What is this madness? O_o

The beastmen prepared their attack sneakily, and approached Al Zahbi almost unnoticed... less than 50 people were ready to defend when they started their march, and when they attacked the number was still probably less than 100. That's hardly an adequate defence for the most prized posession of the Empire! o_O;

As luck would have it, fours seasoned adventurers were among those gathered at Al Zahbi, and they made brilliant strategies while waiting for the enemy to arrive. (Or at least some semi-decent jokes, and a couple of indecent ones... >_>)

When enemies flowed through the gate, the adventurers were ready! They quicly engaged in combat, and brought down some of the attacking horde, including a notorious troll. They pushed the battle towards the outer gates, and... then the trolls retreated. O_o
They ran home much more quicly than you'd believe they can move, once you've seen their advancing pace.

Level 1 Besieged over. The end.

Pasifika's Believe It Or Not

Pasifika adventured around all by herself, and found out some surprising facts!
Well, Phu had taken her to the places in question earlier, and Nakago had given her some good tips, but anyway... she witnessed them by herself. :o

So let's get started! *ahem*

There are many mysterious and rarely visited corners in Vana'diel, and they hold unbelievable mysteries. Today we're focusing on two areas that are near each other and share some wonders: Blueblade Fell and Leremieu Lagoon.
They're so pretty... *_*

You can't strictly speaking enter either of these places, but you can look - and that's the first wonder. The view over both areas is amazing.
Colors shift in the water of the lagoon as day turns to night, or when a thunderstorm passes over.
You have a stunning view over Blueblade Fell during the day, and beckoning lights twinkle down in the valley after dusk.

There are beautiful flowers everywere, delicately scatterred around the place, and magnificent lightnings tear the grey clouds and roaring thunderclaps accentuate the atmosphere during frequent storms.

But it just gets better.

There are ducks in the lagoon. Cute little critters. And they swim backwards. Tail first. All of them. >_>

Thet's pretty amazing, isn't it? A bit hard to believe maybe?

But the twinkling valley holds an even more wondrous mystery: There are dragons.
Sometimes they just circle around over the valley, sometimes they come a bit closer... Tiny specks in the horizon, unless you know what to look for - but I'm telling you, they're dragons! :O

Also, the whole area is haunted. Nothing nasty, though, these undead are Pasifika's dear friends! :D
Yeah, they do like her stories. They get brownie points for that. ^^

Take a look at the evidence, and decide for yourself...

Valentione Singles

It's Valentione's Day again, and the Moogles are encouraging adventurers to play cupid for the horde of Valentione Singles that has invaded the cities.

Pasifika has traditionally done this with a very special someone, but this year none of her friends asked her to join, and the strangers she asked weren't interested. (Not that she asked very many, talking to strangers is hardly her forte... but they were very non-interested. :/ )


Pasifika desided to do this on her own, then - the singles were in desperate need of help! - but it didn't seem easy. The girls immediately recognised her as a kindred spirit, and they spilled their guts about their taste in men. The guys, however, were a good deal more reserved...

With nothing better to do, Pasifika just moped around the single guys, waiting for a kind-looking guy to come within range - like this gorgeously-clad elvaan gentleman - and help her getting the chocolate goodies from the guys one by one.

While this plan was slow at start, a fellow cupid finally saw Pasifika trading chocolates by a single guy and asked if he could join. Sure! :D


At first these two cupids-in-training just compared notes and ran around gathering the missing pieces, and finally met at the Moogle...

Pasifika discovered her San d'Orian knight in shining armor was not an elvaan, and he didn't have any shining armor either. He was a nice guy all the same, and so a galka ended up brandishing a Miracle wand with Pasifika's name on it.

(Pasifika still has all 4 wands with Phu's signature, of course. Oh never more can she crack the joke about having a reraise for Phu "with your name on it". ;_; (Yeah, heartbreaking... but come on, laugh, its a hilarious word play!))

Words

Blogs have lots of them.

I found a thingy that made a lovely word cloud out of Pasifika's blog, although I'm not sure if all posts are counted. Seems kind of assault-oriented, and that's only in the newest half (or less) of posts. :o


(You can click on the pic to see bigger version, but it's... quite big.)

Too keep that one company, I also made one from the blog of a certain tarutaru I happen to know.


I just did it without any permission, so I can't possibly tell you which taru it is... Seems to be a PUP and NIN loving party animal. :o

Edit: Follow-up
I copied the text from a buch of a bit older posts (in 2008 though) and got a somewhat different cloud... and not just the colors, or lack of them.


I'll try to stop making them now. At least I wont post them... ^^;