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Sharlayan breeze is warm but Urianger’s affection for his friends runs even warmer. He contemplates just how lucky he is: to be trusted and trusted again despite his wayward behavior--to be gifted chance after chance for no other reason than “well you’re our friend, we won’t just leave you.” He’s come a long way from curling up underneath tree branches with a book. And if not for Moenbryda’s lasting influence, who knew what would have happened to Urianger Augurelt? Every day he is thankful, his heart just might burst, and he feels he does not speak his thanks enough.

9. favorite trial

ooh, i'm not sure - there's quite a few so i will give five: singularity reactor, final steps of faith, royal menagerie, dying gasp, cloud deck.

10. favorite dungeon

let fandaniel call you ugly // still accepting.

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      ALWAYS DO THEY BARE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF RECKLESSNESS  —  yet the reward for little injuries lies in them patching their wounds up, a long moment drawn out to be with them alone together. how crafty, she thinks, how easy it is to get hurt in the line of duty, to protect others  (  as was always the case no matter the reward or lack thereof  ). yet this isn’t particularly the set of circumstances now that led her to be wounded more than the usual scrapes she received purposefully from time to time; oh, but how nice it is to be patched up, how lovely they are to see through waning vision && loss of blood.

      ❝   always patching me up, darling. && what have i done to deserve such a beautiful angel at my side ? how shall i ever pay you back ?   ❞

"Aye, I'll turn around and pretend I saw naught and live the rest of my days with such peace. Said no one bloody ever!" Who knew a mere levequest will lead him here, somewhere he shouldn't have been, bearing witness to what he shouldn't have. It appears that even the great hero of the realm has secrets she couldn't speak of. He never once doubted her station, merely acknowledging that they're entire worlds apart, but whose to really say she's not just bidding her time before deciding they're no longer worthy of her favor? "You either have to kill me to keep me quiet, or pray tell what in seven hells is going on here."

The man's footsteps echoed through the empty halls, his eyes darting nervously from side to side as he moved deeper into the unknown. The air was thick with the musty scent of ancient items, and the flickering candles cast long shadows across the walls. He knew then that he had stumbled upon a truth that could bring ruin to the world if it fell into the wrong hands. But now he didn't know what to do. Could he trust the Warrior of Light to use her power for good, or would she turn her back on them all and bring destruction to everything he held dear?

"So," he crossed his arms, behaving rather strangely for someone who could lose his life at any moment. "What's the verdict 'round here? If you're going to kill little ol' me, might as well make it quick. I'm not going anywhere, so get rid of me if you have to. I'll keep following along, so don't think about running."

      THEIR HANDS ARE TAKEN INTO THE DANCER'S OWN — warm && caring in their grasp && expression as if they hold the very star in them.

send me a ✿ and i’ll fill out the template below. bold for things i could definitely see or want, italics for things i could see or am unsure of and striked out for things i don’t want or cannot see. | @abystal

FRIENDSHIP.     childhood friends / work buddies or coworkers / family friends / flirtationship / friends with benefits*  / smoking buddies / adventure buddies / fake friends / recently friends / party buddies / friendship of need /  dying friendship  /  circumstantial friendship  /  partners in crime  /  old friendship  / [your muse] is the good influence  / [your muse] is the bad influence  / [my muse] is the good influence  / [my muse] is the bad influence  /  opposites attract  /  ride or die  /  frenemies  /  roommates or flatmates  / penpals /  exes to friends  /  enemies to friends  / other

ROMANCE.*     childhood sweethearts / [your muse is mines] childhood crush / [my muse is yours] childhood crush / exes / exes to lovers / forbidden lovers / highschool sweethearts /  secret relationship  / opposites attract /  long distance  /  unrequited [from your muses side] /  unrequited [from my muses side] /  unrequited [from both sides] /  skinny love  /  friends to lovers  / enemies to lovers /  spurious relationship  /  power couple  /  newly entered  /  soulmates [ metaphorical ] /  soulmates  [ literal ] /  awkward  / turning toxic / toxic love / cheating [on your muse] / cheating [with your muse] /  other 

FAMILIAL.     siblings [half]/  siblings [step]/[my muse] is an older sibling figure to your younger sibling figure  /[my muse] is a younger sibling figure to your older sibling figure muse  /[my muse] is a parental figure to yours  /[my muse] is a child figure to your muse  /  guardian figure  /  legal guardian  /  adoptive child  /  foster child  /[your muse] is taken under mines wing  /[my muse] is taken under yours wing  /  found family

ANTAGONISTIC.*     dangerous to each other  /  dangerous to others  /  unpredictable  /  rivals  /  petty  /  developing into sexual or romantic tension  /  based off family matters  / based of off circumstance /  based of professional matters  / based off misunderstanding or lies / conflict of ideology /  betrayal  /  hero - villain dynamic  /  enemies  /  fight club  /  friends turned enemies  /  lovers turned enemies  /  exes turned enemies  /  other

* heavy discussion and/or plotting required

disclaimer: i tend to default to co-wol interactions because i don't have a non-wol verse, so that's what i've kept in mind while answering this!

we very briefly talked a loooong time ago a bit about how their dynamic would start during the coerthas arc in arr, a place where both of them are at higher risk, helping each other out of some kind of heresy accusation related situation and bonding over both effectively being outcasts — koharu as an au ra in a place where au ra are rare at best (and in a place where they were massacred under the mistaken impression that they were dravanians), shivali because of their claw and their History™ with the cult. misfits finding solidarity with each other.

i'm bringing this up again because i loved that direction and also because it's a time in msq where koharu is extremely guarded and keeps people at arm's length, deliberately avoiding meaningful connection, so something like this would be very, very important to her that early on and would absolutely lead to regarding shivali in a very ride-or-die way end down the line because of this foundation, regardless of whether the relationship stays strictly platonic or they end up kissing in the gayest, most lgbtq way possible in front of the biggest halone statue at the holy see. vive la révolution, baby!

but more to the point, in a co-wol setting it would be almost impossible to not know each other before this and i feel like coerthas could be the turning point in their relationship from passing acquaintances with the same role to a genuine friendship. it's an opportunity to learn a little bit about each other on a more personal level and grow from there.

potential bonding moments outside of having a shared occupation:

both of them are competitive, which in and of itself is rife with possibility. not only is it something that can be fun, it can also push them both to do better. by having... not necessarily a rival, because i don't really see the relationship being so competitive that it's a rivalry, but someone to measure themselves against and strive to match. keeping each other on their toes. but obviously there's also the fun things like small, inconsequential challenges throughout their days, card/dice games in the rising stones with the scions, sparring matches to train. little things!

less of a bonding opportunity, more of a a potential plot point, but also kind of a (long distance) bonding opportunity: shivali's fear of drowning/open water no doubt poses a bit of an issue for them during stormblood. for better or worse, the story's decision to divide and conquer works very well in their favor: koharu heading east — heading home — to take up arms on the doman front, and shivali heading the ala mhigan front. linkpearls are probably a thing but i like to think there's a maximum distance for those, so instead of that: writing to each other. keeping each other apprised of the situations in their respective locations and providing moral support for each other with their letters.

i've always had a little headcanon for multi- or co-wol interactions where all involved have some kind of memory crystal made for them à la azem's crystal because canon is my bitch and i do what i want with it, but also because kore's memories (but also fray/her esteem) are a key part of koharu later on in her story, regardless of whether or not koharu is the azem shard. where shivali struggles with her darkness, koharu struggles with her sense of self. both of them have a need to be enough, to be themeselves, and i think they can both be very steadying presences for each other while struggling with these things, further cementing the ride-or-die theme.

bonus i'm-comfy-enough-to-suggest-this round: