Sandsea

@crimson-bull / @wispofwillow / @bad-moen-rising

sasaxia saxia is back!

...as a way for me to play with NA friends. leveling her up and getting her thu EW... soon. gotta get her DRK up.

THE RISKBREAKERS' 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION!

Saturday, May 25 marks the Riskbreakers' TENTH ANNIVERSARY as a free company!

We'd love to have you join us on Crystal/Balmung for as much of our celebration as you'd like: 💎 Noon - 1PM Pacific: Fall Guys 💎 1PM - ~4PM Pacific: Return to Ivalice raid sweep 💎~4PM - close: Open bar night at the Sandsea (RP)

On behalf of the entire company, THANK YOU so much for an absolutely incredible ten years. We can't wait to keep saving the world alongside you all!

...And if you're looking for a new social/RP/PvE free company on Crystal, please don't hesitate to hit me up!

have a little more respect for cringe compilations, Riskbreaker

Some Riskbreakers did Titania EX tonight, on account of it being midsummer today.

As soon as I started tanking Puck, Thistle hopped up into my lap.

And she stayed there until she made me fail the button-mash on Shinryu EX.

🌿

AU where the Riskbreakers are much more violent and/or "the ends justify the means" - Izarra or Orella!

Let’s play a game. Send me a potential AU and I’ll tell you five fun facts that would happen in a story.

oooh. a more militant ashelia riot, i presume? runs the ship tight, no room for anyone not entirely devoted to the cause?

orella probably receives a warmer welcome after busting herself out of ul'dahn gaol. welcome aboard, riskbreaker, you're one of us for true!

she probably wouldn't say (unless specifically pressed...) but ashelia's reign reminds her a lot of theodoric. before he turned entirely loopyloo. there's no chance for change, no different course to take - only blood and bloodshed, as is their birthright. and orella, well, in for a penny, in for a pound... resigns herself entirely to this having always been her fate.

ala mhigo liberated isn't the homecoming she thought it would be. even if ingvald made it to the riskbreakers as well (and boy, would he even want to? orella's a grounding force, but the groups she shacks up with sure are, ummmm...) she'd be having doubts of her own at some point or another. ala mhigo back in the hands of ala mhigans, but ala mhigans like /her?/ she already made herself unwelcome in her home and now she has the balls to come back and do it all over again? no, she can't do that. orella flees in the dead of night. she's gotten good at doing that.

she wants to put as much distance between herself and all this everything as she can, but she still wants to help, still wants to make up for everything she's done... she ends up in gangos with the bozjan liberation. (as fun as it would be to shove her bodily back into ivalice. ingvald and gabranth spiderman pointing meme dot jpg) it's not her home, not her business, but she carves out a little place of it for herself. without phantom pains hanging over her head, her arm still works - and she trades in the sword and shield for a gunblade instead of a greatsword. she's surprisingly comfortable with it.

i'm not sure where her story would end, admittedly - but even if it's premature, it's still on the battlefield, for a better cause than either of the ones she devoted herself to before. a fight worth fighting! also, the concept of orella finding a whole new nemesis in lyon rem helsos is kind of hilarious, actually. two old grumpy bitches occasionally 1v1ing each other. beautiful.

I sat bolt upright out of a sound sleep because I could not remember if Basch FFXII had a pearl bindi like Garleans from FFXIV.

(He does not, BTW.)

I was also convinced that Ashley Riot from Vagrant Story was a Gunbreaker.

(According to wikipedia, he was actually a Riskbreaker, BTW.)

Getting spoiled on upcoming location names really messed with me it seems :/

Today's ffxiiposting is brought to you by REDDAS' BEAUTIFUL FACE. LOOK AT HIM, HE'S SO BEAUTIFUL. I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!!

I love his fancy office as well, ahhhh. And you guys. YOU GUYS. His airship is a Bhujerban model you know. It's Bhujerban. Maybe he got it as a gift from Halim >:3 yeah yeah I'm on copium, it's totally a viable theory JUST YOU WAIT AND SEE

Anyway, he fucks me up. Nabradia, not his home but a memory burned forever in his heart 😭😭😭 baby...... Baby boy...... Beautiful pink pants man....

There were some fun little bits before we hared off for Ridorana, like Reddas being worried for his people who were exploring out there in boats. Despite the town's divide in opinion over him, he really does care for them. But it also makes me worry for things after the events of the Pharos too. What's gonna happen to Balfonheim when he doesn't return? Will it go back to normal? I imagine Larsa would leave them in peace at least, so they wouldn't have to pay off the Empire any more anyway. But still. OUGH

And then I got up to Hashmal, got boned by Hashmal, and realised the true depth of my lack of shit lmao. I don't even have Dispel!! And no Cleanse, and I ran out of phoenix downs again too flckck so I shlepped it back out of the Pharos and went to pick up some stuff. Namely, 99 phoenix downs, a bubble belt, Cleanse and Dispel, Decoy, a bunch of teleport stones, and now I also have a loaaad of cash as well so I can upgrade my gear for the slog back up the fucking Pharos lmao. But! I'm almost at the (story, anyway) endgame, so I shouldn't be surprised at things getting harder. I was lv41-42 up there as well, so not that great levelled! Things were frequently beating me up real hard on the way up too, so going out and regrouping is a good idea. I was considering getting Bubble spell as well, but I'm not doing 46 hunts to make Riskbreaker rank, or however many it would need! Bugger that for a lark, as much as I love hunts!

Anyway, I'm mad that I didn't get to see my man Cid again tonight like I thought I would, but well! Can't be helped

something i don’t speak of often on social media (this is a lie) is my bataar obsession. silly little swedish men are my entire personality and if you like bataar we are automatically friends emphasis on if you prefer the rebirth version of riskbreaker

Vagrant story lich

Vagrant story lich portable#

Magic spells can be used to attack, heal, create status effects, and manipulate Ashley's elemental and enemy affinities. Once a Grimoire is used, the magic spell associated with the Grimoire will remain in the menu, and players only need to spend magic points (MP) to cast a learned spell. Magic in Vagrant Story is learned later in the game using Grimoires that are dropped by enemies. The exclamation mark indicates the point where the player can chain attacks reflexes must be keen to inflict higher damage to the enemy. Ashley also gains Break Arts, which exchange his hit points (HP) for increased damage. In addition to Chain Abilities, Defensive Abilities allow Ashley to reduce or reflect damage or avoid status ailments. This is done by pressing buttons in timely succession, making combat resemble a rhythm game. The battle system involves the player chaining different attacks known as Chain Abilities to achieve large combos and deal damage to the enemy. Individual body parts within this sphere can be targeted. In Battle Mode, when the player taps the attack button, a spherical grid appears around Ashley. In the field map, players may engage the enemy as soon as they enter Battle Mode, which uses a pausable real-time combat system, much like Square's Parasite Eve (1998). This stage is optional and can be turned off from the menu. Players must reach the end of the room in the shortest time possible, after which they are ranked. When the player returns to a completed block puzzle room, a time-attack mode called "Evolve, or Die!!" begins. During the game, the player must sometimes solve block puzzles to advance the story. Īshley can run, jump, and push crates and cubes to navigate around obstacles, adding puzzle and platforming elements to gameplay. Navigation is in real-time, and areas accessed by the player are stored in an in-game map menu. Characters and sprites are proportionate with each other, and the player navigates Ashley on a three-dimensional field map. The player may also switch into first-person perspective to allow for a 360° view using the START button or right analog stick on the game controller. Vagrant Story is a solo action role-playing game, in which the player controls Ashley Riot from a third-person perspective while exploring Leá Monde and the catacombs underneath. The game received critical acclaim from gaming magazines and websites. Vagrant Story is unique as a console action-adventure role-playing game in that it features no shops and no player interaction with other characters instead, the game focuses on weapon creation and modification, as well as elements of puzzle-solving and strategy. In the prologue, Ashley is blamed for murdering the duke, and the game discloses the events that happen one week before the murder. The story centers on Ashley Riot, an elite agent known as a Riskbreaker, who must travel to Leá Monde to investigate the link between a cult leader and a senior Valendian Parliament member, Duke Bardorba. The game takes place in the fictional kingdom of Valendia and the ruined city of Leá Monde. Vagrant Story was primarily developed by the team responsible for Final Fantasy Tactics, with Yasumi Matsuno serving as producer, writer and director.

Vagrant story lich portable#

The game was released in 2000, and has been re-released through the PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita consoles. Vagrant Story ( ベイグラントストーリー, Beiguranto Sutōrī) is an action role-playing game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) for the PlayStation video game console.

Congrats Riskbreakers!

On another year of lovely stories shared with the community, and another fun RP evening! I was pretty quiet through it (just a bit tired and chat was going fast), but it was a great time and I loved seeing so many familiar names and faces come to hang out.

@onwesterlywinds

PROMPT #26: Last

The following is the contents of the last pages written in the journal of Ludo Swiftwind, recovered from Carteneau Flats in the wake of Omega's activation.

DON'T FORGET:

YOU ARE HERE TO RECOVER THE PRIMAL KILLER.

Adeledji's crew estimate its worth at several billion gil; Lolorito will likely pay more (enough to settle debts and then disappear for good)

Keep notes about anything important because something down here is interfering with your short-term memory. For the love of Halone DON'T read anything aloud!

Ashelia M. Riot is your partner and the leader of the Riskbreakers. She is an Ala Mhigan Highlander and she has pink hair, dark brown skin and eyes like desert amethysts (if amethysts could glare at you). You love her very much.

(ask her what the M stands for when you're back)

Don't read anything aloud and don't talk about anything you don't want to have used against you. This sorry piece of scrap sure has a hell of an attitude for something that crash-landed here a few thousand years ago.

COME BACK WITH SOMETHING TO SHOW FOR YOUR EFFORTS OR DON'T COME BACK AT ALL. The Syndicate sniff out blood like a Garlean recruiter; they'll expect you to come back empty-handed.

Still about 250M gil deep in the red but interest is going to be the real ###### to get in front of so do something soon

Determined that this is not a primal killer, more like a primal prison. Asked if it had any primals left and of course it's clammed up.

NEW MISSION (?): Convince it to part with a primal

You are Ludo Swiftwind and you hail from Riversmeet. You became a trader to see the world and you survived the Calamity (most of you did, anyway) and the thing you want most (to go back) isn't going to happen

If you ever forget what Coerthas looked like in the summer you may as well just give up

(just remembered the M stands for Marco.)

You fell in love with Ashe the first time you saw her lost in her own thoughts. Can't remember where you were but she was definitely back in Ala Mhigo and you knew you wanted to take her there for true.

might not make it out might not ᴍꬰʞƐ it out might not

Found records detailing the subjugation of Sephirot, Sophia, and Zurvan (sp?)

See back cover for translations of Allagan phrases

(Maybe if I upload this data onto a tomestone it'll be enough to cover at least the first billion.)

if $exit=1 apologize to Ashe endif

I want to see her again but I fucked somethinꬶ up

You are Ōsamu bas Maevius and you are a stupid little h###-##### who couldn't even hack it in the provinces because it took you six years after you ran away to consider that your mother might have had trauma

she even told you once that she wanted to go home but they wouldn't let her back in, how much clearer could she have been

had the info on the Allag primals directly into my memory, ineꜰꜰicient but got the job done (finally just told it i had enemies i needed to beat and something clicked)

ꞵeautiful battles th0usands of years ago, check combat data logs for ver1f1cation, life and death in ꞵalance, will s4tisfy SYNDICATE LEECHES for maybe 1 year so should run fast

DATA TRANSMISSION BLOCKED SEE FRONT COVER FOR PRIMAL COORDINATES if you can't find them keep going higher

tried to stay in riversmeet but the cold felt too much like home

01100111 01101111 01101111 01100100 01100010 01111001 01100101 00100000 01110111 01101111 01110010 01101100 01100100

Ꞷ

so, the title of the OST track that plays during Sydney's monologue (the "I run, you give chase" one, I guess he has many) is "Snares Laid by the Rabbit" (not "hart"). and although I can't find the actual game script, a google deep dive seems to suggest the line was originally 俺は兎 (I am the rabbit). so which explanation do you think is the correct one:

they translated 兎 as "hare" and it got misread as "hart" somewhere along the way

they changed it to "hart" because a shirtless man saying "I am the rabbit, you are the hunter" was simply too gay

Enter: Alenna Vaius

Alenna Vaius paced the floor of her chamber, lips curled back over her too-perfect white teeth. It was bad enough that the intruders had managed to find their way into the stronghold to begin with - but, they’d nearly escaped with her prized prisoner. Such audacity, she vowed, would not go unpunished.

Her thoughts turned to the boy, and her expression soured further. She had spent considerable time and resources acquiring him, and the fact that she was having to involve herself in the efforts to keep him was very irritating indeed. And now there were even more outsiders aware of his plight...

Ashelia Riot. Alenna’s lips creased into a frown as she finished crossing the span of her room to where she kept the better brandies. She flicked the top of the decanter back with her index finger and sighed, pouring the amber liquid into a glass. She lifted the glass to her lips -- draining its contents, however, did not serve to improve her mood - it was only a matter of time before someone was unfortunate enough to come upon her and interrupt her brooding.

The woman she’d taken, the one who was with child...Upa, they had called her. Alenna’s fist clenched, air whistling out harshly between her grinding teeth. The Miqo’te had shown enormous aetheric potential, and the fact that Alenna was now down another test subject only served to outrage her further. No, those people would pay dearly for setting her back and delaying her progress.

She knew of the Riskbreakers - there weren’t many among her number who didn’t. A constant, growing nuisance, made all the more persistent during their recent run-in. Alenna was unable to suppress a smile as she recalled the look on the Grand Stewardess’ face as she’d brought her husband to his knees... the more pleasant reverie was quickly replaced with the reality that they had escaped and that they were all still alive and whole.

“Excuse me, ma’am! You’re needed in the control room.” And, there it was. Alenna whirled where she stood, eyes glinting angrily in the dim light of her chambers as she fixed her gaze on the soldier framed by her doorway. 

“I decide where I am needed,” she hissed, the now-empty glass rolling from her hand and shattering upon the floor as long strides carried her effortless across the room to place herself directly in front of the intrusion. “If you idiots are incapable of handling our prisoner - who is, need I remind you, just a child - then perhaps you’d like to trade places with him! ...No? Then get out.” 

The soldier staggered  in place, words falling from his lips in haste as he started to try and retreat backwards into the hallway. “I - no, the - the prisoner is fine, my lady! It’s just...you - you have a visitor...!” Alenna paused in her advancement, eyes narrowing as she fixed them to his.

“A visitor?” She asked, her words clipped and precise.  “Who is it?” The soldier hesitated just a fraction too long.

“Who is it?” Her voice rose to a booming crescendo, sending the soldier staggering backwards toward the doorframe to get away. “M - miss Invi --”

“GET OUT!” Alenna roared, grabbing the nearest empty glass and chucking it toward the unfortunate man. He scrambled away and left her, seething; she drew slow, long breaths, mulling over the new information.

So. She’s here. Sighing, Alenna ran a hand threw her hair and walked brusquely to the mirror to check herself. How long has it been? Pushing her thoughts aside, she crossed to the door to her chamber and retrieved her helmet, tucking it beneath her arm. A small smile curled her lips.

This...this could get interesting.

#ICONIC