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This update is a total cop-out, but you know what? IT STILL COUNTS, muaha ha ha.

Here we have Clearite climbing building in Promyvion for some reason. Naturally, it's the one day she's not wearing a skirt. Er, anyway, we also have... Mimiru? Well now I'm just confused!

The first picture is a social commentary on people running wild in Ro'Maeve doing Arcane Killer, no joke, big packs of eight to ten sometimes just circling, one or two branching off to kill each mob they come across. I asked, "Are you frickin' serious?" but was cordially ignored.

And on the saddest of notes, a poor Lamia lying defeated at the hands of a bunch of jerks who ganged up on her. No doubt that vicious taru cut down the lovely maiden. So cruel! ;_;

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There you have it, my second major Linkshell dropped, because of drama on the first night, hours after getting it. A few of us new members complained, and did eventually get some weak apologies mostly relating to having the debate in public while defending what it devolved into.

(For the record, this is the same debate we mentioned as it was beginning that it should be behind closed doors. The same person they were talking about said it as well.)

And the real issue of a leader losing his cool and making unprovoked sexist, sexual comments towards another member was glossed over (and he wasn't the only person throwing out "hunny"). Apparently if someone's wrong about something it's okay to talk down and make obscene comments about them. The best we got was a "that was wrong, sowie," while the rest of the cast said it was deserved. Bending over backwards to help people, in this linkshell, seems to excuse that sort of behavior.

Hey, I'm just calling it like I see it. I went into that linkshell hoping to spend the rest of my XI time there, and that's what I was treated to. So I'm out, and the sad truth is I wasn't the only new person to leave.

July 9th, 2010:

We might try something a little different here in the future, maybe focus a little more on text. The downside being it's BORING, everyone would rather look at the pictures, but at least maybe I can get some more consistent entries up, and add some images later. They're a bit of a hassle between the resizing and the uploading!

So that's good stuff: Clearite finally hit L61, which is good, because we can do the last Adventuring Limit Break as of this writing, "Clash of the Comrades." I also got to try out the Soothing Healer setting, which was... interesting. Lots of resting to restore her MP, but it was nice getting the occasional Cure IV, V, and... I. Yeah, Cure I.

Her Protect is at III, one higher than mine, so that's good at least. Why she's got Protect III and Cure V, I dunno.

Look at that. She's making multimillion gil deals, and I'm barely getting by.

Talk about a sucky mission. Clearite's making millions and millions, Luto doesn't need me for jack anymore, and my Elvaan honey apparently has some burning desire to defeat me someday just to prove herself. Geez, I never had a desire to beat up Tamberly, or punch out Hamartia, or kick around Yunami, we're just buddies who quest and level together.

Maybe this is kinda like Rocky V, where Rocky takes the up and coming Tommy Gun on as his protege. Tommy is wildly successful, but can never get out of Rocky's shadow. So while the Italian Stallion is living in poverty, Gun is living it up, but can't deal with people accusing him of being nothing compared to his mentor.

And then after all that I MAKE HER CRY. Great, now I feel like a jerk on top of everything! What a crappy quest!

Anyway, just to cement my status as a total jerk, the video of our epic battle is below!