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Xiao✨消咒

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Xiao = zh'OW, he/him, 20s, chaotic good. Mostly FFXIV, various things. Icon by shenyun5000 on Twitter and header by 4threset on bsky. Sometimes nsfw! Main: #FafnirChulainn Alts: #Kiah'aElakha AO3: archiveofourown.org/users/scatterin…

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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 13h
Primal Burdens - 2.8k, complete. The Warrior of Light is learning magic. Y'shtola has some suggestions, if only he were to listen. #KiahaElakha
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        Final Fantasy XIV 

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        Y'shtola Rhul & Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV) 

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        Y'shtola RhulWarrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV)Minor Characters 

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        Patch 4.0: Stormblood (Final Fantasy XIV)Summoner Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV)Miqo'te Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV)Emotional ConstipationIntrospection
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
#AutumnRepost - Dreams An Impossible Dream Hien and Fafnir get married in the event of the century. The entire star is overjoyed to celebrate their love. If only Fafnir wanted to be there. (Technically a WIP but I had to share it okay)
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        Teen And Up Audiences 

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        Final Fantasy XIV 

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        Hien Rijin/Warrior of LightYugiri Mistwalker & Warrior of LightMinor or Background Relationship(s) 

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        Hien RijinWarrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV)Yugiri MistwalkerKozakura (Final Fantasy XIV)Minor CharactersOriginal Family Members of Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV) 

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        Post-Patch 6.0: Endwalker (Final Fantasy XIV)Wedding PlanningAu Ra Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV)Nonbinary Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV)AnxietyFluff and AngstFamily AngstEmotional ConstipationRating May ChangeFamily Issues 

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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
But I'm pretty sure that it's right, right, right #FafnirChulainn ✨ #Fafcule ✨ #haurchewol
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Happy nameday to the person, the myth, the legend!
Fafnir, a Raen Au Ra, sits on a couch in Solution Nine. They have black hair with red highlights. They are wearing a red jacket, black leather pants, and black boots.Fafnir, the same Raen from the last image, but in a white sweater with a large orange scarf. They are standing by a fountain in Ishgard with a large pumpkin behind them.Fafnir, again, standing on the Steppe. They have longer hair and are wearing a black tunic with one sleeve and a hood.Fafnir, again, in early gear - a green/brown tunic with chainmail underneath. They are raising a mug of ale.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Grey mooncat reporting in!
Kiah'a, a grey skinned Keeper of the Moon, stands in light blue robes against a pale sky. He is missing his right arm from the elbow down. His summoner tome is hovering above his left hand. He has short black hair with blue highlights.The same Miqo'te as before but in the M9 arena. He has a red mage sword hovering above one hand while the focus, a brass bell, hovers on his right. He is wearing Solution Nine esque garb.Kiah'a as seen over someone's shoulder. He is visible from the shoulders up. There is a small smile on his face and his archon marks are visible.The same Keeper but in early gear, a brown tunic. He is holding a lance and pointing it at the camera. He seems to be in a forest. His hair is shaggier and more blue.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Why does this feel like two parents and their cats
Four characters from ffxiv - a Roegadyn woman, a Miqo'te woman, a Miqo'te man, and a Roegadyn man - stand on a boat. The same four characters but at a slightly closer and lower angle.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I'm gonna fucking kermit (you would not believe the stupid deaths I had leading up to this)
A screenshot of a failed Pilgrim's Traverse run ending on floor 69
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I am doing a lil' hangout for Fafnir's nameday! It'll be at my fc house on Maduin. Bring your favorite minion and expect to be asked questions about them 😂 Come say hi, don't feel pressured to stay the whole time 💖
A picture of Fafnir, a Raen Au Ra, in the Galatea attire dyed bright red. They are sitting on the beach with a boba drink in hand.

The following white text is in a semi-transparent red box: "Fafnir Nameday Party."

The following white text is in a semi-transparent orange box: "Saturday, October 10
12 pm pst - 2 pm

Maduin, Dynamis
Shirogane 1st Ward, Subdivision
Plot 38

Bring your favorite minion!"
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
See a couple, post a couple
Hien, shirtless with his hair down, kisses Fafnir. They are both wearing casual beach wear.Hien and Fafnir sit next to each other in the Gold Saucer. Fafnir has an arm over Hien's shoulders. Hien's eyes are closed as he smiles.Fafnir holds Hien up in their arms. Hien is laughing happily while Fafnir looks at him with a soft, happy expression.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Kiah'a has officially met the guy who's going to eat his arm
A screenshot from FFXIV in Coerthas. Estinien is in his ARR black armor on the left while Kiah'a, a mooncat, stands in the distance on the right. The text box reads:

Estinien
"That Ishgard would resort to sending coin-starved adventurers after me... I know not whether to laugh or feel insulted."
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I made a shadowbox with sheds from our snakes and flowers from our wedding ✨
A shadowbox with a variety of dried flowers, mostly pale yellow with some red, and two pieces of snake shed.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I compiled a list of my best/personal faves from ffxiv write! If you only have the chance to read a few, or don't want to trudge through the entire list, I'd ask you to check these out! (Links in thread) #ffxivwrite #ffxivwrite2026
Kiah'a, a Keeper mooncat, stands on the left while Fafnir, a Raen Au Ra, sits on the right. The text "Xiao's FFXIV Write" is in white text in a mostly transparent purple box in the center with "HIGHLIGHTS" stamped over the bottom of the box in bright yellow.2 — Register. Pre-ARR, ~1,000 words. 

Coeurlclaw angst abounds in this one as we learn what happens when someone gives birth to a boy. Featuring an entire cast of Keeper OCs. There will be a quiz. 

CW: Implied infanticide, implied abuse (physical and emotional), discussion of a dead infant, brief suicidal ideation. 

5 — Preservation. Post-game, ~1,300 words. 

Written in the style of a report detailing artifacts found in the Swallow's Compass long after Fafnir has passed. One of my favorite styles for a piece of fiction, and where I at one point had five different tabs up researching for this. 

Mentions of Hien/Fafnir and Haurchefant/Fafnir.

8 — Strain. Pre-ARR, ~1,700 words. 

Have you ever wanted an insight into Fafnir's life back in Doma? Now you can read at least 1.7k about it! But really, getting to write a some small fishing village dynamics and innocent toddler Fafnir was great. 

CW: Brief description of a child almost drowning (the child is completely fine).

18 — Reason. 7.0, ~950 words. 

Consider this a 'missing scene' for Kiah'a's MSQ. I just think we should have been allowed to talk to Koana after his father died and had an actual conversation about it. Koana/Kiah'a.21 — Better Late Than Never. 7.0+, ~2,800 words. 

My longest entry, but by god did I pop off on this one. Sometime after the Coeurlclaw aunties move to Gridania, Kiah'a comes to visit his mother and little sister. Sunny is less than impressed with him. 

CW: God's most uncomfortable family interactions. 

22 — Train. 1870s AU, ~1,700 words. 

Funny how both my Koana fics made it onto this list, but I had a ton of fun with this one and have to blab about it. The 'Wild West' period is one of my favorites in US history and it fits Koana so well. He gets to be stationmaster while Kiah'a (and the Scions) are bounty hunters. Just read it for me. 

Koana/Kiah'a.

23 — Egress. 4.0+, ~1,800 words. 

I've wanted to write more Haurchefant lives AU and I finally was struck with inspiration here. Haurchefant muses on Camp Dragonhead as he prepares to join Fafnir on his adventures. 

Haurchefant/Fafnir. 

24 — Drift. Pacific Rim AU, ~1,600 words. NSFW.

It's a Pacific Rim AU, what else do you need? (Fafnir and Haurchefant fight a kaiju and have a good time afterwards).

Haurchefant/Fafnir.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sometimes you wake up to your spouse's autism (affectionate)
A chocobo saddlebag from ffxiv containing some glamour prisms, some dye remove, some dyes, four maps, and far too many triple triad cards.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nice
"My work (69) + New"
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
With a grand total of ✨25,654✨ words and 24 prompts written, September is in the bag! I definitely burnt out towards the end, but I am really happy with how much I did. Highlights/recommended reads later. More insights on individual graphs if you care to read the alt text 😅
Words per Day on a bar graph. The Y-axis goes from 0 to 3000 and the X-axis goes 1-30. The bars are colored based on the character POV, with Kiah'a as blue, Fafnir as dark red, Other as purple, Haurchefant as ice blue, Sidurgu as pink, and Multi as green (I couldn't get a legend to work on the graph).


My thoughts:
I am thoroughly surprised by how much 'other' is here, and REALLY surprised to see how much Sidurgu came through. I was a bit worried that I would end up just writing a bunch of Kiah'a or a bunch of Fafnir with no variation, and while almost all the fics are centered around them in some way I feel like I got a good number of POVs. Hilariously the longest fic (at 2,785 words) was from Kiah'a's sister's POV. That kid's got a lot going on lmao.A pie graph labeled "Patch Content." Each slice has a number representing how many fics are associated with that patch. From most to least it's: 6.0+ and Pre-2.0 at 4, AU with 3,  5.0 & 3.0 & 5.0+ & 7.0+ with 2, and 4.0+ & 2.0-6.0+ & 3.0+ (AU) & Pre-2.0 + 6.0 & Post-Game with 1.

My thoughts:
Very surprised with the number of pre-2.0 fics I wrote. I did want to use this to write characters or events that didn't warrant their own fics and I guess that worked! Also realized that 3.0+ AU should actually be 4.0+ AU because it's Stormblood, but it's fine. Pretty happy with the variety I've got here. A pie chart labeled Words per POV. The largest is 'Other' with 9944, then Fafnir with 6365, and Kiah'a with 3552. The bottom three are Sidurgu with 2314, Haurchefant with 2117, and Multi with 1362.

My thoughts:
I still can't believe I wrote so much Sidurgu tbh. Also shocked that I wrote more from Fafnir's POV than Kiah'a's by, like, a lot. This was largely due to the fact that a lot of Kiah'a centric fills were from other POV, which is probably because while I love him it can be a LOT writing him haha. Also I was trying to write stuff that wouldn't usually go into a fic, so less WoL POV I guess? A pie chart labeled Ships. The largest slice is G'raha/Sidurgu/Kiah'a at 5, followed by Haurchefant/Fafnir at 3, Koana/Kiah'a & G'raha/Kiah'a & Hien/Fafnir at 2, and Hien/Fafnir & Haurchefant/Fafnir at 1.

My thoughts: 
I am unsurprised by how much Kiah'a and his polycule showed up, though I wish I wrote a bit more Hien/Fafnir considering the number of prompts filled versus their fics lmao 
Honestly nothing too unusual here
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
30 - Vestige - ellipsus.com/read/6fnWLSR... Sometimes your first relationship is with the Warrior of Light who is still mourning his dead lover.
Hien was growing tired of the specter of another man haunting his relationship with Fafnir. It was not a particularly noble sentiment, but it was the truth and one that he feared he would drown in.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My excitement is immeasurable
Three packages of Oreos: chicken and waffles, deep fried, and banana pudding
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
11 - Oblivion Two times Sidurgu prepared to embrace oblivion.
This will be better. We will have a better life here, his parents had told him. What life? What death? Cursed for how they appeared, cursed for the mercy they had granted. The village was not even built.

"Die, heretic," the knight spat at him.

He closed his eyes and prepared to embrace oblivion. At least he would be reunited with his family.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
29 - Layer It bothered them that there were parts of Kiah'a that they would never understand.
It bothered G'raha that there were parts of Kiah'a that he would never understand.

G'raha had spent a hundred years suppressing his desires, letting them crystallize until the very concept of doing something for himself felt as foreign as his own limbs. When he returned to the Source and the tentative relationship blossomed into something more tangible, he knew that he could not let himself be swept away in poetry and hope. Even when they flew to the end of the universe and returned together, he told himself that this was not the end of the tale.

Happily ever after did not really exist. It was an ending that needed effort every day.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I love you so much and I'm sorry for stealing your card luck
The triple triad card Gancanagh, showing 3/999 possessed.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
23 - Egress Haurchefant prepares to join Fafnir on his adventures. Related, Camp Dragonhead has a new commander.
"Lord Haurchefant!" It was Corentiaux, who came with a handful of papers in one hand and a rather severe expression on his face. "I believe you have forgotten an important matter," Corentiaux stated plainly. He held the papers out, though Haurchefant knew what they were before he even saw them.

Fafnir peered at them. "Accounting reports?"

"Ah, where did those happen to run off to? I was under the impression I filed all of those," Haurchefant lied, scratching at his cheek. "I did just spend several moons in the hospital — must have slipped my mind."

"These are dated long before your recent stay," Corentiaux corrected. "As the commander of Camp Dragonhead, they are your responsibility—"

"Actually, I believe Emmanellain is legally the commander now," Haurchefant interrupted. "There was a ceremony and all."
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Card farming with the spouse has gone great for me specifically
The Gancanagh triple triad card from ffxiv 

A rare 3 star card used in the game Triple Triad
Card No 362
Unobtained/Unregistered
Shop Selling Price: None
Unsellable
Market Prohibited
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
25 - Cynosure Sidurgu has his insecurities. Kiah'a does his best to reassure him.
G'raha used it first. 

My star, a term of endearment and ultimate loyalty. It was easy to understand why. Kiah'a was the star by which G'raha charted his life and none could deny that. Sidurgu did not deny him that indulgence, and while initial uses saw Kiah'a's brows furrow and his shoulders hunch, given time he reacted to it the same as when his name was called — slight surprise at times, as if still startled by the very idea that he could be important enough to intentionally mention, but without any hesitation. 

Sidurgu was not one for nicknames. Either your name would suffice or it would not. 

The importance came from how a word was uttered, not which word, and Sidurgu would never count himself as the most poetic of men. 

"Do you wish for me to call you niceties?" Sidurgu asked one night, when it was just him and Kiah'a squeezed onto a too-small rickety bed in the Rising Stones. The night chill seeped in through the cracks in the walls and the dying embers in the fireplace did little to chase it away. They used Sidurgu's cloak as an extra blanket. 

They could have fetched real blankets, but they would have had to leave the room and neither felt so inclined. 

"What?" Kiah'a asked, ears flicking up in attention. "Like what?" 

Sidurgu half-shrugged, careful not to dislodge Kiah'a from where he was resting comfortably against his chest. "My dear or my darling. My star." 

Kiah'a snorted loud enough to wake the dead, then grimaced. "No, that was mean of me. I do not mind such things from G'raha. I know he means well, and by any metric he speaks earnestly. I fear that such words from your mouth would be less… genuine." 

A furrow reached Sidurgu's brow, worry worming its way into his heart. Kiah'a, ever observant, sat up. 

"That is not what I meant. I know how you feel towards me." He placed a hand on Sidurgu where his head had been not a moment prior. Sidurgu wondered if he felt how quickly his heart beat. "G'raha is a scholar and academic. Words come to him
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hey I know this guy
A screenshot of Kiah'a, a mooncat, looking at Beatin in the Carpenter's Guild
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
24 - Drift Fafnir and Haurchefant fight a kaiju and enjoy the aftermath. A lot. NSFW.
When you were in the Drift, nothing mattered. It was just you, your co-pilot, and two thousand tons of steel alloy powered by a small nuclear reactor.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
22 - Train Koana waits for the train to arrive.
The heat was stifling, baking the long stretches of desert that lay out in every direction around the city. Patchwork pockets of shade attempted to provide some relief, and clusters of men and their horses followed their movement as the sun crossed over the sky. There wasn't a cloud in sight, only the occasional dark dot from a falcon searching for its next meal.

Koana felt a type of kinship with it, in a way, as he waited on the third floor balcony of the train depot. He was sweltering in his uniform, the weight of the fabric heavy on his shoulders and his jacket tight around his chest. He dared not loosen the collar. The physical discomfort was worth the authority it granted him.

He reached into his coat and drew his pocket watch out. The gold gleamed in the sunlight.

12:01. They're late.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
21 - Better Late Than Never Sunny does not quite get along with her brother. The feeling is mutual. CW: God's most uncomfortable family interactions.
That evening, as the sky was streaked with red and blue like Sunny's hair, she came downstairs to see Mama was already awake. The house was quiet, no conversation settling over the kitchen or footsteps creaking in the hall, and Mama was worrying her bottom lip the way she did when she was nervous.

The cause for that was a slim, blue-haired Miqo'te in pale blue robes with a missing arm.

Kiah'a sat at the kitchen table, an untouched mug of tea in front of him. Mama had a mismatched mug, her hands wrapped around it to hide the subtle shake that Sunny could see if she squinted. Kiah'a had his carbuncle by his feet. The creature looked a lot like a rabbit-dog, but apparently was made of magic. Sunny didn't really understand how it worked. It looked up at her and then sat back down, satisfied with what it saw.

There was no steam rolling off the cups. Sunny hadn't even heard the kettle whistle. How long ago had the others awoken, and why was she the last?
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We are officially done with the floors I've seen, from here on out I fight purely based on the guides of my forefathers (deep dungeon enthusiasts)
The duty complete screen for the 60th floor boss of Pilgrim's Traverse. The UI is set up for a samurai.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
19 - Liminal Kiah'a isn't doing too good. Unfortunately, he's well overdue for a conversation.
Kiah'a spun around — or tried. There were no points of reference, so he may have held still for all he knew.

His head hurt. He looked down and saw his hands, his feet, his tail curling through the air — but no floor. He was bare to the world, but he was not even certain that this was a world. There was no sense in this dimension that he found himself in. Was he dead?

Wait, hands?

Kiah'a looked at his hands. Both of them. His brain felt empty. His blood ran cold. It had been moons since he last had two, yet they felt entirely normal. He turned them over. Besides the callouses from his lancework and swordwork, they were hale.

"Hey, listen!"
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I am not immune to propaganda etc store.steampowered.com/app/5166840/...
A purple ombre background with a tiny anime person. They have long black hair and a single red streak, red eyes, and a dangly earring like Fafnir from ffxiv :)
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Beat 50, leaving off there for now 🎉
The Duty Complete screenshot for Pilgrim's Traverse floor 50 boss.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
20 down!
A samurai in ffxiv fighting the floor 20 boss in Pilgrim's Traverse. "Duty Complete" is in the center of the screen.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Started Pilgrim's Traverse solo runs last night, was very tired so only finished the first 10 but let's see if we can get to 31 today
A screenshot of ffxiv, specifically the boss arena for floor 10 from Pilgrim's Traverse: a field of pink flowers. The UI for a samurai is visible.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
18 - Reason There are some situations beyond words.
"I am going to kill him," Kiah'a said. Koana blinked as he looked up from his work. He reached up to adjust his glasses and smeared ink on his cheek. Kiah'a drew a cloth from a pocket and held it out. "I will or Wuk Lamat, but he will be dead within a moon. I swear it."

"That will not bring Father back," Koana whispered.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
17 - Fret Kiah'a is handling things poorly.
The first night after G'raha's rescue from Emet-Selch and the Ascian's defeat, Kiah'a fell asleep atop Sidurgu's chest with his hand gripping G'raha's robes and tail curled around his leg. It was unusual and awkward, too many limbs squeezed onto a too small bed, but neither G'raha nor Sidurgu would deny Kiah'a his comfort.

The second night, G'raha went to slip out from the room as Kiah'a drifted into dreams. Kiah'a woke as the knob turned, looked at G'raha, and whispered, "Stay." G'raha sat in the armchair and watched Kiah'a and Sidurgu sleep.

By the third night, something was clearly wrong.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
16 - Steel Relationship negotiation, of a type.
"I suppose we should talk," G'raha started, then stopped. The crystal in his arm groaned as he adjusted his grasp on his staff. "I apologize for deceiving you."

"Thank you," Sidurgu said, because there wasn't much else he could say to that. G'raha had apologized profusely to all of the Scions, but this was the first time they had had a moment between the two of them since the defeat of Emet-Selch and return of G'raha to the Crystarium.

That is, a moment without Kiah'a clinging onto them both.

"We are both dear to Kiah'a." G'raha's ears flicked in the air. Sidurgu was no expert in Miqo'te body language, but he could recognize signs of nervousness in any man. "I would not presume to intrude on your relationship, but it seems Kiah'a wishes to have each of us in his life."
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
They are gay* your honor! *bisexual
G'raha and Kiah'a hug each other. They are visible from the shoulders up. The same scene as before, but from the neck to waist.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
15 - Prodigy Kiah'a visits Garlemald to check on reconstruction. Alphinaud wants to talk about something else.
"G'raha informed me that you are seeking your archon marks!" Alphinaud said cheerfully as he waved. Kiah'a bit back a sigh. It was not gossip if it was his comrades discussing things together, but he still felt disquiet knowing that the others spoke of him when he was not present. "Did you feel that some time off would be too relaxing for you after saving the world?"

"He means to say 'Hello, Kiah'a,'" Alisaie said, expression warm but much less overwhelming. "A pleasure seeing you, as always."
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
14 - Against the Grain Alphinaud looks for the Warrior of Light.
Alphinaud frowned. This was starting to be quite a conundrum. Was it worth alerting the others? No, Kiah'a never did much enjoy when the Scions were involved in his business. Yet this was a prime political opportunity and Alphinaud could not let Kiah'a miss it entirely.

"Hurry, Elizabeth! Else we'll be last in line and they won't have any soup left," a girl called out to her younger sister. Alphinaud felt a stir in his chest. His mother had used a similar line on him and Alisaie when they were young and reluctant to leave their books, warning them that the Last Stand would run out of food if they were not on time.

A lie, of course, but an acceptable one.

At a loss for what else to do, Alphinaud trailed several paces behind the girls. They turned a corner and he was about to follow when he heard a familiar voice.

"No pushing. There's enough for everyone."

Kiah'a?!
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
12 - Fusion Haurchefant takes Fafnir on a date. Modern AU.
Haurchefant leaned forward in his seat. "You look quite fetching in your button-up. I do not know if I've said that yet."

Fafnir felt a bit like he was being constricted, not having worn anything more formal than a sweater for several years, but he took the compliment at face value. "You as well."

"Thank you." Haurchefant wore a proper suit jacket, dark blue bringing the best out of his eyes. He seemed far more at ease in the high-end restaurant, though Fafnir feared for his wallet.

If he couldn't afford it, he would not have asked you out, Fafnir told himself.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Just a few.
Hien and Fafnir, a Raen Au Ra with red and black hair, sit in the gold saucer. They are sitting next to each other with Fafnir's arm over Hien's shoulders.Kiah'a, a grey-skinned Keeper of the Moon, is mid-conversation with Koana. They are sitting in Solution Nine.Kiah'a and Sidurgu lay in bed together, both shirtless. Sidurgu is saying something and Kiah'a is replying, his eyes closed.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
10 - Upbraiding Brief Haurchefant introspection.
The Central Highlands never got warm but the night was still comfortable as Haurchefant swung his axe over his head and through the log. It split in two, each end clattering onto the cobblestones of the courtyard. He huffed, sweat dripping down his brow.

It was of little consequence to throw the axe over one shoulder before tossing the two pieces of firewood onto the pile. Once they were secured, he took the next log in hand, placed it on the stump, and readied himself for the next swing.

The process was almost meditative, if not for the heat that still burned in his chest.

Bastard, one of the knights had taunted him. That was naught new. His fellow recruits had mocked him when he first began training, but now that he was assigned to the garrison only a few deigned him worth the trouble. Haurchefant himself would have found it amusing, if not for the words that followed. Did your mother charge, or was she taken for free?
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
8 - Boustrophedon CW: Trans feelings before someone realizes that they're trans. Complicated parent dynamics. Stubbornness runs in the family.
Fafnir reached the edge of Limsa Lominsa before he knew where his feet were carrying him. He stopped with his toes curled over the edge of the stone, the water lapping at the curb and wetting the bottom of his sandals. The sea breeze buffeted their hair about their face. Long strands of black and red covered their eyes and ensnared their horns.

And that was the rub, wasn't it?

You look unkempt, his father had insisted. Let your mother cut it!

But Fafnir liked the way it fell down their shoulders, like their bangs framing their face. He knew it was just hair, but the idea of shortening it filled him with repulsion. He didn't know why. He didn't like thinking about it.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Kiah'a and his polycule
Tumblr post by "theaawrites" reading: 

been turning over in my mind recently that a lot of 'good romance' these days is touted as couples who 'deeply understand each other' or 'just instantly get each other' etc, and whatever that really means aside, i would like to posit that imo there is something inherently romantic in the opposite - in not quite 'understanding' or 'getting' another person, but being willing to work at understanding them, seeing things their way, and supporting them anyway. not this instantaneous mind-meld 'self recognition through the other' stuff. i want both people in my romance couples to feel desire and work for the rest; to be changed and shaped and challenged by each other!!! if there is no friction, there's no traction, and therefore no staying power!!!
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I can work with this
Did you know?
Before the standardization of writing from left to right, ancient Greek inscribers once used a style called boustrophedon, a word meaning literally "turning like oxen in plowing." When they came to the end of a line, the ancient Greeks simply started the next line immediately below the last letter, writing the letters and words in the opposite direction, and thus following the analogy of oxen plowing left to right, then right to left. Reverse boustrophedon writing has also been found in which the inscribers turned the document 180 degrees before starting a new line so that the words are always read left to right with every half turn. The word boustrophedon itself is formed from the Greek word for the ox or cow, bous, and the verb strephein, which means "to turn."
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is how about half my FFXIV writes prompts have gone, for the record
A Tumblr post by "disco-lich" that reads:

Writing process notes
1. wow i love this idea and all my characters! 
2. DONT FALL INTO THE WORLD BUILDING PIT DONT FALL INTO THE-
3. waddup from the pit
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
8 - Strain CW: Brief description of a child almost drowning (the child is completely fine). Fa Ning has a swimming lesson.
"You are no coward, are you? Swim out to me! You can still touch the bottom, ancestors my witness," Sohta assured Fa Ning.

"'m not a coward!" Fa Ning shouted, though he didn't quite know what a coward was except something bad. He took a step forward, then another, and another, until the water was lapping at his hips. He held his tail in his hands, not out of fear of getting it wet but to comfort himself. He was getting old for that, his ba always said so, but Ba wasn't there to chide him.

There was still some distance between him and his cousin.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
7 - Ignorance Is Bliss Or is it?
Kiah'a wishes that he didn't wake up with the taste of bile in his throat. He doesn't hear G'raha call for him, voice rough from slumber, as he leaps from the bed and runs for the washroom. He spits up nothing, at first, then the remnants of last night's dinner, then stomach acid. He feels too many hands on him and burning in his lungs and it takes him a moment to realize that he's crying.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Spouse: "Hey can you help me farm triple triad cards?" Me: "Sure." *Quick dungeon run later* Me: "So did you get the card? Spouse: "No..... Did you?" Me:
The Ambrose triple triad card from ffxiv, reading 'unobtained/unregistered' in someone's inventory. It's me. It's my card.
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Xiao✨消咒 @ashes8012.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
5 - Preservation
A Comprehensive Report of All Artifacts Found in the Fifth Chamber of the Swallow's Compass

Tomoa Narasaki

Survey done in preparation for the 200th anniversary of the passing of the Warrior of Light, Fa Ning "Fafnir" Qiuleung.
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