@auradventurer.bsky.socialYes, technically I did remake this shot later for NG+, and I don't want to use any NG+ shots for #AutumnRepost, since those are being posted slowly but surely. (You can find them with #MisagoARR and #MisagoARRX so far!) But this was such a formative gpose for sprout me, I wanted to revisit it today!
@auradventurer.bsky.socialIf you'd like to go back to the beginning of 2.0, there is a feed for that as well, or you can find it with #MisagoARR. Or the full 91-chapter journey is also complete on AO3! archiveofourown.org/works/86828086
@auradventurer.bsky.socialKain: "Everyone needs a little help sometimes. The great oaks, the tender seedling, exotics, and the commonplace; they all need care. Even you, adventurer."
「What is it with everyone and everything suddenly talking about love? Is that just what happens at the start of a new Era?」
@auradventurer.bsky.socialBetween the surprise and joy of seeing everyone, Misago stopped right where he stood and started crying. As embarrassed as he was by the whole lot, there was a warmth that this was where he belonged—he was no longer alone.
@auradventurer.bsky.social「Please…please don't let me die here. I'm scared. Please don't leave me here, broken and alone, to die.」
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「How am I alive? When did I stand up? Why don't I feel tired anymore?」
Misago did not have the capacity to understand what was happening—he only knew what he had to do.
@auradventurer.bsky.social"You will not leave this place alive."
The rage that boiled to the surface through his fatigue and stress at what had been done to Thancred, the memory of the Calamity, the hurt of not finding his mother, everything erupted within him at Lahabrea.
@auradventurer.bsky.socialHydaelyn was there. Whatever connection Misago had, it saved them. And he knew they couldn't let it go to waste. This was their fight to win, and they succeeded! He had the others run while they could and he took one last look at the moonlight—but he was not alone…
@auradventurer.bsky.socialGoing to be pretty quiet around here until I finish MSQ tomorrow! (No spoilers from me! But my usual gpose and #MisagoARR posts will be delayed!) Happy Patch Day tomorrow, everyone!!! Enjoy!
@auradventurer.bsky.social「This is it. One final push. I need to believe.」 "We can do this. This is nothing we haven't already done. One thing at a time, keep at it. And stay alive. We do this, and we leave. Together."
@auradventurer.bsky.socialWhat were the odds??? Misago was delighted to see the reaper again, though he agreed with Cid that he had to get through that door. He parted ways with a final pat and promised Maggie that he would tell Biggs and Wedge of her heroic deeds.
@auradventurer.bsky.social「The moon and stars are beautiful tonight. I...is this what it feels like to love Eorzea? …Hydaelyn…I still don't entirely know what to believe, but I believe in this. If I am to be a Warrior of Light, let it be this light.」