Layla playing a guitar with her loyal crab minion listening to her serenades, carrying a bundle of bikinis (and Jude Paw's shorts) in its claws.

The crab tamer 🦀

#LaylaHinamoto | #AuRa

Ottoline: Roxanne? You don't lounge around La Noscean beaches very often. What brings you here?

Roxanne: I'm on the hunt for nefarious critter, terrorizing beaches everywhere. It takes the form of a common crab. Are you familiar with this beast?

Ottoline: Oh, yeah. You'd best be careful, it could strike anywhere. I was doing some blitzball training with Jude, and the crab got him earlier.

Roxanne: Well, I've got nothing to hide! Bring it on! I'll nab this criminal crustacean! In the background, an Au Ri woman in a black cap deviously watches the beach.

Beware! They say the crab has eyes and ears everywhere! 🦀

(w/ a cameo from @judepaw.bsky.social) 🐱

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#ArcturusComics | #OttolineArcturus | #RoxanneMercier | #LaylaHinamoto #NSFWGpose

Rin and Layla

They're here to rock your world! 🤘 🎸

Layla Hinamoto and @st4rd1ver.bsky.social's Rin Oroq, ready to steal the show!

#LaylaHinamoto | #AuRa | #ArcturusCollabs

I told you I had more OC's to put in this than Ottoline.

#RoxanneMercier | #LaylaHinamoto | #EuphemiaScaurus | #Chrysocolla

Deep in the Black Shroud, amidst the brambles.

Lars: Layla, I don't think your plans for an Eorzean tour" and bringing the "Rockin' Revolution" to these yokels is working out right now.

Lars: We've got a pair of experienced trackers in our crew, and we still haven't seen a proper permanent settlement in days. Talking, flying cabbages sent us the wrong way. We're lost, there's all kinds of predators, and we're eating frogs off the ground. I'm sure your dad could've gotten us out of gaol in less than a week if we stayed in Garlemald.

Lars: My point is, we're probably going to die, and you're making me do your makeup.

Laelia's still determined to begin her world tour, though it's run into a few early snags. Eorzea certainly puts the "wild" in "wilderness." Luckily, her faithful crew are at her side.

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#LaylaHinamoto | #AuRa | #ArcturusComics

She found another jacket that spoke to her rockin' soul and really wanted to show it off. 🤘

#LaylaHinamoto | #AuRa

so uh

I like girls in jackets

#NSFWGpose | #OttolineArcturus | #RoxanneMercier | #Chrysocolla | #LaylaHinamoto | #Midlander | #AuRa

Layla blissfully walking along, facing the edge of a cliff. A black shiba marches alongside her. Layla wears a green dress, a matching green baseball cap worn backwards, and brown calf high boots, casually holding her guitar over her shoulder. A white flower in full bloom is loosely held in her palm in the opposite hand. "The Fool" is written in Eorzean text along the bottom with a zero above Layla's head.

🔮 My OC's as Tarot Arcanas

Layla Hinamoto, The Fool - 0

#LaylaHinamoto | #AuRa

Once Laelia Herminius, #LaylaHinamoto was an orphan of Garlemald's campaigns, raised in the capitol. A former idol singer, the rebellious Layla soon became the face of a burgeoning rock and roll counter-culture movement. Despite being sheltered, she's determined to bring the revolution worldwide.

Alright, have a full set of OC's I've posted so far. Enjoy~ 👙

#FFXIVGpose | #OttolineArcturus | #RoxanneMercier | #LaylaHinamoto | #Chrysocolla

[ #AuRaApril Day 2 - Scales ]

Layla never had much opportunity to travel to the warmer Imperial provinces, and she certainly didn't show off her scales... yet. But Layla's proud of what she's got, and now that she's free, she's unapologetically showing it to the world.

#FFXIVGpose | #LaylaHinamoto

[ #AuRaApril Day 1 - Introductions ]

Rock 'n Roll can change the world. All it needs is a pair of ears (or horns) to hear it.

#FFXIVGpose | #LaylaHinamoto

The former Imperial fortress of Castrum Oriens, currently held by the Eorzean Alliance.

Layla: Who knew a castrum could be this cozy. It's nice they let all the trees grow inside. It could also be the lack of Garleans that want to throw us in gaol. Thank you, Eorzea. Freddy: I can't wait to see the forest on the other side. The Black Shroud sounds like home.

Lars: Forests? Trees? Warm weather? I want to go home... Layla: Easy there, Lars. You're the one that picked out your heaviest coat! I'm sure once we get to Gridania we can find a ceruleum cooling unit or something.

Kaidi: Just need to warn you, sweetie. You might not be as welcomed in Gridania as you think. Especially if you're intent on keeping me around as your guide. Layla: Of course we want to keep you, Kaidi. You're part of the band as far as I'm concerned... What's wrong with Gridania? Aren't you from this part of Eorzea?

(4.X) Every journey begins with a single step. The Layla Hinamoto Eorzean tour is set to begin!

We'll see how long she'll last without ceruleum cooling units/heaters.

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#FFXIVGpose | #ArcturusComics | #LaylaHinamoto

Freddy: Here, Layla. Let me show you a trick from my village. Stick ot your middle finger and index finger, like so, palm outward...

Freddy: Congrats, my friend. Now you've got peace in the palm of your hand.

Layla stares blankly, unamused and unimpressed.

Layla turns her hand around, palm inward, knuckles outward. Freddy: Hey, don't sully the symbol of peace.

Some symbols aren't quite so universal...

#FFXIVGpose | #LaylaHinamoto | #FredrikRafala | #ArcturusComics

"It's me against the star,
And I'm all alone
No sword or old grimoire,
No light or blessing known
Just me and my guitar." 🎶

#FFXIVGpose | #LaylaHinamoto | #AuRa

An Au Ri woman wearing a tank-top and jeans, sitting on a stone ledge playing her guitar in sunset.

OC: The self-proclaimed Rockin' Revolutionary. One of many displaced orphans left in the wake of Garlemald's conquests, Layla Hinamoto (as she calls herself now) was adopted into a Garlean family and had a talent for singing and songwriting, developing into a talented young star.

#LaylaHinamoto

"The year is 15XX. The Seventh Astral Era still knows no peace. The Emperor, Varis zos Galvus, has begun purging all subversive media that didn't serve the good of his Empire. Playwrights and artists were forced into retirement or exile. Despite the development of the greatest musical instrument known to mankind, the aetheroelectrical guitar has been deemed a tool of rebels and un-patriotic ne'er-do-wells. Rock and Roll has been banned in all but name. Truly, the worst has come to pass. But no law written in ink is as strong as a revolution written in blood.

Rock and Roll is more than just a "genre." It's a revolution, a liberation! And that's what makes Varis so afraid. He's afraid to meet it head on, knowing full well that if he tried...

...the forces of Rock would mop the floor with his ugly fat head! And with your help, we can make this dream a reality!

(4.X) The Rockin' Revolution, coming to a radio near you! ...Or a tour near you? She hasn't thought this out as well as she imagined. 🎸

#FFXIVGpose | #LaylaHinamoto | #ArcturusComics

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