K'nahli

I overdo it when I try to edit screenshots but its still better than the original at least -o- Just a screen from Stone Vigil today in any case ~

OOC Note: K'nahli merely nodded in understanding when K'ailia took it upon herself to chase after her mother. Secretly, she was happier that it was K'ailia going. It was better for all parties involved though she had not expected her sister to abandon her post to do so. She drew her eyes closed once more, returning to her original state and mirroring that of her father's appearance right next to her, unbeknownst to her. The absence of her vision served to almost enhance her sense of hearing, allowing her to focus more intently on what was being said and weigh every suggestion, possibility and even every unspoken alternative, compromise and fault that could result from pursuing such paths. K'nahli perhaps wasn't a person for sharing ideas or at least feeling the need to share them unless she felt strongly enough about the matter. However, she was readily, yet silently judging everything for herself. Forming her own opinions and drawing her own conclusions for each and every thing presented by others. The moment K'yohko began to speak, K'nahli's right eye peaked open as she studied her father from the corner of her eye. He was... different from most tribe members. Not in a bad way, though she didn't see it as a particularly good thing either. Instead it just always peaked her curiosity when he had something to say. Perhaps it was his strength and the absence of both arrogance and vanity that made him stand out to her. It was not something she openly declared, not even to K'mih, but she truly did admire him as both a man and warrior. Once K'yohko had concluded with his advice, K'nahli shut her eye once more, hiding all evidence that she had even been watching him. Instead a gentle smile crossed her features in subtle contentment.

Whenever I want to couple emotes with a sentence I just write the emote down first and copy it so that I can paste and send it immediately after I send the actual message so that there is no delay ;

*Amused* I have a fourth character that is mostly just for smaller interactions that my other three characters cannot take part in. I had a funny conversation with a friend about this recently. I gave this character, a tall and built Highlander, a lalafell wife partly due to it being a humorous pairing. She teased me about it though when she questioned what would happen when "the moment of truth" came =w= ;;; Obviously I don't consider them a sexually active couple but even having said that, I don't like to imagine a couple of lalafells in the same way either. Its an OOC thing of course, but not something I care for giving the time of day in either world, eheh ;

I can respect IC racism or ignorance to a point but I must admit I cannot agree to there being too much of it. I haven't seen any in-game coddling(from NPCs) towards Lalafels so I'd tend to imagine that such a trait was rather rare. This is coming in to the point where people are mixing reality's perceptions with game perceptions once again. I'm not a FF veteran nor am I very knowledgeable on the lore being that this is my first game, but I assume Lalafel are not new additions. If they have been around almost as long, if not as long, as the more typical fantasy faces then they should hardly be perceived with a connection to children. They are not an unusual sight or absurdity in eyes of Eorzeans so you cannot bring your own mindset into the equation. It doesn't work.

K'luha storming out of the meeting resulted in a momentarily silence amongst the tribe members that had congregated around the fire. What may have been going through the minds of each individual member at that moment was anyone's guess. Likely, however, they varied from opinions of both sympathy and condemnation against both sides. Regardless, the silence had only added to the tension of the scene. A loud sigh finally escaped past K'nahli's lips as she took the initiative to put an end to unnerving reticence. Her gaze had followed K'luha up until the moment she had slipped out of view though in truth, she felt almost entirely indifferent to the woman's feelings. In spite of that, she didn't find solace in leaving the matter unresolved if she could help it. Her glance shifted sideways to meet with those of the elder K'deiki. "Would you like me to speak with her, Elder?" she asked firmly. Her voice faintly hinting towards concern. She retained her focus on the frail stature of the old miqo'te as she awaited an answer. Her vibrant, fiery eyes that, even in the most placid of settings, could burn right the target of her gaze, as always, suggested that she felt resentful towards the proceedings. K'nahli was not one whose thoughts were easily perceived but her stern appearance would often enough convey the wrong impression and only further mislead people from understanding her true feelings and intentions. Whether or not her considerations were acknowledged mattered rather little to her. An additional hidden detail that only further clouded the mystery that was the young miqo'tes mind.

I think this is unavoidable to an extent. You surely cannot roleplay a personality you are unable to empathize or relate to on some level very well. That is not to say that you need to have at least vaguely similar experiences as a character. I think simply placing yourself in their shoes and emulating your feelings were you a person with x or y personality is the same as bleeding yourself into them. Example: You could have a savage and moral-free character who is everything you are not who simply behaves that way because they had a very troubled past. It doesn't necessarily mean that you needed to have similar feelings when you grew up, but just to imagine if you were a bit less of 'this' and a bit more of 'that' and THEN thrown into such an upbringing. In any case, my good-natured characters likely all share the same moral traits as I do in real life as well as a degree of empathy. I must admit that my own 'bad' character has made me reluctant at times because my insides are screaming at me to be nice to others characters even though that is simply not his style. Other than that I don't think anything else bleeds through. I certainly do my utmost to avoid steering a character in the direction I want as opposed to the direction they want, as strong as the feeling may be.

K'nahli let out an exasperated sigh as she freed a hand from its folded position across her chest and instead placed it over her face as if to silently denunciate K'luha's outburst. While K'nahli was under the impression that K'ile was needlessly harsh with his words towards K'ailia, the woman was far too emotional and had more than overstepped her boundaries. After K'luha was finished speaking, K'nahli rose her glare towards her, a clear hint of irritation present in her, squinted, gem-like eyes. She felt tempted to speak out again, only this time with the intent of more hostility but instead she managed to restrain herself. K'ile didn't need her defence after all and as it would turn out, he handled the situation well enough to leave the matter where it was rather than cause extra tension. Sitting more upright now, K'nahli returned her arms back to their folded position, paying more direct attention to the meeting now as ideals began to collide and spark. She looked towards K'ailia as she took to her feet once more to rise in defence of herself against K'ile. Though it was, in an odd fashion, admirable that the girl did not submit to the older man's scoldings, K'nahli again found herself a little irritated with the words that were being exchanged. "This is ridiculous..." she chorted quietly to herself as her head turned to face away from the fire and off into nowhere in particular. She blinked slowly as she sifted through her thoughts for a moment before returning her glance towards the would-be-arena. K'luha, it appeared, would be taking the stand once again.

"Nyaha..." the steel-blue haired miqo'te let out a modest, yet joyous laugh to herself as her arrows found both of the cans that lay parallel to each other atop a moderately, distanced rock. Striking two small targets at once from a single pull of a bow was something she felt only K'yhaega could succeed at. So much so that she had often felt that attempting to master such a technique was a waste of time. She was unsure why she had bothered pursuing the technique in recent days though she was certainly not regretting it. Her style needed perfecting, though she deemed it as success enough for one morning. Her eyes glistened brightly as the effulgent ball of fire in the sky above radiated down upon the desert, quickly returning the frigid, Sagolii sands into the scorched saffron she was more accustomed to. Sighing in satisfaction, K'nahli turned to face towards home. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she grew curious of the impending meeting. Admittedly she had planned on not so much as even attending, though now her interest in what particular people might have to say on the matter intrigued her slightly, even if she cared little for the final deliberation. K'nahli passed a short glance down towards her hand which gripped her bow tightly. She slowly brought it up to chest level to allow herself a better look as her thoughts took a hold of her. Her eyes tapered more seriously now as she continued to focus intently on her weapon as though it served as a form inspiration to the young miqo'te. "...I should at least appear interested... 'lest I cause unintended insult.." she spoke quietly to herself as she lowered her weapon and turned her stare once more towards the tribe. She closed her eyes briefly as she drew in a deep breath before affixing the weapon around her body carefully and briskly made her way homeward. ---------- K'nahli approached the campfire discreetly, choosing to enter from a direction that would arouse the least suspicion and not interrupt the ongoing proceedings. She paused briefly while still out of view from the preoccupied tribe members to scan for a place to sit. K'mih immediately caught her attention. Despite her petite build and relatively normal appearance, she was quite easy to pick out from a crowd. Or perhaps that was merely an independent trait that K'nahli had unconsciously developed for herself. Both of their mothers however, had taken seat on either side of the young miqo'te. Scanning the area again, K'nahli searched once more for a place where she could quietly listen in on the meeting without finding herself caught amongst the louder of opinions. "...." Stepping away from the concealing shadows of the tents, K'nahli slowly drew within range of the meeting and allowed herself to sit next to K'yohko. Though she and her father were considerably different, they were not without some very similar personality traits. She left a little distance between herself and the nuhn however, a form of unspoken, mutual agreement. Crossing both her legs and her arms, she sat silently alongside her father with her eyes shut calmly as her kin each took turns offering varying opinions. For the observer, one might believe she were disinterested in the events that were transpiring. An inaccurate deduction though not terribly far from the truth. As the time came for K'ile to voice his opinion however, K'nahli's ears twitched and flicked minutely as his harsh yet passionate tone reverberated through the heavy, morning air towards her. Her eyelids rose slowly, unveiling her flaming eyes that blazed brilliantly against her youthful and contrastingly, fair face. She observed the older tia carefully as he spoke critically of K'ailias proposal, finding only, in K'nahli's opinion, raw truth in his words. His closing statement however was perhaps a little harsher than she would have cared to agree with. Her sister was young and perhaps more naive than herself, and though K'nahli didn't retain a particularly strong relationship with her, she didn't admire unnecessary brutality against K'ailia for proposing something only intended for pure purposes. K'nahli's lips parted as she felt tempted to comment. Her gaze momentarily hopping towards K'ailia to attempt to gauge her reaction beforehand, hoping the young miqo'te hadn't been gravely upset by the tia's strong words. K'deiki, however, was more quick to rise to K'ailias defence, offering a similar insight and perhaps more weighing words than she, herself could have. K'nahli's eyelids drooped lazily once more as she returned to her passive state, awaiting any further opinion that her tribekin would yet have to offer to the debate. The heat-infused, desert air caressed her exposed skin gently as she remained seated silently next to her father. The day didn't feel unalike to any other. For now, she felt no desire to take part in the conversation. The outcome was not one that caused her grave concern. Her elders were no fools and it was arrogant to assume that they would jeopardize the safety of the tribe for the sake of tradition. She trusted the majority more than she would trust a lone, independent opinion. Be it her own or another's.

T'leira has been murdered by an Ul'dahn night predator ;w; Rest in peace!

I already have an alt made and waiting to be leveled at some point. His name is quite simply 'Rogue Bandit' and I was going to use him for some in-game RP to ruffle some feathers and add an unexpected turn to someone's roleplay ^^ That is part of the reason why I wouldn't want to go as far to to make another.

Haha, but usually I only do it if I happen along into the area and see roleplayers. Its not something I actively do for extended periods of time. So whenever I am only partially looking towards the game I just add a little dynamic for others and afk in part in between. I have thought about people confusing my actual character in the future, though I didn't really see that as a problem since it could be dismissed as a mere resemblance. It would actually be quite funny if someone were to spit an order at her like you said though >w< Additionally, it serves as a nice way of meeting new roleplayers so that we could setup something later with my actual characters ^^" I love character development and its one of the biggest reasons I RP to begin with, so the waitress thing isn't really something I do for myself. It may sound selfish but its not something I'd really care enough for to create a new character and then level her up so far as to get her some clothing that looks appropriate.

Hello everyone ^^ I started doing something occasionally a couple of days ago where at first I thought it might be a small, yet nice feature. Now however I am wondering if perhaps it only adds to the confusion or bothers people. What that "thing" is, is that since all three of my characters are quite limited with different ways with their own roleplay, particularly in-game roleplay, I started behaving as a waitress in The Quicksand for other roleplayers. Its not really for my own fun although there have been some funny moments, but rather just to add to their own immersion instead of them having to wave their hand and assume an invisible one appears and also to break the silence and lack of interaction for roleplayers who are sitting alone. People seem to respond well enough to it but they could be under the illusion that it is actually my character. Some were nice enough to try and further interaction with her by offering her a seat, having extended conversation with her and of course, asking her name. So I was just wondering, is that more of a bad thing to be doing than good? I have also considered behaving as a carpenter on occasion should I ever see the opportunity arise but I am growing doubtful of the whole thing now. Oh and also while I am here, what are peoples' opinions of tells or OOC comments? I found myself doing it occasionally to explain that it wasn't really my character or to excuse a macro that was half eaten in a previous edit on two occasions. I tend to forget that people may not be as okay with them as me and rather find them as an immersion breaker which just burns the whole reason for doing it initially.. (Oh and also to comment on other peoples' characters, though I usually wait until they leave to do that). Thank you for reading ^^

Oh, that made me think. Are battles realistic or do people actually us in-game moves and buffs and behave as though their characters suffer a barrage of arrows or sword strikes and merely lose "HP"? I have to say that wouldn't interest me at all. I definitely prefer realism. Just a personal opinion of course! ^^

I also think that people should just admit to their strengths though. If another character is meant to be stronger than me(assuming he's not some random that walks along and claims to be the new heir to the empire's throne) then I have no problem with getting thrashed in a fight scene. I'd just like the same in return. For all I know people ARE more than willing to oblige, I just remain skeptical and avoid it regardless. Two of my three 'main' characters are average fighters and are slightly above in a specific area unique to them both. On the other hand I have a third character who is literally meant to be strong. Being strong defines his personality because it has turned him into an arrogant piece of work and frankly I was looking forward to someone actually beating him at one point. Though against most typical or even "good" fighters I'd have liked him to come out on top. Albeit, I feel that people would deem that as too much to expect.

IG combat always worried me. I felt as though I'd have to limit the strength of my one powerful character should I ever get involved.

HURRY UP, BARBER SHOP AND VANITY SLOTS ~~~~~

I really like a couple of the lower-level DoW tunics with the leather over the shoulders and left breast. I actually wish that some of the NPC armor was available, like the tunic tops that Rowena in More Donuts (Mor Dhona!) wears. Not familiar with them but I'll have to take a look the next time I'm there, and yes... vanity slots cannot come soon enough. I suppose in truth, part of me wants something a little similar to K'mih's(sister character) just so they look better together, haha.

Well I mostly meant with the tunic, but there is chain-mail beneath the leather sleeves *nods* ^^

Oh I know that! In fact the thing I was wearing up until now covered the arms too. The difference is that they were made from leather whereas this is a heavy plate armour. It looks to me as though it'd overheat rather quickly in the sun, unlike the covering robes that would keep you cool ^^" Perhaps I am wrong though, I'd love if someone where to be prove so ~

If only the Darklight armour didn't have those sleeves, then mayyyybe I could pass it for tribal wear/desert use and wear it instead of the other things @-@ [align=center][/align]

To bump... I was writing some random RP macros in the middle of Sagolii and when I came back to further edit them I accidentally clicked the hotkey I set them to, twice, as opposed to clicking it in the actual macro menu. My character started spewing some random lines with a hyur standing nearby... *currently logged out*

She's a tribal miqo'te so she needed something lightweight and not too covering ^^

This is a good thing isn't it? More RP is well, more RP. My guess would be people hitting 50 and those who were stuck on other servers being able to transfer would have something to do with it. Its a great thing. Its just, as active as the server was beforehand, it completely pales in comparison. I was very pleasantly surprised because I am ready to start focusing more on RP and less on the gaming side of things >w<

What is with the sudden surge of RP on the server? I swear there are so many simultaneous scenes ongoing at any one time in Ul'dah and Thanalan alone.