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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 ❄️

Comments

[starshower]

[If only innocence could be deciphered through text...]

Yes? So you did find me.

[flamekthunder]

I saw Valo.

But when did you take this picture?

[starshower]

The time before last when I visited your place. When you took me up on Nogard's back. Managed to sneak one in after we finished eating because I thought it was cute.

[flamekthunder]

[...Ugh.]

You could have cropped me out of this.

[starshower]

Why? I think it's cute. It shows how much you two love each other. 🥰

[flamekthunder]

But this is supposed to be about Valo.

[Oh he's protesting so hard!!!]

[starshower]

[IS HE...]

And it is. Did you read my bullet points about him?

[flamekthunder]

I did and they were all correct.

That doesn't mean I should be in the photo.

[starshower]

[Oh no, now she feels bad...]

Why not?

[flamekthunder]

Isn't it taking away from the focus?

[And just him still not sure how to feel about his picture being put up, but that's just him being more reticent about the idea in general than anything else, which is only softened a bit since it is Tifa so he knows it wasn't done out of malicious intent.

Otherwise he might have demanded a full retraction, but what's done is done...]

[starshower]

Not really. There are few things cuter than seeing someone who loves their pet.

[flamekthunder]

[Calling him cute again...ugh...]

All right.

[And then after a few more seconds.]

I could have sent you better pictures.

[starshower]

[Is she wrong???

But she finally deflates, letting that breath she'd been holding in go.]

Why not just send me better pictures just because? :)

[flamekthunder]

[Oh.

...]

Sure. I have a few I can send.

[starshower]

This just happened to be the one that I had... but I'll be sure to take more when I get the chance.

[flamekthunder]

Of Valo or of me?

[starshower]

If I said of Valo, would that make you feel better?

[flamekthunder]

I know you're not telling the truth.

[starshower]

You caught me.

Though, I do remember that you owe me a few more pictures of you and me together...

[flamekthunder]

Do you want like the one with Valo?

[Now his teasing is a little more obvious.]

[starshower]

sxcvbm,./

[She dropped her phone. Give her a minute.]

I mean, if that's what you want...

[flamekthunder]

[He just snorts and laughs a little at that.]

You don't sound too thrilled by the idea. Don't worry about it.

[starshower]

What!? No, I didn't say that. I just meant that if you wanted to, I wouldn't mind...

[Guess how many times she deleted and retyped and deleted and retyped.]

[flamekthunder]

You don't mind it, but do you want it?

[Is he trying to trap her? Maaaaaybe.]

[starshower]

[Like a rabbit hopping right into the wolf's trap...]

Well, of course I do... I mean something similar anyway!

[WHY DOES SHE FEEL SO GUILTY, she didn't want him walking away with the impression that she didn't want to!!!]