P Is For Paralysis (conclusion)

The next day I was determined to get me some Ice Spikes. :/ The idea was for Datsi and I to take the Selbina-Mhaura ferry back and forth and duo the Phantoms in the hope that Ice Spikes would drop. Again, simple enough, yes?!

As soon as they popped we were on them but they weren’t giving anything up >:I And then, to spice things up, guess what happened?

Oh ho ho, if it isn’t more pirates coming to spoil the party…again. And not only that, once they’ve boarded, they all insist on casting Ice Spikes in my face. Not. Cool. >:T

I would have shook my fist at them but I couldn’t see over the wall. ._.

No-one really seemed fussed by the pirates anyway. @_@ Datsi and I chuckled at the fact that the music had became histrionic when, essentially, everyone’s just standing there fishing. We figured that we may as well dispose of a few of those pesky pirates though since they looked bored and, evidently, this boat ride wasn’t going to yield anything else productive. :/

Anyhoo, once the boat had docked in Selbina we got back on and tried again. However, this time, Sea Horror popped. What a nice surprise! Luckily, we didn’t get aggro as a nearby SMN claimed and killed it. We were able to kill the Phantom that popped without trouble but we were still sans a scroll of Ice Spikes once it died (can the undead die? @_@).

I really don’t mind waiting; I certainly wasn’t under the illusion that this scroll was going to drop after three or four attempts and, you know, it’s not uncommon or anything to have Sea Horror pop just after pirates, yar? Okay, so that I can forgive. I’m a forgiving kind of guy!

But when we get back on the boat and Sea Horror pops again?!

This meeting with Sea Horror didn’t go so smoothly. @_@ It was going mental; whipping those tentacles about like there was no tomorrow, it was. I made the mistake of getting a tad too close. >_>;

Datsi also had the pleasure of a hefty tentacle to the face as she edged her way out of the door but, like the clever Taru she is, she had put RR up before venturing outside so – once Sea Horror had been claimed – she was able to get up and raise me.

A few minutes later a Phantom popped and there was only two minutes left until the boat docked. We realised that we weren’t going to be able to unweaken, rest and defeat the Phantom in time. But then Datsi, like the heroine she is, engaged it whilst weakened; but even that act of bravery wasn’t enough to get Ice Spikes to drop once it had been defeated. D:

Then, on the next boat ride, Sea Horror popped yet again followed by more pirates on the subsequent trip.

It was at this point that we just gave up; mainly because we didn’t want to spend all day on that mother loving boat. >_<

So, yeah, I figured I may as well just make some money and buy the scroll – which isn’t as adventurous – but, you know, it seems my adventures are to be perpetually mired in death, failure and cuteness (not in that order) so it’s probably for the best. :x

In order to make the aforesaid money Datsi suggested that we go harvesting, which we did. She gave me a guided tour of the harvesting points in Sarutabaruta along with information in regards to which items sell well and which don’t and for how much etc. ’twas an education. :O

Hold me back. The excitement is too much.

Don’t get me wrong, I do find solace in the peaceful nature of harvesting but it’s not exactly the kind of material that makes for enthralling reading, is it? @_@;

We didn’t just harvest though, we also killed the surrounding bees and crawlers.

I do love those crawlers; ever since my first xp party in Crawlers’ Nest I’ve had an urge to pick one up and hug it. :x ’tis for that reason that I’ve always wanted a plush crawler but, alas, I couldn’t find one anywhere no matter how hard I searched. D:

However! Datsuki/Datsi being the star that she is made me a plush baby crawler for all my hugging needs. His name is Crawlie; here he is aggroing a passer-by. :x

Eeee~ Thank you. ^_^ I am, in fact, hugging him right now. :D

Moving on… @_@ Once we had our fill of harvesting goodness we headed to Windy to empty our pockets in the vicinity of the AH. :x

But not before we posed for pictures under the progressing sunset and the cherry blossoms that the Doll Festival brought.

Cute. >_<

As I waited for that stuff to sell I carried out a variety of not so exciting tasks: I placed the items that were given to us by the MHMU in my Mog House, I obtained the Kolshushu outpost warp and did a little more harvesting. I completed the quest that allows you to exit to any area in Sandy through your MH also.

It’s our little secret? Yeah, it would be more of a secret if you weren’t jumping up and down and singing about it. @_@;

Then, since I had the luxury of OP’ing to Buburimu Peninsula, I figured I may as well solo a little xp there as well. :o With an Empress Band I was managing to make a little over 2,200 xp per hour, which isn’t bad but nothing to write home about. Not that I would ever write home about the amount of xp I gained in a video game. @_@

Anywizzles, not too long afterwards some money arrived in my delivery box and I bought the scroll (and some others >_>;).

That’s not exactly the exciting conclusion that befits the effort put in but, hey, that’s life, innit?

Later, y’all. :O

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