#octopath on sea au

[beantothemax]

Octopath on Sea but Ritsu gets more trauma and more difficulties connecting with others in the future. Oh and the slow fear of drowning in the future but shhhhh

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Ritsu: So. This is- This is how it ends huh? Not with me getting shot or stabbed or some other death but with me drowning after my ship sinks. One of my friends is bleeding and the other telling me that he was never really my friend and it was a whole ploy to join a stupid cult.

Oboro: …Yeah.

Ritsu, scoffing: Is your name even Kazan?

Oboro: Not at all.

Ritsu: Great. Crick is going to bleed to death while I drown and you’re just going to walk away like you didn’t betray us.

Oboro: I did what I had to.

Ritsu: And what is that exactly? I kept being dragged into this fucking cult and I don’t know what they want with me. Am I important somehow? Do I end the world in the future or some shit?

Oboro: Not that I’ve seen no.

Ritsu: Hah. Then what’s the point of all of this? What’s the point of all of your coworkers coming up to me and trying to use me to kill for them.

Oboro: I don’t have an answer to that.

Ritsu: What’s the point of you coming up to me?

Oboro: …I don’t have an answer to that.

Ritsu: Of course you don’t. Of fucking course.

Ritsu: Is there a reason why the Sacred Guard just went and tried to kill us both?

Oboro: Yes.

Ritsu: Will you tell me?

Oboro: No.

Ritsu: Right.

Ritsu: …So now what? You’re just going to kill me? I’m going to drown already so there’s no point.

Oboro: I’m actually here to give you and your friend a quicker death. Drowning is a terrible way to go and your friend is in clear pain. I am quite skilled with the knife so-

Ritsu: Pass. I don’t want you to ever be near me ever again.

Oboro: …Despite what you think I have the best interests in mind. The world is cruel and dirty. Everyone is out for themselves and only cares for their own lives. We’re all just specks in the cold, uncaring, universe and according to the universe, our purpose is to wake up, suffer, and then die. I find a life like that to be unfair.

Ritsu: So what. That’s life. It’s fucking cruel and we have to make do. We make do and then we have to move on because no one really is there to help you. Not even in your grief.

Oboro: And if life wasn’t unfair?

Ritsu: Well maybe I wouldn’t be here on a sinking boat and instead be with my sister and be with Hikari. Maybe that’s what would have happened.

Oboro: Ritsu Hikari is-

Ritsu: Oh shut up. Claude and Arcanette already tried to tell me about “bringing Hikari back”. I’m not stupid. He’s gone. He’s gone and I can’t do anything anymore.

Oboro: For what it was worth, I did enjoy our friendship.

Oboro: …Well goodbye. The endless bottomless sea is always more inviting than life. I hope that brings you comfort.

Ritsu: Gods you actually- Fuck you Kazan. I fucking hate you for making me actually believe I can open myself up again and it won’t hurt like last time. Thanks for proving me wrong and that there’s something worse than death.

Oboro: …Glad I could help.

Ritsu: I hope you drown in the bottomless abyss you love so much.

Oboro: Me too.

Ritsu: …

Ritsu: …He’s gone Crick.

Crick: Oh that’s a relief.

Crick: Are you okay?

Ritsu: The ship is sinking and you’re bleeding Crick. Neither of us are okay.

Crick: Then save yourself. You can do it. Just leave me to-

Ritsu: Crick I can’t get out even if I tried. My leg is broken and I just- You don’t deserve to die alone.

Crick: Oh. Okay.

Crick: It was a good run right? We did our best to get to them despite neither of us having extensive nautical knowledge.

Ritsu: …Yeah. Yeah it was.

KIWI??????? THIS IS REALLY GOOD???? IM GONNA CRY MAYBE?????

ritsu tearing into kazan and just being so so sick of his shit was. very satisfying to read. he’s going through so much in this au he’s earned this. and the whole part where he calls out kazan as the asshole he is for tricking him into opening up again!!!!! yeah!!!!!!!

AND!!!! HIKARI BEING GONE???? CRICK BLEEDING OUT????? BOTH OF THEM JUST?? ACCEPTING THEIR END??? KIWI IT CANT END HERE. TELL ME IT DOESNT END HERE

[1driedpersimmon]

*When u accidentally marry a fish*

[sansloii]

because i draw a lot of my inspiration from media like bloodborne, legend of zelda, the nier series, octopath traveler, etc., I'm constantly sitting here stewing over muses' fantasy verses/aus + the world they come from and it's just like... i feel like a hamster spinning on its wheel

for example, in the group fanatasy au i'm building for all the muses, the continent they live on ( Elysia ) has its magic/driving bio energy... purely due to the fact that its landmass is 100% made up of the corpses of dead ancients and dragons and gods. there's a higher concentration of them in places like Exulan ( Roderick's kingdom ), hence why the capital city can exist, thrive underground, and is the way it is. even then, the existence of the remnants of these beings isn't always so obvious like that--but it's there!

in Meriburn (Dakota's kingdom), they have their "mysterious", god-given flowers and their inexplicable favor when it comes to the sea and its tides due to beings that sleep beneath their feet and in the waters they travel in--many dead and one not.

Sivatis (Andris' kingdom) literally has a god's descendant ruling them and his existence is the tie between the kingdom itself and the land it sits on. it's the reason why they have the seasons, why magic is so dense in certain parts of the kingdom that Andris likes instead of being so widespread

the same could be said for Arcadis (Penelope's territory, which i'm writing up today), especially because it is a coalition of old kingdoms--dead kingdoms--patchworked together following their contribution and involvement to... you know, the dead ancients that make up Elysia's landmass. And like Andris, magic and bioenergy is pulled to specific places because of Penelope.

this magical nature and energy is thinnest around Brecaea ( which Wynn's parent's rule) and that is also why they focus so much on technology and magic's uses for it instead of the other way around. though, in a way, Brecaea balances out the other kingdoms with what they "lack". because without Brecaea and their focus on using magic and bio energy to efficiently develop, it pushes the entire continent forward and to make proper use of that energy while it lasts.

i'd like to think that Elysia is a place full of wonder that travelers come to and are in awe of everything they see. but at the same time, i'm a healthy proponent of... the depth of the history that they have and trying to find some wrongness in it. nobody questions why exulan is so massive and is filled with ruins of castles on the eastern side or pays any mind to arcadis when they express displeasure over this. no one bats an eye at the fact that the meriet people worship a flower that very few have seen in person despite it being plastered all over the kingdom. everyone acknowledges the descendant of a god but no one can tell anyone a thing about why he is there or why he exists on the mortal plane and why sivatis.

and brecaea is brecaea... where the veil of magic is the thinnest but the borders that surround it are where magic is strongest. for a land that is "lacking" it it they have concentrations of energy that rivals exulan lining the kingdom

[alien-onyx]

sea cucumber flavoured octoling conductor he is deeply unlikeable for my splatoon/octopath au where Osvald takes on the role of agent 8 (reposting that design under cut for your convenience)

and bonus: what if davids was literally just a cucumber. ft my oc simon

[sapphirepastries]

A Cleric in a Twisted Wonderland (Octopath Traveler AU) - Let's Make a Deal

i thought it'd be fun to write the scene where yuu signs azul's contract in book 3 for my cleric yuu. i might write more of these little scenes if im in the mood for it uwu

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Yuu looked around the VIP room in wonder. There were a lot of things that were new to her in this world and the entirety of the Octavinelle Dorm and the Mostro Lounge were among them. She had no idea that an entire building could be underwater or that you could bring the sea indoors with such a large aquarium. Not to mention that this VIP room looks like it would have no problem looking like it belonged to the famous tycoon, Roque Brilliante. It didn't help that Azul would definitely get along with him.

It seemed that no matter what world she was in, Azul was still the same as ever. The same went for Jade and Floyd, and even Jack, who was sitting next to her.

She focused her gaze back to the man sitting in front of her. He looked the same as her Azul with the exception of the clothes he wore, and even then the style was similar. Both Azuls wore a nice suit with a coat hanging off their shoulders and a hat. Even the business smile he wore was the same.

"So, what would you like to discuss with me?" he asked.

"I wanted to ask you if you'd be willing to take those anemones off everybody's heads," she replied.

Azul chuckled, that smile of his never leaving his face.

"Hahaha! Goodness me. That's quite the demand to make right out of the gate," he said. "You would ask me to release all 225 students from their contracts with me?"

Jack jumped in his seat, shocked. "You bamboozled that many people?! That's nuts!"

Yuu sighed. As expected of Azul. He could rope anyone into a contract with his silver tongue.

"Yes, well, Jade and Floyd did a bit of proactive market outreach this year." His smile grew wider. "Thanks to that, I've had no shortage of clients ready to strike up deals with me."

He looked her in the eyes.

"Now, Yuu -- as for your request to free those students..."

He went on to explain that the students went into his contracts willingly and that the terms were fair, but Yuu knew better. And even better than that, she knew how to deal with him. Journeying with his Solistia counterpart made her wise to all his tricks.

She did wish she could see the kind side of him in this world, though. He's so sweet when he wasn't looking to rope people into contracts.

"Then what kind of deal do you want to make with me?" she asked, as he finished talking.

Jack whipped around to her. "Wait, what?! Have you lost it?!"

A familiar sparkle appeared in Azul's eyes, and Yuu knew she had him interested.

"Oho. You want to make a deal with me?" He leaned forward, elbows on his knees as he laced his fingers together. "Now there's an interesting proposal."

Behind him, Floyd laughed. "Ahaha! Little Shrimpy's got some guts!"

"I do have to say that I have been interested in talking to you," Azul continued. "I've heard tales of your rather wondrous healing abilities from other students."

Yuu furrowed her brows. As she understood it, Azul's contracts in this world were unique. If both parties agreed to the terms, then he could actually take people's magic away. If he was bringing up her healing magic then...

"'And the gods did give their messengers flame to light the way forward,'" she recited, cutting him off.

Azul blinked, looking bewildered at being cut off. A rare sight. The other boys in the room looked just as confused. What was she talking about?

"As a cleric of the Order of the Sacred Flame, I cannot, in good conscience, give away the flame that was given to me by the gods," she explained. "We are to use that to light the way forward for others. If you are interested in using my healing magic as part of the contract, then you'll have to consider something else."

The bewilderment lingered on the Octavinelle boys' faces, and she smiled gently at them.

"I'm used to this kind of thing," she said. "Is there anything else I have that interests you?"

Azul pursed his lips behind his hands. She was a clever one it seemed. He would have to be careful around her, but something bothered him.

The way Yuu looks at him...it was like she was seeing an old friend again. It felt like she could see right through him.

Why was that?

"Well, I can't possibly impose on your beliefs then," he said carefully. "Let's see what else you have that interested me."

[sombrerokiwi]

HI KIWI I LOVE YOUR OCTOPATH ON THE SEA AU I LOVE YOU

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:D

[these-detestable-hands]

Pie I remembered you mentioning Selkies for the Octopath on Sea au and while I remembered that Beastlings would probably be Selkies, I also like the idea of Pala being one for the whole purpose of her giving her coat to pretty ladies so that they can marry her

Cool idea but I'd like to remind you that Pala is 14!! Maybe someone else?

[woodland-knight]

"The Goddess of Tides rests beneath a Golden Sea..."

Art for one of my many Octopath AUs! This one is particularly inspired by Greek Mythology, specifically Hades and Persephone! I had a lot of fun with this, especially the pose and body type for Tressa!

[paralianprince]

5, 14, 18, 30

5. What’s your oldest roleplay blog?

it was for hk!!  he’s retired now tho.  he wasnt my first character or even my first hetalia character, but his was the first blog i made (i even originally made one for a closed human au ring, before deleting that and remaking it as an independent blog!)

14. What are your thoughts on duplicates?

i ADORE them !!  and i usually go out of my way to try befriending them 

finding other micro fans, and roleplayers especially, is so rare that i’m always really excited whenever i see one!  and it’s nice to be able to compare/contrast our respective portrayals with someone who actually knows what tf we’re talking about 

(since the hws fans most likely to know even the basics of micros trivia are the people who make content for those corresponding characters!)

in fact i’m so predictable for befriending other sealands that in the past i’ve been approached by totally new sea blogs wanting to introduce themselves which i find REALLY funny and charming and nice 

18. What’s the one thing you want to try the most on your blog?

to branch out!!  i’ve mentioned in the past that i have a bit of a complex wrt initiating threads with people, because before i know it i’ve already convinced myself that they probably dont want to write with a sealand and if i do send them something what if they just roll their eyes and feel obligated 

i know it’s totally probably not the case at all, so i’ve been trying to work against that feeling and approach people more! 

30. Other than roleplaying, what’s your favorite hobby?

i like playing RPGs!!  morrowind is my favorite and it’s what i’ve been playing the most lately.  i have a mod that disables the automatic journal quest entries so i have to write them all in myself, which does wonders for staying in-character and really personalizing the experience, as well as remembering what’s happened to him so far, instead of it all blurring together 

one of my friends is also trying to get me into octopath traveler (im about 11 hours in atm!)

honestly this question is hilarious.  “what do you do besides roleplaying”  oh i play roleplaying games 

like me @ me: holy shit 

[moonwolfhowl]

Yuletide 2k19 edition

Hiyo, first off I’m moonwolfhowl on tumblr and nightmoonz on AO3. I’m really excited that you got me and I just want to thank you so much in advance and I really hope you have fun with this!!

Secondly, here are a couple things that I like and dislike, (and some prompts but you can take ‘em or leave ‘em). If you’re not 100% sure on if something is or isn’t my deal my ask box is open and the anon option is turned on.  

Ratings: I prefer through T-M, but tbh I’m pretty easy so if you wanna go up to E feel free ^__^“’

Likes, Loves and DNWs:

Likes and Loves!

AUs! No, seriously, every kind of AU

Humor! Especially: sarcasm, witty banter, etc…

Angst and hurt/comfort are awesome!

Slow Burns

MUTUAL PINING and/or SEEMINGLY unrequited feels

idiots to lovers, this can either be enemies to lovers or friends to lovers. sort of related to the point straight above XD

found families

Fake relationship/dating/marriage you know for a cover/mission/(fill in the blank)

Bed Sharing

Sex Pollen

“In Vino Veritas” 

Happy Endings!!

Squicks/DNWs (do not wants):

Character Bashing

Abuse of any kind

Cheating

Actual unrequited feelings

Harm to animals

Non-Con

Incest

Mpreg

Major Character Death

Scat and/or Watersports

2nd and 1st person perspective

Spiders especially Tarantulas, this is a huge trigger for me

Okay! I’m gonna put a break here because this is a long post and all prompts/ideas are below.

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Alrighty, so these are just some silly prompts or ideas that you can take from or totally ignore altogether! It’s really just some ideas that you can look to if you’re stuck or need a jumping off point.  And man, like if you already had an idea? Please feel free to go with that instead, I just want you to have fun  = ^__^ =  

Also again, if you have any questions the anon option is turned on for my ask box.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~OOctopath Traveler - Therion, Tressa Colzione, Cordelia Ravus, and Leon Bastralle

Oh boy this game. I have no words that can even describe how much I LOVE this game. The storytelling was fantastic and I got really invested in not just the main 8 but in all of the minor/side characters too. I know I have Therion, Cordelia, Tressa and Leon specifically but if you want to throw in any of the other characters in the tagset you totally can, same with any side ships (here’s looking **You don't have to include ALL the characters I selected here in your fic, you can mix them up or follow a prompt I have. I only request that you include at least one of the ones picked here <3

I’m kind of open to anything but if you do need a jumping off point (and/or want to see me gush over my favs) check out the prompts below

Therion - I love him and would die for him he is my perfect little trash bandit. It kills me how he longs to belong somewhere but is equally afraid of it for very good reasons. Because of this he’s so heavily guarded and *sobs* his reactions to people (the 8 and Cordelia) genuinely caring about his wellbeing? It just hrrk! I’m so happy I started with him, that I got to see his growth throughout the story and how his emotional wounds finally seem like they’re on their way to healing. Tressa - My adorable little gremlin, she’s such a little badass! While money may be on her mind a lot she’d never cheat anyone! She’s genuinely kind and her travel adventure is so interesting because it’s about exploring the world, experiencing new places—and while she has a certain understanding of this—she learns the true meaning of sentimental value in things. I love her so much. Leon - I love how much of his character is wrapped up in some mystery and that he seems like a tortured but mature soul (as you can see I have a type.) Cordelia - I love Cordelia and she is entirely underrated. She’s been through quite a lot and her faith in my best boy helped him come back into the world able to to trust and love people again. She’s very soft and caring and now that her stolen heirlooms have been restored to her she can come back into the world herself.

Gen ideas:

Tressa and Therion teasing TF out of each other doesn’t matter what about or who about. I just love them and they have such a brosis vibe

Tressa spear fishing and shocking Therion or everyone by it, you can add any and/or all of the characters in the tag. (Inaccurate Tressa, "What? I live in a Port Town my dudes.”)

I know this is cheesy but Therion having his first Apple Pie would destroy me ; __ ; it can be when he’s little or an adult, AU, Canonverse or Canon divergent it can be a Birthday treat to himself, it can be the first thing he pays for with money he earned on his own. If you want to include any character my sign up sheet or want to include any other octo character(s) that’s fine too!

Shippy ideas (which I’m a little more into but whatever you are comfortable with is a-okay by me):

Cordelia Ravus/Therion (Thordelia)

THEM *SWOONS* I just love them, Cordelia helps my baby boy trust in people again and brings happiness back to his world… and he has so much respect for her I’m just— ; __ ; I just love them

Actor & Author relationship: AU, Canonverse or Canon divergent you name it!

Again Tressa teasing TF out of Therion but specifically about Cordelia (esp after his chapter good god. *swoon*)

Cordelia’s POV on her Noble Thief

Anything post game like I wouldn’t mind seeing her rebuilding Bolderfall, visiting each layer of the city and helping it thrive

Fake Dating. Any Setting XD

The “I’m supposed to take out the target but I fell for them instead” is also very good

Tressa Colzione/Leon Bastralle

; w ; their relationship and care for each other—like Thordelia’s—makes my heart melt

Any kind of them traveling together and developing feels on the open seas post game

Her being his apprentice and learning from him while teaching him some new things

Does Leon have a thing for the arts? Is that why he’s particularly enamored endeared to Tressa spotting the painting?

yeah ngl anything, my thirst is real

A Very Shippy and utterly ridiculous prompt. Tressa x Leon (Treon? Lessa?) and/or Thordelia (however if you wanna include other side ships like Olberhardt or H’aanit x Ophilia for example you can go for it!)

Masquerade! Can be Canonverse, Canon Divergent or AU!

A Masquerade ball in which: 

They can either know each other beforehand or not

Halloween Party, Adults, College AU

idk this is just something to have fun with and hey lol if you wanna make it more mature feel free

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Promare - Lio, Galo, Gueira, Meis

Man this movie messed me up and all the right ways. Honestly one of the most chilling things was to see all of the Burnish being used as engine fuel… I like—ngl I cried, and then when Lio gets used as the core? ; __ ;

Honestly I will be happy with anything you come up with, there are so many possibilities just know that a heavy angst fic is A-okay by me, but if you want to do a flufflier or humor fic those are also so Very VERY good. I have some ideas below but again like if you have an idea in mind or started something by viewing my likes list go for it!

**You don't have to include ALL the characters I selected here in your fic, you can mix them up or follow a prompt I have. I only request that you include at least one of the ones picked here <3

Lio - Um yes I love him. He’s just such a tortured soul and true cares about people. I like—honestly he is my favorite character. The way he used his flame to protect Galo? How hard he fights for the Burnish? How hard Gueira and Meis fight for him and stop at nothing to save him speaks volumes about the kind of person he is. I just love him and want him to have nice things

Galo - This wonderful brilliant dumbass. I also love him and despite me calling him a dumbass he’s actually pretty with it when it comes to adapting to his environment. He also takes in new information and rather than reject it out right he examines it critically. Like the way he approached Kray about the Burnish experiments was not the smartest… However, he still went to find the truth no matter how much it could have hurt him and that really defines what kind of guy he is.

Gueira & Meis - So unfortunately we didn’t get to see much of these two but what we did get to see was GOLD. I love them, I love how they fight so hard to protect their fellow burnish and how loyal they are to Lio. Like omg when the Burnish were being rounded up but they used the last of their strength to save Lio, believing—knowing that he would come back for them? *hrrk* My heart.

So okay!!! Ideas and/or prompts! Again you don’t have to use these if you don’t want to <3

Anything Shippy with Lio and Galo + hurt/comfort?? 10/10

An AU where the Promare gift the Burnish with their “fire bending” abilities permanently

Anything found family esp if it's adopting Lio's litter fam with Galo's ; w ;

I'd love to see what was going on with Gueira/Meis while they were locked up side by side. What did they talk about? Their faith in Lio? Them possibly growing up with Lio? Their feels for each other? And honestly you can go as angsty as you want to with this.

Gueira & Meis being over protective (big bros) of their boss and bestie Lio. (Poor Galo lmao)

Feel free to include any other characters you want from the tag set or canon in general ^___^ 

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Crescent Moon - Any

Ah… my poor beautiful tiny manga fandom… I love this 6 volume series so much. The storytelling can be fast paced at times but it doesn't even phase me considering how detailed and intricate the themes, lore, relationships and monsters & magic are. For this fandom anything goes, like any AUs, tropes, canon compliant or divergent is all welcome here.

Bonus points if you have your own take of the song/legend: “Princess Princess why do you cry?”

If you want to make a fic about the Princess and the Demon boy when they were kids, or have any fic at all featuring them (kid or adult) I'm all for it.

I love Mahiru Shiraishi/Mitsuru Suou they are such little disasters anything with them would be amazing but I’m a multishipper so if you have a ship that isn't them and you've been dying to write your ship? Write your ship! I'd love to read it!!! 

And anything including Akira is god tier - he is the bestest boy. 

I’m sorry I know this prompt is very open ended and very vague but like I’d just be happy with anything

[beantothemax]

Stormhail in the Sea au but I think of ways to make it cursed. Starting with Clan Mei being literally bound by sea and if they stop sailing for more than 2 hours much woe and death befalls on them. The town has a literal ghost problem because Dar’Quest messed around with magic and it stops the people who died there from really moving on. Ritsu and Ort has to stop Crick from bounding themselves to the town multiple times

if rai mei isn’t seafaring and journeying every second of her life she will die.

d’arqest got really into wind waker and thought ‘wow! everyone should be in a boat always’ and decides to cast his Fucked Up Sea Spell on stormhail so they could all experience the joys of wind waker gamecube

[beantothemax]

What if I just-

*stuffs Hikari and Elena in small fish tanks*

Claustrophobia and now Partitio and Osvald are rowing as fast as they can towards Harvey’s lab.

NOOOOO GET THEM OUT OF THERE!!!!!!! THAT’S NOT AN ENRICHING ENVIORMENT

[beantothemax]

Castti always looked like a sea girl when I first saw her design and now we can do it in the Sea au. In this essay I will explain how she was the Captain of a traveling apothecary ship and how Trousseau went and killed everyone on the ship through poison and some magic.

At the same time Claude is still a bastard but now an immortal deal-making bastard and in here we will explore how the deals make everyone’s lives worse starting with Trousseau, Castti, Ritsu, and Throné.

Let’s begin with this-

apothecary ship captian castti!!!! wooo!!!! she’s earned being a ship captain after everything shens gone through

trousseau killed everyone by just throwing all the oranges overboard and waited for scurvy to do the rest of the work/j

if Claude isn’t making everyone’s life worse in an au, it isn’t a good au. and!!! deals??? huh???? that’s concerning.

[beantothemax]

The duality of Ritsu in the 4 Braincell au and the Octopath on Sea au is amazing

Ritsu in 4 Braincell au is a guy who puts power aside in favor of his friends and family. He gives up the chance to have his name be etched on history to be by his friends side. And he’s rewarded for it. His name is still etched into history, he can now say with confidence that he had the power to fell a god, and peace is within Ku. He’s happy.

Meanwhile with Octopath on Sea Ritsu he’s just tired. He is looking for someone he knows is dead in an effort to find peace and give them a proper burial, unaware that they are alive. He’s putting up with so many people just to get to his goal and trying his best to do it fast so he can get back to Mikka. He was a lonely person due to the trauma of losing Hikari making it hard for him to connect with anyone else and it shows. He’s going to have several Moonshade Order members come up to him and try to offer him power only for him to say no because he has one goal in mind and it’s trying to get justice for a friend who he knew for a month. He’ll warm up to Crick eventually but he will continue onto his goal until he wakes up on a ship after his own got wrecked and come face to face to Hikari, very much alive and well.

RITSU NOT BWING ABLE TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE AFTER HIKARI VANISHED…. AAGAGAGHHHHHHH

the duality of ritsu. in 4 braincells au he’s just being silly and having fun with his friends, meanwhile in octopath on sea au he’s just very tired and isn’t even tempted my the local shadow cult because he just really wants to see his friend again

also!!!! that part at the end!!!! kiwi pls elaborate!!!!

[beantothemax]

Hikari being a merfolk, should be certified WeirdTM.

Kazan tells him to be inconspicuous and has him hold flowers and then Hikari just starts eating said flowers.

Ritsu one time saw him eat a whole fish raw and he just accepted that because okay. Okay.

Castti witnesses Hikari eat plants poisonous to Humans but not to Merfolk.

Hikari regularly disappears from the ship and he comes back just looking like a wet cat saying he found a new area to search for treasure.

love this au's hikari. he can be a little weird. as a treat

hikari can't stop himself from just eating random flora. he claims that flowers taste really good and no one has the energy to stop him at this point

and wet cat hikari!!!!! give this man a towel stat

[beantothemax]

Octopath on Sea but I think about Hikari's position. Still want it to be Desert Kingdom but at the same time Throné looking Partitio in the eye and telling him that he just kidnapped the Prince of the Pirate Ship of Ku, the self-proclaimed kings of the sea. And Partitio kidnapped him because he looked pretty. And said Prince let himself be kidnapped due to reasons no one on this ship knows.

And then we got Temenos' position who really said "Oh hello, are you a pirate ship? Splendid! I'll join you immediately! I happen to need to be on sea for an investigation you know. Is it fine if at some point we stop by these towns?" and the Sacred Guard kind of just calling the Ship as wanted out of necessity rather than urgency. Except Crick. He absolutely sees it as something Urgent.

I REALLY LIKE hikari being a self-proclaimed king of the sea!!!!! hikari just let himself get kidnapped because the random pirate who came across him (partitio) happens to be pretty and y’know what he could use a little extra spice in what was so far a boring Windsday

the church sees that a pirate gang took one of their clerics and they’re like ‘ugh I guess we have to make that ship wanted but. do we have to take him back?’ meanwhile crick is 5 seconds away from swimming to the boat and saving temy himself