Party~

Moogles kindly handed adventurers stoves (in return for some help in a competition between Moogles and Goblins... does that smell of cheating, or what?) which heat Mog Houses very nicely. Pasifika got all three different ones - with Lina, of course - and soon after Lina started to arrange a party...

A Starlight Celebration party, right? Everyone can gather at Pasifika's nice and toasty Mog House, no problem... Although finding the celebration gear took a while, with all the satchels and sacks to hold stuff in these days. When the others arrived, Pasifika's holiday gear seemed somehow out of place...

...because the party was going to be a bit different, after all. Instead of celebrating inside the cosy Mog House, the trio headed out to Buburimu Peninsula. It did seem a bit suspicious that Mandies were also "invited". ^^;

Secret technique

A long lost secret ninja-shiny-wings technique, finally learned by a fierce master ninja!

Step one: shine


Step two: fly


Step three: ???!

Emergency Kitty

...and after she patches you up, you can have a nice picnic.


"You want some tasty fish, meow? It's really fresh, meow!"
"No thanks, I think I'll just have a nice cup of tea today."

Harvest Festival

Harvest Festival is the time for creepy monsters to roam the streets, and for the residensts of each city to decorate their hometown with spooky lanterns - and then stay inside at night, with doors locked. It's the time for some spooky, creepy... shopping.

Pasifika is a big girl already, she isn't afraid of some Trick Shadows running around, or the ghostly parade of of the Lilies, or even the winged "unholy infiltrators" that plague the Moogles. Bravely she bought all three prickets on sale in the cities, to decorate her Mog House for the season.

The prickets from San d'Oria and Bastok seem very nice: spooky enough, but not too creepy. The one from Windurst, on the other hand... it's a severed Mandragora head. >_>
Cree~py~

Lina has been trying to convince Pasifika that it's in fact a Mandragora cake - wouldn't that be cute! - with a candle on top, but Pasifika won't be taking a bite out of it any time soon.

Anyway, now Pasifika's Mog House is even more full than before, and better illuminated, and it seems it was was a "buy 3, get one free" kind of deal. Lucky!

Exp Party

Very rare, but it does happen (about once in a blue moon) - Pasifika in a party. This nice party had only friends in it: Nakago, Catzen, Lina - of course, with her cute wyvern - and Little Dhm and the dancing (and occasionally singing) taru Flygon.

It was fun, but Pasifika had misplaced her boots, and she had all but grown out of her low-level pants - you can barely see them under that robe. ^^;

The result of the party - a bit unexpectdly - was level 77 for Pasifika.

Dark tunnels

The San d'Orian sewers - or the lower parts of the Bostanieux Oubliette, as the elvaans fancily call them - are dank and dark at best.

I remember the time, when a seasoned elvaan and a relatively new adventurer hume were trying to figure out if there was a safe way to go down there. "If I go first..." No, if I stand on the hatch and then you open it..." "Perhaps we shoud rather..." And in the end, of course, Phu dropped down first instead of the curious Pasifika - who then dropped down, without any sneak, and promptly died, and then witnessed a fierce battle in the dark, where Phu got rid of the pesky slimes, and...

But that's another story, already told quite a number of times. This time Pasifika explored the sewers with a tarutaru, and together they battled the oddly cute and plump leeches that infest some parts of the damp tunnels. The darkness was thick around the adventuring duo, although the light of weapon skills and weapon skillchains frequently pierced the blackness. Light skillchain FTW~

Some parts of the tunnels go way beyond damp, though, and the elvaans should really consider improving their sewer system, so that the water wouldn't get so deep. When Pasifika's elvaan adventuring fellow Romi joined the fun, the water reached barely past his knees - but a taru could drown in there..! Won't somebody think of the tarus! D:

This tarutaru didn't drown, though. Maybe some tarus can breathe through their pointy ears... or the top of their head. There's no other explanation.

Fairy Tale

Once upon a time some yagudos captured pixies and put them in bottles. Maybe they thought they could get the pixies to cure them, or perhaps they just liked how shiny the pixies are, but nevertheless it was wrong to capture poor pixies and put them in bottles, even if they remembered to poke holes in the lids.

Pasifika, Lina and little Dhm bravely fought the Yagudos and took away some bottled pixies. Gently holding the jars in their arms, Lina and Pasifika ventured to the area where pixies are rumoured to live. They found a wondrous place with pretty flowers, glowing pools of water and many shiny pixies and - at last - a waterfall.

Atop that waterfall was a shiny spring, and by that spring they opened the jars and released the pixies. The pixies were so happy and shiny and they all danced around Lina and Pasifika.

The glowing pools in this area seemed bottomless, and they looked so interesting that the rescuers decided to see what pretty things they could fish up from the shiny depths. (Can you see both of them fishing in the picture?) Pasifika didn't manage to pull up her catch, but Lina got a big fish that wasn't shiny or pretty at all, but instead it bit poor Lina.

The pixies didn't seem to notice that Lina had been hurt and didn't cure her at all, but it was ok. There weren't any other scary monsters around, and the pixies were so shiny and sparkly, and so they all lived happily ever after.

Strange Lands

If Pasifika happened to get lost in a strange forest one night, when the mist is really thick and and its' really, really dark, and she'd emerge somewhere so completely elsewhere it wouldn't even look familiar - at first glance, anyway - would she make it there..?

Survive, adventure, eventually call it home?

One thing that'd certainly help is Tarutarus. Whatever you call them, they're still so cutaru~

There might even be dancing Tarutarus~

... but it's still so weird, and different, and not the same at all, even though some things seem deceptively familiar. ,o_o,

Sunbreeze Festival~

Ah, summer festival~

The time of dancing Tarutarus~

And speaking of dancing, it's also the time for watching the Mighty Maidens dance. (Check out the leftmost dancer, does she look familiar..?) As always, their peaceful performance was interrupted by the powers of evil, but Lina and Pasifika cheered them to victory, every time. After all, if they didn't get enough help, they were unable to turn the monster into a Tarutaru, and they killed it instead... what a waste!

After alot of dancing and chocobo chick catching, Pasifika took a little dip in the river, to catch some goldfish. There where some really big ones around, but for some reason, she only caught tiny ones.

Although dancing and games are what the summer festival is all about, the festive fireworks and the cheerful music create a lovely backdrop for some exping, too, as well as dying to notorious monsters time and again - in good company, of course.





The festival has now ended, but Pasifika has three new shiny decorations to remind her of the memorable event.

Search for the dragon

Tonight, gentle reader, I'll take you along on a journey to the coldest reaches of the north, in times long past, when fabulous beasts still roamed the snowcovered peaks.


Let's start with an action-packed scene.

Forget about long past and far away, and accept that it's all happening here and now. In this small stone chamber, a handful of adventurers is struggling to find enough room to swing the hammers, swords, daggers or any other weapons of choice. A strange beast suddenly sprung on the party while we were carefully crossing the endless-looking snowy plains, leaving us no choice but to retreat to this place. An ornate door glows mysteriously in one corner, as if mocking us, as it refuses any attepts to open it.


The firece beast is finally brought down, and the adventurers can continue the perilous trek. Other creatures seem to be keen on stopping us, for whatever reasons they may have, so let's tread carefully.


I should note that I'm not actually your guide on this journey, but merely a travelling companion. Our guide is a fearless Tarutaru, who has promised to show us the wonders of the northern regions, and even the legendary flying dragons. Not only is the plan to see one passing far above our heads, but he is determined to engage one in fierce battle, should he get a chance.


We're nearing the dragon's domain, so it's time to start eying the sky. Stars shine in the distance like they were frozen in place, dark peaks loom ominously at the horizon.... but there's no sign of a dragon...




There!




A dragon suddenly appears, and it leisurely circles above us for a moment. However, it shows no sign of even noticing us, let alone aswering our guide's brazen challenge. Soon it starts to fly away from us.


We give pursuit, but it flies swiftly now, leaving us far behind. It disappears into the sky, unaware that it was being chased for a while by a handful of foolish travellers.


The other inhabitants of this icy area are much more inclined to make contact with us, and many are more than willing to do battle. This further thwarts any plans of capturing the flying dragon, but it provides us with excitement of it's own.


Even one of the more notorius monsters shows interest in us, and while he's no match for us on his own, with the aid of his minions he bests us, this time.


Finally the adventurers - including our brave Tarutaru guide - are too weary to continue, and it's time to return home, if only to gather strenght for another adventure.

Moogle Mumbo Jumbo

The Moogles are always up to something... So far, Pasifika hasn't fallen to the Magian Moogle's suspicious promises about superior weaponry, but now the Moogles said they could enhance adventurers in addition to weapons.

They even teamed up for this, the Nomad Moogle and the ah-so-mystical Magian Moogle.

It seemed like a good idea at the time. Shiny and all.
Let's take a look at the replay.



It certainly did... something.

And it looked suspiciously like the Mighty Maidens' Super Crusher Jig. o_O

Lina and Pasifika wanted to see the effects in action, so they headed up to Sky, to pick a fight or two with the pink flamingoes and the sprinklers.
(That may not sound like the most heroic of battles, but these birdies can be mean.)



Of course, it was a nice chance to try out Lina's new sword as well.



And do some shiny skillchains.



Including Pasifika's own solo skillchain. :D



Finally, the mysterious effects of the Moogle mumbo jumbo were revealed.



Not bad, but something like this might have been nice... *_*