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“I am performing poorly as Emissary, indeed, if I have not even heard of the place my—.” He stumbled on his words, blushing. “That is, the place my friend calls home.”
“Why all these questions?” she asked. “I thought you wished to keep me at a mysterious arm’s length, all the better for your enticement.”
“It seems the only thing I am enticed by today,” he said, “is my ravenous curiosity for everything about you.”
After spending a long day or more securing Pandaemonium for its warders, the Warrior of light, D'fhiri, and her two Ancient friends allow themselves a break from their tireless endeavor. Elpis researchers are celebrating the spring equinox on the floating islands, and they would be remiss to let it pass. While Erichthonios arranges sleeping quarters for the two of them, Themis and D'fhiri get to know each other better, the attraction between them sparking, kindling into flame.
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- Part 3 of FFXIV Write 2024
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There was a gentle fluttering of robes, and when she heard the individual draw near enough, she launched onto her feet, swiping a leg outward, hoping to knock them off-kilter.
The white-robed Ascian stumbled back a step, scowled.
She rolled her eyes. It was only Elidibus again.
On the last day the Scions house their base in the Waking Sands, Warrior of Light D'fhiri Jinh takes a break from heavy labor to sit atop the roof for a spell. An uneasy acquaintance joins her, forgoing his sinister ways for some quiet company.
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- Part 2 of FFXIV Write 2024
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He could barely recall her laugh, her smile. She had been so long ago, far longer than he had ever expected to live. Not that his memory of her made such a large difference in light of his endless strife towards salvation of the star.
Zodiark ate at the edges of his memory every day, every new refresh gifted by his own soul crystal feeling more and more like a flimsy bandage over a fatal wound. He would bleed out before he clotted.
But he remembered how Azem made him feel — felt it like an echo of an ache in his chest, like a smell long forgotten, the feeling of a day and place he’d never find again.
But this Warrior of Light — she was not like that. Not better or worse, just… different in ways that he noticed, and found himself coming to admire. She was unfiltered sunshine, full of energy and vibrance, all mystery shed in favor of rage.
Elidibus attempts to distract the Warrior of Light away from a formal city-state meeting. He is successful.
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- Part 4 of Elidibus Week 2023
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“What did we say about my name?” she murmured, tugging lightly on the silk collar fastened around his neck, pressing her knuckles lightly on his trachea.
“Forgive me, Azem,” he said, cheeks warming. “I misremembered my place.”
“Take care it doesn’t happen again,” she said, grinning wicked.
“Never.”
Elidibus and Azem enjoy an evening together when she returns from one of her trips. Although it starts at a high point, it's quickly laid low as he reflects upon falling in love with her, and she reminds him that she does not feel the same.
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- Part 3 of Elidibus Week 2023
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“So what is it then? Another test? A warning? A dangling of your schemes in front of my nose so I can get started on my next quest?”
“You paint me with such broad, villainous strokes. I only wish to observe.”
“Show’s over, Ascian.” She smirked. “Unless you plan on watching me sleep.”
Some months after the fall of Lahabrea and his Ultima Weapon, the Warrior of Light D'fhiri Jinh takes time for herself. One night, she receives an unexpected visitor in her inn room, leaving her with more questions than answers.
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- Part 2 of Elidibus Week 2023
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Halmarut paused their recounting of the barely-averted disaster in their Akademia department the prior month. They gave the Emissary a quizzical look. “Forgive me for being so casual,” they said, “but are you alright, Elidibus?”
“Yes, quite,” he said with all the conviction of a boiled noodle, and all the focus of one, too. His gaze was fixed across the room, on a group of three. A pair of men towered over a smaller woman, all of them engaged in what appeared by all accounts to be a lovely and energetic discussion.
Halmarut followed his stare. Upon noticing the object of his attentions, they chortled in delight. “You know, I have it on good authority that if you pine any harder, you’ll turn into a tree.”
At a Convocation staff party hosted on the eve of an eclipse, Elidibus can't keep his eyes on the object of his admiration from across the room.
Formerly titled "she's in the rain." I've taken the individual chapters and re-posted them as their own pieces.
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- Part 1 of Elidibus Week 2023
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“I, for one,” Hythlodaeus said, lifting an observational finger, “wouldn’t mind a little more life, with mine being so prematurely cut short.”
Emet-Selch’s peaceful expression soured. “You can’t be serious,” he said with a huffy cross of his arms.
“The star shall surely be saved, and I owe absolutely nothing more to Zodiark.” Hythlodaeus said, his smile the practiced placating curve that D’fhiri had grown so familiar with in Elpis. “And while you have had many lifetimes to explore, I would like my own chance to see the world our dear friend loves so much.”
Post-Endwalker Fix-It, in which Hades and Hythlodaeus choose to stay.
When the Warrior of Light, D'fhiri Jinh, convinces the two men bound to her soul to linger with her in the world of the living for a little while longer, her joy is palpable to those she loves. Her established partner, G'raha, is suspicious and protective, while Emet-Selch and Hythlodaeus explore how they might fit in to her life in a more practical way. What does it mean to suffer to live, and to choose a beginning rather than an end, all for the sake of love long lost and rediscovered anew?
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“I fail to understand why you continue to pester me,” D’fhiri grumbled, stalking north towards Fanow. Emet-Selch dragged his feet behind her in interminable pursuit. “Surely there is better company to keep elsewhere.”
“And miss your deeds and misadventures?” His words held the cadence of a sardonic joke, with none the humor. “On the contrary, Warrior. If I am to while away the minutes with anyone, I would rather it be you.”
“And why is that?”
He took so long to answer the question that she almost forgot she had asked.
“You are simply good company.”
During a moment of shared vulnerability, the Warrior of Light discovers that Emet-Selch harbors attraction towards her. Resolving to use this knowledge to further the Scions' cause, she decides to seduce him.
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- Part 12 of FFXIV Write 2023
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“I must admit, there was a period some years past when I might have balked at the smallest glint of a sparkle within mine garb,” he said. His voice was unusually breathless, with a nervous shake to it. He returned his sharp, citrine gaze to scouring over his own form in the mirror.
“Good thing those days are behind us,” D’fhiri chuckled, tossing herself onto a nearby chaise.
On the day of Urianger and Thancred's wedding, Urianger's 'bridal party' - consisting of Alisaie and the Warrior of Light - reflect briefly as the last alterations to his dress are made.
Short fluff with a bit of character reflection.
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- Part 18 of FFXIV Write 2023
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“Are you certain these are appropriate?” he asked, a mug of that pumpkin-chocolate drink in hand.
He was referring to the line of gourd carvings that perched atop their mantle. Abystomas featured, as well as a few more sufficiently toothy animals he’d chosen carefully from the concept archive.
“Of course they are! Why, I’d bargain that any of these creatures could chase away the evil shades of ne’er-do-wells if given the opportunity.”
Hades heaved a shallow sigh, running a hand back through his hair. His anxious eyes sought out Hythlodaeus’s.
“Fret not, my dearest,” he encouraged, taking Hades’ free hand. “She will like it, I’m certain.”
“She has been gone far too long,” Hades remarked bitterly into his cup. “It does naught but bring me unease.”
Knowing their partner's affections for the All-Hallow's Eve celebrations of a far-off settlement, Hades and Hythlodaeus plan a small house party themed around the festival for the eve of her return. When Azem arrives home exhausted and despairing, they take time to comfort her instead.
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- Part 17 of FFXIV Write 2023
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When agreeing to join the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, Estinien had bargained that he would be forced to do many unsavory things. Long excursions in unbearably sweltering tropical climes, perhaps, or a variety of war crimes.
He didn’t expect communal laundry days.
It's laundry day at the Baldesion Annex, and Estinien would probably rather be murdering kittens.
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- Part 16 of FFXIV Write 2023
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“Warrior of Light, Champion of Eorzea, felled at last by a bitter tincture,” he said. “If only the Garleans had known.”
Nestling deeper into her nest of blankets, she groaned piteously. “They might get their wish yet. If the medicine fails to kill me, the illness very well might.”
“How very melodramatic.” His smile did not waver.
The Warrior of Light is sick with the flu, and Ser Aymeric pays a visit to her bedside.
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- Part 15 of FFXIV Write 2023
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“Far be it from me to suggest postponing our retirement for the evening, but I feel simply noisome. Might either of you be interested in accompanying me to the baths?”
Indeed, she’d amassed an unpleasant layer of dried sweat and pollen, her skin sticky. Sleep had come to her in worse-off conditions before, but the Miqo’te was never one to turn down a basin of warm water.
Even Emet-Selch, who so often protested against creature comforts, gave one sharp nod.
Floor-length, gauzy white robes were provided on a hanging rack. Hythlodaeus pointed them out, explaining they were a kind of uniform to be worn within the facility. She pursed her lips once the robe was in her hands, realizing that the fabric was, well… sheer.
After a hard day in Elpis, the Warrior of Light is invited to join Hythlodaeus and Emet-Selch for a relaxing swim at the baths. She's surprised to find that it is actually a public bath house, complete with fully expected nudity.
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- Part 7 of FFXIV Write 2023
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As he took a seat, G’raha checked the chronometer on the wall. He had arrived a bit earlier than he expected her to be home, although she wasn’t expecting him. He was hoping to surprise her with a long weekend away from Old Sharlayan. At best, he had about half a bell with time to while away.
Alone in the Warrior of Light's house, G'raha finds a volume of a favorite book of his that happens to hold a very flattering portrait within its pages. With time to spare and memories abound, he reviews the image and follows where his mind takes him.
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- Part 14 of FFXIV Write 2023
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All the way from Megadhuta, D’fhiri heard the people enjoying their night. They had earned it, she thought, after all they’d been through. Joy and revelry was something that had far too recently been thought of as a precious commodity they wouldn’t have again, maybe for generations, maybe forever. Still, her sensitive hearing meant the festivities left her wide awake, unable to rest in anticipation of the upcoming foray into the void.
The halls of the palace were eerily quiet, as palaces often were in the middle of the night. Her soft slippers only whispered against the stone-tiled floor.
Unable to sleep late at night, Y'shtola and D'fhiri find some rest and comfort on a roof in Radz-at-Han.
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- Part 13 of FFXIV Write 2023
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Zenos had never been raised to keep his emotions in check this way. He’d chosen at a young age to pursue physical power over political, caring little for the country he was supposed to become the steward of. He was known among his decedents for a short temper. The spoiled prince of a spoiled king, he had often been given whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted it.
Everything, that was, except the Warrior of Light.
After disallowing him to take his final breath in the void of Ultimate Thule, the Warrior of Light finds Zenos in the wilds of Garlemald to ask his accompaniment on a quest. They each consider their feelings as they become used to each other's company.
A deep-dive Zenos & WoL character study. May expand later!
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- Part 11 of FFXIV Write 2023
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“All of the pieces are like this?” she asked with abject horror.
Ryne burst into tears.
Cute little comfort piece about Ryne needing new clothes, and the WoL bringing together their band of family members to obtain them.
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- Part 10 of FFXIV Write 2023
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“What game are you playing at?” she hissed.
“Not a one,” he said, with such innocent sincerity that she almost believed him. Almost.
Perhaps sensing the hesitation in her expression, with a practiced swing of his hips Hythlodaeus flipped them over. D’fhiri grunted in pain as her spine slammed the carpet. Her grip gave way; the stake clattered across the floor.
Vampire!Ascian!Hyth vs Slayer!WoL.
D'fhiri finally has Hythlodaeus right where she wants him - on the floor, beneath her, stake to his heart. So why does she hesitate to strike the final blow?
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- Part 9 of FFXIV Write 2023
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That she was here, now, pressed against him in the dark, their breaths mingling as he memorized every inch of the shape of her, was more than he ever could have hoped for. He would do it again, travel across the expanse of space and time and wait a hundred years in anxious preparation, just to have this moment with her.
“Quiet now,” he murmured, just as he knew she was on the verge of breaking.
A handful of Scions are tasked to return to the Grand Cosmos to pick up a few things for Beq Lugg. G'raha volunteers to come along, but he can't be bothered to focus on the task at hand when the Warrior of Light is along. Desperate to find release in each other and not wishing to be found, they take refuge in a garden shed.
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- Part 8 of FFXIV Write 2023
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She gave him a pointed look. “Now, don’t misconstrue. Ishgard is a beautiful place, and I have come to love it more than any home I have ever had. But I do not see myself as someone who could be content staring out a window, only dreaming of the world beyond.”
Aymeric’s heart sank somewhat at this revelation, but he knew exactly what she meant. All his life, he had assumed that all people wanted what they did not have. But here he was, looking into the eyes of someone who was perfectly content with her lot in life, who had chosen her path and blazed that trail into existence.
Who was he, or anyone else, to weigh her down in one spot?
Fool that he was, he fell for her anyway.
Aymeric de Borel never proposed to the Warrior of Light. And because of it, he's lost her.
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- Part 6 of FFXIV Write 2023