Ace Muses

Sideblog to fan-tasticfour Indie Semi-selective OC/Crossover friendly Multimuse Dump

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weh, bed

night all!

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[FC] <Lucien Durendaire> the fucking magnai one was peak. im ngl. i'll maybe be able to join for the final trial if we're done for the night. i'll be up late regardless... [FC] <Lucien Durendaire> i promise. the quests are not that bad. iget that you wanna get to the end but they are good quests! [FC] <Jusis Dzemael> ...i really like granson. he's nice. i liked his story. also. Voeburt was a horrible mess. [FC] <Lucien Durendaire> yup. [FC] <Lucien Durendaire> oh poorest pauldia. u died for tomes. over. and over...and over.... [FC] <Rean Bean> ...i may have to check all the quests out. [FC] <Lucien Durendaire> i recommend it tbh. AND. to kinda get around that hurdle. I recommend unlocking Sage and Pictomancer. Picto starts at 80 so you'll just be able to blitz all the magic quests. and sage starts at 70 so you can level that for the healing one. [FC] <Lucien Durendaire> tank is a lil harder. unless u wanna put that to the side until evercold comes out. 'cause. we're getting a new tank.

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[FC] <R'mach Tia>: I'm not above buying another level skip lol [FC] <R'mach Tia>: But I might wait until seeing what we get anyway just because none of the current ones really speak to me yet... [FC] <Hadrien Traverseau>: Grab Dark Knight. [FC] <Hadrien Traverseau>: The fact that it's not your aesthetic is irrelevant, it's hands-down one of the best questlines in the game and yes I am biased but it's not JUST bias. [FC] <Hadrien Traverseau>: Buy the skip if you want, and then NG+ the whole thing [FC] <Hadrien Traverseau>: Saying this to ALL of you

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[FC] <Rean Bean> lmao. Yeah. Ur gonna need to finish that up. U wont be able to finish the expac without it completed.

[FC] <Lucien Durendaire> ....that *clown* summoned *exdeath* and *chaos*

[FC] <Lucien Durendaire> uh but yeah. U might wanna make up with Lu-Reeq :U this is the only expac they required them. Endwalkers were not required but still good stories. And dawntrail's....

[FC] <Lucien Durendaire> dawntrail's...................

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[FC] <Hadrien Traverseau>: The Sleep one was the only one I actually kinda thought had something going for it [FC] <Hadrien Traverseau>: But I'll give a special shoutout to the one that had fucking Magnai in it lmao [FC] <R'mach Tia>: ...How much will you hate me if I just skip Lu-Reeq's dialogue >_> [FC] <R'mach Tia>: It's not even that I'm not interested or that I hate him that much, I just wanna do MSQ and it sucks knowing I'm apparently getting blocked by that. [FC] <Hadrien Traverseau>: Well, the good news is that you can always NG+ it later [FC] <Hadrien Traverseau>: The less fortunate news is that skipping won't get you through instances any faster and you'll have to suffer those regardless. [FC] <R'mach Tia>: ... :( [FC] <Crow Show>: my bribe for you doin those quests is that rean and i already done, sushi doin his last one, and we agreed to stay up late just so we can all blitz the end of shb together [FC] <R'mach Tia>: Sold.

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[FC] <Jusis Dzemael> ...i stopped at the lvl 80 one and thought i could do it after we finished 5.0. im going to do that... [FC] <Rean Bean> who knows if machias has also gone on an adventure with Lu-Reeq. little brat that he is. [FC] <Rean Bean> but yeah. machias was CRASHING out after that whole cutscene after vauthry. oh he was cussing emet-selch. [FC] <Rean Bean> and urianger :( its not his fault.

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[FC] <Hadrien Traverseau>: Did he watch the cutscene from the Ocular yet? Do you know? [FC] <R'mach Tia>: I didn't. [FC] <R'mach Tia>: And I'm back. [FC] <R'mach Tia>: ...And I'm seeing something about Lu-Reeq? >_> [FC] <Crow Show>: did u finish the questline with him lol [FC] <R'mach Tia>: I gave up on his salty ass when he ditched me.

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[FC] <Rean Bean> we probably could, honestly. I wouldn't mind staying up a little late

[FC] <Lucien Durendaire> .........hey.

[FC] <Lucien Durendaire> uh. Have you done u role quests?

[FC] <Rean Bean> uh. Where we pal around with Lu-Reeq? Crow and I have since we had the same story. Finished it last night. Interesting story. Not sure if Jusis and Machia have.

[FC] <Rean Bean> ....why?

[FC] <Lucien Durendaire> its a requirement to finish 5.0

[FC] <Jusis Dzemael> WHAT

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[FC] <Hadrien Traverseau>: Oh yeah, that's a thing. [FC] <Hadrien Traverseau>: It's worth doing all of them later on for sheer lore, but for now doing just one is enough. [FC] <Hadrien Traverseau>: And also Jusis since you're Tank you get the objectively best role quest.

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[FC] <Lucien Durendaire> he's so fucking chatty!!!!! and its funny but its also... he's JUST A CLOWN [FC] <Rean Bean> this makes me scared of raiding... [FC] <Lucien Durendaire> dont be afraid. ultimates are the hardest raids. im just having a crash out. [FC] <Lucien Durendaire> speaking of. i saw that maki had the biggest crash out a bit ago. i was seeing pages of pages in FC chat while progging [FC] <Rean Bean> o h yeah.

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[FC] <Hadrien Traverseau>: I know he'll be back in a bit. [FC] <Hadrien Traverseau>: I do like seeing you all so invested in the story :) [FC] <Hadrien Traverseau>: Honestly, if you think you all have energy and really gun for it, you could finish 5.0 tonight [FC] <Hadrien Traverseau>: But it's also fine to take your time.

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[FC] <Lucien Durendaire> Th I S IS MY FIRST TIME SO PLEASE TAKE IT EASY!!! [FC] <Lucien Durendaire> T H I S C L O W N. [FC] <Rean Bean> ....oh. i think we're losing him.

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[FC] <Hadrien Traverseau>: lmao [FC] <Hadrien Traverseau>: I feel your pain [FC] <Hadrien Traverseau>: But I'm also thrilled I ain't doin shit this round and just watching everybody else suffer instead.

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He's doing his marriage proposal with an Orange Bird ring.

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Rhea giggled. "I figured as much. I really cant wait to see Jusis! He's going to be so surprised to see us. I hope Rean is doing okay. I still worry about him after getting drunk..."

She crossed her arms a bit.

"...Hopefully Calvard doesn't do anything..."

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"Oh, I'm sure it'll be fine. Everyone from Thors did an excellent job today, after all."

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Rhea nodded as they came upon their car that they were taking to the palace.

"I can see that. He loves deeply and freely. He loves you too. In a friend way, of course."

Smiling at their driver, she murmured a 'Thank you' before sliding in. There. That was better. Nice and quiet for a little bit.

"...I imagine you'll be wanting to speak to the Chancellor when we get there?"

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"It would be remiss of me not to at least greet him," he chuckled. "The 'usual' subjects can wait until we're given more privacy. The first order of business is to simply enjoy the party we're going to and mingle with more guests."

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Rhea laughed as they exited the building to head to their car.

"Or! Maybe... Mueller is his husband and the other person is gonna be his wife! And they're a poly relationship! Wouldn't that be something~"

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"Hmm... Knowing him, that wouldn't be impossible," he murmured. "Despite his antics, Olivert loves freely and deeply. And to have his heart torn between two choices... I think he'd struggle. Mostly for fear of breaking hearts."

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Rhea waved at the Prince as they walked away. Heehee. "Bye Prince Olivert! It was lovely talking to you again!"

Once they were out of earshot, Rhea tilted her head to the side. Still... "Wife?" She murmured. "I wasn't aware that Prince Olivert was married. I had heard rumors he was seeing someone...Maybe... But..."

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"No, you're right, he's not married," Rufus chuckled. "In fact, he's not even engaged. I'm just teasing him about a friend of his that he's maybe written to me a little more about than any other person he's met. ...Or maybe I'm calling Mueller his wife. I suspect the poor man would sigh and say he certainly feels like one sometimes."

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Rhea blinked. Oh! She smirked before crossing her arms. Heehee.

"Did you guys, really? Ooooh. I bet you were both as bad as I was when I was growing up! And Mueller? That's your body guard? I bet you both have THE BEST stories. Heeheee. School must have been wild."

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"Rhea, my love...I am happy to satisfy your curiosity about my school days, but only after we've fulfilled all our responsibilities for the day. If we don't leave now, we'll be late for our next appointment."

"Abandoning me so soon? Even though it's been so long since you and I got to properly chat..." Olivert sighed.

"The amount of time you spend sighing could be spent planning how to come visit us in Crossbell, you monkey," Rufus chuckled. "And if you need a carrot on a stick...if you do actually come, I'll do you the honor of playing some piano for you."

Olivert gasped. "Ruri! How shameless! Promising me something that important? You shouldn't be flirting with me like that in front of your wife!"

"I'm convinced Rhea is fine and eating this up like she's Alfin. You should instead worry about your wife." Rufus said with that a wink and an arm around Rhea's shoulders, as a signal they were turning around to leave. "Forward my regards to the two, won't you?"

Olivert chuckled. "Of course. I'll let Mueller know you miss him. Safe travels, and see you both again soon!"

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Covering her mouth, Rhea began to laugh. A lot. Heehee. They were so cute!!!

"Aww! Rufus! We were just about to get to the good part! I would have loved to hear about the spice and chaos in your life!"

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"We fucked."

Rufus had said that with such a straight face and flat tone that even Olivert couldn't help staring.

"Besides that, I got called to the Principal's office more times than I can count, and it was almost always Olivert's fault."

"Me?!"

"Don't give me your feigned offense, Your Highness, you and I both know I have a perfectly reliable witness who still babysits you to this day."

Olivert pouted. "Bringing Mueller into this is cheating, Ruri."

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Rhea chuckled. "I think so too. I know it must have been a struggle for him in the beginning. But when we met? He had nothing but warmth and love for Jusis."

Even if their paths were now diverging... It made her sad.

"I forgot you were both classmates in Thors! I bet you tried to get him to do all sorts of silly things."

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"I didn't just try, I succeeded. You should've seen him back then! That man was clearly begging for a bit of spice and chaos in his life, so I--"

"That's enough out of you, scoundrel," Rufus interrupted, tugging on the back of the prince's collar and making the man squeak. "I'll brag to her about my Thors achivements on my own time."

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Rhea giggled. "Oh! I bet they were the cutest babies! I won't tell him you said that but he's gotta know that you would think that, right? Heeheee. But you gotta be the proudest big brother! You remind me of Rufus when he starts talking about Jusis."

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"In my defense, I have known him since we were teenagers. And then we became closer during our Thors days. We were equal parts inseparable friends and competitive rivals-- in different classes, but constantly battling for top marks during exams, and meeting outside of lessons to get ourselves in all sorts of trouble. So different, and yet so much in common! We got along like a house on fire."

...Olivert dropped his voice.

"He actually wasn't sure how to handle having a younger brother, initially. I'm lucky to have known Cedric and Alfin since their births. Ruri...had a bitter and grieving child suddenly thrust into his home. We ended up exchanging quite a lot of letters in which I did my best to advise him. And I'm relieved to see that at least some of it must've been helpful, for them to have grown so close and so fond of each other."

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Rhea snorted. She was sure Rufus was anyone's long lost twin instead of having Helmut as a father. But she didn't want to... Bring that up.

"I will try not to worry about that. I hope they do adore me. Or at leas think I'm nice. ... Your younger siblings are adorable, by the way. Alfin has grown up to be so beautiful..."

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"Why thank you! I obviously had no hand in their appearances, but I'm very proud of them all the same. Ahh, to hold them in my arms again like the tiny little newborns they once were... Don't tell Cedric I said that, the poor boy would get horribly embarrassed."