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FFXIV Write 2026
Spoilers - References to Endwalker - 6.0 - MSQ
General Themes, Implied multiple Partnerships with the Warrior of Light (Both OCxOC, OCxNPC)
722 Words
Prompt Twenty-five - Cynosure

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"I wonder… Do you even see it?" Cirina's question, spoken with smile and expression of great and gentle affection for the other in her arms, gaze fixed on the retreating back of the scaled and horned Viera that had just left their sides with a quick brush of his lips against the skin and scale of Kae-il's forehead. Their head tilted up, golden gaze questioning her with a raised eyebrow.
September 26, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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FFXIV Write 2026
No Spoilers
General Themes, Implied Warrior of Light x Sadu x Cirina
283 Words
Prompt Twenty-three - Egress

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"I'm leaving." As their hands stilled, they looked to the two before them as their reactions unfolded. Sadu sneered, eyes narrowing before they rolled and with a shaking head. "You are a fool." Cirina sadly smiled, her acceptance toned in the same way. She was not as surprised as Sadu by the announcement. "Where will you go?"
September 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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FFXIV Write 2026
Spoilers for Shadowbringers MSQ - 5.0
General, Themes of loneliness and grief
360 Words
Prompt Nineteen - Liminal

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 It had been this way ever since she stopped running. There had been no particular reason to stop there, in this far edge of everything. There had simply been a point of weariness they'd come to realize amid the cold. The darkness and silence of it all had begun to bleed together; It felt like she had already long stalled in pressing further and farther, numbing the fear that had inspired their escape.
September 23, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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FFXIV Write 2026
No Spoilers
General Themes
431 Words
Prompt Fourteen - Against the grain

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Back and forth with the utmost focus and care, Kae-il's eyes traced the path of their hand which held the cloth to the dark grain of the shaft of their most cherished weapon; Their lance, Iwa-toshi Shin. For them, it was partner as much as it was a tool. As such, it required and deserved the same kind of care and therefore had always received such attention since the moment it had been entrusted to them — Just before they first left The Steppe.
September 15, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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FFXIV Write 2026
No Spoilers, but mention of Stormblood map location
General Themes
188 Words
Prompt Thirteen - Free Choice

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For I was born of love for the Moon and, therefore, there is no one's love I would know better than hers. I would follow that love anywhere. And I did. But you, little one… You were born of the Moon's love. You are loved by her and all who love her.
September 15, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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FFXIV Write 2026
Spoilers for Shadowbringers - 5.0 - MSQ (For Character mention)
Azem / Azem implied
226 Words
Prompt Eight - Strain

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…What was the excuse? As many times as she has heard it, she had not listened and made no effort to remember. No, what she remembered instead was the response her partner had given one day as they had vented their frustrations about the permeation of this adherence to time and how little it had meant to them and Nemesis, ever patient, had listened before giving her simple response.
September 14, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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FFXIV Write 2026
Spoilers for Shadowbringers 5.0 MSQ, Endwalker 6.0 MSQ
General Themes
452 Words
Prompt Twelve - Fusion

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There were many who had believed there was something about the small Azem which did not sit right with them. Some argued it was those same eyes. Others argued in favor of their missing parentage and the rumors surrounding it. There were even those that argued Eupheme was no person at all but a created concept like any other beast — One that was especially dangerous, especially because of her deceptive appearance and wild nature. Speculation upon some things were done openly, with rare and few exceptions.
September 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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FFXIV Write 2026
Spoilers for Shadowbringers 5.0 MSQ
Azem / Azem implied
380 Words
Prompt Eleven - Oblivion

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"Don't do this." She begged, hands trembling through her plea. They were of fear. She knew what Venat intended to do far better than anyone else. They felt her cage of logic closing around them; Not because she was right but because it was what she had decided was the truth and would be so. Venat had never been able to be dissuaded once she decided upon something so completely. Eupheme had learned not to try. And yet. "Venat, please!"
September 14, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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FFXIV Write 2026
Spoilers for Heavensward - 3.0 - MSQ, DRK Questline
Warnings: Racism, Violence (Blood, General description of injury), Death (Descriptions of Death/Dying)
971 Words
Prompt Seven - Ignorance is Bliss

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The wind howled as the laughter went silent and only the heavy clattering of armored footsteps bounced throughout the darkened passageway. And Kae-il remained unmoving, allowing their advance with no expression upon their features. They stared at the commander of the group who had addressed them, unblinking, their eyes focused with a resentment of their own upon the space where his eyes should have rested behind his helm. No matter how they tried not to, especially for him, they could not have even a moment to forget that Ishgard hated Kae-il for everything they were. And they hated it, too.
September 14, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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FFXIV Write 2026
Spoilers for Shadowbringers 5.0 - 5.5 MSQ
Warrior of Light / G'raha Tia implied
850 Words
Prompt Nine - Boustrophedon

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Pushing from the bookshelf he had rested shoulder against, hands fell to his sides as the Miqo'te quietly strode to the table where the Au Ra continued to quietly fume amid the low light of the room as they fixated on the many open pages before them. He said nothing as he approached, he stood beside them quietly, waiting for them to choose to be ready to shift their attention, his tail swaying gently to touch fur to scale of the dark tail beside him. "I don't know how any of you do this. The words have long bled together. And that—" Their hands briefly stopped signing to angrily point to a particular text just to their right.. "That book cannot be read. Something is wrong with it."
September 14, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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FFXIV Write 2026
No Spoilers, General setting (Implied Ishgard)
Warrior of Light, Non-Warrior of Light OC
175 Words
Prompt Three - Echelon

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The roar of conversation and activity was lost on the frigid winds, though the music carried still. The instruments sounded all the gentler with some distance, slowing the frustration that had been so steadily rising in their chest. But it did not ease nor quell it. It was everything they didn't know, and didn't wish to be, all at once. And he knew. He always knew.
September 14, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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FFXIV Write 2026
No Spoilers
General Themes
236 Words
Prompt Four - Surge

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Over the years, requests became fewer, for fewer knew he could, and no longer did he offer to play. He did not know what to do with the painful, surging ache that came as his fingers slipped and bounded from key to key — Careful, measured, intentional. Every melody was known to him, that was the nature of his gift, but his ears would be forever deaf to every note, as was the curse he had accepted some time ago.
September 14, 2026 at 5:25 PM
tempestalysm.bsky.social
FFXIV Write 2026
Spoilers for Endwalker - 6.0 - Quest: Hello, World
Warrior of Light / G'raha Tia implied
380 Words
Prompt Two - Register

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"And so I ask that you indulge me once more, that this won't be the end." He said, and Kae wondered if he could see the vile, painful thing that restrained and threatened to break them as they found themself unable to answer. There was no recognition upon his features, only a hopeful, guilty, apologetic expression as ruby gaze remained fixed upon them. No, of course not. It was not real, but the threat it posed was. The reason for it was. It was real.
September 14, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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FFXIV Write 2026
Spoilers for Dawntrail - 7.0 - MSQ
Warrior of Light / Non-Warrior of Light OC, Azem / Azem implied
675 Words
Prompt One - Key

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"Kae?" Their Bonded Partner's voice cut through the visions and voices that danced before their eyes. "We-" As quickly as their hands had begun to move to answer him, they paused before starting again. "The key is theirs; Azem — Nemesis and Eupheme. They… made this together." Eyes turned to the Android beside Kae-il and Baron as her expression turned finally from disgust to one of satisfaction. She discarded the now-empty casing that had surrounded the Key's true core which shone with the same rich amber hue of the eyes of Nemesis and Baron, both. It had been a gift.
September 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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First go at making a tiny G'raha furin-style charm. 🥰 Lots I want to improve on but... It's cute, right? 🫶🥹 I just love the tiny ears!!

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A small furin-style charm hangs among plant vines against the light of a window. The furin charm is themed after G'raha Tia and has tiny, red cat ears at the top with small blue crystal charms below. The first blue crystal has small flecks of gold leaf and a tiny bell looped through it. The second blue crystal also has small flecks of gold leaf throughout the small bard job stone. The same G'raha-themed furin-style charm hangs among blurry computer screens and under artificial light at a desk. The same G'raha-themed furin-style charm hangs just above a desk with starry beads and a dark dice box with much gold leaf in standard room lighting during the evening.
August 27, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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When you're told your tank friend also likes to shake their lil booty in battle, you obviously finish and add the DNC job stone you also somehow have on hand. 😌

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The same keychain of translucent pink resin jobstones with stool black crests but now there is a third Dancer stone in the same style.
May 14, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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Just found out I'm going to be hanging out with a new friend of mine for his birthday who mains WAR, but often runs GNB for us, so I tried to make a little appreciation gift. ☺️

I was lucky to have just made pink stones just last week! They match his WoL's signature suit perfectly! 😌🩷

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Two pink translucent job stones made of resin, one for a Gunbreaker and one for a Warrior, are linked together on a silver keychain. Their crests are a soot black.
May 14, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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My first Furin! 🎐🌸

I've loved Japanese wind chimes since I first saw them as a little one. So when I saw there was a way for me to try and make them with my new hobby, I had to give it a go.

This one is just a prototype to figure out what I need to do better but... not bad! ☺️

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A light pink Furin, Japanese style wind chime, hangs from the aerial root of a Monstera plant, whose leaves can be seen in the background. The Furin has been cast in resin and assembled with a light brown string. Between the pink body and pink tag, there is a small golden brass bell to act as the chime due to the lack of glass.
May 8, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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Another big pour... So big, in fact, that I'm now out of resin! 😭

Still getting comfortable with new molds or trying some for the first time + using my job stone molds to care for the leftover bits of color for fun. 😌

Also injected resin into a mold for the first time! Time to wait...

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A metal tray of various resin projects and pieces curing within their molds. Their colors vary from a turquoise blue, to a shimmering light gold, to a dark black, to clear and colorless. Selectively poured resin job stones from ffxiv primarily in black, though two are a lighter gold, and are curing within their molds. Selectively poured resin job stones from ffxiv primarily in black, though two are a lighter gold, and are curing within their molds. Most are also miniature in size, though two are the same size from the prior photo.
April 26, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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My biggest resin pour yet... Nearly two hours of non-stop work/movement after a full work day. I am wiped...🥲

All of these are experimental pours for bigger ideas I want to do in the future so we'll see how they turn out but I feel like I've already learned a lot!

(Still hate bubbles😤)
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An aerial view of a worn metal tray filled with actively curing resin in various molds. The pours vary in color from black, to clear, to light blue and green. A worn metal tray filled with actively curing resin in various molds. The pours vary in color from black, to clear, to light blue and green. This is a level view, showing that two molds are deeper shaped pours. A tray of select job stones from ffxiv messily filled with light green resin that are actively curing.
April 20, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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A week late on this one but I'm going to share it anyway because it is one of my favorite Syn scenes I've gotten to write so far, I think.

Hoping to keep up with this kind of WiP share more until I'm sharing full works again, too.

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An Ellipsus snippet from a WiP upon a darker gradient background which reads, "Hazel hues narrowed in the slightest alongside their smile that had yet to falter and laugh sounded, loud and arrogant, cutting through the ruckus of the tavern. "Y'know... Here's the thing..." Their hand raised to remove their hat to settle it, as well as their wine, upon their chair before gaze snapped back to their antagonists. "If you know who I am, then you should also already know..." A clash of metal. The thud of wood being kicked aside and skipping across the floor. The slam of feet upon the wall to propel one forward. The wet and sharp sound that preceded a loud and final thud. Crouched atop the dead caster, their blade plunged into the upper left of their chest, the traveler made move to stand and glare back to the remaining three, raising a second yet unbloodied blade in their direction. "I don't suggest threatenin' The Blade of Fortune.""
April 16, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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Making myself share a snippet from a work before I either let time get away from me or I let myself think better of it!

Here's a little snippet from a flashback into the night Syn found the place that would become their little brother's new home.

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An Ellipsus snippet from a WiP upon a darker gradient background which reads, "The way they loved, and loved each other, was… familiar. There had been no conscious decision. Pieces had merely fallen into place in their thoughts as if the idea and path had been so placed into their mind for them. They would beg, bargain, and steal in any way they needed to for this house to take their baby brother in and have it become his home to keep him safe. This couple seemed kind enough, safe enough, and able to offer stability enough to be the best chance to gamble on. No matter what, they would get the couple to agree. No matter what, they would make sure the couple kept their word. No matter what, Nifft would grow up and have a life. "Hello, dear. Are you alright?""
April 16, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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My day was so busy I didn't get to eat yet
But it has also been an Incredibly Difficult Week so
Obviously as soon as I got off of work this was the first thing I did.

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A mold of dark but sparkly mini resin job stones from ffxiv that are in process of curing. A mold of select dark but sparkly resin job stones from ffxiv that are in process of curing.
April 10, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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Today's pours that are currently curing. ☺️ I'm so impatient to demold them. Every time I do a pour I always wish I had more room for the tools to cure faster and better*! Aaaaa!

*Without bubbles 😭
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A mold of bright blue and green job stones with glitter that are very gummy-like in transparency and vibrancy. Among them, there are also two pearlescent purple ones that are much more opaque. A tray of three bright blue and green page holders that are curing. Two jobstones, one blue and one green like the first two trays, are curing within their molds. They are for a pictomancer and viper stone, respectively.
April 5, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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I have heard it is handmade day and by chance, I had a creative hangout day planned with some friends and we have used the time for some art with some of us drawing and some pouring resin. 🥰
I can't wait for everything to cure! More job stones, page holders, & my friend made a smol tray!
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April 4, 2026 at 11:14 PM