𝙱𝙰𝚁𝙱𝙰𝚁𝙸𝙰𝙽 » toothy grins, stories around the campfire, clothes covered in pet hair, hot temper, old jeans, heartbeat in head, potatoes and steak, beaded jewelry, bruises like galaxies, mementos, backpack stuffed full, craigslist furniture, spontaneous road trips, air ripped from lungs
𝙱𝙰𝚁𝙳 » homemade bread, white lies, easily excited, trying on hats, band geek, pep talks, no impulse control, sunsets, vintage fashion, long showers, selfies, following dreams, rosy cheeks, song mash-ups, pink lemonade with tequila, loves easily, animated storyteller, full of comebacks
𝙲𝙻𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙲 » list of wishes, biting their tongue, band-aids and neosporin, shoulder to cry on, morning sun, necklaces, trial and error, homemade quilts, formal clothing, astrology fan, messages in bottles, pleated braids, speaking up for friends, feathers, motivational quotes, vivid dreams
𝙳𝚁𝚄𝙸𝙳 » bird watching, shy kid, wind chimes, trying to whistle, summer camp, apple orchards, lost in their head, glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling, hoodies, thrift shopping, saving worms off the sidewalk, pig latin, bare feet, thunderstorms, numb fingers, braided hair, naming potted plants
𝙵𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃𝙴𝚁 » goosebumps, leather jackets, adventure, chewing nails, cares deeply but can’t show it, bronze locks, no sleep, taste of iron, netflix binges, never forgets, combat boots, stories behind scars, table for one, official soundtracks, sore calves, trusts themselves the most
𝙼𝙾𝙽𝙺 » always trying to be better, wanderlust, meditation, sweat pants, old photographs, yoga, sleeping in hammocks, nostalgia, minimalist design, a breath of fresh air, baby animals, volunteering, perfectionist, doesn’t care about fashion, healthy snacks, noticing the little things
𝙿𝙰𝙻𝙰𝙳𝙸𝙽 » school uniforms, thick jackets, sleeping with the windows open, logical advice, scrapbooking, compasses, i fight for my friends, sculpture gardens, cold morning air, big soul, likes routine, secret romantic, last to get jokes, sunflowers, practical presents, misty weather
𝚁𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙴𝚁 » herbal tea, smell of rain, blinking away tears, camping trips, collecting bones, swiss army knives, first impressions, anxious thoughts, bobby pins, burnt marshmallows, too competitive, clothes lines, messenger bags, holding grudges, gets along better with animals than people
𝚁𝙾𝙶𝚄𝙴 » flirtatious sarcasm, candid photos, lost phone chargers, adrenaline rush, picking dirt out from beneath their nails, social chameleon, clashing clothes, self-deprecating jokes, claw machines, sits in chairs wrong, smudged eyeliner, has too many sunglasses, eats nothing or everything
𝚂𝙾𝚁𝙲𝙴𝚁𝙴𝚁 » infectious laugh, family trees, shivers down their spine, lipstick and roses, mood swings, clumsy, believing in destiny, high expectations, sleeping in darkness, collection of nail polish, passionate, good grades but never studies, poetry books, blowing kisses, not knowing their own strength
𝚆𝙰𝚁𝙻𝙾𝙲𝙺 » knowing everyone’s secrets, backpack covered in pins, envy, being in walmart late at night, earl grey, selective memory, conspiracy theories and cryptids, key smashing, need to know basis, can’t cook, bags under eyes, experimental art, flickering bulbs, black clothing all year long
𝚆𝙸𝚉𝙰𝚁𝙳 » piles of textbooks, cat in lap, keeping a diary, indecision, scented candles, studying alone in a café, lingering touches, museum dates, unanswered questions, taking on too much responsibility, collections , chalk dust, comfy robes, unnecessary apologies, coming home after a long day
Tagged by: @mercermachines (sorta)
Tagging: Anyone else who would like to do it. Just tag me so I can see! <3
((Quickly scrawled on the top of the page in atrocious handwriting is what seems like notes Anafenza has taken during a very rushed research session…))
Vignesang house accused heresy – consorting with dragons unnatural abbilities no transformation allowed? What mean?? House leader – mistress vignesang – tried at witchdrop body not found – assumed guilty of heresy. Rest of house now servants subsumed within Dzamael
Ishgard is full of records. While most literature concerning heretics and their stories were burned or just didn’t exist thanks to the War, records of trials and judgements? Plenty.
Mistress Vignesang was tried on grounds of heresy shortly after one of Nidhogg’s raids on Ishgard some hundred years ago. The woman had been seen on the top of her roof, screaming at the attacking dragons, within a maelstrom-like aura of darkness. She was tried at Witchdrop – meaning they hurled her off a cliff. If she lived, she’d have been considered guilty and struck down; if she died, she couldn’t have been in league with the dragons, and so would have enjoyed Halone’s blessing of pardon in death.
Seriously? Who believes this shite??
They never found her body at the bottom, so it was assumed she transformed into some kind of beast and escaped. Because of her guilt, the house was torn apart; surviving family members became servants to one of the great houses, Dzamael. After that, no more record of the name exists. Nothing outside of that judgement exists, either; whatever history the house had, it was destroyed.
No one at house Dzamael would speak to us. We couldn’t even get past the door guard Given our appearance, I’m sure we were immediately met with distrust despite the dragonsong war being done Any hope of speaking with any descendents is a lost cause for now.
Another dream – Again, the light-covered field. More of the child-like laughter and calling those words again Aenc Tyr The sky was a ablaze with light, but there was no warmth from a sun. It was not unpeaceful, and I awoke with the dawn feeling rested, but I write this to just continue to keep record for my own benefit. I still do not hear the song the others hear, but even my own song – the vignesang’s song, for surely it was HER’S – has grown more faint.
We return to the tower tomorrow. I don’t know about kiratai, but I should be glad to be away from this freezing hell
B A S I C S
Name: Anafenza Tetheros, Ejinn
Nickname: Ana
Age: 23ish
Nameday: 6th Sun of the 5th Umbral Moon
Species: Au Ra Xaela
Gender: Female
Orientation: Asexual
Profession: Member of the Ebon Watch, Protector of the Ivory Tower
P H Y S I C A L A S P E C T S
Hair: Dyed bright pink; naturally black
Eyes: Black, with gold limbal rings; recently a very dark, almost black, purple...
Skin: Grey
Height: 5′ 4″
Weight: 115 ponz
Tattoos/scars: Tattoos: One on inside of each forearm, in doman script. Right arm says “Hear, Feel, Think” while left arm bears the inscription “In darkest night, I fight for the light.” Third tattoo is on back, upper left shoulder blade (over her heart), Tetheros family coat of arms. Scars: One, (and only one now), very new. Left side of body, running from upper thigh, up her side, and ending just below her neck. Scar is covered with bony scales, and winds and twists like a vine...
F A M I L Y
Siblings: Adopted brothers, Aruktai and Kiratai. Adopted sister, Llaine Tetheros.
Parents: Presumably still alive in Othard. Father figure in Sasaneco, current owner and operator of the Carbuncle Caravan.
Grandparents: Still in Othard, though more than likely deceased by now.
Misc Relatives: Many still in Othard (Ejinn tribal family)
Pets: None.
S K I L L S
Abilities: Swimming endurance and strength; ability to learn new skills exceptionally quickly
Hobbies: Reading, swimming, baking, adventuring, snuggling, swimming
T R A I T S
Most Positive Trait: Outgoing and positive
Worst Negative: Insecure and needing to prove her worth
L I K E S
Colors: PINK!
Smells: Berries
Textures: Leather, metal
Drinks: Green tea, Rolanberry tea, sake, honey liqour
O T H E R D E T A I L S
Smokes: No
Drinks: Yup
Drugs: No
Mount Issuance: Yes
Been Arrested?: No...well technically now, I guess...
Tagged by: @little-purple-thundercloud <3
Picture thanks to @sessionzeroart <3 <3 <3 Thank you so much
Anafenza tugged on the small jewel embedded in her horn. She twisted it and tugged, feeling a small pop in her horn as the pearl came free, chipping away some of the horn as she did so. She handed is to the Commander, who was pulling out her scanning device – the “tricorder.”
“Alright, that takes care of the two of us.” The Commander looked up to the other blue woman. “Your phone; it’s still getting a signal, yeah? That should help locate and isolate your signal as well.”
“I can do you even better,” Stormy grinned, pulling the slender, black, rectangular device from her pocket. “It’s tied to the medicom system; when it detects my lifesigns are hitting critical levels, it activates the emergency transport beacon to send me to the nearest hospital.”
“It’s tied to a system on Earth in your time with a full reading of your vitals!” The Commander smiled wide and nodded. “That’s great! Let me pair it to my tricorder.” She began tapping buttons on the device, then paused and looked up. “Um…do you have a ‘blue tooth?’”
Stormy snickered, tapping the device’s screen before handing it over. “Bluetooth is enabled; you can pair it to your tricorder?”
The Commander shrugged. “It should be sending the correct signal? Oh! There we go. Yes.” She took the phone and began tapping on the screen, then set the two aside with her badge. “That takes care of those. Now how do we fit the linkpearl in?”
“I could…” Anafenza began, thinking aloud. “What if I activated it, and then we meld it to your badge, like a materia?”
The other two women looked at her with an expression that told Ana they had no idea what she just said. The auri sighed. “We attach it to the badge after I activate it.”
Stormy raised her hand, starting to ask “what is a materia-“ when the Commander elbowed her to shut up, then nodded. “Alright, let’s try that.”
The women gathered around, as the Commander looked at the pearl in one hand, and her comm badge in the other. The badge was gold and silver, with a thin wire bent around in the shape of an arrow, and two gold strips behind it. She shrugged, then shoved the pearl between the two gold strips in the center of the badge.
Anafenza and Stormy chuckled a little, and the Commander just looked up and nodded, satisfied with her work. Her tricorder beeped then, and she picked it up to read off the screen. “It’s Rafale; they think they have a solution and said to contact when we’re ready to try it.”
The three women all looked at one another. Stormy spoke first. “Well…if it doesn’t work…”
The Commander shook her head. “It has to work.”
“If it doesn’t, alright?” Stormy shook her head. “I do feel a little bad we didn’t…really get to learn more about each other. But this was neat. A very…interesting experience.”
Anafenza nodded in agreement. “I..am sorry Jessika could not be here to share this with you. I think she would have enjoyed meeting you both. I certainly have.”
The Commander sighed and nodded. “Would love to be able to share this with the scientific community if we make it out of here. Not just proof of parallel universes but even parallels across time as well. This was incredible. I just wish the circumstances were better.” She smiled. “Are we all ready?”
After they all nodded, the Commander took a deep breath. “Jess, activate your medicom; Ana, your linkpearl. Then, Jess, take the badge, and charge up.”
Stormy tapped her phone, while Ana took the badge and pressed the pearl in the center. She felt the small tug of aether as she activated it, connecting it to the lifestream, before handing it to Stormy. The blue woman held it tight, powering up her electricity again, then pressed the badge. It chirped.
“Rafale, St. Peter. We’re ready! Go with the plan!”
“We have you Commander. M’Ral tied the navigational chronometric sensors to the transporter system; we were able to trace the link to the tricorder, now we’re switching to the comm channel…” The woman on the other end gasped. “Whatever you’re doing over there, I can pick out all three distinct signals for you. Keep it up: M’Ral, prepare to initiate transport!”
Stormy screamed. “Whatever it is, hurry up!”
Anafenza looked around; the creeping Nothing was closing in faster. Even the tree in the center was starting to disappear. She grit her teeth, her scar suddenly burning.
A gravelly voice came across now. “Positive lock through the aether interference, initiating quantum transport in five…four…three…”
Anafenza shrieked, the burning was far greater. She could see the dark aether begin to roll off of her body now, in the same way it was rolling off the tree before. Her vision blurred, and she felt like she was reaching out in the lifestream, her aether chasing something unseen, searching…
“Two…one…energize!”
Ana screamed over the sound of chimes in the air, and a swirling vortex of lights wrapped itself around each of the three women. Her vision was consumed with light.
More flying tonight, but the storm – gods the storm was incredible! So much rage and anguish carried on the winds, and the rain was biting cold and sharp as needles. But it didn’t stop me I just flew faster and faster, through the canyon of steel of glass. People hurried around beneath me – they all looked like hyur, but the clothing was strange. Still I just flew and flew, feeling more of the energy as I did before.
I felt overcome with grief? Pain? I realized I was crying but i didn’t know why. It was a sadness I am not familiar with
and I realized too that I was crying. I slowed my flying, feeling my face
my hand was blue! I didn’t know how or why but the skin was blue, and without scales The surprise stopped my tears and, just like that, the sky cleared. No biting rain, no strong winds whipping my face, no clouds hiding the late evening sky
My chest burned, and I hiccupped, but this pain in my heart…I do not know why I was so sad that I would make the sky weep with me
Why is it, after all this time, I still hope for peace instead of violence? That woman said it best, how can i be so naive?
Because I very nearly met the end of a blade, and it wasnt my fault. I was hoping for peace that day too and it ended with a death. even With her blood on my hands I know i was not fully to blame
and i know this man was evil i could see it written all over his stupid little face and in his aura he had no remorse I know he was sincerely scared of us all but he wasn’t apologetic, not enough to change. But even despite that, he wasn’t armed. His goons had fled. He was no threat.
I fear so often that maybe we’re NOT in the right, not all the time. How are we any different from that man, from Garlemald, from nemesis, if we’re willing to put a man to the sword with little justice except our own? why do they think that just because we have such power that we have liberty to exercise it whenever we feel? I was scared tonight - everyone seemed ready to murder this man. for what reason?? he loaned money to one of ours and demanded payment back? and when HE decided payment wasn’t enough, now we execute him? Uldah has laws for his kind. it’s not complete anarchy there
I hoped he’d want to live. he made his choice, and i will not lose sleep tonight over the fact that he was cut down AFTER he tried attacking. But I fear I will lose sleep knowing I am sleeping so close to people i consider my family because i keep seeing this side of them that is no different than the people i tried to entreat for peace before.
they took control of my mind and had me try to kill Lyta for them. and I very nearly succeeded.
what will this “family” do to me when i oppose them again?
...Ana would totally have a crush on Alisae if they ever met IC.
The dream tonight was more familiar to me. I was in a cave, the steady drip of water echoing as it fell from the ceiling. I wandered for a time, not lost but unsure of where I was to go. I finally happened upon a large cavern, with vaulting cieling above. I looked about, before I suddenly just appeared before me, as if it had been there always
In the center of the cavern stood a large tree, the trunk large around The branches were filled with leaves, despite the darkness of the cavern. An energy radiated from it, a dark aura Creeping up the trunk was a creeping vine that seemed to wind its way around the tree and up into the branches, its dark red leaves trying to choke out the tree.
I know this tree; I first saw it after I killed that woman and took that curse on me. This was nothing new to me.
I found myself compelled to touch it, and I reached out a hand. I gasped when I did as I felt a rush of energy pulse through me. I heard similar gasps of surprise from near me, and I looked up to see
What was new were the other two women in the cavern with me. Each had blue skin and hair, nearly identical in appearance save for their clothes. They seemed surprised to see me and the other, each inspecting their own tree, similar in appearance to mine except for the vine, that also stood in the cavern. The younger of the two was touching her tree with a large hand sheathed in metal. The other held a device that looked like those tomestones, the device giving off a soft chiming noise. She, too, had placed a hand cautiously on her tree.
And as we now finally saw one another, I awoke, shivering.
What is going on with me?