FFXIV Write 2023
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Bestowed with name and form, Meteion's sole purpose is to find an answer.
However, she must learn how to ask the right questions first.day 1. envoy - any accredited messenger or representative
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- Part 1 of FFXIV Write 2023
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It may have been a primitive beast, but Zenos could read the feelings flashing through its mind as clearly as a children's picture book. A thirst that could not be quenched with all the waters of The Bounty, a want so ravenous and pure that it could not be expressed in words—
And at that moment, he craved nothing more than to be in that beast's place, to taste that desire in the blood pooling in his mouth and feel the fangs in his jugular.day 2. bark - (of a dog or other animal) to utter an abrupt, explosive cry or a series of such cries.
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- Part 2 of FFXIV Write 2023
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I've forgiven you long ago. (I'll never forgive myself for it.) by SolaireLunaire
Fandoms: Final Fantasy XIV
06 Sep 2023
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Everyone else made themselves fight for something.
And no matter how radiant their faith and ideals were, it would either break them under the weight, or they would have to break it to survive.Yves would ask Zenos how he could bear living without it, what he had done to himself to bear it—if he didn't fear what the answer would do to him in turn.
day 4. off the hook - to allow (someone who has been caught doing something wrong or illegal) to go without being punished
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- Part 3 of FFXIV Write 2023
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Alphinaud and Alisaie may have been collared like dogs while he was forced to watch, but it was no secret who the Garleans truly thought the rabid hound was in their group.
day 5. barbarous - uncivilized; lacking culture or refinement; mercilessly harsh or cruel
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- Part 4 of FFXIV Write 2023
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Because even the most stalwart of heroes should not have to suffer alone.
After Mt. Gulg, Ardbert watches as the brittle mask of heroism falls apart and helps the Warrior of Light put himself back together, piece by piece.
day 7. noisome - noxious, harmful; offensive to the senses and especially to the sense of smell
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- Part 5 of FFXIV Write 2023
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"I was just trying to remember him," Yves gasped. "Or honor him, or do anything because it's better than nothing—"
"This is not about him. You remember him, remember a quest or a hunt, remember the Scions, remember some ridiculous merchant's errand, anything to avoid remembering you!"
The Warrior of Light breaks a little more, but Fray is there to pick up the pieces. He always does.
day 8. shed - to emit and let fall, as tears; to impart or release
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- Part 6 of FFXIV Write 2023
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The first impression Emet-Selch had of the Warrior of Light was akin to that of a wax death mask cast from a corpse:
He may have had the remarkable semblance of someone familiar, but there was enough out of place to leave him disgusted.day 11. once bitten, twice shy - one is cautious if one has been hurt in the past. (ffxiv write 2023)
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- Part 7 of FFXIV Write 2023
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The issue was not that Emmanellain failed in his task but that he was too successful: now Yves stared back at a tired warrior’s face and unkempt, ruffled hair, mounted upon an elaborate mannequin of high house finery, as if he had become an absurd taxidermist’s prank.
A brief re-imagining of the evening dinner date from Promises Kept from my WoL's perspective (read: that of a completely socially disoriented killing machine trying not to be awkward and failing miserably at it).
day 12. dowdy - not neat or becoming in appearance; drab; old-fashioned
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- Part 8 of FFXIV Write 2023
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"W...what is a call number?"
The librarian paused and stared at him as if his face had begun to erupt into hives and pustules.
"You...don't know what a call number is?" he asked with barely restrained incredulity.Or: An unlearned Warrior of Light has a terrible time in Sharlayan.
day 18. a fish out of water - a person away from their usual environment or activitiesSeries
- Part 9 of FFXIV Write 2023
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A vignette from a simpler time in Yves's life, when the world still had time for ornamental and useless beauty.
day 19. weal - well-being, prosperity, or happiness; a sound, healthy, or prosperous state
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- Part 10 of FFXIV Write 2023
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Zenos only ever knew how to take, and take, and take.
But for once in his life he had offered a true gift, and Yves would honor it all the same.day 21. grave - any place of interment; a tomb or sepulcher
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- Part 11 of FFXIV Write 2023
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Better a Sword to the Stomach Than a Dagger to the Back by SolaireLunaire
Fandoms: Final Fantasy XIV
23 Sep 2023
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For all the faults Yves could name with his mother and father, dishonesty was never one of them.
Perhaps he would have been better prepared for the world if it was.
day 22. fulsome - expressing a lot of admiration or praise for someone, often too much, in a way that does not sound sincere
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- Part 12 of FFXIV Write 2023
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It was a blessing to be overtaken by such certainty of purpose.
"I will make myself suit the task."
Yves spoke with a smile that did not reach his unblinking eyes.day 23. suit - to make appropriate, adapt, or accommodate, as one thing to another; or a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together
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- Part 13 of FFXIV Write 2023
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Being a full-time adventurer doesn't necessarily mean one has an adventurous palate.
(Or: Estinien hangs out with a Warrior of Light with the world's most milquetoast appetite)day 25. call it a day - to stop whatever one is engaged in, as work
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- Part 14 of FFXIV Write 2023
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The Warrior of Light was the only altar he needed to worship at, the sole subject worthy of veneration on this damned star, and Zenos would burn the heavens down in offering to him alone.
When the Warrior of Light is taken captive in Garlemald, Zenos has the opportunity to sate an unspoken form of his hunger and devotion.
day 29. contravention - an act of contravening; action counter to something; violation or opposition
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- Part 15 of FFXIV Write 2023