Tai Aubade
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Character
♦ General
Not truly of the Lynx tribe, X'tai ('Tai' for short) was the second son born to X'aka Nunh on a small island in the Cieldalaes Isles. His father ran a bootlegging and farming operation with his 25 females and their children, running booze (and infomation) to pirate operations and certain organisations in Limsa Lominsa. When his mother died, Tai was forced to take up her duties in order to earn his keep: catching and killing the various insects that threatened the crops. He discovered early on that the insect parts he gathered could be brewed into alchemical concoctions with the discarded brewers equipment he salvaged, and furthermore, he began a habit of observing and recording the behaviors of the insects. It has been hinted that Tai used a Diremite Pheromone to poison the pirates that were visiting X'aka Nunh in readiness to begin a shipping contract. His father's wrath at being the accused poisoner would be the cause of Tai's expulsion from the island, and exile to Eorzea.
About a year after his arrival in Thanalan, Tai dropped his tribal letter and took on a more descriptive surname, Aubade, meaning Morning Song.
After seeing his brother become injured so often from their shared adventures, the scholar decided he needed a more stable lifestyle and chose to open a free clinic in the Goblet. It supports itself through gifts and fundraisers and the generous donations of a man named Worren Tigre. Despite Tai's intentions, life at the clinic had been hectic, and plagues, strange mutations and even bloodcurses have wreaked havoc on the tiny building. Eventually the debts piled up and the clinic folded. Now the seeker spends his days tinkering and learning magic and the sword, honing his skills so he can better protect the people he loves.
♦ Appearance
- ■ Height: 5'7
- ■ Slender of frame but well-muscled despite the build
- ■ Left eye was once clockwork and made of gold, now both are a natural blue
- ■ Lightly tanned skin, lavender hair that is perpetually uncombed
- ■ Tattoos on left bicep and right side of his neck (Tribal swirls and sigil of Oschon respectively), geometric patterns down his stomach in white and pale blue
- ■ Scars covering his left hand that resemble scales. A fist-sized scar to the left of his stomach and a corresponding one on his back.
- ■ Wears an allagan choker around his throat, beaded necklaces that were made by his sisters, two wedding bands and a cursed ring looped through a chain around his neck
- ■ Usually smells of honey and cocoa
- ■ Tail is growing constantly longer and fluffier, and he needs reminding to trim it back
♦ Behaviour
Tai's worldview centers around the idea that people aren't inherently bad. His ability to see the best in people, and perhaps his generous nature lends itself to inspire others to be nicer to one another. His outlook does tend to occlude his ability to see the underhand dealings of some members of his Free Company, though. He is quick to forgive, and even quicker to come to someone's rescue, even a possible enemy. He will ramble on for hours when presented with the topics of magic or insects - two subjects at which he is most often found in study.
As Tai was disciplined in arcanistry, he chooses to manipulate aether through variations in vocal pitch and tone, singing his spells rather than using incantations. So unconscious is the effort now in raising magic this way that motes tend to gather around him when he sings casually as well. Lately his grip on arcanic healing has faltered, leading him to seek alternative methods of spellcasting.
Tai is quick to smile, and often masks his troubles with goofy behavior. He is easily embarrassed and often awkward around strangers.
Despite his best intentions, Tai makes bad snap decisions. Whether it is impatience or fear guiding the choices, they often result in unforeseen consequences; see also "bad decision roulette".
Blue moths often follow the seeker around, which seems to raise his brother's stress levels considerably for some reason.
Combat
Until recently, Tai would hang back, trying to keep out of conflicts and instead support his friends with healing magics. Due to his current state of events though, his ability to structure and construct arcanic spells was shaken, and as a result he can only tap into a wilder, more dangerous aether. The magic he can reach is elemental, but due to his inexperience the energy is unpredictable in his hands, as likely to heal as cause harm. Because of this Tai refers to it as "wild magic". Thanks to his training with the sword Tai is learning to focus better.
★ Recent RP events ★
Bad Decision Roulette - Among the many bad decisions Tai has made as a result of snap decisions or ham-handed attempts to save people are:
- ■ Taking on an almost lethal amount of corruption in order to save and redeem an enemy.
- ■ Using enhanced primal magics when confronted with the possibility of being wrongfully arrested, resulting in the deaths of several people
- ■ Assisting a friend in infiltrating a beastmen stronghold to rescue a tempered child (intent on experimenting on the child to reverse the process)
- ■ Entrusting a known dangerous summoner with a grimoire of forbidden knowledge.
- ■ Giving a strong aphrodisiac to the care of a man intending on using it in revenge.
- ■ Forcing unstable aether into a dead Aetheryte shard in attempt to make it work again
- ■ Using primal parts in cloned organs in attempt to gain extraordinary results
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Quotes
Quotes about X'tai Tia
- ■ "If there was a competition to see who was the world's stupidest miqo'te, you would be the main contender!" - Samantha Goldsmith
- ■ "You're so wonderfully kind to me, I thank the twelve everyday for letting me meet you" - Athrun Coeur
- ■ "Your lack of better judgment contradicts your raw talent." - Grim Shade
- ■ "We're both kind of the Castus brothers legacy. Though like them the end results are complete opposites in our power." - S'imba Tia
Rumors
- ■ "Tai? As in the lavender-haired fellow? Yeah he's always walking around these parts. Sings a lot too. The kids all rush to the windows when he passes and he waves and gives them tiny cakes. Dunno why he's always got cakes on him. Must be going to offer them at the Shrine." -Matron, Ul'dah's Children of Thal Orphanage
- ■ "Singin' healer? yeh, there's one comes by once a sennight ta check up on the missus, Make sure the babby's forming up all proper. She's really swellin' up now, the missus is. Come ta think on it, I ain't seen him aroun' in half a moon. You think sommat's happened?" - Gridanian local
- ■ "I know of a lavender-haired miqo'te, but he didn't call himself 'Tai'. He said his name was Illiad. He was hanging around a keeper who seemed perpetually frustrated with him too." - Conjurer, Stillglade Fane
- ■ "I just wish he'd keep his bloody big dog in the house. A few nights ago the dirty great thing came barreling out the house and et one of me favourite chocos! Ripped her to shreds! he said he'd pay but you can't put no price on somethin' you grown from childhood. Nice guy though. Pleasant voice. Just too damned negligent with his pets by half!" - Housing Caretaker, the Goblet
- ■ "That clockwork eye is unsettling. When it looks at you it feels like he can see through your very soul." Superstitious Ul'dahn local
♦ Footnotes
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Theme song: Tai's Theme