Diddle's Letter

I really don't know why I keep coming back to Domino. This town should be demolished or something. So why, exactly, do I keep coming back? Only the Goddess knows. Well, actually, I do know why I came back this time. Remember the two musicians I mentioned? I missed their music. It was so calming and, well, with all these weird surprises lately, I needed it. Badly. So I went back and sat next to the fountain, closed my eyes and listened. I didn't think about Elazul, Niccolo, the twins, or annoying look alikes. That combined with the music was just puuure bliss. And then, of course, the music stopped. I just can't catch a break, can I?

Wanting some form of calmness back, I had stood and looked to where the two musicians had been. The little musician had wondered off into the outskirts, leaving the juggler alone. It was a bit odd because the juggler just shrugged, as if he didn't care that his pal had wondered off without notice. I mean, yeesh, he could've gone after him at least.

I decided to go see where he was going instead. But when I got to the outskirts I didn't find anyone, not even Pelican who was usually found here. I was confused, to say the least. I mean, Pelican was always here, right? Well, except for that time he turned up at my house to tell me about the twins.

When I got back to the fountain, the juggler, who introduced himself as Capella, said he was going to go look for clues about his friend; Diddle. About time.
I followed him to the center of town. He went straight away to the inn to ask around and I decided to ask the nearby Sproutling. He mentioned a bird flying over head with Diddle. Yeah, um, how, exactly, does Pelican carry a musical being that big? I went to where Capella was instead, hoping he had gotten some answers. While he hadn't gotten any answers, he had accused Miss. Yuka. Uh, right, cause she can so get from the outskirts to the inn in ten seconds flat. After she told (and by 'told' I mean 'exclaimed') him that she couldn't fly because she was a canary (a canary? she looks like a chocobo to me) she offered that we look in the place we last saw Diddle; the outskirts.

So we headed back and looked around. Nothing was there to hint to what had happened to Diddle though. Capella, putting himself in his friend's shoes, proceeded to bring out a stamp and place it on his head. Hah, yeah, cause Diddle is stupid enough to do that, of course. Such faith you have in your friend, Capella.

Apparently, Diddle was stupid enough to put a stamp on his head and be taken away by Pelican. But it makes me wonder, whose worse? Diddle, who accidently got a stamp on his head? Or Pelican, who actually thought that since Diddle had a stamp on his head he MUST be mail.

Pelican came back at that moment and also mistook Capella for undelivered mail. I mean, really, does Pelican even look at what he's delivering? Fortunately, he came back and told me that he had delivered the 'mail' to Luon Highway.

I found Capella at the second fork at Luon. The one that had one path leading to the talking mountain and the other that led to the bandit's cave. He was circling around a letter, probably debating on whether he should open it or not. I didn't really want to interfere so I just stayed out of his eye sight.

As I suspected, he picked up the letter and read it. It turned out to be Diddle's and he was writing to his parents about wanting to come home. Alright, that's three checks against Capella. One for not caring when your friend wonders off, another for thinking your friend is stupid, and another for looking through his mail. Capella, you win the friend of the year award!

At that moment, he spotted me and asked me what I was doing here. What am I doing here? Maybe you should ask yourself that Capella.

I reminded him we had to look for Diddle so we hurried over to the Bandit's cave and searched the area. There was nothing except the empty treasure chests I had left from my raid here. Oh, yeah, and a nasty little reptile I had to, ahem, take care of. Heh.

Capella seemed really down after that. He may have done some non friend things as of late, but he seemed genuinely worried about Diddle. I saw the change immediately when we heard some familiar music.

Yeah, Diddle came strolling up as if he was taking a walk in the park. When he saw Capella he came over quickly and asked what we were doing here. What are we doing here!? Looking for you! Duh! To make a sappy ending shorter, Diddle forgave Capella and the two walked out together. Yeah, thanks for forgetting me, guys.

-Azhure, the girl who can't get a break