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Hikari is *shockingly* good with kids. She spent a lot of time working with them in her moon cat village before she left and she has that weird preternatural sense for when they're about to hurt themselves. Kids love her too, but they do make fun of how bony she is when they hug her.

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Hikari started out learning magic as a thaumaturge to distance herself from physical combat for fear that her love of fighting would become apparent and everyone would see how evil she was. After shadowbringers she gave in to temptation with red mage for a taste of melee combat again.

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Hikari acts pretty catlike if left to her own devices so it's an apt comparison. She once heard that cats were the most efficient predators so she takes it as a compliment

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Time to get fuckin self-indulgent bc I could talk about hikari's face scars for ages. The first one is a cut on her cheek that she got back when she was in the garlean military in othard, during a fight with an old samurai who made her realise she'd abandoned her own humanity.

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I don't think Hikari actually knows when hers is. She knows she was born in the spring and that's about it, so once the weather gets sufficiently summery she adds another number to how old she says she is. And that's when aoi says "omg I didn't know it was ur bday let's celebrate!"

got a new hairstyle doing maps so i looked through the available hairs and there is just NOTHING that suits hikari except the one she has. everything else is too clean and styled. AND they all show her scar. we cant have that. i promise im the real emily i know that sounded sus. #hikariposting

Hikari's hometown was destroyed during the Doman uprising 5 years ago, so there's nowhere to return to. Aoi visits her parents in kugane occasionally, and returned during endwalker to spend the final days with her family, just in case.
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Hikari's a strange case where it feels wrong to be actually alone bc her home growing up was extremely social, but she tires out when actually interacting. Her ideal is hanging out at the edge of a group. A real 'naps in the living room when people are over' kind of girl.

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Hikari is a surprisingly touchy girl. She loves hugs and cuddling and closeness, and she prefers to sleep in a pile of her closest friends, if any of them are free that night. She is devastatingly bony though so it sucks for everyone around her that she is like this

She Doesn't 😤😤💯💯👌👌❌️❌️⛔️🚫🙏🙏🥳🥳👍👍🥳😤😤🙆‍♀️❌️❌️🔞🔞🔞 #hikariposting #aroace #aceposting

I've never personally tried eggnog but I'm hearing that it's both sweet and spiced so I think it would be the only drink Hikari and aoi can actual agree on. Though aoi goes more for the spiked versions.
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hikari would be an mma fighter who does charity work on the side. aoi just works in accounting somewhere.

Thinking about Hikari in her 30s leaning on a cane at zhloe's orphanage sending off khloe on her first proper adventure. Aoi helped her make a scrapbook to be ready to write down all khloe's stories when she comes home. #hikariposting

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hikari shares so many traits with me, both intentionally and not. her fashion sense, her overly-friendly facade, her intense desire to become a good person while believing she is innately evil. i made her aroace to differentiate her from me but we know how that turned out. oops.

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Hikari's a bit of a hobbyist costumer so she has a bunch of really specific outfits, but if she's dressing normally she tends towards loose, casual clothes and shies away from femininity. Dresses in particular don't suit her, nor does showing a lot of skin. She usually wears green.

hikari smells like sugar and rolanberry and the open breeze, though it's often overlaid with either iron or lakewater depending on what shes been up to that day. aoi smells like a bizarre mix of the ocean, potpourri, and motor oil.
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Hikari was born in Yanxia, in the north near the border with the Steppe, and Aoi spent her whole life in Kugane and never left the city until she moved to Eorzea
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Hikari has a huge fuckin sweet tooth. She makes sure to always have a stash of cheesecake on hand and she loves sharing them with her friends. She's a good cook, as long as lots of sugar is involved. Much to aoi's chagrin...

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I haven't done much in character writing but I've thought about how she talks. She's similar to the way I talk to strangers and new friends, deliberately kind and bubbly, except she's dumb so she doesn't use big complicated words. It's obviously a facade, but she's stuck in it now

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Hikari absolutely draws steel with the most genuine smile. She's so excited for a fight. I think most people would back off, but if not like, it's self defense! Fighting brigands! That's heroic right? She can get away with it easy! I don't think she'd kill them though.

i wish i had a better answer for this but i just love cats and catgirls lmao. the lore has definitely informed hikari's character and backstory but really i just like kitty ears

i wont do one about aoi bc for her i was just like 'i wonder if i can make a pretty au ra'. and i could.
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A Final Fantasy 14 catgirl with red hair sitting in a leather chair held by a dragon. Her legs are crossed and she stares off to the side. She looks bored in an arrogant way.

its not wings but i love chairs that make hikari look hot
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In hikari's canon the echo prevents her from feeling normal cold, so she's physically not bothered by it. But she prefers lighter clothing and forgets the cold has effects on normal people, so she gets weird looks in cold places and that makes her uncomfortable.

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I feel like between doing every side quest, her grand company pay, and the stipend I assume tataru pays all the scions, hikari's doing fine. She's somehow managed to afford a nice house after all.

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Hikari's aroace so she doesn't really have any desire to get married, but I like to imagine after she retires from adventuring she marries zhloe for tax purposes and helps out at the orphanage/mentors Khloe in her budding career as an adventurer

Hikari doesn't like how bitter alcohol is. Even in the sweetest drink she finds the bitterness overpowering. So she typically doesn't unless it would be rude not to, and she'd make sure to have the sweetest thing available
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Oh the scions are SO mean to zenos. Straight up cruel and spiteful. Not that he didn't *deserve* it, but stormblood really was an awful awful time to be Hikari Finalfantasy. And then shb and ew were also awful. And so were the times before. Dawntrail was good for her tho. #hikariposting

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sorry i am too bad at gpose to get a good pic and i dont know how to do glowy ancient eyes so you get my portrait image for them. sorry also that hikari herself isnt a screenshot but the art is better than i could ever get so. yaknow.

The sole exception is Aoi, who she's surprisingly quiet around, especially when they're alone. It's about the only time she's really able to drop the hero shtick and just be a very sad girl who's been through too much. #hikariposting #aoiposting