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prayers - pt 2

It's been days since she last slept, more since she slept well. The Echo curls into her unconsciousness, ruthlessly replaying distorted images of the attack on the Waking Sands. She hears the Imperial soldiers calling for her, she hears her friends and comrades screaming.

At this point she'd try just about anything. Exhausted as she is she can't even bring herself to feel let down when the skies darken and rain answers her paltry prayers. Just one sleep, one sleep without hearing them screaming.

As her consciousness drifts helplessly into darkness, the only thing she can hear is the gentle rain and distant thunder.

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What would the FFXIV OST would look like if you mapped it out and drew lines between the songs that share motifs?

Take a peek and find out. 🎶

Some numbers:

There are 471 songs and 477 individual motifs in this chart at time of publishing

There are 567 instances of motifs appearing in other songs (so far)

22 motifs are established in 1.0, 43 in ARR, 19 in HW, 16 in StB, 13 in ShB, and 20 in EW

There are only four degrees of separation between "A Sailor Never Sleeps", the Limsa Lominsa night theme, and "The Final Day", which plays during the final 6.0 trial???

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redemption arcs that double as tragedies!! you're a better person than you've ever been and you have nothing left to your name!!you have to rebuild yourself and your life from the ground up and you're smiling in the ashes!! you were devastated your life is ruined!!! nothing is ever going to be the same ever again you are never going to regain what you had you are never going to be free of the guilt you are never going to be able to go home there is nothing left for you!!! you are free you are more yourself than you've ever been!! fires help forests grow!!

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Complete with a graphic this time, how quaint! This may or may not be permanent; I am testing things.

Anyway, hello! For those unacquainted: my name is Sea and I have a habit of taking on far too many community projects. This is one of my character question drives, launched 4/24, to encourage people to talk about their FFXIV WoL's, OC's and any character in between. 💫

What is a character drive, Sea?

By liking/reblogging this post, you give me permission to come onto your blog and ask a random question about your WoL(s)/OC(s)! Sometimes these can be deep, world-building questions... other times I’ll ask what they had for breakfast. It’s all a bit of fun, I reblog the questions back here, and it lets me meet and learn more about various characters!

This call is considered open stated otherwise. For a more accurate picture of where I'm at/if this call is active, I encourage you to join my discord SEAFLOOR. (Please keep in mind you must be 21+ to join, as well as adhere to all the rules within.)

Thanks, have a good day/night!

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𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝚁𝙾𝙾𝙼 𝙾𝙽𝙻𝚈 @ 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘽𝙀𝙇 𝘾𝘼𝙉𝙏𝙊

Spring is in full swing here at the Canto and you know what that means—lots of new talent stepping onto the stage for the first time alongside old favorites. You won't wanna miss it!

｢ WHEN ｣ — SUNDAY, APRIL 28TH doors open 8p ET ｢ WHERE ｣ — BALMUNG, MIST W7—P15 ｢ MORE INFO ｣ — wine-xiv.crd.co

@mooglemeet

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WHY ARE YOU HAUNTED?

A survey

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Care for an evening of good music and easygoing company? Join us this Sunday at @WINExiv for another Standing Room Only show!

Sif is back to revisit some old misadventures put to songs with original lyrics—and earnest warnings for restless hearts like herself. ❤️🎸

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Counting, This New Year’s Morning, What Powers Yet Remain To Me — Janes Hirshfield

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Severine's doing that thing again... Another month, another round of performance at The Bel Canto! Come by on Sunday April 8 at 8pm ET (performances start at 8:30) to see veteran and brand new performers take the stage at Standing Room Only! We hope to see you there!

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"Forward squad Gold, please advise. This is Recon East. Barely got out o' there wit' my hide an' I need a rendezvous. I…" "Recon East's position was compromised an' we were intercepted by unclassified imperial machina. They're gone. I'm all tha's left." "…" "Forward squad Gold, I repea'— Recon East is dead an' someone gave away our godsdamned position. I need a rendezvous point or a field commander t' figure out wha' in blazes is goin' on."

"…" "…Red? Black?" "I need a report from someone, damn it all."

"…Anyone?" "Please… somebody tell me wha' in seven hells jus' happened."

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HERO ARC; SIF

tragic hero arc

we all know how this story goes. when it began, you were almost the perfect hero, but almost is never enough. you lacked introspection, or you were too stubborn or vengeful or reckless - as reckless as the world that helped to ruin you. you were not perfect, and that's okay. we knew the story ended in blood and we watched it anyway. we knew you would die in the end and we still couldn't help but love you, just a little bit.

at the very least, you are more human than a hero could ever be.

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Tagged by: @seascrapes 💛 Tagging: 😎👉👉

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from power politics, margaret atwood

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well...? 👉👈

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6.58 -> 7.0 Comparisons!

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Watched the Count of Monte Cristo. Had a thought during this scene. What if Edmond Dantes was a lady?? What then, hm?

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New character musing...

I don't know who she is or how I'll use her yet and her name is TBD, but I DO know she is a radio host.

Remains to be seen whether she stumbled into a communications major at the Studium and ended up hosting a community radio show or if she's a known entity elsewhere (pending Solution 9 lore??).

Also up for debate is how the hell the radio works. Assuming the Sharlayan route ends up being more feasible, maybe she works with a group that's advancing linkpearl and linkshell technology. I like the idea of her referring to the "aetherwaves".

I just think cool and mysterious pirate radio host who is oddly aware of MSQ events a la Nora Night (Warframe) meets warm and off-putting vibes of community radio host Cecil Palmer (WTNV) would be fun. Maybe a little bit of Dale Cooper talking into his recorder to Diane (Twin Peaks) because it'd be hilarious if she needed a constant captive audience.

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Benchmark incoming!