#iyna cauld

Despite all odds, we somehow found our closure in the Light of the First and all our trials there...

...But the flame ever burns, whispering in the dark. Those we love will always need protection, even if those times we take up that role look different going forward...

Zoissette on Aeryn .oO ( I should speak with her once we are done in Omphalos. Oh, and I need to ask her for advice... again. I hope she does not mind. ) Zoissette on Dark .oO ( She has not lambasted me over the investigation fiasco yet... and signed off on my sabbatical. I owe her one. ) Zoissette on C'oretta .oO ( I really do hope she and Reinhardt are keeping each other out of trouble more than they are getting into it. WHY DO I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THIS. )

Zoissette on Iyna .oO ( Ever quiet and competent. I hope she is not put out too badly about the investigation. )

"My apologies for keeping you waiting."

"Wo-"

"No! Absolutely not! You even so much as think what I know you're thinking about the Satrap, C'oretta Khell, and there will be consequences!"

"Oh please it's you what threat could you possibly make and follow through on Aeryn we all know you're a softie where your friends are concerned and c'mon Nidhana and the others knew what they were doing making him look like that what's the harm in a little silly speculation?"

"I will ensure Violet gets all the Werlyt Cheese her little heart desires."

"Nald's sake you don't mean that I mean that's fiendish you wouldn't really right?"

"Behave and it won't come to that."

"Awwww...."

Later:

"Dark? Why exactly was that a threat? I thought Violet could eat anything. Much like her keeper."

"You ever smell a dying morbol? That's about what Violet's gas is like if she's had too much cheese, especially that fancy stuff from Werlyt."

"Halone's grace."

Oh my dear friends...

From across our world have we come together now, having met through various adventures with my sibling Azem. We talk and make plans, as the future seems limitless with possibility.

If only I could tell you the truth.

As our world ends and the worst comes, would that I could give you the sliver of comfort that I have seen and carry with me...

Adding to the Sad Gunbreaker Dads collection. This lil guy's from Ace's AndLoveYouShallFind Etsy shop.

Iyna meanwhile is not too fond of this newest addition.

So the funny story is, I don't usually buy myself merch. This is a known fact about me. At most I might pick up a sticker here and there to decorate stuff. But I'd noticed it was just darn hard to find any Gaius merch, especially if I wanted to pay back @dapperpea's gift of my Thancred plushy. Finding anything Gaius-related that Peabody doesn't already have, anyway.

They alerted me to this Gaius doll coming back up for purchase, while debating getting another of their own. So I got this one for me, cuz why not?

The funny part was, it came up in chat when I noticed an alert for this and some other packages I was waiting on, at which point @driftward admitted to also ordering Gaius - to send to me, for funnies, and cuz I don't buy myself merch. Usually. So now she was stuck with a Gaius plushy.

"Oh, Aeryn..."

"You could have left her some dignity, Kitten."

"Absolutely not no surrender no mercy she ought to know better than to challenge me at cards especially Triple Triad seriously Aeryn how are you so bad at this game?!"

Added my ladies to page 6, post#56, on this feedback thread on the NA forums cuz the lack of darker-skinned examples in the graphics and model updates discussions is...concerning to many people.

My example images come from the Dark Knight lvl 50 "Our Answer" cutscene 2, the ARR story climax for that job. The lighting does change a little depending on if doing it during the day or at night.

C'oretta and Dark, for instance, I replayed the scene at night.

For Aeryn and Iyna, I tried during the day.

I only cropped, no other post-processing, and only a barely-there gameplay shader (removes the "gray" and gauss blur effects).

Also for reference: here's my characters' skintone selections, lightest to darkest: C'oretta, Aeryn, Dark, Iyna--who is similar in tone to Erenville, set to be a major figure in Dawntrail, and who wouldn't be the first important NPC to be badly lit and nearly invisible in dark rooms and nighttime scenes.

Not to mention all the roes, elezen, miqos, and auri who have not only dark but fantasy skintones a variety of colors and how obvious it is, from shadowed to washed out, that the game's environmental colors and lighting are NOT tested on anyone but pale-skinned base races.