Cartographer

Cartographers.......

Dead cartographers. Harbinger Mikolaas was worried about his men that he sent to gather information. I went looking for the group thinking they just found a pretty object and got distracted by it.
Unable to do anything about the fallen Draenei bodies, being that they were surrounded by Nagas(Wrathscale,) I searched for the survey data crystal that would have all the information that they had discovered. I could not find any crystal in their possessions. I began looking for the crystal on the Nagas. After a while I found the Naga that had taken the crystal. Harbinger was sadden by the news of his fallen men. He seems more determined in his purpose.

Lash This

Well, one day I was walking in the forest, as I often find myself doing. And out of no where a Thistle Lasher start lashing its thorny vine like limbs at me. What was I to do? Such an unpleasant creature one might say. I would have chop off its limbs if I had a blade.

Why would anything want to be so mean? Why would it want to lash out at people? Does this creatures find some pleasure in torturing others? As they touch others with their limbs, how can they not notice the other wince in pain? Can the Lasher be so thoughtless of how others feel? Or do people not say anything and just let themselves be pierced by thorns?

But should we be fooled into thinking nature is full of kindness and good? People are sometimes blinded into thinking that good is what should exist. Doing something because you think it is good can't be the same as doing something which may so happen to be viewed as good. Just because you do things and are able to fool people does not make who you truly are any better or less than what you are.

There must be some type of balance and understanding of things in this world. I should not think that someone is trying to hurt me. But I will defend myself if I feel I am being attacked and let the attacker know what they are doing.

So... Thistle although you poke people with your sharp thorns, in there some where I shall think of you as a creature that has balance of good and bad. For you may have been having a bad day. But I am glad you are able to express yourself without fear of what others think.

Flying

Sometimes...
Flying in the night sky can be so peaceful...
Looking at the stars, and even though I fly closer to them, they still seem so far away. Nothing around... as I watch the twinkling stars in the pale gray sky, the deep blue of the seas and the dark hues of the lands below. The only sound is the flap flap of the gryphon's wings as we breeze through the cold crisp night air.

Looking back at the ground, it all seems so unreal. Then I think, what would happen if I fell. Whoosh... when I reached the ground would I bounce? Would I go thunk? Or would it be more of a splat? A sploosh? I shift my weight to get a better look at what is down below. But my gryphon adjusts so that I do not fall, blocking my view.

What would happen if I pulled out some feathers? Would the gryphon be upset? Would it make it difficult to fly? Would he dump me off and let me fall fall fall... splat!

Comrades

Mister Pavvke's memories

As I was walking in Bastok Mines one day I met Mister Pavvke. He invited me to his home for lunch. He had a yummy pot of bunny stew on the fire.

We sat down and he talked about Bastok and its people. He also told me a story of how he worked in the Palborough Mines with his fellow mining comrades. Cornelia stop in briefly, as Mister Pavvke told me his story, and she spoke of silver name tags. How she wanted to find some for Mister Pavvke, the tags belonged to the individuals who lost their lives in an accident. There had been an explosion in the mines and Mister Pavvke lost many of his comrades. As he talks about the days in Palborough he always gets a sad look upon his face as he remembers that day long ago.

He stood up to look at the wall where he displays the picture of the days in the mines. And seemed lost in his thoughts of the past. It was then that I decided to go and visit Palborough Mines to look for the tags of his fallen comrades.

I rented a chocobo and went to the mines. There were abandoned tools and mining cars. I came across one tag that I found on a quadav. I guess they like shiny things. I took the barge, that was once used to transport the materials to Bastok, to get back to Zehrun Mines. And gave the tag I found to Mister Pavvke.


Strange Things

It was an odd sight. I'm not sure what I saw but... yeah you figure it out yourself.

Celestial Nights

M.H.M.U.













The moogles are back.. They are teleporting people to the three cities. I visited each city and got a sprig of bamboo grass from each nation. The moogle has been giving me a gift of chocobo tickets each time I teleport.

The story of celestial nights is long, I remember hearing it a child. The short version... princess meets prince. They send each other poems because they lived far from each other. Prince goes to battle and dies. Hanging haikus from the bamboo is to remember the friendship they had....


My dear friend bunny,
Would you like to play with me?
Oh fun, bounce, flip, spin!

Why the dirt in my eye?
Want to play? I'll play with you!
Swish, poke, swipe, whack, smack!

Did I get your eye?
Where did your fuzzy tail go?
Flying in the sky.

Did you need that ear?
Don't worry you have one more.
Oopsy, no you don't.

Hugs, I still like you.
No eye, fuzzy tail and ears.
Come and play with me.

I will name you George.
You can come and live with me,
Meet my dear moogle

Moo will sew your tail.
And fix your ears like new,
Patch your eye, or sigh.

So no more dust kicks,
And I will not use my sword,
Play again, more fun!

Fire on a mountain

Bastok is where most Humes and Galkas live and I meet new people everyday. I went to find myself a meal while wandering around Metalworks. I came across the Craftsman Eatery. Here I met Hungry Wolf. He was quite large, towering over me. He talked about foods from near and far.

He mentioned a fire in Gustaberg. So I went with some sheep meat to the fire. I placed the meat on the fire and let it cook for a day. The sheep meat turned into a galkan sausage. I'm not sure how this fire works or why the sheep meat I place on the fire turns itself into a sausage.

I took a sausage back to Hungry wolf, and he gave me a bit of gil for it. I sure hope he enjoys it.

I wonder if I eat more I can grow to be as large as a galka. But then I would not be able to hide as easily. Must be difficult finding armor that fits. But Hungry wolf wasn't wearing much.

Crabs yummy!

Another day at the beach

I was in Highlands doing a Hot and Cold game with Hanahime and decided to walk over to Dune for a walk in the sand. The white sand can be quite blinding during fire weather. I was just going to take the Outpost warp back to town when I saw a.... if you guessed bunny you are not correct... I saw a crab. I started to poke it with my spear. The squeeky noises it makes are funny. I left the dune bunnies alone this time. Crab meat, crab shells, and rock salt. When I could not hold anymore things I headed back to bastok.