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... *_*

Promyvions revisited

The Promyvions used to be interesting and even scary places. I remember so well the excitement, and all the planning, strategy and discipline that went into preparing for a Promy run... not so much the actual details, though, just the athmosphere. And the fact that everyone protected the white mage with their very lives.

Now Lina and Pasifika "helped" someone go through all the three Promys in one go. The main problem was, that the old guides didn't work anymore, because all the dangers they warned of, all the strategies they suggested, everything was out of date and useless.

The new "strategy" is to run up, give a sound beating to the boss, and move on to next, so no actual help was needed, just pointers about what needed to be done. It's not dangerous anymore, not exciting... barely fun, and even that is starting to wear thin after a couple of runs. ;_;




The place is still as strange as ever, enchanting and weird, and running around inside the Promyvions unafraid is a treat of sorts.


And then there's this, which is fun in it's own way. >:D

Charybdis

Lina wanted (another) shiny sword, so Dhm, Pasifika, Havster and eventually also Nt gathered at the lair of the infamous Charybdis. (Why this sea creature carries a sword around in the first place is a mystery indeed...) Others were after the beast, too, but after some waiting we got the monster, and shortly after the sword.





I expected Charybdis to put up more of a fight, but I guess it's better this way than, say, failing miserably, ^^;

Better late than not at all

They keep saying that it's always better late than never, but I'm not sure how much good posting these vids I made three years ago is going to do, since the wedding anniversary was nearly a month ago anyway. ^^; I'm posting them now anyway, and if you're wondering why I didn't post them back then years ago, watching them should settle that question.

I just made them at the spur of the moment, because it seemed like a funny idea at the time, but then it didn't seem like funny enough to post. Now that I stumbled on them today, and I'm more confident about my readers (that there aren't that many) and I have nothing better to post, up these dusty vids go.

I did post videos of the wedding ceremony of Pasifika and Phu, and also about the wedding reception at Kokba Hostel, and I did mention that trolls came crashing through the gates as the reception was winding down. Here's the never before released (I think) wedding besieged video (nothing fancy, since fine camerawork wasn't really an option at all times in the battle), and below that is a much more edited video of the reception, with an extra "guest of honour" popped on it.