#theredlilycrew

[luck-and-larceny]

Joy [Drabble/HC Prompt]

The apprentice dressmaker was bored. The heat of the Ul’dahn sun showed its affection for her by bearing down, she was certain, specifically on her stall. Or rather her manager’s stall. Every particularly hot afternoon, he’d just leave her to do the work himself. Dark circles cast shadows under her eyes and her auburn bangs copied the spell above them. One hand futilely fanned her face while her other hand absently spun a thimble on the wooden counter of her stall. Rather, her manager’s stall.

“Hey there, lovely!”

The dressmaker jumped and the thimble spun down to the ground, forgotten for now as she brought herself back to reality and focused her hazel eyes on the girl in front of her: an ebon haired miqo’te wearing a midriff-baring top, a short skirt, black thigh high boots, and a shit-eating grin.

“Uh. Hi? I mean,” she cleared her throat. “Welcome! Looking for a dress?”

“Nope!” The miqo’te answered brightly. “Looking for you. You’re quitting your job today.”

Something between a snort, a cough and a laugh bubbled up from the vendor’s throat, “No. I don’t want to do that. Thanks.”

“Yeeeeah,” the Miqo’te responded, “Yeah, you do. You’re better than this place. You’re better than your boss. And you have enough money to live comfortably for a year without worrying about working for that piece of shit or, hey!, any pieces of shit ever again.”

That same incredulous laugh bubbled out again. “I do not!”

“Yeah. Yeah, you do.” Malika pulled out 5 full bags of coins from a satchel. They were heavy. They made a satisfying sound as they plunked down upon the stall counter.

“I don’t even know you!” the vendor insisted, eyes wide, unblinking, staring at the bags.

“Ok. I’m Lia,” Malika lied. “And you are…?”

“Joy,” the vendor answered, dumbfounded.

“Nice to meet you, Joy,” Malika grinned. “Quit your job. You’ve got better things to do.”

“I…” Joy looked at the coins. They were real. Then she looked at the dresses. She looked up through her bangs at the hot, oppressive sun. She imagined fancy drinks indoors, a new apartment, her own dress business that would compete with this one. She swallowed. “I quit!” she agreed. “HA… HA! I QUIT!”

She took the bags in her shaking hands, took a few tentative, uncertain steps away, and then a few more confident ones. Finally, she ran. She ran and ran and ran. SHE QUIT. SHE QUIT! SHE QUIT!!

Malika watched, satisfied, as the former apprentice dressmaker ran off with the coins into her new life. As for herself? She bent down, put a hand beneath the stall, and retrieved the thimble. She gave it one small spin on the ground, smiled, placed it in her pocket, and walked away.

[thedarkestdragonknight]

💋 - Cersei and whoever you feel like writing :3c (since i know muses can be fickle)

It was late in the evening and the Au Ra was outside soaking up the moonlight and relaxing in the nice heat and steam of the hotspring that was just enjoying the moment. He had just freshly shed the scales on his body, with help from P’shali to help get the more stubborn ones on his back so he took the time to let the steam help with the after care.

Of course, the man had also brought out some special oils that his companion made for him that was designed just for his scales. Something to help keep them shiny but also help with keeping them healthy and clean. Jacques was carefully working to knead that oil into each of the scaled areas of his body, distracted from anyone who could be approaching him.

His tail gently swayed behind him as he sighed, bringing his hand up to rub the remaining oil into the more plated scales on the back of his neck. And that’s when the attention that someone was there was caught and he felt a sharp tug on his tail. 

Jacques turned to look back and it was there that he had one horn gripped and tugged. A sharp grunt coming out of the man as he was pulled down and given quite the greeting in the form of a kiss planted firmly against those lips of his. A deep purr came out of the Au Ra as he caught himself and then drew back... a coy smirk forming over his features as he looked to his unexpected guest “It’s nice to see you to Cersei...”

SORTA BONDING ACTIVITIES

@theredlilycrew

[of-sea-and-forest]

👘- A memory associated with an article of clothing they have

“This top right ‘ere, it’s one I had done up when I started my trading business.  Didn’t want to take up what Ma and Pa had started, see, so it went from the ground up, and image is, as always, everything.  Clean, professional, no nonsense.  Perfect.”

//thanks @theredlilycrew!

[lighttheabyss]

🍻+ “ is everything alright? ” (From Zelelle ^^)

“Of course! I mean...maybe? I...I’m not doing poorly, and Te’s okay, but...” She frowned, shaking her head and pushing her drink away a bit. “There’s things that aren’t okay, but I’m okay...”

[sand-seeks-sun]

💔 - How would your muse react to losing a romantic partner? How would they cope?

Y’aromirr would be absolutely cored - no ifs ands or buts. His current husband (Shiun) is the only consensual romantic partner Y’aro has ever had, and the two are deeply inseparable from each other’s day to day lives, so if he was suddenly gone it would cause a lot of pain. Coping and recovery would come incredibly slowly for him and would only be hindered by the fact that Shiun is a giant help with Y’aromirr’s memory problems, so he may end up living a morosely cyclic lifestyle without someone around to remind him… His best bet would be to start doubling down on how much he makes himself written reminders and just kind of paste them all around his home.

Thank you @theredlilycrew !

[a-beast-of-prey]

@theredlilycrew [LIKED FOR A STARTER] 

Well wasn’t this quite the sight? There was what looked to be a pirate ship - in this day and age - docked at the pier. It was quite obviously well-loved, kept maintained in tip top condition from planks to sails. K’ couldn’t help but stop and stare, marvelling over the vessel with hands in pockets, even as streams of people bustled past him to get to the various stalls of the fish market. One saw many wonders when they traversed the world as far and frequently as he, but this was one of those rare few that elicited some form of visual reaction from the ever-stoic Beast of Prey. His lips had parted ever so slightly, and brows raised towards his hairline. Something that might be awe glimmered behind normally frigid blue eyes as he continued looking it up and down for a solid minute or two.

Above the dull chatter of other people - most of it quite possibly in a foreign language - a clearer voice cut through the din to get his attention, accompanied by a tap to his leather-clad shoulder. Blinking, he turned in place to address the person and was immediately met by the sight of a rather striking woman, her brilliant red hair in an odd style. It might have been his eyes deceiving him, but he thought he saw one of the protruding clumps, long and pointed, at the side of her head twitch.

“This your ship?” he queried, head jerking towards the vessel in question. “It’s pretty impressive.”

Compliments from K’ were downright rare, given how impassive and jaded he was as an individual. But when he did, as in this instance, they were completely sincere.

[maxikha-ffxiv]

Send 👾 for them posing with their favourite minion/pet(s)

Who else but this little derp? Her raptor Chance

[talechaser-ffxiv]

is there a muse that you wish gets more attention?

Ho boy this is actually a hard one, especially since P’shali is the one getting all the attention due to his name being in the blog title.  I think I’ve narrowed it down to two. 

Arjeant is a really important one to me, similarities to a certain knight aside.  He’s based on my Paladin from FFXI, Lazuli.  I enjoy playing as him in rps, and I enjoy being able to play with that connection and make references to old FFXI abilities and pass them off as forgotten magicks.  It’s a nice little callback for me, and it reminds me of the good memories in playing FFXI, before social anxiety took over my brain and made it impossible do run dungeons with 3 strangers, let alone the 6-9 hours of partying with 5 strangers for that lengthy EXP grind.

Athanasius is the other, but he’s a really, really hard character to properly write sometimes.  I’m starting to wonder if he needs a blog all his own because while the others can probably be safely written on a PG-13 level, Athanasius’s very existence comes with a lot of rated R subject matter that can have the potential to be quite upsetting for people.  Until I make a decision on that, I intend to keep loading material relating to him with the proper content warnings.

That said, he is a very fun and cathartic character to write.  He was initially meant to be more villainous, or at least more violent, but after finally writing him out in a brief rp, he’s ended up more morally grey and less inclined towards certain aspects I had initially planned.  He still has a fascination with dolls though.

Questions for muns with a multimuse or more than one muse!

[devilslcg]

❤ — @theredlilycrew // continued

He had a crew of his own to tend to, but never would he abandon a lady in need. If all she required of him was a little company while the storm passed, then he would gladly sit his own bags down and seat himself beside her. Hands wandered into his suit jacket, pulling out a golden lighter. A cigarette followed, the stick pushed between his lips.

Sanji paused, eyes moving to her. “Is it alright if I smoke here? I won’t if you’d rather me not, mademoiselle.”

[bearxclaws-blog]

🐻 — @theredlilycrew / starter call

“Are those.  .  . real? They can’t be real. They look awesome.” She let loose an awed breath, eyes glued rather impolitely to the stranger’s horns — or, rather, what she assumed was a set of horns. “I would kill to have horns like that.”

[voidiots]

“Well… this is awkward… uhhh hello.” - Cersei

Una’to let out a small chuckle despite his position on the ground. What more could he do, it’s not like she was wrong. Wasn’t everyday a person knocks you down and accidentally lands on top of you. He wasn’t even sure what had happened to send them both toppling down to the ground.

“While not wrong, I don’t think it tops the most awkward of experiences I’ve had. If I may ask though, could you get off of me?” he asks with a strained smile. “I’m afraid that it’s making it harder to catch my breath and actually talk like this”.

Thank you for the prompt @theredlilycrew! I hope this okay since it’s the best I could think of for an awkward first meeting.

[luck-and-larceny]

One Band Song Titles Meme: Malika

(I’ll try doing this with an artist that I think has some great Malika songs and try to make the answers fit for the character too. -hypes self up- Here we go!)

Rules: Using only song titles from one artist/band, cleverly answer the questions and tag ten some people.

Artist: Neko Case

What’s your gender?: Local Girl

How are you feeling?: I Wish I Was The Moon

If you could go anywhere?: Look For Me (I’ll Be Around)

Your best friend?: City Swans

Favorite time of day?: Night Still Comes

If your life was a tv show?:  Bad Luck

Relationship status?:  People Got A Lotta Nerve

Tagged by: @tough-bit-of-fluff

Tagging: @dumb-hat, @but-first--tea, @charm-in-spades, @kitty-candlestick, @under-the-blood-moonlight, @reiyah-ffxiv, @kich-rp, @ancientechos, @thedudeffxiv, @fair-fae, @kestrelvylbrand, @suzhuazheyal, @moonlitequilibrium, @thefreelanceangel, @theredlilycrew, @neekaxiv, @mai-takeda, @zhauric and a million other people should a million other people feel like doing it! FFXIV alt character answers: 

Saachi (Alt blog): @1morefairytale

Liv (Alt blog): @matter-of-a-pinion

[thedarkestdragonknight]

Send 💃 for our muses to dance with each other (( Hmmmm Zelelle and Xheta'ra :0c ))

Dancing was something that the young Keeper would find himself doing often... it helped him find a sense of peace as well as it brought some small sense of happiness to his otherwise miserable life. Things had certainly been getting better for him in the past months but it was still not as pleasant as it could be. As the Miqo’te was gently twirling around on the small dock that he often came to he felt well like someone was watching him.

His ears pinned back slightly and he looked around for a moment before there was a heavy crimson to cross his cheeks as his eyes fell upon the Elezen woman that had been the source of that feeling. He felt... so short really and he was certainly gawking at the woman because well she was certainly stunning.

After a few moments he shook his head to clear his thoughts before he stood a bit more upright. Having his mask on meant that Xheta was a bit more comfortable around people and had just more confidence in general. If she had been watching him then perhaps she would like to dance? Of course... he was likely the worst dance partner ever because he was so used to dancing alone that he likely had two left feet.

But that wasn’t going to really stop him from at least offering. He was cautious in his approach before he looked up to the woman and he let a small smile extend across his features “Would you care to... ah... s-share this dance with me?”

@theredlilycrew

SORTA BONDING ACTIVITIES

[of-sea-and-forest]

3. Brothers, sisters? Who do they like? Why? What do they despise about their siblings? (Let's do Cad! :3)

While she’s not aware of any siblings in the typical sense, Cadette will often say that she views those of the Xaela tribe she was born to as brothers and sisters in somewhat of a symbolic fashion.  There’s not much she finds she dislikes about any of them, although the upbringing she had in the west made the violent nature of the Dotharl quite a shock when she finally started to rediscover that chapter of her life.

//thanks @theredlilycrew!

[lighttheabyss]

∀ : Your muse’s favorite position?

Oh, it truly depends on the partner and the mood I’m in! But one commonality is I do rather like being on my knees, using my lips and tongue for something other than sweet songs and spellcasting~.

[thorcat]

First and Last Screenshots of 2019 - X’halas Jarogniew

X’halas in a Basket in january:

And X’halas with the whole gang:

Tagged by: @nihil242​

Tagging: @gogglemeister-rinni​ , @awatercat​, @under-the-blood-moonlight​, @dream-of-hydaelyn​ , @chxsingthemoon​ , @kyrie-silverwings​ , @kael-haustefort-xiv​ , @zhauric​ , @skyysinger​ , @zozo-amused​ , @lulu-ffxiv​ , @lulubell-vixen​ , @fair-fae​ , @kasumi-ffxiv​ , @tobethestrongest​ , @vanillafry​ , @toxiccreed​ , @talechaser-ffxiv​ , @thedangerv​ , @lukawarrioroflight​ , @fracturedfantasia​ , @xihli​ , @gildedandgolden​ , @mai-takeda​ , @halcyonic-aether​ , @crimsonfluidessence​ , @randomxaela​ , @theredlilycrew​