Final Fantasy XI (FFXI) Ballista

Archive for September 26, 2010

What Did I Ever Do To You?

As always, Luto was talking gibberish while I spammed the enter key until she stopped.  I wasn’t paying much attention, but I did see the word Fei’Yin, which always rings an alarm in my head.  Sadly, every time I see it, I think about Feiwong, the comedian.  His fans actually created a shrine-like website for him which can easily be found by searching his name on Google.  That’s how epic he is.

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I was clearly listening to what Luto had to say, but I wanted to double check the quest on wiki just in case.  Evidently, I had to go to Qu’Bia Arena in Fei’Yin, and so I did.

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The first thing I saw when I entered was Clearite directing a giant butcher knife at me.  After realizing her hostility, I think the situation went down like this:

>> Vyi: So yeah… How’s the weather?
>> Clearite: Good.
((( long pause )))
>> Vyi: So uhh… What are you going to do with that butcher knife… that could possibly add to our child’s college funds?

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>> Clearite: Something that I should have done a long time ago.

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So apparently, she wanted to kill me.  Which.  Wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.  But I did have a few questions in mind:

1. What did I ever do to you?
2. Why are you doing this?
3. How did you get that sword in the first place?
4. When did you learn ninjutsu?
5. Where did that crab come from?
6. What kind of name is Crabshaw?
7. Why aren’t you making me a sammich?
8. Why won’t you love me?!

Those—along with many other thoughts—surged through my head during the entire battle as I struck her down.  Well, actually, Buster did most of the work.

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After being defeated in a fair (yes, fair) fight, Clearite finally admitted that I was awesome—well, at least that’s what it seemed like—because I am.

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And she can reach Lv70 now.  Sweet.

But seriously, was it necessary to kill me?  And out of all places, why Fei’Yin?  I had to walk my ass there by foot.  Without {/sprint}.  God damn.

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Aside from Clearite being a total pain, there’s this guy—the guy at the very bottom of the list.  Buying a Merman’s Gorget from the AH without my permission is treasonous enough—but for 40k?  40k, bro?  Are you serious?  That ain’t cool, man.  What did I ever do to you?  I’m probably going to end up buying them for that price now.  Well, we’ll just see what happens the next time I see you in Ballista, buddy.  This is mutiny.  All your Merman’s Gorgets belong to me.