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In my personal timeline (headcanons), the twins are probably mid-twenties by now and this is how I kinda imagine them. Instead of their canon look for Endwalker/Shadowbringers, this is how they'd look/dress.

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She sighed, staring out at the terraces of ice and stone and snow below the Pillars. Ali wondered what her brother would have done, in her position. Would he have let himself be used as a pawn? Would he have seen through Ilberd's plot sooner? Would he have lost the Scions just like she had?

She glanced to the side as she heard slow and cautious steps, looking back out as a hand rested on the railing next to her.

"Tataru is set up in the tavern," said Alphinaud by way of greeting. Ali did not know what to make of the teenage Elezen who tried to act twice his age. Ever since he'd shown up in the church, demanding that Cid remember who he was and get them to Garuda, Ali hadn't known what to do with him. He acted as though he could fix the whole world, just because he was Louisoux' grandson. He was arrogant and selfish and everything that reminded her of her brother and father.

She supposed she could have been... kinder with the Crystal Braves mess.

"Mm," she replied, not looking at him. She heard him shift awkwardly and let out a breath.

"...Ali, can I ask you something?" he asked and she felt eyes on her. Ali turned her head slightly, meeting his eyes with hers. She nodded. "Why did you come?" There was a pause, one that had her raising an eyebrow as his ears turned pink. "I-I mean, why did you come to Ishgard with us? You... made your opinion of me very clear that day in Camp Dragonhead."

Blue eyes slid back to the foggy abyss beyond the railing. She worried her bottom lip in thought. He was quiet, not pressuring her for answers.

"I...." she started, paused and let out a breath that fogged in front of her. "I didn't see the threat until it was too late. They made me run even as they hanged back to give me time to escape. I can't..." Ali's head fell forward and she rested her chin on her held knees. "They gave me this chance to continue the fight."

A hand gently pressed against her back, rubbing up and down her spine. The gesture caught her off guard, so caring that her throat felt thick and she swallowed the emotion down as best as she could. His fingers traced slow circles.

"I should have seen it, Ali. They were my Braves, my second in command. Illberd fooled us all," he said, looking up at her and finding her eyes around her arm. She watched as emotions flickered across his face and eyes, a ting of pink dusting his nose and cheekbones. It wasn't the first time she wondered what Alphie would have looked like as a teenager, and as an adult.

He coughed softly and pulled away. Alphinaud half turned back towards the Fortemps manor.

"We'll find them, Ali. I promise.... and thank you. For coming with us." He paused for a moment longer before leaving Alisaesae perched on the railing.

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She sighed, staring out at the terraces of ice and stone and snow below the Pillars. Ali wondered what her brother would have done, in her position. Would he have let himself be used as a pawn? Would he have seen through Ilberd's plot sooner? Would he have lost the Scions just like she had?

She glanced to the side as she heard slow and cautious steps, looking back out as a hand rested on the railing next to her.

"Tataru is set up in the tavern," said Alphinaud by way of greeting. Ali did not know what to make of the teenage Elezen who tried to act twice his age. Ever since he'd shown up in the church, demanding that Cid remember who he was and get them to Garuda, Ali hadn't known what to do with him. He acted as though he could fix the whole world, just because he was Louisoux' grandson. He was arrogant and selfish and everything that reminded her of her brother and father.

She supposed she could have been... kinder with the Crystal Braves mess.

"Mm," she replied, not looking at him. She heard him shift awkwardly and let out a breath.

"...Ali, can I ask you something?" he asked and she felt eyes on her. Ali turned her head slightly, meeting his eyes with hers. She nodded. "Why did you come?" There was a pause, one that had her raising an eyebrow as his ears turned pink. "I-I mean, why did you come to Ishgard with us? You... made your opinion of me very clear that day in Camp Dragonhead."

Blue eyes slid back to the foggy abyss beyond the railing. She worried her bottom lip in thought. He was quiet, not pressuring her for answers.

"I...." she started, paused and let out a breath that fogged in front of her. "I didn't see the threat until it was too late. They made me run even as they hanged back to give me time to escape. I can't..." Ali's head fell forward and she rested her chin on her held knees. "They gave me this chance to continue the fight."

A hand gently pressed against her back, rubbing up and down her spine. The gesture caught her off guard, so caring that her throat felt thick and she swallowed the emotion down as best as she could. His fingers traced slow circles.

"I should have seen it, Ali. They were my Braves, my second in command. Illberd fooled us all," he said, looking up at her and finding her eyes around her arm. She watched as emotions flickered across his face and eyes, a ting of pink dusting his nose and cheekbones. It wasn't the first time she wondered what Alphie would have looked like as a teenager, and as an adult.

He coughed softly and pulled away. Alphinaud half turned back towards the Fortemps manor.

"We'll find them, Ali. I promise.... and thank you. For coming with us." He paused for a moment longer before leaving Alisaesae perched on the railing.

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Her little chocobo, Chronos

[ I've been trying to do more posing things with ktisis. Limbs are decently easy to manipulate. Face bones... not so much orz ]

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underscoring the WoL's whole story I think is a sort of horror story about what it's like being turned into a story while you're still alive

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The Timelost Twin

Ali was five when her twin went missing, vanishing without a trace.

Ali was fifteen when they found the barest traces of his aether lost among the Rift and her father died trying to pull him back.

Ali was twenty five when an anomaly across the shards sent her time magic haywire and she was shunted to the Source.

Ali is thirty now. She hasn't found a way home, nor her twin but this world seems to need of her magicks. Maybe if she sees this to its conclusion, she'll find what she's looking for.

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Alisaesae Alisae, a timelost shard of Alisaie Leveilleur who has wound up on the Source looking for her twin Alphie. How she arrived at the Source, instead of in the past on her shard, is a mystery, but time seems to move... weird around her at times.

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[ I had an almighty need to create a tiny popoto version of Alisaie and then she started to take on a mind of her own. She was sent to the Source by a time spell gone wrong - a ripple effect of the Calamity and falling of Dalamud, and her Echo manifests as her ability to manipulate time around her. Will I make content of her? I have no idea, but here she is! ]

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[ Sometimes I make some really hot characters ]

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Alisaie

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*kicks open door* AIRSHIP MOUNT *puts door back and leaves*

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

FINALLY! FINALLY!

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You know what should be a mount for the Cosmic Expedition? Or whatever the fuck its called? A loporrit rides your head and like controls you. Thats it. Thats the mount. A loporrit just sits at the base of your neck or on your head and moves its hands to control you.

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My artwork for the At Daybreak scions zine :) I got to imagine how Estinien and Alphinaud would spend their free time during Dawntrail :D

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every day is a good day to objectify estinien wyrmblood

i’ll uh. show myself out,

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Alisaie and Alphinaud join the battle!