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Rral Soj: Tomte, what a pleasant surprise! Though, bein' an artisan from beyond the salt, I suppose it ain't such a surprise to find you on familiar ground. Rral Soj: Ropli asked us to visit other lands to learn what we could. After callin' in the Yok Huy and Alexandrians for the Wachumeqimeqi Appreciation Sale, he has his eye on attractin' stallholders from other lands as his next enterprise. Rral Soj: Seems his desire to connect disparate peoples through commerce ain't so easily sated! Before we left, I could've sworn I heard him mutterin' somethin' about gatherin' beads the world over... Papawni: Oh, Tomte! To think I should meet you here, in the land where you learned your trade... Why, I daresay my visit is now truly complete! Papawni: Exposure to other cultures is a truly valuable experience for any artisan. And what luck that our visit should coincide with a local festival! Papawni: The decorations, the design─all artfully evoking a celebration of love! And the attention to detail on the cake decorations... Oh, it's simply exquisite!

Uvlo: Though Ropli saw to the arrangements for our travel, I was somewhat uneasy at the idea of Shunye journeying unattended. So I thought to accompany him as both guard and guide. Uvlo: In my past travels, I encountered a Gridanian festival once before. As I recall, enormous eggs loomed large throughout the city. I remember being awed by the sheer scale of celebrations. Uvlo: I'm afraid I was so preoccupied with preparations for our journey that I failed to heed the explanation of the festival we're currently observing. A celebration of desserts, I take it? Regardless, I shan't complain when served such delicious cake! Shunye: What a simply wonderful array of cakes. While chocolate has come to be enjoyed as a sweet treat in Tuliyollal of late, I can't say I've seen it used quite like this before. Shunye: Though, now that I think of it, chocolate may be an ideal gift to demonstrate love and care. It has long been said to be beneficial for one's spirits and physical health alike. Shunye: Perhaps I should consider keeping some in stock for the discerning client. After all, who's to say that medicine more pleasing to the eye and palate is any less effective?

rral soj, papawni, uvlo, and shunye dialogue for those who haven't done the wachumeqimeqi cap quest!

the mih khetto amphitheatre breakup hetties are still here. L to them

jacke: well, if this ain't proper bene!

oboro, in an outlandish neon metallic outfit: so this is the height of gridanian sophistication...!

THERE'S ROGUE/NINJA YAOI TOO. NOT THAT YAOI THE OTHER OPTION

I SCRUMPT

YOU GOTTA DO THE BSM/ARM/GSM QUESTS DUDE THEY PUT A REALLY HOT BUTCH SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN THERE

cirina eating cake and saying "it's so good i could cry...!"

sadu saying "then i'll wipe your tears - you needn't wolf it down so!"

cirina and sadu's dialogue. my god... yuri... i genuinely screamed

sadu and cirina in the valentione's outfits. sadu's hair is in a ponytail.

uvlo and shunye from the dawntrail gatherer quests in the v-day outfits.

rral soj and papawni from the dawntrail metallurgy quests in the v-day outfits.

PRESIDENTIAL ALERT THERE IS YURI AND YAOI IN MIH KHETTO'S AMPHITHEATRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VALENTIONE'S EVENT HAS A MULTIPLAYER MINIGAME!!!! IT'S SOME REAL FLASH GAME SHIT!!!!!!!! THIS RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

perhaps the turali trader or traveler top? casual and fun and can evoke late 20th century fashion... i can make if you dont have :3

- he parks himself and ryne at the crystarium and eulmore invades and sacks the city
- he parks himself and ryne with the night's blessed and when fort gohn gets burned down y'shtola dies
- he never lets them get anywhere near other people and ryne gets so lonely she runs away and dies

death by preventable disease is an inevitable and even desired outcome of concentration camps. in every era of concentration camps people have died of typhus, which is a disease of privation and enforced crowding. this illness is intentionally inflicted

a simple drawing of a cat with sunglasses and a wide bipedal stance captioned "in this moment i really believe i'm cool and that i've got something special going on". caption continues smaller: "last last last last last".

#catcrumb

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LEGENDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YESSSSSSSSSSSS YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

maybe!!!! i know it backwards and forwards. reading xxxholic alongside it will also help - they were published concurrently, are sister series, and later on have intertwining plot threads.

that depends on if you include loops where she mercy-killed him and loops where she ripped him apart so hard he does it himself

- he gets sin eater'd
- he gets leafman'd
- ryne kills him
- ryne mercy kills him after an injury
- he stomps off in a huff in amh araeng and falls into the cinder surprise sand canyon

- he does everything right, he's kind and generous and loving, and still she dies in some horrible accidental way. because he wasn't vigilant enough
- the run right after that where he's a mean bastard because he's exhausted and heartsore and maybe it'll work. it does not

- he never rescues ryne from eulmore and the wol dies on mt gulg and ends the world
- he parks himself and ryne in il mheg and ran'jit's soldiers burn down the shelves and urianger dies
- the classic "maybe if i die it'll end the loop and ill be free" no it doesnt

hits of the previous loops:
- one half of his heart gets its wish and ryne euthanizes herself and becomes Minfilia, and thagamemnon realizes it wasn't worth it, it was never worth it
- he is Too protective/gentle w ryne & it leads to her getting killed by smth she didn't have the skills to deal with

what they don't tell you about shb is that we're actually seeing run 100 of a timeloop where thancred has fucked things up in some way every prior time and thats why his behavior is Shutting Up And Trying To Stand Still. he completely blunders into the True Path which might not even be the Best path

Alisaie: Urianger told me to accept grief as it comes, allow myself to feel it, and muster forward without punishing myself for loving someone enough to miss them.

Alphinaud: Urianger doesn’t do any of that.

Alisaie: yeah I think it was a do as I say not as I do scenario

happy black history month!! id like to highlight the only museum dedicated to black history here in my state if you're able to check them out or toss a few bucks their way! 🫶

blackiowa.org/support/dona...

also if you havent read xxxholic... that would be way up your alley i think

HE WAS SUCH A NASTY BITCH IN THAT SCENE!!!!!! he said Ok ex-pseudo-almost-husband. ill give you what youve been yelling you want. no more nicknames. Smile

for a while before playing ffxiv i had this reoccurring moment of neing on my dash and going "omg awesome yuuko fanart?? oh wait its tagged ffxiv. idk who this lady is" (it was yotsuyu)

AND XXXHOLIC!!!!!!!!!!!

Man this is really something

A bystander took a heart-wrenching picture of Liam Ramos in his hat and Spiderman backpack, and there was pressure, and he and his father are free. We must not forget all the prisoners still in the camps whose names and faces are known only to their loved ones. We must make miracles for them, too.

I am not gleefully predicting this, just speaking from some experience, and trying to steel folks for the right timespan on fighting this: within 2-4 years, there will be Very Serious People demanding you give up asking for accountability on this stuff, and in fact *you* are the problem for doing so