Ivy and Ixy: The most chaotic duo in Eorzea

Out of sight but not out of mind

Ivy and Ixyandra were talking with each other about their current adventure until two people, a female Hyur and a male Lalafell stood before the two. The pair spoke to the ladies and talked about how they detected a very high and unusual amout of aether in Ivy and Ixyandra "Tell me, have any of you noticed anything out of the ordinary for yourselves?" The male Lalafell asked. The ladies looked at each other with raised eyebrows and Ixyandra replied: "Well uh... Nothing I can think of? Not to brag but I have been top of my class during my studies to become a Black Mage as I had no problems with casting where others werer either failing, fainting or exhausted." "I could heal wounds that were supposed to be far beyond my skill level." Ivy said in relpy as well. The male Lalafell started rubbing his chin and asked: "Tell me, have you ever heard a disembodied voice sometimes?" The ladies looked at each other with a weirded out look by the oddly specific question and then answered simultaniously: "Yeah, sometimes when I sleep or walking alone, why?" The two people were looking at each other and nodded "Well, we're off for now, stay safe!" The female Hyur said as the two went off.
Ivy and Ixyandra looked at each other in a puzzling way "What a couple of weirdos." But as soon as Ixyandra finished her sentance, a massive chaos erupted as they saw Lucretia and Loreley running towards them. Lucretia stopped quickly as Ivy asked with a scared voice: "Wh-what's happening?!" "There has been an assasination attempt on the sultana and a large amount of troops have defected! The Scions of the Seventh Dawn and Raubahn are fighting but sorely losing and we..." Before Lucretia could finish her sentance Loreley yelled at her: "OH FOR AZEYMA'S TITS CAN YOU HURRY UP!" "Oh seven hells... Sorry but we need to help, I suggest you two go to Limsa and tell your officers about this!" The two nodded as Lucretia ran off with Loreley again; "I guess our stay is over?" Ixyandra tried to stay calm and lighten to mood a little as she grabbed Ivy by the hand as they ran off together. All of Ul'dah was in pure chaos, soldiers fighting in the streets wearing the same colors as their opponents, people evacuating and multiple screams to haunt your worst nightmares. Ivy started crying and panicking at the sight of everything around her while Ixyandra went into her protection mind set and tried to stay as calm as she could in the face of death and danger but as soon as they reached the exit of the city and saw the last carriage for evacuation Ixyandra was shot in the back of her knee, causing her to nearly fall down entirly "Ixy! No!!!" Ivy shouted in fear. Not a second later Pipin, son of Raubahn, arrived to help the two but Ixyandra refused "Take Ivy somewhere safe and you'll have my eternal gratitude..." Ixyandra tried her best to stand up fully again as she grabed her staff to prepare for a last stand "Now MOVE!! GET OUT OF HERE!!" Upon hearing that Pipin took Ivy's hand and got a few yalms ahead until Ivy broke free and rushed to Ixyandra's side to help but she was blocked off by and ice wall Ixyandra casted. Ivy fell to her knees, tears in her eyes, as she saw her best friend put her life on the line so she could be safe "Ixy...." She said sobbing untill she was taken away by Pipin again "I made a promise to my father to help as much people as I can! So please come on!" They hurried along to the carriage where a young Elezen boy was waiting to board as well.
Inside, on the other side of the ice wall, Ixyandra was fighting till the inch of her life while Ivy's saddend voice kept going through her head. During the fight Ixyandra was having with four to five soldiers, an archer made a shot that gravely wounded her causing Ixyandra to drop on her knees and fall down on the floor. Before she lost conscience she heard sounds of battle and some voices before getting healed by a Keeper of the Sun Miqo'te with green eyes as she gasped for air. "Oh good, you're still alive!" A male Hyur said. Ixyandra opened her eyes and looked at the two who saved her and noticed they both had the same tattoos in her neck "D-did they make it out?" Ixyandra muttered out "Who? The last carriage? If so then yes, now can you walk?" Ixyandra tried to move, succesfully but with a lot of pain and unease. The male Hyur noticed it and let Ixyandra lean on his shoulder "Let's go to the sewer system underneath the palace, do you know the way Y'shtola?" The Miqo'te nodded and walked in front of the two. Ixyandra expressed her gratitude to them as they fled the palace.
A couple of hours later, Ixyandra had no physical pain anymore as she stopped leaning on the shoulder of the Hyur and noticed he had her staff in his hand but it was broken which made her slightly angry.

Thus Ivy and Ixyandra were seperated from one another. Ivy went on to help the people in the Dragonsong war who were injured while Ixyandra went on to fight on the frontlines but as soon as it was over, Ixyandra went on to travel and found herself in Bozja where she learned how to become a so called Gunbreaker thanks to the Bozjan Resistance. Ivy went with the Elezen boy to Kugane to help out the Doman Resistance and help Lord Hien reclaim his homeland from the Empire. Ivy, now being a full member of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn and Warrior of Light was teleported to a diffrent world where Light was too dominant and those who live there had not seen the beauty of the night in years on end. While Ivy was off world, Ixyandra kept traveling around the world looking for her, to no avail. While traveling the world she took on jobs to help and protect people for either food and a warm bed or gil.

After several years, Ixyandra had heard something about a Miqo'te, who's description matched Ivy, going to Limsa Lominsa which made Ixyandra think *"Well wouldn't that be a way to see you again after years, in the city where we met the first time"* Ixyandra taveled to Limsa Lominsa through the Aetheryte and looked around the city before seeing the Miqo'te in question causing Ixyandra to hurry to the port where she was. As soon as she came closer and could hear the voices of the group, she noticed two faces looked familiar since that day in Ul'dah. Ixyandra approached the group but had her eyes fixed on the Miqo'te, who Ixyandra could now hear it was Ivy. The male Hyur in the group, who now also wielded a gunblade, looked up and saw Ixyandra approaching but said nothing as he recognized her. "Well, well, well, that we should see each other again after many years in the city we met in" The words Ixyandra spoke made Ivy turn around towards Ixyandra. A few moments passed before Ivy fully realiezed that her best friend Ixyandra was standing in front of her, the one she thought she would never see again. Ivy ran towards Ixyandra and hugged her really tight, crying in the process "Ixy! You're back! I-I can't believe it!" Ixyandra hugged her back, slowly getting tears in her eyes "I thought I lost you as well Ives" As soon as the reunion ended, Ixyandra looked at the group, now consisting of the male Hyur and female Miqo'te she recognized from back then but also that Elezen boy she saw at the carriage and now a male Miqo'te, two male Elezen and an Elezen girl who wore close to the same outfit as the boy did but with a red coat to contrast the boy's blue coat. "Would you mind if I'd join you on this journey to uh... Where are you guys going to anyway?" Ivy's eyes started to brighten in light of the question "We were on our way to Sharlayan" The others looked at each other as the female Miqo'te called Y'shtola looked at the male Hyur "What would you say Thancred, would you want to work with our friend here again?" Thancred smiled and nodded "As long as you can walk on your own this time" He said with the clear sound of jest in his voice causing Ixyandra to laugh as well "You bet your gunblade I can!"

The group boarded the ship to Sharlayan as Ivy nearly talked Ixyandra's ears off about the adventures she went through while Ixyandra talked about the primals she fought and the people she met on her travels. For hours on end the two friends talked about everything and tears were shed in both happiness and sadness as the calming sound of the sea was in the background of it all.