#Elidibus Week 2023

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Day I: Eclipse

[kouriimei]

Elidibus Week 2023 - Day 7: Fate

Deliver us unto paradise, O' great Zordiark a fate that Elidibus could not reject nor shy away from

[gazihsah]

day: i | eclipse

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4. MΞMORY

[ephemeralxjustice]

So you peered into my memories... no matter. You will have found nothing of import.

Elidibus Week Day 4; Memory

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The "THEMES" of Elidibus Week 2023

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Day 2 - Wish

Elidibus Week 2023

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Day 3: Justice

The irony of seeing the very same justice you would dole out come back to strike you down

[dawnsnail]

she's in the rain | chapter 1 - eclipse

“You know, I have it on good authority that if you pine any harder, you’ll turn into a tree.” "What?" said Elidibus, with a degree of alarm. “You should talk to her.”

In the place between life and death, brought to consciousness once again on the edge of the Aetherial Sea, Themis dreams. Sometimes, he remembers. But mostly, he yearns for what once was, and what could be yet again, and tries to find the reason in his unforgivable past.

Perhaps he shall never find hope or love again, and without regret, he can fade back into the quietude of death.

But what if he does... hope?

My project for Elidibus Week 2023!

Read Chapter 1 on AO3!

[elliewiltarwyn]

FFXIV Write 2023 | Prompt #25: Call it a Day

does it still count if i invert it into "call it a night" instead. and also if i angst again. i'm sorry.

-1010 words

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Lily hadn’t expected to run into any other waking souls when she rises from her bed after several hours of fruitless attempts at sleep. So when she passes by one of the windows in the entry hall of the Baldesion Annex, on her way back from raiding the kitchen pantries for a midnight snack, and catches a glimpse through the glass of a familiar blue-haired hyur sitting on the edge of the front porch, gazing up at the stars, she’s a little taken aback.

She hesitates for a moment, but curiosity pushes her forward and out the front doors.

“Mia?” she asks quietly, unsure if the grogginess of sleep is still affecting her. The hyur starts and looks back over her shoulder, smiling weakly when she catches sight of Lily walking closer – it’s Mia, sure enough, but there’s something strange in her eyes.

“What are you doing up? I thought you called it a night a while ago.”

“Could say the same to you, couldn’t I?” Mia replies, chuckling slightly. “Is it really a surprise that we can’t sleep after the kind of week we’ve had?”

“…I’ll concede that point.” Their emotionally-trying campaign in Garlemald, and their unexpected subsequent sojourn to the moon, their shockingly-premature showdown with Zodiark, the warnings of the watcher and the Loporrits of the Final Days are all likely leaving all of them with ruminations and stressors galore. Still… “But there’s something else on your mind, isn’t there?”

Mia’s smile falls, and she sighs and buries her head in her hand. “Can’t hide anything from you.”

Lily smirks meekly and takes a seat next to her. “Care to spill?”

She doesn’t know what she expected, but it isn’t Mia’s sudden sob. She watches Mia’s hand slip off her face, sees the tear streaks. And her heart shatters into pieces.

“There’s never enough time, is there?” Mia whispers, staring at the lines of her palm… or rather, the tail end of the burn scars that have now wreathed their way all around her left arm. The Loporrits’ medical treatments had worked wonders, even against flames of darkness as strong as Zodiark’s, and she would soon regain normal usage of it, but the scarring was permanent. “There’s always some horrific crisis, some world-threatening peril. Can’t let our guards down for even a moment… now more than ever, even though in the now, our mortal enemies are all gone. No more Ascians, no more Emet-Selch or Elidibus or Fandaniel or their lord primal… and yet somehow now we’re in more danger than ever. There’s never enough time to actually rest and do the things we want to do.”

Lily gulps. “What would you want to do, if you had the time?”

Mia doesn’t answer for several seconds, just continuing to stare at her palm. Eventually though, she pulls it inward, laying it to rest over her heart. “…There’s something I need to tell someone,” she says quietly. “And I told myself… I would tell her when we had even the smallest moment of respite. I can’t keep going like this; I can’t keep charging into danger, leaping into endless abysses… without telling her.” She grits her teeth and squeezes her eyes shut. “But duty keeps calling, again and again and again…”

Lily feels tears welling at the corners of her eyes. She gulps again, shuts them, and grinds her teeth together. She knows all too well who Mia’s referring to.

And so, she steels herself, guards her already-shattered heart… then shifts over, reaches out, and grabs Mia’s hand. The other woman starts and stares at her.

“You’re right,” Lily says, carefully but determinedly charging ahead. “We don’t know how long we have, and you need to seize the opportunity when it strikes.” She blinks away the tears and smiles up at her best friend. “And wouldn’t you know it… you’re awake and don’t need to run off to save the world right this minute.”

Mia’s eyes widen. “Lily—”

“Go to her, Mia.” Lily sniffs and squeezes her hand. “Go to Ellie right now, and tell her you love her.” As she says the words, even with the precautions she’s taken… her heart still cracks in half. “I know you do, and I know she loves you back,” she continues, even as her voice crumbles and becomes hoarse, “so tell her now, while you have the chance.”

Mia stares down at her, completely frozen, for what feels like an eternity. Eventually, though, like the dawn rising over the horizon, a smile of wonder spreads across her face, and she chuckles in disbelief. “Gods, you really know how to pierce straight to the heart of the matter, don’t you?”

Of course. My heart’s being pierced through right now. “Maybe I’m just sick of seeing you two dance around each other,” Lily mutters with a smirk, as if that’s actually going to deflect from how she truly feels. “So wrap that dance up now before we need to forge ahead once more.”

Mia draws her lips tight, squeezes Lily’s hand in hers, and nods. “Okay. Yeah.” She slowly smiles again, and before Lily can react, she’s pulled the young miqo’te into a tight hug, provoking a squeak of shock. “Thank you, Lils. Thank you so much.”

Lily closes her eyes and breathes in her scent, floral-like, and smiles grimly. “Don’t thank me yet. Just… go.”

Mia places a soft kiss onto the crown of her head, directly between her ears, squeezes her one last time, and then jumps to her feet. She beams at Lily one last time, then turns and practically dashes through the Baldesion Annex’s front doors, on her way down the halls of the Andron to her destination.

And as the doors swing shut, a heaving sob wrenches its way free from Lily’s chest, and she curls in on herself, clutching her elbows and silently weeping under the light of the moon. She no longer harbors thoughts of her soft bed – she knows, having done what she’s done, she won’t be calling it a night herself anytime soon.

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Day III: Justice

[kouriimei]

Elidibus Week 2023 - Day 5: Tether

"From this life, our savior born... May I be worthy of the honor."

the quote that started it all: the tether that which bounded him to his duty, that unraveled him, and his very being.

[gazihsah]

day: ii | wish

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3. JUSTICΞ

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Elidibus Week; Day 2 Wish

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Prompt list for #Elidibus Week 2023