#lily plays ffxiv

[lilyofthevalleycaughtintherain]

i love dressup

[zylphiacrowley]

Trustworthy and upstanding cargo ship captains. :)

[lily-ohfally]

Wol QotD: Your wol just tripped and fell in the most embarrassing way possible in front of a huge crowd, how'd they react?

[werewolfmack]

FFXIV Dawntrail not being like "can we make our stories less colonialist" and instead being like HOW CAN WE MAKE COLONIALISM SOUND BETTER? make it cheerful? Make our crimes center stage so it doesn't seem like we're trying to hide it?

"The actions my father took to end this decades-long conflict are why this city exists today." I've never heard a sentence so obviously removed from the war crimes it's trying to cover up.

[kroosluvr]

self-made runway queen

[vulgarlemon]

oh shit btw here's a doodle dump i've been working on to beat my art block into the dirt. Managed to unlock the flow of my creative chakra finally

[moogleclub]

[juravern]

I like to think of this as Matthias' public address; he does rest here occasionally, or work on his writings, but for the most part it's a library open to visitors and a hangout space for the gang, and he won't be found here if he wants guaranteed uninterrupted alone time.

Cozy at all hours, but best visited in the morning; the apartment bathed in dawn light is beautiful.

[crystals-of-light]

Warriors of Light

Mi'una Amariyo, Crystalline Melody, Lily-Belle Monhi, Hopeful Song, Everleigh de Fortemps, Starfall Dreamer

I will list out planned classes, but for reference, you're never going to see me tank a dungeon. I'm a healer main.

For character info, we have Mi'una Monday, Lily-Bell Tuesday, Crystalline Thursday, Hopeful Friday, Everleigh Satruday, and Starfall Sunday. All prompts (so far) are courtesy of @mimble-sparklepudding and if anyone else has some, please send them my way! I love rambling about my girls~

For my more canon-breaking WoL (Zemaya, Elpis, Aisling), please go visit @crystal-figments

Mi'una Amariyo

Nicknames: Mimi, Miu, bossy healer kitty,

Race: Miqo'te (Moon Keeper)

Classes: Conjurer/White mage, Astrologian, thaumaturge/Black mage, Red mage, arcanist/summoner-scholar

Age: (ARR) 28 (HW) 30

Personality: Sweet and seemingly delicate, Mi'una has a will of steel, and a sweet smile to hide it. She is not above hitting people with repose to make them nap if they don't listen to the healer.

History: A little bored of the static life, Mi'una decided she would follow in her older sister's footsteps and go see what there might be for her to do in Eorzea. She doesn't know what to expect, but she knows that she wants to learn all about magic.

Fic: Healer in Pink series

RP status: Open

Current patch: 7.2 Post Dawntrail

DC/server: Crystal/Coeurl

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Crystalline Melody

Nicknames: Crys, Tali

Race: Miqo'te (Moon Keeper)

Age: (ARR) 30

Classes: Gladiator/Paladin, Samurai, Conjurer/white mage, Red Mage

Personality: Reserved, with an intense drive to do the right thing. She tends to be thorough and thoughtful, preferring to have as much detail as possible before committing to any actions.

History: Crys had a life and a name, a husband and children, and then Dalamud fell, and she lost it all. After mourning what she's lost, she slowly picked herself up, pieced herself back together, and decided that she was going to try and make it so that no one had to suffer as she's suffered. She chose a new name and headed to Eorzea to begin a new life.

RP status: Open

Current Patch:

DC/Server:

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Lily-Belle Monhi

Nicknames: Bug, Lily, Lil, Little Belle, Lil Belle, Belle

Race: Miqo'te (sun seeker in game, but technically both; Seeker mother, Keeper father)

Class: Gunbreaker, Machinist, Conjurer/White mage, Red mage

Age: (ARR) 16 (HW) 18

Personality: Hiding everything behind an anxious smile and a people-pleasing attitude, Lily-Bell has a strong need to prove herself to the family that abandoned her, and an even stronger desire to simply belong somewhere. This leads to a lot of high-risk, low-reward actions, injuries, and self-neglect. She doesn't always recognize when she's being annoying, and will accept any sort of attention, because it's better than nothing at all.

Despite her family life, Lily-Bell lives by the mantra of "before you pick a fight, offer your hand in friendship." She is *fiercely* kind, even when it bites her in the ass.

History: Born late to a noble miqo'te family of Garlemald, one would think Lily-Belle would have grown up spoiled and pampered. Instead she was often compared to her older siblings, who had each made a name for themselves, furthered family reputation, and was always found wanting. Ultimately, she was expelled from the family, and one of her older siblings deigned to get her to the border of Garlemald and Eorzea.

RP Status: Open

Fic: Lemniscate

Current Patch: 3.0 Heavensward

DC/Server: Crystal/Coeurl

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Hopeful Song

Nicknames: Hope, Gremlin

Race: Hrothgar (Hellion)

Classes: Astrologian, Reaper, Dark Knight, Thaum/Black Mage

Age: (ARR) 25

Personality: Best classed as cheerfully nihilistic, Hopeful has decided that nothing matters, so she will recklessly do good for other people. This does tend to mean she mows people over instead of listening to them, but when she can be convinced to slow down, she's not nearly as much of a meathead as people initially presume.

She is, however precisely that amount of little shit.

History: A student of Sharlayan, Hopeful grew bored with the peaceful life, and... may or may not have pranked enough students and professors (and members of the Forum *coughFourchenaultcough*) that Montichiagne (her adoptive father) gently suggested she go and see new lands. Given that new lands means new people to meet and new skills to learn, she is not opposed to this idea, though she doesn't like the idea of being far away from her father.

RP Status: Open

Current Patch:

DC/Server:

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Everleigh de Fortemps

Nicknames: Leigh, Evvy (Eh vee)

Race: Elezen (Wildwood)

Classes: Gladiator/paladin, lancer/dragoon, arcanist-scholar/summoner

Age: (ARR) 24

Personality: She is beauty, she is grace, she will punch you in the face! Everleigh de Fortemps takes no shit from anyone, and depending on where she is, she can bring out the cutting remarks, or the family sword to ruin someone's day. She can politic with the best of them, but only when she feels it's worth her time.

She is a little bit on the spoiled side, being the lone daughter of the Fortemps family, but she has both the political acumen, and she sheer physical ability to back up her attitude.

History: The only daughter of the Fortemps family and twin to Emmanellain, Everleigh was raised as all Ishgardians are, with the idea that she will help with the war effort against the Dravanians. She's always questioned the unilateral actions of her kin, however, and wondered at the decision to withdraw from the other city-states of Eorzea. This led to her petitioning her father to let her go see the world, and well... she's not the family baby for nothing.

RP Status: Open

Current Patch:

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Starfall Dreamer

Nicknames: Star, Starry/ie, damnit child, Starra

Race: Hyur (Highlander. Half Ala Mhigan, half Doman)

Classes: Gunbreaker, Rogue/ninja, Red Mage, astrologian

Age: (ARR) 16

Personality: An impulsive, sharp-minded individual, with a stubborn streak a mile wide. Gods help you if she's decided you suck, because she will go out of her way to make life difficult for you. She is more often cheerful than testy, and mischief is practically her middle name.

History: The daughter of an Ala Mhigan resistance fighter and a Doman refugee, she never actually knew her parents, as they both ended up being killed one after the other, and she was raised by a family of roegadyn instead. While she appreciated her adopted family greatly, she never felt quite like she fit, so she decided to leave and learn about her two cultures. At least, that was the plan, but she got a little bit sidetracked in Eorzea, and imprinted on Thancred as a father-figure to literally everyone's surprise.

RP status: Open

Current patch:

DC/server:

[impossible-rat-babies]

for more context, the tank cleaved half of use with the tank buster and the rdm raised me and half of everyone else while I just sat there trying to keep ppl alive

me sobbing crying it should have been the rdm that rezzed half of us please for the love of god

[wilanserulia]

wait i've seen you from my ffxiv blog i didn't know you liked asulili lol

Hi! Ahahah it's always unexpected when the fandoms overlap, isn't it?

I've been playing these games since Tekken 3 came out, actually! I'm not the best or most dedicated when it comes to fighting games, but Tekken is special and I'm way too invested in it now. And I've always liked Asuka ever since she got introduced in Tekken 5, and you can probably see her influence in some of the OCs I designed years later. It took me longer to warm up to Lili instead, as I went over in great detail in my post, but I get it now.

[lilyofthevalleycaughtintherain]

wolcred doodles because i don’t wanna do my lecture readings

[starrysnowdrop]

The FFXIV Swap discord had a great WoL QOTD today, so I decided to post my answer here as well, in case you were curious about the Hali Lore. 😉

Qotd, talk about your OC's hair? How did you choose the color and style of it while making them? Does it change through the course of their journey? Have you changed it in game as you've gone?

Okay, so Hali actually started out conceptually as G’raha’s long lost sister, so she was supposed to be a miqo with red hair… but that didn’t last long because I just wasn’t feeling it. So I played around with character creation with an aesthetic image in my head. The aesthetic image in my head was of a pink water lily floating on a pond, so Hali soon became a lalafellin woman with bright pink hair and seafoam green eyes that matched the color of the water. Hali’s hairstyle is constantly changing, though she prefers longer styles with or without ponytails and braids, but her bright pink hair color shall always remain her trademark.

[theshotsheardacrossworlds]

FFXIV Write: Morsel

Set early in Dawntrail MSQ, Agnes experiences what she considers to be a culinary tragedy and then Estinien makes it up to her later. Starts SFW and then delves into NSFW territory (no actual sex occurs---just talk and references) towards the end.

It was a nightmare.

Agnes’s eyes widened and her mouth dropped open as the scene played out in front of her.

The confrontation between her, Krile, Wuk Lamat, and the two-headed twat which ended in—

NOT THE TACOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Their bag of tacos hit the ground and were destroyed by the two-headed twat.

Not a morsel can be saved.

I’m so fucking hungry.

And this…two-headed little bitch thinks he…wait, if someone has two heads…fuck it, that asshole better watch out.

Because you don’t fuck around with Agi Varlineau.

Especially when it comes to food.

I will crush a Blood Lily, twat.

Unfortunately for the Warrior of Light, there would not be another opportunity to eat before a late evening dinner with Estinien and the children were already asleep. FUCK.

The elezen watched with great amusement at his wife wolfing down tacos. My grumpy dragon got me tacos, because he LOVES me. “Are you good, madam?” He began to laugh uncontrollably. Doubling over. Laughing.

“Wot?!” Agnes asked through a mouthful of taco.

Estinien was unable to answer for several moments because he’s still laughing. I’m hungry! I’ve been hungry! I need to pack some snacks in my bag… “You’re just really hungry, I suppose!” He moved his chair closer to hers and gave one of her soft sides a pinch. And a wink. SER!

She reached for her water and sipped. “I’ll have you know, ser, that the last time I ate today was breakfast this morning. We were supposed to have tacos around lunch, but that two-headed little bitch ruined them. And then we had to do a billion fucking things, and Krile and Wuk Lamat seemed alright so I just sort of went along…and Estinien, stop laughing, you naughty man!” Agnes playfully smacked her husband and then gave him several kisses. “You…are…very…naughty…”

“Well, tis a good thing I got plenty of tacos for my overworked and underappreciated wife.” He teased, rubbing her sides. I love him. “I’d be a piss poor husband if I didn’t see to all my lady’s needs.”

Raising an eyebrow, she made a face at him as she picked up another taco. “You are not a piss poor husband, love.” She took a bite of the taco and laughed softly. “You’re the very best husband.”

Without missing a beat, Estinien smirked. “And you’re the very breast wife, Agi.”

“ESTINIEN!” She mumble-yelled around her taco, swallowing the bite she previously took. “You. Are.” Kiss. Kiss for my grumpy dragon. “The. Breast. Husband. Ever.”

Devolving into giggles, the couple held each other as they laughed. Laughing so hard we’re both crying. Gods, he’s so silly when he wants to be. “Wants to be” being the key phrase, Mr. Grumpy Dragon. At some point when they collected themselves, Estinien held the unfinished taco to Agnes’s lips, which quirked into a smile. “The very best.” She whispered before taking a bite and kissing him. “You know, love…” she began as she reached for her glass. “I’m getting very well compensated for this little job.”

He hummed, watching her sip her water.

“I was thinking that maybe we could donate some of it to the orphanage in Radz-at-Han. They could always use it, and I remember one of the ladies there said an upcoming project would be to build an outdoor play area for the children.” She shrugged. “Why not use some of my fee to pay for it?” Her eyes widened. “But of course, it would be anonymous. I don’t want that sort of attention on us. It’s a good thing. It’s about the children, not who paid for it.”

Estinien nodded. “I agree.” Oh, he’s smiling, which means he thinks I fucking nailed it. “An excellent idea, my angel.” He picked up his bottle of ale and sipped. “My fee for sparring with the Dawnservant is substantial as well. Mayhap when we return to Radz-at-Han, we can look into getting a larger apartment—”

Excuse me?!?!?

She could have sworn her jaw dropped. “Estinien! I…” Agnes took a breath to calm down. Because, fuck he’s right but also we can manage for a while yet. “I realize that now with three children, our two-bedroom apartment is feeling…slightly…more cramped, but…hear me out. Please.” She took his hands in his and gazed into pale blue eyes. I love you. Please. “We can make it work for now. I love our apartment. I-It’s our home. It’s where we’ve finally been able to live as a couple and then as a family. I love our neighbors. I love it. I love us being there.” But. There’s always a but. “However, I know that if---gods’ forbid---I have another set of twins, then we really need to get something bigger.”

He barked a laugh. “Agi, for Fury’s sake, even with one more baby, we’ll need at least three bedrooms, if not four. But as you say, for now we’ll manage. After all, me and Hami shared a room in our cottage, and they’re still little yet.” He grinned. “Though, I don’t think Hami and Marc will want to share a room with their big sister in the future.”

Oh good gods, no.

“They absolutely won’t, and more importantly, it won’t get to that point. So to be clear, after the next one we find a bigger place?”

I have him.

It’s reasonable enough.

He sighed, a rueful smile on his face. “Aye. No matter what it is---one, two, three, five---doesn’t matter. We need to get a larger home, Agi.” He rested his hands on her ample waist and kissed her. “Don’t worry, my love. We shall make it our home. I promise.”

Then the Warrior of Light had a realization that felt like she was slapped across the face.

Home is wherever he is.

So long as Estinien is there, it’s home.

Because he’s my home.

“You’re my home.” She whispered against his lips, her eyes meeting his.

“And you’re mine.”

Yours. I’m yours. Always.

Estinien suddenly smirked as red aether swirled around him. OH?!?!?! “I should very much like to reacquaint myself with the very breast wife’s tits.” OH?!?!?!?!?!? “If that is to her liking.”

To Agnes, there was only one possible response.

“You bet your ass it’s to her liking. Oh my gods!” She gasped as he lifted her using Nidhogg’s strength, laughing. “Estinien, I love you so much!” Wrapping her long, soft arms around his neck, she kissed him. I love you. I love you. I love you.

“As I ever love you,” he murmured through fangs that just appeared. Oooooooh. This is going to be a very fun night indeed! “My pretty wife.” He then glanced at the table. “One taco left.”

Taco.

She huffed, “Oh fuck it,” and reached for it, causing her husband to burst out laughing.

Silly bastard didn’t stop laughing until it was gone, but by then he had his mouth doing other things.

Like having his dessert.

[yoki-doki-then]

FFXIV Write 2024 - H O R I Z O N

Gentle rain should prelude timid times. Melancholy, mirth, mischief, nothing so severe as a storm or as nothing as a clear day. The world itself makes declaration for your mind to wander and be free.

Anything else is a violation of the natural order.

Thus do two sisters do what they do every time they meet one another. They turn the sky black. There's no moon, no stars, no cracks of lightning to break the void. Just black.

Lili had been trying to enjoy her time at her Noscean villa. One of the small perks to marrying Zazamato was having access to his wide array of estates, and this one had become her small heaven. It was an ideal place to wait out the madness striking the rest of the known world, transforming the bereaved into beasts that would devour kin as quickly as claws can take.

Best not to think about such things. Best to just find safety and serenity. The Lalafell would seek joy in the little chores around the home, peppered with long ventures out in the sun, sea breeze blowing her long pale locks. Her husband once described her shining eyes as brilliant as the sea. Water reflects the sky, though, and her sister's surprise visit had brought out the most bleak, vile look she could muster.

"It's worthwhile," her sister says after endless prior platitudes, pacing along behind Lili, "to consider that if my child is ill-content with going to your family's estate, then they should be placed under my protection."

"Your child?" Lili spins on the spot. The identical twins meet eye-to-eye, the mirror broken by the intruder's need for a cane. "Did you raise her? Did you hold her when she cried? Laughed as she did? Did you hold her hand for her first steps? What motherly -- no -- what parental act have you ever committed for her? What makes you think she'd even want to share your company?"

"They are mine by blood, and yours only by Zaza's bizarre want to keep you around after you betrayed him." Her sister drew closer. Lili can't help but notice now her twin's accompaniment in the distance, a pair of linen-clad strongmen. They're far, but she knows from their look how they'd stink. Brine and grog. Dogs were better kept. "You bore his firstborn, true enough. You spurned him for some misbegotten cat from the woods for your second runt. Thus, he picked someone loyal and true to bear his-"

"Shut it," Lili says, jabbing an index. "This marriage was broken by the time I found love elsewhere. I'm not going to shoulder our entire failure just because I'm the one who made a statement."

"The blame has to fall somewhere."

"Twelve, you're tailor-made for him."

"I know. That's why we-."

"What did you come here for, except to antagonize me?"

Her sister takes a slow breath. Ten fingers rap a merry jig on her cane's head, tip pushing hard into the soft earth below. "Well," she starts. "Reminding a shorelocked sea cow how useless she is? I could come here just for that. But no, there's important business. You know the transformations happening elsewhere? The… emotional affliction?"

"Grim way to put it, but yes."

"Then I'll continue the trend. They don't leave bodies, whether their own or their victims. I've seen it. Your husband put out a call to the entire family -- me included, important to his heart as I am -- to retreat to his family's island manor. Pure isolation. Pure… opportunity."

Lili stares into her sister's eyes. Sometimes Lili tries to think back on when they were simple La Noscean children together, and they did smile and play. Adulthood robs people of those skills. The emotions become catalogued, filed away as facts bereft of feeling. She doesn't find humanity in her sibling's eyes. And she could dig as deep as she wants through the annals of her mind to find something to love, but the hate in her hands would shred everything she touched.

"You're serious."

"We're pirate-born, Lili. Not the costumed tarts of the Admiral. We take. You took from Zazamato when you married him." She looks around, smiling ever so slightly. "You're still taking from him now. Or did you pay for this with your shares from twenty-so years ago?"

"It was a call to the whole family. Zaza's a bastard, but I loved him once. My children could be there. The woman you claim your daughter-"

"Child."

"Twelve willing, you will call her by her truth if you're going to talk about my girl."

"I know what I bore."

Lili raises her hand, palm open, fingers splayed so hard the whole arm shakes. Her sister smirks as she realizes the reason for hesitation, her two men drawing closer at the sign of uncoming violence. She opens her mouth, pulling the tiniest breath of victory through barely pursed lips. "I'm gla-"

Lili strikes true anyway.

"I'm done with you," Lili says, her sister still taking in the sting, learning that a properly received slap is a whole-body experience. "I'm done with him too. You're right. I'm done with this house. I'm done with this entire family drama. I will not be his scapegoat. I won't be your… your accomplice to murder. There isn't enough gil in the world for me to put up with this anymore." With footfalls strong enough to crack stone, she marches sidelong enough to point at her sister's accomplices. "You come closer, I swear I'll be a saint of Halone when I'm done with you."

Her attention shifts back to her sibling. "This is ending. If there's anything to be gained from a divorce, I'll give you whatever it takes to get you out of my life. Out of Yoki's life. Do you understand?" The air in her chest is hot enough a dragon would be put to shame. Those breaths come in shakes and rumbles. There's no quivering to be done here.

Lili's twin, rubbing her cheek after retrieving her cane, slowly retreats to her guards once she sees her opportunity. She nods. "Of course," she starts. She spits the pain out between the pair of sisters. "Do as you will." The two lock eyes for long enough that the guards start to shift, unsure if they should be looking at their employer or elsewhere. "I wish you luck."

When the two finally split, the true daughter of the sea between them looks up to the clouds above, and she smiles. "Fifty percent of a divorce? Lili. You really are shore-brained." A breath. "Pirates don't loot half a ship and leave the rest. No."

She giggles. "They take all they can and sink whatever's left."

[varian-and-the-crystal-empire]

I listen to a lot of video game music while writing and specifically Square Enix music, mostly from KH and FFXIV so as a fun exercise I’ve decided to pick a boss theme for as many ponies as I could. Because these are boss themes there are some spoilers involved in them so spoilers for several Final Fantasy games and Kingdom hearts below the cut

Celestia - “Your Answer” from FFXIV Endwalker

Answers from FFXIV also fits Celestia like if I were to choose a character theme from a game for her I’d choose Answers.

Luna - “Vector to the Heavens - Xion” from KH 3

I can’t fully explain why but I feel like after everything that’s happened, Luna is less prone to battle than Celestia. So Vector fits because while it’s a boss theme and it feels like they mean business, there’s the lilting sorrowful leitmotif of Xion periodically

Twilight Sparkle - “J-E-N-O-V-A” from Final Fantasy 7

The sci-fi unearthly sound just makes me think of Twilight. I can kind of imagine the stars of her cutie mark lighting up with the opening instrumentation and it still has a triumphant feel to it

Cadance - “Dedicated to Moonlight” from FFXIV

Okay I know it says moonlight but this song is actually about a love goddess or more specifically becoming old enough to pray for love to that goddess with the voice of a mother encouraging the main singer

Discord - “What Angel Wakes Me” from FFXIV

It’s very much more of a Fluttercord boss theme, but between the opening instrumentation and the lyrics I think it fits. The singer is even sort of Fluttershy esque

Sombra - “Anger Unchained” from KH 3

I don’t even remember what part of KH3 it plays in but it feels right for Sombra (considering I like the IDW comics portrayal). It’s angry, it’s sorrowful, it’s triumphant. And it ends suddenly

Gold Lily - “Locus (Duality)” from FFXIV

This is one of the songs in my mind when I made Gold Lily a being that haunts the narrative, along with most of the Alexander themes in FFXIV. Brute Justice also fits the characterization of Gold Lily post Zhan Tiri betrayal