#faintvalour

[baajisms]

listen up folks, cause dusk is about to gush about one of her favourite people.

Kanna aka @faintvalour​ aka @praetcr​ aka @dreamesweaver​ aka I forget how many blogs you have is one of my favourite people in the world.

we have known each other for 6 or so years and met right here on good ol’ Tumblr through the ffrpc. we’ve only met twice (once at Distant Worlds & once like 3 weeks ago when I visited here) but hot damn does that not mean i don’t appreciate her any less. she is one of my closest friends and i love her a lot okay. 

i also admire Kanna in a lot of ways. she’s a completionist, something of which i envy cause Yevon knows I don’t have the patience for that, she’s rather good with Photoshop, she’ll stand up for what she believes in, very confident even if she doesn’t admit it to herself sometimes and she has a wicked sense of humour. plus, y’know, she’s really into ffx/x-2, which is a bonus. ;) after visiting her at the end of February, i also found out she has a really interesting taste in books, so i may be pilfering some ideas off of her in the future. there are not enough words to describe how much this young woman means to me, so i will just leave it at the for now.

there’s also something about her that i really enjoy that i just quite put into words. she’s a dear friend who i know will have my back and i really enjoy her company. i love the fact that we bonded over final fantasy x and x-2 and it’s made the game even more special to me, knowing that it brought us closer together. Kanna is someone who i will always appreciate and have time for and there are so many aspects of her that i love.

td;lr; Kanna’s great. i love her a lot. you should too.

[leidemechanic]

About

Name: Cindy Aurum

Age: Verse Dependent (26-36)

Gender: (Cis) Female

Height: 5′6′’ (167cm)

Occupation: Mechanic

Home: Hammerhead

Sexuality: Bisexual Demiromantic               

Face Claim: Virginia Gardner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [ headcanons ]

Daughter of Melba and Mid Aurum. Cindy Aurum works alongside her grandfather, Cid Sophiar,  at his garage in Hammerhead. Stuck between a long stretch of road and endless plateau of dust, incredible heat and critters that like to attack defenseless passer-bys, fixing customer's vehicles or visiting her friends in Lestallum fill up her days and she wouldn't complain one bit -- not even with the added danger of Daemons and the Empire lurking about every corner.                                                                                                                                                                            Upbeat, hardworking and rarely seen without a smile, Cindy uses this front to hide the fear and terror she she feels for the dark, and for the terrifying, nightmarish dangers that lurk once the sun goes down - something that has affected the young woman since childhood.                  

[croweoftheglaive]

(  @faintvalour  >>  @tantixinsidiatur  )

Life in an island province is quite different to the day-to-day on the mainland, she’s quick to learn.  Well.  Different to how she remembers it being, that is; who’s to say it hasn’t changed these past ten, long years?  She wouldn’t know, hadn’t been there to see / live / suffer it.  No, instead she remembers desert sands, the keen sting of betrayal, death’s cold embrace.  

Yet there she stands on Galahdan soil, a land she had never truly gotten to see; memories of a past lifetime had led her to a ( vaguely- ) familiar dock at the very edge of the mainland, the very place Libertus had found her all those years prior, boat to the island, a day or two to find her feet in the village before restlessness set in.  A motorcycle liberated from its previous owner would do to see her to her destination; Libertus.  And what of Nyx?  Surely if she could stand there in his homeland ( very much alive ), it wouldn’t be entirely impossible to find him somewhere, too?

Oh, she can only hope.

Thankfully, Ostium is a name well-known around these parts ( often uttered in conjunction with Ulric; a package deal even then? ), she soon finds herself stood amongst a village trying to rebuild.  Heavy footfalls carry her through a winding alley, one person to the next until she spots a familiar figure in the distance.

“So, big brother,” she leans her shoulder against a stone doorway when finally she reaches him, as though their reunion hasn’t been a decade in the making, “This is Galahd?”

[gingersmiith]

breaking all my heart

𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐃 /  𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒.

@faintvalour​ said:

❛ I meant… How are you holding up? ❜

“I’m fine,” Tredd answered, refusing to look at Libertus. 

After the unexpected encounter (the unexpected fight) with Siobhán, almost everyone had asked how he was. The fight hadn’t been quiet, and neither had her final blow.

                                                           (They’d still be here if it wasn’t for you!                                                                           It’s 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐅𝐀𝐔𝐋𝐓 they died!)

She wasn’t wrong, was the thing. But the others didn’t need to know that. 

He checked the edge on his blade, scowling when he found a nick. Piece of shit assigned weapon...

[saxhamsurvivor]

careful with that there

@saxhamsurvivor asked:

“you’ll be even worse off if you don’t let me bandage this.” {saxhamsurvivor}

@faintvalour answered:

CARING FOR STUBBORN MUSES.

They had been ambushed. They had gone into the battle expecting an ambush but they had still been caught off-guard. No one lost their life but Libertus amongst others did suffer injuries of various intensity. For Axis to come to his aid after their retreat with such hurry, caught him off-guard. However, despite this, he would not hesitate to push his fellow glaive away.

It was just a fracture and some cuts, nothing that could not wait until they were completely out of harm’s way, preferably back at HQ.

❛ You should be looking out for yourself, Arra. Those kids need their dad in one piece. ❜

He would step past the other Glaive, holding back the grunts that wanted to escape him after every step. Every step sent a tremor through his body that was anything but pleasant.

It was just some cuts and fractures, he kept telling himself.

“I’ve already been treated,” Axis answered him. His own injuries hadn’t been too bad; Tredd had been fast enough on the shielding that they’d escaped the worst of the damage. 

Except now Tredd was having a panic attack and Sonitus was dealing with that, so with nothing else to do, Axis was checking on the other Glaives -- Ulric would probably have to be sat on to get any treatment, and he suspected the same of Ostium.

Taking two quick steps for each of the younger man’s, he came to a stop in front of him, eyes narrowed. “I’m going home to my kids. You, however, still need to be treated, or you could do yourself permanent damage. I work with Soni; I can tell when someone’s trying to hide how badly they’re hurt.”

[pelnaxkhara]

faintvalour started following you

lestallum wasn’t the home he remembered from before the eternal night - it seemed smaller now; crammed full with refugees and gone was the jovial mood that had lofted through the streets, replaced with the heavy weight of gloom and despair ... but at least something was looking up.

sidestepping a couple of guys whose accents sounded to be from accordo, pelna made a beeline for jeanne and monica’s tent, a grin tugging on his lips when he spotted a familiar figure ... the rumours had been true.

‘ — well aren’t you a sight for sore eyes? ’

[sxrtis]

faintvalour replied to your post: ��- What do you like to do in your spare time?

teach me your ways. i used to go to the gym four times a week. then moving countries and depression happened and i stopped completely and gained like 30lbs. ^^‘

omg so i was just talking to someone about this!!

when i was in college i was heinously anorexic and spent 4 hours a day in the gym, and then after graduating they gave me meds to make me gain weight, so i started binge eating and became overweight

long story short i was like: man there’s gotta be a happy medium here?? and that was 2 years ago and i’ve gotten very disciplined since and have lost 75lbs

i have a great friend/personal trainer, so that honestly helps the most. it’s accountability to make sure i’m showing up and doing what i need to do. the other great trick is finding something that makes exercising fun. i took one boxing class on a whim laughing at myself the whole time before i got there and then after the class i was just “how can i do this all the time how can i make this my hobby?” and bang. the other thing i really love doing is weight lifting and crossfit-y type exercises, which can make you super competitive with yourself and crossfit is constantly evolving and doing something different.

it’s a lot better than having to drag yourself to the gym and dreading getting on one machine for an hour - which is a problem a lot of people have with being consistent at the gym bc let’s be honest that thought would drive anyone insane.

[croweoftheglaive]

I mean I think we both know who I ship Crowe with. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (This is definitely Not Kanna)

Well, Definitely-Not-Kanna, I’m sure I’ve no idea who you’re talking about.  I mean, it definitely couldn’t be Vidar, could it?

Unheard of!

(  who do you ship my muse with? —  @faintvalour / @decayinghonour  )