#Narasen Akho

[thefreelanceangel]

#Voranoix L'espoir #Narasen Akho #Now L'espoir #FFXIV #Screenshots

[thefreelanceangel]

#Narasen Akho #Now L'espoir #Voranoix L'espoir #Happy Starlight! #FFXIV #Screenshots #Look they're one of my favorite pairings okay I apologize for nothing #My Starlight gift to myself was forcibly changing Voranoix's hair for this shot

[thefreelanceangel]

#Narasen Akho #Now L'espoir #Voranoix L'espoir #Noix'a L'espoir #Not his biological son but Voranoix is def his father regardless #FFXIV #screenshots

[thefreelanceangel]

When the wedding ring finally comes back from the goldsmith.

#Narasen Akho #Now L'espoir #Voranoix L'espoir #FFXIV #Screenshots #Narasen & Voranoix

[thefreelanceangel]

bound: Has your OC ever been imprisoned or captured? What happened? How did they get out? Did the experience leave any scars?

Narasen spent a very... specific forty-eight hours in custody of a pair of Wood Wailers when she was younger. She doesn't discuss it, with good reason, and when asked about it, all Narasen says is she'd been arrested on suspicion of poaching.

On top of what Narasen'd already experienced at the hands of various Adders and Wood Wailers, it left... scars. Not many physical, but ... a lot of psychological scars only now beginning to heal.

The time she spent married to Lutu'a made them worse, because she couldn't avoid being on the periphery of the Adders. He refused to move away from Gridania; she couldn't escape her memories. Or her nightmares.

Now that she's living in La Noscea with her second husband, Voranoix, and they've taken the time to address some of her issues, Narasen's healing.

She will not, however, visit Gridania. Ever.

#Narasen Akho #Now L'espoir #FFXIV #Prompts

[thefreelanceangel]

Does your OC prefer early nights or late mornings? [For however many OCs you'd like!]

Narasen L'espoir spent so many years being deliberately and aggressively diurnal, she developed a schedule that a Seeker of the Sun would find impressive. Up with the sun, asleep before midnight, all of that. Now that she's... much, much less neurotic, Narasen wakes early, but doesn't leap out of bed to become active. Nor does she fight against her natural inclination to be nocturnal as hard as she once did. After all, early mornings with the family, late nights with the husband... There's something to be said for all hours!

Julia lux Numitor prefers late mornings. She does not, however, have the opportunity to enjoy them and honestly, she's basically forgotten that it was ever an option. (Or a preference.) Rebuilding a country from frozen ashes means early mornings and late nights with little rest in between.

#Narasen Akho #Now L'espoir #Julia lux Numitor #FFXIV #Prompts

[thefreelanceangel]

#Narasen Akho #Now L'espoir #Voranoix L'espoir #She's perfectly happy fighting alongside him #but the moment Voranoix gets injured she goes completely feral #FFXIV #Screenshots

[thefreelanceangel]

@ivalicea​ posted this meme template on the blue bird hellsite (derogatory) so I had to cross-post because my entire Sunday afternoon/evening was devoted to taking eight new damn screenshots for this LOL

{Full-sized individual shots under the cut}

#Memes #Screenshots #FFXIV #MeliWoL #Meli Iliakos #Angel's WoL AU #C'allie Kyho #Targur Steelfist #Now Kyho #Narasen Akho #Now L'espoir #Voranoix L'espoir #Seifer d'Latu #Annalei d'Latu #Chessi Eder #Sezra'tan Entialpoh #One Brain Cell Between 'Em #Married Life #Summer Bellmayne #Changeling Child #Deepwood Sniper #Fae-Touched

[thefreelanceangel]

#Narasen Akho #Now L'espoir #Out on a snowy hunting vacay with the hubby #FFXIV #Screenshots

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🧟‍♀️- would my muse have a deceased loved one resurrected for any reason?

It remains the thing that Narasen feels the most guilt about.

That she wouldn't have Haurchefant resurrected if she had the chance. That if the option were put into her hands, if she were asked to bring back a man beloved by thousands, she would quietly refuse.

She loved him. Gods, she loved him. And he never loved her in return, not the way she desperately wanted. He loved another who also lost him, a city that lost him, and now... everyone has moved on.

Time passes. Grief heals. And to try and reverse that, to try and bring back someone who is already a treasured memory... It wouldn't just open old wounds, it'd tear old wounds into shreds. And then what? What would that do to her? To the others who mourned him? Would they become overprotective, mad with terror that they'd be forced to mourn him again if something went wrong.

What life would that mean for him? Would he live a life where he couldn't do what he'd loved, just to give his loved ones some peace of mind?

As much as she once dreamt of having him back, if only to tell him how she felt... Narasen can't fathom doing it not. The world remembers him fondly. Let it remain so.

#Narasen Akho #Now L'espoir #FFXIV #Prompts

[thefreelanceangel]

#Narasen Akho #FFXIV #Wondrous Tails of FFXIV #Hot Chocolate #In honor of Haurchefant

[thefreelanceangel]

need: has your OC ever experienced desperation? how has it affected them? what do they do when something they need is out of their reach?

At the age of twelve, Narasen lost both of the adult caretakers (her mother and her mother's best friend) who'd been scratching out a living for the tiny family living on the border of Coerthas and Gridania. With no adults to turn to, and the welfare of her younger "sister" L'upus (the daughter of her mother's best friend) to think of, Narasen went back to her mother's tribe and begged for enough supplies to keep herself and L'upus alive through the winter.

She paid a very, very high cost for the scant support that she begrudgingly received. A very high cost.

Not only did that put Narasen in a position to be abused later in her life, it also put a rather unfair burden on L'upus to try and grow up even faster in order to help with the daily grind of survival. Over and over again, both Narasen and L'upus paid higher and higher costs for each other and the basics of survival out of sheer desperation.

Now that they've reached a point in life where each of them has stability, security and love, Narasen is able to be a bit more... reasonable when it comes to something she wants which can't be immediately obtained. She no longer assumes the cost for it will be prohibitively high, but takes the issue to her husband to get his feedback. And with Voranoix providing a more rational view, Narasen spends time deciding whether or not this is something she very much needs.

And if it's something for the house or a pretty thing she saw briefly, Voranoix usually just gets it for her.

#Narasen Akho #Now L'espoir #FFXIV #Prompts #Thanks hon!

[thefreelanceangel]

They took mini-vacations often, little escapes from the house and family to enjoy time together, far from every possible reminder of the past.

#Narasen Akho #Voranoix L'espoir #FFXIV #Screenshots #She's Narasen L'espoir now I keep forgetting that part

[thefreelanceangel]

Who has the better comebacks? Narasen x Voranoix

Voranoix certainly possesses the quick wit and the glib tongue to pull off fantastic comebacks. He also isn't nearly as touchy as Narasen to real or perceived insults, as well as being more discerning as to what actually needs to be addressed directly.

Narasen'll just shank a motherfucker.

#Voranoix L'espoir #Narasen Akho #Now L'espoir #FFXIV #Prompts

[thefreelanceangel]

MiqoMarch #30 - Winter

Occasionally, when their yearly business in Ishgard concluded, Narasen asked Voranoix to accompany her through the Coerthas Highlands just to enjoy cold air and snow. Living in La Noscea, she’d almost forgotten what winter felt like.

#Narasen Akho #Now L'espoir #Voranoix L'espoir #FFXIV #Screenshots #MiqoMarch #MiqoMarch2023

[thefreelanceangel]

6. Bandaging wounds/cleaning up after battle

Her hands never started trembling until after she'd done what healing she could, bandaging what needed time to fully mend, washing away blood and sweat from his skin. And once he let out that very particular sigh of relief, turning to lay a large hand over her knee and smile reassuringly, the trembling began.

Narasen's naturally pale complexion lost what little shading it had, leaving her chalky, and she clenched her hands together. Breath hitching, she swallowed hard before turning wide violet eyes to her husband.

He didn't hesitate, despite the pain lingering beneath the numbing salve and the cooling aether of her healing. Voranoix pulled her onto his lap, catching her jaw in one hand. His river blue gaze sought hers, held it as he stroked a thumb across her cheekbone. "I am here, Nara," he murmured. "I am right here."

She cut off the next whispered reassurance, straining upwards towards him, and his next murmur was breathed into her mouth before he tangled his fingers in her snowy hair.

#Narasen Akho #Now L'espoir #Voranoix L'espoir #FFXIV #Prompts #These are taking me foreverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ><