Jeanne and Moon Kitty

Let's see... a few days ago I was able to turn my Puma Pelt into pants so I may sell or trade my Albino Maha pants for something of equal worth such as a Purgatory Pendant or enough money to buy one. Or I may give it to Moon Kitty since she has given away most of her clothes and will soon be settling on just one outfit so she can carry more of my things. I used to keep them in the storage but since that costs money and I've not been very good at getting a steady income I don't really have enough to store everything I own.

Speaking of storage, I threw away my three trophies I earned because they were just taking up space. Before I did that I made a sketch so that I'd always remember them.



On the same trip I also tried to turn my Sturdy Limb into a crossbow but I need more money than I have so I'll need to save up for that as well. I think even after I get the crossbow I'll need to get the bolts which I think require a seta scale which you can only find from one of the pigs that live on the island. Since they are rare and the seta scale is even rarer getting ammunition will not be an easy task. In fact, I don't know of anyone who has either a working bow or crossbow. Even if it is not something that's useful, I just want a crossbow because it's something I used to use on the mainland and I believe I was quite good at its use so I look forward to having another one to hone my skills.

I don't like to toot my own horn but when the Sun Dragon Clan first investigated Colmert's Castle we found a cat with no name. Actually it was named "Unnamed NPC" which is a horrible name for a cat. I decided that it should be named Sunny and when the cat turned up in town center I told this to everyone and asked people to be nice to it. A few days ago, Lokar sent me this amazing news in my mailbox.



I'm very happy Sunny has a name and when I am able to go to Colmert's Castle again I'll be sure to take a picture of Sunny for everyone to see.

I won 3rd place in Winds of Dawn's Visionstone contest and so will receive a shield. I haven't used a shield in many years so I wonder if its benefits will be of use to me. In any event, it can't hurt to try it out for a while and I'm grateful that my entry was received so well by the judges.

The last time I took the 5th-circle fighters test I did very well with my only downfall in getting by the Fire Beetle one too many times. Perhaps the extra Detha the shield gives me will be what enables me to pass the test. In any event, I killed both the Fire Beetle and the Wraith with little problems and I got the Blood Wyrm to yellow. You can see the visionstone here and I hope I'll do as well or better the next time I can take the test.

My training is going well and I have gotten my second swing back through my training with both Balthus and Regia. Right now I'm working with Respia so her message changes and the effects of her training have been impressive although it takes a while to appreciate the boost to one's balance recovery. If I ever wanted to get a ledger in anything, Regia would probably be it although I hear that she wants nearly 700 lessons before she'll hand out a ledger so that won't happen in my lifetime and by the time I get to 700 lessons the requirement will probably be 1000. Basically, I don't think I'll ever get any ledger in anything aside from languages and I'm not going to buy that one when I qualify for it. Why waste a backpack space?

Well, at least this journal entry isn't depressing or self-effacing or moaning so I'll end it on a happy note. (^_^)