Yet Another Day at the Beach
...lesson learned: it's important to pick passwords that aren't easily guessed. Especially when you're talking about your first encounter with a friend who knows you well enough to make easy guesses.
So, back to where I was...
I just finished leveling Warrior to 15, worked hard on improving my sword handling, and switched back to my bread and butter at the time : Thief! =^-^= Being THF18/WAR9 was slightly enpowering. I felt a bit at a disadvantage ever since that Black Mage bursted a fuse because I didn't knew I could have a subjob. Moreover, I got myself a shiny Iron Sword for my troubles, as well as the Lizard set of armor. Finally, I purchased a stack of Meat Mithkabobs to help further improve my performance. Confident in having filled the holes in what was deemed 'da best', I journeyed back to the dunes.
Arrived at the dunes, marched towards Selbina, and put my 'flag' up. I had time to reach Selbina and loaf around town while waiting for an invitation. I was so bored I went to the fishing guild, bought a rod and a few lures and tried my luck. Guess it wasn't on my side, my rod broke on the 4th cast. I grumbily threw away the broken rod to the sea as a result. That meant more free time roaming about town while waiting for something to happen. The ferry had enough time to come and go twice before I finally got an invitation.
Leader >> Party?
Coeurl >> Sure!
Leader >> Ok, come to Secret Beach
Coeurl looks at the map
Coeurl >> I can see a Whitesand and a Siren Beach
Coeurl >> But where's that Secret Beach?
Leader >> It's not on the map
Leader >> That's why it's called Secret Beach
Coeurl >> ...Is it hard to get to?
Leader >> Not as long as you watch your way around Gobs
Leader >> See that spot at C-6?
Coeurl >> Uh... uh-huh?
Leader >> There's a passage there leading to the beach.
Leader >> Think you can make it?
Coeurl >> I'll sure try...
My lack of confidence conveniently reminded me to set my Home Point back in Selbina. Thank Mogri for telling me I had better set it into San d'Oria before leveling my Warrior subjob, otherwise I would have had fun making the Selbina - San d'Oria run at level 3. So getting out, I broke into a run towards the specified spot, being careful not to get killed on the way. Thank goodness the directions were simple and I had a map! It wasn't long before I got to the mouth of the cave leading to my next party. Coincidentally, that's also when I got invited to join them.
Whitemage >> Hello sweetie!
Warrior >> {Hello!}
Coeurl >> Hiya!
Coeurl >> Made it to the passage, now what?
Leader >> It's a straightforward path, you can't get lost.
Coeurl >> ...Okay, I'm coming then.
Warrior >> Charlie?
Leader >> Yes?
Warrior >> Did you warn Coeurl about the bats?
Coeurl gets hit by the Sand Bats for 19 damage
Coeurl >> EEEEEEEEEEK!!!
Coeurl >> Get them off me!!!
Leader >> Keep running! We'll take care of them!
And so I ran... into another bat, but I still ran as I believed that was what they wanted me to do. Thankfully, I noticed the goblin at the end of the tunnel just in time, and ran behind it. It wasn't long before I could see the beach, and my new party's front line drawing weapons as I made it barely alive. The White Mage threw a Cure II my way, while the melees took care of the rest. I proceeded to join in the fray of battle once I felt I wasn't going to have my first taste of the Secret Beach's sands. We made short work of them, seeing how everyone was well rested during their wait for a 6th member.
The party setup was pretty smooth. Thief, Ninja (Leader), Warrior, White Mage, Black Mage, Summonner. I was asked to pull, which wasn't too bad considering the layout of the place: everything that could attack us without provocation was away from the beach, which gave me plenty of room to run around safe from any unwanted aggressions. At first, they wanted me to bring to camp the flies and goblins. However, on the next few kills after the Warrior got to Level 19...
Whitemage >> ...those suck now.
Warrior >> ...damn...
Leader >> Think we're ready to bump up to Pugils?
Summonner >> I dunno... They were kinda iffy for me back when...
Coeurl >> Those fish got you scared? They don't look that tough.
Leader >> Coeurl...
Coeurl >> C'mon, they seem to have average defense and evasion.
Leader >> Coeurl...
Coeurl >> ...What?
Leader >> Those monsters have a move that can bring anyone to their knees.
Coeurl >> Oh, really?
Leader >> Yah. That's why I want to know if the party's ok with taking them on.
Coeurl >> Oh... Ok.
After a two minutes discussion, and the mages taking a full round of rest, we steeled ourselves for our first Beach Pugil.
Coeurl >> Pulling Beach Pugil!
Leader >> Bring it!
Damn he sounded pumped up. In the end, the fight wasn't as hard as against a fly or a goblin, but contrary to those two which's strongest move involves area damage, a Pugil's strongest attack was Screwdriver, which wasn't too pleasant for the Leader when he was caught without his Shadows. At least we had a Warrior who shared the tanking duties, and so we got through the fight with as much exhaustion as if we just got bombed by a goblin.
Leader >> So...
Whitemage >> I'm a bit worn out, but otherwise good.
Summonner >> I can always do a bit more backup healing.
Blackmage >> Gosh Charlie, you got me scared for a moment!
Leader >> ...Heh, that's the price for being a tank.
Coeurl >> ...Guess I can't say much...
Leader >> How so?
Coeurl >> Well... I don't get hit on much...
Coeurl >> And I don't have a mana pool...
Coeurl >> I kinda feel like I don't bring anything special to the team.
Leader >> Bah! You're dealing awesome damage,
Leader >> even if it's in bursts every minute.
Leader >> Just make sure Sneak Attack is ready before you pull.
Leader >> The fish was close to dead after your second attack.
Coeurl >> ...ok
Leader >> Don't confound "needs" with "contribution"
Leader >> Tanks need HPs, mages need MPs
Leader >> All you need is for us tanks to stand together
Leader >> so the mob doesn't turn around while you prepare Sneak Attack.
Warrior >> Which is already taken care of. =)
Coeurl >> Oh. Thanks.
Warrior >> np
And the party went on pretty well, especially as one by one we all made it to level 19. We agreed it would be great if we could all make it to 20 by the time we had to disband. However, fate would decide "doing pretty well" is "doing too well", as when I was short from the half-way point into level 20, two adventurers ventured onto the beach and silently approached us, stopping a short distance away. A quick search into the crystal network indicated they were under Anonymous mode, thus the only way to know what class they were was by checking them. Back then, I considered it odd for people to check me out, so I didn't bother checking them back. And besides, they must have been anonymous for some reason...
WhiteMage >> Isn't that the "oh my gawd Provoke will kill me" Warrior?
Leader >> Oh no... Not him again...
BlackMage >> Looks like he came back as a White Mage
BlackMage >> And his buddy's a high-level Ninja
Warrior >> Think he'll be killing the pugils?
Leader >> I don't care. Let's keep our groove on.
I didn't dare ask anything about whoever the guy was, and which one of the two they were reffering to. In any case, one of them grinned and leered at our Leader, before they went off to the far east end of the beach. I made no mind as I continued pulling as usual and brought a fresh Beach Pugil to camp. About 20 seconds later, he ran off to some cave at the end of the beach, while shortly after the other guy ran right into the middle of our camp, with some company...
One of MPKBuddy's Shadows disappears.
Blackmage >> HOLY SHIT!!!
Before anyone else would realize it...
MPKBuddy uses Mijin Gakure
Marchelute takes 244 damage
Warrior >> WHAT THE?!?
Whitemage >> WHAT AN ASS!!!
Leader >> RUN!!!
That's when my attention went from the Beach Pugil, to the still pulsing corpse of the self-detonated, chakra-diffused Ninja, to...
Coeurl >> Who the hell is that?!?
My hesitation in disbelieving the person in gray tunic was a real person cost me the chance to escape unscathed from this encounter.
Marchelute hits Coeurl for 341 damage
Marchelute defeats Coeurl
As the rest of my party safely moved to the end of the beach, the other guy who gave an evil snicker to our leader appeared, and snickered some more (from a safe distance, mind you), but this time at my lapidated body, while giving a Raise to the fallen Ninja.
MPKer >> U GOT SERVED!!!
MPKer >> Teach ya u asses!!!
Leader >> ...
Leader >> You know, you're not even proving any point doing this.
MPKer >> STFU U ASS!!!
MPKer >> How dare u ask me to use Provoke!
MPKer >> u already have nother WAR!
Leader >> ...I asked you if you could provoke the mob
Leader >> when the mob went for the mages.
Leader >> I expected at worst a "no"
Leader >> not a "Provoke will kill me u n00b"
MPKBuddy >> What the heck?
MPKBuddy >> You were kicked because you didn't want to use Provoke?
MPKer >> Why shuld I?
MPKer >> Day have nother WAR!
MPKBuddy >> ...you're more of an idiot that I thought.
MPKBuddy >> Sorry you guys, had I known...
Leader >> It's alright...
Leader >> ...Don't think we could ask him to raise our Thief?
MPKer >> WUT?!? EAT DIRT U SUCKY THF!!!
MPKBuddy >> ...you know, if you don't raise her...
MPKBuddy >> don't expect me and my friends to help you with your AFs
MPKer >> ...
MPKer >> ...
MPKBuddy >> You know you want that Healer's Briault...
MPKer >> ...
MPKer >> Ur lucky hez my big bro, u kitty beetch.
MPKer reluctantly casts Raise on Coeurl
...What an exciting way to get my first Raise... The Ninja continued to apologize profusively, while his little brother sulked away at how his plan for revenge turned back on him. He even went off to kill a pugil a bit further down the beach to vent his frustrations, after which his brother whispered something in his ear, which pushed the vindicative MPKer into a flurry of angry gestures before finally casting Teleport-Altep, thus leaving us with an (other than us) empty beach. We made a pact that we'd disband only once everyone's made it to level 20, seeing how that's when you can obtain your chocobo licence.
Yah... After all those adventures, can you really blame me if I shudder at the very thought of returning to that "vacation spot" ever since?
So, back to where I was...
I just finished leveling Warrior to 15, worked hard on improving my sword handling, and switched back to my bread and butter at the time : Thief! =^-^= Being THF18/WAR9 was slightly enpowering. I felt a bit at a disadvantage ever since that Black Mage bursted a fuse because I didn't knew I could have a subjob. Moreover, I got myself a shiny Iron Sword for my troubles, as well as the Lizard set of armor. Finally, I purchased a stack of Meat Mithkabobs to help further improve my performance. Confident in having filled the holes in what was deemed 'da best', I journeyed back to the dunes.
Arrived at the dunes, marched towards Selbina, and put my 'flag' up. I had time to reach Selbina and loaf around town while waiting for an invitation. I was so bored I went to the fishing guild, bought a rod and a few lures and tried my luck. Guess it wasn't on my side, my rod broke on the 4th cast. I grumbily threw away the broken rod to the sea as a result. That meant more free time roaming about town while waiting for something to happen. The ferry had enough time to come and go twice before I finally got an invitation.
Leader >> Party?
Coeurl >> Sure!
Leader >> Ok, come to Secret Beach
Coeurl looks at the map
Coeurl >> I can see a Whitesand and a Siren Beach
Coeurl >> But where's that Secret Beach?
Leader >> It's not on the map
Leader >> That's why it's called Secret Beach
Coeurl >> ...Is it hard to get to?
Leader >> Not as long as you watch your way around Gobs
Leader >> See that spot at C-6?
Coeurl >> Uh... uh-huh?
Leader >> There's a passage there leading to the beach.
Leader >> Think you can make it?
Coeurl >> I'll sure try...
My lack of confidence conveniently reminded me to set my Home Point back in Selbina. Thank Mogri for telling me I had better set it into San d'Oria before leveling my Warrior subjob, otherwise I would have had fun making the Selbina - San d'Oria run at level 3. So getting out, I broke into a run towards the specified spot, being careful not to get killed on the way. Thank goodness the directions were simple and I had a map! It wasn't long before I got to the mouth of the cave leading to my next party. Coincidentally, that's also when I got invited to join them.
Whitemage >> Hello sweetie!
Warrior >> {Hello!}
Coeurl >> Hiya!
Coeurl >> Made it to the passage, now what?
Leader >> It's a straightforward path, you can't get lost.
Coeurl >> ...Okay, I'm coming then.
Warrior >> Charlie?
Leader >> Yes?
Warrior >> Did you warn Coeurl about the bats?
Coeurl gets hit by the Sand Bats for 19 damage
Coeurl >> EEEEEEEEEEK!!!
Coeurl >> Get them off me!!!
Leader >> Keep running! We'll take care of them!
And so I ran... into another bat, but I still ran as I believed that was what they wanted me to do. Thankfully, I noticed the goblin at the end of the tunnel just in time, and ran behind it. It wasn't long before I could see the beach, and my new party's front line drawing weapons as I made it barely alive. The White Mage threw a Cure II my way, while the melees took care of the rest. I proceeded to join in the fray of battle once I felt I wasn't going to have my first taste of the Secret Beach's sands. We made short work of them, seeing how everyone was well rested during their wait for a 6th member.
The party setup was pretty smooth. Thief, Ninja (Leader), Warrior, White Mage, Black Mage, Summonner. I was asked to pull, which wasn't too bad considering the layout of the place: everything that could attack us without provocation was away from the beach, which gave me plenty of room to run around safe from any unwanted aggressions. At first, they wanted me to bring to camp the flies and goblins. However, on the next few kills after the Warrior got to Level 19...
Whitemage >> ...those suck now.
Warrior >> ...damn...
Leader >> Think we're ready to bump up to Pugils?
Summonner >> I dunno... They were kinda iffy for me back when...
Coeurl >> Those fish got you scared? They don't look that tough.
Leader >> Coeurl...
Coeurl >> C'mon, they seem to have average defense and evasion.
Leader >> Coeurl...
Coeurl >> ...What?
Leader >> Those monsters have a move that can bring anyone to their knees.
Coeurl >> Oh, really?
Leader >> Yah. That's why I want to know if the party's ok with taking them on.
Coeurl >> Oh... Ok.
After a two minutes discussion, and the mages taking a full round of rest, we steeled ourselves for our first Beach Pugil.
Coeurl >> Pulling Beach Pugil!
Leader >> Bring it!
Damn he sounded pumped up. In the end, the fight wasn't as hard as against a fly or a goblin, but contrary to those two which's strongest move involves area damage, a Pugil's strongest attack was Screwdriver, which wasn't too pleasant for the Leader when he was caught without his Shadows. At least we had a Warrior who shared the tanking duties, and so we got through the fight with as much exhaustion as if we just got bombed by a goblin.
Leader >> So...
Whitemage >> I'm a bit worn out, but otherwise good.
Summonner >> I can always do a bit more backup healing.
Blackmage >> Gosh Charlie, you got me scared for a moment!
Leader >> ...Heh, that's the price for being a tank.
Coeurl >> ...Guess I can't say much...
Leader >> How so?
Coeurl >> Well... I don't get hit on much...
Coeurl >> And I don't have a mana pool...
Coeurl >> I kinda feel like I don't bring anything special to the team.
Leader >> Bah! You're dealing awesome damage,
Leader >> even if it's in bursts every minute.
Leader >> Just make sure Sneak Attack is ready before you pull.
Leader >> The fish was close to dead after your second attack.
Coeurl >> ...ok
Leader >> Don't confound "needs" with "contribution"
Leader >> Tanks need HPs, mages need MPs
Leader >> All you need is for us tanks to stand together
Leader >> so the mob doesn't turn around while you prepare Sneak Attack.
Warrior >> Which is already taken care of. =)
Coeurl >> Oh. Thanks.
Warrior >> np
And the party went on pretty well, especially as one by one we all made it to level 19. We agreed it would be great if we could all make it to 20 by the time we had to disband. However, fate would decide "doing pretty well" is "doing too well", as when I was short from the half-way point into level 20, two adventurers ventured onto the beach and silently approached us, stopping a short distance away. A quick search into the crystal network indicated they were under Anonymous mode, thus the only way to know what class they were was by checking them. Back then, I considered it odd for people to check me out, so I didn't bother checking them back. And besides, they must have been anonymous for some reason...
WhiteMage >> Isn't that the "oh my gawd Provoke will kill me" Warrior?
Leader >> Oh no... Not him again...
BlackMage >> Looks like he came back as a White Mage
BlackMage >> And his buddy's a high-level Ninja
Warrior >> Think he'll be killing the pugils?
Leader >> I don't care. Let's keep our groove on.
I didn't dare ask anything about whoever the guy was, and which one of the two they were reffering to. In any case, one of them grinned and leered at our Leader, before they went off to the far east end of the beach. I made no mind as I continued pulling as usual and brought a fresh Beach Pugil to camp. About 20 seconds later, he ran off to some cave at the end of the beach, while shortly after the other guy ran right into the middle of our camp, with some company...
One of MPKBuddy's Shadows disappears.
Blackmage >> HOLY SHIT!!!
Before anyone else would realize it...
MPKBuddy uses Mijin Gakure
Marchelute takes 244 damage
Warrior >> WHAT THE?!?
Whitemage >> WHAT AN ASS!!!
Leader >> RUN!!!
That's when my attention went from the Beach Pugil, to the still pulsing corpse of the self-detonated, chakra-diffused Ninja, to...
Coeurl >> Who the hell is that?!?
My hesitation in disbelieving the person in gray tunic was a real person cost me the chance to escape unscathed from this encounter.
Marchelute hits Coeurl for 341 damage
Marchelute defeats Coeurl
As the rest of my party safely moved to the end of the beach, the other guy who gave an evil snicker to our leader appeared, and snickered some more (from a safe distance, mind you), but this time at my lapidated body, while giving a Raise to the fallen Ninja.
MPKer >> U GOT SERVED!!!
MPKer >> Teach ya u asses!!!
Leader >> ...
Leader >> You know, you're not even proving any point doing this.
MPKer >> STFU U ASS!!!
MPKer >> How dare u ask me to use Provoke!
MPKer >> u already have nother WAR!
Leader >> ...I asked you if you could provoke the mob
Leader >> when the mob went for the mages.
Leader >> I expected at worst a "no"
Leader >> not a "Provoke will kill me u n00b"
MPKBuddy >> What the heck?
MPKBuddy >> You were kicked because you didn't want to use Provoke?
MPKer >> Why shuld I?
MPKer >> Day have nother WAR!
MPKBuddy >> ...you're more of an idiot that I thought.
MPKBuddy >> Sorry you guys, had I known...
Leader >> It's alright...
Leader >> ...Don't think we could ask him to raise our Thief?
MPKer >> WUT?!? EAT DIRT U SUCKY THF!!!
MPKBuddy >> ...you know, if you don't raise her...
MPKBuddy >> don't expect me and my friends to help you with your AFs
MPKer >> ...
MPKer >> ...
MPKBuddy >> You know you want that Healer's Briault...
MPKer >> ...
MPKer >> Ur lucky hez my big bro, u kitty beetch.
MPKer reluctantly casts Raise on Coeurl
...What an exciting way to get my first Raise... The Ninja continued to apologize profusively, while his little brother sulked away at how his plan for revenge turned back on him. He even went off to kill a pugil a bit further down the beach to vent his frustrations, after which his brother whispered something in his ear, which pushed the vindicative MPKer into a flurry of angry gestures before finally casting Teleport-Altep, thus leaving us with an (other than us) empty beach. We made a pact that we'd disband only once everyone's made it to level 20, seeing how that's when you can obtain your chocobo licence.
Yah... After all those adventures, can you really blame me if I shudder at the very thought of returning to that "vacation spot" ever since?
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