Taru-sitting

That would be one of Pasifika's favourite hobbies, but this time it was Donthitme who played guardian angel to a little taru for her very first fights on the wide, dangerous savannah of Sarutabaruta.

Noponena the little taru girl had been out of the city gates only once before, long, long ago to take some supplies to the brave taru who constantly guards the Sarutabaruta outpost. (Come on Bastokans, isn't it your turn to give Saruta's W.W. a break? Sandorians have already done their share... ;P) Noponena has been very careful not to get her ?-mark all messy and has mainly done quick trips between her Mog House and the Aution House. The mean Bonanza Moogle didn't think venturing all the way to the outpost was a great enough adventure, and Noponena had to go get some *ugh* blood on her tiny hands. To prevent any further slaughter, Dhm the paladin-to-the-core-even-in-Blu-AF was called to watch over her while she engaged combat with the bunnies.

Finally Noponena got the required levels, and now the Moogle lets her gamble in the Mog Bonanza lottery. What an ordeal, but all is well that ends well. Most importantly, Noponena's cute little ?-mark didn't wear off yet! :D

Paler shade of blue

In a couple of weeks I should have more time in my hands, and then it's time for some adventuring after a loo~ng pause. But not quite yet.

I haven't forgotten my beloved Windurst altogether, though. I had Nakago set up pair of coloured chocobos for me, because (for unexplicable reasons) I've wanted to raise a green one. It was love on first sight, and the odds of getting a green choco from this match was said to be high. The pair spent a sport honeymoon and producd an egg in no time.

After leaving the egg in Pulonono's care, I kept checking it with regular irregularity to see if it started to turn green. The little chick was as adorable as they can be, and I couldn't resist the urge to name the chocobo right away, before I saw the final colour. Steering clear of such obvious hints as "emerald" and "forest", I named the boy chick StardustDiamond, hoping it would turn green without my guidance. Now that the choco has reached its teens, the wingtips have turned a bit too pale for my taste...

I can't complain, though. (Well, not much, anyway.) StardustDiamond is an adorable chocobo, patient about infrequent visits and missed days. It's always in "exellent condition" and frequently either very vigorous, bright or both. Always happy to see it's surrogate mothers, StardustDiamond follows eagerly both Pulonono and Pasifika for walks.

War and peace

At first it was only Al Zahbi in Aht Urghan that was attacked by beastmen at regularly irregular intervalls, and defended by both national and mercenary troops - but not any more. In the "past", the war rages on at the very gates of Windurst, as well as other nation's capitals. Isn't it time to end this maddness and bring about peace and prosperity? :O

If Pasifika had her own troops to rally... well, if she formed her own band of mercenaries, you'd have to meet some pretty hard criteria to qualify. And she'd sa~ve~ the wo~rld!
And you'd want to be there with her, making the difference! Right..?

Skill training

It can be hard to get yor skills up sometimes... weak opponents won't improve any skills and strong ones have a nasty habit of hitting back pretty hard. There's one perfect place to hone the club skill of a front line white mage, though...
Donthitme took Pasifika, Lina and Nakago to Lebros Caverns to take care some important missions of the Empire of Aht Urghan. The Immortals are his best pals now that he's blue mage, so maybe that's why he wants to serve the Empress... or then it's the hope of some new equipment that keeps him going. Most likely that.
First all four took their tags and accepted the mission, and then all headed to Lebros Caverns. There the ultimate skill-up opponents waited for them: they're tough enough to improve one's skills, but - because they are piles of rock - they never hit back. :D
Very efficient and safe, but you guessed it... the mission was a failure. The guy in Whitegate didn't seem to be the least bit disappointed, though, and instead he awarded some assault points for the effort. Nice! No one had anything agaist this mismatced party trying the same mission again, either. It wen't much better the second time, although not quite well enough - but Pasifika's club skill got a lot better! That cave is definitely worth some more visits.