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The stupid human in me wants to remain hopeful that this is all one fucking awful coincidence. The Peace Officer in Training in me knows that this would be one hell of an awful coincidence. Sure as shit hope whoever's responsible gets the punishment they deserve.

I'm more than a little miffed with the idea that a vast majority of housing plots now belong to players, rather than FCs. I'm pissed that I know of people who have houses on one or two characters and snagged another for themselves. And I'm livid that SE thought putting Player and FC housing together, in the same zone, with the same odds, was a brilliant idea. And that they can't seem to understand that there are actual servers out there with empty wards, and their most popular servers have people buying up lots to mark up the fucking price. This housing situation on Balmung is ridiculous and I'm frustrated to high hell. :c

Two characters of mine come to mind. First is my old main, K'washi. I started off playing him as illiterate, with a bare grasp on the Eorzean language. He had enough knowledge to tell the difference between the different phrases he'd had written in his little book, and that was that. As time went on, he eventually met people that taught him how to read, up to and including his now-husband. Unfortunately, they've both fallen off the radar, pretty much, but it was a fantastic journey from start to finish, to see him grow from illiterate to not. Currently, I have Yesukai, a former slave born into captivity that's recently gained his freedom. He knows enough about numbers to somewhat be able to tell the difference between them, and he knows the letter A. Largely because he was taught enough to understand what numbers were bigger than what for Triple Triad, but he's still developing and he's still very much a work in progress. And he still very easily messes up some numbers with other numbers. But I also have a literate character, from start to finish. Akino Naeuri, former Princess of her little city back home in Othard. Reading is her pleasure in life and it's how she's learned so much about the world around her, despite being so sheltered. My characters always have a history of developing (sometimes healthily, sometimes not). To do otherwise is to remain stagnant, and that's simply boring to me. I'm the kind of player that will revel in seeing a character develop, whether it's my own or someone else's, in whatever way they can.

Well. I'm glad to know it's not just my end that's borked the server. 0-o Guess it's time to just wait patiently.

I'd have to agree with Edda on this one. Should it continue I foresee this thread being locked. Echoing this. Please don't get this thread locked. It's valuable in its own way, and we need something like this. Also, might I recommend adding a list of International Suicide Hotlines? A quick Google search has brought up this, but I'm in no position to confirm if these are active/real or not.

;A; This event would make Akino the happiest little Raen ever, if her player weren't such a derp and had class at precisely the moment the bazaar happened.

I live in a homophobic, bigoted town full of "Good Christians" (quotations because I know actual, good Christians that aren't these assholes) that believe every second of the edited PP videos and are bitching and whining about the ACA and gay marriage and it infuriates me that these people exist. These are the same people in favour of the government shutdowns we keep seeing in the US. o_o

I think it all comes down to personal preference, really. Some people like to use it, others don't. Myself, I found myself surrounded by people that use quotations in /say, so it ended up becoming a habit. Add on to the emotes I'll sometimes put in /say, and it's just stuck. Honestly, as long as no one's breaking any RP etiquette or being a massive douchenozzle or a troll, I could care less about another person's format.

Wind-Up K'washi - Item Flavour — Perhaps this toy was meant to look intimidating? If anything, it's adorable. Use this item to acquire Wind-Up K'washi - Minion Text — Said to be commissioned by the mother whose son inspired this creation. This Wind-Up toy has a habit of climbing and getting into things it shouldn't be getting into. Also, it's oddly silent... - Behaviour — Independent - Interactions — Will climb onto your back. Will attempt to fight Miniature Griffin. Wind-Up Akino - Item Flavour — A prim-and-proper lady disguised as an explorer! An exclusive toy of the Lady Naeuri that comes with three outfits! Use this item to acquire Wind-Up Akino. - Minion Text — Commissioned by the Lord Naeuri himself, Wind-Up Akino is a creation modeled after his own daughter. It is said that he had this doll made to make up for the loss he felt when she disappeared. The resemblance is almost uncanny. - Behaviour — Independent - Interactions — Will occasionally dance. Will attempt to fight your enemies with her tiny staff. Will get excited at random, and certainly when you get excited.

I have two, but they're conveniently in the different age brackets (./sob) Akino is sitting at a solid 24. K'washi is 18, soon 19. He's the youngest character I've played in a long time, to be honest. As I find myself aging, I find it harder to play younger characters. The youngest character I've ever played is... 4? 5? Around there. Cute as hell, but the amount of energy in a 4-5 year old child is hard to replicate when you're 21 and getting beaten to a figurative pulp by Life. I'm sure I'll start to play characters in their late 20s to 30s soon, if the trend is anything to go by. Unfortunately, I'm the type of roleplayer who can't roleplay things they have no experience with, and research can only get you so far.

Currently, my only regret stems from the fact that my recently-impregnated character is alone, in Ishgard, without her bodyguard/father of her baby... and I'm setting up ways to cause a miscarriage. Moreso, the regret is that she is away from the bodyguard, but that's also entirely out of my hands due to RL being RL. I have faith that this is a horror she will overcome, however.

This is definitely Akino's battle theme. f5DVa5iYgSY

I'm a Jack-of-all-Trades in a fast-food restaurant. Aka, I know how to do every job. Including the managers' jobs. (I need to be a worse worker, I swear). Studying Criminal Justice currently with the hopes I can get into some super fancy government jobs with ICE or the CIA or something. Still trying to figure out where I'm aiming for, but this year's already been filling in with some fascinating subjects. ^-^

Absolutely, although Aiswynd has yet to make it to Ishgard so you'll have to wait on that particular Xaela I shall wait eagerly! =O That being said, on a more serious note... I'm looking forward to seeing who I can set up RP meet-ups with and when. And for any chance encounters, Akino tends to hang around the Forgotten Knight in the evenings, up in the Pillars during the day (getting lost in the Crozier when I have to be at work). *rolls away to make those notes and send those PMs!* \o/

Oh, goodness. So much more than i was expecting. So many awesome people to choose from! D: ... Can I just pick all of you? Is that okay?

So. I have this girl, and she's a Raen. A very blue Raen. Quite cute, too (I think so, anyway, but I might be a little biased). She recently went her separate ways from her bodyguard (aka, left him behind in Gridania with nothing but a note), and she's wound up in Ishgard. Problem is, she's pregnant sick, and in a foreign land all by herself, while trying to stay under the radar from the crazy silly ex-fiance that wants to bring her back home and can't take no for an answer. SO. While she's all alone waiting for her bodyguard to catch up, she's... well, bored, and eager to learn about the land, and possibly in need of some medical assistance. Alternatively: She has a bounty on her head. It's quite a nice sum, too. Interested in that? I'll explain the deets if ye poke me PMs! Akino Naeuri. Hit me up here or in-game, whatever works. I'll throw in the disclaimer, though, that I'm not available 24/7, my schedule is tight, and just because I respond to any PMs on this here fancy website, does not mean I am in-game/ready for RP. D: (Aren't smart phones the bestest things ever?) (11:27 PM -- I'll get a picture of her up tomorrow morning when I can brain a bit better, and the Lodestone does not have her IC outfit equipped.)

Akino will have to stop by, now that she's in the area.

I'm torn between keeping all my loved ones close and shoving each and every human being in my life away because I'm just so tired of feeling so vulnerable and weak and therapy has just been emotionally exhausting for a month now, touching on some srs shit that's been buried down for so long. And today was absolutely no exception, with yet another break, and just... I should not be so sick of life at the ripe age of 21. But I am and I'm frustrated and I wish I had more people to talk to, people that I can talk to and trust and get close to, and I just want to feel safe and welcome and warm and free for once in my life, dammit. *flips everything*

Dude, if there's a time and a place, count me in. \o/ Akino's a fantastic healer/wind elementalist/conjurer/whateveryouwannacallher.

As absolutely obnoxious as I find these "Are you human?" systems to be, this would probably, actually solve a huge issue, at least as far as the RMTs go. It may be a bit hopeful to think it'd solve the problem completely, but I can see it solving a huge part (if not most) of it. So who knows how to propose ideas to SE? O-o

I'd add another point between 3 and 4. - If that doesn't work, look at the party: if you have a Ninja, tell him to stop using Smoke Screen on you while you're pulling. ... It awfully happens a lot. Is smoke screen the one that is the Ninja aggro-dump? Shouldn't it actually put the threat on you? I ask, because I actually had a Ninja tell me that they will happily pull more mobs than I wanted and just place aggro on me so I can't -actually just let them die.- I don't mind big pulls but pull something without asking me to is just rude. Let me know, ask, etc. Don't just do it. Lmfao I had a ninja try that with me. I just kept turning the mobs to him when they did the marked attacks. I survived and he died anyway and I proceeded to type "lol my bad" You must adapt to deal with the trolls Kage san. I didn't really actually have it happen because the healer said "yeah it'd be cool to pull more." So I did and the NIN never actually did anything. Although, I have picked up aggro when someone auto-ran or a Monk shoulder tackles. Cause the healer ran in and I don't like healers dying Smokescreen is the NIN skill that reduces threat. Shadewalker is the one that dumps 80% of the NIN's threat to whoever they use it on (ideally, the tank). As a NIN, if my tank's having a hard time, I tend to just throw Shadewalker on them, spam what little AoE I have, and hope for the best. Now. I've definitely used Smokescreen on a tank before (COMPLETE accident, was trying to get used to new skill positions), but Shadewalker should easily fix that... if they're smart. You just end up turning yourself into their threat generator until Smokescreen wears off (though I wouldn't recommend this kind of screw-up in EX or Alex (Savage).) Uhhh, back on topic... OTs that don't save their heals from laser beams of death in A4... Q___Q y u do dis

Lookin' forward to it. I've got my list of folk who're stepping in to help as much as we can with our numbers.

Superultraincrediblyexcited.

Thank you very much for this. It was nice to meet all those FCs. I'm looking forward to any cross-FC events, especially that Training one that I hope makes it off the ground. That one really, really interested me.

I jumped on the bandwagon. >> Name pending. But this is Anaeli.