#riftdancing roleplay

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Once a humble coffee shop nestled in the heart of a great free company, The Fireside was the go-to place for members of Firelight Trading Company looking for a bite to eat after a long mission. Realising its potential as both a meeting place and a means of capital, its proprietor expanded the business throughout the various city-states of Eorzea until The Fireside became synonymous with coffee, company and great food; sourly needed after the anguish of The Final Days. Now, patrons old and new can gather to enjoy the hospitality and cosy atmosphere these avenues provide. Welcome to The Fireside! This establishment was made to focus on the creation and fostering of late-night/oceanic roleplay. Though physically located in Balmung/Crystal's Shirogane, the Fireside's expansion into almost all the city-states creates a space where your character can walk in from almost anywhere, and our focus on a coffee-shop with a laid-back atmosphere encourages off-the-cuff, casual roleplay that can turn into more. For more information, or to keep in touch with our events, feel free to join our discord here!

The Fireside will be re-opening for events shortly after Dawntrail's release. The staff are going to take some time to get through the MSQ and give everyone else a chance to play the expansion for a little bit before we begin again, but we're making a come back! Please look forward to it!

Until then, as always, the cafe is open to the public 24/7 for both your /gpose and roleplay hobbies! However, during off hours the café will not currently be staffed. Please feel free to NPC any baristas or waiters you might need for your Roleplay in the mean time.

Thank you so much for your interest! We're eager to serve you again!

Feel free to visit our beautifully overhauled website: The Fireside

The Fireside is located @ Plot 53, 3rd Ward, Shirogane on Balmung (Crystal)

[gatheredfates]

Get yourself a best friend like @riftdancing who will initiate impromptu ic / ooc meme roleplay with you in voice.

Blink: We need to bury them. Kor: Not if you care about your carpet.

[graceful-cure-swan]

———  BASICS! ♡

NAME! ♡ -  Laini

PRONOUNS! ♡ -  she / her

ZODIAC SIGN! ♡ -   Aquarius

TAKEN OR SINGLE! ♡ -  Single

———  THREE  FACTS! ♡

1! ♡  -   I’m an English major in community college and I aim to become an editor one day!

2! ♡ -   My two main brainrots atm are Precure and critically acclaimed MMO Final Fantasy XIV that has a free trial that goes up to level 60 and includes the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the award-winning expansion Heavensward with no restrictions on playtime-

3! ♡ -   I’ve loved Tamagotchis since I was little and I have gotten almost every English release since the original Connection. I’m currently running the Tamagotchi Pix!

———  EXPERIENCE! ♡

PLATFORMS USED! ♡ -  My first platform was Gaia Online (where I kinda sucked because I was a literal teenager who didn’t know any better) but I remember briefly roleplaying on some forum that I forget the name of before I came to Tumblr.

———  MUSE  PREFERENCE! ♡

FEMALE, MALE OR NONBINARY! ♡ - I like playing female muses, but I also play male muses on my sideblog and I’m open to playing nonbinary muses in the future! (There are two characters in Hugtto Precure that I headcanon as nonbinary-- Henri and Bishin-- but I don’t play them on my sideblog simply because I’m not too interested)

MULTI OR SINGLE! ♡ -     In terms of blogs, I prefer to keep Tsubasa to her own blog but I do have a multimuse sideblog that’s thriving because it’s a sideblog (my previous attempts at playing canon muses died because I couldn’t handle having two main blogs, among other things)!

FLUFF / ANGST / SMUT! ♡ -  Both fluff and angst are great! Smut is a no-no for me because most of my muses are underage and I’m just not interested in writing outright smut for the muses who are of age. The steamiest content you’ll get from me is the acknowledgement that as grown-ass adults, they do think about sex from time to time and have kinks and fetishes. Nothing beyond that, tho!

PLOT / MEMES! ♡ -  Both! I just love writing in general so please yeet stuff at me anytime~!

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TAGGED BY! ♡ @riftdancer (thanks for the tag!)

TAGGING @limitlesspossibilities @silverhearted-robin-hood and anyone else who wants to do this!

[riftdancing]

𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆

Once a humble coffee shop nestled in the heart of a great free company, The Fireside was the go-to place for members of Firelight Trading Company looking for a bite to eat after a long mission. Realizing its potential as both a meeting place and a means of capital, its proprietor expanded the business throughout the various city-states of Eorzea until The Fireside became synonymous with coffee, company and great food; sourly needed after the anguish of The Final Days. Now, patrons old and new can gather to enjoy the hospitality and cozy atmosphere these avenues provide.

-> Learn more about our establishment and roleplay here!

[riftdancing]

Fierce, usually bright mismatched slits narrowed darkly as with a click of his fingertips, the positions between Rex and Blink would swap. The crimson haired miqo'te would go on the defense while Vaniro main lined the assault.

“You used my brother.” Came the hiss of her tone with a darkness Rex likely hadn’t heard before. The tip of her Cerulean gun blade came to rest just beneath Kierian’s chin, lifting so he would meet her gaze. It sparked to life with the energy of Vaniro's aether and danced wildly with her anger. The pilot was a storm begging to be unleashed. “You tainted him. Turned him against his family, and you think you can beg me for mercy?” The blade tip remained perfectly still even though her body ached to quiver with the weight of her anger. Vaniro’s nostrils flared, and for a moment Kierian felt sure this might be the last thing he ever saw.

An incredibly vexed sigh left the pilot’s frame and the blade would lower slightly. For a moment Kierian wondered if he may yet live. The Hyur's thinning lips peeled back to speak, but Vaniro silenced him with a piercing glare. “You’re a rat, Kierian. A sniveling bottom feeder looking for any opportunity to climb. You didn’t care about my Brother. You cared about what power he could bring you. You were foolish to overlook me-”

“You were the gem of your Father’s eye!” Kierian blatantly retorted, interrupting her. “If any of us so much as looked in your direction he would have had us all shot. Slevin was the only one who could even get remotely close to y-” yet his words were ended with a sharp crack which echoed about the blood spattered hall. It was the back of Blink’s half gloved hand clipping his cheek mercilessly before harsh words bore into him.

“DOMINIC GAVE ME TO HIM AND YOU DID NOTHING.” Not once had Rex ever heard Vaniro raise her voice. In tense situations like this the woman, his pilot, was often calm, in control, and not an ounce of emotion leaked through. To this, Kierian would know a fear he’d not yet felt before. “YOU STOOD BY AND WATCHED. WHO DID YOU CHOOSE TO HELP?” The miqo'te's gaze was like a wildfire ready to devour and burn anything it set upon yet the hyur was at least smart enough not to answer her. Then the woman’s hellfire came in nothing but an unnerving and grave whisper which sliced through him like a knife. “You let me burn in support of a man who didn’t even need your help, yet you have the nerve to beg me for mercy??”

Slowly Vaniro leaned back, her narrowed gaze appraising the situation. Kierian had shrunk down beneath her, down to his knees as if ready to beg for mercy and yet could not find the words. He did not deserve it. Kierian Reeve had gravely wronged her. Trembling beneath the weight of her words and his past wrongs, he would feel Vaniro’s boot plant firmly in the center of his chest, knocking him over so his back met the floor. “You have one minute to convince me not to slit your throat.” Yet, unbeknownst to Kierian, Vaniro had already made her choice.

“I’m sorry.” His voice trembled feebly, and for a moment Blink’s facial expression lightened. “It’s not that I made the wrong choice, it's that I simply didn’t make enough of one.” Finally those dark brown hues would lift to find the woman’s gaze. “Where I chose Skorn, it should have been both of you. I was blinded by my desire to climb. I wrote you off as too much trouble when you were clearly in need of aid. I was selfish and arrogant. When I chose your brother I did not do so with his best interests in mind, only mine. It was only after working with him that I grew to care for him. When you took him from me I was so blinded by my own anger I didn’t even see how much you had grown. How independent, fierce, and clearly capable of leadership you really were." A pause, "No, are.” He corrected himself. “I should have seen it when the Harbingers pledged their loyalty to you after Skorn’s death. But I was blinded by my rage. It’s not an excuse… but you-” His gaze flicked to Rex who still kept her back free of any interruption or distraction, “-and him, have opened my eyes. I failed you just like I failed Skorn.”

Vaniro’s shoulders lost some of the tension they held before as she gazed down upon Kierian, before rolling her eyes with annoyance. “Get up.” the pilot ordered before watching him rise. “Call off your men.” The order was put through almost instantaneously. Then Vaniro took a few steps back towards Rex. “Today you live another day, Reeve Kierian. Fortunately for you I’ve been convinced creating allies is a stronger play than eliminating enemies. Tomorrow is a new day to be the person you’ve learned you should be. But remember, you breathe because I allow you to breathe and if I ever catch wind of you repeating your mistakes, I will suck the very air from your lungs and smoke it with one of his finest cigars.” She would motion to Rex with a thumb. “Don’t disappoint me.”

[riftdancing]

The Umbral Udon is a far Eastern dinning hall and Noodle Bar hosted by Siyoh Mari with the intention of introducing foreigners to Eastern cuisine while still appealing to and serving the Doman populace.

I am considering hosting small dining events at the Umbral Udon sporadically and I was curious to see how much interest and what people might prefer out of this sort of venue before attempting to structure any sort of legitimate event.

If you're interested, please take a moment to vote for what appeals to you most.

That being said, I would like to state this venue is open at all hours for anyone to come and roleplay in regardless of an event being on or not. While it may not be consistently staffed, there are plenty of Namazu NPCs who are happy to attend to all of your dining needs when Siyoh is away.

The main room of the Udon is set up in the same fashion as a Street Food stall where you can simply come slurp down some noodles at the main bar!

While I do humbly ask the additional chambers in the FC are respected as private or VIP access roleplay wise, you are welcome to visit out of character and get a feel for what VIP treatment may entail for private dining!

[riftdancing]

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆

Once a humble coffee shop nestled in the heart of a great free company, The Fireside was the go-to place for members of Firelight Trading Company looking for a bite to eat after a long mission. Realizing its potential as both a meeting place and a means of capital, its proprietor expanded the business throughout the various city-states of Eorzea until The Fireside became synonymous with coffee, company and great food; sourly needed after the anguish of The Final Days. Now, patrons old and new can gather to enjoy the hospitality and cozy atmosphere these avenues provide.

Welcome to The Fireside! This establishment was made to focus on the creation and fostering of late-night/oceanic roleplay. Though physically located in Balmung/Crystal's Shirogane, the Fireside's expansion into almost all the city-states creates a space where your character can walk in from almost anywhere, and our focus on a coffee-shop with a laid-back atmosphere encourages off-the-cuff, casual roleplay that can turn into more.

For more information, or to keep in touch with our events, feel free to join our discord here!

PS: We've remodeled so that we have more seating, a better upstairs lounge, and just more floor space in general. Every event night we've practically had a full house so this has been a must for us!

[riftdancing]

Welcome to the Fireside

Once a humble coffee shop nestled in the heart of a great free company, The Fireside was the go-to place for members of Firelight Trading Company looking for a bite to eat after a long mission. Realising its potential as both a meeting place and a means of capital, its proprietor expanded the business throughout the various city-states of Eorzea until The Fireside became synonymous with coffee, company and great food; sourly needed after the anguish of The Final Days. Now, patrons old and new can gather to enjoy the hospitality and cosy atmosphere these avenues provide.

Welcome to The Fireside! This establishment was made to focus on the creation and fostering of late-night/oceanic roleplay. Though physically located in Balmung/Crystal's Shirogane, the Fireside's expansion into almost all the city-states creates a space where your character can walk in from almost anywhere, and our focus on a coffee-shop with a laid-back atmosphere encourages off-the-cuff, casual roleplay that can turn into more.

For more information, or to keep in touch with our events, feel free to join our discord here!

[riftdancing]

I'm insane but on my toes I could keep the world balanced on my nose I had a slumber party wit' all my foes Now I wear them like a badge of honor on my clothes

If I'm crazy, I'm on my own If I'm waitin', it's on my throne If I sound lazy, just ignore my tone 'Cause I'm always gonna answer when you call my phone...

Where do I start with this woman? At some point on Tumblr I stopped talking about my characters and I want to start breaking that starting with this post. Because I haven't filled most of Tumblr in on this character this is going to come with a little bit of backstory?

I love flavor abilities for characters. Ones that aren't over powered, often shadowed by some sort of weakness or draw back... and Blink's nickname unironically comes from her own flavor ability.

This woman can short range teleport up to three times within a rested cycle. While this potentially has the availability to be incredibly over powered I have always roleplayed it very respectfully. Something my roleplay partners seem to really enjoy about Blink's ability is the fact that it comes with a strong set of consequences.

The first 'blink' is pretty inconsequential. She might feel a very mild bit of fatigue from it, but not enough to hinder her combat prowess.

The second, however, will wind and stop her for a hot moment. She's gotta recover from it a bit, and she will absolutely be feeling a substantial amount of more fatigue.

The third is a last ditch effort. Rarely has anyone pushed her to this state. This is a fight or flight response, most commonly used as flight- but I have seen her use it once for the sake of combat to try and land a finishing blow (which, for the record was a preplanned fail). After this charge is spent, she's incapacitated if not knocked out cold entirely. And it usually messes her up for a day or two afterwards. This is a life or death situation use for her.

But it takes a basic understanding of this 'ability' of hers for me to describe where the inspiration for these screenshots comes from, ha.

Blink loves a good free fall. She lives for the sky, and nothing makes her feel at one with it more than a free fall moment. Heights do not scare her. Why? Because more often than not if she's managed her ability right she can blink before she hits the bottom.

The amount of times she's pulled this stunt as a get away has lead it to almost become an art form for her. So much to the point that she's learned how to blink inside of moving ships flying in to 'catch' her. (Though not with some mishaps... oops- ask me about that later if you want. Legitimately. If you're reading this and want to know, shoot me an ask. Its a funny story.)

But just...

A lil cocky half ass salute to the people chasing her, then arms outspread, she just leans back, and suddenly she's gone...

That's my gal. Ex-sky Pirate extraordinaire. sksksksksks.

I love this woman with my whole chest.

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𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞

Siyoh is incredibly passionate about food. Not surprising given her craft as a Culinarian. But one might say food could almost be considered an obsession for her. Working in her mother's bakery when she was younger supplied Siyoh with a wealth of lessons about life. One of which, she learned early on.

Food transcends social barriers.

Be it language, cultural, or otherwise. Everyone understands and appreciates a hot meal on a cold night. You don't have to be able to speak to one another to enjoyed shared company and an equally shared meal.

The silver miqo'te has applied this lesson through out her life and it is part of why she has poured so much passion into her craft.

Food brings people together and unites them over a common ground.

[riftdancing]

Located at Ward 3, Plot 52, Shirogane (Balmung/Crystal DC)

The entrance is a 24/7 noodle bar which is open to the public at all times.  Feel free to come and roleplay getting a bite to eat with your pals any time, any day!  I'm currently working on creating a private room in the FC to serve as the Udon's VIP eating experience known as "A Taste of Doma!" - But that is not quite ready yet.  When it is, it will be a multiple course dining experience allowing travelers to taste some of Doma's finest cuisine and spirits! ♥

[riftdancing]

I promise we're actually serious roleplayers.

...but sometimes before you go to a roleplay event you just gotta--- not take yourself seriously for a minute.

[riftdancing]

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I really wanted to make a starter splash screen for Blink’s character, and what started as a simple project turned out to be so much more.  Being able to use the song that I wrote for her years ago on this splash screen is bringing me so much joy.  There have been few moments in regards to my creative abilities that have made me as pleased as this one.

[riftdancing]

I WANNA BE INDULGENT: How has Siyoh's friendship with Azuma shaped her as a person throughout her life? Are their glaring differences between how you have/would play her without her best friend? What is your favourite part of their friendship?

Azuma and Siyoh's life long friendship has absolutely altered the original path and plans for Siyoh. Originally, before I met you, I had much different plans for her which were ultimately soured by other people, so that version of her has never fully been explored in a way I would have liked or enjoyed. Fortunately, what we wrote was infinitely more endearing and delightful.

But, back then I was at a point where I didn't quite know what to do with her. Like, whether or not I wanted to continue her character, rewrite her, or just start over entirely with a different character. It was the bond we wrote between Azuma and Siyoh and the release of Stormblood which sparked a complete rewriting of her and is part of the reason why Stormblood to date is one of the nearest and dearest expansions to my heart.

Writing our girls got me out of such a bad place and breathed so much new life into Siyoh's character. If I were to write a similar storyline but without Azuma--- there is a part of me that thinks Siyoh could have become a darker character, likely without as much patience as she expresses currently with others. She may have also taken up more of her Thavnarian culture. Perhaps moved back to Radz-at-han. But Azuma has been a firm and endearing anchor for her in the East... and I love that about them. Its kept Siyoh close to her Father's side of her heritage which has played into not just our storylines but Rex's and FTC's as well...

All in all... Siyoh's life has been incredibly bolstered by the bond she shares with Azuma. And to be honest, its that enriched life with Azuma that is my favorite part of their friendship. The fact that they are a family. ♥

@gatheredfates

[riftdancing]

Just some Sasavi tidbits...

Because I have absolute dragon brain rot right now.

First and foremost, since Mihli's story originates in FFXI loreverse, I'll be delving into a little bit of that game's lore and history. I love that in both XI and XIV's universe there exists within each dragon the capacity for good and evil or light and darkness.

San d'Oria (one of XI's three starter city states) and Ishgard share a lot of similarities. San d'Oria has had a long and often violent history with dragons, a conflict between the Elvaan (Elezen) and the wyrms much the same as Ishgard's Dragonsong War. However, being a deeply religious nation at heart (again, much like Ishgard) a group of brave knights took the words of their goddess, Altana, to heart and sought to find the light in Dragons.

These knights did not seek to indiscriminately slay dragons like so many others before them but instead opted to forge spiritual pacts with the younger dragons so that they may both better develop along side each other. These knights became Vana'diel's first Dragoons.

Its important to note that these dragons would only typically form a connection with the righteous and not with those who merely sought power for their own sake. Even despite this bond being made pure in the start, they are capable just like any other of being corrupted by evil or darkness. While Mihli was never typically a member of San d'Orian society, nor a proper dragoon in her own right... she and Sasavi still share a very interesting history and further more, the spirit pact. Mihli found Sasavi moments after she'd been orphaned. It was the cat's unprejudiced care, concern, and love shown for the small dragon which forged the pact between them. And from that day forward Mihli has cared for her like she would her own child. From day day forward, Sasavi became Mihli's daughter.

The trauma of what occurred before Mihli arrived to swoop in and care for Sasavi has left the small dragon mostly non-verbal. Savi is a mute. Though she has her own ways of communicating, mostly through clicks, chirps, and churrs (like Miqo'te are capable of), or through her own body language. She is also capable of some doodles when supplied with the right mediums to work with.

All in all, Sasavi is definitely a good aligned and light bound dragon. A major part of their storyline for the better part of the last 20 IRL years has been geared towards educating other player characters about both the light and darkness dragons are capable of. That not all dragons are bad and that many are capable of a great deal of good and wonderful things, just like any Hyur, Miqo'te, Elezen... ect.

Since this is starting to get a little long... ask me about how the two pair in battle sometime if you're interested. I have some really interesting head canons about a dragon pact boosted dancer class. Think of it as a neat combination between dragoon and dancer. 's essentially Mihli's job/class. It's also why Mihli's dancer aesthetics are all dragon themed, such as her chakrams and other items being shaped to look like dragons.

Bonus Head Canon:

Since learning the origin of Dragons while adventuring with the WoL, Mihli quickly adopted 'my little star' into her booklet of endearment terms for Sasavi.

A lot of my information on XI's dragons is referenced from this video and also my own experiences playing FFXI! If the topic interests you, you should definitely give the video a watch!

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How have the defining moments of your character(s), whether positive or negative, helped to shape them as a character? Do you think their mannerisms or outcomes would be the same without them? What makes them so fundamental to your telling of them - ie. why did you choose to include them in the first place?

There is so much I could talk about on the topic of how life events have either positively or negatively impacted and effected my characters. All of my characters become who they are based majority on events I've roleplayed them through. However, there is one character who outshines the others on this topic. Blink Vaniro.

Vaniro started off as a happy-go-lucky Sky Pirate's daughter who had a fasciation with all things airships. From piloting to mechanics she wanted to learn it all, and that was the goal I had set for her. An impish sky brat ready to tame the skies with her charm and charisma.

Roleplay, however, had different plans for her. I had no intention of putting Vaniro through a lot of the hardships she went through. But my writing partners at the time really enjoyed making that woman struggle and suffer. Not that I mind, I too enjoyed these plots. ...But they made Blink an entirely different demon from anything I had personally planned originally.

Grief and loss, are primarily two things which have shaped Blink's character. There was the loss of her Father when he disowned her from the family. The later loss of her Husband at the hand of her own Brother, and the loss of her Brother at her own hand years after.

Anyone she allowed close to her, who she developed feeling and affection for, she felt like she'd cursed with the bitter kiss of death. So she pushed everyone away. She learned how to defend herself (and more importantly those who could not defend themselves) and pushed everyone away from her under the belief that if she didn't let them in... they wouldn't get hurt.

There's more than just these events that have forged the more mercenary-like pilot Blink is today. But these events and losses really changed her. They are demons which are a part of her, and ones she has only recently started to make peace with.

I love this character with my whole chest. She is deeply flawed and complicated. She shows genuine fear and lashes out in realistic ways. Yet there isn't a single one of my characters that's nearly as determined as she is.

There's so much to her at this point I probably need to make one of those iceberg charts for her character.

The Blink Vaniro Iceberg.

Ha.

...I should honestly do that.

Thank you for the ask! ♥