls, i settled on the exiled Shinobi background, wanting to not make a WoL.

The Azalea - Archie's main inspiration is and will always be, the Tenth Doctor. Its my favorite few seasons of New Who and I wanted an old character that was reborn multiple times. Hence my looks at Dr. Who. XD

The Rose - Benoit is not actually my creation! He is my wife's first and foremost, but she let me play him as her first mate. He's mine now though. :3 General pirate things are his inspiration.

The Sunflower - A'tyla was my thoughts on if a Hyur was raised by Miqo'te. That's it. XD She's long grown past that.

The Gardenia - Yasha is inspired by none other than her namesake, Yasha Nydoorin of the Might Nein. The sapphic nature, falling for a punchy punch girl, her quieter nature with some silly jokes. Yasha was actually a run off of when I made Tatiava. I wanted a Garlean character and couldn't decide between Highlander or Midlander, so I said, Por que no los dos?

The Snapdragon - Tatiava was a direct response to people making villainous Garlean characters. I wanted a double agent who could dip in both crowds. Did I ever actually get a chance? NOPE. XD It is what it is.

The Dahlia - Lhei was made from what little we knew of Old Sharlayan at the time of her creation, late shadowbringers. I was just getting back into RP again after losing the drive in late Stormblood.

The Strelitzia - Beatrice is from my dnd game! A character I've got the chance to properly play. I think when I made her I just needed the sapphic goodness of her and her partner. T.T Speaking of...

The Tulip - Mai is also from my dnd game! Mai was an npc my players got real attached to and well, she evolved from there. She's always been mute tho.

The Triteleia - Myste just formed fully into my consciousness one day and well, there he is! He is inspired by Dynamis and its crazy applications tho.

The Gladiolus - Jana is near and dear to my heart. I wanted to revisit an old echo idea I had for Lily that had got cut late in her development. And I ran with it. Now Jana is my weird future child that doesn't care about where she is from.

The Linnaeas - Pola and Deta are the easiest to spot the inspiration. They are based off of Popola and Devola from the Nier Francise. Specifically the Automata ones. Later they've been heavily influenced by Ianthe and Coronabeth of the Locked Tomb series.

The Hyacinth - Eulanne is inspired by the Dark Urge of Baldur's Gate 3. I just wanted to remake my sorta good guy Durge (i raided the grove my darling Minthara in that run, but she's been trying to do better since!) and I thought it would be cool to tie it to Reaper/Voidsent lore.

The Amaryllis - Marisol was spawned from the Viper reveals at the first DT fanfest. Nothing more influenced her original development.

The Lewisia - Glifet is anther Dr. Who inspired character, this time based off of a Cyberman. A what if you could say, a rehabilitated Cyberman.

The Iris - Lucca is just Lucca from Chrono Trigger with a bisexual streak. Chronic inventor, not much works right the first few times. Super smart. Those glasses.

The Aconite - Tista-Moa came to me in a work haze. I just had the idea, i wrote down what i thought about her and her very strange journey, came home and made her! I don't have enough villains to scratch that itch so she was a delight to make.

The Dicentra - Cissnei came about cause I am/was interested in playing as a Zenos-like character. Cissnei has evolved past that by now, but that is her start! I got so attached to her I finished the EW story in a single weekend with her. XD

That's all my debuted flowers... now for the few undebuted ones.

The Celosia - Sarel is my main dnd PC right now, and I saw the Celosia flower at the local green house and I wanted to make a character based on it. So I ported her over (somewhat, she is more different than the other dnd based ones) and she has been patiently waiting for months to be debuted. One day I'll that up. XD

The Nerine - Hinoka is Lily's rival from waaaaay back. I just felt like putting a name and face to the standin I had been using for Lily's story. Oh, and a nerine is a Spider Lily. :3

The Jasmine - Kokolai came about because I wanted an RP character to manage my submarines for me. He's just a merchant that loves his surrogate daughter. ^_^

The Protea - Tanzanite is a direct response to Solution 9 and its inhabitants. How fun it would be to have a scientist from there. She also just spawned from me messing with hair on Lily's fromer lady. >.>;

The Snowdrop - Agate just willed themself into existance. Also inspired by the DT story, they were the product of me sitting down to make a Sol 9 character and failing, making a Yyasulani native the wished to return to the sunlit world.

The Belladonna - Jane is, with no shame, directly inspired by Jane Doe of Zenless Zone Zero. That character has me by the throat. XD Add in a mix of Agent 47 and you get my Jane!

And that's everyone! A bit long, but I was on a roll if I'm being honest.

[mxihi]

nugget......

[puddimilk]

Lala+Monk buddies! 

with @sagewindfeather​ & @steak-n-popotoes​

[popola-sil-pola]

Character Profile🌠 Popola (sil) Pola🌠

For many of us, music is a source of inspiration for our characters, so I want to know what songs inspire and/or relate to your muse! Choose between 10-15 songs, compile them into an album and tag some friends to share the beat!

Side A - The Enlightened

🌠The Moon will Sing - The Crane wives

“Tell me once again, I could have been anyone, anyone else before you made the choice for me. My feet knew the path, We walked in the dark, in the dark. I never gave a single thought to where it might lead “

“ Bore the shadows that you made with no light of my own. I shine only with the light you gave me”

🌠 Rabbit Heart - Florence and the Machine

“I wish that I could just be brave. I must become a lion hearted girl, ready for a fight. Before I make the final sacrifice “

🌠 Always with me - Joe Hiyashi - Spirited Away

“Somewhere, a voice calls, in the depths of my heart. May I always be dreaming, the dreams that move my heart. So many tears of sadness, uncountable through and through. I know on the other side of them I'll find you“

🌠 Elastic Heart - Sia -Colin & Caroline

“You did not break me. I'm still fighting for peace. Well I've got thick skin and an elastic heart, but your blade it might be too sharp.”

🌠 Buy the Stars - Marina & the Diamonds

>“All my life I’ve been so lonely, all in the name of being holy. And still, you like to think you own me.”

Side B - The Student

🌠 Of Cautious Trepidation - Blair Clark

🌠 All is oft Inside - Aurora

“All Around is stone, and all inside is soft”

🌠 The Pugilist - Keaton Henson

>“You pulled me together with blood and soft stitches. You’re proof that I’m breathing, and that that i still need to be loved and hear you whisper to me”

🌠 A Million Years Ago - Adele

“Deep down I must have always known that this would be inevitable. To earn my stripes I’d have to pay and bear my soul. I know I’m not the only one who regrets the things they’ve done. Sometimes I just feel it’s only me who can’t stand the reflection that they see.”

🌠 The Lion the Beast and the Beat - Grace Potter And The Nocturnals

“I found the heart of a lion int he belly of the beast. And I held it in my hand, and i could feel. I could feel, feel the beat.”

Tagged by @steak-n-popotoes

Tagging: @sagewindfeather @papatoshi @seventhumbralstar @lifeofaernthota @skyholding @master-crafter​

[seventhumbralstar]

It took me a few months, but I finally got around to writing a theme for @popola-sil-pola! More of a hip-hop vibe than I intended for it to be, but I think it fits her character pretty well. If you’d like a theme written for you, please feel free to message me! Personal Blog Instagram Soundcloud My Band

[sagewindfeatherffxiv]

Just a quickie of one of my favorite Lalas, @popola-sil-pola ! @puddin-princess has such a cute art style, plus she’s so sweeeeet >w<! Check her out!

[manasong]

[steak-n-popotoes]

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[mxihi]

turn the light off turn the light on again and again and again and ag

[puddimilk]

Some Popo doodles from various sketchbooks!

[popola-sil-pola]

SPAR

Bifu and I matched in the dungie tonight! ^ w ^ 

[seventhumbralstar]

Took some time off Adventuring to have some friend time!

Left to right: @lifeofaernthota @missgumiho @popola-sil-pola @manasong

[master-crafter]

I’m loud.

I’m sarcastic.

I cry easily.

I have a bad temper.

I’m easy to get along with.

I have more enemies than friends.

I’ve smoked.

I drink coffee and tea.

I clean my room daily.

My appearance :

I wear make-up.

I wear a piece of jewelry at all times.

I wear contacts.

I wear glasses.

I have braces.

I change my hair color often.

I have piercings.

I have small feet.

Relationships :

I’m in a relationship now.

I’m single.

I’m crushin’.

I’ve missed an ex before.

I’m always scared of being hurt.

I’ve told someone I didn’t love them when I did.

I’ve been in love more than two times.

I believe in love at first sight.

Friendships :

I have a best friend.

I have at least ten REAL friends.

I’ve gotten a linkpearl call in the last 48 hours from a friend.

I’ve beaten up a friend.

I’ve been in a serious fight with a friend.

I can trust at least five people with my life.

Experiences :

I’ve been on an airship.

I’ve been on a ship.

I’ve ridden a chocobo.

I’ve ridden another mount.

I’ve made a speech.

I’ve been in some sort of club.

Family Life :

I get along with both of my parents.

My biological parents are still together.

I have at least one brother. (One’s adopted and the other’s a half-brother)

I’ve been kicked out of the house.

I’ve sworn at my parent(s).

I’ve made my parent(s) cry.

I’ve lied to my parent(s).

I’ve lied to my parent(s) about where I am.

I’ve lied to my parent(s) about what I’m doing.

Hair :

I’ve have streaks.

I’ve cut my hair in the past year.

I’ve dyed my hair in the past year.

I’ve been blonde.

I’ve had black.

I’ve been red.

I use conditioner.  

I’ve curled my hair.

I’ve straightened my hair.    

Rules : BOLD what applies to your character, ITALICIZE what applies under specific circumstances. Remember to REPOST. Feel free to add to the list.

@popola-sil-pola tagged me and I was like “why not?” Tagging uh… @lifeofaernthota @seventhstartravel