Forward Progress

I learned something today – logging out with cloaking buffs on does not mean you log in with them still applied. I woke up in Garlaige in what I thought was a quiet corner. As soon as I materialized though some Funnel Bats aggroed so I slept them.

I relocated to a safe spot and began buffing, wanting to see if a {Gate breach} was going to be possible before zoning the hate but before I could shout for gate help, the bats woke up. And brought friends. I was dead in seconds.

Since tonight was supposed to be the big finale of the Deal or No Deal M$M, I left Aer dead hoping when I came back to check on her the bats would have found a new place to loiter. Eventually, they did and I was able to reraise, rebuff and try for some gate help which never came. Serentitty did show up, but she’s a BST and was soloing.

So I warped out, hopeful for some T-T action maybe. And while checking my mailbox, I found some money! Yay – I’m not a total pauper anymore! I also got a pair of taxi runs, for 1k and 5k, so I now had about 7 grand on hand. I put up the Gravity and Tests and decided it was time to pull my flag down.

I also decided to apologize to Whiskers. Thinking she was Japanese, I said {Hello} {I’m sorry.} {Raise} + {Run away!} + Whiskers {death} = {White Mage} {Amateur}. She replied with the O.o smiley then said, in English, that it was OK, just that she had had a bad night in the Citadel. Being me, I said it wasn’t OK, since I should have helped and not made things worse. But we both agreed Garlaige bites.

I saw Chucho in shell, who told me his recent absence was due to Call of Duty 4. We chatted a bit about that and Fhox’s God of War II diversion. I didn’t see any other Brigaders.

Giving up on partying and taxi runs, I decided to give a Windy fame quest a go rather than dump the Noble’s Bed only to have to rebuy it later. This was the Bastore Sardine quest for the fishing guild in Port Windurst. I got 4 traded before going to bed. I have 8 more then I’ll re-check my fame.

There’s also apparently an escort quest involving the protection and care of a taru who wants to explore…Garlaige Citadel. It’s a 10k reward with a 1 week IRL delay.

And in unrelated news, the Top Gear fellas did a show in America involving buying beater cars in Miami and driving them to New Orleans to sell. Assuming the cars survived the journey and the tests required along the way. One such test had the boys driving around Moroso Motorsports Park! First Pinks! And now Top Gear. Cool!