FFXIV Write 2021 Masterpost
Better late than never. 2021 was the first year I participated in FFXIV Write. A lot of these stories are non-canonical, as I use FFXIV Write events as a chance to feel things out and try to see whether or not some early thoughts of mine will gel and/or stick. They still have a special place in my heart though and I am rather fond of all of them.
Also this is where it all began.
Foster: An early attempt to make an entry point for Nyx. Didn't stick, but is sort~of moving in the right direction.
Aberrant: More Nyx hours. I feel better about this one, and will probably keep it as part of their canon. Maybe in November? But I digress.
Scale: A Dragonsong war haiku
Baleful: A poem about primals
An extra credit day (unused)
Avatar: One of the first things I ever wrote for Zoissette; her speech patterns would change as I refined her, her behaviour and personality only shifted slightly. Also, arguably the beginning of the end for me.
Speculate: And Klynt's (who belongs to @saesama) first appearance. This is a dumb conversation (affectionate).
Adroit: A story in which we take a brief look into a day in the life of the true hero of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn.
Friable: Urianger knows how fragile all possible futures are.
Heady: Nyx in their element, before they have to fulfill their purpose.
Preaching to the choir: Zoissette deals with the inquisition.
An extra credit day (unused)
Oneirophrenia: An Echo awakening; written for Nyx, but I eventually decided it was non-canonical for them. I still really like what I did here, and may find a way to repurpose it one of these days.
Commend: A short bit between Tataru and Zoissette, cleaning up after a banquet.
Thunderous: Nyx defends their scientists. I swear I keep coming back to this in my unfinished works, refining it, wanting to leave it alone but I can't. This is the first original form though. How it'll eventually wind up, I do not yet know.
Crane: A short bit between Zoissette and Klynt. Despite its shortness, I feel it really helps establish the tenor of their relationship.
Destruct: The arc of the life of Fordola rem Lupis.
Devil's Advocate: I will finish this one day. Zoissette sure is having a day in Ishgard.
An extra credit day (unused)
Petrichor: The first day of the rest of Nyx's life. This one I know I intend to rewrite.
Feckless: Zoissette flirts with danger. I did not know it at the time, but this is where the keel was laid.
Fluster: I feel like we settled on this being non-canon? But this is a funny story we made up to justify Klynt and Zoissette having an in-game wedding (@saesama wanted the two-seater chocobo)
Soul: A glance at Zoissette's particular Echo quirk. A look into all her possible pasts.
Illustrious: Zoissette absolutely hates being the center of attention, and Klynt is not at all helpful about that.
Silver Lining: More possible Nyx backstory, but tangled and mixed up. The scientist names are wrong here.
An extra credit day (unused)
Benthos: Nyx explored the underwater areas around Doma, and delights in what they find. Oh, and maybe delayed an attempted rebellion. This is also where they first pick up the moniker that would eventually become their adopted last name.
Bow: Stephanivien enlists Zoissette to the machinest cause. Unfortunately, I myself never quite took to the job.
Debonair: The Thancred Five Girlfriend Trainwreck Pileup
Abstracted: What is Zoissette, anyroad?
Side Abstraction: I used Nyx's POV to build upon one of @saesama's FFXIV write entries. Nyx wishes people were more predictable.
