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windupnamazu · 4 years

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will you catch me if i should fall?

ffxivwrite2020 #04: clinch || fills || ao3 mirror

⮞ wol/g’raha. 1248 words. ⮞ «balefire»'s circus au! ⮞ hold me closer, tiny dancer

“to hold fast or firmly”

"You know," G'raha mulled over the fluttering of silk with every practiced turn of his muse above him as she flipped upside down, one leg pointed up at the ceiling while she arched her back to look at him curiously. "Most people would ask someone if they're afraid of heights before sweeping them up to the ceiling when they first meet."

The music was swelling behind them as Lunya broke from her routine, twisting out of her ankle hold to wrap her ribbons around her thighs instead. She tilted forward, spiralling in the air and falling down, down, down, a move that always left their audiences gasping each stop on tour, before she caught herself flat in her silks at his eye level, a beckoning hand outstretched to him.

"I'm not most people, Raha," she reminded him with a dazzling grin, her expression brighter than the lights strung from the sweeping canvas overhead. Gold glitter sparkled in her ponytail and in a smudge on her nose, the aftermath of an accident with Urianger and his carbuncle that morning, and it sparkled like little motes of sunlight on a sea of white clouds. "And you love me for that."

"Of course," he agreed with no hesitation as he stepped toward her, reveling in how she still flushed dark with embarrassment even though she was the one to set up the admission. "Though I dare say 'tis good for both of us that I hold no fear of high places. Imagine our acts without my handsome visage lighting up the stage."

Lunya nodded quite cheerfully as she shifted in her suspension, twilight eyes crinkling with mirth when he reached out and took her hand, pulling her across the gap between them and hooking his elbow behind the back of her knee. "Oh yes, there'd simply be no point in seeing a show by the famed Cirque d'eorzea without the Crystal Exarch."

His laughter in turn was low enough to be a purr rumbling in his chest as he leaned up to press his face to her neck. "Well, I've heard his Lady Luck's beauty is unsurpassed across Aldenard and even beyond the sea." She giggled, fondly tapping the bottom of his chin.

Mor Dhona's aetherial humidity in summer didn't quite compare to the heat in the moment as he held her, tilting his head up to hers, the softness of her stomach warm against his chin, her lips searing affection to the crown of his head. He adjusted then, wanting to kiss the light in his hands—

"OI, LOVEBIRDS!" Seven hollered from behind the spotlights, swinging one to shine directly at them. On the opposite side of the tent, Majj and Nyneve, eager to take their turns playing resident clown, wolf-whistled in unison. "HAVE SOME RESPECT FOR YOUR ELDERS! NO KISSIN' IN MY RING! WHAT IF ELWIN SEES?"

The couple both made grumbled noises of malcontent over the chortling of the small handful of friends watching the display, but before Lunya could look over her shoulder and yell back "eat shit, old man!" the tent flap swung open.

"Your ring?" was Alisaie's indignant snap when she entered, followed by a very insistent, very pointed "he's right! No public displays of affection in our circus! Especially from you two! Stop being gross!" at Lunya and G'raha. The technician's section of the tent flew into an uproar as the loudest of their three little ringmasters swept in with a threat to give every single member of the cirque a noogie as collective punishment for 'lèse-majesté' (where was she getting these ideas anyway?!), which just had Seven howling even more about there being no respect for the elderly beneath this bigtop, to which an unbothered Mimi reminded him he was only in his forties and therefore not eligible for the seniors’ discount at Haurchefant's concession stand.

Following in the wake of the red flurry that was Alisaie, Ryne and Alphinaud were the next to show up by the entrance, each holding half of the stack of freshly printed fliers Alisaie was supposed to bring in herself. Ryne gave Lunya an apologetic smile and shy wave when the girl spotted them in the center of the stage, and Alphinaud looked simply exhausted as he went to stop his twin from using someone's wayward practice poi to bludgeon one or more of their crew members.

Lunya and G'raha, against the blinding light in their faces, sighed in unison. Leave it to their adopted family to burn all their energy during practice. Someone—Cid was the only option, really—finally took pity on them and swung the spotlight back in place, and Lunya undid her silks, flipping around until she could gracefully plant her feet on the crash mat.

Some of the others were starting to peek into the main tent, drawn by the shrieks of laughter. Y'shtola looked in long enough to decide that Seven wasn't going to need first aid after Alisaie was done tickling him to death and kept walking, but the more curious members of the troupe were taking seats in the benches. One of them was Sati, who all but tumbled into the ring when she came in, stubby tail twitching as she bounced up to them.

"Oh, no," she whined, looking miserably between Lunya and G'raha. "Did I miss your duet practice? I've been waiting to watch it all day!"

"Hanami was telling her how hard you've been practicing, though vaguely," Thancred announced as he followed up behind her, twirling a knife in hand. A sly grin took over his face as he took up a spot on the edge of the ring, nodding to G'raha in greeting. "Well. How hard Lunya's been practicing. You know your job was supposed to be spotting, not seducing, G'raha?"

"You know all about that kind of thing, huh?" Lunya teased back, rolling her eyes at Thancred's embarrassed scratch at the back of his neck, his wrist brushing against the moon earring he wore—Zaya's handiwork. "I just finished my solo silks, Sati, you didn't miss anything. Are you up for a flight, Raha?"

"As always." G'raha grinned, kicking off his shoes and climbing onto the mat with her. He pulled one of the silks to him, wrapping it over his wrist and around his back, crossing it over his heart as Sati scuttled away to sit down by Thancred, eyes wide and a broad smile already on her face while the technicians stopped their happy chaos long enough to queue up the next orchestrion roll. "And never fear, I've done my stretches already. I'll only bruise a bit should I fall."

"I wouldn't let you go for anything, dearest Exarch," Lunya assured him with a laugh, bold and clear. "Just hold on tight." G'raha's grip on her hand was warm and soft, like the sands of Costa del Sol, like the summer winds of La Noscea and the sunsets over Vylbrand. Looking into his face was like coming home, and not for the first time she was beyond grateful the cirque brought them together beneath this striped ceiling and into the loving arms of her second family.

As the first notes began to resonate through the tent, through the canvas walls and dusty light bulbs, over the wooden rows of seats, around the ring and the faces of those who brought them this far, G'raha bowed deeply to her, crimson eyes bright and full of love. "Of course, my lady. My life has always been yours."

#ffxivwrite2020 #ffxivwrite #ffxiv #g'raha tia #lalafell #s: let me find you #oc: lunya #tales from the warriors of light #v: all the stars we steal from the night sky #IM FALLIN BEHIND READING FRIENDFICS AND TAGGING [WHEEZING]

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maskedmuses-archived · 4 years

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Snowy needs cute after crap days || Always accepting

@salvajecho asked: He gently hands koya some pretty purple flowers he found while doing botany. "These reminded me of you."

Seating herself near the Amaro pens to wait for Zerah had become her regular pastime as of late, rather than sequestering herself away in the Ocular, ensuring that the Exarch did not run himself too much into the ground. It was nicer, more relaxing when she could hear the soft sounds of the animals and felt herself nearly excited with the prospect to see him again. Lessons to read their secret language had been going well, and Koya had found herself more and more eager to see hear his voice.

A brief closure of her eyes during a stretch was interrupted by that serene sound, pale optics revealed to find the man’s visage closing in, his hands filled with violet flora as he encroached. Confusion was clear on her features as he settled beside her, only for her expression to twist into surprise and a crimson flush across the bridge of her nose with the soft utterance.

Sputtering sounds made it past her lips before she shook her head, instead reaching out to take them up into her fingers. Such fragile things, her fingers felt like they could easily destroy the delicate petals, and every fiber of her being screamed to give them caution. Koya wanted to protect them, give them the treatment they deserved, a beautiful gift from someone she could honestly say she cherished.

Speaking more than that would be nearly impossible.

Her gaze dusted them before her tongue flicked over her lips, the edges of her mouth upturning into a smile. “Zerah,” she finally managed out, an airy chuckle leaving her throat. “These…these are pretty, but…you thought’ve…me?” Holding them in her palms, it felt like Koya needed to do something with them. Show that his gift meant more than just something she could easily dismiss. “These, nah, they’re too nice to be like me…Mm…”

She had remembered some girls after the Little Ladies Day celebration had worn the petals along their hair. Lifting the gift up with the utmost caution, she began to carefully weave the stems along the hold of her hair tie at the base of her ponytail. Fingertips cautious and attentive as a goldsmith to their creation, her attention focused on the machinations of her fingers rather than the man in front of her for a few moments, despite how she had always boasted to be unable of such finely tuned tasks. Slowly, each began to fall into place, a shade off from her violet hair, standing out against the locks.

Slowly lowering her hands, the woman’s cheeks still harbored a cherry hue as she tilted her chin away, using it as an excuse to show him more of her hairstyle rather than the embarrassed expression she offered. “…What do you think? That way, uh, I can keep them with me, and maybe…sometime, be pretty and neat like them, huh? Not that I gotta, of course.” She quipped quickly, meeting his gaze with her usual fiery passion. “I already know I’m awesome.” She smiled a little before glancing back towards the ground.

“But…If you like them on me…like that…? I…I’d like to kinda…I dunno, show ‘em off, I guess.”

#salvajecho #asks #||Strongest Hybrid On Enterra|Koyakumo||#|V: FFXIV|#Hybrid Souls Connect Beneath Stars|Koya&Zerah (salvajecho)#This literally got me through this hell day thank you so much #It was simple and adorable and Koya just damn ran with it

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oathofpromises · 6 months

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You are me and I am you..we are two halves of a whole. If anyone can understand the depths of my affections for him. It’s you.

#— ❛❛ // LADY EXARCH ¦blurring time and distance even time becomes suspended・「 Musings」#— ❛❛ // STELLA CAELUM ¦ Standing tall through the dark ・「 Musings」#— ❛❛ // STELLA CAELUM ¦ VISAGE・#— ❛❛ // LADY EXARCH ¦ VISAGE・#— ❛❛ // REFLECTIONS IN THE CRYSTAL ¦ Stella Graphics・#— ❛❛ // MISSION REPORT ¦ QUEUE・#ooc: The amount of love I have for this au...

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oathofpromises · 6 months

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Even though I may no longer bear the title of the Warrior of Light, my resolve to safeguard those dear to me remains unwavering.

#— ❛❛ // LADY EXARCH ¦blurring time and distance even time becomes suspended・「 Musings」#— ❛❛ //LADY EXARCH¦ VISAGE・#— ❛❛ // REFLECTIONS IN THE CRYSTAL ¦ Stella Graphics・#ooc: The linked song is what I was listening to while I took those photos really adds to the emotions #— ❛❛ // MISSION REPORT ¦ QUEUE・

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oathofpromises · 11 months

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Tag drop: Character Tags Pt 1

— ❛❛ // MAKO ¦ My Oath to Always be a Shield through any Storm・「 Threads」

— ❛❛ // MAKO ¦ My Everything has Always been yours my heart・「 Musings」

— ❛❛ // YOTSUYU GOE BRUTUS ¦ My appetite for your agony is as an abyss-bottomless. Insatiable.・「 Musings」

— ❛❛ // YOTSUYU GOE BRUTUS ¦Speak not of things that would disrupt their common dreary lives.・「Threads」

— ❛❛ // JILL VALENTINE ¦You want S.T.A.R.S? I'll give you S.T.A.R.S! ・「 Threads」

— ❛❛ // JILL VALENTINE ¦The ashes of Raccoon City would be Umbrella's ashes too.・「 Musings」

— ❛❛ // JILL VALENTINE ¦ Don't you trust your partner?・「 Playlist」

— ❛❛ // JILL VALENTINE ¦ I can handle this on my own. And don't call me little girl・「 Headcanons」

— ❛❛ // CLAIRE REDFIELD ¦You've got two choices here: kill or be killed, your call!・「 Musings」

— ❛❛ // CLAIRE REDFIELD ¦ VISAGE・

— ❛❛ // CARLOS OLIVEIRA ¦ I told you I couldn't leave you in a Carlos-less world. That would just be too cruel. ・

— ❛❛ // ASHLEY GRAHAM ¦I'm never turning into one of them! Never!・「 Threads」

— ❛❛ // ASHLEY GRAHAM ¦Sunshine in the Darkness.・「 Musings」

— ❛❛ // ASHLEY GRAHAM ¦ VISAGE・

— ❛❛ // ADA WONG ¦You look like you've seen a ghost・「 Musings」

— ❛❛ // ADA WONG ¦ VISAGE・

— ❛❛ // ALBERT WESKER ¦ I'm not destroying the world, I'm saving it!・「 Musings」

— ❛❛ // ALBERT WESKER ¦ VISAGE・

— ❛❛ // LEON SCOTT KENNEDY ¦ A bit of advice, try using knives next time. ・「 Musings」

— ❛❛ // LEON SCOTT KENNEDY ¦ VISAGE・

— ❛❛ // AMICIA DE RUNE¦ stay with me and I'll be your protector・「 Musings」

— ❛❛ // AMICIA DE RUNE ¦ VISAGE・

— ❛❛ // ASHLEY GRAHAM & LEON SCOTT KENNEDY ¦DYNAMIC・「 FRIENDS」

— ❛❛ // COMMANDER SHEPARD¦ stay with me and I'll be your protector・「 Musings」

— ❛❛ // LARA CROFT¦The extraordinary is in what we do, not who we are.・「 Musings」

— ❛❛ // LYNA¦Protector of the Crystarium・「 Musings」

— ❛❛ // LYNA¦I will always be their light in the darkness・「 Threads」

— ❛❛ // LEON SCOTT KENNEDY ¦ This time, it can be different. It has to. ・「 Threads」

— ❛❛ // JILL VALENTINE ¦I Hope you know we had everything・「 Rouge verse」

— ❛❛ // LYSE HEXT ¦ whatever I chose to do from now on, I do as Lyse ・「 Threads」

— ❛❛ // LYSE HEXT ¦ Until we're strong enough to take back everything they stole! ・「 Musings」

— ❛❛ //JILL WARRICK ¦Moonlight Melodies ・「 Threads」

— ❛❛ //JILL WARRICK ¦Ice Queen with eyes filled with stars ・「 Musings」

— ❛❛ // JILL WARRICK ¦ VISAGE・

— ❛❛ //SADU DOTHARL ¦such a warrior within she will bask in my glorious flame.・「 Headcanons」

— ❛❛ //JULI KIDMAN ¦None of this is real, it's all Illusion・「 Musings」

— ❛❛ // JULI KIDMAN ¦ VISAGE・

— ❛❛ //JULI KIDMAN ¦No going back now..this is my choice・「 Threads」

— ❛❛ //RYNE WATERS ¦They're everything to me. All I have and all I need. ・「 Musings」

— ❛❛ //RYNE WATERS ¦‪I don't know about the world...but I never asked to be saved. ・「 Threads」

— ❛❛ //RYNE WATERS ¦However hard it gets, it's my life, and I want to live it on my own terms!・「 Headcanons」

— ❛❛ // RYNE WATERS ¦ VISAGE・

— ❛❛ //HILDA WARE ¦To be sure, our lives won't change overnight ・「 Musings」

— ❛❛ // HILDA WARE ¦ VISAGE・

— ❛❛ //ARDBERT HYLFYST ¦We were just adventurers trying to make our way.・「 Musings」

— ❛❛ // ARDBERT HYLFYST ¦ VISAGE・

— ❛❛ // LADY EXARCH ¦ The waves will break every chain on me ・「 Playlist」

— ❛❛ //YUGIRI MISTWALKER ¦To whom much is given, much is expected.・「 Threads」

— ❛❛ //Y'SHTOLA RHUL ¦So much left in the world to discover・「 Threads」

— ❛❛ //URIANGER AUGURELT ¦My path is unchanged; my creed sacrosanct. ・「 Threads」

— ❛❛ //ELLIE WILLIAMS ¦Everybody I have cared for has either died or left me.・「 Musings」

— ❛❛ //I'NEZY T'ZES ¦No matter how much time passed, I always remembered you・「Threads」

— ❛❛ //VENAT¦・Has your journey been good? Has it been worthwhile?・「Threads」

— ❛❛ // YSAYLE DANGOULAIN¦I am neither a saint nor a savior—just another sinner.・「 Threads」

#— ❛❛ // CRYSTAL FLOWERS¦Tags #These will be updated and expanded on the more I write on here #OathofPromises Tags

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oathofpromises · 10 months

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Stella Caelum Tag Dump

— ❛❛ // STELLA CAELUM ¦ our hearts endure and remain forever strong ・「 Threads」

— ❛❛ // STELLA CAELUM ¦ Blazing Light and Shattered Love・「 LightWarden Stella AU」

— ❛❛ // STELLA CAELUM ¦ Standing tall through the dark ・「 Musings」

— ❛❛ // STELLA CAELUM ¦ On wings of hope you rise up through the night ・「 Playlist」

— ❛❛ // STELLA CAELUM ¦ High, oh higher Carrying our song ・「 Headcanons」

— ❛❛ // STELLA CAELUM ¦ VISAGE・

Dynamic Tags

— ❛❛ // G'RAHA TIA ¦ Your love will be the compass of my heart ・「 Diademreigned」

— ❛❛ // CRYSTAL EXARCH ¦ Across time and space I will always love you・「 Diademreigned」

— ❛❛ // CRYSTAL EXARCH ¦ You are their protector, their light in the darkness・「 Diademreigned」

— ❛❛ // STELLA CAELUM & CRYSTAL EXARCH ¦DYNAMIC・「You are my star the one I can ill afford to lose」

— ❛❛ // LADY EXARCH & CRYSTAL EXARCH ¦DYNAMIC・「You are my heart. The brightest Star in my sky」

— ❛❛ // STELLA CAELUM & G'RAHA TIA ¦DYNAMIC・「The vicious cycle was over The moment you smiled at me」

— ❛❛ // STELLA CAELUM & DATA MOCHI ¦DYNAMIC・「Our souls entwined, A love so pure, forever defined.」

— ❛❛ // STELLA CAELUM & G'RAHA TIA ¦DYNAMIC・「I have loved you for centuries my dear/heavnsblade」

— ❛❛ //G'RAHA TIA¦・A world without you I will never have strength to bear 「 heavnsblade」

— ❛❛ //TATARU TARU¦・Making friendly inquiries is your specialty but you will always be one of my best friends. 「 CRYSTALMARRED」

— ❛❛ // X’KIJIN LYZEJ ¦You are a light in the darkness for others my friend・「 CRYSTALMARRED」

— ❛❛ //G'RAHA TIA¦・Promise me you'll take me on your next adventure. 「 CRYSTALMARRED」

— ❛❛ // KRILE BALDESION ¦ You are far more stronger than you realize・「 thescions」

— ❛❛ // AYMERIC DE BOREL ¦ Hope the color of blue I see reflected in your eyes・「 milesducemdoninus」

#— ❛❛ // CRYSTAL FLOWERS¦Tags #OathofPromises Tags

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