Alothia

These are so damned cute! *squees over the cute*

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I think I am well enough to finally sit down and write about it all. Five suns ago, Khale and I ventured to have a talk with Lionnellais about the procedure that Eric mentioned to us to draw out the void presence. Much like steeping tea from a tea bag to a cup of water, the process involved removing the damaged aether from my being and capturing it inside of a deaspected crystal. Lionnellais informed me that the process would be painful. It was. I do not remember most of it. It was pleasant up until that point. Sir Zanin returned from his work, and discussed with me the procedure before I underwent it, hence the tea metaphor. I laid down on the medical cot and at first it was a dull ache. Gradually, it intensified, until I was blinded by the pain. A world of it. I do not remember much after that. Khale was with me. He told Lionnellais to put me to sleep, and I slept quite a while. I vaguely remember Khale carrying me back home and putting me to bed. I’ve been exhausted ever since. On Friday, Khale and I visited with the Dark Embers company and celebrated Little Ladies Day. It was a pleasant affair with tea and cookies. I got to meet Ihrie, Sir Zanin’s lady friend. And Lin asked after Nel. Speaking of, I haven’t seen her in quite some time. I should probably make a point of stopping by to visit. In other news, I met up with a woman, M’hatya at the Quicksand last night. It was supposed to be simple conversation, but ended up turning into quite the evening. Tayn was in rare form, and Lily even showed up. She signed on with the company and now knows our secrets, what few we have. I think she will be a good friend. I like her a lot. It is a shame that Khale did not get to meet her. It will happen sooner rather than later. He has been rather busy with work lately. I miss him.

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Merging this with another thread. ^^

Our FC actually deals with getting refugees across the border and whatnot. I know some of the people on our FC have characters that are refugees as well. Perhaps there would be some connections there?

Yeah, I'd definitely track down Sounsyy. They're our resident lore monger. But yeah, do some searches, look at some wikis, and have fun!

And see, that's kinda where I figured you were coming from. Unlike Forum RP, we do kinda have to operate in which the world we're given. You're allowed to take some liberties, stretching the lore as we have it, but the lore is there for a reason. If you need help figuring out how to fit into the lore, or have questions about the lore in general, we have plenty of people here who can help you do that. We actually have some of the most knowledgeable lore mongers around. Another good place to start might be to take a look at some of the other wiki entries of people here. There's a lot of good stuff written up there, and a lot of good views on how to have an interesting character while still abiding by what Square has given us.

Cleaned up the rest of this. Look, just keep it on topic. I don't know about Freelance or anyone else, but I'm sick of having to move stuff around and lock threads because people don't know how to keep a discussion on topic and keep it civil. Seriously, if you can't say something nice or contribute without adding something snarky, take a darn step away from the keyboard for a bit. /adminhat

I have a bubble of fear boiling inside of me. It’s tearing me in two. We went and visited with Eric a few suns ago to discuss the Void presence that has been with me. To my surprise, he offered a solution. Apparently Lionnellias and Zanin have some way to…remove it. But Eric said it was ridiculously painful. I’ve talked it over with Khale, and although Khale will be there with me, I am scared to death. I’ve never been one to deal with pain well. Although perhaps I will surprise myself. Perhaps it is only emotional pain that cripples me. Either way, it scares me and I don’t know which I fear more, the fear of the presence of the Void, or the fear of having it gone. At least the nightmares I have right now I can blame on the Void. Once I’m free of it, what do I blame the nightmares on then? I want to begin my life. I want to begin it with Khale.. I cannot do that carrying this presence with me. But I don’t know how it will feel to be free of it. We’re supposed to meet tonight. I hope it goes well.

Nebbs is an Artichoke So much heart~

The lore is built into the game for a reason, so that we don't have ten million special snowflakes running around saying that they're the daughter of this person, or a half vampire, half werewolf dragonkin, or whatever. I know you want to take a fresh approach, and I applaud you for that, but in truth, you're not going to find many people who want to RP with you if you're a goddess from another world. 1. It doesn't fit in with the world or its lore, and so people are going to ignore that part of your story or ignore you. 2. It comes off as trying to be too special. What is wrong with being the daughter of a fisherman? That's what we are in game. We're adventurers. Sure, some have extenuating circumstances that have come about due to this or that. But the majority of us come from humble backgrounds. 3. You asked for advice. Please don't get upset when people give you advice based on what you asked. If you want to help build an interesting background that fits in with the lore, we'd be happy to do that here with you. But throwing out the lore completely isn't something that's going to go over well.

Loud words! Pretentious symbolism! Enunciation The snow falls on Mt Fuji? Farts. An original piece by Flynt Reddard. ftfy /EnglishTeacher

Jutat De- Alothia Starkwood and guest I'm not sure who else would come. The other two leaders are usually not online until quite late at night, so I might bring another member. And I doubt that we count as a "major" player, but I'd still like to be involved.

Get the band back together Heck yes! I already told Kass about it!

Staring at the clock Has it hit 2:05 yet? I want to go home.

I'd be down as one of the more active leaders in the FC who is also a part of the RPC.

Yeah, the Mr. Eorzea pageant was good times. Claus' Gold Bikini is still talked about to this day. Gosh it was good fun. I'd probably be better off having Aly be a judge again this time, if you need a lady judge on the panel.

Alothia went stargazing the other night. It was quiet and comforting.

I don’t know what to think right now. I’m sitting here out on the hill in Thanalan, overlooking Fesca’s Wash. I’m lost in the sounds of steel against steel, remembering the past few trips here. The first one, we were over by the tree, just the two of us. I never would have saw it coming. I still think about it and don’t think I saw it coming until it happened. The last time I was here, there was that woman, claiming that I was a whore. I wanted to burn her up where she stood, but more than that, I was worried that you would hear her and think her words true. That was scarier to me than most other things. And now I’m here, and you’re out saving people, and I’m here killing time. Writing the first few words on the pages that you gave me. I should throw the book away, the old one. But there are some things in there I’d like to keep. The memory of when we met. My inane thoughts. The poem. I suppose it is a relic of what I was or what I grew from. But a fresh page is a new beginning. I’ve been turning the ring over and over on my finger all day. Its significance isn’t lost on me. I’m still in shock over what happened. It’s a good shock, however. I never once, in a million turns, thought that this would happen again. Not so soon, and not like this. Am I glad of it? Yes. Am I scared? Of course. Who wouldn’t be? Scared and excited. Ready. Definitely. Ready.

*signs her name on the line*

Pruned this thread to keep it back on track. I think it's a good thread to have around, and the discussion of lore here is valuable. The parts that aren't so valuable, I've tried to remove. I may have missed some, and if so, pardon me. Note, we are watching this thread, and we'd hate to close it, so please keep it on topic. Thanks guys!

Here ya go!

I'd like to enter for WHM and DRG, please~ ^^