#c: farryn gilrona

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JUNELEZEN 2024 DAY 9: DEVIATION

"Deciding to name the damned bloody thing Spirit was either a mistake or a portent, because in no time at all the Chocobo decides its own path, and she can do little but follow.

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JUNELEZEN 2024 DAY 23: TWILIGHT

"When the Sun dips low through coral'd amber skies doth thine eyes seek such a radiant glow?

Nay. In that Twilight haze 'Tis here before me held in tender hope such a piercing gaze.

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JUNELEZEN 2024 DAY 13: NEW AQUAINTANCE

"For all that the Bibliotheca Historica claims dominion over knowledge of the star, it is surprisingly lacking in information on Tural outside of foreign firsthand accounts and passed down folklore where accredited.

To say she is keen to hear tales directly from Turali nobility would be an understatement.

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JUNELEZEN 2024 DAY 8: SIGHTS

"The wonders of La Noscea never cease.

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JUNELEZEN 2024 DAY 7: BOAT

"Fishing as a concept is well enough... until it involves a boat. And Vylbrand, while vibrant and thriving, has many, many boats.

'Keep your eyes upon the the rod or the horizon' is more than a suggestion, it is a lifeline.

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JUNELEZEN 2024 DAY 4: DEPARTURE

"The day she's sent to the colony for the first time is an eerily quiet one. Calm harbour, calmer seas, almost unnervingly so. The Bosun tells her that's usually an ill-omen for a voyage, but the fresh-faced young woman is too concerned with what happens after they land to bother taking her seriously.

You'd think living on an island would have prepared her stomach better for sea travel, but as she spends the duration bent over the taffrail, pale and sweating, clearly not.

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JUNELEZEN 2024 DAY 1: HELLO

"Practically hidden amongst the voluminous tomes housed several levels below ground within the imposing Noumenon sits a quiet, somewhat stern-looking woman behind a desk, protective specially infused gloves covering bony hands as she deciphers page after page. Her sole purpose, or the purpose of her soul, is the ink between long-forgotten language and modern tongue. To add another leaf to the tree of the Bibliotheca Historica, that not a shred of parchment shall be lost to the annals of time or calamity or arrogance ever again.

Her eyes lift, as curious as she is annoyed to be disturbed, before raising a singular finger, continuing to finish the sentence she was in the midst of transcribing before she was interrupted. Only once that is complete does she speak. "Hello, Translations Department, may I help you?'

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JUNELEZEN 2024 DAY 14: WAYSTOP

"Everyone can use a little R&R.

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JUNELEZEN 2024 DAY 15: SOUVENIR

"The sunset in Doma is quite unlike any she's ever seen before.

It is only fitting that before she leaves, she might wish for something to remind her of it.

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JUNELEZEN 2024 DAY 12: AETHERYTE

"Ever blue, ever bright-

Please Attune to the Aetheryte.

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JUNELEZEN 2024 DAY 5: MORNING

"Early hour sunrays to a so-called morning person are akin to aether direct from the Mothercrystal. Once tested, all others lose their potency in its brilliance.

The irony, of course, is that just because one is a morning person does not a positive countenance make.

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JUNELEZEN 2024 DAY 17: AETHER CURRENT

"To control the currents is to control the wind- to ride the glorious unseen waves that weave around our Star to dizzying heights.

A dangerous, if exhilarating prospect.

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JUNELEZEN 2024 DAY 11: NOON

"The trajectory of a Zenith is calculated by the distance equaling the vertical angle minus the altitude of the star. A simple enough equation so long as one has all the pieces.

But it does not capture the memory of watching a newly built garden fountain begin its first cycle in Emporium, parasol over her shoulder to ward the rays from pale skin while still getting to enjoy its glint off the water.

Odd name, now, but in this little corner tucked away not much else feels changed if she looks to the sun.

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JUNELEZEN 2024 DAY 26: LATE

"Apologies, the next GATE will be in twenty minutes.

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JUNELEZEN 2024 DAY 25: OLD FRIEND

"Time may have added more lines, more duty, more burden...

But time itself can never change how it feels as though none has passed whenever they reunite.

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JUNELEZEN 2024 DAY 6: TRAVEL

"Some are naturally built for a rugged travelling life, some are honed to one over time. And then there are some, who no matter how hard they may try, cannot and will not ever be suited for such excursions.

All is not well when the bright sun belies the temperature.