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Mayqo'te- Goodbyes

"...Hey, Dad. It's been a while since we've all come to see you, huh?” None of the family ever got the chance to properly say goodbye to N'zekiel before his death. His carriage was ambushed by Amalj'aa, his tempered remains eventually finding their way back to E'shaya. He was buried just outside the Church of Saint Adama Landama, the family periodically taking trips out to his grave.

---------- Mayqo'te prompt list I was following can be found here And that's Mayqo'te finished! Sorry to end it on such a downer note but this was the only thing I could think of fitting this prompt for E'venna. Doing this has helped solidify her more in my head, before this she was easily my least fleshed out character so thank you for this opportunity!!!

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Mayqo'te- Devotion

She couldn't move, all she could focus on doing was breathing. Dried blood began to wash off E'venna's face as the tears began to fall again. She lost, failed in the final match of the tournament. She kept getting back up, again and again. But it wasn't enough. She wasn't good enough.. When her family came to check on her she reassured them all she was fine, a smile forced upon her face. She couldn't show them. She could never show them. Telling them all she would catch up later E'venna waited until her family had began the trip back home before leaving herself. She only made it part way home before collapsing in the side of an alley, unable to continue standing. E'venna curled up tight on the cold stone ground. "It was still worth it." She tries to rationalize to herself. "For them, it's always worth it." She couldn't give up, not while the people she loved dearly still needed her. And while she didn't win, the prize money for being runner up would surely still be a big help...wouldn't it? Of course it will...anything for them...anything...anything...

---------- Mayqo'te prompt list I'm following can be found here

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Mayqo'te- Memento

E'shaya didn't approve of E'venna's choice to become a coliseum fighter, and to this day still doesn't. But no matter what she will always, always support her children. Without E’venna knowing, as she would have undoubtedly objected to it, Shaya commissioned an outfit for her daughter to wear in the ring. Can’t be a top competitor without a signature look, right?

---------- Mayqo'te prompt list I'm following can be found here

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Mayqo'te- Legacy

N'zekiel Tia was an alchemist of respectable skill before his untimely passing. E'kalia decided at a young age to follow in her father’s footsteps, taking to the teachings like a fish to water. E'venna can't read a single word on the boards, she’s just happy to see the way Kalia's eyes light up as she learns.

---------- Mayqo'te prompt list I'm following can be found here

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Mayqo'te- Reflection

In many ways, E'venna sees a lot of herself in E'talia. Driven, confident, and a strong sense of responsibility. But she also sees a lot different between them. E'talia can be bitter, and resents the family's state of living. This has been driving a wedge between the sisters as of late as Talia, not wanting to be a burden on her mother and two older siblings anymore, has attempted multiple times to join the Immortal Flames simply to, in her own words "take care of herself." E'venna and E'bana have stopped her each time, wanting her to follow what she wants to do with her life rather than what she feels she needs to do.

---------- Mayqo'te prompt list I'm following can be found here

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Mayqo'te- Quest

"Alright team, remember! This was a quest given to us by the Sultana herself. We can't afford to fail!" "Can you grow up already? Our mother sent us to buy salted cod, you idiot. Not some some make pretend Sultana." "HEY! Do not talk to your sister like that again, Talia!"

---------- Mayqo'te prompt list I'm following can be found here

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Mayqo'te- Routine

Waking up at dawn every morning, E'venna makes her way down to Scorpion's Crossing. There, outside the walls, she warms herself up and stretches. She then sprints ten reps up and down the stairs just outside the Gate of the Sultana. After finishing her run, E'venna returns to the Pugilist Guild to continue her workout for the day. And sometimes, she gets a little visitor.

---------- Mayqo'te prompt list I'm following can be found here

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Mayqo'te- Balance

A very unorthodox fighting style, E'venna is naturally extremely acrobatic. She flips and spins all over the arena, going after her opponents at strange angles of attack. She has some training at the Pugilist Guild but most of her technique is self taught, almost dance-like. A streak of gold prancing over the ring, a "Dancing Coeurl" indeed.

Mayqo'te prompt list I'm following can be found here

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Mayqo'te- Sweet

E'venna lives for the simple things in life, like indulging her sister E'kalia's sweet tooth.

---------- Mayqo'te prompt list I'm following can be found here

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Mayqo'te- Wonder

"Are these really your ears?" "Yes...they're how I hear...now can you please stop poking them?"

feat: Hazel Kha from @hazelkjt (my main) ---------- E'venna has never seen an Au Ra up close before becoming friends with Hazel, but she's always been curious about how they hear things.

Mayqo'te prompt list I'm following can be found here

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Mayqo'te- Unwind

"Cannonball!" -E'venna, jumping in "Think fast, Bana!" -E'nalia, taking aim "...Huh? Wait Nali no-!" -E'bana, getting hit

Mayqo'te prompt list I'm following can be found here

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Mayqo'te- Moonlight

Mayqo'te prompt list I'm following can be found here ----------

E'venna gazed up at the moon, trying her best to distract herself from the bruises all over her body. Another loss in the ring, another poor payout, she didn't even break the top eight competitors this time. It all came at the worst time, just as the deadline for the triplets' tuition was approaching... Ears drooped and tail fell motionless as Venna silently let the tears fall on her face. She couldn't let herself get like this normally, not around her family. She's this unbreakable hero to them, when she loses she's supposed to gets right back up with a smile. She's supposed to...supposed to... Tears drop from her face to her bruised arm, glistening in the moon's pale light. They'd all find a way to make up the difference. Maybe Bana's mining crew found that new ore vein he'd been hyping up for a while? At the very least Venna was sure she could live without a few meals in the meantime...every Gil mattered.

Blinking through the tears, she could barely make out the shape of the moon above. Everything seemed to go wrong today...and yet the moon keeps traveling, with the sun following close behind. Another day is starting. A bright, hopeful new day. Venna smiled as the tears kept falling, keeping watch of the moon as it danced through the sky. A new day...another day they all get to see. That's all that matters.

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Mayqo'te- Sunshine

"Off we go!"

Growing up in Thanalan, you either love the sun or hate it. Fortunately for E'venna, it's the former. People would often compare her hair to that of the sun's rays, alongside Venna herself having a bright and comforting presence she extends to everyone she meets.

Mayqo'te prompt list I'm following can be found here

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Mayqo'te- Clan

E'venna and her family never grew up with the E Tribe apart from her mother, E'shaya. Wanting more from her life, E'shaya ran away as a teenager and found herself working for and eventually falling in love with a Miqo'te merchant trying to make a name for himself in Ul'dah: N'zekiel Tia. While never officially wed, the two did have several children together before N'zekiel tragically was captured by Amalj'aa and tempered by the Primal Ifrit before the birth of the triplets. E'venna and her four younger siblings always very close and fiercely protective of one another. Mayqo'te prompt list I'm following can be found here

From left to right, the family is as follows:

E'talia Zekiel (16)- The "oldest" of the three triplets and the most abrasive. With the family still struggling on occasion to make ends meet, her self imposed guilt over her family's living situation has turned her outlook on life to be bitter. She constantly is trying to join the Brass Blades to try and "take care of herself" but is always stopped by someone else in the family.

E'shaya Vant (48)- The widowed mother of the five, working as a waitress in the Quicksands of Ul'dah. Calm and warm to everyone around her, she is quite a popular member of the establishment's staff. She works long hours and while she will say otherwise, she is beyond grateful for the help E'bana and E'venna put in to helping give Talia, Kalia, and Nalia better lives.

E'kalia Zekiel (16)- The "second" of the triplets. Smart, quiet, and polite, compared to her sisters Kalia is much more introverted, preferring the company of a book more than a person. The fastest to learn how to read and fascinated by the sciences she had read, she is currently apprenticing in the Alchemist's Guild.

E'nalia Zekiel (16)- The "youngest" of the triplet sisters and the most outgoing. Nalia is friendly, excitable, and hates being told no. She is currently just drifting through life in between her education courses the family is paying her and the other two to attend, but currently she has dreams of becoming an explorer of the ruins dotting Thanalan.

E'bana Tia (22)- The only boy amongst the children, and according to E'shaya the most like his late father. Meek and soft spoken, he was always a timid boy. But, when his father died he took to trying to be more assertive and a positive role model to his new younger siblings. Currently he is employed by the Miner's Guild and takes any opportunity he can get for more work experience and better pay, even if it keeps him away from his family for longer periods of time.

E'venna Zekiel (25)- The eldest sibling and the one the other four all look up to. A very responsible and unwaveringly optimistic young woman, Venna tries her absolute hardest to see the good in everything in her life. While she did push herself to become more mature for her siblings' sake she never forced herself to "grow up" any faster. Wide eyed and loving life, she is currently a competitor in Ul'dah's gladiator fights, being popular enough to earn the ring name "The Dancing Coeurl" by her small but devoted fanbase. Her family all collectively wish she would stop risking her body in these fights but beyond the pay, deep down Venna loves the adrenaline rush that these matches give her.

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Mayqo'te- Adventure

"Nalia, come on. Let's get out of here already. It's an abandoned mine, I could lose my job!" "We're here because it's abandoned, dumb-dumb! No one's supposed to be here, so how could we get caught?" "I think you're missing Bana's point, sis..." "Ven, stop being a worrywart and help me look! There's gotta be something big still down here!"

Mayqo'te prompt list I'm following can be found here

E'nalia Zekiel, one of E'venna's younger siblings, has always had an adventurous and rebellious streak to her. So it was no surprise to her when she and their brother E'bana found their sister trying to sneak in to the Copperbell Mines to "search for treasure." Knowing it was next to no use to convince E'nalia to turn back around, the two decided the best course of action was to accompany her to keep her safe down there.

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why didn’t gandalf just carry the ring to mordor himself with these tongs