Embers of Hope
By: Anarchy-Penguin
"Beautiful breeze today…" said Valacion. "Are you kidding? Its freezing out here!" replied Arikujatu.
Valacion and Ariku, as Valacion liked to call him, were hunting pugils on Qufim Island. Val, as Arikujatu liked to call him, was a very small Tarutaru, with blue hair and a scythe. Ariku was elvaan, a very short elvaan for… well… Being elvaan… Anyways, he had a simple sword and white, short, hair.
Ariku said, "Why don't you get a staff or something? Scythes aren't really good for mages."
"Why do you have a sword? They aren't really good for Dark Knights…"
"Well," replied Ariku, "This sword happens to have more stat bonuses for a Dark Knight than a scythe."
"Why do you think I have a scythe?"
"Because they do more damage?"
"Correct."
Ariku always saw Val as…. Weird... Like he was always in some sort of trance. He never used slang or l334 talk. He saw him as just…. Odd…
Val asked, "What's up there?" Ariku said,
"Probably just a hunt gone wrong nothing to worry about, but we should still go help"
"No, don't help. Let them die. They will learn a better lesson that way."
"Wouldn't they learn a better lesson if they survived by the skin of their teeth."
"No, if they die it'll have a better impact on them."
"Great, we'll let them die and then you can't even raise them. I've said it once I'll say it again, 51BLM/23WHM is GIMPED!
"What's your definition of gimped, out of game?"
"Uhhh… Someone who is weaker than they should be…"
"Should or could?
"Could!" He shouted, resizing his mistake.
Valacion said, "Then what's wrong with being gimped?"
"I'm so confused" Ariku said.
Valacion just smiled and looked at the sky. He knew he should level his WHM sub. But he was just too lazy and liked to confuse his friends.
"Umm, that doesn't look like a hunt gone bad…" whispered Ariku.
"Why not?"
"How many people level 20-25 pull Krakens?"
"I changed my mind, let's go help."
As they ran to the Kraken battle, they realized that the Kraken was…. Not a Kraken, it had the name Sea Horror over its head.
"That's not a Kraken? What is that?"
"It's a Sea Horror, but they don't spawn here… they only spawn on ships from Selbania to Mhaura…"
By the time they reached they fight, the Kraken was only at half heath with a 67 pld tanking and about 8 20-25's pounding on it. Valacion cast Aeroga 2 and the pld and Ariku took it out several slashes later.
"Thank you so much, I thought I was dead…" The paladin said while he and Valacion healed him.
Ariku replied, "No problem, I just have one- no, two questions. Who are you and how the hell did a Kraken get here?"