#duskwights

Vedastus nodded and let the silence spread between them. The two duskwights focused more on sipping their tea and picking at their lunches than trying to make more conversation. Given time, he hoped his nephew might open up. The man had been alone with his demons far too long.

4. I have no idea how to accomplish this with just Ktisis (or with another plugin at the same time), as I am much less familiar with that plugin. Luckily Anam and Ktisis play nicely with each other so you can set up appearances in Anam then pose in Ktisis.

“Secariot.  How many times have I told you the right way to do this?” Viper stared at the irritating man pushing at the crates and bags they’d just unloaded from the airship.  He and Silvaire spent a good hour under Keke’s barking to get the damn things unloaded in the most sensible way they knew.  Big stuff on the bottom and in the back, smaller stuff up front.  Nothing was damaged.  They made sure of that much. “Big boxes up front.  Don’t want to have to go moving this shit around just to look at the heavier cargo.”   That rose an eyebrow or six.  Silvaire and Keke joined him on the landing, after securing the ship’s hold, just in time to hear that bit of dumbassery.  Viper folded his arms over his chest and cocked his head to one side. Blue-black hair obscured his narrowing eyes.   “I’m pretty sure, -sir-, that if y’did that, you’d crush the smaller stuff behind it all. You’d be moving…” “I didn’t ask your opinion, duskwight.”  The man turned on him with a clear growl in his tone.  “Just do as you’re told.  Shaders aren’t paid for their brains.  Deliver my cargo wrong again, and we’re done doing business.” Viper lowered a hand to catch Keke by the arm.  He saw that jerk forward of hers and knew perfectly well shooting a Wildwood in Gridania was not something that’d go over well in the least, even for a lalafel.   Unfortunately, that meant he didn’t have hands to stop Silvaire from stepping forward with the last crate in his grip.  He extended his arms and blatantly dropped the crate on the man’s foot. His grin matched Viper and Keke’s in size on hearing the man’s strangled yelp of pain alongside the tinkling crunch of whatever was in the box. The amount of expletives the man knew were impressive, even to the former sky pirates. “Oops, crate slipped.”  Silvaire stuffed his hands in his pockets and sauntered back aboard the airship.   Keke snagged the bag of coins now dangling loosely from the distracted man’s hand, before he got any more bright ideas.  That was their payment for the delivery.  “Dumbass,” she muttered and headed after Silvaire. “Looks like we’re done business.”  Viper clapped the man on the back on his way toward the airship.  None of them paid the man any mind when another round of cursing drifted up over the noise of wood breaking and staggering thumps.

I fuckin’ love duskwights.

Spider and Louvel @louvel-roche

My duskwight sibling series:  The Sinnoraint brothers, the Sanguemonts, and the Secariot twins.

“What? What enemy? I hardly ever make enemies!” Azhi’li beamed. Though, then he pondered for a moment. “… Well. Maybe this one time when I stole bread from a stand as a kid…but I paid the baker back!”

ft. @moonhartsffxiv