Ok first off.. I don't own FFXI!
Second.. ONCE AGAIN IM CHANGIN IT UP!!! Err just moving ahead in time again.
Third Thanks for the review.. I don't really deserve.
Ok on with the story!
I stood there in front of the old Elvaan, covered in scars, yes I had progressed along ways as he has said. I held out my hand and hand the Knight's Soul over to him. He smiled and nodded.
Flashback-
"You think your ready for the outside world young adventurer?" said the old man "Yes I do old man!!!" The old man chuckles then says "ok fine young one.. bring me a revival root!" "Ha that's easy!" I turn and walk away from the old man and as I walk down the stone steps I hear him start muttering and chuckling... Wondering what I got myself into with the old coot I just shrugged and kept on going. -end flash back-
Of course I didn't follow through with the quest immediately. I ended up not completing it till I was level 20. Not that it mattered, the Old man turned out to have a really bad memory, so I got away with doing it late. But there was still more of this quest!
Flashback-
"I see you have come much further young adventurer!" said the old man. "Well I have gotten stronger!" "I see, well I have another quest for you! I want you to go to Ordelles cave and explore it, But you must bring me back something to prove that you went." He said. Remembering what it had been like last I was in there I got a little worried.. but I wasn't to afraid not to accept the quest. "Sure why not.. wont hurt eh?" "That's the spirit kid!" he said then he shooed me away. I walked away and looked down at the pearl I had strapped to my belt, tapping it with my thumb I caught it in my palm and raised it to my mouth. (1) "Hey Shienn you still on?" "Whadda want Goero?" Shienn asked "Hey come help me with the second paladin quest, I don't know what all to do, and Im gonna need help with the place. "Ahhh and I was having fun too.. ok ok im on my way" He said "Thanks shienn!"
I wandered around while I waited for shienn to show up. When he did show up, he came in his fancy Paladin Armor, that was my goal. To become a Paladin... such a lofty goal!
"Goero we gonna get a move on or are you gonna stand there with that glazed look all day?"
ummm oh yea! I turn and grin at Shienn who had reached Sandoria via the Airship and was ready to go.
"Yup! Lets go!" I turn and walk toward the Chocobo stables, handing over a small amount of gil then slipping on the nearest chocobo I turned it around and walked it out of Sandoria and out into W. Ronfuare. Soon Shienn appeared beside me on his own chocobo and we took off toward La Theine.
We raced across the open grounds of W. Ronfuare, dodging younger adventurers or veteran adventurers who were working on new jobs of some sort, dodging around orcs, rabbits, beetles, worms, and the like. Soon we entered an area full of ruins and I knew at once we were close to La Theine. There must have been a battle here long long ago, when Sandoria was a much larger Capitol, now all this out here is overgrown. Sad kinda. We moved around a partially destroyed wall and saw a Sandorian banner with a Royal Knight standing under it. We blew right past both and headed into La theine.
Moving along the path, we ran past and weaved in and out of fences. Riding the chocobos down into a canyon then past another soldier down into another canyon. Riding up to a cave entrance we got off our chocobos and stepped in.
"Ok Goero, just follow me and try not to get to much attention drawled to your self eh?" Shienn muttered to me. "Yea yea, whatever. You do your job ill do mine.. which includes screaming and hollering when I get agro." Shienn chuckled but turned and walked down the path. Gripping my sword hilt I followed cautiously. We went down a long corridor and up and down a few stairs when we ran into a room full of gobs, they were tough for me. But for shienn, well, he cleaned up real well. I looked around the room at the blood splattered walls and the bloodied gob corpses and grinned. Shienn grinned and wiped his blade on the backpack of a gob then sheathed it again. Then he began down the path again and I followed. Soon we had made it to the room where I needed to be. Shienn stepped into the room and studied it then returned.
"Ok Goero, im going to go out there and start killing those Funguars since they will agro on you." He said
I just nodded stupidly
"I want you to run to the ??? in the middle there then go to the water and look at that ???"
I just nodded stupidly again.
"Good.. ok ready.. GO!" he shouted.
I ran out into the room and toward the ??? I examined it and a piece of moss slipped through my hands toward the water. I looked up and saw a bomb floating menacingly in front of me and 2 funguars that Shienn had not seen coming up behind me. Shienn was neck deep in Funguars. 5 of them to be in fact. I tapped the Linkpearl that was hooked to my belt and brought it up to my mouth as I started to run from the mobs. Unfortuantly I got completely turned around and lost, so instead of making it to the water and doing the second ??? I got killed further away from it then I had started, this was not turning out good at all. I layed there slowly bleeding to death. Only able to move my lips and Shienn was moving toward me with 3 of the 5 funguars dead. Suddenly one of the Funguars used its special move on Shienn and smashed him into a pillar between me and him, crushing him. Shienn hit the ground and crumpled, and stayed down. Being barely alive, bleeding. I asked my Linkshell to come raise me. One of the high leveled whm agreed and came immediately. She made it down there to us with 15 minutes to spare. She deftly killed everything around us then raised Shienn back from the dead, then raised my body from the dead also, since I had finally slipped into death after calling for a raise. I stood and weakly stumbled over to the water and collapsed near the ??? studying it I got the moss. I had achieved my goal. While me and Shienn rested, the Whm casted Teleport Holla on us and got us out of the place. All except Shienn, who didn't have the holla crystal, but he made it out on his own and went back to bastok. I thanked the whm for helping me then crawled onto a Chocobo and let it auto guide me back to Sandoria.
Once I got there I stumbled through the gates, my armor bloodied with my own blood. Stepping through I turned toward where the old man was and headed in his direction.
"So you made it back did you lad?" the old man said
"Not really.. I died in the process, but now here I am with proof that I did what you asked!" I claimed aloud
"Good man! I grant you the title of Squire!" He said.
-Flashback end-
That was a happy day for me! I was a squire, but this day was my happiest. I had returned from Kahzam from hard fighting and bastok from more fighting. Now I was home and Level 30, ready to do the last bit of the quest.
Flashback-
I stepped up in my Chain armor, which I had finally been able to afford. It had specks here and there of blood on it still, from mine and enemy blood. I had scars all over my body from blows from orcs, gobs, Quadavs, giants, Yagudo, and even a few dragons!
The old man looked at me and smiled.
"You are finally ready young one!" he said "I know, I have trained long and hard for this moment. Now tell me, what must I do this time!" I asked "Simple" he says as he reaches for the book of tasks "Find the book of east and book of west and discover the riddle and bring back the answer to me" he said Ha simple.. yea right.. I looked around all town, finally I found 2 different Knights who each carried it. They calmly told me their part of the riddle and set me on my way. All I really gathered from it was that I needed something from a well in Davoi. I hated Davoi!
By now I was in a different LinkShell, the old one had collapsed and I had moved on. Flicking my new Pearl out of where the old LP used to be I raised it to my mouth.
"Kith, Kith you there??" "what??" Kithkanan answered "Where are you??" I asked "Im a little tied up right now.. go on ahead without me. Ill catch up to you when you get there." He said "Ok" I replied and got on a chocobo and went to Jugner Forest and waited just inside of Davoi.
Inside was another warrior at level 30. I sat down and waited for Kithkanan as I leaned back against the cliff I had sat down next to. The other warrior turned toward me and examined, then asked
"You doing the Paladin quest?" "Yea, im waiting for my level 30 rdm friend to get here" I replied easily. "Ohh, well hey. Im doing the quest also, can I join you??" he asked "Sure why not, its pretty deep in there." I once again replied "Hey thanks man!" he said then paused.
After a few seconds I realized why he had stopped, he was talking to someone on the tell system. I was right too.
"Hey umm Goero, do you think someone else can join us? Cuase there is a level 34 monk in jugner who wants to know if he can join us." He asked "hmm give me a second."
Fiddling with my own pearl, I gave a shout across my LS to Kith again.
"hey kith, you mind if a few people join us.. like 2 people?? ".. umm. Sure why not" Kith replied "HAH! You guys need help from other people" bayard had started in on us now "nah but the more the merrier when it comes to paladin I say!" "yea right, your afraid and you know it!" Bayard was really havin a good time with this! "ok ok! Possibly, last time I was in here I tried to do the 3-1 mission and I got murdered.. surrounded by pugils and lizards and torn to bits in like a second." I stated a bit heatedly "that's cuase your weak Goero" shienn said from wherever he was on the LS. "Great now I have Shienn AND Bayard making fun of me.. just so unfair!" I joked. "Get used to it" shienn commented. "right.. ok Kith you any closer??" I asked "im just now getting to sandoria, ill get a chocobo and come down now." He replied "ok, ill be waiting"
I looked over at the guy who had been standing there looking at me, waiting for my answer. I looked at him steadily and kept my face completely unreadable then...
"Soooo.. Whats his name so I can invite him"
Ok people! I know.. I Know, ive taken my time on chapters.. im an evil decrepid person who deserves to be shot.. especially for cutting off a chapter in the middle of a flash back. But im riding the bus to school right now as I typed the last part of this chapter. I started it last night when I was reformatting my big computer again..... ohh the horror... and the updates!!! Oi... but it was worth it I think. So how bout reviewing for me eh?? I could use some good criticism to try and perfect my story writing skills which are obviously lacking! So read.. review... come back and read again!
1- I wasn't sure how to express the /t command do I went with the basic idea of a Linkpearl.. but just left it as a normal pearl
Second.. ONCE AGAIN IM CHANGIN IT UP!!! Err just moving ahead in time again.
Third Thanks for the review.. I don't really deserve.
Ok on with the story!
I stood there in front of the old Elvaan, covered in scars, yes I had progressed along ways as he has said. I held out my hand and hand the Knight's Soul over to him. He smiled and nodded.
Flashback-
"You think your ready for the outside world young adventurer?" said the old man "Yes I do old man!!!" The old man chuckles then says "ok fine young one.. bring me a revival root!" "Ha that's easy!" I turn and walk away from the old man and as I walk down the stone steps I hear him start muttering and chuckling... Wondering what I got myself into with the old coot I just shrugged and kept on going. -end flash back-
Of course I didn't follow through with the quest immediately. I ended up not completing it till I was level 20. Not that it mattered, the Old man turned out to have a really bad memory, so I got away with doing it late. But there was still more of this quest!
Flashback-
"I see you have come much further young adventurer!" said the old man. "Well I have gotten stronger!" "I see, well I have another quest for you! I want you to go to Ordelles cave and explore it, But you must bring me back something to prove that you went." He said. Remembering what it had been like last I was in there I got a little worried.. but I wasn't to afraid not to accept the quest. "Sure why not.. wont hurt eh?" "That's the spirit kid!" he said then he shooed me away. I walked away and looked down at the pearl I had strapped to my belt, tapping it with my thumb I caught it in my palm and raised it to my mouth. (1) "Hey Shienn you still on?" "Whadda want Goero?" Shienn asked "Hey come help me with the second paladin quest, I don't know what all to do, and Im gonna need help with the place. "Ahhh and I was having fun too.. ok ok im on my way" He said "Thanks shienn!"
I wandered around while I waited for shienn to show up. When he did show up, he came in his fancy Paladin Armor, that was my goal. To become a Paladin... such a lofty goal!
"Goero we gonna get a move on or are you gonna stand there with that glazed look all day?"
ummm oh yea! I turn and grin at Shienn who had reached Sandoria via the Airship and was ready to go.
"Yup! Lets go!" I turn and walk toward the Chocobo stables, handing over a small amount of gil then slipping on the nearest chocobo I turned it around and walked it out of Sandoria and out into W. Ronfuare. Soon Shienn appeared beside me on his own chocobo and we took off toward La Theine.
We raced across the open grounds of W. Ronfuare, dodging younger adventurers or veteran adventurers who were working on new jobs of some sort, dodging around orcs, rabbits, beetles, worms, and the like. Soon we entered an area full of ruins and I knew at once we were close to La Theine. There must have been a battle here long long ago, when Sandoria was a much larger Capitol, now all this out here is overgrown. Sad kinda. We moved around a partially destroyed wall and saw a Sandorian banner with a Royal Knight standing under it. We blew right past both and headed into La theine.
Moving along the path, we ran past and weaved in and out of fences. Riding the chocobos down into a canyon then past another soldier down into another canyon. Riding up to a cave entrance we got off our chocobos and stepped in.
"Ok Goero, just follow me and try not to get to much attention drawled to your self eh?" Shienn muttered to me. "Yea yea, whatever. You do your job ill do mine.. which includes screaming and hollering when I get agro." Shienn chuckled but turned and walked down the path. Gripping my sword hilt I followed cautiously. We went down a long corridor and up and down a few stairs when we ran into a room full of gobs, they were tough for me. But for shienn, well, he cleaned up real well. I looked around the room at the blood splattered walls and the bloodied gob corpses and grinned. Shienn grinned and wiped his blade on the backpack of a gob then sheathed it again. Then he began down the path again and I followed. Soon we had made it to the room where I needed to be. Shienn stepped into the room and studied it then returned.
"Ok Goero, im going to go out there and start killing those Funguars since they will agro on you." He said
I just nodded stupidly
"I want you to run to the ??? in the middle there then go to the water and look at that ???"
I just nodded stupidly again.
"Good.. ok ready.. GO!" he shouted.
I ran out into the room and toward the ??? I examined it and a piece of moss slipped through my hands toward the water. I looked up and saw a bomb floating menacingly in front of me and 2 funguars that Shienn had not seen coming up behind me. Shienn was neck deep in Funguars. 5 of them to be in fact. I tapped the Linkpearl that was hooked to my belt and brought it up to my mouth as I started to run from the mobs. Unfortuantly I got completely turned around and lost, so instead of making it to the water and doing the second ??? I got killed further away from it then I had started, this was not turning out good at all. I layed there slowly bleeding to death. Only able to move my lips and Shienn was moving toward me with 3 of the 5 funguars dead. Suddenly one of the Funguars used its special move on Shienn and smashed him into a pillar between me and him, crushing him. Shienn hit the ground and crumpled, and stayed down. Being barely alive, bleeding. I asked my Linkshell to come raise me. One of the high leveled whm agreed and came immediately. She made it down there to us with 15 minutes to spare. She deftly killed everything around us then raised Shienn back from the dead, then raised my body from the dead also, since I had finally slipped into death after calling for a raise. I stood and weakly stumbled over to the water and collapsed near the ??? studying it I got the moss. I had achieved my goal. While me and Shienn rested, the Whm casted Teleport Holla on us and got us out of the place. All except Shienn, who didn't have the holla crystal, but he made it out on his own and went back to bastok. I thanked the whm for helping me then crawled onto a Chocobo and let it auto guide me back to Sandoria.
Once I got there I stumbled through the gates, my armor bloodied with my own blood. Stepping through I turned toward where the old man was and headed in his direction.
"So you made it back did you lad?" the old man said
"Not really.. I died in the process, but now here I am with proof that I did what you asked!" I claimed aloud
"Good man! I grant you the title of Squire!" He said.
-Flashback end-
That was a happy day for me! I was a squire, but this day was my happiest. I had returned from Kahzam from hard fighting and bastok from more fighting. Now I was home and Level 30, ready to do the last bit of the quest.
Flashback-
I stepped up in my Chain armor, which I had finally been able to afford. It had specks here and there of blood on it still, from mine and enemy blood. I had scars all over my body from blows from orcs, gobs, Quadavs, giants, Yagudo, and even a few dragons!
The old man looked at me and smiled.
"You are finally ready young one!" he said "I know, I have trained long and hard for this moment. Now tell me, what must I do this time!" I asked "Simple" he says as he reaches for the book of tasks "Find the book of east and book of west and discover the riddle and bring back the answer to me" he said Ha simple.. yea right.. I looked around all town, finally I found 2 different Knights who each carried it. They calmly told me their part of the riddle and set me on my way. All I really gathered from it was that I needed something from a well in Davoi. I hated Davoi!
By now I was in a different LinkShell, the old one had collapsed and I had moved on. Flicking my new Pearl out of where the old LP used to be I raised it to my mouth.
"Kith, Kith you there??" "what??" Kithkanan answered "Where are you??" I asked "Im a little tied up right now.. go on ahead without me. Ill catch up to you when you get there." He said "Ok" I replied and got on a chocobo and went to Jugner Forest and waited just inside of Davoi.
Inside was another warrior at level 30. I sat down and waited for Kithkanan as I leaned back against the cliff I had sat down next to. The other warrior turned toward me and examined, then asked
"You doing the Paladin quest?" "Yea, im waiting for my level 30 rdm friend to get here" I replied easily. "Ohh, well hey. Im doing the quest also, can I join you??" he asked "Sure why not, its pretty deep in there." I once again replied "Hey thanks man!" he said then paused.
After a few seconds I realized why he had stopped, he was talking to someone on the tell system. I was right too.
"Hey umm Goero, do you think someone else can join us? Cuase there is a level 34 monk in jugner who wants to know if he can join us." He asked "hmm give me a second."
Fiddling with my own pearl, I gave a shout across my LS to Kith again.
"hey kith, you mind if a few people join us.. like 2 people?? ".. umm. Sure why not" Kith replied "HAH! You guys need help from other people" bayard had started in on us now "nah but the more the merrier when it comes to paladin I say!" "yea right, your afraid and you know it!" Bayard was really havin a good time with this! "ok ok! Possibly, last time I was in here I tried to do the 3-1 mission and I got murdered.. surrounded by pugils and lizards and torn to bits in like a second." I stated a bit heatedly "that's cuase your weak Goero" shienn said from wherever he was on the LS. "Great now I have Shienn AND Bayard making fun of me.. just so unfair!" I joked. "Get used to it" shienn commented. "right.. ok Kith you any closer??" I asked "im just now getting to sandoria, ill get a chocobo and come down now." He replied "ok, ill be waiting"
I looked over at the guy who had been standing there looking at me, waiting for my answer. I looked at him steadily and kept my face completely unreadable then...
"Soooo.. Whats his name so I can invite him"
Ok people! I know.. I Know, ive taken my time on chapters.. im an evil decrepid person who deserves to be shot.. especially for cutting off a chapter in the middle of a flash back. But im riding the bus to school right now as I typed the last part of this chapter. I started it last night when I was reformatting my big computer again..... ohh the horror... and the updates!!! Oi... but it was worth it I think. So how bout reviewing for me eh?? I could use some good criticism to try and perfect my story writing skills which are obviously lacking! So read.. review... come back and read again!
1- I wasn't sure how to express the /t command do I went with the basic idea of a Linkpearl.. but just left it as a normal pearl