#Squallall Squal

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I figured you all aughtta see Squallall as she is right now. My friend by the in game name of Lucid took this of her.

Her PLD glam, shown here, was largely procured via the market board; the noir set was a pain to procure, but Dragoon blue? Much easier, funny enough.

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Squallall stands at a (tall for her race) stout 3 fulm and 2.2 ilm tall. If she feels she's getting teased for being short, she'll look you dead in the eyes and go "Shrink, tall [man/woman/race/clan]!" She also has a love/hate relationship with her height, where if she's not indifferent 'bout it that day, she's likely grumbling about how most of the world doesn't seem to factor Lalafells in when making stairs, as some flights have steps that meet her knees, or how something else, like average public seating, isn't made for someone so short.

Yes, she has Hyur sized furniture in her house and not a lick of anything Lalafell sized outside of clothing and gadgets and some weapons she uses. Yes, that's counterintuitive to her argument about how most public spaces are better suited for anyone Midlander sized. No, she will not get rid of what is too big for her.

12/22/24

How tall is your wol(oc)? How do they feel about their own height?

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Questions from a Lalafell Main

1. How does a Lalafell dance with someone who is at least a fulm or more taller? As in a good ol' ballroom waltz? That just sounds like someone's bound to get back issues. 2. As a three fulm one tank, I wonder if it's possible for me to become unhealable because the enemy is large enough to shield me from the view of the healer. Don't want to become a festering corpse because I stood in the right spot for a behemoth's paw to hide me. Trying to fight an overworld enemy with a rock in front of me quickly taught me line of sight issues are a thing. 3. How does one best furnish a dining room to insure that even the most portly of taller races can be able to look everyone in the eye easily? What materials make for the sturdiest of chairs? How does one make sure that your Lalafellin dinner guest can even get into the chair at their spot at the table while still allowing for them to see over it and dine comfortably? That Lifter chair was certainly the wrong way to go about it, I say; showed a non-14 player friend the chair and she said it'd be better with a higher back. I'm on team Make-it-a-Stool. 4. I've seen some people call Lalafells potatoes. Do in game people call the popotoes? 5. Why are the Lalafell emotes so expressionate and dramatic? I watched an NPC Lalafell cry once and it just felt overly dramatic. Like what you'd do to portray an emotion in theatre or if you cannot speak. 6. I wonder what the percentages of each race are for both NPCs and players, because I keep running into at least one Lalafell NPC and/or player no matter where I am. 7. Why do some of you dislike/hate Lalafells? I just see them as chaos hobbits. That would become more chaotic when drunk. 8. Avoiding the door-within-a-door Idea, how does one properly make a door that all races can use comfortably?

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So, I was doing the Moonfire event quest yesterday and got to the point where you look at your surroundings and tell Lyonell where to go. Now, that camera is set at ye average Midlander Hyur eye level.

I'm most certainly not. I am a three fulm, one ilm tall Plainsfolk. Now, I would ask for something to bring the viewpoint to my actual eye level, but I'd get a buncha feet and knees, a hip, maybe, if you're short enough, so... Maybe not.

Gotta wonder what poor schmuck's holdin' me up to that eye level, though. Probably some poor Elezen or something.

Ya doin' ok holding me during those, dudebro? Ya shoulders ok? How's your back? I'm not exactly light, even for my kind.

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T'savia: Say, you know where we're supposed to go next?

Squallall: Left

T'savia, exasperated: Squallall, you don't have a sense of direction. Are you sure this-

Squallall: Left.

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So, Squallall has a trait inspired by my late beagle.

Assuming she trusts you enough, if you show her physical affection, even if it's platonic, like giving her a headpat or a cheek rub, she'll start to lean towards your hand; she's not always aware that she is doing this, though.

having a bit of a dreary morning so I bring a wol question to you all

what's your favorite fact about your wol/oc?

do they have a hobby? is it one of the crafting jobs? are they on a personal journey to sample every type of cheese in the world? do they have any remarkably specific quirks or habits? what's something you've added to them that just really makes them... them.

(and as always, bonus points for including a screenshot of your lovelies <3)

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Squallall Squal, witnessing chaos happen amongst the party: What in the lalafrick is goin' on...?!

T'savia Tia, with hands over face and ears back, exasperated: Just... Say... Fuck... You eloquently spoken, soon to be mashed, popoto Paladin...!

Squallall: Nay. 'Tis not the time when I am angry enough, you convoluted nimrod with an oversized fire poker.

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A little tidbit 'bout this blog's popoto in Dragoon blue:

Whenever someone says something like "May the Twelve be with you," in terms of current lore, any reaction Squallall gives to them is fake.

Why?

Because if you were to ask her, she'd respond with "Hydaelyn's a fraud; the Twelve don't exist." This is due in part to a few things.

1. She was raised by a singular caretaker that, during their time as a traveling merchant prior to discovering her, had come upon books and other writings talking about the Primal Alexander. Said caretaker then came to the conclusion that it is, supposedly, possible to summon the Holy Primal in its entirety, and due to the thing it's associated with, light/Holy, it is the best Primal to summon to protect as many people as possible. [Do note that my listing of Alexander as a Holy Primal is largely in part due to how the FF Wiki talks about him, especially in my favorite FF, Final Fantasy IX, where Alexander is seen being a protector at least once.] So, Squallall grew up being told that Alexander was the most likely thing to truly protect people. The fact a facsimile was summoned once before, like with Titan and Good King Moggle Mog, only cemented things. Squallall's caretaker was never tempered to the Primal Alexander, though, and was just someone who came to their own conclusions given the provided info.

"Given how more crystals than a carriage could haul in a day and a load and a half of prayer can summon a facsimile of a Primal that can cause devastation to a local, there must be some sort of key item(s) needed to summon the actual being instead of a half true copy." ~ Taken from the margins in one of the many books Squallall inherited about Alexander and Primals.

2. Same caretaker was unable to find enough consistent proof that the Twelve exist, and thus labeled all perceived proof as hearsay, and anytime Hydaelyn spoke of the Twelve herself was just an elaborate lie to make it seem like others were in charge of certain things and any issues those things caused weren't her fault.

3. The caretaker was one of a group of people, likely due to the Echo, but I am unsure 'bout that, that could hear Hydaelyn. Though said caretaker never had more than an occasional snippet once every blue moon, it was enough to prove she existed.

So, whenever someone says something like "May the Twelve be with you" to her, she's silently wondering why in the world you believe the lies of a fraud.

This is also why she says stuff like "May Alexander protect you" and "By Alexander's wings" in place of various Twelve-centric phrases.

She's been accused of being tempered, only to quip back that tempered people usually are actively seeking to summon their Primal, where as she thinks that now's not a good time to attempt.

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-After a trip through the Palace of the Dead- Squallall, staring out of the palace's entrance: New record! 'Tis wondrous! Never thought I'd see the day where we'd make it ta level 168. New Hyuran Recruit: Excuse me, Boss? Squallall: Yeah? What's up, kiddo? Recruit: I have a question. Squallall: Shoot, sniper. Recruit: Uh, what's the ratio of men to women in the crew, if you don't mind me asking? Squallall: In the Fellowship? Whoo... Uh... [makes calculations on fingers] 'Bout... Oh, two women to every man. [pauses] Nope, crap, I foggedaboutta few. It's three to one. Oops, tryin' ta not be biased. [sheepish back of head scratch] Recruit: That skewed? [pauses to count in head] I can't think of that many women. Squallall: Did you exclude the alliance only persons? Recruit: Yeah, of course. Squallall: Who ya got? Recruit: [lists off names of female fellowship members] Squallall: Oh, ya missed me. That's why your list was off. Recruit: [is puzzled] You're a woman?

Squallall: Yeah, 'tis be. Recruit: [still puzzled] But... [gestures at his chest] You... You don't do anything to look like a lady! Squallall: So? Recruit: How... How do you identify, if you don't mind me asking? Squallall: [wistfully] I identify as the gender I was born as... [bluntly] Female. Squallall: Yeah, 'tis be. Recruit: [still puzzled] But... [gestures at his chest] You... You don't do anything to look like a lady! Squallall: So? Recruit: How... How do you identify, if you don't mind me asking? Squallall: [wistfully] I identify as the gender I was born as... [bluntly] Female. Squallall: Yeah, 'tis be. Recruit: [still puzzled] But... [gestures at his chest] You... You don't do anything to look like a lady! Squallall: So? Recruit: How... How do you identify, if you don't mind me asking? Squallall: [wistfully] I identify as the gender I was born as... [bluntly] Female. Squallall: Yeah, 'tis be. Recruit: [still puzzled] But... [gestures at his chest] You... You don't do anything to look like a lady! Squallall: So? Recruit: How... How do you identify, if you don't mind me asking? Squallall: [wistfully] I identify as the gender I was born as... [bluntly] Female. Recruit: But... [gestures at his chest] Your... Squallall: Just 'cause my desire to be as flat as the floorboards in the Fellowship's base of operations doesn't change anythin'. Your boss is still a woman. Recruit: But people call you Sir! Squallall: So? [pauses, comes to a realization] John... You sweet spring sapling... You've not left the grove you were planted in much, huh? John: No... Squallall: [sighs] Whelp. Uh, crouch for me, please. It's more polite when you're at equal eye level when speakin'. John: [obediently crouches] Squallall: Good. Thanks, kid. Now, you wanna just ask me all the questions ya want, so you can better understand one of the many flavors of people a bit better? John: Yeah... Squallall: [gestures for him to speak] John: Oh! Right. Uh, romantic preference? Squallall: Women. I'm simple; I stick wit one option. John: Uh, sexual preference? Squallall: I'd rather filet myself like a good steak than partake in any o' that. Gives me a feelin' of sharp discomfort. John: Oh... But people call you Sir, and Mister. And you dress like a man! Squallall: [stuffs hands into noir coat pocket] Yeah, that's just people makin' a mistake; I've heard it too much ta care at this point. As for clothes... Personal preference. It's why I latched ta the term of butch. John: Huh. [genuinely curious] Squallall: Now, come. Stand up. Let's talk and walk. You can ask all the questions ya want ta on the way home. I hear Twilly's cookin' somethin' fierce tonight. Heard rumors it's a monster ov ah steak. John: Ooh. That sounds good.

-The two walk off, John asking questions, and Squallall answering as best as she can. Occasional talk about what Twilly's cooking breaks up the talk about her identity and what terms mean.-

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Squallall: When she's in her default form if Plainsfolk Lalafell, a wolf, assuming that's a possible soul; the reason is because her father, Onyxeus Ozmandeus, has called her his "stubborn little wolf pup who craves life despite doing everything to squander it" ever since she was a child. If she's in her Army Eater form, this being the result of Garlean genetic mutation, the soul used would be of whatever you think would be the most terrifying, nightmare inducing, mutated draconic voidsent-thing possible; this thing's gotta be horrifying enough to scare 75% or more of the audience at all times due to its looks. If the latter soul is in play, expect to be just straight up eaten; no attacks, no other moves, just monched.

Onyxeus: it depends based on when you encounter him.

If he still views himself as a monster due to past trauma from years of non-familial bullying: he will pick that same voidsent-dragon thing Squallall does sometimes.

If he is looking to prove he is the monster people say he is: then whatever is the result of crossing Bahamut and Phoenix. This is because he's, at this point in his character progression, is blind with rage to the point that Squallall is one of a few people who can control him like a hunting dog; he tried to grant himself God-like powers in order to eviscerate his lifetime's worth of bullies, it backfires and corrupts him for a time.

If he's now working on healing from his trauma, but isn't fully healed: he would pick something akin to an Alexander themed wolf-dragon thing that can cast Holy. This is because he's healing from his past trauma and is now willing to seek forgiveness for what wrongs he committed when the trauma got to him, like not spending time with his daughter or actually proposing to his boyfriend regardless of Ishgard's views on Au'Ra and Au'Ra mix peoples.

If he's healed enough from his trauma that he's starting to forget it because it no longer affects him: then, if possible, Ozma. If not, then Madeen; this is due to the role Madeen plays in IX matching well with how Onyxeus now feeling he is mentally ready to be the protector of his darling little girl (Squallall) like he's always wanted, on top of both he and Squallall having matching steel thistle charms on their person at all times, like how Eiko and Mog had ribbons.

If your WoL was a fighter at the Arcadion, what type of feral soul would they use?

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Squallall: No rules say otherwise? Kiddo, I feel rules should say otherwise. For your sake, anyways.

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Someone: What did you do?!

Squallall, simply: Got stuck in a hole in the ground.

Someone: HOW?!

Squallall, flatly: Miscalculated.

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Squallall: There's chaos goin' on right now, sn't I'm unattended!

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Chaotic, really. Squallall's voice is neither masculine nor feminine, which doesn't help her not get mistaken as a man, and she has a New Yorker accent.

Combine this with her use of mobster movie slang, 90's slang, and Shakespearean English, and you get chaos.

For example:

- Words that start with th (i.e. this, that) get pronounced with a D instead (i.e. dis, dat) unless she enunciates.

- It is gets combined into 'tis.

- It was gets combined into 'twas.

- Words ending in th may lose the h if she talks fast enough.

- Words ending in ing will lose the g regardless.

- In some cases, of gets turned into o', as in "a handful o' gil "

- And becomes an'.

- Do becomes doth.

- Not, as in "I have not," becomes naught.

- My becomes thine, while myself becomes (the possibly horribly incorrect) thineself.

- Ya is a replacement for you, though usually used near the end of sentences, whereas thee is used near the front; generally, usage is interchangeable.

- To gets replaced with ta.

- You guys becomes yous guys.

- Yo is a common greeting.

- Ending in an r, like never, might just get it dropped and replaced with an ah sound.

Example sentences include:

"Yo, 'tis naught but a measly scratch."

"Yous guys shan't believe it, but ah Gods' forsaken Hyur tried ta kick me like ah sportsball! 'Twas infuriatin'!"

"Doth ya intend ta be a biggah bother?"

"Pray tell, the whatchamacallit's still busted, yeh?"

"Prithee, ya take me for ah fool? I'm the don o' dis place!"

"'Ay! 'Tis naught dat bad!"

Squallall is chaos. Sorry if she is so hard to read.

12/29/24

How would you describe your wol(oc)'s accent?

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"Welcome to chaos! I'm a bad tank!" ~ Squallall Squal, said with a smile after forgetting to use tank stance. Again. For not the last time. And managing to deal somehow without.

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It's hard to just stuff Squallall in any game, as per the greater lore of her, aside from being a reconstitution of an older character of mine, she has the same soul of that character, meaning that soul dimension hops each time it reincarnates, so there's likely a version of her in [insert universe here].

Inside lore? She'd likely just show up as an easter egg in a game, her face mark emblazoned on a token of shielding or a vial of dark essence or an unlockable face tattoo.

Outside of lore? She'd be a fun colosseum NPC to fight in Kingdom Hearts, her weapon a keyblade that looks deceptively like the Kingdom Key until she squeezes it and reveals a more sharp, dangerous, wolf themed form; a werewolf keyblade, if you will. She'll have a skill level that grows with the player, and if she's beaten, then not fought again until after an in game milestone is met (defeating a world boss, clearing a world, gummi ship part discovery, etc.), she will have beaten your record while you were away and will now pose an obstacle again. She's stubborn, so unless Sora can match that, the want to be victor will constantly have her trying to be stuck at the top.

If you beat her three or more times in a row without leaving the colosseum, the next time you battle she'll smirk and ask if you're trying to beat her while she's down, clearly not takin' it seriously.

If you beat her eight times at all, she'll tease you for standing around the next time you fight and start setting the ground under your feet on fire if you idle for too long (thirty seconds or more) during a battle.

A fun mechanic you could do during the battle is if you're close enough, you could talk to her during the battle. The battle won't stop, she'll just reply as she fights. Most of this is just idle flavor text, ranging to what she does for work, her age, how she got such a keyblade, whether or not she and Riku would enjoy fighting each other, and so on.

But, if you get close enough to activate the Talk option, you can also activate the dialogue option labeled Pause Battle, which will basically have Sora cycle through a random reason for why he's gotta ditch (bathroom break, gummiphone call, emergency elsewhere, etc.). Squallall doesn't like fighting unwilling people in the colosseum, so she'll just ask that Sora lets her know when he's ready to battle again; a slim 10% chance to have the returned to battle be twice as tough would also be a thing. With the battle paused, you cannot battle any other colosseum people, but you can leave to go do a world or something.

1/2/25

If you could put your wol(oc) into any game as an NPC what game would it be?