Your IC reaction to Au Ra

[Kurt S.]

Kurt:

"I'm just the cook, man... these things are way above my paygrade, that is unless they want some of my cooking. I dunno, I mean I've seen and been in weirder situations, so nothing fazes me."

 

*Shrugs outta the room."

 

Ramona:

"I...need to stop drinking and going into Amdapor alone. It's like they're trying to out edge me yanno?"

 

*Nopes outta the room.*

 

Nah:

"Ooh, they look villainous. I wanna look mean too."

 

*Does not leave the room.*

[Aya]

"Hi! Welcome to the Quick Sand!  Can I get you something to drink?!"

[Melkire]

Osric's reaction to a sudden influx of demonic peoples? Probably the following.

 

[Iex]

Here is a fun food for thought:

 

How will your Au Ra react to the reactions?

 

Mine: You done yet? No? Well, I will be over here when you get over the fact I have horns and scales. Whoop-de-fucking-do.

[OttoVann]

You know speaking of how Au Ra react, a lot of how they are accepted will come to how they act and behave in the major cities at 3.0.

 

People who have immigrated from anywhere to somewhere else, if they care to be accepted, typically are rather low-key at first and build up that trust and acceptance. If Au Ra swarm Ul'Dah and just demand people get over it and accept they have horns and scales, lol and good luck.

[Naunet]

K'piru will probably be very wary for some time.

 

On the other hand, she may find some sense of connection in being a cultural outsider to a "new" world. Hard to tell.

[Warren Castille]

Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward: Everyone Is A Little Racist

[Dogberry]

"Come have a drink, y'horny devil, it's on me. It'll help pass th'time. Day's been dragon on, hasn't it?"

[Steel Wolf]

in reaction to an Au Ra female:

"...huh...demure little thing. Cute. Dunno 'bout the horns, but they're interestin' at least."

 

in reaction to an Au Ra male:

"heh, Now there's somethin' what looks like it could hold its liquor and still swing a clean punch. May have t'make friends with a few'a these Auri types."

[Zac Evans]

[align=center]"VOIDSENT! , Get behind me!" /Draws weapon and attacks![/align]

 

[align=center]Zac is a man who hates change, and this change is MASSIVE. Hundreds of thousands of a new alien race strutting around Eorzea like they have every right to be there? Even if the Voidsent angle doesn't last long, they're still suddenly here like some conquering force. Every violent or aggressive member of both the races with prove his point for him. And above all else? The last time an influx of foreign people came to Eorzea, Zac lost friends and family when they became Warriors of Light.[/align]

 

[align=center]"I care not for your origins. Do not bore me, and shame yourself, with your tales of woe and suffering. You are warriors, same as myself; show me only the Discipline of Steel."[/align]

 

[align=center]Raging Behemoth on the otherhand is older and wiser, but for people that know him well enough can often remember he's misogynistic to any women who haven't earned his respect. The Au Ra males-especially of the nomadic warrior tribes-will be looked upon favorably. They 5'2 at MAX, slender and lithe women however? Ehhh..... [/align]

[Dogberry]

I should mention that my previous post was Dogberry's reaction...

 

Iskierka would awkwardly try to befriend one, most likely by asking one for a tissue sample.

[Wymsical]

I'm going to main an Au Ra and it's a lot of fun reading all these reactions. Suspicious/hateful/disapproving reactions are particularly interesting to RP with and I can't wait to see all of this once people start RPing in HW! Tension in RP is always fun.

[Brynhilde]

"They look like Voidsent. If that is through a curse, then they are tae be pitied. If it is not... Then they are beasts not tae be trusted at best, or a disease tae be cleansed at worst."

[allgivenover]

Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward: Everyone Is A Little Racist

 

A little bit of racism makes for the best RP.

[Verad]

"Permit me to sell you this, er . . . "

 

Verad grabs a coaster from a table and a punches a hole in it.

 

"Decorative horn ring!"

 

Then Aya yells at him for breaking a coaster.

[Seriphyn]

Probably with prejudice. Freaks, constantly confusing the female and male Au Ra as separate species, wondering why the hell they're coming to Eorzea when their homeland is occupied by a mutual enemy, wondering why the hell they're coming to Eorzea when the realm has its own problems, wondering if the Au Ra men have small dicks so they don't constantly rupture the females internally, and all sorts of fantastic racist goodness.

 

I'm just waiting for the first Au Ra Dragoon or an Au Ra who claims to be born in Eorzea (neither is impossible, but even more farfetched than the odd race/nation combos we've debated before!).

[Nataru]

" Are those horns? Killer tail!" Nat don't judge 

[Aris]

Ultimately for Nara, if they come to her shop as long as they're paying then business is business. It wouldn't be the first odd type she's dealt with.

 

She will be wary of all these Au Ra suddenly flocking around the cities, but upon learning the reasons they're here she'll be more empathetic because of her own experiences leaving home.

 

..but if the first time she meets one is alone down a dark alley, she'll assume it's some sort of demon, get her hammer out and run in the opposite direction.

[Khadan]

*Au Ra group walks into the tavern where Kayllen is drinking or otherwise hanging out*

 

Auri Group: "..."

 

Kayllen: "..."

 

Auri group: "Let's find a place to sit."

 

Kayllen: "... *squints*"

 

Auri Group: *sits at the table next to Kayllen*

 

Kayllen: *engages Terminator-esque body scan; Horns... Check. Scales... Check. Tail...  Check. Analysis: Possible Heresy*

 

Auri Group: "Why is that hyur staring at us...?"

 

Kayllen: *stands up abruptly* "Excuse me." *hurries off to make sure he's not losing his mind and, if not, then how can these not-dragons be used?*

[Aduu Avagnar]

Nako probably met one or two on his travels around the Empire a few years back, though most likely at a distance, but maybe a couple up close, so most likely it will just be surprise that they are in Eorzea now.

[Caspar]

Innocently insensitive. On her island, she only ever met Hyur from Othard and Roes. When she met her first Miqo, the immediate reaction Virara had was to pull his tail. You can bet that will happen again. Hm but given her background with the domans, she should know of the au ra, so I think it'd just be a case of never met one in person.

[Chris Ganale]

Three of my characters are Doman--one actively partnered with/soon-to-be-boning an Au Ra lady--so that automatically removes them from WTF reactions. At most, Chao would finally realize just how bad it is back home, and Seno and Yuuna would wonder what's changed to make them stop hiding. Yuuna also would be ecstatic that Hotaru doesn't have to hide anymore.

 

Ganale might not even notice for a while, depends on what I get him up to here soon. Either way, he's not like to care much unless they bother him. The only one he's like to even see for any amount of time is that timid archer living in the inn with that other Doman girl.

 

Tahz would initially be concerned that they're some new Dravanian species but wouldn't care after being told otherwise. Being my goody-goody, he's very accepting of people.

 

Garon won't care a whit unless there are posted bounties on them. Once he hears of their warrior cul....fuck, I just realized how Mando-esque they are... Irrelevant. He'd keep an ear out for any looking to become bounty hunters and try to get them into Apex.

 

Ghost himself is a foreigner and already finds the other races than hyur fascinating, so he'd want to know about them. It helps that that genki as fuck girl that's started hanging out with him, with the greatsword bigger than she is, is one of them.

[Flickering Ember]

Ember is blind. She won't notice them until she gets to touch them. She'd probably just think the Au Ra males are skinny roegadyns and the female Au Ra are very short midlanders. I imagine she will like the texture of their scales a whole lot so she might be physically harassing many of them. Although I imagine she could accidentally hurt herself trying to hug or nuzzle one by getting stabbed with a horn. That could potentially sour her opinion.

[D'aito Kuji]

D'aito Kuji is nothing if not intensely curious and adventurous.  I'm certain that she would be very interested in meeting them and learning about them, hear their stories, and take in their cultural differences.  She is very much an ask questions first and shoot later, only if necessary kind of personality.

 

She might find the male Au Ra somewhat intimidating depending on the circumstances but would be as accommodating as she could possibly be.  The people of Limsa Lominsa, her adopted home, were similarly accommodating when the Miqo'te arrived in numbers (or so she heard).  Her personal experience would bear this out.  She would jump at the chance to be a good host for them.

 

But as with any marauder/warrior, there's little doubt that she'd also use whatever she learned about them to effectively combat them, if necessary.  But she would very much prefer nothing like that happened.

[Blue]

You know speaking of how Au Ra react, a lot of how they are accepted will come to how they act and behave in the major cities at 3.0.

 

People who have immigrated from anywhere to somewhere else, if they care to be accepted, typically are rather low-key at first and build up that trust and acceptance. If Au Ra swarm Ul'Dah and just demand people get over it and accept they have horns and scales, lol and good luck.

 

Yep, I agree! I do have plans for my Au Ra to follow the typical pattern of a clandestine immigrant in a new land. The struggle of the new language, the different landscape and weather (she's a Raen, and Limsa lacks mountain-like areas, so every city will likely have a new, hostile climate for her), the different culture... She will likely struggle to get a job (I'm going to RP several NPCs turning her request down out of distrust), and unless she finds a refuge, she will likely end up in the streets for a while.

 

Very likely, she will seek the company of her own for a while, and be wary/shy to approach Eorzeans. I'm very excited by all these answers! I think this will make for a very realistic RP, just how I love it!