...I mean, FSH was the first job I hit level 90 in too, somewhere around when I started EW. So... yeah.

MUAHAHAHHAHAAH

...Ignore the off-hand tool, I'll make the crafted HQ version later. Been focusing on the "wearable" gear, since that's shared, and using the relic tools for primary.

Pretty sure this is the first time I've ever had all pentamelded BiS attire for anything in the entire game.

From Firefox's choice of headlines for me today...

...Honestly, don't blame them a bit.

...Made a new alt, doing a thing.

(😆 but also 🥹)

Like, you literally had months to get me the rest of the content and make any changes to the layout. MONTHS. You emailed me more than once asking "Hey can we meet today about the site?" and after I replied "sure, just tell me when" you disappeared for weeks.

The lack of a website is not on me. -_-

*started a site for Thing literally months ago*
*crickets since*
*Thing actually launches, still have received nothing for the site in months*
Third party: Hey do you have a website?
Me: We began work on one ages ago...
Director of Thing: HEY WE NEED THIS SITE UP ASAP
Me: (siiiiiggghhhhh)

*takes very cold walk*
*comes back with a craving for hot ginger tea*
*recalls that ginger tea is just ginger boiled in water... and I have ground ginger*
*gives it a shot*

....

Mouth is now on fire in multiple ways, I think that was a bit too much ginger. o_o

.... It's currently 12 degrees and windy, my employer called a snow day due to the weather.

Where did my buddy pokemon get this? 🤔

It is a wretched rule that does not value human life.

Me: *tired of grinding yet another character through post-ARR*
Brain: You should take a break and start that other new alt.
Me: Yeah! That sounds g... wait.
Brain: *looks innocent*
Me: Then I'd have another character to have to grind through post-ARR.
Brain: but not NOW

A printed paper sign taped to the front door of the shop. Black text reads: AQUARIUM CENTRAL MASK REQUIRED Exemption: Small Children Under 36" tall FREE MASKS INSIDE ON ENTRANCE RIGHT WALL Thanks for your respect Our motto: Keeping fish diseases and mean anti-maskers out since 2020

One of several printed signs on a cork board behind the cash register; the others are fish-related information or diagrams, but this one reads: MASKS REQUIRED "What about my rights" Our private property, our rights first "Masks don't work" Wear an N95 respirator "It's the cold/flu" Heard of long COVID? Guess not "I have a Medical Excuse" You shouldn't be out during COVID "I've already had COVID" Doesn't stop transmission COVID-19 SURCHARGES $50 If we have to explain about masks $100 If we have to hear why you disagree

Went to an aquarium supply store last night and was delighted to see the staff in N95 masks and all customers still required to wear masks also. I wish I saw more places still doing this. The “Covid surcharges” sign behind the till particularly got me 😂
#YEG #CovidIsNotOver

Church service today talked about turning anger into civil disruption - and "Speak louder. Sing your favorite song in the grocery store. You can get more comfortable with the instinct NOT to be disruptive by microdosing it in small, awkward but harmless ways."

*laughs in autism* I'm good.

If you’re in Seattle or visiting give this dude your patronage. Five stars. I’m laughing so hard it hurts.

Ohhhh dear. Bahahahhahahahaha. :D

Exxxactly. In this case it would be more like 13 babysitting 8, and Zeph doesn't remember anything of her life before about age 19... but the thought still feels kind of creepy. XD

I occasionally think I could ship her with Fordola (she's definitely got the "oh honey let me fix you" thing going on), but 1: they're from the same area and Zeph's a few years older so she might have potentially babysat for Fordola at some point - and 2: Fordola and Arenvald are so freaking cute.

My girl @justzephplz.bsky.social is gay - problem is that so far those she got furthest with (in the headcanon) were Ysayle and Zero. -_- Those darned technical difficulties prevent her from living her best giant lesbian life.

She'll always have that crush on Merlwyb though. :D

For an hour I have been trying to get up the nerve to try taking my meds to see if it makes anything better, but the problem is that the meds that sometimes help with my misbehaving guts have to actually make it through INTO my misbehaving guts.

Literally would rather give myself injections.

lrp: or for any other reason. I became aware ChatGPT exists, went "well that sounds pretty lazy and sort of pathetic even if it produced useful or true data, which it apparently doesn't often do" and never looked into how to even access it.

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'

HQ Casting weapons also finished! Also a spare PCT weapon for Uri since that brush goes better with his PCT glam than any other I'd found so far. :D

Instant 30pt jump in item level when equipped, lol oops.

(Also WHILE I'M HERE: one of the reasons I love Hyth is he's kind, witty, and particularly gifted with his particular talent - yet since he's specifically not good with aether, he thinks he's only good as fodder. And if that's not a parallel for disability and internalized eugenics culture...)

I find it amusing that of my various characters who can do ShB maps, the Hyth alt is the only one who still struggles soloing zonureskin and has to do gliderskin. There's still good stuff in gliderskin, some of which isn't in zonureskin, so I don't mind - it's just funny.

He's not entirely useless!

Also as noted... yeaaaaah that doesn't clash with her healer look at allll...

(It's gorgeous gear, I look forward to using it with other characters - but NOT ZEPH. :D)

HQ SCH/WHM weapons achieved! And mats for ranged magical weapons gathered (since as noted, I usually play Zeph as DoW and thus DoM has been my lowest priority when upgrading her gear), and about halfway through crafting the components.

Calling it quits for now to do stuff on alts. :)

Ashley Riot doodle #VagrantStory

(And for posterity, Zeph's only "canon" healer job was SGE and entirely because "woooo lasers, pew-pew!" I play as AST on her sometimes though just because uh, I've been forced to learn to play AST enough that I now know it better than SGE.)

Healers were the worst because I rarely use casting jobs on Zeph (she's just not the type), but now her two most-used healer jobs (SGE and AST) have HQ Courtly Lover's weapons!

Which I immediately glammed over because BOY HOWDY would she hate that aesthetic. XD

SCH/WHM weapons tonight, hopefully.

All DoL/DoH jobs were at 100 either slightly before or slightly after DT MSQ, I forget which, and the initial lv100 scrip gear was fine for crafting gear as DoW/DoM were leveling up. Just... not so much when those all reached 100. XD Bunch of them still have lv90 tome weapons + random dropped armor.

Sort of a FF14 milestone last night - I crafted some of the current BiS craftable weapons in HQ.

Due to not having caught up to MSQ until the last pre-DT patch, I'd always lagged behind a few steps on gear, and after beating DT MSQ, I was working on getting all battle jobs to 100.