script for the whole comic: jullus … it should not take long. Alphinaud and Alisaie will escort the first team, the gremlin and I will be with the second. kurumi Garleans keep addressing me as "gremlin". Is it common to address each other as diminuitive chastising voidsent? jullus Someone else called you a gremlin? kurumi Yes. jullus Who? kurumi That engineer over there. I had been told to assist him, but he said "I don't need the help of a dubious little gremlin". jullus Excuse me a moment. kurumi Very well. I thought it was odd that he refused my help. It would have been more efficient with two people on the task. Perhaps he wanted to linger in the cold and contemplate the fleeting nature of his existence alone while the chill seeped into his very marrow. Which is understandable. Anyroad, I still do not know if "gremlin" is meant to refer specifically to me or simply a general term used to address one another. alphinaud I don't think anyone will be addressing you that way anymore, Kurumi.

script in page one jullus scowls, wanting to know who called kurumi a gremlin.

script in page one kurumi motions to the engineer. jullus excuses himself and walks over.

script in page one kurumi talks, while behind her, jullus is seen punching the man who called her a gremlin. alphinaud looks at the scene in amazement.

jullus asked me to inform everyone that no one else is allowed to call his gremlin a gremlin. i don't think he's ready to unpack why this upsets him so much, but he'll get there. +

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#stalwartsspell #lalafell #julluspyrnorbanus

digital art of jullus holding kurumi (in profile). her hand rests on his face as they look at each other. they wear the valentione's 2026 outfits.

taking a break from the garlemald restoration for a real date with his gremlin

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#stalwartsspell #lalafell #lilibellart

comic Jullus approaches Alphi, who is standing in the snow outside Camp Broken Glass. Jullus: "I thought I might find you out here." Alphi: "Jullus...!"

comic Jullus and Alphi stand in the snow, their arms crossed, talking as they look over the ceruleum field. Alphinaud. "Forgive me. I do not mean to be so melancholy. Nor do I wish to add to the burden you already bear. I did not expect this separation to be so trying as it is proving to be. I spent a year away from her on the First. I thought, 'surely this could not be as bad'."

comic Jullus and Alphi stand in the snow, their arms crossed, talking as they look over the ceruleum field. Jullus: "Except she was not your wife when you were on the First. Things have changed now. You have changed now. You return from Tural not only a Warrior of Light and some sort of moon god, but a husband besdies."

comic Jullus and Alphi stand in the snow, their arms crossed, talking as they look over the ceruleum field. Jullus: "Women have a way of changing us, whether we realize it or even ask for it. When I first met you, you held a torch for her, though you were not aware of the depth of your feelings at the time. When you came back, you had accepted your feelings, though you believed she did not return them. But you could not let them go."

the garlean restoration sitcom continues +

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#moonstide #wolphinaud #stalwartsspell

*slaps my bsky account*

you can fit so many smoltall ships in this bad boy

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the first five panels of a 10 panel comic. jullus walks in to take kurumi to a ball, where her sister ulala and tataru are getting her ready. jullus: "Kurumi, are you ready? It will be starting in half a bell, the other delegates should be— " tataru: "Jullus! Perfect timing, we’re all finished!" jullus: (no response) kurumi: "You went to too much trouble. I was fine with something simple." tataru: "(chuckles warmly) Oh, I don’t do simple. Jullus! What do you think? I’d say it’s some of my best work! Doesn’t she look beautiful?"

the last five panels of a 10 panel comic. kurumi is wondering if her dress is too much. jullus teases her, saying it will be distracting for him, and tells her how beautiful she looks. she smiles. kurumi: "Whether or not I look beautiful isn’t important, as long as it’s suitable for the function. Do you think it will do, Jullus?" jullus: "Hmm . . . you do bring up a good point. I had not anticipated that the gown could be a distraction." kurumi: "A distraction? You think it will distract the other delegates?" jullus: "I think it will distract me. And yes, she does look beautiful. But then again, she always does." kurumi smiles softly.

"you always look beautiful."

i guess i have a jullus ship now 🫠

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