just because I left doesn't mean that I'm not still there
G'raha Tia realizes now that he really ought to give up on the idea that he'll ever have a reasonable expectation of what's coming. Especially after a night of passion with Pike L'oatel, the Warrior of Light, unexpectedly activates the Allagan cloning mechanisms in the Crystal Tower. He had expected to wake up in the future, of course. But the tiny Miqo'te infant that now smiles and reaches for him? That's definitely a surprise.
"Milo," G'raha says to the kit, scooping him up in his arms. G'raha is nothing if not flexible to change. "I think you look like a Milo. What do you think?"
The baby tucks against his chest, blue ears like his father's (Pike, G'raha thinks with a distant level of surrealism, the godsdamn Warrior of Light) drooping flat against his head. A low rumble of a purr starts up in G'raha's chest as he rocks the child gently.
"Hello, Milo."
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Sometimes love fell together effortlessly, the pieces coming together like magnetized parts of a puzzle that longed to be reunited. Simple, smooth, and easy.
This was not one of those times.
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- Part 4 of changing names, changing faces
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the raging storm of a foreign war by LemonCakeDesign, Vashoth
Fandoms: Final Fantasy XIV
25 Mar 2022
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It was a pale white horse
With a crooked smile
And I knew it was my time
It was the raging storm
Of a foreign war
And a face I'd seen beforeIn the middle of the night, Milo sneaks off on his own to make an attempt on the Garlean Prince's life. It goes poorly. His mentor, Pike, is there to find the aftermath.
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- Part 6 of changing names, changing faces
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Oh, how did you know?
That's all we need?
A promise of hope
Is enough to feel freeWith a major injury sidelining Pike for the foreseeable future while the dragons bear down on Ishgard, someone must pick up his fallen torch.
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- Part 7 of Across the Universe
- Part 3 of changing names, changing faces
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First, he was Milo L'oatel; a kid with the best dad in the whole world. That lasted six years.
After his new mom adopted him, he took her name in Keeper fashion to become Mihmi'a L'oatel. It felt like a fresh start. It lasted five years before the Empire took her away.
He kept the name, but paid for it by staying hidden away from the Empire's watchful eyes for over a decade. Under the wing of the Chef of The Eft's Tail, he was able to don the title of Sous Chef himself. A title that was beginning to mean more to him than his jumble of broken names from broken pasts. Someday, he could just be Chef.
When he lost that title, he became Milo once again. He decided then and there that it would be the last time he allowed the world to steal him away from himself.
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- Part 1 of changing names, changing faces