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My friend asked me to draw Estinien with ✨that✨ Link Skyward Sword face.

(Still working my way through Stormblood. No spoilers, please.) 

ok so hc that the scions have board game nights like, tataru will be like "y'all need to rest" and stuff and the scions want to spend time together bc found family and all that but they really shouldn't take a full-blown day off because the world could start imploding at literally any second, and also they're all giant nerds so like once or twice a moon they'll have a board game night they'd probably mostly play hidden role games or trivia i think, because they're giant nerds (and estinien just likes lying and fucking with them). anything where some people have some information and some people don't. basically almost anything that polygon has played on overboard.

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ALPHINAUD obviously would be super strategic about everything and probably be fairly competent, but in games where you have to try to read other people and their motives he can kinda fall into galaxy-brain traps where it's not as complicated as he thinks. In games with a "bad guy" role (like in mafia) it's pretty easy to tell when he's one of the "bad guys" because it doesn't seem like he's as eager for information as normal. lil bit to competitive but it’s all in good fun ALISAE stumbles ass-first into gaslight alley (where alphinaud and esitinien are waiting for her). she generally doesn't want to think that hard about stuff because she already has to think under normal circumstances (well, what's normal for them) and this is supposed to be her break. it's not exactly difficult for her, she just doesn't feel like it. accidentally says stuff that makes her seem guilty when she's innocent, and the inverse is also true. will go for the most batshit strategies just to see if they work. it's called "science," alphinaud G’RAHA will get accused by doing literally nothing. just, sitting there. we all know he's bad at lying unless he's been perfecting his deception for literal decades, and even then it's only okay to good. it won't even be anything specific when he's the "bad guy," sometimes he seems too bummed out and someties he's too gleefully malicious, but it's painfully obvious and very poorly excecuted. over time he gets harder to read because he begins perfecting always just being "like that." probably figures out who the murderer is in Clue right as alphinaud's about to open the envelope. THE WARRIOR OF LIGHT is obviously going to be vaguer/varried, but i think that in general they would have an excellent poker face when they want to (*glances at ARR*). gives nobody any information at any point ever about anything, quietly puts together as many pieces as they can. switches wildly between not talking at all and talking a lot (yet still not give any info??) with no correlation between that and whose side they're on. in performative/roleplaying games they can deadpan almost anything URIANGER is just there for the drama. about to win? he will purposefully temporarily screw over his team just because. overly dramatic about everything. perfect for roleplaying games. actually really good at most games but almost never wins because he gets greedy trying to see how long he can lead them on with his bullshit, and someone (usually aphinaud) figures everything out and steals the win out from under him. THANCRED isn't typically a suspect for anything. nobody 100% trusts him, but no one outright thinks he's the imposter or whatever. he'll make some jokes and generally be fairly chill about the whole thing, and overall there's a 50/50 chance that anyone will call him out on his bluffs. will occassionaly go for the most batshit strategies that somehow always work when he tries them. has threatened to quit the scions when he feels betrayed. will start singing if it's even slightly appropriate Y’SHTOLA is too competent for all this. she has fun and will sometimes get involved, but she's mostly an observer. there's a solid 10% chance that someone will figure out she's the traitor/imposter/werewolf/etc. pretty good at bluffing and somehow simultaneously seems to never be on the bad guy team and also always be on the bad guy team. a true neutral ESTINIEN is pretty easy to read if you know what to look for. he seems to be smiling (smirking) more when he's the bad guy. it's because he knows that he'll win by screwing over everyone else, and that's fun. mostly observes (or seems to be observing) regardless of what role he has in a game, though if someone says something slightly stupid or suspicious he'll point it out very quickly without drawing too much attention to himself. KRILE joins when she can but isn't usually there or is usually happy to just watch, though she always makes a point to see how much she can mess with alphinaud specifically. she doesn't care about winning (although it's always nice), she just wants alphinaud to lose. TATARU mostly watches on the sidelines but also joins sometimes, and becomes actively malicious for the duration or the game. absolutely brutal. she won't win, but she sure as hell will betray each and every one of them at least once, and each in a slightly different way. honestly kinda impressive they would also sometimes play board games back on the First! RYNE is an actual deathtrap. "look, she's so sweet and innocent, she hasn't done anything to inflict suspicion upon herself <3" NO. she has, you just all ignored it. don't trust her. what are you doing. no stop. she's lying. oh god, they're all dead now. what did i tell you. she won't win most of the time, but she'll manage to royally screw over at least half of the crew. they all know this, yet keep falling for it. thancred's always the first victim. he never learns (might add more later)

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WoL: I have one foot in the grave but in a kind of fun flirty way, the way one might slip on a fishnet stocking.

WoL (probably using 20+ fantasias a month): My gender is in a constant state of flux.

Alisaie: I’m 80% awesome, 20% water and 100% gorgeous. Alphinaud: That’s 200%. Alisaie: I’m twice the person you’ll ever be.

Ryne: *eating a cinnamon roll* Thancred: Cannibalism. Ryne: *confused chewing noises*

Alphinaud: But what about WoL? Thancred: Don't worry about them. Thancred: I once watched them fall down 5 flights of stairs, stand up, and keep eating their hotdog like nothing happened.

*The scion’s individual reactions to being told they're the chosen one* Alphinaud: I will not let you down. Alisaie: Sounds fun. Y’shtola: K. Thancred: No, I'm fucking not. Estinien: Do I have to be? WoL: Please god, I am so tired.

Estinien, new to the scions: That sounds like a terrible plan. Thancred, used to this shit: Oh, we've had worse.

Estinien: *is wearing silk pants for, uh, reasons ig* How does this look? Alphinaud: Like its slips on and off really easily. Estinien: Alphinaud: No, I didn't mean it like that- Alisaie: We know what you meant.

Estinien: Now, the recipe calls for 2 shots of vodka. Estinien: *upends the bottle*

Alisaie: Sometimes I drink milk straight from the container. WoL, a dumbass: The cow?? Alisaie: What? Alphinaud: WoL, W H Y?

Alisaie: We need an adult! Alphinaud: Alisaie, you are an adult! Alisaie: We need an adultier adult! Get WoL!

WoL: What are amphetamines? Alisaie: Drugs that can go on land and water. WoL: Ohhhh.

WoL: *holds a gun out to Alphinaud* Alphinaud: I-I don't believe in guns. WoL: Well, trust me, they're very real. Now take it.

Alphinaud: I’m proud to say I’ve come over my fear of ghosts! WoL: Eyy, that’s the spirit! Alphinaud: *gasps* whErE???!!!??

Allagan Node: Please enter a password. WoL: uhh... *types in Alphinaud* Allagan Node: Your password is too weak. WoL, knowing that Alphinaud thinks he’s weak: How fucking DARE YOU-

They are on their way to Sharlayan

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oh uh yeah spoilers, I guess

Alisaie: I just remembered this time I was telling a story to Alphinaud and it was clear he wasn't listening to me so I started making up this huge, gruesome story about a cult murder I'd witnessed while he sat there nodding along to my dramatic moral struggle about whether or not I should come forward. It was then I looked up to see the table next to us looked utterly horrified and long story short, that's why I should remember that other people have ears.

WoL: Shh, here comes Y'shtola! Alisae: Quick, Alphinaud, start talking about boring nerd stuff Alphinaud: You know, nerd culture is mainstream now, so when you use the word “nerd” derogatorily, it means you’re the one that’s out of the zeitgeist. Alisaie: Yes, that’s perfect. Just like that.

Alphinaud: When you've been a diplomat for as long as I have, you develop thick skin. Estinien: Navy blue isn't your color. Alphinaud: Navy blue brings out my eyes you prick! *chases after Estinien*

Ysayle: Hopefully Estinien has learned a lesson about respecting other people's feelings. Estinien: Oh, shut up and die Iceheart.

WoL: Manga lied to me. I never see bad boy types protecting stray kittens therefore revealing to me their soft side WoL: its always me picking up the cats WoL: maybe I'm the bad boy

Thancred: *shatters a window and climbs through it* Thancred: *turns around and helps Ryne through it* Breaking and entering is wrong, Ryne. Ryne: Okay.

WoL: When I met you I thought you were a real bitch. Estinien: What changed your mind? WoL: Oh, I still think you’re a bitch, I’ve just grown to like that about you.

WoL: What's gone wrong, Alisaie? Alisaie: Hey! That’s one hell of a thing to say to a person. Just because I’m calling doesn’t mean there’s a crisis. WoL: That’s technically true, I suppose. Why are you calling? Alisaie: Well... There’s a crisis.

Zenos: Hi- Alisaie: Leave before there's a terrible misunderstanding between my foot and your arse.

Estinien, trying to comfort anyone: What's the problem? Anxiety? Low self-esteem? Obsessive thoughts of random arson? I've been there.

Sir: There is no future. There is no past. Don't you see? Time is simultaneous, an intricately structured jewel that humans insist on viewing one edge at a time, when the whole design is visible in every fact. WoL: ...All I asked was if you wanted to cut your birthday cake first.

Estinien: Everyone knows that the Saint of Nymeia is an invention designed by the big five corporations to sell tinsel and video games to an unsuspecting public. Alisaie: The whole “childhood wonder” stage just blew right past you, didn’t it?

Alphinaud, post-ARR: *sighs* I have no friends... Tataru: Tataru: *coughs* Bitch, what am I? A roach?!

G'raha: The moon looks beautiful, doesn’t it? Alisaie, looking at G'raha: Yeah… but do you know what’s more beautiful? G'raha and Alisaie in unison: *sighs* WoL

I honestly wondered of we would get to telle them to get a room when doing Heavenswards. These two where either about to fuck or to kill each other, and I still needed both alive for the plot.

"Hey you! grumpy white-haired elezen!"

Estinien Varlineau — The Azure Dragoon

Estinien Wyrmblood’s priceless smile