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Devil’s Due: Part 3: Alliance

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Oh hei, it’s a chapter of emo-pants-boy. I wasn’t going to go into detail about the first optional dungeon, and then Tharash had the suggestion that it might be the place for Murlesson to win Aristheron’s interest, and then when I actually started getting into it I was like “look at all the potential for character development!” so that’s why I’m actually including a dungeon : O Also I’m trying to give myself permission to do the opposite of what I normally do – normally I try to be as concise as possible, but then I miss out on a lot of internal character stuff, a lot of scene-setting, so hey, this one’s going to be a little more laid-back and rambly than my normal fics. I also went back and edited some things in the first two chapters to be more in line with the new concept. This fic has been branching out like a tree in the last couple weeks, and there’s lots of stuff I’m excited about! It bears less and less resemblance to the Bioware story all the time, but that’s not a bad thing in my eyes. >.>

Jonathan Young’s cover of Unravel is so perfect for Sith Inquisitor (with hints of SI/Ashara) I can’t even. It’s not specifically for this chapter – in fact, I probably won’t officially ‘use’ it until near the end of the story, but since I discovered its applicability I wanna let people know!

Someone’s been champing at the bit to get back to playing with Achiyo, though, so I’m gonna have to keep going with FFXIV after this.

Part 2: First Step

 

Part 3: Alliance Continue reading →

FFXIV: For the Light

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After half a dozen+ fight scenes, this ridiculous thing is over.

…For Season 1. Next up, Bahamut… synced… ilvl120… uh-oh…

And yes, I know Rinala cheated a tiny bit in two of the fights; it’s for character development, okay? XD

Started a new SWTOR Imp Agent, what? (I hear it’s good, though. I wonder if I should keep slogging through the other storylines that I haven’t finished, either? Maybe one at a time?)

Chapter 5: Lies of the Free

 

Chapter 6: For the Light

Cid, as it turned out, did not wait remain behind with the main host after they’d been briefed on Phase Three of Operation Archon, but commandeered a random Reaper – this one in better kept condition than Maggie and Wally had been in when they acquired them – and joined them in their daring, near-suicidal assault on Castrum Meridianum. The good news was that yet again, the Grand Companies were making the distraction – a frontal assault on the main gate of the castrum, while the nine Scions smashed through a different gate and began breaking things in their quest to shut down the magitek field around the inner Praetorium. Continue reading →

FFXIV: Lies of the Free

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I don’t know why the boss battle took me so long to write! But my head’s been swirling with story ideas… for literally every story I have on the go, and even some I haven’t started yet. I’m getting pretty into the idea of continuing the SWTOR Inquisitor story for a bit, but I want to finish FFXIV Season 1 first. Only one more chapter for that, I think!

My mini-raid group has been trying Alex Savage, we’ve gotten through the first two levels with just the four of us unsynced. Cool! We’re going to be running Gordias 4 so that I can get the DRK sword, and then a lot of Creator because our BRD wants the PLD set and the WHM staff. All for glam, of course.

Chapter 4: The Knight and the Harpy

 

Chapter 5: Lies of the Free

 

The Waking Sands was as dark and quiet as they had left it, and Tam lit his little lantern that they might not trip over the debris still scattered about. The bodies were gone, of course, but no one had been in since. Though the floor was oddly clean… had someone been in to scrub away the blood, without tidying up anything else? Continue reading →

FFXIV: The Knight and the Harpy

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Been working hard on both Achiyo and Rinala’s MSQ in-game! Achiyo’s also almost level 50 so she can equip super-shiny PLD artifact gear! This chapter I just finished, so it may be subject to editing.

Alphie, don’t weight-shame the wind goddess >.>

Chapter 3: When Stars Go Out

 

Chapter 4: The Knight and the Harpy

 

The slain Scions had been buried, Noraxia’s body returned to her people. The timid, gentle man at the Church of Saint Adama Landama was revealed, by Alphinaud Leveilleur, to be named Cid Garlond – a Garlean engineer who had allied himself with the Eorzeans before the Calamity, or so Achiyo gathered from Chuchupa. Garlond was still recovering from his Calamity-induced amnesia, and still moved and spoke with uncertainty, almost as if in a dream, unless he discovered some mechanical puzzle to solve. Now they were off to the Northern Black Shroud to discover what had become of Cid’s marvelous lost airship, the Enterprise. Continue reading →

A Girl and Her AI part 3

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Oops I might have written an outline for Andromeda 2 and 3 in here? It just kind of happened?

I may expand parts of this, it’s still technically a first draft. I feel a lot of it is too general and doesn’t show how SAM’s evolved since the beginning.

For all the people looking for SAM’s conversation about Death and the self, here it is:

“The self is forged by experiences. Death is the only experiences that ends the self before it’s understood. So, is death completion? Or an expression cut short before it reaches its full solution, giving a different answer? I can see why it fascinates you.”

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It had been three years since their arrival in Heleus and the Initiative was going strong. Harumi had seen wonderful things, done unbelievable things. Continue reading →

A Girl and Her AI part 2

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The final fight is very long and full of nonsense. I know because I played through it again to grab dialogue. : P

Harumi’s fight song!! I particularly love the first verse. I haven’t played any Persona (though I probably should? I hear great things about it) but this cover makes me cheer viscerally for the protagonist (especially when that protagonist is Harumi :3 )

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“Hey SAM, wanna watch a movie?” She pushed her rolly chair away from her terminal, turned to the little hologram projection. “I’ve been a good Pathfinder. I’m done my emails, got some time before bed.” Which he already knew. Continue reading →

A Girl and Her AI part 1

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I just keep writing more and more SAM stuff. I need to replay this game.

The snow can stop, already.

The first time she met SAM, he was only a little more than a hyper-competent VI. “Hey, Dad? Dad? You in here?” She was back on her first leave; she’d already seen Mom upstairs in the kitchen, fiddling with the new coffee-maker. Continue reading →

FFXIV: When Stars Go Out

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I’m back into FFXIV to such an extent that I have time to work on Achiyo, who’s my fanfic alt – I only play her when I’m working on the fanfic! Tam’s DRK is up to level 64, which is getting pretty high!  I’m going to need to make one for the seasonal event going on right now, though. Little Ladies Day is basically for White Day, isn’t it? Continue reading →

FFXIV: Primal Dreams

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I’ve written more than enough for a Chapter 2, so here you are.

I’ve been taking an extended break from this game because it is pretty much literally drugs to me, but I’m getting back into it cautiously, mostly with a project to record MSQ for my friend who can’t currently play the game but who I know would love it. I’m playing through as a Xaela she designed, over on Coeurl. It’s pretty quiet, there don’t seem to be any gold-sellers! : ) Continue reading →