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HELLOOOOOOOOOO KIM THANK U SM

3. What is your OC's financial status? Are they just scraping by, making enough to live comfortably, or wealthy? Has there ever been a drastic change in their status? If so, what happened?

so, after the events of ARR, l'aiha's "net worth" could be considered very comfortable if not downright wealthy. she earns A LOT of money from people who send her "donations" and "gifts" and "gratitude" for her various deeds, and technically she could keep all of it, but she tends not to. having A LOT-LOT of money kinda freaks her out lmfao. she tends to donate almost all her own proceeds to her friend l'khilo, who runs a financial guild of sorts, the advent coalition, that seeks to reclaim lost or ill-gotten wealth and redistribute it fairly among good causes, fundraisers and charity.

some of this money goes to, for example, the scions of the seventh dawn. tataru is one of the advent coalition's co-founders and handles this portion. another portion goes to reparations and support for beast tribes in the express effort of giving them a safety net from which they don't have to rely on summoning primals for salvation. this portion is run by another co-founder, yuuna orl. the final portion is l'khilo's to run, and it focuses on providing funds for things like architectural repairs, rebalancing damaged economies, that sort of thing. and they money they receive is prioritized firstly to "who is entitled to this?" for example, when l'aiha came across the coffers of a dead, tyrannical king of ala mhigo, she forwarded that money to the coalition, and they determined, well, the money was a crazy evil king of ala mhigo's, so it should be prioritized in helping the PEOPLE of ala mhigo who were harmed by him and by circumstances after him.

so that's where most of l'aiha's money goes, regardless of if it's "lost treasure she found" or money she was directly paid by grateful individuals. she keeps enough to like, feed herself and pay for various services she'll need, like armor repair, travel expenses, etc. but that's about it. she has a LITTLE more than enough to get by, and feels weird if she has much more than that for long.

after she fled ala mhigo as a refugee, l'aiha was DIRT poor. she lived mostly off of wildlife she hunted herself, and scraped by on two jobs she was able to secure with a lot of luck (ul'dah isn't so keen on hiring refugees, you see). her finances got a little better when she made it into the arcanist's guild in limsa lominsa, but it was still not, you know, great. so this shift to "being a hero and getting showered in money for it" was jarring and, truth be told, a little insulting to her! she had experienced what it was like to work tooth and nail for enough money to fix your tent or buy new boots, so just GETTING it thrown at her all the time was. a lot, emotionally. she donated it for a couple years until l'khilo established this guild that could much more effectively donate and redistribute the money.

this, in turn, has made l'aiha better about ACCEPTING monetary donations and the like, because she knows she'll be able to make sure it gets used for a good cause. so she's not constantly refusing the generosity of people unless they're like, clearly scraping by themselves, in which she feels more compelled to have them keep the money and simply advises them to live and be happy and, when they can, help their community. she thinks fondly of the fellow ala mhigan refugees that helped shelter and feed her when she had nothing, and that's the kind of thing she hopes to encourage in others. support your neighbors, even if all you have to offer is kindness and understanding.

5. Does your OC have a signature weapon and/or attack? How long did they train to master it?

she DOES have a signature weapon!!! it's the rapier and focus seen here!

in-game it's called the "rapier of the black griffin", and in character it was awarded to l'aiha for her service with the ala mhigan resistance in stormblood. :) she was VERY dedicated to them and got this weapon as well as a griffin, and she's treasured it ever since. to her, it represents the first thing she ever really did for herself. so much of her motivation was, by extension, the scions' motivation—and while she agreed with their ideals every time, this was the first time she stepped away from them and did something 100% of her own volition. to her, this rapier represents her first steps of defining who 'l'aiha kh' is.

FIGHT ME KIM! (∩⸟‸⸟)⊃━☆ﾟ.* 1. What’s their full name? Why was that chosen? Does it mean anything?Lucithy Lee Pentaxi, she was named after both her late grandmother Lucy and a close family friend named Lee Danaph that she only ever heard about in stories before she left home to study in Dalaran. She hides her middle name from people cause “its a boys name…” One day she’ll find out why they named her after him.

16. Do they collect anything? What do they do with it? Where do they keep it?(Do perma-polymorph victims count? No? Well then… >>) She likes to collect strange plants, clippings, leaves, and such and press them to make into books where she then writes down all her research on them and the various spells, potions, and enchantments she has created with them. Making these books is her favorite hobby. She also has a fairly large collection of small plants in her rooms. Mostly succulents, a few bonsai from the pandaren, and herb pots.

SILLY. THANK U!!

Witness: What do they consider the best thing they have ever seen? What would they most like to see in their life?

l'aiha is honestly always amazed by new places! having profound amnesia in her late 20s, a lot of 'normal' things feel brand new to her. she responds almost strangely to the first time she sees a forest, the mountains, the ocean...

i think one of the biggest scenery impacts she's experienced though is THIS.

it's called "the burning wall", located in eastern thanalan, and while the name predates the structure, the latter only came into being after the calamity (when l'aiha lost her memory). for those unfamiliar, it's basically crystallized, fire-aspected magic. it's the first 'scar' of the calamity l'aiha sees, and to this day it inspires an odd mix of hope and grief in her.

for a long time, the place she wanted to see was old sharlayan, but of course, we crossed that off the bucket list when endwalker launched! i think now, after traveling to ultima thule and back, l'aiha really wants to see other planets! she's FASCINATED by the world once again proving itself endlessly bigger than she thought it was, and knowing many of these planets are in turmoil, she does want to help too. she's a bleeding heart like that.

Organizer: How organized are they? Do they have any unusual organization systems? What would cause them to be uncharacteristically (dis)organized?

l'aiha is VERY organized, in a lot of the 'traditional' ways. alphabetizing, color-coding, things like that. her only "weird" organizing system is when she's actively in a project; her workspace would look cluttered or messy to others, but she has a very firm idea on where everything is, and most importantly, she can SEE it all. she tends to hyperfocus during projects, and so if she can't see a tool at all times, it might as well not exist. her brain just can't keep info like" it's in the drawer" or "behind the stack of papers" readily available unless the item is IN her line of sight.

depression, unsurprisingly, makes her disorganized. she's unable or unwilling to put things away in an orderly fashion, and is more likely to be unable to find things she wants even IF it's organized. again, this is kind of because she needs to be able to SEE items in this state of mind. it's too complicated to remember where things are when she feels depressed, sick, frantic, etc—so once she finds something, she's more likely to leave it out in the open where she can find it again. except... there's not quite the 'rhyme and reason' as she has when working. she'll put it somewhere, forget, and then struggle to register it's right in front of her. that's why this is disorderly even for her, and the cluttered workspace when she's hyperfixated isn't.

Lover: How do they show love? Do they love themself? Do they believe that all you need is love?

i think despite her trust issues, l'aiha loves A LOT. she tends to express this through encouragement, favors, reminders and recognizing when someone needs space. she's pretty good about not overstepping because she's paying close attention to the loved one in question; she picks up on verbal and physical 'tells' that help her to know when someone perhaps needs something they're not communicating. (example: my sister has a really specific sigh when she's out of social energy. hearing it, i know to wrap up whatever we're talking about so she can go rest.)

DOES she LOVE HERSELF... after endwalker? i think yes. i think it's not the bold or loud kind of self-love we might expect, but she very intentionally chooses her identity as l'aiha over sharlayan's memory of her as j'nhala; she stands firm in the notion that she is not j'nhala anymore and will never be j'nhala again. she advocates for her as l'aiha. she prefers this name, this identity, and will fight for it in any situation of particular importance to her—friends and so on.

for most of ARR through ShB, l'aiha isn't considering "l'aiha" as her real self. she's looking for who she WAS. but at the same time, she's experiencing everything AS l'aiha. it's her name, it's her identity, so much so that, unconsciously, at some point, "looking for herself" became "looking for someone else", because SHE'S l'aiha, and whoever she was before that isn't herself. she becomes conscious of this in endwalker, and i think that's when it really starts to look like self-love. l'aiha is no longer "a placeholder", it's who she is.

and BOY does she know you need more than love. love got her through everything, of course—she would not have made it, many times, without love—but love couldn't feed her as a refugee in ul'dah. it couldn't protect her from ifrit's fires. it couldn't cure her of the light corruption.

HELLOOOOOOOOO KIM i did write this on thursday (friday???? i forget when i asked already 😂) but then i couldnt muster proofreading it until today. this was a lot of fun thank you so so much!!!!

this takes place between patch 6.0 and 6.1, but i hope it makes enough sense to anyone who's not there! mild endwalker spoilers!

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It always starts like the very first day: She feels the dawn's light on her face, so soft and warm, it always stirs her to consciousness. Up with the sun, they say, and that's very much L'aiha.

She doesn't linger long in bed; yawns, slips into a light robe, and begins her day. First, she cleans herself up: brushes her hair, her teeth, washes her face, and gets dressed in a light, airy outfit.

Next is the stretches: every morning she feels her body and magic has stiffened overnight, and she aims to restore the fluidity of both. Failing to do so would be detrimental for her; a disability she'll always have to maintain against. But the exercises feel good, once they stop hurting, so she doesn't mind.

Usually by the end of that, she hears her fellow bedmate stirring. Y'shtola is not quite a 'break of dawn' person, but still rises early. While L'aiha stretches, Y'shtola freshens up and heads downstairs to the kitchen.

After exercises, L'aiha showers and dresses for the day ahead. She always tries to smell nice but mild; faintly flowery, maybe fruity if she's feeling bold, but never overpowering, to make certain she can smell the breakfast and coffee as it wafts into the second floor.

Downstairs, Mr. Froddo is always there, preparing meals L'aiha doesn't ask him to. He does so anyway, just so he can put the plate in front of her as she sits down.

She sees dodo eggs and aldgoat sausage, as well as pancakes made from the latter's milk and syrup harvested from the trees of the Dravanian Hinterlands. She sees, too, Y'shtola sipping away at her coffee, already deep in the notes she sleepily wrote herself last night about whatever project she's on. Right now, it's interplanar travel.

Soon enough, they will embark back to the Great Gubal Library for another day-long excursion and study session. But before that, L'aiha savors the taste of her eggs and pancakes. The morning is often quiet, wherein neither woman speaks overmuch; an opportunity to settle into their own selves, knowing the long walk to the Library will afford many questions of 'how did you sleep?' and 'what are we looking for today?'.

L'aiha does like to join her hand with Y'shtola's though; to feel that softer yet magic-worn skin. It's not exactly like the callouses of weaving or brandishing a blade, but it nevertheless speaks to her prowess and experience as a sorceress. Y'shtola never recoils, instead interlocking their fingers as she reads, and sometimes casting a smile L'aiha's way.

L'aiha can guess the weather before she sees it. She can smell when it has rained, can feel the lacking warmth when it's cloudy, and only feels perfectly like herself when neither is the case. Only when she can taste the scent of dry, blossoming flowers does her day begin on the highest note.

They will set out soon. In the Library is air that tastes both stale with desertion and tangy with magic. It smells pungently of dust, ever making her sneeze. It looks like a crypt, no matter how much she cleans as she goes. It sounds endless, bottomless; an abyss with the best of acoustics.

And it feels familiar. The books, the devices, the sprawling halls and winding stairs. She has been here many times; some remembered, but most predating her amnesia.

@kitkatkimble THIS RESULTED IN PROBABLY ONE OF MY NEW FAVORITE L'AIHA HEADCANONS BLESS YOU.

in which your seeker of the sun mom friend takes it upon herself to make sure everyone goes to bed at a decent hour

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L'aiha Kh is, above all else, helpful.

She's a lot of things besides—magically skilled, smart, acrobatic, a good cook—but at the end of the day, these things seem to feed back to helpfulness.

And never is it as much so as, quite literally, at the end of the day. Because if it weren't for her, none of these crazy Scions would sleep.

"Thancred. Urianger."

"I know!" Thancred says at once, glaring across the table at Urianger from over a hand of pitifully few cards. "I know, but I'm this close to beating him. THIS close."

L'aiha looks over the table, where a great many of Urianger's astrologian cards have been repurposed for some game or another, along with a helping of various snacks in place of gil. She smiles, crossing her arms.

"You have reconnaissance first thing in the morning," she reminds.

"The lady is correct," Urianger points out. "Thee would best concede while thee still has't snacks to thy name."

"Just thirty seconds," Thancred says, settling in with a glare at Urianger. "Bole."

"Nay, wend and fish."

Thancred groans, and pushes a pile of things across the table. Urianger smiles.

"Doth thou has't the Arrow?"

"Bloody seven hells!" Thancred barks, throwing down the card in question and standing from the table. "If L'aiha wasn't right here, I'd rematch you—with Triad cards. I swear you're cheating with that astrologian deck."

"Thee needeth not beest a sore loser," Urianger says.

"Fuck you," Thancred says, then turns to pat L'aiha's shoulder. "Thanks, goodnight."

"Aye, my thanks for bringing a swift end to our contest," Urianger says, collecting his bounty.

L'aiha smiles, recognizing their feud for the theatrical jest that it is. "Get some sleep, Go Fish champion."

Urianger bows his head, following Thancred into the hallway where the Scions' chambers reside. Satisfied, L'aiha moves on to her next step in her nightly routine.

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