Sleepy Favors

(I love helping - I hope you all know that!)

Came on close to 8 expecting to find Fhox rallying RDB in a Promy memory run, for a later assault on the tower. Well, he wasn't on yet and most of my other friends were absent. Raki was on, and in the Tree. I guessed correctly that he was skilling and offered my assistance.

I sorted some personal stuff first then made my there. He was in an alliance, 3 + 3, and Kuse (I think) was dead. I took care of the raise and there was some discussion of unifying the party. Or going after some NM. Ultimately, Moonflowyr and Kuse took off. I think their third did too (sorry, I didn't get your name). So Raki, Balun and I worked on crabs. We were later joined by a THF and we actually made progress on our skills. I got some club, divine, enhance and heal. And shield lol.

Deej saw me on and asked what I was doing. I explained and he said he was wondering because he wanted to work on his SAM's AF1. I told him I'd bow out of the SU at 10 and meet him downstairs, as his quest was in Zi'tah. And it turns out I had the trigger for the NM pop - a sack of fish bait. I was hopeful this would go well and quick as I wanted some sleep.

Wel~l~l, as usual, Vana'diel had other plans. As I was preparing to leave, the other three wanted to relocate. I escorted, and somehow Raki got lost. Tracking him down and getting him safely to the others, caming near the waterfall up top, took close to 15 minutes...

I left as soon as I could and rushed home to get the fish paste. I expected I could use it since we'd be partied up. This would save the time of farming one, having no idea what kind of drop rate we were in for. I met Deej at the OP, but took a quick break to press Ape's back - she's pulled something or other back there and needs adjusting ^^

We made quick work of the trip to the small pond where the pug was waiting. I snuck Deej most of the way to avoid aggro delays. On arriving, I cleared the area with his help and then traded the fish bait. And nothing. I tried and tried, and I guess I can't do it without flagging the quest. And my SAM is far too low to qualify. So we farmed. It only took like 8 gobs and then Deej had his own trigger. Which didn't work. I love ya, you tall Elvaan, but next time check your quest log :3

I opted to continue helping, teleporting us to Yhoat and leading the way to Norg. The flag-up didn't take too long, and he also picked up a replacement Mumeito. From there, we warped to Mea and rode birds back to the sanctuary. Where, according to Deej, his brother was waiting. On zoning in, he told me to invite Sanwa. What? The same Sanwa I PLed along with Deej and Kush? Yep - somehow he neglected to make the complete intro last time lol.

The three of us made a winding walking trip to the pond from the zone, and on arriving, found someone there skilling on the coeurls. Yay - no CC for me! We buffed up, popped the NM and took care of business. I left them there and tele'd myself to Mea, where I rested for the night.