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jqupohtia · 2 years

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J’qupoh’s relationships with the Scions

Okay going to be honest I am still fleshing some of this out because I didn’t really start getting attached to him as his own character until close to the end of Stormblood. G’raha will be separate because his section ended up pretty much as long as all the other’s combined LMAO. Under a cut because it’s a little long.

Alphinaud and Alisaie are basically beloved younger siblings to him at this point. He tries to spend equal time with each of them, but Alisaie reminds him far too much of the little sister he half raised for him not to occasionally play favorites (sorry Alphinaud). Though he does definitely relate with Alphinaud on a spiritual level when it comes to sisters driving you spare over their recklessness (and being equally oblivious to their own hypocrisy with that).

Definitely took it upon himself to keep an eye out for Alphinaud when he realized the kid was going to be working with the Scions and generally being concerned about this 12-year-old looking kid working himself so hard with stuff a lot of adults would be hard pressed to handle. Negotiating and meeting with heads of state, organizing and running a grand company? Qupoh did not even want to think about how much work goes into the back end of that. Alphinaud there are whole bureaucracies in place to handle those for the city states what are you doing???? Hey you know what I really need to draw? Qupoh disguising Alphi as a miqo’te with a combo of glamours and borrowed clothes, basically passing him off as his little brother as they fled for Coerthas (you cannot convince me just keeping the hood up on that very distinct outfit was enough to get past patrols long enough to make it to Cid and the airship).

He never really became very close with Minfillia, but he did treat her with quite a bit of respect and much more immediate honesty than he normally gives people, if only because she was the first to give him a name for the ability that had been both boon and burden, and for being among the first to believe him.

He found Yda quite endearing, and definitely enjoyed that period where they were working together to investigate the Sylphs, appreciating her levity. He was pretty proud of Lyse for stepping up to reveal her actual identity and own up to lying to the other Scions for so long, and try to make good on the legacy of her sister. She inspired him to really want to finally reveal his own identity, though he choose to wait a bit longer because he was torn between it being a show a solidarity and worrying it would be taken as a one-upping kind of thing. Even if he did occasionally get frustrated with her, he was also well aware that he had very little ground to judge her when she was getting frustrated over the hopelessness and hostility her people showed towards fighting back, so he tried to just keep reminding her to focus the anger in the right direction, and to stand by her.

He absolutely was briefly but very intensely infatuated with Thancred, and liked to believe Thancred was not aware. (He was.Thancred has absolutely teased him about it.) Not that this is saying much, Qupoh pretty much falls for anyone who gives him positive attention but gets over it just as fast. They weren’t super close outside of being occasional drinking buddies (Thancred would not have been the only one making the mistake of trying to out drink Moenbryda.) Still feels bad about not making much time to check in with him after the whole possession thing, ESPECIALLY so after the events of Out In The Cold.

His own bad habit makes it so that he feels like he can't really judge Urianger for his secrecy and falsehoods. He knows that the man at least has good reasons, and if anything he can trust that if Urianger is acting shady, it's a good sign that he needs to start being alert, because something big is likely going down. It helps he knows that Urianger hates being put in a position where he feels he needs to do so. Also he likes listening to Urianger talk, he has a nice voice.

He fears Y’shtola like one fears a mother that always knows when you’re up to mischief. He also had a brief gross crush on her and prays she never noticed (if she did she’s forgotten or brushed it off and never brought it up. Mercifully.) Also please, Shtola, please stop almost dying you are going to make him have a goddamn heart attack he is too young for this much stress.

Tataru is his gossip buddy and they absolutely abuse the Scion linkshell for this purpose. He is both frustrated she keeps beating him to making the others new outfits but also willing to concede he simply is not good at coming up with clothing designs nor the desire to work on wearable designs outside of base fabrics (he likes the actual weaving part of being a weaver). Definitely uses his botany and weaver skills to supply her with more expensive materials at a discount or in exchange for her making him something with some of the materials.

#ffxiv #character musings #text #j'qupoh tia #scions of the seventh dawn

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maiuowrites · 4 years

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Training Gone Wrong

How long has it been, he thought… How long since he and Sans came here? Since he escaped that hell hole that he knew would have been both their graves? Where was it? How long was he aimlessly walking for? It began to blur the more Papyrus tried to think…

...Stars, it was getting difficult for him to remember anything...

“Papy!” Came Sans voice, jolting Papyrus out of his thoughts.

“oh... heya, bro.” Papyrus replied, rubbing his younger brothers skull with a relaxed smile. “shit, don’ scare me, thought ya were’a Mugga, heh… come ta steal m’Soul n’ all m’bones!”

Sans only huffed, batting his brothers hand away as he put his hands on his hips. “Quit being weird, Pap! It’s training day! You promised to take Al and I out to Waterfall! What’s taking so long!?”

Geez, his bossy little brother… How did he get like that?

“was waitin’ on yer slow butt. did’ja two eat?” Papyrus stretched, his joints letting out quiet hisses as he yawned.

“We’ve been waiting on YOU to eat!” Sans retorted with a huff. “Did YOU?”

Papyrus folded his arms behind his head, lounging on the sofa as he closed his sockets, smirk still on his face.

“yup.”

“Liar!” Alphy’s came out of nowhere, slamming a plate of leftovers on his chest. “You have to eat, Papy! Or else you won’t be able to teach us… We want to know all we can before Dad gets back!”

Papyrus left out an ‘Oof’, only to glance at the plate wearily… His appetite had driven down to the ground recently, he couldn’t even stand to smell the stuff. But looking at his siblings faces, Sans huffing and irritable expression mixed with Alphy’s worried yet stern glare, he sighed before sitting up.

“...allright, allright… i’ll eat on th’way there, how’s tha’ sound ta ya both?” He said tiredly with a snrk, watching them both quickly bolt to grab their training gears.

“About time! Let’s go, let’s go!!” Sans practically yelled.

“Dang it, Sans! Stop! We gotta wait for Pap!” Alphy said, bolting out and holding Sans back by his clothing and weapon, creating a bickering between the two.

Sans excitement never ceased to amaze Papyrus…

Getting up, he had spots dotting his view, but chose to quickly force a bite down of the food. Though the magic seemed to fizzle normally, he almost couldn’t handle the sensation that streamed down his bones. Hiding a gag with a cough, he went and put his shoes on quick enough, simply slipping the things on and grabbing his sweatshirt.

He had placed the plate down, but took a napkin and wrapped the rest of the food up in his palm, putting it in his pocket for later. “Sans, Al, y’guys get’cha selves Seasalt Tea b’fer headin’ out?”

“Eeeeew! NO! I hate that shit!” Sans growled, finally able to get Alphy off his shoulders.

“It is not that bad, Sans.” Alphy deadpanned. “...i mean… It’s gross, but-”

“I know, i know…” Papyrus shook his head in amusement. “bu’ y’know why we need it. get yer boney butt back in thare n’ get ya n’ yer sis a couple o’bottles. er else… i’ll jus’ tell Mr. Li ya’d rather get’cha self killed early n’ not learn how ta heal yerself. he’d go on n’ on on’a rant ‘bout tha’, y’know...”

Sans sockets went wide before he puffed his cheeks out angrily, only to quickly run back into the house as Papyrus took one last bite of what he could handle before wiping his phalanges on his pants. He stood by the door, waiting for the kids to come barreling back out as they always did, and locked the door behind them.

Pocketing the keys, they all were off to Waterfall.

“Why do we gotta walk, Pap? Can’t we port, like you normally do?” Alphy said, looking back.

“ya kids have so much energy… plus, consider it part o’yer trainin’. wha’ does yer Dad say all th’time, Al?” Papyrus said easily, hiding his shaking hands in his pockets.

“Can’t rely on you guys for everythiiiiiiing.” Al groaned, slumping before turning around and walking backwards. “But who else has that power?! It’s so cool, Papy!”

“I bet i have it!” Sans said almost too proudly. “I bet I have more powers than Pap!”

“Ew, the only power you’ll have is chomping someone in half, Sans! What with them massive chompers!” Alphy teased, stretching her gums to show her own before laughing as he scowled at her.

“shhh, keep yer voices down, ya dorks.” Papyrus warned with a smile. “we’re gettin’ outta th’safe zone… r’memba, quiet is key, so watch each otha’s backs like we taught ya.”

“Right!” They both said in unison.

Damn, it’s going to be a long walk…

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When they finally got to the Safe-zone of Waterfall, Papyrus had to sit on the ground to catch his senses. Even now, his mind was hazing a bit, but… He simply took out the remaining food and began to try and shove some of it down since his siblings pointed it out. Papyrus blamed he didn’t want people seeing him eat, because that would make him an ‘Easy Target.’

He saw the doubt in their eyes, seeing how he’s done it plenty of times before… But he reminded them that they were also with Lizando and he isn’t as young as he used to be. With that excuse, they dropped it…

As they warmed up how Lizando showed them, Papyrus tried to eat all he could of the food, even if he was getting close to vomiting it all back up. Chasing the thought of that away, he watched them both with a certain emotion swelling in his chest of seeing his baby siblings being so old now…

...Either with Pride or he was really close to vomiting now was hard to figure out…

Pocketing the empty napkin, he swallowed the final pieces and washed it with a swig of Seasalt tea, his bones tense as the magic coursed through him. Damn, he doesn’t understand what’s been going on recently, knowing what he’s been eating should be a lot better than what he used to get…

Ugh, he’d really have to find fresher ingredients next time, blaming it on spoiled magic.

After watching the two a bit more, making sure he could see correctly, Papyrus got up and walked over to start their training.

“allright.” He said, accidentally startling Alphy as she left out a squeak. “...rule numba one, Al?” Chuckling with a brow raised, she slowly turned to face him.

“...Uhm… Always be ready for an attack?...” She murmured.

“yeah, n’ don’ squeak like’a chewtoy. ya want all th’dogs o’Snowdin comin’ afta ya?”

“N-...No…”

“good, strike next time, allright? cause who knows, it might not be me.” Papyrus said, patting her head.

“But… I don’t wanna hurt-” “How are you going to know it’s him exactly next time someone is standing behind you?” Sans deadpanned. “Best to strike than someone backstabbing you, Al!”

“S-shut up! What if it’s someone scared then, huh?!” Alphy retorted. “What if it’s an innocent!?”

Sans took his wooden stick and took a strike at her. “Innocent my ass, if they pop up behind you; it’s only to kill! Until we get a hold of our abilities, these lousy things are only good for one thing! What does Li say!?”

“Gah-! Sans, quit it!” Alphy took to fighting back against Sans, their sticks clashing at every blow.

“What does he say?!” Sans growled more, getting harsher with his swinging and able to hit Alphys on her knee.

“Ouch! You-!!” Alphy boiled with rage, going after Sans. “Dad says to always anticipate the worst!”

Papyrus stood, watching the two chase each other a bit more… Before he finally told them to come back. He chuckled as he saw Sans now had a few markings on his bone cheeks from the slaps of Alphy’s weapon, while her arms and knees held welts from Sans.

“allright... so, were gunna practice magic t’day.” Papyrus said, watching the excitement bubble in their eyes. “bu’, we’re startin’ slow. y’guys know how ta form pellets from last trainin’… do a couple.”

The two formed their own pellet bullets, though he noticed Alphy’s had a bit of difficulty forming hers.

“r’lax, think ‘bout a small ray’o’light, n’... thare ya guys go. good.” Papyrus praised, nodding as they both now fully formed two each. “now, y’guys recall how ta make ‘em hurt?”

“Of course!” Sans said, his sharp smile wide. “You have to feel Angry!”

“No, you have to feel threatened!” Alphy corrected.

Before either of them could argue, Papyrus coughed into his hand. “y’guys are on th’right track… bu’, wha’s th’ strongest emotion tha’ can cause’a Monsta damage?”

“...Uhm… Disgust?” Alphy tilted her head.

“No, idiot! Hatred!” Sans rolled his eyelights.

Papyrus snrked. “right, hatred. bu’ Al, disgust is one o’hatreds many different forms. howeva, ya can even be filled wit’ hate n’ it still won’ cause any effect… why is tha’?”

“Oh! Because one needs the intent to harm!” Alphy’s eyes went wide, Sans pouted at not being able to answer first.

“correct. ya gotta both hate n’ wanna harm someone in orda ta do damage… bu’ tha’s fer’a stronger effect. so long as ya guys have jus’ th’intent ta harm, any negative emotion b’hind it will be’a boost.”

Papyrus took a moment to look around before landing his sights on a couple of red echo flowers. With a grin, it would be the perfect target for the two since they’re fully made of negativity, the words alone would get a small monster absolutely furious.

“see th’Echos ova thare?” Papyrus pointed to the small bundle of red that was by a tree. “get closer n’ shoot at ‘em. think o’th most disgustin’ thing ya can, or somethin’ ya hate th’most, n’ try ta rip th’Echo’s flower petals wit’ th’intent ta harm it.”

The two looked over and began to get closer, only to halt at the same time. Apparently the two looked at one another with challenging smiles, perhaps whispering bets that they picked up the habit of doing, to probably see who gets the other's treats for the next week.

Papyrus watched as Alphy’s went first, her first pellet coming and just grazing a petal that earned her a few curse words from the Flower itself.

“s’allright, Al. use them words ta fuel yer intent.” Papyrus encouraged.

Alphy nodded, taking her other pellet, carefully aiming… And getting the Echo smack dab in the middle, completely shutting it up.

“I DID IT!” She screeched in glee, jumping.

“Show off! Move over!” Sans scowled at her, quick to take her spot and aim for another flower… Before something else caught his eye.

Before Papyrus could tell what, Sans went and shot his pellet out over the bundle of red Echo’s, only for a sudden deep, guttural growl to come out that shocked all three of them.

“Sans, th’hell did’ja aim for!?” Papyrus quickly got to the two, grabbing them by the back of their shirts and keeping them close, getting ready to take a quick port.

“I-... I-I thought it was a hive!” Sans stuttered, trying to get his balance as Alphy clung to Papyrus’ pant leg.

“even if it was, ya fuckin’ aim wha’ i tell ya ta aim at! undastand?!” Papyrus began to drag them both back as his sockets grew, seeing what Sans aimed to start moving.

A low growl was coming from the large forming Creature, the welt from the child in clear view until Papyrus realized what it was…

#Training Gone Wrong #TGW Part 1 #Swapfell #Swapfell Red #Swapfell Past #Maiuo #MaiuoWrites #MaiuoStories #Enjoy this teaser ♥#Tags will be put up once I officially get the story straightened out! ;)#Enjoy!#SF!Papyrus #SF!Sans #SF!Alphy #Russ #Regal #Ngl; Regal was a shit when he was younger #And if I can; I'll try and work on making this a comic sometime!

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