Ascy

Aha now I get to post on these too, Welcome! I identify a lot with your plight. What I have noticed is that if you're good at just typing, it's not that hard to tag along. In my opinion what you need first and foremost is a trade of some sort, something that you or your character does that you can sort of talk about. The few times I've gotten myself to approach someone they've been very open and you don't need a ready-made story, they'll be more than fine with you making it up along the way and as far as I know that's also how character development actually works, you just make things up as you go deeper into certain subjects. Though on that note I will say it might be a bit tricksy to stay consistent. Ultimately I project a lot of myself into my character, which helps a lot with that, but I have also read/known people who play their character entirely different from themselves and build a whole story around a different persona, though that is something I could never do. Regardless, I would say that's more advanced anyway, as far as I know most people just play a version of themselves with quirks, but that's mostly a hunch at this point I really don't know. ANYWAYS, rambling aside, git gud at typing and get the courage to step up to people, and the rest ought to fall into place. Poke me at any time if you wish i'd be more than happy to have a chitchat IC or OOC.

Bard ingame. IC I don't sing Also I don't believe we have actually met yet? ^^ EU times...

That sounds excellent i'll definitely keep an eye out for you! \o/ As for the blank slate thing. Yes it's nice being flexible where to go but at the same time you have to make up half the things on the spot, which takes some effort. Definitely something that will get better over time I'd imagine. I've taken a look at the Making Connections and i'll be sure to chuck something up there, though I figured this would be a better place to actually start for now ^^. Thanks for all the warm words!

Hello everyone! I'm Ascy Anseya and even though I've been on Balmung and FF XIV in general (dragged here by a friend) for just about exactly 2 months now. I haven't gotten to know too many people outside the FC I joined, not helped by the fact I'm EU Timezone (Netherlands to be exact, and FC being 98% NA) and ofcourse the fact that I've basically never seriously RP'd prior to FFXIV. Though as awkward as I feel I'm (almost) always open to contact! Also I should add even though timezones mismatch I've grown fond of the ppl in the FC :3 Having a far-more-than-a-passing-interest for Bows & Archery I decided my IC would be absolutely perfect as an Archery instructor with a good chunk of hunting on the side. While he does also do mercenary work he's had a few bad deals in the past which sees him steer clear from most of those jobs, particularly from any source that isn't reputable. On the side I'm still perfecting my craft of becoming a Bowyer (bow builder (which does also mean I level carpenter yes)) as well as turning a fascination of straw hats into actually making those myself in my free time (along with the odd straw basket). The latter being what I like to call 'busy hands therapy'. As far as Archery instructing goes I'm basically a freelancer. By now I've already build up a decent collection of bows I really like (shadow bow, garuda's spine, bow of the wanderer to name my top picks) I generally dislike asymmetrical bows (forreals) with a few exceptions and I truly appreciate understated bow models. My first name Ascy is derived from "Ascender" or "Ascend" (OOC: Curtiss XP-55) which refers to the fact that I tend to look up a lot while idling and it's become a nickname which stuck. I feel I'm a tad one-dimensional in all that, but it does also describe genuinely who I am (I tend to see myself as a relatively boring person overall). I have been struggling to contact people in general, because of the timezone but also because I'm new to RP (I can type, that's not the issue though!), because I like to avoid busy areas (which unsurprisingly is where most of the things happen) and because it's quite a big mental threshold for me to actually poke someone. Once I do get into a conversation though I feel I can hold my own and oh dear if the subject strays to my interests because I can and will ramble if you need me to. Anyways, as you might have guessed I'm a Bard which is basically all I play besides gathering/crafting classes at the moment. This game has been absolutely fascinating and magical to me. That moment when you discover people can choose which fish they have in their fish tank, the light dimming when a cloud moves in front of the sun or generally the starry skybox at night, the millions of witty dialogue lines or innuendos and cool random background NPC interactions not to begin to mention the daunting but extremely intriguing RP scene which I never knew even existed to this degree. I'm here to stay for sure!