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Had some time for 2.3 this week, lucky me CT2 dropped exactly what I wanted on my first run. http://imgur.com/a/b6EsW Too lazy to put picture by picture, those are the same 4 stances but me trying out different lightings (including tam tara hm's red light).

Midna was now fully done with her calculations and the poor elezen already saw herself skip quite a few meals with most of the displayed jewelry. On the other hand, she was now very close to being out of this place and will soon be able to sit down with a drink in hand in the shade. She knew just the spot right outside of Ul'dah where she could safely spend the rest of the day without having to worry about the apprentices finding her slacking off either. "Oh don't worry, it'll only take a few minutes! I'll only accompany you to the guild, after that I'll be off to relax-" Midna immediately let out a cough to hide her unintentional slip up "I mean, do some more honest work for the sake of science of course." The elezen let out a small, slightly nervous laugh, she was hoping that the hyur would quickly choose whatever she wanted so that they could go as quickly as possible.

Going to post a few recent pics of my character .

The sudden mood change from the Hyur surprised the elezen and the sparkling in her eyes was almost blinding. Midna had definitely expected a reaction from the girl but she didn't expect to have such an impact on the girl. Midna was sure as well that it didn't mean anything good for her wallet either. 'I wonder how many meals I'll have to skip after I buy her what she wants...' "Lilywell, Midna Lilywell is the name. As you can see, I'm an apprentice at the alchemy guild and I specialize in making potions used against any kind of foe. As for the proposition I just made you, as long as you hold your word, I'll hold mine." Midna answered as she started doing the calculations in her head of how many gils she would have left depending on which item she would end up buying. "I can only get you one of them though, my resources are limited after all, miss... ?" She added, almost absent minded, still busy calculating.

“I see…” Even though Midna was supposed to feel upset about the current turn of events, she wasn't as she had noticed something when the Hyur locked eyes with the Miqo'te. Her expression had very suddenly switched from fright to relief and confidence. Even the tone of her voice had changed. 'How intriguing... Is my face that scary looking for her to be so wary of me? And how does she have such nice hair, I really want to know what she uses to keep it in this state with all the sand around- wait no, focus myself! I’ll think of that once I’m out of this place.' She thought, now was not the time to think about trivial details. The elezen was in a tight spot and the presence of the cat girl wearing a bow limited the choices she could make to make the Hyur agree to go with her. Midna wasn’t one to give up easily and started searching the proper solution for her troublesome situation while trying to ignore the heat. Catching the hyur’s interest was the current problem, as she clearly didn’t want to even visit the alchemy guild. The first thing the elezen did was to analyze the hyur. Aside from her beauty, her clothes were far from being expensive looking. The basket full of ingredients was clearly showing that the girl wasn’t somebody wealthy like some of the merchants she saw before whom liked to show off their various accessories made of gold. Not wealthy, but she didn’t look like she was too poor either as she did have the money to buy food. ‘Interest… She was interested by those jewels.’ Midna took a quick glance at the merchant’s stall and saw the prices. The elezen wasn’t a big spender and had mostly used a small amount of money so far, only for necessary food, clothes and the occasional makeup tools, she tried to get as many ingredients she needed by herself to make her own potions as well. Not only was it of better quality half of the time but it also made her spare lots of gils in the long run. ‘If I negotiate correctly I shouldn’t have a problem with the prices, most of the stuff there is affordable… Aside from the very expensive stones in the back. I’ll have to count on my luck on this one.’ She thought as she had finished her plan. She had always appreciated the fact that she had inherited quick thinking from her mother, it had been useful in many occasions in her life. She might have been a bit too slow as she only noticed now that they were talking about going back to the Quicksands. “Hold up miss! I have a deal that might interest you. I know you’re not interested in alchemy but how about just taking a look at the place; that might give you an interest in the trade. In exchange, I’ll buy you something from the stall you had your eyes on before. ” She said, hinting at the display of jewelry. “You’re free to choose what you want me to buy as well. Oh and miss archer can come with you if you wish her to.” While there was the fact that this might hurt her wallet more than she had expected to spend in two or three weeks, it was worth the price of escaping the heat for today. She wouldn’t need to go out of the guild for the rest of the month once the apprentices were done wandering the market with various objectives. And who knows, maybe she’ll learn how the secret to the hyur’s smooth hair if she was lucky.

Though the heat was slightly clouding her mind, the elezen had noticed how pretty the hyur was and had Midna been asked to search for something akin to a mascot, she wouldn't hesitate to find this girl. Alas! It wasn't how she had started her conversation and she now had to convince her better but at least it seemed like the hyur had become less suspicious of Midna. "That's right, I'm with the alchemy guild! So-" She didn't have any time to finish her sentence before being interrupted by a new voice. "Is there a problem here?" Midna slightly turned her head toward the sound of the voice and the first thing she noticed was the bow carried by the female miqo'te. "Oh brother..." Midna muttered through gritted teeth but still keeping a smile on her face. She quickly analyzed the clothes worn by the woman, nothing sge recognized, which meant that the miqo'te was either a mercenary,an adventurer, or both. It still was no better than a flame officier or a brass blade, she didn't want to end up with an arrow in the gut and decided to play it as safely as she could. "Problems? I don't see any problems here, I am just doing my work to promote my guild's teachings and correcting a... misunderstanding between me and the lady in front of me. Perhaps this might even interest you, miss? The alchemy related work I mean." Midna said, keeping a smile on her face. Maybe she should've just sneaked away at the beginning rather than go through all the troubles of getting an excuse but there was no turning back now, she just hoped that she would manage to get out of this situation before the sun knocks her unconscious.

"I could always use a woman of your skill." The words rang in the elezen's head multiples times as she stood there, stunned, before returning to reality a few seconds later. Hadn't there been people around, she would probably have the goofiest grin on her face. She quickly shook her head as if to shake off even the thought of it before she smiled in a more professional manner. "A pleasure indeed Krell! If you do need me, I mostly am at the alchemy guild. Of course there'll be a slight discount on your first purchase! Please do come any time you wish to, I'll be waiting." As much as Midna wanted to ask Krell to talk about her to his friends and family, she decided she'd try to get more advertisment later, once she had actually started doing business. She felt a slight tug on the bottom of her mage robe. When she looked down, she saw that her Topaz Carbuncle was attempting to catch her attention, trying to make her remember that she had to go back to the guild soon to give her report of the last errands to the guild. "It looks like I don't have much time myself. See you, little gu- I mean, mister Krell!" The elezen excused herself before walking away from the lalafell and into the crowd. She stopped when she had an idea, she could go apologize to the other lalafell she almost fell on and manage to get a new client. Even if that meant she had to endure doing more errands, it was worth a shot. "Sounds good... I have no idea of where she could be though, I can't see her from here, what should I do?" She muttered. Midna decided that if she didn't find the lalafell fast enough, she might just give up to go and give her report to the guild.

The new sitting pose for female elezen oh my god it looks great and is perfect for my character! I can't say the same for the other pose, maybe the new kneeling pose can work for when she has to apologize for messing up often .

Midna immediately released her grip when she felt that the girl didn't want to follow her and had started to panic, which of course had attracted the attention of the crowd around them. The elezen hadn't expected the hyur to have this kind of reaction and had begun panicking herself, she managed to keep a straight face and quickly found the right words to try and and appease the girl, she just hoped that there were no flame officiers around, it would cause her even more problems and give her a more painful headache than the one she already has thanks to the heat. 'That's some great hair she has, I'm almost jealous... Wait no, now's not the time to get distracted by hair. Focus girl!' Midna thought, slightly shaking her head as if to make those unnecessary thoughts go away. The tall elezen slightly bowed. "My apologies miss, I might've been too quick to err, force myself upon you. You may not have heard me well but as I said already, I am from the alchemy guild and we're currently looking to recruit apprentices." She straightened her back, giving the best reassuring smile she could to the hyur. "You have all the rights to refuse but then I'll have to come back empty handed to the guild and will get yelled at once more." Midna faked a long, pained sigh to gain more sympathy from the girl. "Even just going there with me and saying that after all you're not interested could save my career! So, pretty please?" She asked almost desperately. A little lie definitely wouldn't hurt, she would do anything just to get out of this heat, she'll explain everything to the girl once they were out of the sun's rays.

Midna had been scouting the streets while distributing whatever she had to give, not truly paying attention to the contents of the boxes she was carrying. It had only been ten minutes and the elezen already felt like she was about to collapse on the floor because of the heat. How long would she have to bear this before finding a way to escape this hell? All the elezen could do was to silently pray to the Twelve that they would get her out of it. It almost felt like the gods had answered to her pleas as she passed by the jeweler's stall when somebody caught her eye: A hyur that, judging from the unusual clothes she wore, definitely didn't look from Ul'dah and she didn't look particularly strong either, making her the ideal "partner" for her escape plan. She deposited the box she had in her hands where she was suppose to put it and swiftly made her way to the girl. "Excuse me miss but you look perfectly like the kind of person that would love to make potions, ink, books and all sort of creations! My name is Midna Lilywell, apprentice at the Alchemy Guild. How about I make you visit our dear guild? I'm sure you'll be very much interested by it." Midna said with a smile. She felt the death glare coming from the jeweler, thinking the alchemist was there to steal her clients. "Of course once we're done I will immediately escort you back to these magnificent diamonds sold by this very kind merchant." She turned her head to the merchant in question with the same smile. The jeweler eased up a little and got back to her own business, taking care of another client. The elezen had talked loud enough to make sure that the group she had been with had heard every word she had said. She took a few glances at the scattered apprentices who had stopped a bit when the elezen had suddenly dropped her activities. They all went back to work quickly enough after talking about how devoted the tall woman was. Midna then grabbed onto the hyur's arm as she pulled her with just enough force to make her move but not enough to make it feel like the girl was being kidnapped. If anything people would consider her as a very annoying recruiter for her guild and nothing more. She just hoped the girl would follow her without troubles.

Everything had gone so fast for the elezen who just had understood that she fell on a poor lalafell. Not only did he scold her after she stumbled on him but he stormed away before Midna could even apologize and this was bad situation for her. Not because she felt guilty but because it would cause her problems in the future, affecting her future business and whatever dreams the elezen had. She stood up and cleared the dust away from her clothes. "I'm going to lose a future client and his connections, I'm not letting this happen." She muttered. She then noticed the other lalafell she had almost squashed and quickly apologized to the woman before rushing to the place where she last saw the small individual, her carbuncle right behind her. She had sighted him in front of the Quicksand, the place was still crowded and she had troubles finding him. She believed she had lost him when Midna nearly bumped into him once more as he came out of the adventurers' guild. At least his expression wasn't as angry as before, this meant that it was her chance to correct her mistake. "Oh, small gu- I mean, mister! I truly wanted to apologize for err... literally walking over you. But what would be an apology without a gift? That is why I've decided to offer you one of my homemade, high-quality potion!" The tall woman pulled out a small bottle with clear blue liquid from her right pocket and handed it to the lalafell. 'Good thing I made this before returning to the guild, I forgot my pouch there so it's all I have on me.' She thought to herself. She then remembered what he said after yelling very loudly at her "You wish to know what I have to offer? Plenty, as I am a soon-to-be master alchemist! I currently specialize in offensive liquids so if you want to silence your wife, put your kids to sleep, paralyze a wild beast or poison your foes, Midna Lilywell is the woman you should call!" The elezen said, her chest puffed out with pride. She had omitted the part about some of her creations exploding or creating secondary effects but she's sure it's not necessary to tell anybody about it. Midna hoped she had made a decent impression on the lalafell and that he would kindly forgive and forget what had happened.

The only thing that protected Midna from today's scorching sun was her old hempen hat and as thankful as she was for it for protecting her from most of the rays, the piece of headgear made her feel like her hair would burn any moment now and that what little makeup she had would melt away. It didn't help that there were so many people roaming the markets. Midna quickly found a spot the sun couldn't reach and rested a few seconds, taking her hat off and using it like a fan and thought of how she ended up in this situation. She had once again failed her last task given to her by the alchemy guild, the guild supplier had somehow mistaken a rare bottle of voidsent blood for a of bottle of beastkin blood and had given it to the elezen, whom happily started working on her potion until she ended up with very strange results. Of course, the responsibility fell on her completely as the guildmaster said that she should have checked the content at least fifty-seven times before starting. "As if anyone would do this." The elezen said with a sigh. Now she had been sent to do errands with the apprentice alchemists who were very happy to be of use. She didn't share their joy and could only think of sneaking away. Sure, she'd probably be yelled at but burning under the sun was way worse than that. All she needed was an excuse to get away from the group. She could probably say that she's trying to sell some potions to a passerby for the guildmaster, or say that she's trying to recruit more people into the guild. "That might work. Now to find somebody I could pull away easily, it can't be a roegadyn or a lalafell..." she muttered as she put her hat back on her head, walking out of the dark spot she was in and looking around, trying to find someone that would fit what she looked for.

Decided I'd take the screenshots out of my ps3 and put them here! (sorry for da quality ;u; ), three pics here, two more there: http://imgur.com/a/pis9b Have some duskwight elezen:

Hm it's too bad thy my old character on balmung is only level 32, seeins as she was a power hungry woman I guess she could have played the role decently ( and that would have put me in my first IG rp which would've been cool.) I doubt I'll have much time to level her up either D:, sorry about that. Hope you'll find somebody for it.

I apologize if this thread has already been made but the subject made me curious. I've read a bit of the lore on the game and what I liked the most is that they took time to put rules for names on each races and sub races, which is a neat detail. Now, while I already know that an adventurer is already somebody unusual in a way in Eorzea, most of the npcs (even adventurers, correct me if I'm wrong) are named correctly depending of their race and subrace. But how does it go for half-blood characters? Which naming do they take, father's race or mother's? Or maybe they take both and do some kind of mix? How'd you deal with that, fellow RPers? Personally I named my character and even did her appearence based on my favorite character from other games (zelda serie), I'm considering changing her name to something that fits her elezen duskwight subrace more (Midna Lilywell => Midonne Lilywell, sounds good and the idea of my favorite character is still there), that is if I do create the character on balmung/gilgamesh. I already have an idea on how to keep the name Midna though while staying okay to the lore lol. Let's discuss! ...Hopefully I didn't post this in the wrong section.