#glorfindel the chocobo

[karoiseka]

26) Zip

((More ARR goodness, something simple and sweet! [too sleepy to dig into the screenshots for the next one... which.. is my longest of this set, unlike this one. lol Here we go though!]))

Karo clutched the writ from the Flames tightly in her hand as she headed to the Chocobo stables just down the way, next to the grand doorway out of the city.  To have her own chocobo? Her’s truly?  It was a bit of a dream come true!  Not to have to walk everywhere–it was to make her travels so much faster, and allow for a lot more exploring.

Getting to the stables, she watched the birds mill behind the fence.  They all looked quite healthy to her untrained eye, and in good spirits, which reflected well on the stables here.  Most of the birds were the standard yellow, but there were a few mixed in of a rainbow of colors and sizes.  As she leaned up against the fence, several of the more social birds came to visit her, even as she was trying to see which personality seemed to fit her best.

A couple of the very social birds were much too small for her, being bred for Lalafells, whereas at least one of the gentle giants that had come over to attempt to preen her hair was much too large for her, despite the beautiful sapphire blue feathers. Giving him a scratch, she paced along the fence, eyes darting around and tail twitching behind her. 

A flash of pale blue zipped along the back of the enclosure before jumping high and landing with a proud squawk on top of a pile of crates left for that very purpose. Laughing, Karo noticed him perk up at the sound of her voice.  Posing confidently, the chocobo whistled, before leaping up off the boxes to the top of the overhang–one of the handler’s affectionately shoo-ing him down, even as he ran along its length, coming closer to where Karo was standing.  With a triumphant “kweh!” the bird jumped once more, gliding over the fence to stand at her side, nuzzling her shoulder with affection.

“Well then, I think you’ve been chosen!” the handler had been following the chocobo across the pen, and had sighed with amusement at the jailbreak–even if he hadn’t gone far.  “Glorfindel is his name, and he’s a feisty one as you saw!”  Karo had turned to the blue bird, quietly hooking a hand into his bridle so he couldn’t bolt (not that she wouldn’t just be dragged along like so much baggage), but also to help the handler clip a quick lead on him.  He was the perfect size for her, lithe and fit, and a sense of adventure to boot.  

“I think I like being chosen,” Karo replied, giving Glorfindel another scratch that he leaned into with a coo.  “Is–is this good enough to claim him?” she held the writ out, crumpled as it might be.

“New Flame recruit are ye? Yes, he’s available for this.  No one’s been interested in him due to his mischievousness, but I seem to think you two might get along in that,” Karo was greeted with a wink, as they bustled about, the writ disappearing in a deep pocket.  Looking up into the–no her chocobo’s face, she almost didn’t hear the wrangler continue as pure joy enveloped her.

“Let’s get him the rest of the way saddled up, and off you can be!  Let me show you how to use the whistle…”

[minumi-chan]

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Song stuck in your head: Rodeo de Chocobo (FFXV OST, fuck you @draiad​) 

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Favourite characters: How VERY dare you.... ugh, there’s so many tho... From Disney: Stitch, DUH-- more recently Moana, and Tiana, and Baymax and Honey Lemon; Anime: Yumichika and Ikkaku, THE ENTIRE FUKKEN CAST OF YURI ON ICE EVERY LAST MOFO ON THERE, Basically ALL OF KARASUNO JUST LET ME ADOPT THEM, Tolkien: Galadriel and Celeborn, Findarato, Findekano, Glorfindel and Ecthelion, Thingol and Melian, Merry and Pippin; Marvel: Teddy and Billy

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[karoiseka]

Speculate

((I asked for an era/character because I was stumped, and got the answer of Miner Tataru.  After much searching, I realized that Tataru’s mining arc got axed! (yes, pun intended).  Well, nothin’ for it but pretend it still happened anyway (because it DID for Karo, I played through it before they got rid of it!) and let everyone else have a slightly expanded scene anyways! 2.5-ish spoilers!))

Gloom hung heavy over the fogfens as Karo looked for the Scions wayward secretary. The morbols that made the swamp home would make short work of the tiny Lalafell, much less an unsuspecting Miqo’te who came to look for said Lalafell. Not before too long though, she started to hear the rhythmic tapping of a pickaxe against stone and crystal, and Karo sighed in relief as the pink-clad Tataru entered her sight, not a care in the world beyond finding the next nugget to place in the pack she had with her. The bard hung back for a few moments watching her friend in such deep concentration that Tataru didn’t even notice the morbol sneaking up behind her.

…THE MORBOL THAT WAS SNEAKING UP ON HER!

Karo was already sprinting forward grabbing her bow and wondering why she had even hesitated making herself known. With a shout, she got the monster’s attention and directed it’s fury towards herself instead of the bite-sized snack it originally had wanted. A streak of pale blue skirted her vision as her loyal chocobo Glorfindel flanked her advisary, providing much needed support against a foe that large. Diving to the side through the knee high water, she barely missed the gods awful breath attack before firing off several arrows into the gaping maw. Keeping an eye on both her friend and chocobo, she kept the morbol's attention on her, continuing to fire arrow after arrow. Tataru luckily hadn't run out of visual range, but had ducked down behind the rocks she had been mining prior.

One last arrow down it's gullet and finally the monster fell to the side with a large splash into the shallows. Karo took a deep breath of relief, walking over to give some extra treats to Fin, scratching his head cooing thanks. One last pat, and she headed over to where Tataru was still hiding her head against what she was certain was her own death.

"Tataru," the Bard pitched her voice for comfort and soothing as she exerted some bit of magic into the words to make sure her friend didn't bolt. "It's all safe now, it's dead and gone." Wide violet eyes peered at her between fingers before surprise and relief flooded her features. Crossing the last few fulms, Karo kneeled again to be closer at eye level.

"Oh, Karoiseka! Thank goodness you arrived when you did! I don't think I'll be coming back here alone, that's for sure!" Karo listened to Tataru babble on for a bit, talking about a missing hammer and agreeing to look into the missing delivery for her before they started the trek back to Revenants Toll.

"Oh! I almost forgot!" Tataru stopped dead in her tracks in theiddle of.the path to open wide the pack she had brought along and put the spoils of her mining into. Rummaging around in it, Karo stood protectively over until she popped up triumphly something clenched in her tiny fist. Holding out her hand, there were two small blue water aspected crystals.

"These were the first two I found! I'd like you and Minfilia to have them!" Karo accepted the shards carefully and beamed at Tataru.

"Ah! Thank you!" Still not the most chatty, the reply seemed to satisfy her smaller companion.

"Just see that Minfilia gets her's please!" Taking off, they set back out and we're shortly back in the main plaza and Tataru headed to the markets as Karo headed into their new home, the Rising Stones. Heading straight to the solar seemed wisest to pass on the gift, remembering that Minfilia had been ainer herself when younger. The antecedent was working on paperwork when she arrived, but looked up with a smile as Karo laid the crystal on her desk corner.

"Tataru's first mining spoils, she wanted us each to have one," they shared a delighted smile as Minfilia picked up the crystal.to pour over it. The rest of the day whiled away as they chatted and speculated how long the mining venture would last, and what was next for their pink clad friend.

[karoiseka]

Day 3 of MiqoMarch! Favorite Mount!

As usual, I couldn’t pick just one... Glorfindel is canon her go-to everyday companion and mount, but... I sometimes just can’t get over the Chocobo movement.  

I’ve been using Nightmare very consistently since I got him ages ago during my collection of the ARR ponies.  I love ALL my ponies and had them all on my mount bar for the longest time--mostly before ARR flying because I’d get on whichever matched the zone I was in!

And my Griffon.  Oh my glorious friend. lol  I do NOT know if/how they work into Karo’s story, however, if I’m flying, there’s a 90% chance I’m on this friend... that I got when I decided I was going to “keep” the game (I had a free copy/trial from Humble Bundle) and bought CE upgrade, and CE full expansion of HW which was the only expansion out at the time.  I even used it before I could fly, and it has the GOOFIEST run.  It still is my go-to when flying, but I’ve been trying to bring out some of my other friends as well.

Bonus pic of all those in my favs!:

[karoiseka]

13. Does your character have any pets?

Besides Glorfindel her Chocobo?  She has at least one, that found her end of SB timeframe, story fic found here.  I love that little white tiger cub, and I’d like to think that Tataru took care of it while Karo was exploring the first.  With how much I jump around with my writing, I’m having a hard time remembering to connect everything, so, eventually I may go back and add little tidbits to things to make everything more coherent and connected.

Other than the tiger and chocobo.... not... really?  Besides the very much being adopted BY the Shoebill. >.>  Does it count as a pet if we don’t feed it and it just keep showing up? ;-)