By Wit and Claw

Kitsune (Nogitsune) on Balmung. No bigots. 21+ please. I am not your resource for fox posts! This is an OC blog on which I am seeking to make RP contacts. Using me as an aesthetic resource will get you blocked.

[vulpes-ferus]

FFXIV LFRP On Hiatus

Full name: Miyako Akane

Race: Auspice/Yokai

Gender: Genderfluid? Nonbinary? Really, it's whatever they feel like at the moment. Her pronouns depend on the skin she's in at the time: she/they, or he/they. Typically prefers her female presenting form unless her masculine form is more preferable to those she's interacting with.

Sexuality: All of it. Anything.

Marital Status: Single! She's not settling down, she's always on the prowl.

Age: Several centuries old

Profession: She doesn't have one! Though technically they may read your cards or offer a boon...for a price, and she rarely accepts actual currency

Hobbies: Pranking mortals. Preying on mortals. Seducing mortals, people watching... and generally just about anything to do with the forest, or nature.

Hair: Dark orange/white accents

Eyes: Amber

Distinguishing Marks: Typically veiled as a Miqo'te, there is little distinguishing about her person to those unable to see through the magic she uses - although on occasion, one might spot a fluffier tail than she actually seems to have, out of the corner of their eye. To those able to see through this magic... she's quite a bit different than her feline glamour would suggest to the average person. In their feminine presenting forms, she always has red tattoo-markings around her eyes.

RP Hooks

She's still as-yet un-roleplayed, so there's a lot of potential - and there's less impetus for me to want longer storylines on her, so if you just want a few one-off scenes to have your cards read or the like, those are easier on her than on my other characters, though I'm always a sucker for a long plot/storyline that's steeped in character growth! Never be afraid to approach me if you have an idea!

Maybe you want your cards read! I have several tarot decks IRL, and an oracle deck that's well-suited to her too, and I could no doubt use the practice, myself. She essentially makes fey bargains - deals with weird prices that aren't always clear at first.

She may be centuries old, but she was barely over a century when she was imprisoned out in the East, and only escaped her magical prison in the last couple years! (I was, in fact, inspired by JJK and Sukuna for her imprisonment.) She ran from the East and took a new face to pose as, since she was captured and imprisoned in the East, and the people there still respect the old legends... and the Black Shroud is an excellent forest, vibrant with life! ...and unsuspecting mortals.

Speaking of the Black Shroud, there's a lot of ways to interact with her in regard to that! You could randomly run into her. She could do what kitsune do in the old tales, and lure you off the road at night and get you lost. Maybe you've seen something weird in the forest, or heard strange tales from travelers. Maybe you're just really in tune with the elementals and they've mentioned a new entity in the forest...really, I'm open to about anything with some talk about it beforehand!

She feeds on aether! She doesn't have to kill people to do this, though she's certainly not above it - what are morals to an animal, anyways? Food is food. Prey is prey. But sometimes, it's easier to just seduce someone and feed on their aether, before leaving them naked and drained in the forest to have a laugh at their expense.

Given her long imprisonment, much about the world is new to her! Maybe you lure her in by showing her all the nifty new stuff there is, and blowing her mind at how much things have changed in a few hundred years.

You could be an antagonist! Hunt her, if you like! Maybe she hurt you, or someone you care(d) about! Maybe you're from the East and found out her prison was dismantled, and you fear yokai; or you're just a Shroud Dweller who has been wronged, etc.

Romance! While I don't tend to like interactions that are solely focused on seeking out ERP - she is a sensual creature, and physical intimacy is an indulgence and a way to consume aether... though I don't know how she'd feel about genuine romance... last time she indulged in that, it got her caught and imprisoned!

She likes pranks/mischief... and sometimes that mischief can seem cruel if you don't understand the mindset of a creature of the wild. Engage her on her level, and she might find you more 'fun' than 'food'.

Alternately, she carries her soul around in an orb she wears as jewelry, and if someone got their hands on it, it'd be bad news for her!

About anything you can think of and want to brainstorm together! She's an alt that's good for long-term or short-term RP; serious, or not-so-serious moments... there's plenty of potential!

The OOC

Writer is 30+, and I prefer RP partners to be 21+ - I do prefer darker, more mature RP, but that's not all I'm capable of! I just like morally grey explorations - and questions like 'what really drives a person?'

Late nights aren't really something I can do anymore, past 11-12pm my writing isn't any good, though my schedule is open enough to allow earlier starting times. Also I'm CST, and prefer in-game RP. I simply can't stay in character when RP isn't moving in real time, and tend to just forget to respond to out of game stuff, or not feel well enough to write some days, and it ends up taking so long that I can't stay in character. Thus, scheduling in-game scenes ahead of time will always be what works best for me.

No canon characters please, it just really breaks my immersion/my character wouldn't have any reason to interact with canon characters really! Unfortunately, this means WoL OCs as well - their power level is just so intense that I can't really justify my OCs interacting with the WoL: time-traveling slayer of gods at the edges of the universe. (And no shade to canon RPers of any kind - it's just not my cup of tea, is all. Embrace your fun, my friends!) I also don't mind bending lore, but outright ignoring/breaking with it is also not really for me - and again, there's no judgement for how others choose to have fun, but I like to respect the canon.

I prefer plots, and RP with a purpose - contact solely focused on ERP is not welcome. ERP as part of an on-going story doesn't bother me, however.

Don't bring IC into OOC, or vice verse!

Communicate! If the RP isn't working for you, just tell me! I prefer 'organic RP,' but if you want to steer a story (RP) in a certain direction or don't want it steering in a direction, let me know! I much prefer having that conversation, rather than allowing an RP partner to be silently upset or uncomfortable!Follows come from @ooc-miqojak , and my other blogs are @miqojak and @antlers-and-omens!

[vulpes-ferus]

Nogitsune

野狐 のぎつね

Translation: wild fox Alternate names: yako, yakan; many local variation exist as well Habitat: fields, forests, and wild areas Diet: omnivorous; wax candles, lamp oil, lacquer, alcohol, and fried tofu.

Appearance: Nogitsune are a type of kitsune—magical foxes found in East Asian folklore. Specifically the term refers to low ranking, wild kitsune that do not have a divine soul or serve as messengers of the gods. They are particularly known for transforming into humans. In folktales where humans are tormented, tricked, or possessed by kitsune, the culprit is almost always a nogitsune.

Behavior: Nogitsune are cautious creatures with a keen danger sense. They dislike bright light, and hide from the sun during the daytime. They are also afraid of bladed objects, and will avoid swords and knives. They are frightened of dogs as well. A nogitsune disguised as a human might accidentally reveal their true form when startled by a barking dog.

Interactions: Nogitsune are notorious tricksters. One of their favorite activities is transforming in order to trick foolish humans. They use their power to scare people, and often to steal things from them as well. In order to change its shape, a nogitsune requires a magical focus of some kind; usually a bone from a cow or a horse.

I stopped playing after the first round of Arcadion raids hit... maybe a couple weeks in? And just picked the game back up, spammed out 2 patches worth of content, and made myself take some baby steps with posing, since I haven't done it at all since 7.0 hit and I had to start fresh with a lot of things, and re-learn how to pose facial bones, and so on. I wanted to get back into WoW, and XIV just had too much I needed to do to be fun at the time. So... I'm back for now, at least, to eat up the story and raid and try to force myself to get back into posing, at least! So... a baby steps post - a little bit of an homage to older stuff I've done on her since it was an easy start, and I didn't have to tweak nearly as much.

[vulpes-ferus]

Nogitsune

野狐 のぎつね

Translation: wild fox Alternate names: yako, yakan; many local variation exist as well Habitat: fields, forests, and wild areas Diet: omnivorous; wax candles, lamp oil, lacquer, alcohol, and fried tofu.

Appearance: Nogitsune are a type of kitsune—magical foxes found in East Asian folklore. Specifically the term refers to low ranking, wild kitsune that do not have a divine soul or serve as messengers of the gods. They are particularly known for transforming into humans. In folktales where humans are tormented, tricked, or possessed by kitsune, the culprit is almost always a nogitsune.

Behavior: Nogitsune are cautious creatures with a keen danger sense. They dislike bright light, and hide from the sun during the daytime. They are also afraid of bladed objects, and will avoid swords and knives. They are frightened of dogs as well. A nogitsune disguised as a human might accidentally reveal their true form when startled by a barking dog.

Interactions: Nogitsune are notorious tricksters. One of their favorite activities is transforming in order to trick foolish humans. They use their power to scare people, and often to steal things from them as well. In order to change its shape, a nogitsune requires a magical focus of some kind; usually a bone from a cow or a horse.

I stopped playing after the first round of Arcadion raids hit... maybe a couple weeks in? And just picked the game back up, spammed out 2 patches worth of content, and made myself take some baby steps with posing, since I haven't done it at all since 7.0 hit and I had to start fresh with a lot of things, and re-learn how to pose facial bones, and so on. I wanted to get back into WoW, and XIV just had too much I needed to do to be fun at the time. So... I'm back for now, at least, to eat up the story and raid and try to force myself to get back into posing, at least! So... a baby steps post - a little bit of an homage to older stuff I've done on her since it was an easy start, and I didn't have to tweak nearly as much.

[winterofherdiscontent]

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[foodffs]

This mouthwatering good easy Apple Strudel Recipe is made with store-bought puff pastry dough, fresh apples, golden raisins, and an easy four-ingredient cinnamon glaze.  It is so amazingly easy to make and just perfect with that hot cup of coffee early in the morning. 

[blogbysami]

If you love the moon, accept its every shade.

[vulpes-ferus]

Once upon a time, Miyako was a Viera who had a whole backstory involving her having been taken in by the fae, and after I had a particularly bad experience with another player, I overhauled her into who she is now, but...seeing her in the new graphics has me longing to see her in game again...

[asphodxlos]

hii xiv tumblr!!

I'm returning from a pretty long hiatus and it looks like most of my moots have yet to return or have vanished all together. :(

I'd love to find some new blogs to follow to liven up my dashboard a little, and to interact with!! I roleplay pretty selectively. As I don't have the time for consistent posts but I'm huge in development of characters and their relarionships canon or oc, and I love reading about other peoples as well!!

I have three characters, nowi my wol who isn't really a wol. Faivian, a familar that thinks shes an ascian. And Yalene the unsundered love of my life. And they'd love to meet your ocs!! ♡

[vulpes-ferus]

I'd be a fearless leader

I'd be an alpha type

When everyone believes ya - What's that like?

'Cause if I was a man

Then I'd be the man

(( I had the 'what would Miya look like as a man' thought, and decided to play with that into the wee hours before maintenance kicked in. I uh... I am not at all displeased with the Akane that came out the other side.))

[vulpes-ferus]

They say I did something bad Then why's it feel so good?

They say I did something bad But why's it feel so good?

Most fun I ever had And I'd do it over and over and over again

- if I could It just felt so good

- I did something bad, Taylor Swift

[vulpes-ferus]

"Could you understand the meaning of light if there were no darkness to point the contrast? Day and night, life and death, love and hatred, since none of these things can have any being at all apart from the existence of the other, you can no more separate them than you can separate the two sides of a coin."

- Elizabeth Goudge

[vulpes-ferus]

This time I wanted to try on a pair of ears (Wheel) I got to try for Jak that has several options, and forgot this version comes with a tail. I'll probably stick with Miya's normal ones (Da Poo), but this set of ears and tail wouldn't be bad for her Miqo guise, all the same...

Also, a slightly tweaked version of one of my favorite glams for her - with new boots, since Peets Reclawed has so many options! (Once more with no Gshade because this time the damn thing needed to update and I didn't realize. Android photo editor to the rescue!)

[vulpes-ferus]

In trying to get one mod to work, I broke something else, and spent hours fixing things and working on setting up this outfit, and then realized I hadn't finished reinstalling Gshade, and just fought with myself to stay up and snag a few basic shots because I haven't done any posing in a long time and wanted to have something to show for all that effort, so... Miya without Gshade! This is just an in-game filter + windows photo editor filter...and a base game pose? I think? I think I have some combo of Viera and Au Ra emotes on her, though.

[vulpes-ferus]

The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth, and addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice.

'Who are YOU?' said the Caterpillar.

[vulpes-ferus]

FFXIV Write 2023 #12: Dowdy

Her disconnect from time was no reason to allow herself to fall out of fashion - whatever it was, these days. It was a charming, and unique thing... clothing. To change one's colors at will, to change your fur and form without magic! In the forest, you were decided - if not at birth - then as soon as your spots faded. That's who you were, from now on. A fox does not change its coat - nor a hare, nor the owl, nor any other.

But these people did. How did they ever know who was what? She'd learned the concept of guilds long ago, and that they and militaries often wore 'uniforms' - but in daily life, one would never know the nature of the man next to them. He - or she - could be friend... or foe.

There was a certain thrill to it - to having a 'wardrobe', to having pretty things... like delicate feathers to don at will. And the power they gave! It was like unto the magic that had grown alongside her intellect, with time - wear the right (or wrong) thing, and it changes everything about an encounter. You might go entirely overlooked, if you dress like a dowdy... but if you dress to impress? It may draw too much attention.

There was an art to it, and that appealed to Akane's... sense of wit? Sense of humor? How could they have all this treasure, all this knowledge, all this power... and still be easier to fool than the creatures of her forest?

They, at least, know a predator when they see one - no matter how drab, or magnificent.

[vulpes-ferus]

FFXIV Write 2023 #11: Once Bitten, Twice Shy

The people of the East had long memories - even in this modern era, she'd had to be wary at the occasional side-glance. The quickest tell that she was not, in fact, who she seemed to be... was her damned tail. The transformation had always been, and would always be like that - perhaps it was the laws of nature, refusing to give up their hold on a daughter of nature. But any fox who had come to wear the skin of a mortal had always suffered under the damnable curse - now and then... their tail was visible.

Especially to the discerning.

Especially to those who knew to look for it.

And so she'd picked up and left this land that had been all she'd known - besides the walls of her supernatural prison. The people of this 'Black Shroud', however, had never seen something like her - nor did they have the knowledge of how to counter her. Or trap her. These people didn't even know to suspect her as anything other than what she was. They did, however, have a forest rife with magic and strange, unexplainable creatures... she'd found she quite liked it, and it had quite liked her. How could their elementals not appreciate a child of the forest? She belonged, no matter the forest into whose depths she wandered.

And the people... were very queer, after having only known the Eastern lands. Their beliefs, their clothing, their food... but she had chosen a body that came with a tail, this time - that much better to explain away the strange sight of a bushy, orange tail someone sees from the corner of their eye. They won't question it, they'll tell themselves that it just looked strange at a glance, but it's a perfectly normal Miqo'te tail, after all - not even all that bushy really, so they must have imagined it.

She missed the East, and the forests of home, in her way - but what was the point of all this power, if not to travel the world? See new lands? What was it for, if not to experience all this star had to offer?

And at the end of the day, aether tasted the same from a Doman, as it did from a denizen of the Shroud, after all.

[vulpes-ferus]

FFXIV Write 2023 #8: Shed

Three

Hundred

Years

The world had changed in so many ways - so many wars, so many advancements - and yet, the people were seemingly no different.

'Miyako', so she'd long ago dubbed herself in the tongue of man, had decided it was time to shed her old skin - her old self. The face of a woman who had won the love of a noble... the face of a woman who had gotten swept up in human emotions, only to be caught like the fox she'd actually been.

There was no chance that anyone would recognize her, now - the Doman face she'd stolen all those years ago had been from centuries prior to the lives of these little people. All the same, the East remembered other things - the people of the East knew to be wary of the drifting lights at night. They knew to beware the soft, feminine call for help at the side of the road... they might not know about her - but the legends of her kind had survived. And no doubt, the other auspices she knew were about in the East would eventually sniff her out and take her away somewhere else no doubt far more boring.

And so Akane had taken a new face, as she danced beneath the light of the moon - a more difficult task, with four legs instead of two - but that was the way the ancient deed was done; to become a man, one must first return to fur, and forest: the perfect stick, the perfect leaf, the perfect skull... the perfect dance, the perfect song.

A new face, for a new age.

A new skin, for a new land.

And in her new hand - the soft, white glow of the same soul - the small orb-like pendant still strung on a slip of crimson silk ribbon.