Arenvalde Redsteele

FFXIV OC. The Foreign Samurai from another time. All asks accepted! Server: Balmung

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In case you wondered what Aren looks like and has been up to these days.

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Moving to Twitter!

After some thought, I decided to move the majority of my operations to Twitter since the process of operating and maintaining something would be much less stress then Tumblr. If you wish to follow me and my exploits, please go here! https://twitter.com/BunSteele There’s not much now, but I will definitely be doing more stuff here in the future.

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Been busy with school and I have no idea how long dead this blog is. But as school comes to a close and I love my character, perhaps soon, I’ll make a twitter or blog for this new Aren!

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It’s been 2,000 years since I posted.

But I do wanna get back into it. Life is alright but I miss the RP. Currently, I have plans to completely overhaul this character but that will be for Endwalker as I change my character into a Male Viera. Over the next few months, I’ll probably look into overhauling the blog and cleaning things up as well.

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//”Wow! Now that school is over, maybe I can do more Tumblr stuff!” Work: Yo, so we heard school’s over. We’re gonna nearly triple your hours

AAAAAAAAA

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First Meeting Starter Prompts!

👗: Your character sees mine wearing a very nice outfit and simply must compliment them on it!

👟: Our characters meet while jogging on the same trail.

👜: My character drops their bag and yours approaches them to return it.

☂: A sudden rainstorm starts up and your character is caught without an umbrella, so my character shares theirs.

🌨: Our characters get inside somewhere during a huge snowstorm, but they get snowed in together!

🍽: Our characters’ orders are mixed up at a restaurant and they’re given each other’s meals by mistake.

🍺: Our characters meet at a bar. Actually drinking any alcohol is optional.

☕️: Our characters meet at a cozy little coffeehouse.

🏆: Our characters team up to win a competition. (What it’s a competition of is up to one or both of us to decide!)

🎸: Our characters have seats right next to each other at a concert and are both super excited to be there!

🎮: Our characters are both waiting in line at the store to buy a cool new video game they’ve both been excited for.

🏘: My character moves into the house right next door to yours.

📱: My character accidentally put the wrong number into their phone and texts your character by mistake.

🎉: Our characters both attend a super fun party, but they’re both too shy to get out there and join the ruckus and just decide to talk to one another instead.

❗️Our characters accidentally bump into each other while walking down the street.

⚠️: Your character notices mine in a dangerous situation and decides to step in and try to help them out.

[those-crazy-meme-nights]

Send “Deep Azure” to find My Muse in a Hot Spring..

Or send “Heated Azure” to find them in a Hot Spring…NAKED…

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Sunflower: What is something you don’t want to imagine life without?

“To speak sincerely, I do not think it possible to live life without others. Yes, I know that often others could mean conflict, but I also believe that that conflict is necessary part of growing as a person. In a sense, all of our interactions with another whether positive or negative is a test of character, our person. I do not think it is possible to ever understand the depth of life without that kind of thing.” “Of course.. If I speak more shallow, I also do not think it is possible to live without fire... The idea of no cooked meat fresh from the fire is a terrible thought.”

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(🥪) Our muses make a midnight snack. - Shur-kha-ffxiv

Though it was quite late in the hour, there was always time for a midnight snack. At least, so both Arenvalde and Silvana had seemed to think. Though the wanderer had spent much of his time on the road, it still helped to have a place now and then. A temporary rental home, if you would.

“I will admit, I am not entirely familiar with all of these Eorzean spices.” Aren would speak whilst digging through the various provided cupboards. Procuring some jarred peppers with curiosity. “I  will need assistance if in making anything, if that is alright.”

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misfit. getting out of bed too soon, insisting they feel much better, and collapsing / passing out.

“I assure you. This is completely unnecessary.” Aren would fuss, sitting upright in the bed with much difficulty. “I have had much worse and I will not let a simple infection burden you with my self.”

In all honesty, he felt utterly miserable. Little sleep and minimal nutrition only compounded the fever assaulting his mind, reducing what senses he had into a surreal dreamscape. His only eye squinted in attempt to discern what was real and what was simply delirium, for his mechanical eye’s informational output was shut off due to his imbalanced state of being.

A sharp breathe preceded his speech, air sucking in through teeth. “I will not have you-” The Samurai would begin, only to find that his words could not cushion himself from the tumble he had taken out of bed. A few words in Hingashi could be heard, as the man tried to slowly upright himself and finding no strength. Defeated physically and now mentally, he simply resigned himself to laying on the floor as he had tumbled.

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Flower Asks

Alisons: Sexuality? 

Amaranth: Pronouns/Gender? 

Amaryllis: Birthday? 

Anemone: Favorite flower? 

Angelonia: Favorite t.v. show? 

Arum-Lily: What’s the farthest you’d go for a stranger? 

Aster: What’s one of your favorite quotes? 

Aubrieta: Favorite drink? 

Baby’s Breath: Would you kiss the last person you kissed again? 

Balsam Fir: Have you ever been in love? 

Baneberries: Favorite song? 

Basket of Gold: Describe your family. 

Beebalm: Do you have a best friend? Who is it? 

Begonia: Favorite color? 

Bellflower: Favorite animal? 

Bergenia: Are you a morning or night person? 

Black-Eyed Susan: If you could be any animal for a day, what would it be?

Bloodroots: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? 

Bluemink: What are your thoughts on children? 

Blazing Stars: What are you afraid of? Is there a reason why? 

Borage: Give a random fact about your childhood. 

Bugleherb: How would you spend your last day on Earth?  

Buttercup: Relationship Status? 

Camelia: If you could visit anywhere, where would you want to go? 

Candytufts: When do you feel most loved? 

Canna: Do you have any tattoos?  

Canterbury Bells: Do you have any piercings?  

California Poppy: Height?  

Cardinal Flower: Do you believe in ghosts? 

Carnation: What are you currently wearing?  

Catnip: Have you ever slept with a nightlight? 

Chives: Who was the last person you hugged?  

Chrysanthemum: Who’s the last person you kissed?

Cock’s Comb: Favorite font? 

Columbine: Are you tired? 

Common Boneset: What are you looking forward to? 

Coneflower: Dream job? 

Crane’s-Bill: Introvert or extrovert? 

Crocus: Have you ever been in love? 

Crown Imperial: What’s the farthest you would go for someone you care about? 

Cyclamen: Did you have a favorite stuffed animal as a child? What was it? 

Daffodil: What’s your zodiac sign? 

Dahlia: Have you done anything worth remembering? 

Daisy: What do you feel is your greatest accomplishment? 

Daylily: What would you do if your parents didn’t like your partner(s)?  

Dendrobium: Who is the last person that you said “I love you” to?

False Goat’s Beard: What is something you are good at? 

Foxgloves: What’s something you’re bad at? 

Freesia: What are three good things that have happened in the past month? 

Garden Cosmos: How was your day today? 

Gardenia: Are you happy with where you’re at in your life? 

Gladiolus: What is something you hope to do in the next year or two? 

Glory-of-the-Snow: What are ten things that make you happy/you’re grateful to have in your life? 

Heliotropium: What helps you calm down when you feel stressed?  

Hellebore: How do you show affection? 

Hoary Stock: What are you proudest of? 

Hollyhock: Describe your ideal day. 

Hyacinth: What do you like to do in your free time?  

Hydrangea: How long have you known your best friend? How did you meet them?

Irises: Who can you talk to about (almost) everything?

Laceleaf: How many friends do you have?

Lantanas: What’s the best compliment you’ve ever received? 

Larkspur: What do you think of yourself? 

Lavender: What’s your favorite thing about yourself? 

Leather Flower: What’s your least favorite thing about yourself?  

Lilac: What’s something you liked to do as a child? 

Lily: Who was your best friend when you were a kid? 

Lily of the Incas: What is something you still feel guilty for? 

Lily of the Nile: What is something you feel guilty for that you shouldn’t feel guilty about?  

Lupine: What does your name mean? Why is that your name? 

Marigold: Where did you grow up? Tell us about it. 

Morning Glory: What was your bedroom like growing up? 

Mugworts: What was it like for you as a teenager? Did you enjoy your teenage years?  

Norwegian Angelica: Tell us about your mom.

Onions: Tell about your dad.  

Orchid: Tell about your grandparents. 

Pansy: What was your most memorable birthday? What made it be so memorable? 

Peony: What was your first job? 

Petunia: If you’re in a relationship, how did you meet your partner(s)? If you’re not in a relationship, how did you meet your crush/how do you hope to meet your future partner(s), if you want any? 

Pincushion: How do you deal with pain? 

Pink: Where is home? 

Plantain Lilies: If you could go back in time, what is one thing you would stop/change? 

Prairie Gentian: Who is someone you look up to? Describe them. 

Primrose: Describe your ideal life. 

Rhodendron: What is something you used to believe in as a child? 

Ricinus: Who’s the most important in your life? 

Rose: What’s your favorite sound? 

Rosemallows: What’s your favorite memory? 

Sage: What’s your least favorite memory? 

Snapdragon: At this moment, what do you want?  

St. John’s Wort: Is it easy or difficult for you to express how you feel about things? 

Sunflower: What is something you don’t want to imagine life without? 

Sweet Pea: How much sleep did you get last night? 

Tickseed: What’s your main reason to get up every morning? 

Touch-Me-Not: How do you feel about your current job? 

Transvaal Daisy: What’s your favorite item of clothing? 

Tropical White Morning Glory: Describe your aesthetic.  

Tulip: What would be the best present to get you? 

Vervain: What’s stressing you out most right now? 

Wisteria: How many books have you read in the past few months? What were they called? 

Wolf’s Bane: Where do you want to be in life this time next year?

Yarrow: Do you know what vore is?

Zinnia: Give a random fact about yourself.

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Throne: Arenvalde

                                                          Gold

Those who rule from a throne of gold lead their people fiercely and courageously. even when they feel unfit to rule, they soldier on and never let their fears weaken any aspect of their reign. they value bravery over all other assets. although they care for their people with a burning loyalty, they also believe that violence is sometimes necessary, a symbol of strength to protect the kingdom when it is threatened.

Tagged by: @strayed-from-the-sun​ @rinrin-rinalys​ Tagging: You!

The test can be found here!

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I swear I keep meaning to do stuff.

But me and @strayed-from-the-sun have gone on an adventure.

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☾Moonlight Aesthetic Starters☽

⋆Feel free to send more than one!

⋆To reverse, send ‘+✨’

⋆Indoors

(🌙) My muse comes over to your muse’s house/room to spend the night.

(💤)My muse finds your muse sleeping in bed with them.

(💭) My muse wakes your muse after having a dream/nightmare.

(📓) My muse stays up studying till midnight.

(📖) My muse reads a book/bedtime story for your muse.

(👁) My muse wakes your muse up because they can’t sleep.

(🍵) My muse cares for your sick muse in the middle of the night.

(🎐) My muse finds yours outside their house when they are suppose to be in bed.

(🧳) My muse is getting ready for work but your muse stops mine.

(☀️) Our muses watch the sunset and moon arise.

(🌅) Our muses stay up till sunrise.

(🎮) Our muses stay up playing video games.

(🥪) Our muses make a midnight snack.

(📺) Our muses watch tv together.

(📼) Our muses watch a movie/vhs tape together.

(🛌) Our muses make a pillow fort.

(🛋) Our muses are hanging out in the living room.

(🛁) Our muses take a nighttime bath together. (With rose petals and candles included.)

(🌧) Our muses watch the rain outside their window.

(💥) Our muses get a power outage.

(⚫️) Our muses are in a pitch black room.

(🕯) Our muses light some candles.

⋆Outdoors

(☕️) My muse finds your muse at a coffee shop, alone.

(🍳) My muse finds your muse at a diner.

(🥃) My muse finds your muse in a bar, late at night.

(⛪️) My muse finds yours at a church.

(🌃) My muse meets yours in the nighttime city.

(🚎) My muse finds yours in a public bus.

(🚊) My muse finds yours taking the same subway train.

(🚂) My muse finds your muse on the same train as them, still awake.

(🚗) My muse drives your muse at night.

(🏍) My muse drives in the middle of the night on their motorcycle with your muse holding on to mine.

(🌲) My muse finds your muse in the forest in the middle of the night.

(🌊) My muse finds your muse at the beach in the middle of the night.

(🛡) My muse saves your muse from getting beaten up by a gang.

(🎉) My muse meets yours at a party. (House party, club, etc.)

(🔭) Our muses go stargazing.

(☄️) Our muses watch a meteor shower.

(🎆) Our muses watch a firework show.

(🎇) Our muses bought their own fireworks! Let’s light ‘em up!

(🎑) Our muses go to a night festival together.

(🛒) Our muses go shopping together for groceries or other things.

(🛍) Our muses go to the mall.

(🏬) Our muses go to a restaurant.

(🎞) Our muses go to the movie theatre.

(🔥) Our muses go camping together.

(🎸) Our muses go to a concert.

(🎧) Our muses go to the club.

(🏚) Our muses entered an abandoned area. (House, construction site, town, etc.)

(🚫) Our muses go to places they shouldn’t.

(🚔) The cops are after our muses.

(🚕) Our muses take a taxi home.

(🗺) Our muses get lost. (In the forest, mountains, city, etc.)

(☔️) Our muses get stuck in the rain.

⋆Misc

(🕛) My muse points out that it’s midnight for your muse.

(🎵) My muse sings your muse a lullaby.

(🌠) My muse points out a shooting star and wants yours to make a wish! Quick!

(🌱) My muse catches yours watering a potted plant/garden.

(💧) My muse cries in front of yours.

(🚬) My muse catches your muse doing late night smoking.

(⛓) My muse rubs their fingers against your muse’s scars.

(💔) My muse help washes blood off your muse.

(🐾) My muse accidentally reveals a secret that they have been hiding from your muse. (Being a werewolf, vampire, demon, etc.)

(📻) Our muses listens to the radio.

(👻) Our muses tell ghost stories.

(🌷) Our muses walk around a garden.

(🎤) Our muses do karaoke.

(🐺) Our muses hear howling in the distance.

(📷) Our muses take pictures of each other in the moonlight.

(👄) Our muses whisper secrets and promises to each other.

(🤝) Our muses hold hands in the moonlight.

(🍽) Our muses have a dinner date.

(💃) Our muses dance in the moonlight.

(💋) Our muses kiss under the moonlight.

(💍) My muse asks to marry yours in the moonlight.

⋆Quotes

“I can see the moon and stars in your eyes.”

“Your the prettiest star I have ever seen..”

“Wow.. the moon looks so pretty..”

“I’m a little sleepy..”

“I wish I could jump over the moon!”

“Nah, I don’t feel like sleeping!”

“C’mon!! Let’s dance!”

“The moonlight is our spotlight! The stars is our audience!”

“Look! A shooting star!”

“I wish for..”

“Shh! Don’t say your wish out loud or it won’t come true!”

“I’m not really a.. *yawn*..night owl..”

“D-Did you hear that?”

“I can hear a cricket chirping.”

“I can hear an owl.”

“I think we’re lost..”

“Ahhh!! A wolf!!”

“Would you like a cup of coffee?”

“The moon/night is my ally!”

“Darkness will consume you!”

“What time is it?”

“It’s 12AM already?!”

“You can sleep in my bed if you want.”

“Your sleeping on the couch!”

“Come back to bed..”

“Don’t shine that light in my eyes!”

“It’s so dark out..”

“Look at those pretty fireworks!”

“Spooky ghooost~”

“Boo!”

“Ah!”

“You trying to be scary?”

“I’m actually a little hungry.”

“Are they open this late?”

“Hey! [Name]! Over here!”

“That movie sucked!”

“Let’s.. not go that way.”

“This place is like a ghost town!”

“Ouch!”

“Stay still! If you keep moving, it will hurt more!”

“It’s not what it looks like..”

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* rest prompts

feel free to combine prompts.

missing piece. falling asleep somewhere that isn’t their bed. 

cloud. waking up and being soothed back to sleep. 

name. being so exhausted that they faintly whisper the name of someone they trust as they are carried to bed.

moonlight. trying to stay up until a loved one comes back home. 

fog. hearing stay awake as they are carried to safety. 

armor. falling in and out of a restless sleep. feeling safe when a loved one presses a kiss to their forehead and strokes their hair.

gravity. cuddling up to a loved one when they are too tired to see straight. 

repair. being confined to bed due to injury or illness and hating every second of it.  

misfit. getting out of bed too soon, insisting they feel much better, and collapsing / passing out.   

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Voice Reference - Arenvalde

Bold for major details, Italics if it rarely happens

► ACCENT: “country” │ “backwoods” │ “sailor” │ “noble” │ foreign speaker | “The Queen’s English”│

Eorzean isn’t Arenvalde’s native tongue and although the passage of time has been long enough that he does have a decent grasp of the language, it has not been nearly as long to remove the tones and enunciation of the hingashi language entirely from his voice, lending to some words having softer then intended pronunciation or simply having difficulty with harder intonations.

► ELOQUENCE: educated  │ uneducated │ doesn’t use conjunctions │ shortens words │ just makes up their own words  │ old English │

Although he has spent a great deal of time studying, practicing, and speaking Eorzean, Arenvalde still isn’t entirely comfortable with using conjuctions. He can and occasionally does use them, but it’s more of a concentrated effort rather then an automatic brain translation as it’s quicker and easier to piece together what he wants to say fully than in piecemeal. 

► TONE: loud │ soft │ room volume │ high pitched │ low pitched │seductive │velvety │ speech impediment │ abrasive │ gruff │ shrill │ booming │ matter-of-fact │ toneless │ husky │ gravelly │ breathy │ nasal │ barking │ chatty │ condescending │ musical │suave │ world-weary │ brash │ authoritative │ lisp

He does not speak up often nor does he really wish too. In situations that allow it, the Samurai prefers to speak quietly and only loud enough so that the person he’s conversing with would hear and occasionally still receive every-so-often huh? In more crowded places, his voice may reach to that of room volume to compensate, but it’s merely compensation at that point. What he says, even in Hingashi, tends to be straight to the point. And while World-weary may not necessarily be the appropriate way to describe his tone, it provides the general direction and thought towards his also authoritative tone that has been well developed and strengthened from his time in the Sekkiseigumi. This makes it so that we have a soft or normally spoken samurai who speaks plainly, but in a tone that can be easily heard.

► HABITS: refers to self in third person plurals │ incorporates different languages / terms / sayings │ uses gender-specific terms │ adapts to audience │ changes pitch around animals or children │ shifts tone when lying │ gives others nicknames │ uses terms of respect towards others │ pauses in mid-sentence to work out the the right word │ incorporates colorful descriptors / analogies

Thanks to his education and his delving into many works, Arenvalde seldom needs to use colorful terminology, pause midspeech, or really have a book on hand to translate. That is to say, however, he is not always perfect. Due to Hingashi rules of culture, he will typically address everyone by their last names and with a Mr. or Ms. unless he is familar with someone which might make him come off as perhaps far too formal. He does know this however and is usually corrected into what to call people. On the rare occassion, he might stop to think of particularly complex Eorzean word or terminology or use the wrong adjective to describe something. (I.E. The water is hot might come out as “The water is really fire”)

► VOICE REFERENCE

Takaya Kuroda

Examples: Link!

Tagged by: @rifted-vitale​

Tagging: You! Honestly, it’s been almost 2 weeks since I’ve been tagged and Rifted mun has done an excellent job of tagging tons of people. I’m not sure who hasn’t done it so if you haven’t, please go ahead and make sure to tag me!

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//Urgh. I swear. Now was the WORST time for Sociology classes