#xion: █ ▌❝ winter of our youth ❞

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I finally finished the piece. Now I did this piece because of my friend’s stubbornness to accept bought gifts lol. 

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Im home and I have scanned it on here. And im quite pleased, can't wait to shade it; now should I use charcoal or just B - 2B pencil. But before that a few anatomy changes i need to do but so far so good.

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The scanner I noticed isn't so good and I got lazy, so im using my phone camera 😆 Took it with my camera phone.

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hmm been thinking im going somewhat cutting up the verse: █ ▌❝ Winter of Our Youth ❞ into its own stories while keeping its core.

So here is what I had in mind for pathways:

moana: █ ▌❝ Winter Of Our Youth ❞ - @oceanschiild

ingus: █ ▌❝ Winter Of Our Youth ❞ - @indrikis

iris: █ ▌❝ Winter Of Our Youth ❞ - @floweringeclipse

yang: █ ▌❝ Winter Of Our Youth ❞ - @burnxgold

luneth: █ ▌❝ Winter Of Our Youth ❞ - @blessedbycrystal

xion: █ ▌❝ Winter Of Our Youth ❞ - @seasaltmemoria

verse: █ ▌❝ Winter Of Our Youth ❞ shall be the main directory

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Caius is not a mom-friend

Caius is a grandma friend. He gives no hoots, seems chill and innocent but can come up with glorious sarcasm or insults if needed, very wise, and will probably try to feed you

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@seasaltmemoria replied to your post “Well, im officially unemployed; I was laid off in the most horrible...”

That's... that's some bullshit. May Karma bite them hard

The worst part xD one of the managers told us that our manager told them that we already knew about our contract termination lol

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                                                         xxvx. 

             I wish to further discuss more of the strange weapon the immortal uses in most encounters, those who engage with the brute seem to recognise the fiend-inspired tone, with its various hideous sharp protrusions manifested of twisted combination of organic and inorganic material, and most uncanny that accursed eye centred in the gigantic blade. Aspects of the weapon, mostly distinct at end of its length, embodies certain symbolism of religious and aesthetic associations.

               The three rings at the length are striking familiar to the traditional monk staffs, and their conceptual framework and followers explaining thoughts. A number of rings represent different aspects; ordinarily, they would consist of four noble truths, six perfections, the twelvefold chain of effects, since there are six holes we must consider that design follows the six practices of perfection. However, the evidence of the complete effacing of the separate three rings is felt gravely open to doubt, we can infer so much information from wide gaping shapes. Aspects of the general design of the strange weapon follow principal functions akin to monk staff or khakkhara.

❝ a six ring khakkhara is carried by a Bodhisattva, and a twelve ring khakkhara is carried by the Buddha. Most commonly seen are those with six rings which have also been claimed to represent the six states of existence (humans, animals, hell, hungry ghosts, gods, and asuras) .❞

To become a buddha, a bodhisattva has to practise six perfections:

the perfection of giving (dana paramita)

the perfection of morality (shila-paramita)

the perfection of patience (kshanti-paramita)

the perfection of energy (virya-paramita)

the perfection of meditation (dhyana-paramita)

the perfection of wisdom (prajna-paramira)

            It is with faith the practice of traditional accustoms of freeing from obstruction by liberating oneself, mentally and spiritually, to attain enlightenment, from earthly bound possessions, to whereby the conscious achieves a greater understanding of emptiness the inherent existence of all things. 

          But note the peculiar properties of Caius Ballad's sword; He has three rings on one side, and three openings on the other end of the blade, in strange regressions In the shape of coarse tears.These openings gradually get larger further from the adjacent rings. This could only mean his soul perhaps distorted, twisted beyond comprehension. As a bodhisattva is someone who could possibly achieve enlightenment yet, nonetheless, must remain here owing to their compassion.  One particular close associate of mine has made the speculation that the 3 rings represent the good spectrum  the angel half is the guardian side, blessed by Etro, whilst the three various openings and the daemon wing  symbolises his madness and attachment deteriorated him into what is to be seen in FFXIII-2

Fun fact : The rings , may perhaps, stand for the Three Winged Chaos Bahamuts. The Japanese names of the three Winged Chaos Bahamuts are translated from latin as; Bahamut Volo - volo means  “fly, will”, Bahamut Passio - Passio means “passion”, and Bahamut Ratio - means “reason��. Which still falls under the six paths for Caius Ballads sword headcanon.

credit to @seasaltmemoria

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                                                        liii.

Yeul -  in some manner becomes a  Princess of light Chaos - a realm of darkness Bahamut form -  Heartless form or some manifestation of darkness from chaos akin to Ansem,.The Seeker of Darkness or perhaps a transformation. Maybe resort to transformations that of his FF13 counterpart Timelines  - data worlds created as a simulation by Ansem (Ruler of Radiant Garden) to preserve worlds  Ansem sent the princess of light from their world along with Caius into the data world for protection as Radiant Garden fell to darkness and Caius was forced to endure countless simulations of their struggles against the heartless.  Watching the heart of Yeul be taken each time until he finally mastered the power of darkness to protect her - and later eventually manifest corridors of darkness. Meanwhile, Ansems is observing the situation as he is on an endless test on a loop just to see if would go insane or if Darkness really could be controlled. Though despite their original world being consumed by the darkness Yeul was never truly in Caius charge - instead was data representing her. The real yeul, who, was destiny island's original princess (swapped with Kairi in Radiant Garden via unknown means) hence Kairi's radiance and Yeul's ability to see destiny. Though it is unknown some evidence suggests it had been Ansem, which is inconclusive of what became of her.

And as we have seen with Riku's involvement in the data twilight town it is possible for one to exit the data world. It's just usually done the same method via darkness. If Caius were tasked with figuring out how to save both doomed worlds (data radiant garden) and a pure light (yeul) he may decide to just break the simulation, tell Ansem to stuff it, and demand to take Yeul to a safe world. But Caius slowly and gradually corrupted by the darkness after countless attempts to snuff out the world's light and perhaps may be on edge of losing himself. As his counterpart, he possesses incredible physical and magical abilities with few changes.

would like to greatly thank @seasaltmemoria @teardownheaven  

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Well, one of my best friends came up with a good headcanon for Caius on this actually, I think it is quite funny:

When sloshed, his carefully constructed coping mechanisms and compartmentalized outlook fail. HilariouslyHe starts internally relating everything to death, pain, and or yeul. So he makes seemingly hilarious outbursts with double meanings like “This cereal- So full of potential, but WASTED. With no milk to give it meaning!”What he actually means: he’s watched a child die repeatedly with no life to give the death meaning.

What the world sees: a badass crying over fruit loops

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@seasaltmemoria replied to your post “@seasaltmemoria replied to your post “☢ What fads/trends are you so...”

You are Senpai. Accept it xD

But you’re only one person lmfao i can't be senpai just to one lol

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@seasaltmemoria replied to your post “☢ What fads/trends are you so over?”

I kept track of it once. Half the people who sent me starters in my askbox over 2014 broke at least one of my only FIVE little rules in the starter. No one reads that stuff. If they do with you it's because you are Senpai and they know better xD

lmfao i doubt I’m senpai to that many people.

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Would you ship this? Caius Ballad x Tracer. Yeah, I know... Would u tho?

Let’s Play “Would You Ship This?”

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I would, platonic/enemies/ romantic or whatever it boils down to I would imagine it being very amusing or angsty. Guardian time dood hunting you down to the timeline or pulling foolish British girl from some timeline because here chrono-accelerator broke. There is worse, trap her into a doomed world where overwatch and shit is just gone and what not. Pretty much if you’ve seen that old movie called the “The time machine” (2002) that’s how it would go.

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seasaltmemoria

 ☠ (she will FITE you Ballad!)

[ Was that a short joke? IT WAS. GET OVER HERE YOU PADDRA PANSY- *angry chihuahua noises* ye she’d die though.]

*Has already seized victory*

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☠ (she will FITE you Ballad!)

Send a ☠ if you think your muse could take mine in a fight

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Wouldn’t be much of a fight…just a short task at hand.

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The tiny girl stealthily moves behind the Guardian. Purple bunny ears poised and ready to be placed upon purple locks. She is determined to give the man some Easter merriment... there's just one problem... She can't reach!-

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-in 2 hours she probably succeeded XD-

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👫 does this count for friendships? o.o

Send a ��and I’ll write four headcanons I have about our muse’s relationship

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The two may frequent buy sea-salt ice cream from twilight town explore the city, though Caius may perhaps not enjoy it as much but he does it for Xion's company. 

Caius might employ Xion to some training probably or show her so movements that maybe benefit her compared to just swing her key blade around like an amateur, which means an improvement of footwork and swordsmanship. She may even gain some muscles mass development if she considers taking him up for his mentorship. 

Sometimes he may even let Xion go on hunts with him, which may be better or worse depending how you see it lol. She may make mistakes but she will usually take down the creatures here and there either to impress Caius or get a compliment- if he gives one lol.

Usually if she visits he would save the guest room she stayed in as her sort of home away from home, he tends to inspect it for any creatures; spiders or etc from building up.