[It's never an inconvenience when it involves delicious pastries.
He makes his way there and arrives not too long after Joie does, though by that point he's realised he doesn't even know her name let alone what she looks like. So... he sends her another message.]
Um…well, right over near this trash can. But that isn’t descriptive.
I am a very tall elezen if that helps. I have purple hair.
Did I ever tell you my name? My name is Joie, if you are my mother you would say it with an angry ishgardian accent. If you are anyone else…you can just say “joy”.
With that description in mind it doesn't take him long to locate her, and he trots quickly over to give a gentle tap to one of her elbows. She's tall, but having spent so long in Ishgard he's used to that.
And, having spent so long in Ishgard, he knows better than to pronounce her name as 'joy'.]
[He grins and aborts awkwardly rubbing the back of his head to take the offered loaves from her. They do, in fact, smell absolutely divine and well worth the trip.]
I have a lot of friends there and I keep an apartment in the Firmament. [Possibly unusual in itself - you don't often see Miqo'te in Ishgard, after all.]
You uh-- you get used to the accent after a while.
You sound like my husband, you know. He kept an apartment in the Firmament before we were wed so that he could "stay close and learn about the culture".
[ CODE: HE WAS FLIRTING WITH HER. ]
Regardless, I never knew there was a second Miqo'te in Ishgard. But I have heard a lot of things about "multiple universes" in the last 24 hours.
Honestly, even if you are from one of those multiple universes…I think it is fine. Who are any of us to say that our own timelines are the right timeline anyways?
[ Though, it is interesting to think about. Once she gives herself time to think. She hasn’t had a lot of time to do just THAT.]
I am glad, though, that you found a home in Ishgard. Mine own relationship with it was complicated for a while. But home is home.
I grew up sort of orphaned, so... home's a weird thing for me.
[Shrug. He's not touchy about it, but when you don't have family around you the concept of a home really does hit differently. The people he grew up with on the docks were the first family that he really had but they never had a 'home'... and he wouldn't exactly say his room in the Arcanists Guild was home either.
Ishgard had been the first time he had felt like he had a place to come back to that would always be there.]
I'm from Limsa Lominsa originally. Uhm. Grew up there, anyway.
[ She doesn't understand it the way that E'kayan or even her husband, X'chai, would. She knows that while her relationship with her family is strained at best, she was never so unlucky as to not grow up with her family around.
So she feels for him.
Ishgard was not always such a kind place, but there are people there that make it infinitely kinder. ]
Is that right? Then you found a comfort in Ishgard, aye? I always say that it is the people that make the home you know.
[Comfort, a place to belong... Ishgard had been the first place he'd felt like more of a person than a weapon to be wielded and he can never really thank Aymeric and everyone there enough for giving him that small spot of peace to ground himself in, in the middle of everything else he was going through when he first arrived there.
It's not something he thinks about too much. That period of his life is mostly a blur.]
And I guess I feel kinda responsible for the place, in a weird way... [He shakes his head.] Though the Lord Commander hardly needs my help. He's handling everything fine, which is great, because I've no head for politics.
You are a good person, you know that? Not just because you are the warrior of light. I think you are a good person in general. The way you speak of Ishgard, and those around you is heartwarming.
[When it comes to personal compliments like that, E'kayan always finds himself flustering. He rubs the back of his neck and awkwardly grins, his ears flicking in barely disguised pleasure at the spoken approval.]
Uhm-- no, no, not at all. I only came out here to see you anyway.
[And only, really, because she insisted even if he really didn't understand why.]
[ Because to a fault, Joie is kind. She did feel bad about the misfire. She was also curious to meet this mystery Warrior of Light as well. Even if she believes most of them are good in nature.
She notices his fluster, just chuckling behind her hand. ]
I would ask, at least, that you are not a stranger once we part. I have quite enjoyed meeting you.
[He smiles up at her, warm and genuine, his tail swishing from side to side as he does. It has, as a general rule, always been easy for him to make friends but there's somethihng about making this kind of instant connection with someone that always warms him.]
Likewise! I mean, not just for the bread either.
[His ears wiggle slightly.]
And we've met now, so we can't be strangers, right?
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Date: 2023-07-08 12:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-11 09:30 pm (UTC)If you're set on it, why don't we meet half way?
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Date: 2023-07-14 11:45 pm (UTC)But yes, I am set on it. Halfway will do just fine for me.
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Date: 2023-07-16 10:15 pm (UTC)I'm in Amberfall. I guess I should figure out if this is going to be an afternoon out or a day trip.
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Date: 2023-07-22 05:04 pm (UTC)[He will not mention that this actually inconveniences him more than the initial text... because he is food motivated and wants pastries.]
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Date: 2023-07-22 06:09 pm (UTC)Once she does show up, she will stand at city's center with to nicely wrapped pastries. they are at least still warm! ]
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Date: 2023-07-22 07:22 pm (UTC)He makes his way there and arrives not too long after Joie does, though by that point he's realised he doesn't even know her name let alone what she looks like. So... he sends her another message.]
I'm here, where are you?
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Date: 2023-07-23 12:11 am (UTC)I am a very tall elezen if that helps. I have purple hair.
Did I ever tell you my name? My name is Joie, if you are my mother you would say it with an angry ishgardian accent. If you are anyone else…you can just say “joy”.
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Date: 2023-07-26 05:04 pm (UTC)With that description in mind it doesn't take him long to locate her, and he trots quickly over to give a gentle tap to one of her elbows. She's tall, but having spent so long in Ishgard he's used to that.
And, having spent so long in Ishgard, he knows better than to pronounce her name as 'joy'.]
Joie?
[He thinks his accent is pretty on point!]
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Date: 2023-07-27 02:48 am (UTC)Well, you aren't my mother, but you did pronounce that nearly perfectly. Have you spent a lot of time in Ishgard, friend?
[ Offering him those loaves, btw. They smell DIVINE. ]
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Date: 2023-07-30 06:10 pm (UTC)[He grins and aborts awkwardly rubbing the back of his head to take the offered loaves from her. They do, in fact, smell absolutely divine and well worth the trip.]
I have a lot of friends there and I keep an apartment in the Firmament. [Possibly unusual in itself - you don't often see Miqo'te in Ishgard, after all.]
You uh-- you get used to the accent after a while.
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Date: 2023-08-01 04:52 pm (UTC)[ CODE: HE WAS FLIRTING WITH HER. ]
Regardless, I never knew there was a second Miqo'te in Ishgard. But I have heard a lot of things about "multiple universes" in the last 24 hours.
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Date: 2023-08-05 04:06 pm (UTC)[There's a few of them, he knows. Less than there were but still enough to feel strange when he thinks about it sometimes.]
I don't remember seeing many others in Ishgard either, but the cold might have something to do with that. [He grins a little and shrugs.]
Wasn't so much the culture for me as just... always feeling welcome there, yanno?
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Date: 2023-08-13 09:39 pm (UTC)[ Though, it is interesting to think about. Once she gives herself time to think. She hasn’t had a lot of time to do just THAT.]
I am glad, though, that you found a home in Ishgard. Mine own relationship with it was complicated for a while. But home is home.
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Date: 2023-08-18 02:20 pm (UTC)[Shrug. He's not touchy about it, but when you don't have family around you the concept of a home really does hit differently. The people he grew up with on the docks were the first family that he really had but they never had a 'home'... and he wouldn't exactly say his room in the Arcanists Guild was home either.
Ishgard had been the first time he had felt like he had a place to come back to that would always be there.]
I'm from Limsa Lominsa originally. Uhm. Grew up there, anyway.
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Date: 2023-08-20 07:15 pm (UTC)So she feels for him.
Ishgard was not always such a kind place, but there are people there that make it infinitely kinder. ]
Is that right? Then you found a comfort in Ishgard, aye? I always say that it is the people that make the home you know.
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Date: 2023-08-22 04:58 pm (UTC)[Comfort, a place to belong... Ishgard had been the first place he'd felt like more of a person than a weapon to be wielded and he can never really thank Aymeric and everyone there enough for giving him that small spot of peace to ground himself in, in the middle of everything else he was going through when he first arrived there.
It's not something he thinks about too much. That period of his life is mostly a blur.]
And I guess I feel kinda responsible for the place, in a weird way... [He shakes his head.] Though the Lord Commander hardly needs my help. He's handling everything fine, which is great, because I've no head for politics.
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Date: 2023-09-03 09:32 pm (UTC)[ She smiles at him and then blushes a little.]
Sorry, I’ve kept you haven’t I?
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Date: 2023-09-13 10:01 am (UTC)[When it comes to personal compliments like that, E'kayan always finds himself flustering. He rubs the back of his neck and awkwardly grins, his ears flicking in barely disguised pleasure at the spoken approval.]
Uhm-- no, no, not at all. I only came out here to see you anyway.
[And only, really, because she insisted even if he really didn't understand why.]
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Date: 2023-09-16 04:44 pm (UTC)She notices his fluster, just chuckling behind her hand. ]
I would ask, at least, that you are not a stranger once we part. I have quite enjoyed meeting you.
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Date: 2023-09-24 05:10 pm (UTC)Likewise! I mean, not just for the bread either.
[His ears wiggle slightly.]
And we've met now, so we can't be strangers, right?