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WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS



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AHOY! HELP WANTED. THINK YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE THE FACE OF ESCORDVI’S VERY FIRST ADVENT CALENDAR? POST YOUR GLAMOROUS PICTURES TODAY. POST THEM NOW!

A group of collaborators is looking to put together Escordvi’s very first annual advent calendar. For its inaugural year, they want to compile a collection of pictures of beautiful riftfarers to represent each month. These pictures can range anywhere from beauty shots, to thirsty body shots, to tasteful fashion poses. Anything goes!

Have your character post their own (or their friends, enemies, boyfriends, girlfriends, dogs) photos to this network post. NPCS can also be used to post photos. Then feel free to comment around on the photos with which month or season you think would suit them best. Or just comment about how much you like the photos. Who’s hot? Who’s not? Or about how horrified you are that someone posted yours! Any and all feedback is needed so they can create the best calendar ever!

At the end of the month, an advent calendar for 2025 will be created! If there are enough submissions, there will be multiple calendars so don't be shy or think you'll be left out! For ease of use, the calendar has been broken down into the four seasons so that multiple themed shots can be posted. Get posting!

PLEASE USE THE FORMATTING CODE PROVIDED IN EACH TOPLEVEL! Putting the character's name in the subject line is optional but helpful for quick reference. Any who don't follow instructions will have their comment screened so it can be edited. This is mostly to ensure images are not too large and stretching pages. Please try to crop images to best fit the code, especially long ones. The code will automatically resize images to a max width of 300px, so an image with a 3:4 or 3:5 ratio would be ideal.

QUICK LINKS: SPRING 🌻 SUMMER ☀️ AUTUMN 🍂 WINTER ❄️

general_affairs: (★ Challenger)

[personal profile] general_affairs 2024-12-04 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
LMAO nice. Looks like he's pretty good at being a lil bitch too. ;)

[ Sir how dare u. ]
emberized: (100%pure snark)

[personal profile] emberized 2024-12-04 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Whoa hey, is that any way to greet someone?

After all the trouble I took to say hello?

I thought you wanted my info


[Maybe now he WON'T hop off anonymous.]

general_affairs: (★ The upper hand)

[personal profile] general_affairs 2024-12-05 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ Unfortunate that anonymous text made it so hard to gauge tone. ]

Still do, but hey if it was too much, I can play nicer.

I just had a feeling you'd like an excuse to keep being coy.
emberized: (profile smirk)

[personal profile] emberized 2024-12-05 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Perhaps I would~
;)


[Okay, he'll give you that one, Reno. A Nobody without a face and voice to match probably isn't terribly easy to discern.]

mm I dunno if I should now, you might have to convince me

Surprised I don't see you listed up here on this thing
general_affairs: (★ Bad boys do it better)

[personal profile] general_affairs 2024-12-05 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
So you do play with the big boys. Good to know.

I always find my way into the henhouse, so you can make it easy or you can have a little fun with it. But it'd be a shame if you missed out on any fun cause I conveniently didnt find you in time. 😘

Nah, it's mostly couples being cute about it. I wasn't gonna steal that thunder.
emberized: (Matter of Fact)

[Anon-->Video UN: Emberized logged in

[personal profile] emberized 2024-12-06 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
that's fair

secrecy used to be a pretty big part of my job
I wasn't exactly able to keep around many memories


[Shame, really.]

Sure a Paladin being able to zero in on me isn't about to cut it in *MY* fun?

[Heh but all right, he's teased enough. After a second, the username pops up along with a video feed.]

"But I guess I might as well, since it looks I will be sticking around for the long term after all.

I do hate to miss out on things."
general_affairs: <user name=dresspheres site=tumblr.com> (★ One more day)

Video for video

[personal profile] general_affairs 2024-12-07 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ah, well, who was he to stick to text while Axel chatted with him on video?

Reno's got a pen tucked behind an ear and a glass of some sort of steaming hot drink up to his lips. There's a brief moment he tips it to the camera in greeting before taking a sip. ]


You too, huh? Yeah, that's NDA work for ya. Hopefully your PTO package is better than mine.

But there's plenty of fun to go around, don't worry. I'm sure we'll bump into each other.

[ He set the cup down and slouched back in the chair with an amused huff and grin. ]

Yeah, welcome to the family. Have you stopped by the parlor on Eltrut for some new ink yet?

[ Local redhead talks to himself on the network. ]
emberized: (bewildered)

[personal profile] emberized 2024-12-07 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's not." [Answered flatly and immediate. Couldn't even get a day off after orchestrating the offing of an entire team of people in a castle alone. Even if its the only job the assassin ever worked in his not!life it had to be better elsewhere.]

"But I'm on a self appointed vacation now. And I intend to use it." [He stretches languidly, almost going off screen before righting the thing.]

"Oh yeah, I got some ink." [He had to. Power or no he needed something to help bind him to this world if he wanted to stay; the threat of nonexistence kicking you from reality at any time was no joke.]

"Dug up my clothes too. Don't know who decided that was a requirement."
general_affairs: (★ Outmaneuvered)

[personal profile] general_affairs 2024-12-07 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds about right, yeah. [ He barked with a laugh, arms folding loosely over his chest.

ShinRa was..well. Now it was better. In the Turks' opinions anyway. ]


Are you here by yourself or is there anyone from home around?

Yeah that part was a pain in the ass but it beats the rags they put you in. There's some pretty good tailors around here if you got the money. Manta board's a good place to get started if you ain't cut out for regular 9 to 5 work.

It bores the hell out of me.
emberized: (Small grin)

[personal profile] emberized 2024-12-13 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[9-5 work. Even without the experience to match, Axel could sense the memory of Lea recoiling at the thought. He shakes his head in agreement. Yeah, no thanks.]

"Yeah. Got a few, more or less."

[Axel shrugs, adjusting his legs to lean more comfortably in his own seating arrangement, letting the answer linger in the air.
It isn't really a lie to be vague on it; the Nobody may have met them in places he knew, sure, but given a keybearers penchant for visiting other worlds, one couldn't exactly say they all shared the same one.]


"See Roxas down there? Me and him go way back."

[But then, some things he simply hasn't made any effort to hide, whether he trusts people knowing them or not.]

"Been good to see he's been getting on without me."
general_affairs: (★ Outmaneuvered)

[personal profile] general_affairs 2024-12-15 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ Reno muttered with a little laugh; vague answers was something else he didn't seem to mind, and only shrugged about with a lazy tip of his head to one side in acknowledgement. ]

That kid? Oh yeah--helped him out with some rabbits when I first got here. He's a quiet one. Good kid though.

Reminds me of another blond here, except I bully mine around. A little. Just to keep him on his toes.
emberized: (Leaning forward)

[personal profile] emberized 2024-12-15 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh yeah?" [Axel chuckles, he'll have to ask about that one sometime. Quiet or no, Roxas really has come a long way from where he started.]

"You have to coax yours out of being a zombie too?"

[Blondes with muted amounts of expressiveness, huh?]
general_affairs: <user name=dresspheres site=tumblr.com> (★ Sime kind of resolution)

[personal profile] general_affairs 2024-12-22 10:58 am (UTC)(link)
Oh good, so I don't have to explain it. You gotta spell things out in crayon for yours?

Actually, looks like our blondes favor eachother a little, too. Mine's the guy Nimona put the picture up of. The one I called a chocobo.

[ Moody blondes are an endemic. ]

If you see him, ask him if he's rounded up all those birds on Elah, yet.
emberized: (cocked brow)

[personal profile] emberized 2024-12-27 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"What, < Makoglow >?" [Axel chuckles in disbelief. How serendipitous that the other has already contacted him of their own volition in another call! How many other people were acquainted with one another, the assassin can't help wonder.]

"I'll have to." [Not today though, he'll pocket that little nugget of wisdom for later.]

"See, see? This is why I had to stick around. How are we supposed to leave them without the occasional nudge from us?"

[Oh yes and he is more than aware anyone can see this feed. Poking fun at their partners in crime is simply part of a comrade's sworn duty!]
general_affairs: (★ Charlatans and Saints)

[personal profile] general_affairs 2024-12-27 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
That's the one.

[ He snorted with a laugh and shook his head, reaching out lazily to pull his mug from the table. ]

Please, someone's gotta loosen 'em up a little, yo.

[ He took another swallow, grinning into the mug. ]

You gotta pry Cloud away from his work and brooding, but the pouting makes it worth it. Plus he's a good sport about it, so I can't roast him too much.
emberized: (peering)

[personal profile] emberized 2024-12-27 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cloud, eh? Axel will have to commit that to memory though he could almost swear he's heard someone have that name before.]

"Brooding?" [Axel reaches offscreen for a cup himself.]

"Well don't look now, but I think your guy might be developing a sense of humor."

[He raises it in a mirrored toast, before taking his own swig.]

"Swear I nearly detected a dig at my expense."
general_affairs: <user name=dresspheres site=tumblr.com> (★ You want to get right)

[personal profile] general_affairs 2024-12-28 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ Don't think too hard about it.

Reno barked with a short laugh and let his head loll to one side with an amused grin. ]


Oh yeah, poke at him and he'll snap back. He's a little deadpan on the delivery, but that's part of what makes it funny.

What, your blond doesn't get snappy with you?

[ He shrugged about it, but still seemed to be amused by the fact. ]
emberized: (sardonic)

Happy New Year's, friend. Here's to more redhead shenanigans in 2025 \o/

[personal profile] emberized 2025-01-01 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, Roxas can give as good as he gets. Knows how to hit where it hurts too."

[In more ways than one... Suddenly this gossip where anyone can spot it doesn't feel like such a smart bet anymore.]

"Anyway, I'll send Cloud your regards, if I see em. Just thought I'd just drop in, let you know I didn't get swallowed by the sharks without a guiding hand."