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ABOUT ⊛ ⌨

⸺⸻⸻At a Glance ⸻⸻⸺

Onyx is a lot of things - but, at first glance... she's a strange Miqo'te. Vulpine in nature and affect, mercurial and shifting - not so much indecisive as capricious - a creature that struggles with focus. She'll sell you what you're looking for - chiefly, her trade is information.But... in moments, quiet. In moments, she listens, intent - and there's a distressingly sharp intelligence in her pale eyes.

⸺⸻⸻SKIN STEEL SOUL ⸻⸻⸺

To the eye, Onyx is strange almost immediately. She towers above other Miqo'te - closer in stature to a taller Hyur, if not for her ears and tail. A pale gaze is masked by round crimson glasses, and black tattoos cover her pale skin, interspersed with twinkling lights.She gives the impression of being something altogether different. Certainly no construct, certainly not something artificial - but this is not the woman who was once a daughter. Something in her has been Changed, whether by her own hands, or others.Now, she runs with a small gang - helps run them, it's said. Though, lately, she's fled across the Salt - and now she roams Eorzea, returning home only briefly, from time to time - to attend to her business, to check in.Is she running? Why? Who from?

⸺⸻⸻⸻⸻ ✙ HEARTBEATS, ARTIFICIAL ✙ ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸺

Playlist

HOOKS

Touchstones

Hook Guide

Theme by Xccentriq
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Bluesky

Foxgirl Fixer [Skin]

Onyx is a fixer - a facilitator. She handles information, rare items, contacts, and, most of all - favours. She has networks in Solution Nine and Eorzea both, now. Need something?
_{"Maybe after cuttin' your teeth, start cuttin' your losses."}

Fox out of forest [SKin]

She's new to Eorzea; anyone can see that. Perhaps you want to be a guide, introduce her to something new?
_{"It ain't even time she wanna kill."}

Femme Fatale [SKin]

She knows she's attractive - her height, her tattoos, her vulpine eyes. She knows what she likes, and what she wants. She knows exactly how sharp her fangs are.
Do you want to find out?
_{"Gonna teach you tricks that would blow your mongrel mind."}

Fighter, Still[SKin]

Gun, blade, flame and wind. Onyx is a fighter - she moves with strange twinblades and a brace of silver pistols - that she rarely draws. Anything for a good show. A good show makes a good fight. Will you challenge her?
_{"Lift me higher, brimstone fire, burning outta control-"}

Necessary Maintenance [SKin]

Onyx's arsenal always needs upkeep, and while she can maintain it herself... if something breaks, she's in for a bad time.
Got the skills to keep her guns and blades working as they should?
_{"Get your filthy eyeballs on me."}

Burgeoning Talent [Skin]

A fixer needs her contacts. A network like Onyx's lives and breathes by the talent it's accrued. Back home, it was for her gang - here, it's for something... similar.
Got a useful skill? A talent you can offer for Onyx to add to her ledger?

EX-ARCADION [STEEL]

Onyx fought, once, in the Arcadion. She didn't make it far, but still; perhaps you recognise her? Perhaps you were even a fan.
_{"I'm exactly where you want me to be."}

Hungry [STEEL]

There's something feral, something bestial in her. You can see it - see that she hungers for something. Maybe you do, too.
_{"All the gold and the guns and the girls couldn't get you off."}

LOAN SHARK [STEEL]

She's not proud of it - but Onyx was, not so long ago, a loan shark, of sorts. She sold souls, cheap - and always, always collected. The reputation follows - can she make up for it?
_{"Cut it up, need a fix, 'cause I'm running out of lives in her grip."}

Lost [STEEL]

She's distant, sometimes. Her attention wavers, and there's a sadness in her eyes, in her bearing. She's lost, somehow.
_{"I feel I'm growing tired of tearing through my wasted time - tell me, does anyone feel the way they should?"}

Failed Fighter [Soul]

You know why she was kicked out of Arcadion. You know what it is she harbours.
_{"She thinks I'm a saint, but divnity was never the aim."
"You've been exposed to a mirror that shows you exactly what you are."}

Snuffed Radiance [Soul]

That isn't her, anymore, is it?
That's not her. It's not her. It's not her. Who is it?
Did it take someone from you, too?
_{"Shine razor eyes in this light, there's a cold breeze blowing over my soul."}

Psychogenesis [Soul]

Wasn't there something about the Arcadion fighters? Something that tore them apart, ripped them into pieces?
Aren't they meant to graduate young?
_{"I give you my life, sell it to the crowd."}

⟺ ORIGIN ⟺

Onyx was born, under a different name, in a different place - and a different time... of a sense.
She was born and raised in Yyasulani, during a time of profound change. A new King and Queen, a stolen sky - swiftly, the only sky she'd ever known. And on the horizon, a violet, fulgurous tower as lightning struck all around. A heritage found, for some - but, for her, one she never had a chance to learn.

Briefly, she fought in the Arcadion - to some middling success. She met a group of others through it - and, when she left the Arcadion, joined them. The exact circumstances of her departure remain shrouded. She doesn't talk about them.She will, however, speak of the group she's a part of, now. Part Fixer, part designated diplomat, part negotiator - but mostly just as bad as the rest of them. A small-time gang, lethally effective when they want to be. Problem solvers - and, in equal measure, creators.Onyx, thankfully, is very good at solving problems.

Themes

⟺ OOC NOTES ⟺

Onyx is an exploration of:

If any of these sound interesting to you, you can find me on discord at hercynia

Hey! I'm hercynia, a queer Scottish transgender woman, using She/It/They pronouns. Thanks for checking out this carrd - it took me far longer to make than I care to admit; almost as long as Onyx herself did. This is, notably, only the first iteration of both - things may shift and change. Do not be alarmed if one day things here look different! You may spot Onyx in the wild under the ingame name Onyx Ikhaara on Mateus. Now, some housekeeping...

Isabel Schlager

- Relationship: Beast Fable Girlfriend(s)

- An anxious girl who's found herself under a curse, lost in the river for a time. She and Onyx fell for each other fast, leading to Onyx taking drastic action under complex circumstances and hurting herself and Isabel alike deeply. Now, she's doing her best to make up for it; to repair some of the harm caused and move forwards.She hopes it'll be enough. Isabel is deeply important to Onyx- and, at the end of it all... the two of them are struggling on intertwining paths, while the weights they carry remain a constant presence.

"Isabel? She's- complicated. Got a lot going on, but she's just so cute. I... don't know if I deserve to be in her life, but I'm grateful that I am. I always will be."

Saori Obinata

- Relationship: Girlfriend, and... Handler?

- For a time, Onyx saw herself as something of a guiding light for Saori after she helped her find some degree of radiance once more. After certain circumstances involving their mutual partner, though, their relationship shifted significantly.
Now, though, they're dating; and Saori's tightened the collar around Onyx's throat.
Onyx doesn't hate being her dog, though...

"Saori- she's... carrying a weight a lot like mine. A lot of people see what she wants them to, when they look at her. Maybe it's not a surprise we ended up dating, honestly, when you look at it like that; though I would never have expected it. Did you know it started when she pointed a gun at me?"

Apollo

- Relationship: Boss. Confidant

- One of Onyx's employers. A lethally effective mercenary... and a shadowy woman of few words.She's brought certain skills of hers to bear to help Onyx with some of the more... concerning elements of her affliction.Whether it'll be enough help, though... that's difficult to say.

"I can never tell what Apollo's thinking. What she's planning. She's been helpful, figuring things out... but there's so much I don't know about her."

Beau Dawnstrider

- Relationship: Common Adventurer. Friend

- First and foremost, a friend. Beau Dawnstrider was the one who made Onyx aware of a particular ailment that might befall her; and the first to promise her work for a cure.The first to make her feel welcome across The Salt in Eorzea, too. She and her wife, Yora, have offered Onyx employment and a space to exist in.Maybe one of the kindest people Onyx knows.

"I think you'd be better off asking Beau herself. She's really lovely; I don't think there are many people she doesn't get along with. Say hi to her from me, won't you?"

Yora Rem Caarvelian

- Relationship: Boss. Friends...?

- Onyx's main employer. A half-Garlean with a complex and storied history who welcomed Onyx into the halls of her company and gave her gainful employment.Their connection is... more complex, of late, than a simple employer-employee relationship... but that too is complicated for both of them, for better and for worse.

"Yora? She's got- a lot going on, to say the least. She's carrying so much, and she never stops carrying it, it feels like. Despite it all... I do believe in what she's doing."

Tempest

- Relationship: Rivals?

- Saori tasked Onyx to find out what she could about this strange viera. The closer she got, the, the harder it was to deny.There's something similar between them. Maybe they're more alike, too, than she'd like.

"Oh. Tempest. Yeah, they're... infuriating. I want to rip that mask off his face and tear him into shreds just to see what's going on inside. They're so used to getting their way. Silver tongue and all."

Jayce Torncoat

- Relationship: Soggy Coworker

- Not quite friends, but certainly not unfriendly... Jayce and Onyx are coworkers.She accidentally set him off - but since they've bonded over their shared love of guns... and the fact that they keep clashing in the arena, where Jayce stands tall as a nigh-insurmountable wall to all opposing him.Despite the fact that he is also, apparently, the soggiest man alive.

"I saw Jayce burst into tears because he got a pebble thrown at him, once. How did that man get season champion? No, I'm not mad, I'm just- how?"

Thejah Revache

- Relationship: Friends, Blacksmith

- Onyx headhunted Thejah and invited her to the company under a temporary contract as a blacksmith.
Since, she's brought her singing dynamic energy to the Free Company Onyx is a part of - and to their arena, where she's pushed past Onyx's ranking and supplanted her from third place.
She's not mad about it. Really, she's not. Promise.

"I feel responsible for Thejah, I guess. Not that she can't look after herself - she's more than shown that - but... I got her involved. I just hope I can be a positive influence, not a source of pain in what seems like a life that's already had more than its fair share."

Nevrra Surasch

- Relationship: Friendly New Hire

- A former Bozjan rebel brought (perhaps not entirely intentionally) into the fold by Thejah, and then brought further into it by Onyx and Yora.An organiser and mediator, Nevrra and Onyx have found themselves friendly in recent weeks.

"Nevrra? Mm, Thejah brought her into the fold. She's got a very similar skillset to me, though hers was- honed in a very different environment. I can see there's weight on her shoulders - I can't help but wonder how much."

Mink Dietrich

- Relationship: Concerning Noblewoman

- A strange and oft-whimsical noblewoman hailing from her 'House Dietrich', Mink - or 'Miss Mink' as some refer to her - is a source of... concern, at minimum, to Onyx.
She does seem to have her own code of conduct, though, and she isn't usually malicious, it seems... but there's more under the surface here than meets the eye.
Onyx can't ever quite bring herself to trust the woman.

"I don't know what to think of Mink. She's... been nice, at times, and- deeply worrying, at others. I wish I could trust her - she gave me a very thoughtful gift! - but... I just can't."

Mariza Andrade

- Relationship: Colleagues

- A reserve Maelstrom Officer and trained Scholar, Mariza has become a fixture at Onyx's free company in recent weeks. She's generally bright, helpful, and, most notably, is a highly competent healer.Too bad aetheric healing disagrees with Onyx. Still; her shields and her medical knowledge are never unappreciated... even if Onyx's leadership style occasionally clashes with her.

"Mariza? Hm. She's been an invaluable presence, of late, that I can't deny. She's a touch - blunt, I guess, in a way that I'm not. But I like her. She's nice."

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⸺THE INFERNAL REYNARDINE ⸺

...shocking turn of events, Arcadion spokesperson DATA EXPUNGED DATA EXPUNGED DATA EXPUNGED
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⸺FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY⸺

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⸺⸻⸻⸻⸻ 4TH REPORT ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸺

...I've never seen anything like this. I didn't think a person could hold so much blood in them. I've seen murder for profit, I've seen murder for the Souls, I've seen it for a message or intimidation - but a final death like this?We found the regulator, 20 yalms away. In pieces. Whatever did this tore it off them. Call up to Origenics - one of their pets must have gotten loose...

Do you see the story I'm laying out for you here, pretty thing? I'm sure you can piece bits together. How long until someone else does, hm?
Don't worry - I'll make sure you get your dues, too. Remember - it's thanks to me that you're still breathing.No, don't bother trying to find me. It's not worth it- really, it's not. I don't want anything you don't... and I want plenty that you do.You can run if you want to. I'll be here when you're back. Remember, my pretty little thing, I've only ever got your best interests at heart.

• - A Friend