Today marks my official return to eorzia, after a year of rest and whatnot.
anyway, today was relatively uneventful, I killed some piestes, fought my way through wharf rats, etc, etc.
the general order of the day was to find a number of jobs to do, the first set of which saw me meeting one of the world's scariest (and most masterful) barbers.
the man could cut a hairstyle in one flashing strike, i forget his name, but i took full advantage of his services and got a new look.
the next job was....embarrassing...
I had to track down a missing cask of ale, it turns out the ale was onboard a ship, having been stolen-er, borrowed without permission by a young executioner, he and his friends were so busy dancing that i had no way of communicating with them until I participated.
once all was said and done the executioner sang my praises, then spilled the beans right in front of the captain!
the captain was furious (as one would expect, who in their right mind steals a cask of ale like it's no big deal?) and i took the payment back to the merchant, who simply shrugged and replied "coin is coin"
another task was dull, I just surveyed the markets, literally nothing happened.
the highlight of the day was a job for baderon! i haven't worked for him for years! suffice it to say he was glad to see me after so long, despite the grim news that his once glorious comrade from the days before dalamud fell was busy slaying wharf rats and training as an arcanist.
the REAL highlight of the day came after i busied myself enlisting in multiple crafting guilds and learning their trades. carpentry being my favorite.
anyway, mouinne...mounne? i forget, the maternal figure of gridania asked that i investigate the deepcroft, after waiting for nearly ten minutes i and a group of adventurers made out way past imps and devils to prevent the summoning of....something.
th details were mostly ambiguous, but i digress.
we fought our way through and just when all was said and done, what should come out of that ghastly orb up above but a damned tentacle wizard?!
(at least...i think that's the nickname for mindflayer-esque foes.)
the fight went well enough, inconspicuous imps be damned, and we tidied up.
maternal figure of gridania was pleased as punch, and she sent me to uldah, (my favorite) from there i was tasked with dealing with an assortment of giants trapped in an ancient mine.
I met a nice lady in the front of copperbell mines, she seemed.....sociable.
anyway, once in copperbell me and a group of random, totally reasonable adventurers worked together to fight our way past the bombs and spriggans.
however the tank was marvelous!! he only messed up a pull once, and it hardly affected us, but he marked all targets accordingly, part of the way through we encountered this impossible to defeat blob, the tank (who i'll just call big boss) demanded that we let the bombs in the area explode and harm it, after the third or fourth one, the blob died and we pressed on.
we fought some giants along the way, but at the very end of copperbell....this really LARGE giant, as in more than usual showed up.
i admit, when i saw more giants entering the fray i panicked and focused on him, but quickly returned to my senses when i realized the party was still focused on the main giant.
once it was said and done(a phrase i use too often) the giants were defeated and i met a strange young adventurer.
i think i saw her in gridiania? (who am i kidding? she was carrying around her party leader's head for crying out loud!!) She congratulated me on a job well done and asked for my name, it seems i inspired her.
her name was....uh...edda? edea? no, i'm sure it was edda.
anyway i'm sure that we'll meet again, perhaps have some entirely pleasant adventures together where nothing goes wrong!!
well, despite being called a "lost log" i didn't quite get lost today!! that's a first!! not since before the fall of dalamud did i ever have this much fun not being lost!! however I shall resolve to get lost tomorrow!! yes.
-Albus Frost, the lost wanderer
