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Pairing: Hildibrand Helidor Maximilian Manderville/Briardien de Manseaguel (Hildibriar)
Word Count: 17,715
Tags: Case Fic, Humor, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Post-Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Patches 2.0 - 2.5, Pre-Patch 3.0: Heavensward (Final Fantasy XIV), Bath Houses, Grief/Mourning, Murder Mystery, Flirting, Hildibrand Questline (Final Fantasy XIV), Happy Ending, Whump, Drunken Confessions, Apologies, Religious Guilt
Summary:
“Every time,” he slurred. “Every time you show up only to beguile me.”
Surely he meant belittle? “How many have you had to drink, Inspector?” Hildibrand laughed awkwardly and guessed, “One?”
Briardien swung his head back to the bar top. “Two,” he stated initially, then he picked up his third glass and took a few mouthfuls of mead. He raised it to eye level to see the water line under the halfway mark. “Three,” he corrected.
“Four,” the innkeeper said, laying her hand over another glass covered in a rag by the sink.
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Are there any ffxiv fanfiction centered discords? I'm tepidly asking this as I'm still on Heavensward so scared of spoilers but still... looking to ramble and discuss...
he's beautiful i literally need to put him under extreme psychological stress. i need to put him in extreme physical pain. i need him curling up in someone's arms for the feelings of safety and comfort he hasn't received in ages
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my favorite thing about crocodiles is yeah they're fantastic swimmers and yeah they can run pretty fast and yeah the smaller ones can even climb trees but also. they don't wanna do any of that shit. they just go no, no thanks. that's not for me. i think i'll just wait for someone to mistake me for a log and get too close. and then i'll eat them. many reptiles love this strategy but none pull it off like the humble croc
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The apocalypse has come and gone, and against all odds, Pharloom remains standing. The time has come for Hornet to return to Hallownest, accompanied by friends and allies: Shakra hopes to explore the mythical land beyond the wastes, and properly lay to rest a member of her own tribe; Lace fears unraveling without the aid of a Weaver, while contending with the immensity of a future free of her mother’s threads; and the Green Prince lives only only to spite the Citadel, passively seeking a more honorable end than might be found in the rubble of his homeland.
Meanwhile, Hornet returns from Pharloom with magic and knowledge that might aid in the slow recovery of Hallownest and Deepnest–and perhaps offer the chance to call home the sibling she once thought lost to her forever.
Chapter 10: Loathe the Way They Light Candles in Rome (But Love the Sweet Air of the Votives)
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Time for the Deepnest field trip! First stop, the Distant Village, and the last of Hornet's many homecomings. Very little has changed in Hornet's absence, and yet everything is different now.
Also, Shakra left the party because she can't see in the dark like Hornet (and apparently Lace) can, and needs to go buy a Lumafly lantern. Hope she's been saving up her Geo! (At least the inflation isn't nearly as bad as Pharloom...)
This chapter fought me every step of the way. It's probably the first time this entire comic where I've walked away unsatisfied with every single page. The most important thing, though, is that it's done and I think that I've hit on every plot beat and piece of characterization I set out to do.
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Transcript:
Page 1
Midwife: Oh ho ho ho! Familiar tremors grace the threads of our nest.
Hornet: You look well, Midwife.
Midwife: Ever considerate, dear princess. Deepnest limps along, but Dola and I sleep with bellies full... and so have little room for complaint.
Midwife: However... I wouldn't dream of rejecting such tender morsels so generously gifted-- ACK!!
Midwife: Heehee! I see your journey has taught you no new respect for your elders. Delightful. Go on then. Best not keep your mother waiting.
Page 2
Shakra: Ah. A humble shrine that tells tale of a ruler still esteemed. Will you not speak her to life?
Hornet: I have little skill as a weaver of words.
Hornet: ...
Hornet: .... There was a plague. A horrible, desperate play by a goddess scorned, whose festering light fouled soul and shell 'til all was ruin and rot.
Hornet: .... There was a plan. A horrible, desperate play by a god-king damned, whose vain hope saw him gamble fate to spare a realm beloved.
Page 3
Hornet: He fashioned a trap: A vessel of void fit to bind that blinding light...
Lace: !!!
Hornet: An enchantment sealed thrice:
Hornet: "To protect the Vessel, the Dreamers lay sleeping."
Hornet: Monomon the Teacher. Lurien the Watcher. And Queen Herrah the Beast. My... my mother.
Lace: Foolishness. To think any binding could hold true against a goddess's wrath.
Hornet: Indeed. Ultimately, the king's plan proved folly...
Hornet: ... and did naught but slow the inevitable collapse. But... I believe my mother suspect that end, and took up the charge regardless.
Lace: Why!? Why knowingly resign herself to death in a failed god's name? What could she possibly stand to...
Lace: ...gain?
Lace: ....
Lace: ...Ah.
Lace: Ahahaha! Of course.
Page 4
Hornet: My mother bargained not for the eternity promised, but for time enough.
Hornet: Time enough under protection of Wyrm and guidance of Root.
Hornet: Time enough to hone my needle against greater threats to come.
Lace: She bore a weapon, a slayer of gods.
Hornet: She bore a daughter... My god-slaying was incidental. Her only wish was that I live... fully and freely.
Lace: How... magnanimous.
Hornet: How wise.
Hornet: Queen Herrah was no deity, no scholar, no priest.
Hornet: A beast they named her, yet she alone triumphed against both gods and fate. Though she did not live to see her wish fulfilled... my mother won.
Page 5
Shakra: Have you any words to tell her?
Hornet: For what reason? She is not here.
Shakra: Poshanka! Then let our song-sending carry your message to wherever her spirit hunts free.
Hornet: ....
Hornet [thoughts]: Mother... Rest well. Rest proud. I sought the hope you saw beyond... and it has brought me home at last.
Page 6
Hornet: Thank you, dear friend. Your company helped ease my grief for a time.
Shakra: You honored me with your request. But I must take my leave. I am... ill-equipped to traverse these tunnels at present.
Shakra: I will seek supplies before attempting to further navigate.
Hornet: Be well. though doubtless our paths will cross again soon... I have business yet to attend.
Hornet: ....
Lace: ....
Hornet: Are you coming, child?
Lace: ....
Lace: ...Tell me, spider.
Lace: What is it like, to be so wanted? To be so... cherished?
Hornet: ....
Hornet: ...Lonely.
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