Note: The enemy was not exactly this monster. This is a general summary of how my Guildleves usually work. Or not.

Kirion Adell.

Former cabin boy on a rich man’s ship, now a free adventurer. He’s searching for a bad person (I am not allowed to reveal more details at this point).

I know that he is not who he pretends to be.

He is not weak.

He is very strong and intends to kill someone.

In order to figure out more, I visited him in Ul’dah. In order to be not susupicious at all, I asked him to kill some Dodos for me and to show me around. Of course he couldn’t reject my order.

He showed me around the desert – it still looked the same even after so many years have passed – and even took me into a small cave with strange, glowing flowers (are this really flowers?). Those must be new as I’ve never seen them before. Very fascinating.

But they wouldn’t give me a hint about Kirion’s true self.

Back in the desert, he suddenly became all flirty with me! How embarassing! I made clear that I didn’t ask him for a date but for a tourist tour around the area.

After some hours of boring desert we finally finished the tour. He had some urgend business to attend so he left me.

Very suspicious.

Of course I followed him secretly.

He went to the Adventurer’s guild in Ul’dah. By the way, the drinks here are highly recommended!

Of course I mean drinks like water or water…

Unfortunately I was too far away to hear Kirion’s discussion with that cute Lalafell Lady but I was pretty sure, Kiri was asking for a girl…

Does he have a girlfriend other than Raqui?!

To figure this out, I ran into him – what a coincidence! – at a beautiful fontain. We talked a lot about our pasts and this and that. I am pretty sure he didn’t tell me everything about him but I decided to stop my detective activities.

Instead, we spent a wonderful time at the beach near Limsa Lominsa. He was fishing while I collected cute shells just like every cute girl when visiting a beach.

We also enjoyed the soft breeze of the ocean until night had fallen over Eorzea.

I can highly recommend this beach. There was no exciting sunset but hey – a beach is a beach! If lovers came here, they’d become the cutest couple ever! (Raqui, go for it!)

(I feel like my girlish-talk skill are slowly improving!)

“Fight that bird!”, I screamed and my silly pupil hurried to fight with all his power.

It was a bit… disappointing… I had expected Kyle to be much better by now. Perhaps I just have too high expectations…

At least he knows now how to hold his weapon in the perfect fighting stance. The next step is to hit the enemy without always missing the soft plumes…

I was so exhausted after holding back all my anger during the training that I took a nap on the grass. To motivate my silly pupil a little, I gave him my newly sewed trousers as a “reward for his good development”. He really did progress from “holding his weapon like a child” to “holding his weapon like a Pugilist and being ready to fight”.

To calm my nerves, I traveled back to Gridania. On the way there I met a strong man. He smelled like power, force and wisdom, just like me! I greeted him as I was sure that he had fought during the huge war many years ago.

He invited me to a relaxing dring. His name is Scott. What a good man he is! No true woman could ever resist his charme!

Though I have the feeling that I know him from somewhere… Especially his last name is of interest although my silly pupil denies to know him. Once I figure out more details, I will note them down, of course.

Anyway. The day ended with this nice drink with Scott after which I went to the Adventurer’s guild for another dr some paperwork.

The Joy of Adventuring.

I so forgot how exciting it is to travel and to discover new regions, unknown areas and great cities.
My Adventuring Journey started in Gridania. I got a call from my new friends in Kyle’s Linkshell. They wanted to travel from Ul’dah to Limsa Lominsa. It sounded like fun and I decided to join them.

When we left the gates of Ul’dah, I was surprised how small the desert was. I had in mind that it was huge as hell. Probably it is due to my incredibly young age in which I had been here last time that my memories played a prank on me!

I took my time to observe the birds in the air, the clouds on the sky and the beetles on the ground until I finally chose to follow my LS buddies. As they are really slow in walking and as I am very fast, I caught up to then soooo easily!

We took a ship.

It was so huge and exciting. I have been on a ship before. Unfortunately I became seasick and had to puk Of course it was no problem for me back then, but the new ships are really well made and even my silly pupil wouldn’t become seasick!

Also, the view is really great. They thought of us tiny Lalafell and made a low reling.

As the shipping tour was quite long, Crad and me sat down while the others had left us alone. How considerate of them!

Suddenly, it started to rain but it was rather refreshing. The desert is always extremely hot so a nice cool shower was exactly what we needed. Of course I was not afraid of all the lightnings…!

In the lowlands around Limsa Lominsa we did some Guildleves until late in the night. Then, we sat down to chitchat a bit. It was so relaxing. I really have missed that during all those years I’ve spent at home with my family.

In the same night, we discovered a beautiful beach.

Nobody except me had real interest in it so I went back in the morning again to take a bath! <3

The view at the beach is awesome and highly recommended!

After those long days of travel and fun, we reached Limsa Lominsa. During nighttime, the city looks so menacing and evil.

On contrast to that, in the morning, it became a normal city again… I was really releaved that it didn’t look like that evil empire’s castle…

I love adventuring!

I just remembered how much fun it is.

Let’s adventure again!

(Somehow this entry looks a bit too positive… I haven’t found enough things to complain about… /think)

You know, I wanted to become a bit nicer to other people and try to praise my pupil for being able to travel alone… but there have been some cheeky comments from my pupil which made me change my mind.

Kyle showed up last night!

Actually, he showed up in the Adventurer’s Guild when I was nicely chatting with the people there to investigate about the evil cosplayer that is destroying my good reputation by cosplaying great Riiko! I didn’t drink anything alcoholic – I’d NEVER EVER (!) do that – but somehow my pupil thought, the transparent liquid in my cup was alcohol and not water… Why does he think so badly of me?

In order to test his strength (we haven’t seen each other for so long, luckily!), I let him get some Guildleves during which I observed his skills. He progressed a lot. Finally, he is at the same level as me! When I was 6.

Unfortunately, his Protect-your-master skills are non-existant so I fell unconscious when some evil mobs attacked us suddenly. Of course I only pretended to be unconscious! I wanted to see how Kyle reacts. And what did he do after defeating the mobs? He started crying like a small child!

I was so embarassed about his girly behaviour and it had also started to rain so I decided to warp back to the camp. Finally, I could rest at the campfire and took out my bottle of tasty alco medicine against stomachache. Why else would I be carrying some bottle with me during dangerous fights?!

Kyle said something about me being ancient… with old legs… Where has all his respect gone? Lately, I wonder if it was a good decision to send Kyle on a journey all by himself. On the other hand, he had always had such a big mouth…

I have been studying many Thaumaturge Scrolls and practiced my newly learned magic spells every day in secret before I went outside to demonstrate my skills to the public. Unfortunately, nobody was impressed by my strong Scourge spell… How ignorant Adventurers have become!

Anyway, I met a bunch of interesting fellows. When I was idling at the Adventurer’s guild one day, I met a cute Miqo’te who suddenly gave me a Linkpearl. When I equipped it, I got to realize, that Kyle had built his own Linkshell! What the… Since when does he have leadership skills?! I decided to stay in this Linkshell to observe my silly pupil’s development. The name “Rising Phoenix” also sounded a bit cool. Kyle already invited many different people. It reminded me a bit of my old Special Task Force… They are all so young and hard-working!

First, I met Kiri.

He is a standard Elezen. Well, at least at first sight. My sharp Lalafell eyes instantly recognized his kind of muscles. I know he is special. So I asked him: “You smell like the ocean. Are you a sailor?” He explained to me, that he was traveling on the ocean for a long time without getting seasick. Of course I never get seasick either!! Never! Ever! Who gets seasick nowadays?! What a ridiculous thought!

He teleported me to Ul’dah. I am still surprised about all the magic in this world… There is so much to discover! Ul’dah has changed a lot since I left the Pugilist Guild. I decided to never go back there so I only took a look at the people working there from afar.

I’m glad some of my old Pugilist colleagues are still there, happily training new recruits. I was very relieved that they are doing well.

Anyway, Kiri crafted me a tiny Conjurer wand which I will use to intensify my magical skills. It doesn’t look as good as the other present I got, but hey! What can you expect of an Elezen?

Then, there is Leonie.

She is a really cool and intelligent Miqo’te and knows how to make profit. That is very important as Adventurer. As Nice-to-meet-you-present she gave me two beautiful rings which I am wearing all the time. I like shiny stuff. <3 Later, she explained to me how Thaumaturge Guildleves work and we defeated some evil monsters together who were about to attack some weakish Adventurers!

After some successful Leves, I finally had enough Gil to buy a needle and spinning tool from the Weaver’s Guild. Also some tools for Harvesting and Logging were still within my budget frame. I’m always on a tight budget as the drinks in the Adventurer’s Guild aren’t exactly cheap… With Leo’s help I figured out how to use all these new tools. Before, I never even thought about crafting or doing such lowly work in the grass or in the forest. I have to admit… it’s fun.

Once I meet the other fellows from Rising Phoenix I will definitively take some notes about them, too.

That doesn’t change the fact that it ic my favorite place for the evening and of course I pay what I drink.

After having them kick me out it, I go home to sleep, just to get up very early, wondering how I should pass the day.

Mostly I go to the Conjurer’s Guild and meditate in the small river. This is the best place in ther morning! Nobody is there to annoy or disturb you!

In the Conjurer’s Guild there are growing glowing flowers. It looks very lovely. Unfortunately it’s pretty boring in that Guild… I only go there to rent new magical books.

Once the annoying adventurers arrive, I go back to the Adventurer’s guild and observe their sillyness. That’s real fun! <3

I’ve heard Adventurers talking about hiring a servant. I definitively have to check that out soon! It would be so handy to have someone carry all my things for me. But I doubt he’d be able to fulfill all my needs and desires… /sigh

Anyway, it is time to prepare for some festival in which I will participate soon! I’ll keep you updated.

Suddenly some half dead person threw itself in my way, I stumbled over her and fell to the ground. Thanks! What a great way to begin my morning! I wanted to ask that woman why she’d harress me like that but she interrputed me, thinking she was dead and I was her Shinigami… Oh my… What an annoying one!

I found out that they had fallen off an Airship (how stupid can people be…?) and were on their way to Gridania (oh please not!!).

The good thing: The Lalafell boy, a friend of the annoying Pugilist girl, seemed more reliable than her. He isn’t annoying. Just weak.

The bad thing: She is a disgrace for all Pugilists!!!

The annoying thing: They had hungry wolves following them… And guess who had to take care of these?

Right. I had to defeat the wolves. The great Riiko! The Lalafell of Destruction had to fight these silly weaklings! How could they expect something like that from me? As if I’d ever help a weakish and annoying Pugilist! It would be an act of gratitude if I let her die. She shouldn’t be a Pugilist anymore! Grrrr!

I thought I couldn’t keep my calm outer appearance but then, something happened…

…the worst thing: They had enraged the Guardian Tree.

Yay.

And then… they ran.

“Cowards! Weaklings! He’ll catch you anyway!” I wanted to shout after them but the Guardian Tree thought I was one of them and attacked me too. How could they…………..

I was thinking about breaking my promise of never being Pugilist again and kick those two out of the forest. Seriously!

When the Guardian Tree nearly hit the two, it was as if time stood still. A few happy-go-lucky Moogles danced around me, playing music. It was like in a bad movie.

They continued their happy dancing and singing and calmed down the anger of the Tree just through their music! I was so surprised that I forgot about my bad mood.

The Moogles were lead by a strange boy with horns. He’s ugly. Hopefully there aren’t more of those horned boys in Gridania!

At least he guided the two back to the city. I followed them to make sure they were taken into custody. After that I hurried back to the Adventurer’s guild. It was already late evening when I arrived there. Time to claim my favorite table and get some strong drink!

This night I will drink even more than last night! Hahar! I deserve that after dealing with those annoying strangers!

No, wait… Of course I’ll do some mental training tonight… err…

Nihihi~ tasty strong alk. <3

My name is Riiko Rinkoko and I’m a Lalafell Lady without boyfriend so currently looking for an attractive Elezen currently meditating in Gridania.  The goal of my spiritual training is to research and learn the Art of Magic. I am especially interested in healing, protective and supportive magic. Hopefully, the spiritual energy in Gridania is much higher than in my home town.

Today I was just slacking off undertaking a hard spiritual meditation in this beautiful forest.

I was told that a dangerous Guardian Tree is protecting Gridania. Despite the fact that I arrived in Gridania a few years ago, I never saw him. He must be slacking off a lot! Also he can’t be too strong if people know about him. People talking about him means that there are people who were able to escape from his attacks. sigh… How can people be so stupid to actually believe the guardian would be strong… He’s just a lazy Tree! If I was responsible for the forest, none of these super weakish Adventurers would ever leave it again. And of course they wouldn’t reach Gridania either.

Anyway, it’s time to go to sleep for now. Tomorrow I will continue my hard training at sunrise.

Cheers,
Riiko