#kikisqueaks

Hello friend! Thank you so much for the ask! ♥

This is kind of a complex question lol (I'm answering only for my FFXIV OCs or else this answer would be more of a novel than it already will be), also prepare for a very stream-of-consciousness answer.

So I have two OCs that I actually play who know each other: X'vahl and Lyra

Lyra Kisne is X'vahl's (and I suppose now by extension Erenville's) future adopted daughter. I originally made her just because "viera pretty I want one but I love my catte too much to replace or fanta him. Also I want to make a viera inspired by albino bunnies" but due to me always referring to her as "my sweet bean bun dóttir" and X'vahl already having strong dad energy what started off as a joke became me actually making her his daughter. In X'vahl's storyline she's still a child. I haven't worked out how he meets her yet since as of current MSQ he hasn't. I get around her being an adult in her save as her actually imagining herself older while listening to stories of X'vahl's adventures as WoL and putting herself in his place. She kind of exists in this weird nebulous age situation though because of it. Like in all my gposes with her, it is in the future and she is an actual adult, but her going through MSQ she is a child imagining herself as an adult. It is very obvious that I didn't make her with the purpose of being X'vahl's daughter in mind lol.

I also have a bunch of NPC OCs that also know X'vahl. All of his retainers canonically exist and know him (2 or maybe 3 of which are not canonically his retainers, but serve other roles in his backstory). Out of all of them Levi'ra is probably the one I've mentioned most previously.

Levi'ra Bajhiri (or just Levi, pronounced like Levy) is an old friend that X'vahl met when he first traveled to Radz-at-Han in his 20s. Levi beat the shit out of someone who was trying to harass X'vahl right after he made it to the city. X'vahl ended up also being implicated in the shit-kicking (despite only being the victim) so he and Levi got to spend some time being detained for disturbing the peace and that's when they actually got to know each other. Levi is/was (he is now retired after the Final Days) a dancer working in Radz-at-Han so he taught X'vahl combat dancing (though it was a struggle. X'vahl is not good at combat dancing). I realize that some of this makes Levi sound like he's a magnet for trouble and a little too eager to throw down, but he's not. Levi is a ray of sunshine that X'vahl desperately needed in a friend at the time since he was still struggling to climb his way out of his lowest point at the time. X'vahl lost contact with Levi after he left Radz-at-Han the first time, but after he returned on WoL business in EW, he's made it a point to keep in touch. Levi always refers to X'vahl as just "Vahl" (he kind of didn't wait for permission to call him that, he just sort of did it almost immediately and X'vahl was like "okay I guess that's fine."). Levi is also responsible for helping X'vahl make the bracelet that X'vahl gifted to Erenville under the condition that, should Erenville accept it, X'vahl has to bring him to Radz-at-Han so Levi can meet him. Levi is basically X'vahl's "big little brother" since he's younger than X'vahl but he's very much acts like X'vahl is his kid brother (Levi himself is actually the youngest of five boys and as he puts it, "My mother wanted girls, but instead she got me and my brothers. She gave up trying after me, but she loves us all the same.")

(you don't have to answer everything - I just wanted to share some ideas to ponder)

Thank you for the ask! \o/ I've never received one before, and these are great questions!

Does your OC enjoy spooky season?

Aeryn certainly raised an eyebrow (or both) during her first All Saints' Wake experience! The notion of holidays in general was brand new to her, and her limited experience with voidsent at the time gave her a reasonable wariness over their ability to cause mischief around Gridania in disguise. But seeing the good intentions of the pumpkin-headed apparition calmed her concerns, and now, with several years of holidays gone by, she's come to enjoy the festivities. She looks forward to seeing what comical antics the voidsent will get up to each year, and it's been a surprising positive in her life to watch them slowly adapt to a new way of life that is less harmful for everyone—to even learn to enjoy themselves.

How do they celebrate (if they do)?

Aeryn doesn't go out of her way to celebrate, but Tataru always ensures she has an appropriate outfit ready (and insists she wear it, regardless of how Aeryn feels about the matter). If there are no pressing matters keeping her away, she will make the trek to Gridania to enjoy the season and help out when possible, but she otherwise doesn't do much special besides enjoying the sights/sounds/treats of the season.

More behind the cut!

(This is so not the right season to answer this, but I never got around to it when I got the ask!)

Being Steppe born the whole lot of them (aside from Verihiirensammal who doesn't remember anything anyways) none really have that much thought on spooky season nor celebrates it in any way.

(you don't have to answer everything - I just wanted to share some ideas to ponder)

i can answer for each OC!

1. Oyuun: enjoys spooky season, but doesn’t really celebrate. maybe puts a gourd on her desk. she went trick or treating as a child with her friend, Ren, so she does keep candy out. not a fan of spooky parties, but will go and hang out just for fun anyways. she doesn’t like horror movies/games but she isn’t easily spooked.

2. RenCat: LOVES. SPOOKY. SEASON. always celebrates with costumes and parties, loves horror movies, used to go trick or treating with her childhood friend Oyuun, and she keeps tons of candy out. pumpkins are everywhere. she’s always got the scariest costumes. she is not easily spooked at all. 10/10 loves halloween.

3. Yuuki: unsure about spooky season. doesn’t fully understand it but it’s her first time celebrating, so she’s going to go all out. Thancred is making her watch spooky movies and attend the Scions’ party. she doesn’t hate the spooky movies. she didn’t go trick or treating as a kid, so Alisaie is dragging her out so she can’t experience it at least once it her life. was told to put candy out, so she has. she has a pumpkin she carved herself with a bat on it outside of her room, and 3 gourds in her room.

hmmm

honestly, i don’t really know. i want to say Oyuun would take on the soul of a dragon, if that’s a feral soul that exists. i think that would be really neat, and being an Au Ra, it would be very on par with her.

for Ren, probably a lion or a coeurl of some kind to keep with the Miqo’te! (although she hasn’t gotten to that point in the story yet, hehe).