♔ save the queen

Former instructor, Rank A SeeD from Balamb Garden, hardcore Triple Triad player. The world is saved, the one job that matters most is done. The question that remains is, what comes next? { Private RP blog for Quistis Trepe, from FFVIII. Mainly EN, possibly PT. Member of Final Fantasy Unleashed Redux. } Local time: time_is_widget.init({Trondheim_z71e:{}});

[balambprodigy]

Well, this is a ooc announcement of sorts - a last one!

Long story short, peeps: I’m leaving. Which shouldn’t even be a big deal, since I was barely around as of late, but I guess I should at least let you all know I’m dropping this blog for good. And, of course, I’d like to thank every single one of you who managed to bear with me made this journey worth it.

Also, I guess it’s worth stating that no, there’s absolutely no drama, no personal issues, nor anything of the kind behind this decision. I just realized that the RP community has changed a lot over the past five years, and I didn’t quite keep up; turns out I became some sort of fossil and... I just can’t find the drive I used to have. And what’s the point if we’re not enjoying it to the fullest, right?

So, to everyone who was with me, whether it was on cardclubking, balambblues or this one last blog... Thank you, really. For everything. It’s not easy to say goodbye to a character who played a major role in my life for five years or so, but it’s the honest thing to do.

(Also it’s almost 5 am and I don’t even know what I’m writing anymore.)

Oh, and of course. There’s some people I should tag. @diamondarmored @enasaliin @ibisangelus @problematicknight @fragmentkeeper @instructor-aki @dolletian @seditiosvs @stcrmandsilence @sunny-explosions @corditeheart (the struggle to remember your current url, you’re still xuofhearts in my mind!)

Keep on having fun, will you? See you around!

Lili

[balambprodigy]

you can tell a lot about a person by the music they listen to. put your mp3 player, itunes, spotify, etc. on shuffle & list the first 10 songs & then tag 10 people, no skipping // REPOST & DON’T REBLOG!

TAGGED: @shockwavepulsar (Tumblr won’t let me tag you, help!) TAGGING: @diamondarmored, @squall-leonhart, @oracleofthegods, @strifexcloud, @legendaryturk, @angelocannons, @persuadedbyboko, @dolletian, @blasteredged, @ibisangelus

1. Rock & Roll Suicide - David Bowie 2. Vulnerable - Roxette 3. Shake it Out (Unplugged) - Florence + the Machine 4. Sonne (Völkerball) - Rammstein 5. I Gave You All - Mumford & Sons 6. One More Soul to the Call - Mary Elizabeth McGlynn & Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill Homecoming Fan Soundtrack) 7. Give Life Back to Music - Daft Punk 8. Shout - Tears for Fears 9. Inertia Creeps - Massive Attack 10. Follow Me - Muse

Bonus track (because it started playing as I posted and it was too amusing):

Mephistopheles' Return - Trans-Siberian Orchestra

[balambprodigy]

[Happy new year, everyone!]

[wordsnquotes]

I am deathly afraid of almosts. Of coming so very close to where I want to be in life that I can almost taste it, almost touch it, then falling just a little short.

Beau Taplin, Just Short (via wordsnquotes)

[dolletian-deactivated20170828]

                        ❛ In this world ruled by men…                                       I’m the one with the balls. ❜

                                                                                                                 ( written by Anni. )

[seditiosvs]

It’s getting HARDER and HARDER to see…                                      If there’s GOOD left in me.

                                                                                                          ( Is there any good left in me…? )

    [ Independent canon-divergent Seifer Almasy (FFVIII) | multi-verse/ship | 18+ preferred ]

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Brit Marling photographed by Jacqueline Di Milia for T Magazine

[legendaryturk-archive]

If you want to become SeeD, you need to start following the rules.”

Indie Role Play Blog for FFVIII’s Mr. Aki

15+ years RP experience

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[diamondarmored-blog1]

... B+

He looks like shit and he knows it. Somehow, days just… blur, lately, and more and more often he finds he doesn’t open the blinds at all, so he can hardly tell what day it is… easy to skip the odd shower here and there, change of clothes, until something like this happens. Until he’s standing there feeling like an exposed nerve in a week old tshirt and sweatpants, surrounded by smeared, cloudy glasses and empty bottles, in the dark, at midday, reeking of smoke and whiskey. It’s her own fault, really. She should have let him know beforehand that she was coming over. … Maybe a week or so beforehand.Under the circumstances, a B+ is pretty damn good. Real good, in fact. So good, he wondered if his old instructor wasn’t bumping his grade up out of charity, something he wouldn’t have stood for back in the day. Still. All things considered? He’d take it.

[balambprodigy]

It could be much worse. That is the first thing she tells herself as the door to the small apartment opens, her senses quicker to assess the scenario than courtesy would recommend. From nostrils to eyes and ears, every detail she picks is like just one more piece in this far too obvious puzzle that screams depression. But he taunts and she follows his cue; when she hears her own voice grading him, she barely understands how they got to it. But it could be much worse, she reminds herself again and again, a quiet mantra echoing in the back of her mind. In what feels like a lifetime ago, the man who stood before her was a pale shadow of the brilliant (albeit reckless and insufferable) cadet she once knew, body covered in rags, eyes burning in unreadable intensity. She exams a curtain for a moment, a deliberately absent gesture; just the pause she needs to seek his eyes again - and this time, she recognizes what she finds there. At least part of it, even if she is more than aware that she might be projecting her own problems over a gaze that accepts hers. Not so bad, she muses. Putting it all in perspective, it is almost good.

“Of course, I don’t expect you to settle for a B+,” she remarks matter-of-factly, her attention once again drawn to the curtain, which she finally opens with a curt pull. “We might have to work on that.” The taunt is so carefully crafted, she can only hope it conveys all meanings intended - for the last thing she wants is to belittle him. If anything, there is a lighthearted quality to her tone, coating every word despite the perked eyebrow, or perhaps adding to it.

It is like walking on thin ice. But then again, when was it any different?

[irishais]

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lt cmdr xu chang, ffviii. private/exclusive rp blog.

(graphic by @dolletian)

[balambprodigy]

Archetype Quiz

Your archetype is the realist.

Traits: practical, understanding, honest, brutal, logical, creator, intelligent, sensible, down-to-earth, reasonable

The realist is most commonly used to symbolize the highest possible outcome in a dire situation. They are the ones who have everything planned, and hand out reality checks as if they were pamphlets to those who need them–which, quite honestly, is everyone who isn’t a realist. Although they can be harsh (brutal truth over merciful), they are nurturers and care more than they let on. Realists tend to do things that will lead to the best outcome, and use their knowledge of reading people to manipulate situations and problems in order to get out of a rock and a hard place.

Tagged by: @strifexcloud Tagging: @aimingfromtheheart @diamondarmored @corditeheart @ibisangelus @oracleofthegods @ahmyhotdog and whoever feels like doing it!

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[wordsnquotes]

I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.

Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane (via seditiosvs)

[diamondarmored-blog1]

seifer almasy

independent || ffviii main verse || so chill i pee in cubes

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[balambprodigy]

Peeks curiously over Quistis' shoulder. "Whatchu up to?"

She doesn’t even notice Zell as he approaches her; only his words finally make her aware of his presence, making her turn around in a jolt, the chair squeaking as it twirls. 

“Zell! I, uh.” She wishes she doesn’t sound too startled, but truth is, her mind was far too into the matter at hand. “Nothing important, in fact. Just checking checking my deck.”

And looking up for some updates on regional rules, as well as checking a few forums now that rumors on new cards to be released around Summer. 

“Now, what are you up to? Aside from sneaking up on people, I mean,” she adds jokingly – and really, it has to be a joke. Zell and sneaky simply won’t go in the same sentence; she’s the only one to blame.