#a mystery unveiled

[enolareven]

[FFXIV RP/OC Short Story]

Nergui Qestir - A Mystery Unveiled

(part 4)

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Nergui stood above the newly laid rug in the corner of Id'Shidh, beside the bookcase and void magic tome. The rug was small and round, and had been enchanted with a spell that grew charming pink flowers from it. He had acquired it from a vendor in Idyllshire earlier while gathering ingredients and studying botany, an indispensable knowledge for a witch who desired to make magical potions.

It made for such a peaceful and comforting place to meditate. The flowers were sure to help protect one from harmful negative energy or spirits while in the sensitive trance state.

Nergui smiled in satisfaction and then sighed, pacing over to the window to gaze out through it while his shoulders slumped. He placed a hand longingly on the window as his thoughts carried on a monologue,

"What does it mean? It makes no sense. I don't get it...my echo has never told me a lie before."

The other day, when he'd gone to see his grandmother for advice on the Azim Steppe, she'd given him an old stole that belonged to her daughter- his mother. She held a hand on his head, signaling to him that he should use his gift and the stole to try to see into the past of its owner and learn something.

At first, he had his doubts, as it was very hard to force the echo's powers despite all the practice. But he wore it for the rest of the day, and even to sleep at night, in hopes of a vision. In his sleep, it came. He could tell right away that it was no ordinary dream; it was very lucid, and the colors were all faded unlike his usual vividly colored dreams. He was watching the past again.

He saw a Xaela woman who matched the description and photos of his mother: a light tan-skinned woman with long reddish brown hair pulled up, wearing the Qestir lilac-purple coat and a furres hat. She was out in a field pulling wild cabbages out from a patch of grass, and turned around as she felt something looming over her. Her face froze in terror, and she was knocked down almost as soon as she'd begun to run. She was dragged slaughtered by something large, a wild beast or monster of some kind with a exact shape that couldn't be discerned in the shadows of the dream.

Blood splattered, and a scream was silenced. The woman lay by the river, grotesquely mutilated with her head separated from her body, which had its parts rearranged quite a bit and many pieces visible that were not meant to be outside the flesh.

He had woken up with chills and confusion, holding his arms around himself tightly and furrowing as he stared into the floor and thought about the gruesome scene.

He had not told anyone yet; and still did not trust the dream entirely. The story he knew of his mother's death was nothing like this - she had died of an illness while he was a baby. She had it for some time and eventually became so weak and fatigued that she passed away. He was told that his mother was broken-hearted after his father's death, which worsened her condition. She was not attacked by a wild beast or murdered as in that gory dream-vision.

But why, and how, did the echo show him a false past this time? What was this? Was it true, and he was ignorant of some crucial detail? Was it not really his mother? Or did she somehow survive this brutal attack? The latter was highly unlikely from the looks of it.

Nergui shook his head and made a small, "tch!" sound from the corner of his mouth.

"I have no way of knowing when this supposedly happened, either. Was I born yet, or not?"

He drew in a deep breath and heaved it back out, letting the tension fall from his shoulders. Perhaps working the shoppe for another night would relax his mind while he pondered everything in the downtime. He went to setting up the spell for the day on the round table in the center of the room. An amethyst, purple roses, and lavender incense. For intuition, relaxation, mental strength, and powerful intuition.

He sent out a retainer to post a notice in the market board and sat down on the new rug in a lotus position to relax, and began reading from the tome where he left off, muttering about voidsent summonings as he read.

The day was slow, with one Roegadyn woman entering the shoppe and sharing some interesting stories about her unique family, and her adopted Xaela sister who wished to know more about her own origins. He thought it yet another sign to investigate his past; there may be something to learning about one's unknown roots. When the lovely guest had left, he quickly closed up the shoppe after parting words and packed up a bag with his mother(?)'s stole and some basics, including a small bag of zefir, one of his favorite comfort foods that happened to be good for one's mental and magical ability and focus.

It was time to go have these new questions answered, and hopefully not with more questions again.

[potahun]

di feisheng, who has wariness built in him since young, who has been taught cruelly about survival above all, who, even in amnesia, continues to doubt and suspect those around him, who withholds information from others before judging how to act because he knows he can't trust them based on words, and who, despite all of this, offers without more to li lianhua the precious, vulnerable truth that, if there is one thing he believes in all that's been said, it's that he did indeed want li lianhua to live

[rohirric-hunter]

[aflawedfashion]

I just finished season 1 of Silo and this is the kind of show where I need shorter hiatuses between seasons

[icharchivist]

my sweet boy... my sweet, sweet boy.... im so sorry they pulled that on you

ok elephant in the room let's go: his English new voice is genuinely atrocious. I've heard some scenes out of context and i was already reeling, but now, in context, it genuinely makes me angry.

SuzuKen save me... save me SuzuKen... save m--

but genuinely like, almost all of the voice replacement still sound similar enough to their original English VA. except Zack. They went in a total other direction and it's so damn jarring. It gets worse as the scene goes on and you enter CC dialogues because you can genuinely point to scenes the line read is totally opposite one from the other. it's so jarring.

Right there. He sounds too cocky. That's not how Zack was feeling at the time.

"The Price of Freedom is Steep" isn't something Zack said jokingly, imo in both the 07 versions and in the Japanese, it's more a gentle resignation moment.

In Crisis Core this is what starts Zack's last stand, it is after all the Horrors. After Zack failed to save Angeal, and Sephiroth, and that going against Genesis took all of the emotional strength he still had because he was growing frustrated and tired and sad no one was ever listening to him, that he's just been trying so hard to stop things from going downhill, but every single times life throw him on a loop.

When Zack enters this fight he isn't thinking "yeah i can take them" like this line read gave the impression of. He's thinking "it's always another thing after the other huh".

Like. sorry it bugs me but like. please.

The scene was already a cheap shot at trying to have Fan Popular Zack on the screen but the English version really went in a direction that is so jarring compared to the take from the 07 game.

sighs.

at least he looks pretty but it's wild how even as fanservice goes, when you expect it to happen, it doesn't land huh. Maybe i would have been shocked if i didn't know about it coming in.

But man. What are they doing to you boy.

and then the scene cutting back to Aerith discussing the Specters and how if they walk to the fight against Sephiroth they'll find "Freedom" on the other side, "boundless freedom like the sky" because they're changing fate get it? get it?

Like ngl i thought i'd at least be hyped to see Zack.

But man i really hate everything around this whole thing that even just seeing him isn't making me excited huh.

and instead i feel just infinitely sad.

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[enolareven]

[FFXIV RP/OC Short Story]

Nergui Qestir - A Mystery Unveiled

(part 3)

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"...fire rocks...ice rocks...that's it."

Nergui closed the notebook on his desk after a few strokes of a quill pen, and set the inventory/order list beneath the counter to be opened another night before the next opening.

The final morning of Heavensturn week had been a cheerful and interesting one. He closed his eyes to reflect and smiled, honestly hoping in his heart that he had provided valueable guidance to several Eorzean adventurers over the past few days.

He then opened his eyes and turned them to the lilac wood shelf beside the large tome of void magics, where he had set aside his own crystal guides: the obsidian and turquoise. He slid them into a secure pocket of his woolen coat along with his yol whistle, and grabbed a small satchel of essentials on the way out the door. It was time to heed the stones' advice and make a visit to someone who could help him.

For Nergui, the quickest way to the Steppes would of course be through aetheryte travel. He thought for a moment how privileged he must be to tolerate frequent travel in addition to being attuned all over Hydaelyn, and focused on the large blue crystal he wished to bring himself to. In a swirl of dark blue, he dissolved and sent his aether to the other side of the world in mere seconds.

Once his aether had properly materialized again, he smiled and looked up. The Steppe sky was a majestic expanse over a wide field, surrounded by mountains that seemed to isolate it from the rest of the world, making it feel like its own private one. He turned his attention down to the earth's level, and watched a few merchants walking by. One of them gave him a familiar wave, which he returned.

This was Reunion, the home of his tribe and open market overseen by them to promote peace, prosperity and cooperation between tribes as well as outside peoples.

Behind him was the iloh of the Qestir khan, where his grandmother often stayed as an advisor, healer and respected shaman. It was she who taught him his first magic spell, and she who he had come to visit.

Nergui took a deep breath and clutched the stones in his pocket, taking them out to hold over his heart.

"What is it you wish me to know?"

He marched forward intently and entered the iloh, pushing its scaffold aside and immediately bowing with respect as he came under its roof.

At the far side sat the leader of the Qestir, their khan Iturgen. He and the bodyguard beside him both nodded a welcome to Nergui as a white-haired elderly woman slowly walked toward him. She looked up at her grandson with joy in her eyes, as always. Nergui smiled warmly down at his grandmother, who stood at only half his height, if that. He stepped down onto one knee to give her a hug and then sat back on both to rest just below her eye level.

It was the way of the Qestir never to speak. This was a rule Nergui respected as part of the tribe whenever he was home, and sometimes in the presence of one outside the Steppe. Though he himself had not much problem with words, it was a way of honoring his culture and heritage. He was still and always would be a Qestir.

His grandmother watched attentively, knowing he had not come to visit again for any frivolous reason. Nergui slowly took the smooth obsidian and turquoise stones from his pockets and held them out in both hands to show them to her.

She looked down at them curiously, and then back at Nergui's red-violet eyes that seemed to thirst for answers. She needed no more than a minute to understand that these crystals were messages recieved in meditation recently.

She took both stones into her small, deep blue hands with care, and gazed into them for a moment before placing them back in her grandson's. Nergui watched with intrigue as she turned and walked away, leaving the khan's iloh and motioning for him to follow.

[salveticn]

au hesperos doesn’t die ... au agdistis doesn’t die ...

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Unveiling the Mysteries of Thracian Temples

The Temple in the Golyama Arsenalka Mound

In the 5th century BC, a temple emerged within the Golyama Arsenalka mound, offering a glimpse into ancient Thracian beliefs. The temple’s floor, crafted from meticulously arranged flagstones, unveils a circular recess symbolizing the sun. Encircling this central motif are three concentric belts, reflecting the Thracian concept of the Universe encompassing underground, terrestrial, and celestial realms. Although ancient plundering has disturbed the site, remnants of golden jewelry have been discovered amidst the gaps.

A Glimpse into Royal Burials

Within this burial ground lies the resting place of a Thracian ruler, dating back to ancient times. Among the remarkable discoveries within the tomb is a golden mask, a unique artifact within Thracian territories, alongside a distinctive signature ring. The ruler’s interment included an array of weaponry and armor, comprising a breastplate, swords, lances, and arrows, rendering this find one of the most opulent in Bulgaria’s history Private Tour Istanbul.

The Temple of Seuthes III (Golyama Kosmatka)

Constructed during the latter half of the 5th century BC, the Temple of Seuthes III within the Golyama Kosmatka mound boasts a complex architectural design. Comprising a rectangular chamber, a circular chamber, and a sarcophagus hall, the temple stands as a testament to Thracian spiritual practices. Noteworthy are the vibrant adornments embellishing the marble gate, symbolizing the cardinal directions and the cyclical nature of existence. Within the tomb, a treasure trove awaits discovery, including a magnificent golden wreath, ornate wine goblets, and intricately decorated armor pieces.

Celebrating Thracian Heritage

Experience the enchanting allure of Thracian rituals during the annual Celebrations of the Valley of the Thracian Kings, held on 2nd and 3rd September. This event, inspired by the rich cultural heritage of the Thracians, aims to foster a deeper appreciation for their way of life. The festivities encompass a diverse array of activities, from exhibitions showcasing Thracian heritage through the eyes of artists to guided tours of the Valley of the Thracian Kings. Additionally, a scientific symposium delves into the significance of cultural tourism in the Thracian lands, offering insights for both scholars and enthusiasts alike.

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