#chobi the chocobo

[groundzer0s-art]

Been volunteering for tattoo students, so I designed what will probably be my next tattoo for that. I figured I'd pay homage to my namesake.

[iamthespineofmybook]

Inspired by some posts I saw on @anneapocalypse's blog (I hope you don't mind my tagging you):

Myriam Sangvitrail

B A S I C S

Name: Myriam Sanvitrail

Nicknames: Myr, Captain

Age: 22 (Doesn’t know the exact number, though, only knowing that she was found with amnesia in her late teens in the aftermath of the Calamity)

Nameday: Third day of the third Umbral Moon (day she was adopted).

Race: Au Ra, Xaela

Gender: Demigirl, she/they

Orientation: Lesbian

Profession: Aside from Adventurer, she honestly loves cooking and alchemy, and could easily see herself opening a shop or restaurant somewhere once her wanderlust settles down.

P H Y S I C A L A S P E C T S

Hair: Auburn with slight red highlights at the end, kept in a ponytail.

Eyes: Bright yellow with black around the irises.

Skin: Extremely pale and covered in dark blue scales

Tattoos/scars: Her main scar is one that rests under her hair, and is surmised to be from the source of her amnesia.

F A M I L Y

Parents: Adopted by Osene and Draceone Sangvitrail, birth parents unknown

Siblings: none

Grandparents: never met

In-laws and Other: none

Pets: Used to care for a street cat until it didn’t come back.

S K I L L S

Abilities: After gaining skill with a lance and then becoming a Dragoon, Myriam found that she could mold the light in her self to form a weapon, which would let them throw as many lances as they wanted. After some losses that weighed heavily upon them, they also found a skill at molding the darkness as well, learning to hone it under the tutelage of the one calling themself Frey. Wielding light and dark in equal measure, Myriam is a skilled frontline fighter, and would best be described as a “dodge tank” if such a thing were actually a thing in FFXIV.

Hobbies: In addition to learning every form of gathering and crafting so that they can make and maintain all her own gear, Myriam honestly loves dancing and music, and will take any opportunity to do a quick step dance or one of the Manderville dances she learned from Hildibrand. She takes particular pride in making food and potions for people, thanks to their memories of hunger as the Calamity-induced winter caused problems for their adopted hometown’s farms.

T R A I T S

Most Positive Trait: Generally friendly with everyone, willing to learn all sorts of new things, generous with her time, and does not stand for injustice

Most Negative Trait: Angers easily, even if she tries to hide it. Also tends to get attached to pretty girls quickly, which always results in at least a little heartbreak. She’s also a ridiculous romantic, seeing romances in places they probably don’t exist, such as secretly hoping that General Raubhan and Nanamo are together.

L I K E S

Colors: Loves dark colours, especially deep reds.

Smells: A well cooked meal will always cheer her up, but her favourite scent is actually that of the Dravanian Lily.

Textures: Even though they acknowledge that their bed while she still lived with her adopted parents wasn’t the best, they have fond memories of the slightly scratchy covers, especially when their scales would itch and fingernails couldn’t do the job.

Drinks: They never liked the taste of alcohol, but found a drink made in honour of their friend (and crush) Ysayle, the “Drink of Shiva,” particularly amazing. (Actual drink from a FFXIV-themed restaurant in Akihabara, [Passion Fruit Collagen + Chardonnay Concentrate + Water + Blue Curacao (float)])

O T H E R D E T A I L S

Smokes: Never

Drinks: Non-alcohol only, if they can help it

Drugs: Only medicinal, and generally only what she’s made herself

Mount Issuance: As she greatly admires Midgardsormr, she likes to fly around on the back of his medium-sized simulacrum, but when flight isn’t an option, they default to their chocobo Chobi or the fascinating vehicle Cid made based on an extra-planar wanderer’s main mode of transport.

Been Arrested: Aside from the debacle of the Bloody Banquet, she did nearly get arrested back when she lived with her adopted family, thanks to their draconic features as an Au Ra causing some friction.

[musesofthemoon]

The breadbug continued to show singleminded interest in Yu's pompoms, alternating between tugging them and chewing on them with its toothless maw. Having found its prize too firmly attached, it let out a small squeak of defeat, before waddling in a circle in front of the boy.

It appeared rather dejected - with no members of its species nearby, it was probably lost in Wonderland and so very unlikely to survive its dangers with its squishy body and sluggish gait. After all, it was no bigger than an actual loaf of bread, and decidedly no more dangerous.

Perhaps it would be a good idea to take the beast home..? Hopefully Chobi would not treat it like regular pastry.

Of course, Yu didn't want the poor creature to be alone out here. It seems quite harmless, especially with the pompom on his shoe seeming to be too much effort for the beast to overcome. He'd have to keep it out of reach of Chobi until he could properly train the chocobo around it... He doesn't mind that sort of challenge however, instead kneeling down in order to let the breadbug settle in his hands so the two could set off.

He wonders how he'll explain this meeting to Ai...

[shiroi---kumo]

fuery demanded to come talk to his Best Friend Kumo. sorry

( @justaradioguy ) -> "White Cloud!!! White Cloud! Come quick!! I found this weird chicken that got in, and I- look at him!" He's nearly yelling. Tears are streaming down his face. He's holding a baby black chocobo in one arm. It's staring into the void. He's convinced it's a chicken. "He's friend shaped!"

He's lifting his feet from the ground to float as quickly as he can to the sound of his new friend's voice calling out to him and the sight he is met with is Herra Fuery holding a decent sized black bird in his hands.

There are two sets of dark eyes fixed upon him, one behind a set of glasses while the other seems to simply be looking at him expectantly. So the Misterican is raising his hand to merely stroke it over the bird's back as he smiles.

"Herra Fuery, this is not a chicken as you have called it. It is a species of bird that lives here in Wonderland known as a Chocobo. What you are holding appears to be that of a child, so I hope you are prepared to care for it. Chocobos can get quite large, when they reach adulthood. Some of my friends have one named, Chobi, and he is large enough to ride.

People tend to use domesticated Chocobos for transport here, so I'm sure once it has reached adulthood it could be trained to do so."

[blackmagichedonist]

⁛ Meeting the 'Bo Trio ⁛ ⁛ AKA the Choco-bros ⁛

"I call them the 'Bo Trio; a triad of clutchmate brothers who have functioned as a team the entirety of their near three decades on this star. I had originally expected these birds to be quite weary of me. With an entire settlement nearby devoted to hunting and trapping them, I honestly would not have faulted them had they been outright hostile toward me! Instead—and once they realized I was no threat to them—I quickly found myself on the receiving end of the birds' own form of hospitality through them helping me forage for food and firewood. They were also quite content to cuddle up alongside Andry, Honey, and myself during the night hours for warmth!

"Even Andry got on well with them, once he calmed down and agreed to share his chysahl greens upon my promise to harvest plenty more for him, of course. I found it quite nice to see he and the brothers wrestling about with each other for fun as birds naturally will. I do believe having the chance to do so was quite healthy for him—even if Andry was in sore need of a bath after the fact.

"To this day, I still bring extra chysahl with for the trio when I know I will be going through the Chocobo Forest. Typically, it is Chobi who finds me first, he being the smallest and fastest of the brothers. He is oft times followed by Comet; a bird who will shove his beak in near anything if he thinks there may be food in it—and *has* got himself stuck in awkward situations due to his endless search for snacks! Then, there is the eldest, Berry, the one who helps look out for his two days-younger brothers and who is the first to step up when there is need to defend their home. An old soul, to be certain, and yet still a rather kind one.

"I fully consider these wild birds to be my friends, and they have proven themselves my allies multiple times already. The friendships and alliances I develop with such wild creatures is no lesser than the friendships and alliances that I develop with other children of man. Why should they be when I can understand the words of these birds and other creatures as clearly as I can understand those of any other person? Even if the vocabulary of some creatures can be, at times, understandably limited by their intellectual capabilities, it is difficult not to see them as people when you hear them expressing many of the same hopes and fears that we do."

[kazeofthemagun]

[Aight folks have a cute and I go to sleep.]

Chobi <3

[wearesorcerer]

@druidquest replied to your post “@wearesummoner, @we-are-artillerist, could I interest either of you in...”

VINCENT VALENTINE???

Girrrrrrrrl, it’s worse than that.

Here, have a seat and let me tell you about an anime that’s so dumb it’s genius: Final Fantasy Unlimited (FFU from here on out -- because).

There are four main characters:

Ai (the redheaded girl) and Yu (the boy) Hayakawa. They’re twins. They have basically no personality beyond gender (and hair color) and no powers beyond the magic items they get as the show goes on.

Ai (”Love”) is “fiery” but practical. Her item is PoshePocket, a living bag of devouring which sometimes gives her hammerspace items.

Yu (”Courage”) is more impulsive but quicker to trust. He gets a magical feather which lets him communicate with Chobi.

Chobi is the chocobo biting Ai’s hair (a running gag). His only power is being a “Ciel Chocobo” (having flight armor).

Tifa Lockhart Tifa by way of Aerith Lisa Pacifist, a special operative who is trained in the Kigen Arts (which she mainly uses to erect force fields). She acts like their babysitter, basically.

...and...

Vincent Valentine Kuroki Kaze (”Black Wind” and translated as such in the dub), who is usually just called Kaze (in both).

He’s an Unlimited. We’re not really sure what that is, but we do know that they are basically indestructible and have some other powers -- in his case, the magun (maybe -- other people can use it, but it doesn’t usually work out well for them). He’s amnesiac, barely speaks, exhibits almost no personality or emotions, and yet is the best main character.

Plot

After a pair of dragon kaiju attacked our world, the Hayakawa twins’ parents go missing, so the two go looking for them. Lisa runs into them as she’s trying to do her job and the three wind up on a train which takes them to a mysterious place called Wonderland. They go wandering around trying to figure out what the Hell is going on in this place (and find the missing Hayakawa parents) and run into danger. Kaze (whom they had encountered previously) appears in the nick of time, is mildly surprised when the prosthetic on his arm “moves,” and then goes through a transformation/summoning sequence (partially seen in the other post).

This formula happens almost once an episode. There aren’t very many episodes in which it doesn’t happen and they tend to be either very plot-heavy or boring. The show goes on like this for 25 episodes as the main characters with dialogue (from our world) become more and more embroiled in the machinations of the Earl Tyrant and his Four Lords of Gaudium, who have nefarious plans involving Chaos.

You can imagine why this show got cancelled as quickly as it did, but you’d be wrong! In fact, the show didn’t get canceled so much as defunded -- because of how badly Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within flopped in the box office. The show condenses its original two seasons (52 episodes) into one season and drops a lot of info. Much of that would later get released in various other formats.

Oh, and if you thought that Kaze and Lisa were the only Final Fantasy VII allusions, may I introduce you to Kaze’s rival and fellow Unlimited, Makenshi (~”Magic Swordsman”), aka Shiroi Kumo/White Cloud?

A taciturn, powerful swordsman with spiky hair, a bishounen countenance, and some access to magic (in his case, he breathes Mist, which he can use to summon Mist Dragons). He has another rival in the form of his brother, Madoushi (”Mage”), aka Akai Kiri (”Red Mist”), who is similar but red (hair and clothes), has long hair (an anime mullet), and is thoroughly evil (IIRC).

So Cloud Strife by way of Mytho from Princess Tutu.

(Technically, he’s also a protagonist. Further spoilers.)

Why do I mention the show ever?

Because as dumb looking as the conspicuous CGI summons are and as over the top as the summoning sequences may be, it’s a lot of fun to watch Kaze declare which colored bullets he’s going to use to summon stuff.

And by “stuff,” I include Phoenix (as shown), Titan (a robot...), and Meteor Master (which is a barely recognizable Tonberry before it screams; launches itself into the sky; and rains fiery, meteoritic ruination upon the land).

[estinien666]

I want a cockatiel so god damn bad 😩

[returnedstar]

hc; mounts/minions

Mounts:

Bobby -- Company Chocobo, undyed.

Chobi -- Black Chocobo.

Marahute -- Yol.

Eiko -- Aquamarine Carbuncle.

Dory -- Striped Ray.

Minions:

Squeakers - Tiny Rat; adopted in La Noscea, shut up, she tamed it it’s hers now.

Bambi - Wide Eyed Fawn; bought for herself in Mor Dhona when she found out they sold pets at Rowena’s.

Draco - Baby Raptor; bought from that shady guy at the Redbelly Hive because she couldn’t resist a baby raptor.

Pudge - Pudgy Puk; absolutely stolen from that mean old cyclops, she’s keeping him, oh my god he’s so FAT.

Queenie - Coeurl Kitten; did indeed pick her up from that quest.

Barksalot - Wolf Pup; also picked up from that quest.

Zoboo - Baby Opo-Opo; carried it right out of Brayflox’s, hers now.

Munna - Tiny Tapir; found it out wandering, picked it up and kept it.

Jennyanydots - Fat Cat; bought her while wandering the markets, saw her and immediately had to have her.

Nepeta - Gaelikitten; literally grabbed it while on the Sea of Clouds, just, grabbed it, it’s hers now, time to tame it.

Ichigo - Lesser Panda; found it in the Aery, walked off with it.

Palantir - Shalloweye; won it in Verminion.

Popper - Penguin Prince; also won it in Verminion.

Frith - Dwarf Rabbit; found it on travels, kept it.

Wilbur - Shaggy Shoat; stole it from Xelphatol.

Hachiko - Mameshiba; bought him in the markets immediately upon seeing him.

Barky - Salt & Pepper Seal; found him in Loch Seld and immediately kept him.

Squishy - Aurelia Polyp; found him being sold by a very tired explorer, bought him for reasons she can’t really explain (until after 5.0).

Prickles - Hedgehoglet; bought him from another very tired explorer after cooing for five minutes.

Rocky - Armadillo Bowler; walked right out of Malikah’s Well with him.

Milton - Tiny Echevore; outright stolen from Dohn Mheg.

Donald - Bitty Duckbill; bought him with hunt nuts because CUTE SEND HELP.

Henwen - Bacon Bits; literally stole him out of the air in the Grand Cosmos, hers now. Beq Lugg let her keep it.

Velvet - Unlucky Rabbit; saw an ad for it stopping by the Saucer, Immediately had to have one.

Chomper -- Malone; kidnapped it out of the Diadem when she tagged along with Brona once.

Littlefoot (Baby Brachiosaur), Petrie (Petit Pteranodon), Cera (Trike) -- What happens when she’s allowed to run loose on the Kupo of Fortune.

Mercury -- a Caduceus; stole it from Elpis before they left because she wanted something to remind her of home.

[evil-robot-cat]

DAY ELEVEN - Tifa Hard to tell who's more excited about the new chocobo - Tifa or the kids.  Of course, everyone will have an opinion on what the little guy's name should be.  Boko, Coco, Chobi...  I'm sure Tifa will come up with a good name before Denzel and Marlene teach it to respond to something else!

[wicked-virtue]

*SQUEEEEEEES*   @yutikyis got me the most amazingest Christmas Present!  I present to everyone Chobi! This is the little stuffed Chocobo that Tyranie carries around, all dressed up as a knight. I just can’t even tell you guys how amazing and adorable and wonderful this is. 

(Credit goes to @velliria for the art. Its fantastic ) 

[peacekeeper-xiv]

Saudade

Chobi came to a halt a bit away from Lloire’s destination. They’d been here enough times to know exactly where to stop and graze. The Hyur climbed down from the chocobo and smelled the slight cool desert air of early morning. Here, there was even the slight hint of mist in the air.

Black leather boots kicked up dirt as he wandered lazily to the tombstone. Black hair, tinged with grays shook as he tossed his head over each shoulder to make sure no one else was out and about this early in the morning. Satisfied that he was alone save for his bird, Lloire sat down softly in the dirt before the grave.

He was quiet for several moments. Not even truly sure why he was here again. He knew too much, had studied too much. The aetheric sea, the lifestream, aether was reborn into new life. After this long, she couldn’t hear him. Faith. The gods, the twelve, science and arcane academia still paled to simple belief.

“I miss you.” He whispered to the air. “Gods do I miss you.” Eight words. Eight small words and tears swelled in his eyes. “Why did you have to die? I still need you. You always knew when I was pushing myself too hard… when I was doing something foolish. You knew the right things to say to stop me.” His voice caught as he spoke to a ghost that could not hear him. “I’m trying to be strong… I’m trying to better myself. It’s hard. You always made it seem easy. You always just… knew… knew I would get through things. You never doubted the way I do. I’m left doubting everything.”

A small tuft of grass was pulled up from its roots and tossed aside idly as he spoke. “I’m not sure who I am anymore… what I’m doing. I was a mage… then a Blade. A prisoner, an experiment. A mock knight… a lover, a husband. A murderer. Now I’m trying to be more. A teacher. A leader…” A streak of tear fell, like a star falling from the sky. “I don’t know if I’m fooling myself. If this is a distraction from what I really am. You would have known. Tell me Aliya… tell me if I’m doing the right thing. Imouto is still in that witches’ clutches and I haven’t been able to do a damned thing about it. I look around me… I see your grave… the graves of so many who died where I lived… All I can think is that I was spared for a reason… but if I cannot even save one girl, what good am I? I don’t want to be an instrument of vengeance anymore.”

Even for Thanalan at night, it was deadly quiet. The wolves, the wind. It all fell silent as he spoke to the carved stone. Yuti told me to grow up… She was angry… I had been a fool and a jerk. But her words stuck with me. I’d been following the easy path all this time… trying to claim it was the more difficult road. Losing you… it was worse than losing my parents. I failed you worse than I failed anyone else. I know if you were looking down you’d be so angry with how I’ve lived my life…”

He opened his pack and pulled out the small wreath. A simple thing. An iron ring with copper shaped flowers. He’d wrapped ivy along it to give it something of a real look that wouldn’t die easily in Thanalan. “I know flowers weren’t really your thing… so I hope you forgive the design. At least I worked the metal myself, right? Did you ever expect that? Lloire Peace, shaping metal. I even learned to make armor you know?” A soft chuckle left him. “I have spent nearly every waking moment since you died trying to make up for letting you down. I’ve fought, learned, trained… worked to master every weapon I could hold, learn every spell, understand everything I could… because you can’t…”

He leaned forward, placing the iron wreath in front of the grave marker and wiping sand and dirt from where the inscription was. “I don’t know Aliya… I want to be a better man… I want to grow up. Be the older brother Ikara needs me to be… the husband Elia needs. The friend Soren and Yuti and everyone else need. But I’ve been so weak lately. I can’t carry my own burdens, let along help shoulder anyone elses…”

He stood up, dusting off his pants. “I suppose in the end I’m still trying too hard. Trying to define who and what I will be. That’s what you’d have told me I think. That I was trying to be the scholar, the warrior, the mage… instead of simply being Lloire. And maybe that’s who I should be. Am I still running?” Tilting his head back Lloire looked up at the early morning sky. “Mayhaps I am… I’ve never been able to face myself knowing how I failed you. In doing so I failed you a hundred times more.” He stepped closer, kneeling and placing his forehead to the cold stone. “I don’t know if I’ll ever be the man you thought I could be. Who you saw. But I’m going to try. I miss you Aliya… I love you.”

Standing again, he turned back to Chobi. “Come on old friend. Let’s go home.”

[musesofthemoon]

Certainly, Yu wouldn't be too angry at any reaction like that, Yu having seen enough of his own companion's shenanigans to see how common it must be for Chocobos as a whole. Alongside this, Kain being apologetic was enough for him to be softer about this. Yu feeling as he had to so often apologize for things made him not want others to deal with such a thing if he could help it. With such things in mind, Chobi at least seemed to be gentle with the baby.

Instead of having any sort of hostility, instead the elder bird fusses over Chicken with some concern. The bigger beak pokes around those little feathers with some care, as if trying to find if there was some form of injury anywhere. Yu could see the intention, but still knows not to tell his new friend about this, as it'd probably bring up more questions than answers.

"See, all's well that ends well, right?" He tries to keep up the humor on his own front, but feels some relief once questions continue to roll in. Such an awkward moment should be glossed over as soon as possible if given the chance. And when coming to the bird's quirks, he'd certainly seen a lot.

"Anyway, I don't think Chobi's done that specifically, but he's good at finding things that are lost, usually without you even having to say anything-" he replies, already starting to loosen up a bit more. "Oh, that, and he really likes chewing on hair, which isn't nearly as cute- It drives my sister craaazy-"

It's a bit odd how nervous he'd gotten over Yu potentially being mad at him, given how calmly the boy responds to the elder chocobo yelling back. Chicken gets down again, approaching Chobi excitedly. He's never met another chocobo that looks so close to himself - only that floaty white one.

"Kweh! Kweh!" he calls, jumping in an attempt to get next to who he believes is his new best friend. It doesn't work, and he is simply stuck on the floor staring up at the poor guy he's just brutally awoken.

Kain can only watch in half-amusement, half-horror. "Chobi, please don't be mad at him... He's just a baby."

Not having coffee since leaving Amestris is bad. Not having coffee to deal with this is infinitely worse. He can at least try to move on, though.

"Anyway, uh, Yu, usually he just brings little things he finds to me or Kumo. Like string and bottle caps and buttons - little odds and ends. It's really cute. Does Chobi do anything like that?"

[shiroi---kumo]

( @justaradioguy , chicken ) ->

The baby chocobo is shuffling nervously to big brother, the candy he'd tried to borrow clutched in his beak.

Chobi had said to return it and that it was bad to steal things. Chicken hadn't meant to steal or do anything bad, so now he's sure he'll be in trouble. Still, he wants to make it right so that big brother won't be sad. With an unsettled sound, he climbs onto the Misterican's lap, dropping the bag gently onto the book being read as he tries to make his case. Maybe big brother will not be too disappointed if he apologizes and explains he only wanted to share with Chobi and the furry creature.

"Kweh... kweh, wark. Kweh kweh kweh... wark."

The sound of tapping feet click against the ground until there is an orb of black feathers hopping up on the chair in which he's perched. Curled up reading a book, a bag of gummi worms is dropped down in the center of the page he's on and it's followed by frantic kwehing as if the bird is trying to plead to the Celestial Mother for his innocence.

It was a mistake he says. A common mistake and he did not know that it was considered stealing. That he wanted to share with Chobi and what he assumes is Poshepocket. It is a flood of Kweh'ed apologies and the Misterican only reaches forward his hand to lightly scrub the small bird's head.

"Well that was thoughtful of you, for wanting to share, Little One but you shouldn't eat these. They'll make you sick. I know they look like worms but they are what the humans call candy. They're made of pure sugar. I'm glad you didn't eat them. I would have been upset if you got sick. "

The bag of candy is lifted from his book and sat off to the side. Soon there is a slip of paper pushed into his book and then closed and sat off to the side as well.

He's shifting to reach for the bag that's setting on the floor at the foot of his chair to drag it up and dig through it for a moment before a different package is presented. The Misterican is tearing it open and pouring out what appears to be sunflower seeds in his free hand. They are then presented to the bird.

"You can eat these, minun musta lintu, but you shouldn't get into my candy. Sugar isn't good for you or for Chobi. What if you accidently made him sick? You would be sad, right? Now I'm not upset with you for taking my things. I'm just worried. Ask me next time, okay?"

[ffxvhoe]

*Lil Prompto in Onion Knight costume comes riding in with Fat Chocobo.* Who's being mean to my Queen? Me and Chobi are gonna smoosh all the meanies! >:( -KWEH!- *stands infront of you ready- No meanies allowed! >:c (from 🍏Anon)

Listen I normally ain't a fan of taking care of kids but I would adopt lil chocobros in a damn instant they're so freaking cUTE

[kazeofthemagun]

Merry Christmas! May your colors be sure, your writting please you, and your happiness abound. WAit. That's the New Years resolution for you too. Combine the two please temporarily!

@lilyfarseer

[Merry! Christmas! Lily!! Thank you. Such nice words ^^ All the best wishes for you too~ both for Christmas and the New Year, haha. AND Kweh-mas! Gotta give chocobos some love too. So there it is - a Soil Charge Triad of good wishes!]

[This joke was obligatory on this blog. Asfgjsshfjhk I'm working on silly Xmas art of Kaze and Kumo as we speak so I'll use that "may your colors be sure" thank you very much ;)]

[Have a Chobi reindeer for Kwehmas.]