8.0 speculation

[Mansion]

I'm guessing Livingway?.

Thanks! I forgot the loporites were gendered lol. But then, the whole part on the moon post Zodiark is when I started to dissociate with the MSQ in Endwalker.

To my memory no, other than the fact we didn't really do anything short-term to actually improve the state of the Void (Thirteenth). We defeated Zeromus and turned it into a Memoria Crystal, then planted it out in the Empty on the First under the supposition that doing so would hasten the aetheric rebalancing out there (beyond the immediate area around Eden) and restore life to the land. Golbez (Durante) started on the path to atonement and promised along with Zero to find another way to restore the Thirteenth to life, which may just happen on it's own over time if the First's Light imbalance corrects itself thanks to our actions. Zero bade us farewell until next time and that was that.

Thank you! I had completely forgotten the part where we go back to the First. I had imagined it would be Zero as it is the only female character that isn't with us right now (and Alisaie is with Alphinaud so I imagine the wording would have been different if it was them).
But now I know Livingway is the likely candidate, it sure ties neatly with the photos on the moon.

[Cilia]

Thanks! I forgot the loporites were gendered lol. But then, the whole part on the moon post Zodiark is when I started to dissociate with the MSQ in Endwalker.

Technically they're asexual, but "adopted the traits of one or more gender[s]" because they find the concept interesting.

Thank you! I had completely forgotten the part where we go back to the First. I had imagined it would be Zero as it is the only female character that isn't with us right now (and Alisaie is with Alphinaud so I imagine the wording would have been different if it was them).

I enjoyed Endwalker's base story well enough, but the IV adaptation was... predictable and uninteresting. Still, it was a highlight moment in that plot because it's where Gaia actually shows up in the MSQ (voiced lines and all!) if you've completed the Eden raids.

We don't actually have a way to contact Zero, so it couldn't be her, and more IV fanservice so soon after Endwalker went as hard as it did on that would be even weirder than whatever it is we've got going on with V in Dawntrail.