Greetings all ^.^
Nights, that was quite beautiful, and I can't wait to hear more of your exploits as you go on in the world of Vana'diel.
To all of you who came, I can't thank you all enough for coming, staying, and contributing to the fun.
Instead of creating a new thread, I shall just add to Night's already beautiful thread. (The pictures are coming Nights, I want to tweak them just right, and right now, I'm here in school and cannot do so, but as soon as I get home, I will do it.)
Here is my story of that night...
I had just awoken from a nap in my moogle house, and was rather groggy and feeling dreary. I had no real direction as to what to do.
I didn't feel up to farming, killing things repeatedly is fun, but just not what I had in mind for the time being. I couldn't craft, lack of monetary needs to successfully go on, and lack of inventory space (my usual dilemma) were restricting me. And I definitely did not feel like spending another three to four hours in a level grind. I couldn't explore, for exploring alone isn't so bad, but to go with good friends would have definitely been better.
And so there I was... thinking to myself on the steps of Jeuno. At first, I had found someone to talk to. But our conversations did not last long. And so I sat, contemplating. In comes Neovision, and we proceed to talk, though not for long. We say a few words here and there, and comment on how we're both looking for Raevin, a great and cuddly Galka monk we both had befriended in the jungles of Yuhtunga.
Jachyra, my first ever friend in my first ever dunes party, sits by my side, busy trying to gather his pt together. We are silent to each other, but there I sit, nevertheless. Neovision decides to leave to hunt down monsters in Qufim.
Raynil happens by, and she plops herself down to talk to me. I can't remember the conversation, but it floats here and there from this topic to the next. I wave to passerbys and they wave back, friends I've partied with and whatnot. Raynil talks about her staves, and somewhere within this conversation, Lyliandra and Kestra happen by.
Our group slowly starts to grow, and it's becoming a more animated conversation. I wave down more people, and encourage them to sit with us. "If you have the time, come sit and make a new friend." Was what I'd occasionally say. Pretty soon others started to join our motley group. Jedimindtricks, Bhone, Kahan... all came and sat down. I started to introduce everyone as more and more people come down. Namfoodle was there, Shadowbuni, so many people. Some had to go, but wherein they left, others made up for the loss.
The conversations changed, like the ebb and flow of the tides. One minute we're commenting on what gear we need, the next we're talking about gil farmers. Sometimes we happen to mention where we met people and how, other times we comment on what we've been doing. It's an easy-going, casual conversation, but filled with fun, sharing it with others, commiserating our griefs and joys.
Soon, we've become a veritable blockade on the stairway. How it happened, we didn't know, we didn't care, but we didn't want it to end for the time being. We spent many an hour there, just talking it up. Pretty soon, it became late, and before we left, we wanted a memento of our gathering.
Kestra suggested we run up to Ru'lude Gardens to create a memory of our "Gathering at the Stairway". We all rush on in. We lost people along the way, but from those who did come, we all were enjoying in the mirth and merriment.
And so that is the story of the "Gathering at the Stairway". I never meant for there to be such, but perhaps it was fate, and it was inevitable that we should all come together to remember the fun of friends, new and old. I had called up, at the fountain, during the picture taking "A motley band of fighters and friends", and indeed we were.
To those of you who came, and those of you who want to come... I know we cannot gather often or frequently, but I propose to you this:
I know not everyone can wander the world as freely as others. I have seen people who haven't noticed the beauty of the world as well as others.
For us who would like to, I propose that at least once a month (if it not be too much or too less of a time) we have a gathering once again. Although the impromptu one was fun, perhaps it wouldn't be so bad to have a planned one as well. Nothing says we cannot have both!
On this planned event, one person who wants to organize it, shall set the meeting up at their most favorite spot in all of Vana'diel. For some it may be at the waterfalls of Jugner Forest, for others, the Stone Monument on the Highland hills, and for others with CoP, perhaps a picnic on Purgonogo Island is called for. But wherever it is, it gives us a chance to see a piece of the person (a favorite place can say so much), and we'll get to gather together, and we'll get to see Vana'diel anew.
It's just a proposition. I don't know if it will make its way to fruition, but I'd like the idea to hang in the air, so that at least I can say it was thought of.
And to those who have thought of it, perhaps maybe we can have an LS for this. Although it's been mentioned that many were Allakhazam posters, I would like the LS to be opened to posters and non-posters alike.
I have a shell I have not used, made long ago that sits in my box. I made it one the verge of a breakup from my first shell, and though I thought it'd be a new beginning, I ended up getting a pearl to a new family, and so, it lays there in disuse. The name: ForsakenedAlliances may not sound appealing, but it is there for you all, if you wish to have it. And if not, and you would like to create a new one, just tell me so, and I'd like to be a part of it.
And so, forgive me for having rambled on and on, but thank you for listening/reading. I had fun, and I enjoyed myself, but it could not have happened without you. Thank you for being who you are.