#vierandancer;

[vieranbow]

Starlight Date, 2024

[roguishgunbreaker-archive]

@vierandancer || continued from [ x ]

Thancred fussed with the pot, adding enough coffee grounds for two in the appropriate place before the canister disappeared again into his bag. Just as quickly did it disappear did he produce two tin cups, generally used for water.

“Don’t know why anyone thinks coffee gets anyone sober,” he mused. “It has certainly never worked for me.”

He shifted, watching the brewing coffee for a long moment, reflection of the small campfire reflecting in his pale brown eyes. Did he feel forgotten? It was hard to say that. In a way, it had been very lonely here the first two years, even after freeing Minfilia and gaining a traveling companion. But the Exarch had assured him time worked differently here, and that he had to wait a good, long time before trying again to summon the Warrior of Light. If he was to be believed, how could Thancred blame them?

Besides, the Exarch had flubbed up the summoning three more times since then, and his friends had appeared one after the other. They had all taken up their own stations in this world – it was Urianger they moved to visit next – but at least they were here.

“Nah,” he said easily. “It must have been, what, a few tendays for you, right? I can hardly call that forgotten, even if it was longer for me.”

[crystalmarred]

— COTINUED FROM HERE ;; ( @vierandancer )

You've only got the one.

Ah, he should have expected little else from Meiko than a joyful quip in an effort to divert his attention from the way she pointedly avoided his gaze. The tilt of his head gave away that he would not amuse her, not in this moment. There would be other times, ones where Meiko was not so clearly bothered.

It was only in his momentary silence that she was persuaded to truth. And his silence only grew. The mention of the woman that had been like a little sister to him, perhaps even a daughter had their ages been any farther apart.

"That I did," Thancred said, voice low. It would be easier in some ways if he could blame Meiko for what had happened, but he couldn't nor would he. "But it was not you that failed her."

It wasn't the first time he'd failed her. Not at all...

[tcmpestes]

@vierandancer sent: "All right, now dinnae freak out--well. Try, I guess."

Twelve, she doesn't want to think about how terrified she had been when the siblings -- when everyone -- had gone to the edge of the universe. It reminded her of how she'd felt when the Scions had been taken to the First. Lyse knew she'd never really been like them, in a number of ways, but still there had been an unsettling feeling of helplessness in the face of it.

But that was in the past; now, she blinked in surprise at Meiko's warning as she sat with her friend in a saved, fractured world.

" Me? And when've you known me to freak out? " Lyse teases, not above poking fun at herself. " I promise I've got the stomach for whatever you're about to tell me. So -- go on -- spill! "

[lcstkey]

@vierandancer sent "So it... it's a key? Key sword?" Meiko's brow furrowed at the strange weapon. It looked like shite one would buy at the Gold Saucer as a prize. Unprompted

"A keyblade," Selena answers with an amused smile, "It functions as both a sword and key....And a magical conduit for spellcasting when I think about it."

The young keybearer held the Heartsickness keyblade up for the Viera woman to look at. While Selena is used to the weapon's appearance, she realizes that it may be too unique to not catch any unwanted gazes.

[star-gazcrs]

💖💖💖💖🙂

Com-MUN-ication Meme!

💖 I love you, mun!

THANK YOU I LOVE YOU TOO x4

🙂 How are you, mun?

I'm doing well, thank you! There's a lot of stuff going on -- I just bought a car, which is currently in a different state, and I'm trying to register for classes to go back to school in the fall, on top of other things! It is mostly good stuff, though, so I can't complain. :3

[furysblade]

@vierandancer \ plotted

⇶ To be most candid with himself, Aymeric would not be going out of his way like this if he believed he could handle the situation himself. And oh he certainly could, but his position as Lord Speaker has thus made it more difficult to personally attend such matters. At least: attending it alone. And he would rather not have knights throw themselves upon a sacrificial knife for his sake.

He would not doubt their skills, obviously, considering 'twas he who inducted most of them into the Temple Knights. But this particular matter is sensitive. One that requires a more delicate hand than that of a militia. Thus did he request for correspondence with Meiko; he's aware that she must be busy, what with being Eorzea's hero. If there is anyone he trusts to assist him in this without Lord Artoirel's quiet brashness nor Ser Handeloup's tendency towards a good fight, it would be her.

Now he awaits in his office, papers spread out before him of the vital information over this latest woe.

[symphcnii]

@vierandancer asked:

"Do you understand how crazy that sounds?" Meiko knew she couldn't stop her. Short of throwing Yugiri over her shoulder and dragging her back to the House of the Fierce, at least -- which she would not. Her heart sank into her stomach. How could she describe just how dangerous Zenos was? She didn't know that many words! And Yugiri was deadset on doing this. Ah, hell! She was going to end up going with her, wasn't she? Shite.

Yugiri should have known that Meiko would come after her, wouldn't let her go through with this plan, or at least not alone.

Of course she knew how crazy it sounded - to think that she could successfully assassinate the crown prince when even the combined forces of the Alliance, the Resistance and even the Scions had failed to defeat him - but she could not forsake the people of Doma, so broken that they no longer had the will to fight. Despite Lord Hien's words, she could not stand idly by and allow his life to become forfeit. Someone had to take this risk, to make the sacrifice, if it came to it.

"I know the odds. I know what he is capable of, and that in open confrontation, I will likely die." The Raen glances down for a moment, before her gaze returns to the other with a look of conviction. "But if I do not— if I succeed, then countless lives will be saved. Doma, Ala Mhigo— everything will change! One life for that world is a price I would pay a thousand times over!"

And now was the perfect chance to enact this plan. She would kill Zenos. She had to.

[aetheryic]

if all your characters were modern verse and had youtube channels what kind of content would they create

this is such a funny question i actually giggled at the chaos that could occur dfkgnfdlkd

ryne ; i think she'd have a lot of different things / content, kinda like a vlogger but not just showing her day but rather a lot of things she gets up to. her days arent "normal". baking videos (gone wrong), pranks on the scions, doing my girlfriends makeup ( sorry gaia ) lots of fun :3

alisaie honestly gives me exploring / travel / investigating paranormal spot vibes. she'd involve herself with soo many different people, customs, and while she's firey af she's also verily compassionate and beloved. dragging alphinaud along is a rare tweet, seems like something she'd do with wols

cid builds things. like the youtubers who sound so nice but are talking abt really technical shit that i don't understand ?? that's him. it ranges from "building a go kart out of materials in my garage" to "idk someone asked if i can build a gaming pc so here i am!"

alphinaud is definitely the commentary / gamer boy. he's not that great at the games, but his wild conversations and takes fascinate people. he's just having a good time, and he's also good at diffusing any drama between people. or himself.

haurchefant makes fan videos... jk, but also -- i think he'd just show videos of his animals/chocobos/chickens bc he's really proud of them and doesn't even expect anyone to watch but they do bc he's sooo cute and sweet and treats them like lil people

and finally mina would write songs / do covers ! primarily rock covers because their voice really suits it, but requests as well. they love performing the most outta my guys so they'd rlly put a lot of effort in and aim to entertain

[thescions]

“M'glad you’re all right.”

It was taking all of Meiko’s willpower not to outright apologize. If she had acted more quickly, she could have stopped Ranjit from attacking his own. From knocking the antidote for the Night’s Blessed from his hands and forcing Y'shtola to make a split-second decision that could have very well cost her her life.

It sort of had, actually. In a way. Meiko did not like being indebted to Emet-Selch, nor did she trust his dramatic monologues – but she could admit he had assisted them. And what mattered was that Y'shtola was back with them, safe and sound now in the Crystarium.

Safe and sound…for now.

“Not feelin’ too out o'sorts after your second trip to the Lifestream?”

She knew better than to overly dote on Y'shtola of all people, but Meiko wanted to let her know she cared. She had been far too intimidated by the Archon to properly communicate her admiration for her until that emotional revolution of hers, forced to fight Elidibus – “Zenos” – alone. She could only do her best now to bridge the gap. Or try.

In the transition from full sight to halos and shades, Y'shtola would have liked to believe she had adapted fairly well. And with haste, too! Still yet, it had been disturbing to have her frame of reference so muddied when looking once more upon Meiko's radiant silhouette. As experiences go, it was certainly not one she relished, in the least.

Even now, her heart stirred at the early signs of her arrival. Before she could mark the woman's Limsan brogue, an unsettling fetter of light effused the aether in all around her. Inanimate objects lined like froth in furious waves, a bellowed beating, almost too bright to parse. Her bodily reaction was to tense, as if weapons might be needed. Her mind, however, soothed those muscles. No Sineater could come this far without notable exordium. The Crystarium was safe, if not heavily fortified.

"Ah." 'Master Matoya' tilted her head just so, amusement on her face. "I trust I did not task you terribly? I am well. Better, I imagine, than had I sought the end of that drop."

That was truer fear.

Beyond any Sineater's gleam, regardless of nature, not had startled her more sincerely than the yawn of the void, near-entirely bereft of aetheric impression, save that which lingered in the empty air. Might she have derived a more preferable outcome? A neater exit strategy?

Mayhap.

The Night's Blessed would not die. Into that stream of pure energy, of formation, battered by its body, it was this knowledge which steeled her. Could she have been better? Could she have known more? Oh, it was questions as that which Y'shtola was more than acquainted. It was nary her entire focus of study. Yes. Better that the antidote find the Warrior of Darkness' hands.

After all, Louisoix had seen in all of them a willingness.

"What of you, my friend? Need you aught I might provide?"

[hyaciiintho]

hmmm sineater au for thanced :D

Send me an AU and I'll tell you what my muse would be like in that AU | ✿

He was fine. Even as he grew ill, it was fine.

That was what he had told them in life-- insisted, really. The guilt was eating at him from the inside out, but he was fine. There were bigger things to be worried about, after all.

No, he wasn't practically burning himself alive, the boiling presence of something more churning his guts each and every time he uttered the words: It's fine; I understand. There was more at stake than facing his own mortality, let alone all the ugliness that remained within.

As the days went by, it grew increasingly harder to turn the other cheek to the inner turmoils of the body and mind. There was the same repeating phrase that weighed at his shoulders more, and more, each time it crossed: I wish I had done more; I wish I could have done things differently. I wish, I wish, I wish.

Wishes didn't come true; Guilt ate at his heart, mind, and soul.

The transformation was sudden, but at the very least, his companions knew the signs of it when it was about to start.

Eyes were a flood of light, dripping like molten gold down his face in streams of tears to be forever branded on a marble-like visage. Three wings sprouted from his back as if bursting from a fleshy cocoon: Two on his left, and one on his right. A third eye grew from his forehead, impassive gaze blinding with light shining through it, whilst the two he already had glazed over in stone, forever doomed to shed those molten tears. Weapons were ripped from his very ribs, a mournful scream leaving his lips for one last time as bone shaped itself into a pair of deadly blades hovering at either side of him, his Gunblade morphing within his hold to be a third.

And as fast as it had happened... it had stopped. Gone was the broken man clinging to a past he couldn't go back and change, and there instead stood a mock statue of his memory, reflecting the ache and mourning once held inside.

Thancred: the Forgiven Guilt.

[crystalmarred]

OTPs  +  nOTPs  +  Erenville

— FROM TO SHIP OR NOT TO SHIP ;; ( @vierandancer )

— OTPs

Erenville / OC (including WoL). Patience is required in a relationship with Erenville. He has little experience with romance nor does he typically pursue it. Their interests must align similarly enough, particularly a respect for wildlife, those not afraid to dig through the dirt or walk in the mud or get soaked by the rain. A bit optimistic to offset his realism, perhaps, but not loudly so. He will have no interest in someone whose redeeming qualities begin and end at their physical beauty and accomplishments, most especially if they're the WoL.

— nOTPs

Erenville / Koana. This is a shaky one cause I could see it, but it would be a lot of work. Erenville grew up around Koana, but did not spend near the time with him that he did Wuk Lamat. Theirs is a friendlier relationship more than aught else.

Erenville / Wuk Lamat. Given that they grew up together, I just can't see Erenville having a romantic interest in Wuk Lamat. He considers her more of a sister he was fortunate enough to not have.

[likemosaic]

🍒  +  MEEEE although we just met yesterday ;)

send me 🍒 + a url and i will write some positivity. / @vierandancer

i believe very strongly the universe sent us to each other during this time on purpose! i was so flattered when u followed me (idk about you but i get really warm and flattered when someone follows me first, it makes me happy to think my blog caught their eye) and i love ur chara so much. im so excited that despite everything we are on the cusp of a great friendship and lots of fun plotting and writing. we have all the possibilities in the world and despite the darkness surrounding us i hope you will stay with me and continue to shine the light of hope, just like minfilia would want <3

[lcstkey]

The OHNOS Free Company Starlight Celebration with @vierandancer & @archaeotechnic

[star-gazcrs]

4, 8, 9

Munday Asks | accepting!

4. what made you choose this muse?

as a general rule i am more likely to choose to play an established character than an oc, and haurche was the first canon ffxiv character i really fell in love with! he's not at all like the characters i usually write either (i'm a veteran cloud strife rper, if that tells you anything), so i find it really interesting to get into his head and write him.

8. did you have a muse you tried to play, but didn’t feel connected to?

i have a bad habit of making blogs for characters i'd like to see people rp rather than characters i feel a connection to. i'm trying to get better about it by using more multimuse blogs where it doesn't matter so much if i retire a character, but i haven't done that for this fandom yet (apart from my WOL multimuse, i guess!).

9. did you have muse you tried to play, but ended up dropping for various reasons? (the rpc wasn’t active, you lost interest, etc)

yes! many of them! i have so many blogs, and these are the only active ones! most of them are ones with little or no RPC (like my taz: balance and ff4 blogs), or the RPC was no fun (like my star wars blog), or i stopped liking the original material (like my h*rry p*tter blogs). i regularly lose and regain interest in my ff7 muses, it seems like i go back for a few months every year lately. people are probably sick of me, lol.

[star-gazcr-archive]

“Right! Vhat’s the plan, then? And Sisters help the lot of us if you don’t have one." To Orion from @lalannaoronir

@lalannaoronir

“Yeah! Uh.” Orion stopped to think for a moment. Planning was supposedly one of his stronger points, but he usually relied on Alphinaud for the details of such plans. They didn't have a lot of time for this one, though, and Alphinaud was decidedly busy with other things.

“Okay. The plan is this. We go in, we kill the bad guys, and then we come back out. Still breathing, preferably.”

It was a good plan. It just lacked those details Alphinaud was famous for.