This was requested by a friend, so it's probably the only one I'm doing in this style. The Krile and Moonfire Faire chaps will be out soonish. I'm just finishing them up and editing them.

Also, just to clarify. The Adventurers Guild gifted several hundred Tomestones to the Eorzean Alliance, Scions and certain trusted reporters from the various news groups like the Raven, ect and the various guilds for cohesiveness(Tataru threatened to sick Naruko on them after the Isle of Val.. this will be explained in a later chapter.)


Adventurers Guild General Chat

Please keep it clean. We have important people in the chat now.

WoL: Hey Remumu, remember when you said that Iroha girl was crazy for saying she was from another world.

Red Mountain: Wasn't that, that eastern lass?

Musically: No it was the Lalafell lady who spoke in rhyme.

Sneaky Sneak: I remember her… she was hot.

Musically: You my friend have odd tastes.

Culinary Art: It was the Eastern girl. I remember Naruko and her eating at the restaurant during one of my shifts.

Harbour Herald's Best: Again with this? Look, I'm not apologising. If that girl wants to live in her own fantasy land then fine, but I'm not risking my job and reputation over it.

WoL: Suck this you smart ass

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Gears 'n' Stuff: I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS.

WoL: Say hello to the Crystarium. Capital of Lakeland.. a region in Norvrandt, somewhere that isn't on any map of our world.

WoL: In other words. GUESS WHO'S IN A DIFFERENT FUCKING WORLD!

Several users are typing

Reasonable Fist: Gee Naruko, why does your mom let you have two worlds to explore?

Little Devil: Damn boss. That place looks pretty as hell.. take some pics for the Squad eh?

Harbour Herald's Best:...Welp, that's egg on my face. Fuck now I really feel like a cunt.

WoL: I fucking told you. But noooo, I'm just an idiot for believing that kid.

Biggs: H-how the hells is your Tomestone even able to connect with the rest?

WoL: No clue… the Crystal Tower perhaps?

Biggs: It's the same one!? How?

WoL: Dunno. But when I was going to the Ocular, there was a part of the stairway that was broken off. It's exactly where that Roegadyn fella got smashed into the ground during the expedition.

Musically: Oh fuck I remember that. Poor bastard's head cracked open like a damn melon.

Sneaky Sneak: Yeah.. small mercy it was quick though.

WoL: And that children is why you don't get fucking cocky and break formation. You get picked up by a dragon and belted against the ground hard enough to break the floor.

Kan-E: I believe we asked you to take things easy, Naruko. I for one am quite disappointed in you.

Admiral: Says the one who bet 100Gil she wouldn't listen

Kan-E: You are just mad you lost another bet.

Bull of Ala Mhigo: Quite. And no doubt Nanamo is going to be rather cross as well.

WoL:... About that

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WoL: Nanamo may have… accidentally come along for the ride.

Bull of Ala Mhigo: Twelve above!

Knight Commander: Nanamo was supposed to be the voice of reason between you two.. By Halone you really have corrupted her.

Little Devil: Of course you bring your girlfriend along.. accident my tight ass. I wanna go on an interdimensional adventure!

WoL: So you want your soul plucked from your body? Because that's how the others got here.

Little Devil: On second thought I'm fine.

WoL: That's what I thought, Hilumi.

Kan-E: I assume that due to you and Nanamo having the Echo somehow prevents that and allows you to cross the rift?

WoL: Pretty much. Shit, if Krile didn't need to keep the bodies of the others from dying, I'd get her in on this as well. Y'know, larger numbers and all.

Reasonable Fist: Oh that's just fucking bullshit! What next, it makes you immortal?

WoL:... Kinda

WoL: Like, I'm 90% certain I've gotten literally disintegrated once and I somehow walked it off… and then there was the time after Nidhogg where my heart literally stopped for like a minute.

Knight Commander: You mean when Tataru found you face down in your own blood near the Aetheryte after you refused treatment.

WoL: Estinien needed more attention.

Knight Commander: Naruko, you nearly got torn in half when Nidhogg bit you. I'm fairly certain your armour was the only thing keeping your insides inside.

WoL: It wasn't that bad.

Knight Commander: You were unconscious for nearly a week afterwards.

Reasonable Fist: I wanna be mad, but honestly I'm just numb at this point.

WoL: Don't be like that Lyse. You have… qualities.

Reasonable Fist: That sounds like an insult instead of a compliment…

WoL: Oh well in that case, I think you are a poor leader. Like sure you try, but holy fuck why did you think letting tempered Ananta walk around the palace unattended was a good idea!?

Little Devil: I kept thinking you were called Lice

Desert Cat: You snore

Better in Mythril: I once saw you pick your nose and wipe it under the table you guys planned at during the liberation of Gyr Abania.

Reasonable Fist: RUDE!

Fordola: You look like a 20Gil hooker in that get up, Hext.

Reasonable Fist: Just for that, you get only beans and potatoes for the next week.

WoL: When did Fordola get a Tomestone?

Fordola: I'm not even in custody anymore you idiot.

Kan-E: You passed wind multiple times during the last meeting and kept trying to cover it by coughing.

Reasonable Fist: That's it! I'm going to bed.

Reasonable Fist logged out

Red Mountain: How in the Twelve's name did this conversation devolve into this?

Scarlet Innkeeper: I don't know but I hate you all for it.

WoL: Aww.. don't be like that Momodi.

Scarlet Innkeeper: Naruko. It is 2am. I'm tired.. go to fucking bed.

WoL: Yes mum

Scarlet Innkeeper: Funny. I remember you calling me mommy that one time.

Little Devil: Hello!

WoL: Oh wow look at the time. G'night people.

WoL logged out

Little Devil: Awwww

Sun Dried Grape: You people do realise I'm logged in right?

Bull of Ala Mhigo: My lady, why?

Kan-E: I too would like to know.

Sun Dried Grape: Long story short. I was visiting Naruko at the Rising Stones when Tataru told her they found something at the Sycrus Trench.

Sun Dried Grape: We went to check it out, but the moment Naruko picked up that gear thing she started screaming. I tried to smack it out of her hand, then boom. I'm waking up in some weird purple forest only to get chased by this weird white creature a few minutes later.

Admiral: And do you have a way back?

Sun Dried Grape: Probably.

Little Devil: I'm surprised you ran from the thing instead of fighting. What's the matter, getting cold feet?

Sun Dried Grape: I didn't think to take my sword with me, Hilumi. I'm just lucky I was able to use Judgement Blade on it with a stick.. granted I probably could have out ran it, but I didn't want to take any chances.

Little Devil: Wasn't that technique called Stasis Sword?

Sun Dried Grape: No that's what Holy Knights call it. Sure they are technically a successor group but some of my techniques are considered lost arts due to the scarcity of practitioners.

Little Devil: Why didn't you just throw some fireballs at it?

Sun Dried Grape: Because Naruko had my other Soul Crystal at the time.

Little Devil: Your Spellblade one?

Sun Dried Grape: That's not it's… Look, I'll give you all a proper update later. I'm tired and sore..

Bull of Ala Mhigo: Did the creature you mentioned harm you?

Sun Dried Grape: No. The Sin Eater got murked by Naruko.

Sun Dried Grape: I just spent the last half hour fighting the Pixie that the Crystal Exarch asked to be Naruko's familiar.

Admiral: I… see?

Kan-E: A pixie as in a Faerie?

Sun Dried Grape: I called her that… she bit me on the ear in response. Mind you she is like, 1'7-2'0 tall.. I'm not really sure

Little Devil: And what pray tell caused you to fight her?

Sun Dried Grape: I didn't like how handsy she was getting with Naruko.

Little Devil: Ah.

Sun Dried Grape: I don't like this Feo Ul one bit. But we have to work with her due to her kind being able to cross the rift.. so she's our primary way of relaying information to Tataru and Krile.

Red Mountain: But… the Tomestones? You are literally talking to us right now.

Sun Dried Grape: Yeah, but we don't know if it's temporary or permanent. So better to have a back up.

Bull of Ala Mhigo: Indeed.. though I'm not particularly sure if we can trust this Feo Ul.

Admiral: You're just saying that because she tried to maul Nanamo.

Bull of Ala Mhigo: Well yes..

Sun Dried Grape: Well anyway, I'm logging off to go to bed.

Kan-E: Good night

Bull of Ala Mhigo: Sleep well, my lady.

Little Devil: Try not to fight anymore pixies eh?

Sun Dried Grape: Oh and could someone tell Tataru that Naruko screaming when she touched the gear was a joke. She wasn't in any actual pain and just wanted to get a rise out of Tataru for being a smart ass this morning.

Bull of Ala Mhigo: I'm sorry what!?

Sun Dried Grape logged out

Little Devil: Tataru is gonna be pissed…


And done. Like I said, probably the only one like this. So yeah, I essentially made the chat function in FFXIV canon to my fic via Tomestones. But with the added feature of image/video uploads, because look if Allag had what are the equivalent of smartphones they definitely had the internet.. or at least some form... That being said, Amaurot DEFINITELY had internet.. at least in this.

Also, I gave a BIG hint as to what Nanamo's main class is as well as her secondary class( it's another sword class but uses a lot of magic.. and it isn't Red Mage) is in this chapter.

And look, I know you guys are probably gonna be disappointed by this chapter. So here, take a look at part of the scrapped version of the Krile chapter(mind you this was written with various plot points that have since been altered in mind.. kinda the reason it was scrapped)

Krile's Conundrum ver 1.0

When I heard the tales of the Warrior of Light from Minfilia I was astounded.

How she talked of this woman with such respect and admiration surprised me at first. But over time, I began to understand why.

Naruko Uzumaki was a selfless person. A woman who would throw herself into danger if it meant helping others.

She was a kind woman who was slow to anger, but fiercely protective of her friends.

I won't lie… I started to form a small crush on her. And I admittedly tried to convince grandfather that my skills would be suited to helping the Scions because of said crush.

Yeah… he saw right through it and thought it was funny. But he did agree.

Unfortunately, whilst I was preparing to leave the Isle of Val was destroyed by Ascian machinations and I was in a coma for three months.

And in that time.. many unfortunate events occurred.

From the Bloody Banquet where Naruko was accused of assassinating the Sultana of Ul'dah, to the Crimson Dawn incident where her name was cleared and the Sultana was revealed to be alive and relatively well.. but where Y'shtola, Thancred and Minfilia went missing after Y'shtola used the forbidden Flow spell.

Not gonna lie… I may have spent the last week or so drinking.

But recently, I was contacted by the Scions who believed they may have a way to find Minfilia. After all, they found Y'shtola and she was in relatively good shape.. though sadly she was blinded by her time in the Lifestream.

So here I am. Gods I never thought I'd ever get to see the old colony.

However… this isn't exactly how I expected my first meeting with the Warrior of Light to go…

"You see Alphinaud. I just don't give a fuck." Naruko said as she cast her line into the river. The small hill on the riverside was an ample place to get some good catches according to the locals.

Then again, the locals are mostly Goblins. So a good catch to them could mean an old boot.

Behind her Alphinaud bristled with anger.

"So you would simply allow Minfilia to perish? Twelve above Naruko, how can you be so childish." The young Elezen said.

Naruko let out a laugh "Right. Says the cunt who was so certain that I was a Garlean spy. Fuck off boy, you're scaring the fish." The red haired woman said as she reached her hand towards the paper bag to her side. She was getting a touch hungry and she had been looking forward to the sandwiches Nanamo made her this morning.

Or really she would have, had Alphinaud not kicked it into the river in his anger.

Krile instinctively took a few steps back as a tense silence filled the area.

"You didn't just do that.." Naruko growled.

"And if I did?" Alphinaud but back.

With a huff Naruko reeled her line in and collapsed her rod.

"Good. Now let us be.!" Naruko grabbed Alphinaud by the back of his hood and threw him into the river.

"Alphinaud!" Krile shouted as she dashed towards the edge of the hill. Turning back to Naruko she glared "What is wrong with you! He can't swim!

Naruko shrugged "And? Maybe he should learn to not be a prick."

Krile stepped back at the rather crass remark. This was the Warrior of Light she had heard so much about?

"Some hero you are…" Krile muttered.

However Naruko heard her "Oh, I see. Not living up to your lofty standards, am I Miss Baldesion? Well tough shit." Naruko said as she turned to walk away.

"If this is how you treat people then I'm not surprised that the Scions turned on you so willingly. Gods and to think people actually look up to you. You are nothing more than a brute and a gods damn bitch." Krile yelled back at her as she turned towards the water. With a huff she made her way to the river as it seemed that she would have to pull Alphinaud from the water.. albeit, as she approached she could see it wasn't all that deep and that he was clutching onto a rock and relatively fine.

"Ugh.. my robe is going to take forever to…!" Suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her rear and she was several fulms up in the air, with the river rapidly approaching from bellow.

"Go fuck yourself you bitch!" Naruko shouted from the riverside.

And there you go. I'm sure you can see why I scrapped it. I liked it but yeah, kinda made Naruko and Krile out to be.. rather aggressive. With their first encounter shattering the perfect image Krile had of the Warrior of Light and with Naruko throwing Alphinaud into a river after he kicked her lunch in(something that he wouldn't do as he knows Naruko would fold him like a piece of paper) and Krile herself getting a boot to the ass and a quick dip in the same river after she snapped at Naruko.

Instead, I decided to make Krile have a massive crush on her.. but let's just say that isn't without its tribulations.