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when you wander into a classroom wondering who in there needs to give you permission to buy more alchemist recipes but then the cute bunny girl with tummy troubles feeds you the worst bread you've ever eaten in your life and ropes you into making it taste less like absolute trash

and more than anything you'd really like to tell her that you just came in because you wanted to be able to make some more orchestrion rolls but then she made you a lobster dinner and it was the best thing you ever tasted and she was so excited to tell you about how she made it

now you're sitting in the aetheryte plaza buying ingredients to make yeast because she's really excited about sticking it to this dude with no culinary flair and you don't have the heart to tell her that you already figured out how to get what you came in for in the first place

would u bunp 👊

As I'm getting back into an FFXIV groove (in part because I'm revving up to resume my NG+ stream), I'm starting to fall back in love with my WoL again. Aigead Siorc is the culmination of a lot of self-projection and "hey wouldn't it be funny if..."-style character development. Some fun facts about her:

• She's a firedrake who ate a fantasia thinking it was a weird egg. Came out the other side a male Au Ra but realized after the events of ARR that she didn't feel comfortable as she was and thus fantasia'd into a female Viera.
• She can hear the background music. Her training as a Red Mage knocked something loose in her head and now her brain processes her sense for the ambient aether around her as music. Think of it as a sort of Fantasy Synaesthesia.
• Comes off as a bit of an airhead, but is quite adept at puzzle solving and thinking on her feet. Generally can be trusted to figure things out if you point her at a problem and tell her to wing it.
• Has a penchant for grand introductions and a sense of dramatic flair. The Hildibrand quests are a big part of her canon so you can probably guess where she gets that from.
• Very active, job-wise. Her canon jobs include Monk, Red Mage, Dark Knight, Gunbreaker, and Sage. In specific circumstances, she's also been portrayed as a White Mage or a Reaper.
• Likes and collects Cool Bottles
• Her entire personality spun out of a line I thought up once I unlocked GNB: "I have a SWORD with a GUN on it and SHEER FORCE OF WILL and that's ALL I'LL EVER NEED"
• Came up with her name more or less on the spot when she was originally found naked in the middle of Southern Thanalan, just outside the ruins of Qarn. She claims it felt like something she'd been thinking about for a long time.
• Feels a special connection to the moon and the night sky ever since she first gained sapience.

If you're interesting in learning more about Aigead Siorc and reading up on some of her adventures, I participated in FFXIVWrite last year and managed to write something for every day of the month! Check out this tweet thread for links to each story and relevant spoiler/content warnings: