#my ocs: lilyana tsuki

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polyam week day 6: celebrations | holidays

Sometimes she wonders if they'd be happier living elsewhere, but she has to admit out of all the possibilities, Mist likely has some of the best views of Rising fireworks.

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polyam week day 3: date night | first dates

Lily feels bad about trying to call in favors with her former boss to get seats at the Bismarck, but Ellie and Mia convinced her the occasion calls for the best cuisine they can afford. Which, as former Warriors of Light, is substantial.

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polyam week day 1: first time sleeping together

The moment she came back into their lives, they realized what their missing piece had been all along.

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polyam week day 4: outfit swaps | role change

"...if I'm dealing damage... and you're dealing damage... and she's tanking... who's healing the party??"

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polyam week day 7: vacation | relaxation

wish you were here

used pose e1 from the polyam trio art meme!

two bonus shots:

extremely awkward wide-angle selfie

i'm a big sucker for tail wraps but of course it's hidden in the main shot

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ffxiv polyam week day 5: alternate universe | in another life

Some days, she looks to the heavens and wonders if this is really the life that was meant for her...

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As she looks upon them, seeing the way their hands so naturally curl around each other, something bittersweet resonates in Lily's chest. She still isn't sure she wholly understands the sensation, or what just happened to her -- what role she played in dispatching Mitron, in freeing Gaia from his grasp.

She's so beyond relieved to see Gaia safe, to see Ryne's hand in hers. To feel the soft grass spreading beneath their feet and witness the brilliant colors of the rainbow-colored crystal before them -- their mission appears to have been a resounding success on every possible level.

Yet this ache lingers in her heart -- similar, but not quite in the same arena as the lingering trauma from her first love, nor is it the bitterness that has weighed upon her since Yugiri's gentle rejection. It's not even the whirlpool she's been slowly drowning in since she first noticed the way Ellie and Mia have been looking at each other recently.

It's a strangely contented ache, as oxymoronic as that sounds. Like she's reconciled a part of herself. Like she has, for once, even though she's lost something in the process, accepted this turn of events. And she has -- she's really, truly, genuinely happy for Ryne and Gaia.

A voice within her is saying this is good, this is right, and she feels oddly inclined to heed it. Maybe she hasn't lost so much as she thinks.

a vague skeleton of the plot thoughts i have about Lily and Eden: seeing Ryne and Gaia's affection for each other blossoming forces Lily to confront some of her own conceptions of what love is after the trauma she's been through, and maybe learn how to process the broken pieces of herself she's never been able to pick up. And maybe she gets a hand when she realizes her soul resonates too much with the Ascian who wants Gaia all for himself. And maybe her reconciliation involves her literally reconciling with the man who turns out to be another shard of her soul.

so yeah Lily's ancient self was Artemis in case that wasn't obvious, and she probably ends up merging with Mitron the same way Ellie merged with Ardbert. and the point of this is ??? idk but it feels cool gshalkfakjfk

extremely silly bonus:

"What in the godsdamn-- Mia, is it just me, or--" "Ellie, I swear, if this is about the ghosts again, I'm throwing you into that lake."

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polyam week day 2: domestic life | mundane tasks

"Thank gods we have someone in this relationship who can cook now. Mia was on the verge of throwing me out if I burnt anything else or evaporated another stew or whatever." "Come on, I still refuse to believe you evaporated a whole stew." "I'm just saying there's a reason I'm over here."

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personal wol infopost

I have three co-Warriors of Light who I write as part of the same universe. they are:

-Ellie Wiltarwyn, female Roegadyn dark knight/monk -Mia Longhart, female Hyur paladin -and Lilyana Tsuki, female Miqo'te ninja

Ellie is my main and the one in which I've invested *checks /playtime and despairs* 279 days as of this writing, and the one I do high-end content with -- though Mia is beginning to catch up...

some more personal details below for each!

(amazing art by tumblr.com/gzeidraws!!)

Elilgeim "Ellie" Wiltarwyn, a flameout from the Studium who found new meaning in her life when the Echo gave her a purpose and directed her to Gridania, where Yda and Papalymo recruit her for the Scions. Throughout the MSQ, she goes from White Mage through ARR, picks up Dark Knight in Heavensward, switches to Reaper for Endwalker, and puts the scythe down for Monk post-Endwalker. It's pronounced VILL-ter-win, like "filter" with a slightly harder nearly-V sound.

Mia Longhart, a refugee from Garlemald with a strong moral compass that drove her to Eorzea to fight against her homeland. She drills in the Gladiator's Guild in Ul'dah until the Echo points her to Thancred, who recruits her for the Scions. Throughout the MSQ, she consistently sticks to Paladin, but learns how to be a White Mage, Samurai, and Bard for party flexibility. To overcome the Garlean inability to wield aether, she works with Cid and his Ironworks to have magitech implants to amplify what the Echo grants her.

Lilyana Tsuki, a Seeker of the Sun miqo'te who refuses to speak of the clan whence she came. She considers herself a stray who's fallen in with the Rogue's Guild in Limsa Lominsa as long as they'll take care of her, which is until the Echo directs her to investigate dangers that catch Y'shtola's eye as well, and she recruits her for the Scions. Throughout the MSQ, she fights with both knives as Rogue and with fists as Monk until she goes missing at the end of ARR and its bloody banquet. She's found by Yugiri in Heavensward and trains as a Ninja, then dips her toe into Astrologian and Dancer as those opportunities become available. She's incredibly snuggly and will curl up for a doze at a friend's side if given the chance.

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I have like five more OCs/alts but these are the ones who have the Echo in my personal canon. :3

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8/11/23 Edit: this is when I switched Mia's surname from Dragosina (was never really satisfied with that) to Longhart. a) it's a little more in-line with FF names in general, not just XIV's (like y'know, Tifa Lockhart. She's basically the Tifa to Ellie's Cloud...) b) it makes it less obvious she's related to a certain mad Garlean scientist (for some reason, I was stuck on keeping a semblance of "Asina" in her surname, but now I've decided it doesn't matter, and she wants to distance herself) and c) Longhart doesn't actually mean "long heart," long is the Chinese word for dragon, so now her name's "Dragon heart" and I think that owns. 😊

(...I guess it might be a little appropriative for a Garlean citizen to take a name from a culture they've probably conquered, but I don't think it's enough to make it insensitive rather than respectful. Actually... who is the Chinese equivalent in FFXIV? Is it Doma or Yanxia?)

12/20/23 Edit: finally put in the time to make those trust banners for them :)