#mentioned y'shtola

[yshtolakisser]

the most annoyingly romantic couple you've ever met after being apart for literally 2 weeks

[improvised-finish]

Miqo March Day #19 - Peace

Bathed in the glow of the setting sun, Lehon'a, G'raha and Y'shtola sat on one of the outer rocks that formed tide pools on the Tuliyollal beach. For the first time since any of them had arrived, there was finally time to slow down and simply enjoy the view, unburdened by fears of conflict or imminent destruction.

Well, that wasn't exactly true; there was still the trouble of sorting out Yyasulani's reintegration into Tural and relations with Alexandria, but those were problems that could be dealt with... slowly. There was time enough to relax, and that was good enough.

"What do you suppose those ships are for?" Y'shtola asked, pointing at a few vessels on the horizon in idle curiosity.

"They certainly can't be bound for Sharlayan with that size, but... it's hard to tell anything else from here. Have they moved much? I hadn't really noticed them, to be truthful," G'raha replied.

"They hadn't really moved until just recently, so I'd speculated they were for fishing, but they could also be a means of transport to those small outer islands over there, I suppose."

As the discussion of the historical design of fishing vessels and the natural resources the barrier islands might hold went on, Lehon'a simply closed her eyes, a smile subconsciously forming across her face.

Here, in the warm sea air, with the sounds of the ocean in her ears and her partners' hands in hers, Lehon'a let out a long exhale. This feeling is what we fight for, even if it's fleeting, she thought. For moments like this. For peace.

[littlelordalphinaud]

finding another person with a galvus oc let's GO. i want to know more about antonia do you have any random little facts or headcanons to drop

Ahhh!

So I have to be honest, Antonia is actually @instantbee 's OC to match up with my own Soladiti.

MY Galvus OC is Valentina wir vaitor Galvus.

However, since Toni comes from a shared verse and ik that Bee doesn't mind me talking about our shared beebs, allow me to give you a rundown on our dear Bnuuy Princess!

Antonia wir yae Galvus is the bastard daughter of the Emperor Varis zos Galvus, and half sister to Zenos.

Unwanted by her Father, but claimed to be brought to heel, Antonia was mostly raised by her great grandfather, Emperor Solus.

When he died, she fled to Eorzea and met Soladiti in Mor Dhona (by nearly running over civilians on her Magitek Motorbike that Sol caught with their bare hands). The Crystals Sol bore reacted to Toni, and so they became partners, adventuring their way through Eorzea and beyond.

Some key Toni facts:

Sol, Lyse and Y'shtola are the only ones to actually call her Toni. Everyone else calls her Antonia.

Sol also calls her "My little Tyrant" as a pet name. Toni is actually rather fond of the nickname.

She's a mechanical whizz and loves Magitek. And as such, looks down her nose at both Cid and Nero as they allow their pretty squabbles to get in the way of their work. (Also she rightly thinks they're not as good as she is)

When Emet-Selch turns up in Shadowbringers, Toni has a whole ass crisis and then as a defense mechanism, she spends the entire expansion mocking him for abandoning her.

During the EW patches she somewhat made a move for the Garlean throne, but was torn between that and her love of Sol, Lyse and Y'shtola. Realising that her country was moving towards a new way of being, she gave up that dream, as much as it pained her, to allow Garlemald to grow beyond what it had been.

Which is when she marries Sol and becomes princess of Thavnair so, win some/lose some.

Her tag is HERE if you wanna read the other stuff I've written about her!

(also quick note: Valentina is nothing to do with Toni and is from a completely different verse, but feel free to come ask about her too.)

[neriyon]

Hey look, an idea I stole from @zylphiacrowley (chain of idea stealing haha), feat. very startled Hawu'li. More details for each relationship under the cut for anyone curious.

Tataru: She and Hawu'li are very close friends, all the way from the first days he spent with scions. They like to hang out, talk (mostly gossip) about stuff over tea, and while other scions take to Tataur's big moneymaking plans with a healthy dose of caution, Hawu'li is always ready to go do anything she asks. She's also the one Hawu'li usually goes to when he needs some advice or just someone to listen to his woes.

Y'shtola: I've mentioned this before but she reminds Hawu'li of his older sisters. They used to be on purely professional terms up till ShB, and have since made steady progess to become friends. The two of them can usually be found reading books in a same room or chatting about Y'shtola's research (Hawu'li is always curious to learn more).

Lyse: I actually first marked her as a friend, but then remembered Hawu'li is a Gridania starter so uh, family it is. Lyse has kinda decided to take the role of a caring big sister/mother figure by herself - despite being only 2 years older. These two lively idiots (affectionate) do get along well, and occasionally send letters now that Lyse is busy with Ala Mhigo stuff.

Estinien: "Boyfriend of my boyfriend" haha. They both date Aymeric, so they are part of the polycule together, despite not having too much romantic feelings towards eachother. They do trust and appreciate eachother a lot, and are in some sort of friends with benefits status. Hawu'li's can be a bit much for Estinien at times, but it's pretty common to see them sharing some casual contact which Estinien seems to like after spending time alone. They also share the single idiotic braincell over money related things (do not let them to the market without supervision!)

Thancred: Kinda between close friends and regular friends tbh. I feel like Thancred would get annoyed by Hawu'li's energy levels, but he'd also be smart enough to just dump the catboy on someone else when in need of some peace and quiet. Hawu'li finds him pretty nice and trusts him a lot, but does not really appreciate that Thancred prefers to keep him in the dark about most things - meanwhile Thancred feels he's a good kid but a bit too young and airheaded to be trusted with everything.

Ryne: Cat sees teenager, cat adopts teenager. While not as close as with twins, Hawu'li happily treats Ryne as part of the family and takes care to check in on her regularily after ShB. He often brings her gifts and books, staying over for some coffee and biscuits to talk about how scions are doing. Ryne tends to come to Hawu'li about any relationship troubles, and when she and Gaia start going out he's the first one to hear about it (and congratulate them, haha)

Minfilia: This is an intersting one, since Hawu'li usually befriends everyone quickly (if they want to be befriended). But somehow Minfilia's position as the leader of Scions made Hawu'li kinda hesitant to bother her too much, so kinda like with Y'shtola, their relationship stayed pretty professional. In hindsight, Hawu'li definitely regrets he didn't get to know her more.

G'raha: Boyfriends! As close as can be, spending lot of time together. Reading, talking about anything interesting they've learned, visiting new places, going on dates… pretty much anything. G'raha has great tolerance for Hawu'li's clingyness and doesn't mind some pda, so Hawu'li tends to stick to him a lot. Also just cat things: they will often knock their heads together and even start playfighting every now and then.

Alphinaud: Little brother! While more snobbish during ARR, Hawu'li does see some of himself in the boy, and does his best to keep him safe and help him however he can. Likes to gently tease Alphi (usually with Alisaie), but will be uncharacteristically ready to throw down with anything threatening his lil bro (he may or may not have growled at Fourchenault when he was talking about disowning twins).

Alisaie: Little sister and partner-in-mischief! Like with Alphi, they are very close and protective of eachother, with the exception that Alisaie seems as ready to fight to protect Hawu'li as he does to protect twins. They often tease Alphi together, or go channel their excess energy in some friendly sparring. Or run off to see who can climb some trees faster.

Urianger: Hawu'li likes him a lot, but unfortunately can only understand him like 30% of the time. However he's just happy to sit there listening anyway, and usually Thancred or Y'shtola know to check if he actually got the important parts. They like eachother's company, and somehow just hanging out with Urianger seems to calm Hawu'li down a lot, which has been a godsent to everyone.

Krile: Still a pretty new friend, but one that Hawu'li is eager to get to know more. He is however tiiiiiny bit nervous about it, since Krile and G'raha are clearly close, and he really really really wants to get well along with his boyfriend's close friend. Krile thinks he's a nice lad, and hopes he'd relax a bit and drop the random bouts of overly polite behaviour.

[whitherwanderer]

20 // hamper

Sawyer huffed as she looked over formulas and figures, the graphite in her hand tapping an impatient spot into the paper where the dulled tip hit it. Even as she reached forwards for her cold tea (per the usual, she’d forgotten it was there while it was hot), she continued to glare down at the page, her brow set into a focused scowl.

Behind her, errant wings tapped at her shoulder—one, two, forcing her to pay attention to her posture in her chair as the other two skittered across the paper lightly and poked at the material samples that lay atop them.

Sawyer turned in her seat as the raen’s pointed nouliths folded neatly against her back, and the raen reached out to touch the page.

“Frustration and fury. No stranger to the Hawk, but poured into what, the oasis rarely knows.”

Sawyer hummed a note, answering in her comparatively unembellished fashion, “Modifications to those tools of yours. I’ve traded letters with some acquaintances in Sharlayan that were thrilled to see an original iteration of the concept and asked for schematics in exchange for…”

She paused, watching the way her partner’s hand felt aimlessly at the fibers of the page. She had tried to involve Amesha in as many steps of the design process as she knew how to, initially, having her try to attune herself to a great many different crystals and conduit metals, but the parchment-bound stage of design was always… rather one-sided.

She made an angry noise to herself at the injustice of it. As much as she tried to offer Amesha agency—asking what might better enable her rather than assuming, giving her a means to feel her way through a space rather than be led. "Unfettered by sight" as she so often described herself, and yet there were still realms that Amesha was kept from.

“...Hawk?” the raen called, the lengthy pause no doubt causing her worry as she reached out comfort Sawyer with a scaled hand that the hyur took and pressed to her cheek.

“Sorry, I was lost in thought for a moment. I… find it unfair that I’ve spent all this time designing these wings of yours and yet I’ve not included you in the design as much as I could. The wood models are serviceable, but only once I’ve gone through iterations upon iterations with little of your input.”

The raen’s head tilted, and though she smiled, she knew better than to placate. She’d learned well than to give Sawyer an empty reassurance when the hyur was set on the idea that something could be improved for her partner’s sake. Honestly, the hyur might have felt more strongly about it than even she did, but she knew Sawyer would argue back, “All the more reason to be a part of the solution.”

Sighing, the raen withdrew her hand and returned it to the page. “Would that quillstroke and letter could be writ into parchment like the river writes a canyon. Engraved upon page as it is engraved upon earth…” With this, her noulith tipped itself into the sheet, pressing a deep line into a corner of the page that nearly threatened to tear.

Sawyer sat up, at first ready to give the raen light admonishment, but quickly stopped herself at a realization. “...That’s less of a fantasy than you imply. I think you’ve quite possibly come up with the first step towards a solution all by yourself.” she mumbled, looking up and around her desk at the various materials there. “Just a moment.”

She leaned forwards to grab for a narrow metal rod, then grabbed for a blank sheet of parchment while she moved all others aside. The shuffle of paper followed by the quiet scraping of metal caused Amessha to wonder quietly what Sawyer was, presumably, sketching onto this new sheet.

“Now,” the hyur said, papers shuffling again. She pulled Amesha’s hand to the table and laid it gently across the parchment, where the raen explored with her fingertips delightedly. “What do you think I’ve drawn?”

Amesha made an unsure noise as she explored, but indeed, she did feel raised lines in the paper. Long, not quite straight, narrowing shapes that met a tight, rounded end. Many of them, fanned out and layered not unlike scales—

“A… bird’s wing?” Amesha questioned, and she could practically hear Sawyer beaming.

“Yes, exactly right,” she said, in that tone Amesha knew meant she’d be spending a while longer hunched over her work table. She was pulled in briefly, a kiss planted on the raen’s cheek before Sawyer excitedly mumbled. “I’ve got some additions to make to my schematics.”

[artisticvicu]

Summary:

Echo'a Velundaleht, Warrior of Light, Bringer of Hope and the bane of any villain's existence.

Or so the moniker goes. It changes, sure, adapting as needed to appease the masses or be used against him, but that doesn't mean he ever likes it. Not when there's more than just enemy blood on his hands and situations rob him of those he cares about.

At some point he's going to stop caring. At some point, he's going to be done with all their stupidity and the endlessness of it all and simply watch the world burn just because he could.

That thought scares him more than his own death does and he can't help but wonder for how much longer it will.

At least he has the Scions. If he had been on his own, he would have shattered a long time ago. He just hopes he hasn't leaned too heavily on them in turn.

 

This contains predominantly Shadowbringers content but there is some Heavensward - specifically that one particular scene because I ran it as healer and wanted it to actually hurt, gosh darn it. Slowly but surely Endwalker content is being added. Unless noted otherwise, each chapter is named for the quest it appears in with liberal use of the game transcript.

Chapters 22 through 29 have been uploaded

[flowering-darkness]

9 14 and 15 for Lorenza please!

Certainly, Merlin! Thank you very much for these!!

(question source: "ask game: self-insert lore" by celestialship)

9. who are your self-insert’s closest friends? - By this point, I would say that Brynblyss and Tsutsuji fill this role most closely, as they are the friends she spends the majority of her time with and thus knows in a more close way than others she may be seen as getting along better with. (I specify these two and not Clio because she and Clio are meant to be in a romantic relationship, I just.. keep not developing it at all.) Lorenza’s personality may be quite different to either of theirs, but the fact she has shared so many experiences with them over the course of the story is what provides that innate tight-knitness to their dynamic. Initially, this closeness first originated from Tsutsuji being the mage who initially made a pact with Lorenza and whom she was therefore arguably most bound to, while Brynblyss was the one who noticed her struggles with food (as opposed to just directly siphoning aether while in the void), and reached out to help her work around it using his knowledge of potion-making. This gesture wasn't something Lorenza expected of him, but it meant a lot to her, and it did a lot to bridge the initial gap that existed between the two from the aforementioned personality clashes/lack of trust on Bryn’s end.

Outside of the immediate light party, though, Y’shtola is the Scion whom Lorenza gets on best with (followed probably by Urianger?), and she shares a unique closeness with both her and Tataru, because the two of them have directly witnessed more of her nature as a voidsent than the others. Specifically, Y’shtola using magic to visualise aether after losing her vision to the Lifestream meant she was unwittingly faced with the full truth of Lorenza’s nature during Heavensward, while Tataru insisted on weaving a new outfit for Lorenza before Stormblood (to demonstrate that she was in fact part of the Scions and her presence was welcomed instead of just being tolerated), and Lorenza tentatively allowed her to privately take the necessary measurements, despite being reluctant to admit that her wings were not in fact fashion accessories.

14. what hobbies does your self-insert have? - Before the Flood of Darkness, Lorenza’s main hobbies were reading, dancing (particularly very fast dances that were hard for others to keep up with her in), and swordsmanship (much to her mother’s chagrin). She didn’t use to like weaving back then, but became more fond of it “recently”, as an activity done with her old friend Cessair during the Fifth Astral Era. She views a lot of different hobbies as something quite nostalgic to her, because seeing people participating in them nowadays on the Source reminds her of what the Thirteenth used to be like before its destruction. So she might have a go at things here and there.

15. how does your self-insert play a role in the plot of the story? does she help directly defeat the villain, support the heroes, etc.? - While she doesn’t give off the typical impressions of a protagonist, Lorenza does assist the heroes of the game, because those are Clio and the rest of the Scions (including the party she travels with/is part of). Her most active roles as a driving force in the story are during Crystal Tower (which is where she enters the Source and helps NOAH get into the World of Darkness), Shadows of Mhach (in which her history as a voidsent previously summoned by Mhach comes into play), the last zone of Endwalker (as she is captured by the Meteia), and the post-Endwalker main scenario (because of course she is, it’s all about Zero and the Thirteenth). But, she's part of the light party for the main scenario after her introduction!

I hope that these answers were alright! Thank you again for taking the time to send this in when you did~

[kaidawrite-a]

Day 17 - Sally

Endwalker Spoilers!!

A small group gathers before what should be a small adventure.

Short discussions of what treasure is are had.

More friend cameos!

Did you know Au ra horns do regrow canonically? I HC that many choose to cover broken horns with prostheses or cloth while they regrow because who really wants a fly in your ear. This is not relevant to the story but you're learning it today!

[direbeastrex]

FANFEST LONDON 2023 - DUTY COMPLETE!

If you met me at fanfest this weekend and gave you my card- hello! I'm so glad you checked out my socials!! (sorry about the business card print quality, next run will have better contrast balance, I promise) Please pardon the dust- I'm gonna work on an actual side blog for my art if it kills me this week, and try to flesh out and organize my social media presence a little bit more, and going forward I want to get braver about posting sketches and wips rather than just not posting anything that isn't 100% finished and 'perfect'.

This weekend was my first attempt at trying to remember to actually network in meatspace since the Pandemonium, so I'm extremely rusty and need to get some better habits developed- I'll get there with practise! MOSTLY though I just wanted a convenient way to stay connected easier to folks I met, and that seems to have done the job nicely! Next time though, fear not: I'll know now to bring stickers to trade!! In game, I can be found usually on Balmung as Rex Lioncoeur for roleplay or J'ahk Crooktail (name change pending?) for content- but discord is the most reliable way to get hold of me, and you're always welcome to say hi- Everyone I met was so awesome and friendly, and I really do need an excuse to play on EU servers as it is!

See you in Eorzea, and hope you got home safe and sound!

[unionizedwizard]

now i'm thinking about who among the scions would be the best at grillin' (not including the wol who might very well be a lvl 100 culinarian in anyone's specific timeline, obviously)

urianger: not great, as we've established

thancred: i THINK he got better at it after spending five years (!) on the run in the wilderness with a teenage girl honestly. if only thanks to sheer practice. and he's versatile enough that he could be a decent cook imo. still okay at best probably though, his dad card doesnt got that far (F)

y'shtola: i don't believe she was put on kitchen duty even once during her time among the night's blessed. she can probably make various healing potions and basic meals (SOMEONE had to help with matoya's meals. that's what apprentices are FOR!), and she obviously does have a great mastery over fire (euphemism), but she wouldn't want to grill in the first place. she's sitting by poolside drinking rosé and having fascinating conversations

estinien: i do agree with lizzie here, estinien probably would be good at it provided he's familiar with everything involved in the process, and he probably would rather actively but quietly take care of business & help in a concrete way, while being removed from the action.

alphinaud: no. let him build the fire and set up the bbq and send him to go help with the potato salad or something. not sure he can tell rare and medium rare apart. he's very eager to help and learn but wouldn't ask for grilling duty because he knows it's not his specialty

alisaie: this is a baby butchling who wants nothing more than out-grill EVERYONE. i don't think she'd be good at it (yet) but she's definitely staying around and helping and learning, eagerly trying to prove herself. i think she'd have hunted and then prepared the animal the meat came from in the first place. give it a few years and she'll be the ultimate bbq dad But A Dyke, i just know it.

g'raha: would not ask for grilling duty but would not be bad at it if given the chance. between the 100+ years of survival mode & his experience as a broke student doing field work (not to mention potential childhood experiences - grilling meat seems to be a staple of seeker culture all across the world), i think he's seen enough to know what he's doing, but as grilling is some kind of Important Position With Responsibilities, he'd let anyone who thinks they can do a better job than him handle it, and compliment the result no matter how terribly wrong it went

krile: can't say i'd see her want to do it in the first place. her job both as a scion and as a student of baldesion has always been very firmly confined to intellectual, diplomatic & magical duties, and she's been a city girl her entire life. she would help in a thousand little ways including making sure everyone feels included because she's really good at handling social gatherings, without showing it

tataru: could and would out-grill the world's most renowned chefs. they're gonna have to invent a new dellemont d'or prize for grilling specifically after tasting her cooking. she's standing on a stool wearing a pink apron the whole time. the local restaurant owners are having a personal crisis and begging her to teach them her ways.

[stellanix]

shipping y'shtola with runar always rubbed me the wrong way and i now realize that it's because it's such a hallmark movie ass relationship. "single, independent, career-focused woman who's kinda emotionally closed-off and distant needs a sweet and silly and kinda childish man to fix her" and all that. not to mention that shipping her with runar flattens her whole post-endwalker motivation from "wants to learn everything she can about other worlds after discovering they exist" to "she just wants to settle down with the simp who made her soup". also she's a lesbian

[yshtolakisser]

i have many a slurs to call them

[cinnabun-faerie]

FFXIV: Your child dresses up as them for All Saint's Wake

A/N: I hope you enjoy! Sorry, I really do love adding these moments with Y'shtola, Thancred & Urianger. These three are so chaotic and iconic. Note: Y/C/N = Your/Child's/Name I imagine they're either a toddler or a young child

Characters: Alisaie, Alphinaud, Estinien, G'raha Tia, Thancred, Urianger, Y'shtola, (Bonus) Emet-Selch

Frightfest 2024 Masterlist

She's shocked at first

but she is in awe

your kid wanted to dress up like her?

she's honored

and the costume looked so well done! Tataru must have made this for them

"Hey Y/C/N, let's go bother Alphinaud together."

"Is Y/C/N dressed like me?"

he's stunned and impressed

"You've got the braid and my sage gear as well!"

No doubt his mother had a hand in this

she would be more than thrilled to give Y/C/N an outfit to match his

When he sees Y/C/N in mini-dragoon armor, he does a double take

"What do we have here? A little dragoon?"

Y/C/N shakes their head and points at him

and Estinien doesn't miss a beat

"You're dressed as me are you? I should have known."

he's impressed by the attention to detail

there's a tiny lance that is nearly identical to his as well as a plush version of Vrtra

He knows right away

"So this is where my scarf went"

he felt so happy when he saw Y/C/N's costume

he must mean a lot to Y/C/N if they wanted to dress up as him

"Shall we go to the library, Y/C/N? Perhaps I could read to you."

Bonus: If your child isn't a Miqo'te, I could see them wearing a pair of fuzzy cat ears that wiggle every now and then like G'raha's

He's smug

"You're dressed as me? I knew I was your favorite."

He would parade Y/C/N around and declare to everyone what their costume is

honestly, he's proud

he's always tried to be a positive role model to them and this really shows that he is important to them

He would smile fondly at Y/C/N

"You have outdone yourself this time, Y/C/N. I pray this is your best costume yet."

not to mention the attention to detail on the costume

their Astrologian costume sparkles and sways just as his does

not to mention they even have the holder for cards

if there were no cards, he would give them a deck of their own that would be small enough for their hands

though he does chuckle at the facial hair Y/C/N has, the squiggles are very thoughtful

She could recognize that outfit anywhere

"Y/C/N, what is your costume?"

"I am Master Matoya! The avatar of destruction!"

Of course

She'd turn and glare at you, Thancred & Urianger

cue the reaction in Endwalker when Thancred looks away and Urianger hides his face behind his cards

She will deal with the three of you later

regardless, she was flattered

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say I were looking in a mirror."

He'd look at Y/C/N and then at you

"What is this?"

yeah, he supposed that the costume was good

nothing was wrong with it

Y/C/N even had the duel hair colors

and how in the world did you manage to get the eye color exact-

why was Y/C/N scowling like that

"Well, one of us has to go home and change, Y/C/N."

Surprise Pikachu face when Y/C/N points to him and makes the gesture to shoo him

this mini version of you had quite the nerve

honestly both he & Y/C/N would try and out-sass each other

even if Y/C/N could only babble

[littlelordalphinaud]

@arinaxiv reminded me of this lil thing I wrote when I first got into Stormblood, so I hunted it down to post for y'all!

Content Warning for mention of child death.

"Come with me." Fruliyo said, grabbing Lyse's arm and dragging her through the camp. Lyse was quick to look for Zhana or Y'shtola, but both were looking away, almost deliberately so.

"Look," Lyse started, although she didn't dig her heels in, "I know you don't like lying and stuff, so I get that you're probably really angry, and there was that thing of flirting a while ago, and-"

"Lyse," Fru attempted to cut in.

"-I know that I probably should have just told you instead of rejecting you and all, but can you not shout at me? Because I-"

"Lyse!" Fru tried again.

"-didn't exactly set out to lie to _you_, you just happened to be there while I was lying, so really, please don't shout at me!"

"I'm not gonna fucking shout at you!" Fruliyo shouted. Lyse blinked, pulling her arm away now that they'd stopped moving.

"That was shouting." Lyse pointed out. Fru groaned, rolling her eyes.

"Sometimes you're really frustrating," Fru admitted, brushing the loc that hung in front of her face away from her eye, "but I'm not looking to shout at you. Although that was part of why I wanted to talk to you. You've been avoiding me,"

"I thought-"

"I know, you thought I was going to shout at you. But I'm not. So can you stop avoiding me, firstly? I thought we were, y'know... friends..." Fru shrugged, looking away from Lyse.

"Oh." At this moment, Lyse wished she was still wearing Yda's mask, because that would, at least, hide the way the bridge of her nose darkened a little. "Okay. Is that everything, or-?"

"Look," Fru still wasn't looking at Lyse. She couldn't look at her and say what needed to be said, so she didn't look. "The next few weeks are probably gonna suck for you. I don't mean because, y'know, rebellion and all, but you've probably not really gotten the chance to, y'know, grieve. So it's all gonna hit you like a runaway chocobo carriage."

"I dunno, I feel fine," Lyse shrugged.

"Lyse!" Fru groaned, "I'm trying to say that I know what's coming for you. And that, if you ever need to scream, or cry, or have a breakdown that you don't need the others seeing, I can be your punching bag. I know a thing or two about hidden grief."

"Fru, don't take this the wrong way but... you wear your every emotion on your sleeve... or you would if you ever really wore sleeves... anyway, I appreciate it but... you can't possibly know." Lyse shrugged, rubbing at her arm a little, expecting Fruliyo to shout at her again. Instead, Fru sighed, and reached into the little pouch bag that she carted around everywhere.

"It might shock you to learn that actually, I don't do that. Everyone thinks I do, and that's deliberate." Fru held up a Sharlayan necklace, letting it pool in her hand before opening the locket, showing Lyse a tiny wisp of silver hair, tied up with a small white ribbon. "Her name was Kawara. My Father didn't like traditional names which is why mine is the way it is, and Kawara's other mother agreed that it would be nice for her to match me... not that she ever really got that chance." Fru seemed lost for a moment, staring down at the locket in her hand. "She was five days old when I lost her and her mother both." Fru seemed to come back to the present, and quickly shut the locket, securing it away again.

"So I know, Lyse. I know what it feels like to carry someone around like you've been carrying your sister. And when you're ready to put her down again and it feels like you can't breathe without that weight... I don't mind helping you."

"Fruliyo-"

"Oh, and it goes without saying really, but don't tell anyone about... y'know? Only Y'shtola and Zhana know, and I don't need it getting spread to everyone."

"Yeah, of course." Lyse shifted, "I'm gonna hug you now, so don't hit me." she warned, before surging forward to hug Fru. Fru chuckled, hugging her back.

"We need to work on your image of me, Lyse."

[wildstar25]

Honeymoon pt.3 - Kozama'uka

"It's just as you said, my love, the sights Kozama'uka are marvel to behold. Such vibrant wetlands... I can understand now how you were reminded of that of Lakeland. Let's settle here for lunch. I would love to hear this tale of Alexander that Y'shtola mentioned earlier in Earthenshire."

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[nshi-ao3]

Obviously Joker benefits from his relatively uniquely malleable physiology and knowing the best users of healing arts in the world, but Eorzea is a dangerous place and even members of the Scions can be injured in ways that leave a mark.

What are your headcanons for pains, aches, and issues that Joker has to learn to live with as he suffers through everything the game throws at him, especially after meeting Best Friend in Stormblood and having a delightfully Normal final fight with his ass?

Ooh, good question!

Yes, both Joker and the canon WoL shrug off things that should rightfully either kill them or leave them permanently incapacitated haha... But our boy does indeed come away with plenty of scars!

Let's seeeee....

Part of the reason he's developed a bit of a habit of curling in on himself whenever he sleeps, outside of getting increasingly animalistic with all those beastly gods in his head, was that Lahabrea's big ol' energy beam went straight through him. In one end and out the other! (He has an exit wound scar on his back as well as the larger scar on his chest). It made a biiiig, big hole (much like a certain other Ascian in the future hehe... Foreshadowing!) So it would've kind of... obliterated part of his spine. And it came back, sure! (Thank you Hydaelyn and Phoenix!) but... yeah. Probably got a bit of a bad back after that. Someone give him a good massage, quick!! Also he mentioned the scar tissue from that attack was itchy when he was whining about it to Y'shtola. :P I imagine that bothers him every now and then.

Similarly he also agitated the still recovering wound on his leg post-Titan fight by not properly looking after it since the Waking Sands Massacre happened right after. That's probably a bit of a pain too. :(

His left arm probably gets it the worst out of any part of him when it comes to repeated abuse, and he's got plenty of marks on it-- especially after Shadowbringers. Wouldn't be surprised if there were some major issues there. It's probably stiffer then his right... :(

It's not permanent, but his right eye is out of commission for a bit after the first Zenos fight... Good thing there's plenty of time on a long, boring ship ride to the other side of the planet to recuperate haha!

Oh, and I mentioned at one point that by post-Endwalker he develops a stutter thanks to some stuff... It comes and goes. Typically worse if he's upset or agitated.

And it's not an injury, but soon Joker will have to learn to deal with having extra pointy canines haha. Might take him a bit to learn not to cut his tongue on them?!