#Roevember2023

[elliewiltarwyn]

Roevember Day 12 - Winter

you can always put on more layers, you know?

bonus:

[viiioca]

day 22 - friends

From the journal of Estelle de Laussienne, 1st of the 1st Umbral Moon, 2 7A.E. I admit, it was quite a shock to witness Hilda so casually call herself "mongrel." That's rather the point, I imagine; you do not hear this sort of thing spoken aloud in polite circles, which makes the word a gunshot, and Hilda is the sort of woman to keep a weapon loaded at all times. Not that this phenomenon is localized to the Brume, of course. The difference is that amongst the nobility, matters of blood are a secret tucked away in the pocket for later. It is only in the evening, in the comfort of the smoking lounge, that you might hear: Oh, you know, Laussienne's orphan girl, and then, The mongrel?, and then, Just so. I have never belonged anywhere. But that has been Hilda's lot, too, and in some other world, some shift of luck would have seen our positions swapped; had her father been better hidden, or less cruel of a man. Maybe she senses that as well, some spectral quality in the way we hold ourselves like a fighter knows another fighter. Ishgard leaves her teethmarks on everyone it fails to swallow. It's a comfort to see the familiarity of another's scars and trade our stories like veterans come back from the war. And I have been gone for a very long time.

[roevember 2023 prompt by wintertitania]

[isayoldbean]

ROEVEMBER DAY 1 - WATER

beef gazed out over the waters near where the boat had let her off for their mission in the aetherfont. it was the closest she'd been to her homeland since her accident; since she took up the mantle of the warrior of light. so much had changed... if she were to return now, what what would be waiting for her? would she even be allowed back after everything? did she even want to be?

the ocean remained silent.

[sayonaramidnight]

A Realm Reborn -> Heavensward -> Stormblood -> Shadowbringers -> Endwalker

Day 1 - Beginnings

[healerstail]

RovemberXIV Day 19 - Voidsent

Consider your welcome here null and void.

[elliewiltarwyn]

Roevember Day 23: Elezen Pal

"Even were there no Eighth Umbral Calamity to forestall, it seemeth only right that I strive to deliver the First from its doom... and young Minfilia from the heavy burden upon her shoulders. I would ask for thy aid with the latter, in particular... if thou art willing." "Of course I am. My feelings are what they are, but... I can't ignore the plights I see before me." "Likewise. Thus do we labor. For those we have lost..." "...For those we can yet save."

[viiioca]

day 9: style

From the journal of Estelle de Laussienne, 20th of the 5th Umbral Moon, 2 7A.E. I'm wondering now if the entire Dragonsong campaign wasn't a mistake. Perhaps, with some foresight, we could have relocated Tataru somewhere more temperate? More pleasant? I'm afraid that in her fervor to contribute to the Scions – and through both proximity and an otherworldly endurance – she has acquired all of the absolute worst qualities of the Crozier's tailors. With a buttered rum or two, she might find herself a match for the Hospitaliers' most miserable bedside manners. She is far too small to be able to tug me this way and that, and yet I'm subjected to her demands all the same.  That is to say, she is a wonderful tailor. Her studies have revealed the blossom of a real talent, and with the minimal fuss I might find with other seamstresses and launderers who don't have the stomach to tolerate the mysterious fluids and entrails an adventurer might find themselves covered in. I could ask for little more. And yet, if she jabs another set of bossy little fingers into my ribcage, I may very well seize her by scruff like a misbehaving cat and heave her straight into Kugane's wastewater canals.

[roevember 2023 prompt by wintertitania]

[elliewiltarwyn]

Roevember Day 20: Lalafell Pal

"No, look, it's scientific! You'll multiply the force exponentially and get me higher than I ever could on my own, making the jump really powerful and really impressive!" "Alright, but if you don't stick the landing, I'm not scraping your flat arse off the floor."

[viiioca]

day 23 - elezen pal

From the journal of Estelle de Laussienne, 21st of the 1st Umbral Moon, 6 7A.E. Oh, I do know how fashionable it is to complain about these sorts of to-dos. Woe to the busy man looking to have a productive evening who must instead attend something so frivolous as a banquet! The utter mortification of small talk and the improvised choreography of diplomacy. Poor Aymeric is well-suited for the task, but I can think of at least a dozen more enriching activities he'd rather be doing than talk weather and literature with men who yell at him professionally. The thing is, I quite love it. And, given that the Scions have scattered to the four winds and have little need of me, I've been left perilously bored. (This is to say nothing of the fact that I was tremendously unconscious for all the celebrations following the Final Days and feel I am due a night of excessive champagne.) Aymeric, good friend that he is, knows these facts about me, and as a good friend myself, I am happy to do a kind favor in return. If he's needing heavy political artillery or a gentle nudge in the polls, I shall do my very best to oblige. And if he only wants to remind his political rivals that they are very much trapped in here with me, then I am more than happy to deliver this message, too.

[roevember 2023 prompt by wintertitania]

[viiioca]

day 26 - spirit

Aren't you going back? Your friends'll be searching for you, I expect.

[elliewiltarwyn]

Roevember Day 27: Love

i have no witty dialogue or caption. just. them.

[elliewiltarwyn]

Roevember Day 19: Voidsent

"Gotta say -- I really prefer sparring with you like this!" "You're not half as pleased as I, believe you me."

bonus:

zero looking cute

[elliewiltarwyn]

Roevember Day 30: Adventure

"Acquit yourself as a simple adventurer again, and travel the world in search of wonder!"

yes this is technically the same concept i did for job. however this time it represents her msq progression like the 6.1 poster did. it's totally different. shush. >.>

[elliewiltarwyn]

Roevember Day 29: Exhausted

"S'too much. S'all too godsdamn much... Krile, Mia--I'm so, so fucking tired." "I know, Ellie. We know....We'll be at it again soon enough, but you can rest for now. We'll come get you when it's time... but not a moment before." "...promise?" "Pinky swear, El."

the prompt matched one of the first fills I did for FFXIV Write, so I figured that was too uncanny to not illustrate it >.>

[elliewiltarwyn]

Roevember Day 22: Hyur Pal

"Heh... But that was a lifetime ago. Here and now, I have another chance to do things right. And I will not squander it again." "...May I be brutally honest?" "Always--yow!" "You're doing an absolutely shite job of it." "...Aye. I am." "I mean...not that I'm much better."

it's only natural to bond over lamenting how you're being shitty co-parents and promise each other to do better, right?

[elliewiltarwyn]

Roevember Day 21: Miqo'te Pal

they seem to be very good friends