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He has layered the bodice with new silk shorts and an well-loved robe in the same shade. He's removed most of his jewelry (excepting the single earring with the crest of his house — Artoirel has never felt comfortable out of his bed without it on). The whole effect isn't too far out of his comfort zone, the top forsaking cleavage and shaping for a simple silhouette with a high neckline. Even still, he feels like he should pull on his thighboots, despite how horribly they would fit with the ensemble.
He doesn't even know how he wants Steph to respond. Artoirel knows he is vain, and he would be upset if he wasn't complimented. At the same time, he isn't really sure he wants to be seen as a sexual object. He's spent his whole adult life being desired for his power and his looks, and outside of a select few, he knows that other aristocrats see him as little more than a pet who will follow whatever hand is feeding him at the time.
or, artoirel tries on a new style of clothing
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- Part 14 of enablingfanfics2025
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Janne's lips part. He wordlessly takes the papers in his hands. It's… it's a deed.
"I was able to handle most of this on my own," Quimperain says. "And I guess I could've handled this as well, but I wanted you to take part. My name is already on the paperwork. I wanted you to have part stake. You've given up everything for me, so I wanted to go into this together. As equals."
or, jannequinard leaves his house and finds a home
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- Part 13 of enablingfanfics2025
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"I hope I am not being too presumptuous, but shall I assume you are here for something of a supernatural origin?"
"You are correct. I believe I may be possessed."
Artoirel's eyes go wide, even as Steph snorts behind him. Tedalgrinche turns the slightest bit to glare at him. "Have some class, Haillenarte."
Steph smiles, like he has been told a nice joke. "It's about time one of you did. Messing with demons is bound to mess with you eventually."
or, tedalgrinche has no choice but to face his ex
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- Part 12 of enablingfanfics2025
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Ysayle raises one arm, the other bent, and she is encased in Shiva's ice. The Word of the Mother raises a hand and gives almost everything to stay the uncaring tide of light. Ryne's heart races as she risks her life to pull what corrupted light she can from Olivier's prone form. From the uncaring cold comes a new primal fed by hopes she can never achieve, but one that burns to do so at any cost. Amidst deepest despair, light everlasting.
or, ryne confronts light and ice at once
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- Part 11 of enablingfanfics2025
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we talked and talked about how our parents will die by egg (strwpup)
Fandoms: Final Fantasy XIV
11 Sep 2025
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Moku has certainly gotten stronger since her Ishgard days. Much of the debris can be shuffled away, revealing Steph's unconscious face, but most of his body is hidden under a massive beam. Moku grits her teeth and pushes, doing everything to get the rectangular beam to roll off her friend's weak body.
Sometimes, in the course of her career, she forgets how ephemeral life is for everyone else. At any moment, someone's gossamer string of fate can be snipped.
or, moku finds a friend she's forgotten
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- Part 10 of enablingfanfics2025
- Part 14 of the water there is deeper than anything you've ever seen [moku]
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Cisone keeps the high ground, keeping parallel to Thancred on higher rooftops so he won't see her. She goes to jump again to a parapet when a booming explosion shakes the buildings surrounding the area. The sound causes her to readjust her angle to come back down where she left. Her eyes follow the sound to a flash of light interrupting the ink-dark sky.
When it clears, she sees a massive canon crumbling and falling down onto the roof. Her eyes widen to take it all in. Distantly, she registers Thancred leaving her line of sight, but a feeling of something important just on the horizon keeps her feet rooted.
or, npcisone changes tracks at menphina's behest
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- Part 8 of enablingfanfics2025
- Part 7 of wide open midnight sky [cisone]
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Emmanellain's voice cracks. "Will you not speak to me, dear friend? About whatever you want. I just need to feel normal for… for the first time in half a decade." Emm swirls the glass in his hand. "Who would've guessed I would miss the days where I was inundated with paperwork. It is downright depressing to come to work just to lie to the people that everything will be okay."
"You look like shit," Sicard says. It's the nicest thing he can think of.
Emm looks down, like he's forgotten what he's wearing. One hand goes through his hair in a useless attempt to fix it. "It has just been one of those weeks, I suppose."
or, sicard prays it's not the end of the world again
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- Part 9 of enablingfanfics2025
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"I am not denying that I continue to have others share my bed when the mood strikes, but it is not cheating, as Quimperain and I have an agreement. Sex doesn't mean to me everything that it does to you. He is content for me to have my fun, so long as I am keeping myself safe, and I return to him when that time is through."
Artoirel looks into his drink. "I… am not sure I understand. You explain yourself well enough, but the concept is quite foreign to me. What kind of person is comfortable sleeping with a married man?"
"…Artoirel, I do not say this with malignant intent. Stephanivien owes you nothing about previous partners, but- if this is something that will weigh heavy on your mind and ruin your relationship, you really should know before it goes any further."
"Know what?"
or, artoirel learns about ethical nonmonogomy
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- Part 7 of enablingfanfics2025
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to the place i know where i cannot go (where i long to be) by egg (strwpup)
Fandoms: Final Fantasy XIV
07 Sep 2025
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Cisone awakens in her bed, despite the fact that she had passed out in the middle of the woods. She peeks one eye open to confirm what her ears are telling her and quickly shuts it in the foolish hope no one will notice she's awake.
"Cisone," her matriarch sighs from across the room. "You are not as sneaky as you think."
She shrinks in on herself and rolls onto her side. It's embarrassing enough without anyone chiding her.
or, cisone issues herself a challenge
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- Part 6 of wide open midnight sky [cisone]
- Part 6 of enablingfanfics2025
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It has been a moon since Moku was here last. She's been a little busy between losing most of her friends and saving another world. Her now bright blue limbal rings cast a small bit of light in front of her, light that diffuses into the fog. It clashes with the sickly green glow emanating from the buboes leeching off of the tree.
or, moku cares about one (1) tree
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- Part 5 of enablingfanfics2025
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An excruciatingly long time later (or perhaps mere minutes, it's hard to tell when all he can think about is how awful he feels), Steph returns from the other room. He kneels down beside the bed so he can be at Artoirel's eye level.
"Hello, my dear." Steph nudges a curtain of greasy hair out of Artoirel's face. "Do you-"
"I don't need your help."
or, steph repays a favor
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- Part 4 of enablingfanfics2025
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Artoirel is a proud son of Ishgard, one who has fought and bled in the highlands, one who has taken the time to reexamine his place after all the recent revelations instead of simply balking against it. It might be a few years since he has taken command, and he has certainly closed himself off more to the world around him since the Calamity, but he-
Artoirel's train of thought stutters at the smell of hot cocoa. It is so rarely served at the mansion, it is little wonder that Artoirel's mind goes to his brother, who loved to serve it to the people of Dragonhead at every occassion. Artoirel had only visited a few times since Haurchefant's placement there, but he was well aware of the importance the drink held for him.
Haurchefant has been dead for almost a moon now.
or, artoirel and lucia go to investigate reports of insurgence at the convictory prior to the peace talks at falcon's nest
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- Part 3 of enablingfanfics2025
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All of that training, all the grief, almost a decade of schooling… all for him to spend his days decoding the chicken scratch of Stephanivien de Haillenarte.
Artoirel put his hand to his mouth to cover his scowl while appearing simply lost in thought. "What is-" he started, squinting. "Your schedule for today says you are needed to… meet with a tinman?"
"Ah, doesn't that sound nice?" Steph beamed at him for a moment before scooping more breakfast in his half-open mouth. "No, my dear, I believe I am unfortunately set to meet with Etienne."
This was all Artoirel wanted a few moons ago. To get away from the uncertainty, to sit here in the presence of his closest friend while they shared a meal just like before. Steph was supposed to smile, and all the clouds would part, and Artoirel would laugh for the first time in years, but it- it simply wasn't that.
or, artoirel prepares for a future no one wants
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- Part 2 of enablingfanfics2025
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"It's awful!" Moku sits up and throws her hands in the air in one movement. "I write like a child! No one who seriously cares about this will read it. Someone will come along in a couple years and write a- I don't know, a novel of some sort, and it'll win every award on the star-"
"This isn't about awards, is it?"
Moku blinks, having clearly not expected her scripted spiral would be interrupted. "Ah. No?"
"Right." Mikoto stretches her arm to tuck an unruly strand of hair behind her partner's horn. "So it shouldn't matter how quality the writing is. What matters is that you finish it."
There's a pause as Moku's brain starts up again, then she shakes her head, dislodging the strand to where it dangled before. "No one will want to read something this… ugh! I don't even have words for how stupid it is, because I'm bad at words, which is the whole damn problem."
or, mikoto and t'laqa finally find a way they can meaningfully help the warrior of light
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- Part 13 of the water there is deeper than anything you've ever seen [moku]
- Part 1 of enablingfanfics2025
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“Don't tell me you don't want an opportunity like this! It is important to keep your blade sharp, and that isn't happening behind your desk.”
Artoirel sighs. He does miss being in the field. One trip in the vale couldn't be that bad, he'd bested far worse. If Emmanellain went so far out of his way to spend time with him, there's vanishingly few reasons to tell him no.
or, the fortemps brother try something new
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By the time brave volunteers go to the Darkhold, looking for survivors of the contingent that were there in the eve of the calamity, they are devastated by the news that it has partially collapsed.
Almost two moons into the Seventh Umbral Era, Stephanivien hears the news. Commander Artoirel de Fortemps, missing, presumed dead.
or, steph loses his friend (and finds him again in garlemald?)
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- Part 9 of the water there is deeper than anything you've ever seen [moku]
- Part 12 of ffxivwrite2024
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He had a plan. He had a step-by-step plan to fix everything before he came back. Step one, graduate. Step two, cut ties with the assembly. Step three, and this is important, make himself a better person, a more worthy person- then step four, show up on Caleb’s doorstep with flowers and wine and hope that it was enough.
He hadn’t thought to plan for his mother being full of silent rage at him wasting everything he worked on, stripping him from the den, and subsequently kicking him out on his ass until he “got it back together”.
Well. As Caleb had always said. You have to work with what you get.
or, essek only has one doorstep he can land on
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It was colorful, and bright, and intricate diagrams and paintings covered every bit of the walls. There was a cozy kitchen and a dining table set for two. More stairs led up to a second floor with branching rooms. Most strangely, giant piles of copper strands sat everywhere and interconnected through the whole room. It reminded him vaguely of a spider’s nest.
Maybe not the best place to stay, then. But he could see the open cabinet of components, and he couldn’t not take a look.
or, caleb has one dream
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“So…” Ryne starts. And then she stops. An awkward silence settles over them, Ryne wilting the longer it goes on.
Moku winces. “There's no way it was actually this long, right?”
“Memory tends to emphasize the parts we recall most,” Mikoto says, not taking the quiet well either. Moku decides to believe that as the truth for Ryne’s sake.
or, moku hasn't been alone in her echoes since mikoto pulled her into cid's mind
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may your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground by egg (strwpup)
Fandoms: Final Fantasy XIV
05 Jul 2025
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Moku crosses her arms in front of her, not angry, not scared, just… persisting despite her discomfort. “It hurts. It all hurts. And it will hurt again.” The pendant weighs heavy on her chest, hanging low below Tataru’s where no one can see. “But so many people have given so much for me to walk my own path, to walk a new one. I will. For all of them.”
or, moku comes to terms with the inevitability of death
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