Retainer Ad-Venture Contest (EU) - Entry Thread

Please post your entries for the Retainer Ad-Venture Contest in this thread!

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It ain't easy workin' for a 'venturer like Xersin. I mean, what do you bring the bloody Warrior of Light that he can't already go out an get hisself? The bloke slays legends, for Twelvesake. Still, ye gotta eat. And there is one thing I do know about the man. He's lazy as they come. Sure, he swings a mean axe, and cleaves gods in twain, but yer never gonna see him out in the fields, fightin' the lesser things. So, way I sees things, that's what you bring a man like that. The lesser things.

"It is too hot...." The man stumbled on the sunbleached coast, shielding his eyes from sand. Nearby Costa del Sol lingered as a monument of truth, a reminder that he is not actually in the desert, even though the heat would suggest as much - no, he is just in Eastern La Noscea, and every time he came out here, he wondered how the weather here was so different. "It just rained", he muttered to himself, shaking his head. "The winds were strong, and now...I feel like a sandworm. Eorzea is a wondrous place." But weather was not important - he was on a mission, and he would not fail it - he never did. No, the man worked a special job - a job that required him to go out and face danger head on. He looked at his sword that was stripped loosely to his side and was overcome with a feeling of safety.

"No threats imminent." He turned around and saw Costa del Sol in the distance, the sound of music playing. "Hells, what am I even searching for?" His employer told him to look for something special, something that would make him smile - and he had 8 hours time to do so? "A retainer's job is hard, aye?" That voice was not his own, and instinctively he grabbed his sword and darted around, only to be greeted by three Roegadyn that badly needed a shave and a bath - t'was how bad they smelled. "Wh- Who are you?" The tallest one in the middle took two steps and looked down at the retainer - clearly just a mass of muscle with little brain. "I could ask you the same question, Retainer."

To the Retainer's look of confusion, he jokingly added "Don't play dumb, boy. Look at yer clothes. You look finer than me arse, and that says a whole lot. Now, what are ye lookin' for?" The retainer gulped and, out of the corner of his eye, spotted an emerald in the Roegadyns pocket - huge of size, and of worth for sure. "Well, you got me", the Retainer said, bowing his head. "I haven't found anything yet. So you can't rob me." The Roegadyns eyes turned to slits, but he realized that the Retainer was right and sighed. "This be your lucky day, boy. Get out of our sight." The retainer breathed a sigh of relief, but once they turned around, he grabbed the emerald from the Roegadyns pocket and ran as fast as he could. "Hey, you bag of shite! Come back with this! I rightfully stole this!" was all he heard, as the voices behind him grew more and more silent.

Back in Limsa Lominsa, he caught his breath and took a long look at the emerald. "My mistress will be happy with this. Certainly. And I have time to spare...time to cash in those ventures." And off he went, another mission completed - until his mistress will send him away again - into a world of danger.

Character Name: Nyyria Sheryine
World Name: Chaos, Shiva
Choice: Mandragora Choker

Get me a Gestahl!

Liselle leapt from cover to cover, keeping out of sight of the horde of yetis between her and the exit.
She had her trusty fishing rod strapped to her back, a Worm of Nym still attached. This was the thirty-second time she had been sent out on the same venture, with the same order to bring back a Gestahl puppy for her ever more demanding mistress. But the Gestahl was an elusive mark. She had almost fallen to her death chasing the fancy mutt across the Sea of Clouds last time, and this time she was in the Coerthas Western Highlands, her pointed ears frostbitten and her legs numbed by the biting winds. She had to get it this time, she could not survive any more of these ventures.

A tiny "yip!" sounded in the distance beyond the cave. Liselle through all caution to the wind and jumped from her cover. She ran with the speed of a coeurl, weaving between the hungry yetis like a woman possessed. She would have her prize this time.
As she reached the mouth of the cave, the Gestahl came in to view. Liselle did not pause to admire its cuteness as she sped towards it.

Something squished underfoot. Looking down, she realised in horror that she had stepped in a rheum. She squelched and struggled to pull her long elezen leg out of the sticky, gooey creature's body, her eyes still on her target, the puppy's head tilted in confusion.
She heard stomping behind her. The yetis were catching up. With one last disgusting tug, she released her leg from the rheum.
As she attempted to continue her chase, she felt a giant furry arm reach for her. It gripped her by the arm and she knew it was over.
The Gestahl gave a contented "yip!" and pranced away out of sight. It was gone. These yetis had lost her her prey. They would pay.

The summoning bell rang in the Goblet. Liselle appeared before her mistress, sporting a black eye and many cuts and bruises all over her body. The mistress didn't even seem to notice.
"Well? Did you get me my Gestahl?" She was single-minded.
Liselle sighed and presented a slightly tattered Worm of Nym.
The mistress laughed in frustration. Then reassigned the venture.

Often I hear tales of my masters exploit at the taverns. Good grief! My ale starts tasting bad whenever I hear some drunken sod glorifying that slave driver. Hero of Eorzea my arse!.

As a child I admired tales of heroes, and I was ecstatic when I entered a contract with this so called Warrior of Light. Sadly that was the day I learnt that the stories never really tell how a hero is as a person.
I should have known that as soon as I saw those lalafellin eyes that they contained nothing but greed.

Everyday I have to spend all the time I am awake to sell her wares. From time to time she tells me to go out and bring her some exciting treasures.
At the beginning I earnestly did my best to please her on the ventures. I went to the most God forsaken places in search for hidden treasures, hoping that if I pleased master she would start treating me better…
Alas that was not meant to be.

At some point I began praying that some beast would eat that bag of evil whole. However even being eaten by some demonic dog wasn´t enough to finish her.

Lately master have been complaining for awhile now on how I never bring her anything good. Since that is the case I have started stealing precious items from masters neighbours. If all goes well, not only will I please master, I will also put the blame on the recent thefts on her.
Maybe there will some kind FC company that will get angry and get rid of her.

Master hurry up and send me on more ventures!

Charecter Name: Ouria Ulder
World Name: Chaos, Ragnarok
Choice: Scarf of Wondrous Wit

The the excitement of writing, I forgot to post my info xD

Scarlet Halberd
Lamia Server
Ahriman Choker

"Bring me something interesting, and ensure you're back by the time limit!"

With her master's orders still ringing in her ears (and his ventures jangling in her pocket), Amabeth departed Limsa Lominsa. She knew that Renard had been working hard lately and wanted to cheer him up, so her idea was simple. He'd been asked to attend to another intrusion by Good King Moggle Mog XII; surely he'd be thrilled if Amabeth saved him the effort and took the villain down. She might be able to obtain a rare trinket from the fight as a surprise gift and proof of her success!

Amabeth had little trouble locating the King, mostly owing to her access to Renard's journal - being a trusted retainer has perks. She wasted no time in engaging her foe in combat, pelting him with Aero and Stone magic and wishing - not for the first time - that she was able to learn spells outside of the core Conjurer repertoire.

Unfortunately for Amabeth, it turned out that Good King Moggle Mog XII (may His splendor shine forever) wasn't alone. Her errand swiftly turned into a dreadful nightmare as she was ambushed by a mob of highly aggressive moogles; a nightmare which only ended when the mischievous Pukla Puki took mercy on her and settled things with a devastating pom flare.

As the moogles fluttered off to wherever they came from, Amabeth staggered to her feet and tended to her wounds. Going back to her master empty-handed wasn't an option, so she would have to challenge the menace again. This time, she reached out to her fellow retainers via linkshell to find allies to help with the battle. It wasn't long before a group of eight retainers had assembled in Thornmarch: Amabeth, four giggly Miqo'te, a pair of Elezen who bore more than a passing resemblance to Lord Haurchefant de Fortemps and a chipper Roegadyn gentleman wearing a Dream Hat (and little else).*

The team struggled for some time, gradually overpowering their foes. After what felt like an eternity the King finally fell and the ragtag group of retainers emerged from the fight with smiles on their faces; they'd won! The Twelveswood was safe again, and a treasure box had shimmered into existence right in front of them.

Within seconds, one of the Miqo'te had pulled a glittering ribbon from the chest. "Does anyone want this?" she asked in obvious excitement. Nobody had the heart to object, and a moment later the youngster was tying the ribbon around her neck, gushing about how her master had been looking for one. The party members said their farewells and disbanded.

By now there was barely a bell left before Amabeth's deadline. With a sigh, she borrowed some ink and canvas from Renard's storage and prepared to etch out the complex patterns she'd long committed to memory once more.

She couldn't wait to see the look on her master's face when she presented him with his 476th hand-drawn Eorzean Map.

Character: Renard Lefeuvre
World: Yojimbo
Prize choice: Bluebird earring

Character Name: Evershadow Nightwind
World Name: Chaos, Odin
Choice: Scarf of Wondrous Wit
Retainer: Itsmesonic

"After mutliple trips out into the woods i still cant find this "Floss Silk" thing that my master keeps talking about. I somehow seem to find lots of these very high quality apricots though, i'm sure she can make them into a pie or something."

"Also on a side note whats this R.N.G thing my master keeps complaining about?"

“You see, Master’s special day is coming up“, the lalafell girl said with a grin. She wore a dress made out of silk from distant Thavnair, it was a gift from her Master. The two retainers had made their way through a secret path, known only because the lalafell had once trailed her Master here on important mission.

“I know Kokoke!” said a pouting Miqo’te girl in simple servant garb.

“Be quiet”, scolded the senior retainer. “I was his first. I’ve been with him ever since he first drove the Serpent Reavers from Sastaha and made a name for himself.”

“We have all heard that tale to death!” Jezah and the rest of the junior retainers had indeed heard the tale quite a few times. Kokoke was a domineering lady and only allowed to very best retainers to help out on ventures. Part of the indoctrination was the heroic tale of how Master had swooped into the caves of Sastasha, killing the pirates and freeing all prisoners. One of those prisoners had been Kokoke.

“As well you should as to better understand the greatness of our Master!” Kokoke stomped the floor and glared at Jezah, “fail at this and I shall see that Master finds a suitable replacement!”

“As you have seen, Master has been hard at practice with this new contraption. It whirs and it fumes with smoke!”

“Yes, it’s called a firear-“

“Do not interrupt me!” Kokoke’s face was red and she shook her head, frustrated with this upstart retainer! “In any case, I’ve been hard at work. You see, a lot of retainers have been crossing the bridge to Ishgard. Some of them are fat with the spoils of war, Allagan artifacts and tokens from the Primals themselves weighing them down.”

“Do you want me to steal a firearm for Master?” stammered Jezah.

“Steal? Oh, no dear Jezay. I figured if there are so many adventurers out there, some are bound to have failed, no? Actually, I know this for a fact. See, there is this particular spot that unwary adventurers end up after tackling the Lord of Crags. Someone who lands on her feet should have no trouble getting there, the floor should be littered with objects that might make for worthy gifts!”

“So that’s why you took me here… to the Navel.” Jezay looked around, thankful there wasn’t any kobolds nearby. “But why can’t you do it?”

“Me?” Kokoke extended a fishing rod with nimble hands and smiled, “I have chubs to catch!”

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Character name: Sissy Nyx
World name: Odin
Prize: Scarf of Wondrous Wit

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Character Name: Jenn Apollo
World: Zodiark, Chaos Datacenter
Choice: Ahriman Choker

Dear Mom,

I've found work in Limsa Lominsa, so I haven't had as much time to write. I know you're worried about me, but I'm fulfilling my dream. The job I found is as a retainer to experienced adventurers, so I get to earn a living and learn more about being an Arcanist at the same time! It has a very fancy uniform too, so I've included a photo! I blinked went the flash went off, so it looks a bit silly..

So far, most of my work has been limited to managing the sale of items my boss, Jenn, returns from her travels. It's quite interesting, I've sold a few very exotic items recently. Though some of them aren't exotic so much as yucky!

Anyway, I'm really writing to tell you about my very first adventure. See, part of being a retainer is that your boss will sometimes send you out to do chores outside city gates. Havelock, my co-worker, has already been on many missions and told me lots of stories, so I was terribly excited when Jenn told me it was time for my first mission!

One of the shepherds had fallen ill, so Jenn suggested I take over and watch over his flock of sheep. It was supposed to be just one night, the replacement shepherd would be there in the morning. It started off fine! Every hour I would count the flock to make sure I didn't lose one of the sheep. At some point, I must've fallen asleep, because the next thing I know the sheep are bleating loudly and panicking! They're heading for the Zephyr Gate!

I run to head them off as fast as I can, with Emma, my trusty carbuncle, following on my heels. They were so fast! I didn't know sheep could be that fast! Thankfully, the city guards formed a semi-circle and stopped them from running into the city. We couldn't get the sheep calmed down but we couldn't leave them all panicked either! After a while the guards yelled a call to arms and people came to help put the sheep out of their misery. It made me really sad, but the guards just took it all in stride and made jokes about eating mutton for a week. Havelock just told me to get over it and sell the animal hides I'd gotten in the process.

Later on, one of the shepherds told me he found a rabid bat near his flock and he thought it might've attacked my flock as well. If only I'd have been awake, maybe I could've chased the bat away and prevented the flock going on the lamb...

Lots of love,

Kelpie

P:S: I think I'll be a vegetarian from now on.

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Originally Posted by JenniLeFur

Character Name: Jenn Apollo
World: Zodiark, Chaos Datacenter
Choice: Ahriman Choker

Dear Mom,

I've found work in Limsa Lominsa, so I haven't had as much time to write. I know you're worried about me, but I'm fulfilling my dream. The job I found is as a retainer to experienced adventurers, so I get to earn a living and learn more about being an Arcanist at the same time! It has a very fancy uniform too, so I've included a photo! I blinked as the the flash went off, so it looks a bit silly..

So far, most of my work has been limited to managing the sale of items my boss, Jenn, returns from her travels. It's quite interesting, I've sold a few very exotic items recently. Though some of them aren't exotic so much as yucky!

Anyway, I'm really writing to tell you about my very first adventure. See, part of being a retainer is that your boss will sometimes send you out to do chores outside city gates. Havelock, my co-worker, has already been on many missions and told me lots of stories, so I was terribly excited when Jenn told me it was time for my first mission!

One of the shepherds had fallen ill, so Jenn suggested I take over and watch over his flock of sheep. It was supposed to be just one night, the replacement shepherd would be there in the morning. It started off fine! Every hour I would count the flock to make sure I didn't lose one of the sheep. At some point, I must've fallen asleep, because the next thing I know the sheep are bleating loudly and panicking! They're heading for the Zephyr Gate!

I run to head them off as fast as I can, with Emma, my trusty carbuncle, following on my heels. They were so fast! I didn't know sheep could be that fast! Thankfully, the city guards formed a semi-circle and stopped them from running into the city. We couldn't get the sheep calmed down but we couldn't leave them all panicked either! After a while the guards yelled a call to arms and people came to help put the sheep out of their misery. It made me really sad, but the guards just took it all in stride and made jokes about eating mutton for a week. Havelock just told me to get over it and sell the animal hides I'd gotten in the process.

Later on, one of the shepherds told me he found a rabid bat near his flock and he thought it might've attacked my flock as well. If only I'd have been awake, maybe I could've chased the bat away and prevented the flock going on the lamb...

Lots of love,

Kelpie

P:S: I think I'll be a vegetarian from now on.

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Derped on words, can't find the edit post button so this is the next best thing. Forgive, literally my first & second post ever!

Lolopika Nanapika
Ragnarok
Mandragora Choker

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"See you, Mishanya!"
The Little Master waved and left.

Mishanya clenched the two coins in her right hand: "This time, I'll show him I am the best retainer... Alavyna sure is wise and strong, but seriously, I wonder how she can endure the freezing cold of Cohertas wearing only that tiny swimsuit. And of course I can't compete with Lalabibi, she's simply too cute... Hmm what can I bring him this time?"

Mishanya rushed out of Gridania still thinking about a proper gift.
"I don't know... Another fish? I mean who DOESN'T like fishes...? Nah, last time I brought one he almost incinerated me with his gaze, no...".
Mishanya looked around her, but all she could see was the blooming flora of the Shroud.

"Ok, let's try Limsa."

Running as fast as she could, she reached Middle La Noscea.
"Now now... Let's look for something... Rare!"
She spotted a group of adventurers on her left: they were busy fighting a huge Mamool Ja.
"Yes! I'll definitely get something good from that scaly fellow!!!"
She started casting spells wildly, like a mad jester: "Nyahahahah!!! Maybe I'll get his sword... or a tooth. For the Twelves, even a huge scale would be a wonderful gift, I'm sure of it!!!"

The battle ended, and Mishanya got... nothing.
"Huh? I mean, really...?" Frustrated, she raised her gaze towards the sun.
"Oh boy. Around 40 minutes have passed... I have to find something!"
She run towards Ul'dah, her last hope... But before crossing the gate to the city, she stopped in front of the small path leading to the Goblet.
The Miqo'te grinned. "Oh... yes. I can still do that..."

She silently entered the residential district. It was hot, but there was no one in sight. She set her eyes upon a large house on her left. "That one!"
She jumped on a palm tree and then on the roof of the building.
"Nice roof..." she said touching the shingles. "But I don't have the time to remove them all... too bad."
She slipped inside the house through a round window, and she hid behind a big armchair.
"Like a shadow, nin-nin!" she smiled, doing silly gestures with her hands.
She started moving slowly to reach the table close to her, but before she could touch it, she heard something.
"Dodo shite... There's someone!!!"
She was running out of time, so she stopped thinking properly: she jumped on the armchair shouting "Fire III!", aiming for the fireplace. There was a huge flash, and the fire grow bigger with a blaze. She introduced her hand in a nearby drawer, she grabbed something and she jumped out of the open window.
She run as fas as she could, reaching the nearest airship landing. "Please please please, a ticket to Gridania!!!"

Sweaty and tired, she finally reached the summoning bell.
"Master... I... brought you... this..." she said handing over... an Ink & Quill.
"Next time... I'll... slay a primal... I swear!" she added, before fainting.
The Lalafell smiled... "Oh don't worry... I'll put this with the other 34 ^^"

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Coerthas*, I spelled it wrong! ç__ç

Retainer POV:
"Oh dear, here we go again! She is back online... what is she going to ask me for this time." Dark Pikachu Is tired and not a morning person.. "Hello i missed you! what can i do for you." Dark Pikachu hands over two shiny ventures and walks away without a word. "Oh how rude... she didn't even say good morning she just sent me on my way! OH GOSH its not the 2 hour quick grab anything this is the Field Exploration XVII.. she must really be expecting something important from me to set me out for all these hours.. Hmm, where shall i go... I guess i don't want to head out too far I might get lost... but then again, maybe I could go to Idyllshire.. maybe i can go to that place my master keeps talking about, Alexander? I want to go too! tehe'."

And so the cute little lalafell retainer travels all the way to Idyllshire on a trusty little Rented Chocobo. The sun is setting just as the retainer enters the sanctuary.

"I think that trip took a little longer than expected i am not even sure if i will make it back in time.. and I am awfully tired now, eek'. Lets see here," *+looks at map+* "So if i head that way I can find the Alexander place.. Hmmmm."
The retainer leaves the sanctuary, and enters The Dravanian Hinterlands
"WOW! This area is beautiful why have i never made it this far before, oh and those enemies look kinda scary... i, i will stay away from them."

Several hours of exploring passes and it becomes darker... "Okay! i'm kind of scared of the dark so i am going back to my comfy place."

- Heads back home Goblet Residence-
"Oh my gosh!!!!! I forgot to grab something *panics* Uh.... um.. AH... HAHAHA I KNOW! yes i know what to do!!!"

The little retainer reaches into the near by water ponds surrounding the housing district and searches for a fish. "Come on little fishies please!! please please please PLEASE i have 2 minutes AHHH"

*Grabs a Chub* "A Common freshwater fish found in rivers across Eorzea."
"This will do just fine, hehehe she can't call me the lazy retainer anymore!"

The little retainer makes it back a few seconds before the deadline, Dark Pikachu shows up on time and collects the goods. Dark Pikachu looks disappointed.
"NOT ANOTHER FISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All my retainer brings me is fish!! fish fish fish!!"

The little retainer - "I think this is my best work yet!" :D

Dark Pikachu
Shiva Server
Mandragora Choker

'Wait, I remember I had one! Uh.. maybe it's in your backpack instead.' Minimo the lalafell retainer looked on at her master rummaging in her, well his, backpack. She
was just about ready to burst in joy at the thought of her becoming a fully fledged level 1 lancer. Knowledge passing down from master to retainer, oho the possibilities, the lands she'll visit, and imagine the pay rise!
'Right.. I know it might not be much, but it's the only level 1 gear I've got.'
As always, with a wide grin on her face, repeating the lines she dutifully studied at the Retainer academy, she waved 'time to shine, hee hee!'

Armed to the teeth in her master's favourite snowman outfit and his hand-me-down pointy stick. She stepped forward into the desert plains of U'dah, her face brimming with confidence as she was mentally going over how to best execute a true
thrust. In a whirl of Ul'dahn dust, a few marmots appeared not very far from her.
Still remembering her prep talk: 'Haha, you'll be fine! These are level 1 marmots
we're talking about, all you have to do is just tap your keybind - 1'
The marmots however, unaware of their impending doom, were trampling around in the sand, happily squeaking away at each other as a giant snowlala emerged over the horizon. Animal skins flashed accross Minimo's eyes as she lunged forward with all her might. As if a miracle happened, the marmots instantly sidestepped and circled around her. 'I.. stay away marmots, ah, no! Spare me!'

'Should we attack the snowman?' A marmot looked up at the mysterious creature, their first thought thinking that she had fainted. 'This is the first adventurer I've seen-' In a raging inferno, the marmot went from raw to well done in a matter of seconds. 'This is.. this is cheating! You should be in Ishgard!' Another marmot looked on at the mysterious figure: stamped with the neon blue number 60.

Minimo, stirred from her marmot nightmares by the strong aroma, awoke screaming 'true thrust, true thrust!.' She suddenly paused, then sat confused as to why a pile of scrumptious looking marmots were scattered around her. Suddenly, she came to a quick realisation that someone must've saved her skin.
'Oh, I thought I had to raise you there.' her master looked on at her as he chewed through a leg of marmot. He raised another greasy looking leg as if inviting her to join him. 'You game?'

Character: Emoni lannis
Server: Odin
Item choice: Scarf of Wondrous Wit

Character Name: Saintrelmaux Savigny
World Name: Balmung
Prize: Scarf of Wondrous Wit
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It was the fourth night of the second Umbral Moon when I once more ventured forth on order of my Master, who as so oft had found himself occupied otherwise with one of his many wondrous explorations in the cold north. Explorations I was neither privy to nor cared to be, for I was content in the warmer climate of the central regions.

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Character Name: Saintrelmaux Savigny
World Name: Balmung
Prize: Scarf of Wondrous Wit
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It was the fourth night of the second Umbral Moon when I once more ventured forth on order of my Master, who as so oft had found himself occupied otherwise with one of his many wondrous explorations in the cold north. Explorations I was neither privy to nor cared to be, for I was content in the warmer climate of the central regions.
As a child of distant lands, raised in the solacing calm of majestic mountains, I had developed a mixture of fascination and inquietude toward the western ocean whose shores I so often wandered now in search of new quarry to catch, and so I found myself yet again testing the wetly rolling wet sand beneath my feet before casting my line. Little did I know what was about to befall me.
I had spent mere minutes idly scanning the vast horizon while waiting for a catch, when all of a sudden a cacophony of voices assaulted my horns. I swiftly attributed the infernal noise to a throng of heavily armed individuals of all races and dispositions rushing toward where I stood. I had never experienced such a threatening event before, and so I could only stare in abject terror at the oncoming horde, rooted to my spot like a meek rabbit about to be devoured by its predator.
You may imagine my relief when rather than descending upon me, the crowd stampeded past my person, parting only just enough to not throw me down. My respite was short-lived however, for I, ever cursed with an unrelenting curiousity for the world around me, turned my gaze into the direction the crowd was dashing.
There, only fulms from where I had been angling, stood the most horrifying creature I had seen since my journey west. A gigantic body of a strangely repulsive red shade, supported by spindly legs reminiscient of an arachnid but for the wetly glistening husk covering the limbs, and two quivering fleshy protrusions atop it which turned this way and that as if scanning the area. Had it not been for its sheer enormity, I would have assumed it to be a relative of the many crustaceans scuttling across the shores, yet I knew all too well that none of these animals would ever reach such towering dimensions.
Even more disconcerting however than the creature's unexplained appearance was the ferocity with which the horde of warriors -for what else could they be- fell upon the hulking beast. It had scarcely turned toward its attackers when already blades and flames assaulted its heavy shell, warcries and spells flying from frenzied lips.
Overcome by the pandemonium of sound and sight, I stumbled away from the scene of slaughter, my fishing line all but forgotten. A piece of kelp clung to my leg as I fled, a circumstance I would later welcome, but at that moment the only matter of importance to me was the sound of my Master's linkshell call, requesting my expedited return.
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Character Name: Venexis Bookah
World Name: Lamia
Prize: Scarf of Wondrous Wit

(I know Lamia is an american based server, but I live in the UK. Simply joined Lamia with friends. Hope this still applies!)

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The young Lalafell had searched far and wide for her master. Although she had acquired a plethora of goods across her adventures, she felt the master was not pleased with her efforts. She would look at his listless eyes as she handed over every hard-earned item along her travels; every time she would feel disappointed in herself. She wished for her master to be decisive, to tell her exactly what he wanted, but he never did. Every order she was given was simple; "Go out there, get what you can... Make it quick". She would hear those same words one more time, but on this occasion, she resolved to go above and beyond. She smiled, giving her master a small nod, before turning and heading on her journey, head held high.
Some time passed and the master stood, waiting for his retainer to return. Much could be said about his indifferent stance, he had been in this position many times before, yet to be surprised. He turned his head to see the young Lalafell skipping towards him, her face covered in the largest grin he had ever seen. For the first time, he was stuck with a sense of curiosity. What could she have possibly found that would bring her such confidence and joy?
She quickly stopped at his feet, grabbed his sleeve and tugged. "Follow me! I found it!" she proclaimed while dragging him away from Limsa. Shortly after, they came to a stop outside of town; "There it is!", she said, pointing towards her present. The master turned his head towards an unusual sight, only to be struck by a sudden sense of awe. As he processed the sheer accomplishment of what she had brought back, his jaw dropped more.
"How... What... Is that what I think it is?", he stuttered.
He turned his head to the Lala, his face covered in confusion and shock. "Is that... Is that a roof?... Is that a roof to a house?".
A smile covered her face, "You always said how the housing market was impossible! How there was no space. I thought maybe I could bring a house to you instead! So, I found a place filled with them! I know it is just the roof but... don't worry though, next time, I'll get you some walls! Oh, and furniture. Maybe even some plants! You'll finally have a home!"
He looked carefully at the small Lala in-front of him. "How did you even get that here?"

Her smile widened, "Don't worry about that! Just tell me you like it! I think it's my best work yet!".

Although he could not comprehend how such a feat was possible, or what poor resident would now come home to a missing roof, all the master could do was let out an incredibly rare smile and say "Go out there, get what you can... Make it quick".
She laughed, gave her master yet another nod and ran off into the distance.

Character Name: Matt Reaver
World name: Odin
Prize: Scarf of Wonderous Wit

‘Matt is a lovely boss!’ said Elflady, sharing a drink with her co-worker Hyurgirl at the adventurers guild in Limsa.

‘I don’t know he’s kinda indecisive, makes it really difficult to get him things that are useful, I mean, I met him before you did, when I met him he was a dragoon, jumping about like a maniac fighting the meanest of enemies keeping us all safe, then he got in with that band of fools and went off to stop Bahamut! Decided to pick up a bow for twelves sake, decided to sing to the group. What did that achieve? Yes they stopped Bahamut and saved us again, but in the grand scheme, what did he actually achieve? And now, we move to Ishgard at his lordships command. And what is he doing now, reading books, summoning smaller versions of the enemies he once sought to eradicate from this world. Off fighting large sentient machines!? Gods help me, the man is as indecisive as they come. And to top all that, he’s somewhat addicted to plastic surgery. I mean he started as a Miq’ote, then out of nowhere BAM! Lalafel. Hyur, Elezen, lalafell, after that he became one of those Au’Ra, now don’t get me wrong, Yugiri is lovely, but there’s something about them I don’t trust, maybe it’s the fact they’re part demon, maybe it’s the scales. But I just don’t trust them!’

‘you always see the worst in people Hyu,’ Elf lady retorted. ‘Can’t you just see the good in people and see that he just wants to help. And we’re there to help him help others. I know I may only bring him fish and the odd golden dye, but those fish keep him fed, and the dye. Well have you ever seen anything more majestic than a Lalafel running into battle in gold. It’s a sight to see I tell you!’

‘I know, I’ve seen it. But I wish he’d just make his mind up. Or at least tell us what he wants, there’s only so many times I can run around this world wondering what he wants then running out of time and having to pick up the nearest thing I see, the Goblet is running low on houses for me to steal parts from now!’

With that, the two adventurers retainers went their separate ways, Hyurgirl to outer La Noscea to mine the electrum she was asked to retrieve, Elflady off on one of her whimsical adventures to find something of use.

After a while Elflady saw what she thought to be a Moogle. She tentatively wandered over to it.

‘Hello, can you help me, I’m looking for something to bring back to my master, I was wondering if you still had any of those old Moogle made weapons lying around?’

‘Kupo!’ replied the Moogle. ‘I have all the weapons you need if you have those chocolate coins your master pays you with!’

Elflady spied a great-sword on the bench, this had clearly just been made, the prevailance of the Dark Knights had made the old gods and the new make these heavy looking weapons a highly sought after piece by adventurers far and wide.

‘How many for the great-sword?’ Elflady inquired.

’40 Kupo!’ replied the Moogle.

Elflady rummaged around in her backpack, she knew she had that many in there, she just had to find them. Finding her coin purse she handed the Moogle 40 venture coins, she was unsure why the Moogle thought they were made of Chocolate, the Silver shined in the light of a Gridanian afternoon.

Leaving with her quarry, she hastily made her way to Hyurgirl, still toiling away finding useful pieces of electrum for master.

‘Look what I got!’ Elflady exclaimed, brandishing the great-sword with glee. ‘Do you think he’ll like it?’

‘Who knows, I’m sure he’ll tell you when we get back’ Hyurgirl looked to the skies, her timekeeping skills were impeccable and all it took was a glance at the sun or the moon to give her the time of day. ‘We should be getting back, it’s time for us to present our items.

The two teleported to the summoning bell that had just been rung in its familiar yet signature tune of their master Matt Reaver. The two handed over their items, Hyurgirl 20 pieces of electrum, Matt no doubt would use these pieces to make jewelry to use in battle, this pleased Hyurgirl, as she knew it was helpful.

Elflady showed the great-sword to Matt with Glee

‘Master I brought you this! It’s the latest weapon made with the latest in Moogle technology, they say the head on the pommel sings when you unsheathe it!’

‘oh, cool,’ Replied Matt, ‘that’s a really cool looking weapon, I wonder how much it will sell for on the marketboard!’

Elflady felt her heart sink, she tried really hard to make Matt happy, she knew he was training with the Dark Knights. And she thought this weapon would help him to become the best Dark Knight in Eorzea!

The two retainers went back to their table at the adventurer’s guild. Drinking the smooth alcohol that the bartender served without fail.

‘I thought I had a winner with that one!’ said Elflady with a tinge of anger in her voice. ‘I thought he’d really like it!’

‘These adventurers rarely like anything we bring them back, but we do our jobs, and they’ll take all the glory, as it always has been. There’s no use crying over spilled Yak milk, may as well just accept that all we are is a backpack with legs. That’s all some of these adventurers see us as. Just be glad we have Matt, who does a lot for us, gives us his old armor so we may fight more dangerous foes, gives us what we need to do what we must. All in all, Matt is a lovely boss!’ Hyurgirl looked down into her drink, and smiled in the knowledge that Matt, alongside all the other adventurers in the world, were looking after everyone, and keeping them all safe, no matter how they went about doing it.

Alder Falial
Ragnarok
Scarf of wondrous wit

Dear Diary
yesterday was a amasing day master falial got me a new hatchet and gear to celebrate me becoming a master botanist.
Master Falial did also give me a new job, i was going to a secret area of gridania not even my he can't go to and he is the Hero of Light.
i got 2 venture tokens and off i did go i arrived at hawthorne hut and was off to Fallen Grove it is near brrr....castrum oriens a part only the forest allow retainer botanist safe from garleans and monster so i was told.
that hidden place is so pretty in the center is a big tree as tall as the crystal tower.....vel maybe not that big but it was tall and pink. so i seached sor something to bring back to master but was not able to find anything and alot of time i did not have but out of tree..... å big weird animal appered it was white with orange and black spots it did have pointy ears like a courel cub but was to fat to be one and it tail was like no one i ever seen.
this is what i am going to give master, it was fishing for something in the river so i did sneak closer and closer and then i jumped but it dodged and i did fall in the river......(i hater water)
and got wet the animal was nowhere to be seenand i did not have any more time i did have to return is i was to make it back before time was out i did think i was emty handed.
but then i felt someting thikle me in my boot i was a emerald green eel i was the best i did have so i returned home. master was amased what i did return with it was a fish called a worm of nym and it is super rare, i told my master of the weird animal i saw and he told me it was a fat cat a animal that was thout to be wiped out under the calamety. i am going to go back there soon and i want to see if i can get it and give it to my master
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Character: Clipper Bee
World: Siren
Prize: Bluebird Earring


Diary Entry #194 - 18th Sun, 2nd Moon, 9:38pm.

She makes me dress like her.

That's creepy, right? We even have the same hair!

I mean, what are the odds that she just happened to find me, her Lalafell doppelganger, by random chance? Gods-damned zero percent, that's what. I'll tell you what I think.

I think she was stalking me.

I must sound crazy, but it's the only explaination! She specifically asked for me by name. I don't know what sort of twisted plan she has for me, but I won't be sticking around to find out.

She thinks I'm out on one of her crazy ventures right now. She hands me two pitiful coins and expects me to go out on some eighteen hour treasure hunt to the middle of Northern Thanalan, all to bring back another pointless trinket to add to her pointless bloody collection.

Well not this time.

I've been taking a cut of her market board sales. Just a little bit of gil each time. "Oh, taxes are up today master!" "Oh, bids have been low lately master!"

Adjusting the ledger was easy. That's my job, right? She's too rich to notice. Probably sleeps on vanya silk sheets.

Anyway, I used that gil to buy a ticket for the ferry from Aleport to the Isles of Umbra. She’d never think to look for me there. I’m going to hide out for a while until she thinks I’m dead, then I’ll use the rest of my savings to start a new life. Maybe I’ll be a Weaver.

But for now, I wait.

The creatures out here are weird. Huge insects, spectral wisps, reanimated skeletons. I even saw a bug wearing a black helmet. What’s with that?

I would be more creeped out but it’s surprisingly bright out here thanks to the light from Pharos Sirius. It’s actually kind of pretty. I also met a group of travellers near the shore so I haven’t been short of company. They’re all drunk as sailors. Maybe they’re actually sailors.

Anyway, I should get some sleep. I bet master is already beside herself with worry. Well good! That’ll teach her not to be such a weirdo. I’ll pray to The Twelve for her next retainer, but that’s not my business now.

It’s a bright new day tomorrow. On to new horizons!


The preceding is an extract from a diary found buried in the sand on the Isles of Umbra by a travelling Hyur fisherman. There are no further entries.

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Rubieus Amrita
Masamune
Scarf of Wondrous Writ

The Eorzean Job; as told by http://imgur.com/D3zC7Ns Kobira of House Amrita

The familiar ring of the Retainer's Bell made her look up from the table she had been staring at. Scattered upon it were dozens of maps, each marked with optimal roads and accommodations. The City-States were there, but she had acquired Ishgard and the surrounding areas as well. She called out "In here" as she pushed all of them off the table then reached down under it for a crate. It made a hard thud as it was placed on the sturdy table.

"Kobira, my favorite, I got your message.. So you have it?" She ignored the obvious and began to undo the straps on the crate. It had been previously secured with chains and locks, but once she had it in her possession, the security measures would have been overkill and she wanted it presented with a bit more posh when he came around to retrieve it.

"Why the silent treatment? You got what I asked for and I paid you well for it.. Let me guess, it wasn't enough? Fine fine I'll double the usual rate.."
She slammed the lid back down over the crate and stared hard into the dark pools of his eyes. If he wasn't so damned powerful.. She would.. What would she do? He was her master and she respected him. Even if he was oblivious of her feelings. He stared back as he always did. Calm, calculated, what she wouldn't give to know what was on his mind. She saw the twitch in his neck.. His scales would stop part of her attack, if she was swift.. No, best not.

"It's not that, it's just.. You didn't tell me this was what you wanted." He looked puzzled.. "What are you talking about? I sent you out to pick up some things from Dry Bone." She shook her head "It.. Things got complicated." He laughed then, and her spine weakened. "So what happened? No wait, start from the beginning." He spoke casually as he took a seat on her couch. It was a gift from him.. She liked how he laid in it.

"Well, I went to Drybone just like you asked, for Ishgardian Crate"

~Two Weeks ago~

It was dry and dusty, as expected of such a place, a place where someone of my particular talents could come and go as I pleased. I was a day early, which suited me plenty as I wanted to head off as soon as I got the package. This heat was cramping my style.

I spent the day eating ice cubes and doing a few leves for the town to pad my coffers and slept in the best room as a show of their appreciation.. I'd have appreciated it more if it had air conditioning. The next morning I awoke to find a messenger had come in the night and had delivered a note. "Wagon attacked by bandits, cargo lost. Apologies." I ignited the note and gritted "Now, that just won't do." I said to myself.
(To Be Continued, $2.00 DLC)

So you want me to tell you a bit about my adventures? Well, sure I can do that, but don't tell my employer! She definitely isn't one of those who can appreciate hard work.

Yesterday I was having some nice catnip when someone rang the bell like a madman. Ofcourse it was her again. I was expecting 18 hour shift, that's what I usually do.

It might seem a bit rough to work for 18 hours but that's not how it works at all. Actually I just go hunt a few Yaks and then spend the rest of day sipping on their milk and basking in sunlight on cozy chair in Costa del Sol. When my shift ends I usually have just 10 bottles of milk left but my employer seems to be fine with that, or atleast used to be.

She sent me on so called quick venture. Wanted me to return with goodies in 1 hour. I am no Kobold, how can I even hoard stuff so fast? And when will I get my catnip? But then I came up with nice idea!

All around Goblet there are so many houses full of nice stuff. I thought that no one would notice if I borrowed something. I slipped into one house, the door were unlocked, so I guess it was fine. There was also this huge wedding cake, untouched. I thought it was already running close to its expiration date so I ate it. Then I took a small lamp, it was already catching dust so I think no one will mind that.

In the end, I think I did quite fine. Sometimes I feel like she doesn't even deserve me, I carry a lot of beautiful clothes for her but I am only allowed to wear her old stuff she no longer wants. It is hard to work as a retainer!

Oh, and here is a photo of me in case you were looking for a capable retainer. But please, don't tell my boss I am looking for a new job!

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Charecter Name: T'aretha Tyaka
World Name: Ragnarok
Choice: Scarf of Wondrous Wit

“Meow! What now?”

“Chill Madam Pouncer, I’m just lookin’ to get some Yak Milk. You know, same old, same old. Gotta keep the static fed.”

Madam arches her brows, silently cleans herself as cats are prone to, never breaking eye-contact. Leaf Penguin’herder, Warrior of Light, Bard, crafter, seasoned Elezen adventurer—he’s not going to let her win yet another stare off…

“What you never saw a cat clean herself?”

“It’s not going to work. I need the Yak Milk.”

“Go ahead, stare into my cat-eyes. You’re getting sleepy Warrior of Light. Sleeeeepyyyyyy…”

“And I’m used to you licking yourself in public. I’m not going to get embarrassed and leave you alone this time.”

“Meow fine! But I’m boooored to DEATH of Yak Milk! I want to go on an adventure!”

Leaf sighs and shakes his head, “We’ve been through this. Yak Milk is important. In the time it would take me to gather Yak Milk I could die at least a dozen times in Alexander Savage. Besides, last time I sent you on an 18 hour adventure you brought back a hide. It wasn’t even a high quality hide. I have to be honest I didn’t even try to sell it I just tossed it.”

“Meow! You what! I worked hard for that hide.”

A moment of silence.

“Well I worked kind of hard.”

The Warrior of Light arches his brow.

“Okay, okay I was going to get something better I swear but then I took a catnap and I woke up and before I knew it I only had a couple hours left and it’s not like I have my own Chocobo here! So I shot the first thing I saw with this nifty bow and brought it back to you!”

“Huh, nifty bow you say let me see that thing.”

“Oh yeah, I love this bow… it’s big and powerful and fun to use…”

“And ilvl 190 I see. Nice. You know how many times I had to kill Ravana so you could use this nice bow?”

“Meow. I know where this is going and I don’t like it…”

“Yep, a lot of hours in Ravana just so you could have nicer things. You know who else would like nicer things?”

“Listen, I promise this time is going to be different. I’ll put the bow to good use! That or my sneaky cat skills—one way or another you won’t be sorry. I just need 18 hours. Oh please please please please please please…”

“Okay, okay. But this is your last chance Madam. I really need something cool. I really want to be WOW’ed this time!”

“You bet! Meow!”

*enter this scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqPV_vEQAPk but pretend that says Madam Pouncer instead of the four Warriors of Light*

** Dramatic Announcer Voice** “And so Madam Pouncer’s quest began. As the retainer of the Warrior of Light, she felt overwhelmed by the great task destiny had placed before her. She did not know the true significance of the four crystals (in fact four crystals have nothing to do with retainers) but she did know she didn’t want to be stuck bringing back Yak Milk for the rest of her days… etc. etc.”

--Back to Madam Pouncer’s adventure—

“Hm, what could I bring back the Warrior of Light? Ooh! I know! Bahamut’s heart! I’ll shoot that mean old Bahamut right in the butt! Then I’ll claw him! Then I’ll scratch his Bahamut eyes out! Warrior of Light will be so impressed I’ll never have to get Yak Milk again! As a matter of fact he’ll probably promote me to adventurer! Yeah, meow! That’s what’ll happen!”

And so Madam Pouncer, with all of the enthusiasm and optimism of a young cat adventurer, set off all by herself to Bahamut’s layer…

“WHO GOES THERE!”

“Meow! I’ve been caught!” Pouncer’s fur sticks up and she scrambles around the arena like… well like a cat running away from Bahamut.

“HERE KITTY, KITTY, KITTY! MUHAHAHA!” Explosions ensue, general terror, in the confusion she hears a small voice, “kookooroo?” Just outside the arena, a small opening. “kookooroo!” No time to analyze the source of the voice she dives through and escapes Bahamut’s clutches.

“Woo! That was close. Hey pal, thanks for showing me that opening. Now scram fur ball, I’m on important Warrior of Light business. You wouldn’t understand.”

“Kookooroo!”

“No seriously this is dangerous stuff. You don’t want to get involved… Okay fine, listen I need to bring the Warrior of Light something really cool or he’s just going to keep sending me to get Yak Milk. I thought Bahamut would be a good idea but then I changed my mind… no I wasn’t in danger I just decided I didn’t want… listen who are you to judge fur ball? I don’t have time for this. Something from Shiva. Yeah that’s more the Warrior of Light’s style.”

And so Madam Pouncer journeyed far north, to Shiva’s layer. “Hey fur ball, why are you still here? Ugh, this is way too cold. You’re not cold? You’re used to it? Yeah I have fur too but… whatever you know what this cold business is for the birds… birds. Yeah! Garuda! That’s who I’ll defeat!

But Garuda’s layer proved too windy for the little cat. Ifrit’s too hot. Titan’s too shaky. Leviathan’s too wet…

“Oh what am I going to do? I only have a couple hours left. Oh well a hide it is I guess. *Pew, Pew, Pew* Oh neat look, another raptor skin. *Sigh* I guess I’m just going to be stuck getting Yak Milk forever. Maybe I’m not cut out for this adventuring business…”

--A couple hours later—

“Oh, hey Leaf, what’s up?”

“Madam. No witty banter today?”

“I’m just not feeling up to it.”

“Uh oh, don’t tell me…”

Madam Pouncer holds up an NQ Raptor Skin. “It’s not as bad as it looks I swear! I didn’t even take a catnap! I saw Bahamut, and Shiva, and Garuda and… besides you could make something nice with this right? Raptor Skins. You used to use them all the time!”

“Kookooroo!”

Leaf is scratching his chin, looking at his retainer, her average ilvl of over 180, and is wondering where he went wrong, when a tinkle, a glimmer of hope, enters his conscious, “Madam, what was that noise?”

“Oh that? That’s just fur ball. He’s annoying. Been following me around all day. I can’t get him to leave. Shoo! You dumb fur ball no one knows what kookooroo means!”

“Madam! You know what that is?”

“Yeah I just said, it’s annoying…”

“No! That’s Littlefoot! That’s the best thing you’ve ever brought me!”

“This guy? …or I mean… YEAH! THIS GUY! See here you go Leaf! Just like I said!”

“Madam, you did really great this time. Maybe I’ll start sending you on more adventures.”

Madam Pouncer remembers the terror of Bahamut’s layer, the cold of Shiva, all the wind in Garuda… “Well, adventuring is nice and all, but I don’t mind bringing Yak Milk now and then I guess.”

“No way Madam. You’re officially promoted to Field Explorer! I mean, I’ll need Yak Milk and Dragon Blood now and then, but there is definitely more adventuring in your future!”

“Meow. Haha.” She laughs nervously, “That sounds great.”

To Be Continued Someday Far From Now…

-Leaf Penguin’herder, Faerie, Scarf of Wondrous Wit

Edit Bah humbug. EU only. I saw it on reddit and just clicked over. Oh well better than working I guess.

Some people think that we retainers bring back some random stuff. That's misunderstanding and underestimating our job. Of course we've an off day sometimes and it's tempting to buy some rubbish on the market. But no, we never do that, we carefully look what suits our client. Clients often complain about the items we offer. Considering almost all clients are lousy tippers, it's a wonder we bring stuff back anyway.

Well, there is a good reason for keep bringing back the fish. The fish is not an item, it's actually a message.
When I bring a Blindfish for example, I try to tell you to look at my clothing. Most of the time I get the leftovers, which is not necessarily bad. But sometimes I really wish I could catch a Color-blindfish to make a more firm statement. The message here is 'Please give me a nice dress instead of this baggy trouser'.

Today I had a look at the FC house. This is a nice place if you like standards. Almost everything has it's standard brown color. Although the quality furnishing is not too bad, it looks a bit boring to me.
So I brought five times in a row a nice fancy dye for my client. But he immediately sold my carefully selected rainbow-set to a vendor.
I was very angry about that. I went to my private room and slammed the door.
Next venture I bring a Clown loach for him. Take that!


Character: Aibohphobia Bob
World: Cerberus
Item: Bluebird Earring

"Master better appreciate the six hours i waited in party finder, another four doing run and re-runs to get the practice in, the numerous wipes we endured to get him this 'Whisker's' item i heard him chat about." Raze says in a cheerfull tune as the group ventures back towards Gridania. Spring in his step to deliver to his master a wanted item instead of the usual fish he usually brought with him in hopes his master would make a fine meal out of it, but never did.

As the group returned to Gridania, the group disbanded and Raze returned to present his price. Moogle Mog XII's Whisker's!
Raze had done numerous attempts to bring his master something worthy, something.. that would make him proud! And once he had overheard his master talk about how much he was in need of some special whiskers from the moogle king, and checking around, he found out the items name and where to try and collect it, now finally, he had!


****
Five minutes later.
****

Raze presents the item to his master in the best mood he has been in for days as he hands master his price and....

"Moogle Mog XII's Whisker's.... not again... i wanted Kingly whiskers... not this crap..."

After his master used his *Discard* Function and returned to his travels, Raze was found passed out on the floor in the Shaded Bower and not accepting the 'Raise's' Cast on him.




Character name; Lord Aros
World Name; Cerberus.
Prize; Ahriman Choker

High above the Twelveswood, a roiling storm stirs the heavens into a torrent of steel fury. Lightning strikes quick and hard, charging the very air with static aether and whilst sensible beings take shelter during such inclement weather, Anders cherishes the experience. Currently venturing out at the behest of his master, he recalls her words even now.

“There’s only so much you can learn ensconced within Gridania’s walls, Anders,” she’d said long ago, reclining back onto the sofa and cradling a mug of hot tea in her hands. “I want you to go out and experience the world. Live a little.”

These days, rosewood from The Bramble Patch is easy harvesting but Anders figures it turns decent profit. Mistress Delouix won’t be too displeased. After brushing through dense thicket and passing a particularly dour-looking Roegadyn huddled beneath a tree, Anders stops short upon hearing a shrill cry.

Spattered in mud and cowering upon the rain-pelted ground is a young Miqo'te woman, dwarfed by the morbol barely ten fulms away. Its writhing tendrils slap and slither against sodden earth, leaving a trail of brown slurry in its wake. Anders panics. He can hardly fight such a dangerous foe with botanists’ tools. One snap of those whip-like vines can break a man’s neck, so he’s heard. Perhaps he can distract it …

A lance flies out of nowhere, piercing the morbol’s flesh neatly. Lightning quick strikes and the nightmarish seedkin is dead upon the ground, severed vines still twitching with a residual flicker of life. An Elezen man sidesteps the carcass, offers a hand to the Miqo'te, who rises from the ground and begins to cry. Clutched in her trembling grasp is a shortsword dripping with mud.

They’re adventurers, Anders remarks silently, recognising the gulf of experience between them – one, a leather-clad gladiator and her saviour, a dragoon dressed in custom platemail. Whereas she’s soaked through, the rain slicks down his expensive armour and leaves nary a mark in comparison; flawless and untouchable.

Years working for his master and Anders has never thought of her adventuring ways. He’s only sold on the rewards of such, maintained the grounds and gardens, called for additional services when required, but now he sees Coco in another light. She does this on a daily basis along with her peers – on a much grander scale. It’s the adventurers so steeped in life’s experiences that keep the realm safe, protect people, fight off enemy forces. They are the ones risking their lives each and every day, often without due recompense. Standing there in the Twelveswood, rain cascading down all around him, Anders feels humbled. He decides that today he’ll fetch something his master will really appreciate.

Much later on, Coco is exhausted and overwrought, but she’s much happier for the pitcher of freshly-brewed coffee; dark, delicious and brought home as a pouch of roasted beans by Anders, her long-serving and faithful retainer.

Character: Coco Delouix.
Server: Balmung.
Requested prize: Bluebird earring.

"Kojinela?"

"NYAAAAAAH! TWISTER YOU'RE BACK!" Exclaimed the unruly Miqo'te as she bounded toward him. With Coeurl like speed and precision she leapt and flung her arms around him, ensnaring him in her awkward embrace.

"Well hello to you! Do you have the ink and quill i paid you for?" He asked while he staggered, trying to keep himself grounded as he lifted her off of him.

"Um, no... Not exactly, but trust me, i got you something even better! Wanna see?" She searched her person, and found what she was looking for... "Close your eyes, and hold out your hands silly!"

He anxiously obeyed, typically the Miqo'te brought him back one thing, and one thing only... he felt something touch his hands...

"I brought you a..."

He opened his eyes, although the stench was a clear indication as to what it was long before any of his other senses were involved...

"Lominsan Anchovy." His smile somewhat forced.

"NYAAAAAAAAAAAAA! IT'S MY FAVOURITE! LOOK AT IT, IT'S BIGGER THAN THE OTHER ONES, IT LOOKS TASTIER THAN THE OTHERS TOO, OH MY OH MY!" Koji's eyes widened as did her smile, as if in a state of pure ecstasy.

"It... sure is something! This is certainly a high quality anchovy." He weakly smiled again, perplexed by the woman's child like fascination with the fish.

"I'm glad you like it, i had to make room in my bag for it, it's hard carrying around all of your clutter! I wouldn't have been able to carry it if i didn't get rid of that whisker i found earlier!" She explained, still looking at the fish, drooling like a patron of the Drowning Wench after hours.

"Whisker..."

Suddenly the gil dropped...


Character: Twister Phase
Server: Cerberus
Choice: Scarf of Wonderous Wit

After bidding adieu to Master, who paid me yet again with those Venture tokens (never any coin..), I decided to gather up a few things for my journey.

However, as I entered my private chambers, my eyes couldn't help glancing towards my bed.. it beckoned to me..

"I suppose a quick cat-nap wouldn't hurt," I thought, "it would be foolish of me to not. What if I were to pass out due to exhaustion? Master wouldn't want that.."

As I changed into some nightwear and climbed into my bed, I said to myself, "Just a few hours.." as my eyes began to shut. Tightly.

Suddenly, I awoke. A feeling of dread shot through my body like a chill in my blood. I leaped out of bed and hurried to my window, hoping to not see daylight.

To my pleasant surprise it was still dark. I sighed with great relief, fearing I had slept until morning.

I made my way downstairs. Weapon, food and water in tow. But as I made my way towards the door, my heart sank. My eyes had skimmed the clock.

It showed that the time was four hours earlier than the time I had gone to sleep. "I..I-", I could not speak. I had no time to speak. I had to find Master something of value, immediately.

Running to the market board, in hopes of finding a rare minion or primal drop for a decent price, I spotted Master warping onto the FC Estate. With no where to go and nothing I could do, I assumed the only logical thing I could do was to come clean and tell Master everything...but instead..

I quickly plunged my hand into a nearby pond, grabbing hold of the first thing my fingers touched. A Brass Loach. And pridefully presented it to him. What he doesn't know can't hurt him.


Yeah I'm no storyteller guys, sorry lol.

Character Name: Deadeye Zai
World: Odin
Choice: Scarf of Wonderous Wit

Character : Yuki Leonhart
World : Phoenix
Reward: ahriman choker

Will it happend once and we had a laugh on it so the story Riku is telling today is called Love me by a flower or Love me by a rock ...:rolleyes:

With a grin on her face she hold Riku's shoulders "make me proud lets be rich bring me something as fancy as your looks" Riku nods back at her as you please ma lady see you tomorrow...... Or so he said
Well what did She want me to get her anyway ..sigh i should snatch her gil and go spend it on drinks and dancers and fancy goods , not run duties for her lazy highness...... And why do i need this heavy looking armor it makes me look dull..... *Throws his armor off and wear south seas talisman* this will do , Now 18 hours what to do hmmmmmm ....... First is first Sleep ...
After 10hours "yawn what time is it .... Ughh 8 hours to go ...* Looks around now what , he drags his legs around the room lets go hunt something she said fancy aye lets go get her something fancy then .... off to Ishgard ..... After 7:45 hours wandering around ughh nothing seem fancy as what she wants .... looks in his clock Oh no 15 minutes what to do ,what to do...... Oh a Deep eye thats a good hunt its tears sells good she will love it .. And soo he runs shouting for my beloved master ....... What .. wait ...... WHERE IS MY SWORD .......... Ugh whatever ill just grab a window from the houses in the mist there is many none will notice *grin* and then shake head and say sorry she will forgive me she always dose .... Wait whats that a vampire plant that looks pretty am sure she will love it ....... Later that day *ring ring* soo my beloved show me what you got *hopes for a minion* ........ *blank expression * "What the... This plant ... Why This only sells for like 100gil come on its useless brings something better next time sigh.... Your being useless lately " and there i thought you will like it mumbling to him self next time ill be sure to bring you a rock ... And that what actually happened on the next venture....

When I applied to be a retainer, I knew I was getting into tough work. Adventurers sending me off without so much as a word of praise. My current employer is just as you'd expect, she just hands me stuff and tell me what to do with it. Can't say I blame Kaya'il, her tales are often regaled to me at the tavern, and it certainly seems like my work pales in comparison.

Sorry what was that? You wanted to hear about my work? Of course you wouldn't want to hear about me, my mistake.
*Muttering* No bloody recognition around here *Muttering*.

Currently my employer has me running off looking for nothing in particular, just telling me to "bring back what I can find". You should see the look on her face when I bring back a fully-intact cottage roof. No of course I didn't steal it from her neighbours! Though that would certainly be an easier solution... Anyroad, how do I find a cottage roof you ask? I just wander around places that adventurers frequently frequent, as they seem to love discarding bits and bobs that they don't want. Occasionally I find a roof, and I take it.

Oh, sorry, must run, she's calling me again; can't disappoint the Warrior of Light now can I? *Sigh* The things I do for coin...

Woops, forgot to write details.

Character name: Kaya'il Song
World name: Shiva
Prize: Bluebird Earrings

Character Name: Tomo Glaciertear
World Name: Excalibur, Primal
Choice: Bluebird Earring

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One day, I sent Kounosuke out on a venture. He decided, with his spear in hand, that he wasn't going to let me down cause ya know, I was about to fire him for all the fish and stolen furniture he brought me. One hour later, I go to see what he brings me for his venture...and he hands me, I kid you not, a White Raven Fragment. He just stood there...smiling...tail wagging in hopes of the good job he did. I want to ask how he obtained this but I fear for my life now. Help.

Character Name: U'holha Na'lon
World Name: Shiva
Prize: Scarf of Wondrous Wit



"Wait, you wanted fish?" A blood coated retainer shouted at his master, who was talking to his Free Company leader. The dragoon turned around and sighed as the leader walked into the distance and teleported away. "Yes! Not a pile of bodies! Ezral, I have a question." The dragoon said to his retainer. "Yes, sir? Ask away." Ezral replied. "How did you get through education? Did you even have education?" the dragoon asked. "Well, Master Na'lon, I worked hard and got.... nothing." The retainer's voice fell. "I never did have a proper education" Master Na'lon looked at him, with a look of sadness. "I have a piece of kelp though!" The retainer was over enthusiastically recovering. "Damn it, Ezral!" Na'lon shouted aggressively. "Time to go home, I suppose..."

The Free Company house was small, just big enough for about 20 members. Ezral was sitting at the desk as Master Na'lon walked in. "How are things with the company?" Na'lon asked. "Quite well, Sir U'holha. How goes the dragoon training?" U'holha Na'lon hadn't felt right since the Fantasia he drunk. The slow transformation into an Elezen almost broke him, and slowed his training significantly. "My training is slow but fine. How are your parents?" U'holha asked. The answer that came next was enough to send the poor dragoon flying. "Horrible, sir. Haven't heard anything from my father. But I found this outside!" Ezral handed his master a small bag. He opened it up and a small orange ball rolled out. And inflated. And exploded. U'holha Na'lon, the dignified Mi'qote turned Elezen was thrown into the corridor. "Damn it, Ezral! Time to go adventuring, I suppose..."

It wasn't long after that exchange that Ezral found himself exploring the area of Western La Noscea. He saw another retainer standing and crying. Ezral had already collected the item his master needed, but this person was in need, and Ezral didn't want to be early, or Master Na'lon would get suspicious. Ezral walked up to the crying retainer. She couldn't have been older than 16 and she had been given an axe and been told to get out there. "Please don't kill me..." The girl sobbed. “No! What do you need?" Ezral replied in a soft tone, careful not to scare the poor girl. "I need a certain item, the Lominsan Sparkler... my master is a big fan of Merlwyb and really wants to impress her." Ezral looked down at his pockets and found the item that U'holha had specifically told him to get. "Here. Have this." Ezral gave the Sparkler that his master wanted so very much, to a girl who deserved it more. "Run along now!" Ezral said to a girl who was now beaming with joy. "Thank you mister! I hope your master treats you well" "I hope so too..." Ezral whispered. The stressed young man picked up an old bronze Allagan coin and walked into the sunset, hoping that the dragoon back home would believe him. He didn't.

Berty, fisherman by day, crime venture don by night. After a long day of organising a raid on the Mist with his fellow retainers once again for various riviera furniture that would not be missed by its owner.

Berty sat down with his most trusted retainer allies to discuss their plans for the next time their masters called upon them. But after a long discussion on the benefits of just grabbing bone crayfish off the beach rather than risking robbing the local adventurers, Berty had enough.

"What are we doing?!" He exclaimed. "I want to do something meaningful with our time! I hear tales of retainers bringing back weapons claimed from primals! Do we really want to be small time housing thieves forever?!".

Berty had made up his mind, he rallied the retainers and told them he wanted to bring back something truly incredible, the mantle of Odin.

The group made their way to the South Shroud where they prepared for battle at Urth's fount. One of the rogues reported in that Odin had been spotted moving towards their position.

The ranged fighters prepared to fire as the melee moved to intercept Odin. Berty, as a simple fisherman, sat back and watched the battle unfold from afar.

The battle was a massacre, none of the retainers were truly prepared for such a battle having spent most of their lives stealing from houses rather than fighting. Gladiators were wiped out with a single swing of Odin's sword, all the mages were petrified fleeing from hall of stone then destroyed by the rain of Gungirs that followed. Finally, Odin took pity on the miserable band of retainers and finished them out with one swift zantetsuken.

Berty watched on in horror as his allies were cut down, but between his shock and fear he saw an opportunity! He drew his fishing rod and cast it at Odin! As Odin walked away from the battle he failed to notice as his mantle was dragged off by Berty's fishing line. He'd done it! He obtained the Odin's mantle -albeit though slightly less heroic means than he expected- and returned to his master.

"Here you go Gunsa! I think you'll be most impressed!" Berty said proudly. Gunsa looked at the Odin's mantle and said "Oh that's new, shame I already have about 25 of these, well here's 2 more venture tokens, now get back out there and find me those Onion Gaskins I want!". Berty looked down at the 2 measly coins, then went and sat back in the beach chairs in the Mist and picked up a bone crayfish as it scuttled by...

Character: Gunsa Cabalabob
World: Sargatanas
Prize: scarf of wondrous wit

Character Name: Yuna’ Spira
World Name: Shiva
Item: Mandrgora Choker

-Ul’dah Steps of Thal-

Yuna’ sighed as she saw what her senior retainer Angelina brought back from her latest venture. A simple clam.

“Come on Ange, we spoke about this a moon ago. You’ve been with me since the beginning, back when I was only a glimmer of light and could hardly slay an eft. You should be outshining the others but yet lately our newest girl Zafina has been bringing back better stuff than you” Yuna’ said with a disappointed tone in her voice.

“Mistress, please I’m so sorry. I promise I’ll do better the next time!” Angelina said, the tone in her voice was borderline begging.

Yuna’ held up her hand to silence the retainer.

“I’ve heard this too many times before Angelina. You have one last chance to impress me or I’m afraid I’m going to have to let you go.” Yuna’ said as she assigned the two retainers currently present their newest ventures. With the jobs assigned, Yuna’ teleported off leaving the two behind.

“Don’t worry Angelina, even if you bring something pathetic back tomorrow, I’ll swap items with you” the second retainer, Chris said.

“You would?” Angelina asked cautiously knowing full well that if Chris did something nice towards her, he usually wanted something in return. Ever since Yuna’ hired the two senior retainers, a bitter rivalry was formed between the two mainly because Chris always resented the fact that Yuna’ hired Angelina first over him. Angelina never paid much attention to the reason to why Chris dislike her, but Lynsey (The Miner) had mentioned before that Chris’s family are a known for their careers in the retainer industry.

“12 no! With you out of the way, I’ll finally be the number one retainer!” The retainer said laughing as he turned off walking towards the market place. It was in that brief moment that Angelina considered sending her Carbuncle Madison off in Chris’s direction but ultimately deciding against it as she was in enough trouble with Yuna’ as it is.

“What to do, where to go? What to kill? I could go fishing? No that Zafina’s job now and even I did get her some fish, she’d Swiftcast & Flare me! I could get her some clothes. Yuna’ does her love clothes, I remember when she bought a bikini set for 1m gil before, today its worth like 50k on the markets. That actually might not be a good idea because she’s super picky about her fashion and Stiles tends to handle to clothes related things. That guy does live up to his name. I know! I could-” a noise cut off Angelina’s train of thought.

“Meow”

Angelina looked over to the source of the noise to where she found an overweight borderline obese cat. The fat cat was lying on its side. The poor thing looked like it could hardly move with its weight. It looked super hungry too. Animals in need, it was Angelina’s weakness. When she was growing up, she was known as a friend to the animals, which is why when she entered the retainer career, there was quite a lot of surprised people. Angelina walked over to the poor fortunate cat and gently petted it.

“Meow…” it let out another hungry meow.

“Hold on kitty, I’ve got just the thing for you” Angelina said with a smile on her face while she fished through her inventory for a fish that Yuna’ had rejected the other day.

Angelina fed the cat the fish and smiled to herself as the cat perked up a little bit, it even started purring to her delight. She petted the cat once more before bidding it goodbye and started her way towards North Thanalan. Angelina had remembered that Yuna’ had said something the other day about needing Basilisk eggs for alchemy. She could deal with getting Basilisk eggs.

-Central Thanalan-

Angelina was halfway through Central Thanalan when she heard a familiar sound.

“Meow”

Angelina turned around to see the same fat cat from earlier, standing right in the area of effect of one annoyed cactuar about to cast off his needles into the poor fat cat. It was the animal lover in her that took off into a sprint as she ran to save the fat cat from its soon to be very prickly fate. Just as quick as she ran into the AoE, the fat cat moved a quite an alarming rate out of the AoE. It was in that moment, Angelina just knew that she had messed up.

“Oh twelve…” Angelina said closing her eyes and bracing herself for stings while the cat sat by idly meowing. Madison the carbuncle made quick work of the cactuar while Angelina attempted to remove the needles from her body. The cat waddled up to Angelina and purred while it rubbed itself off her leg.

“Fine, come on then” Angelina muttered giving up on removing the needles. She would have to get Stiles to remove them later with Esuna.

Things had started to go their way again, Angelina and her pet were making quick work of any monsters that stood in their way. Things were going so well that Angelina started to fear something was about to go wrong, unfortunately for her pet, she was right. When Angelina looked around, she had just spotted her carbuncle rescuing the fat cat from the clutches of an antiloin. The cat ran off to Angelina while an angry carbuncle finished off the monster. Madison the carbuncle stomped her way over towards her master and the cat with a rather large bump on her head. The cat meowed happily at Madison and the carbuncle considered attacking the ball of fur and fat. Angelina sensing her pets bloodlust, ushered the two along to the gate into North Thanalan.

-North Thanalan-

They had finally reached their goal. Angelina and Madison were tired and battle worn, but both smiled as they relished in their victory and observed their prize, a high quality looking Basilisk egg. Yuna’ deserved nothing better than high quality. Then the two heard a very weird noise from the third member of their party. Angelina had seen the cats eyes change as its gaze focused on the egg. Angelina had a bad feeling about this. What happened next was all blur for Angelina but all she knew was that she and Madison were chasing that damn fat cat that had stolen their high quality egg.

“AFTER THAT DAMN CAT!” Angelina shouted.

Angelina and Madison chased the creature through the Ceruleum Processing Plant out into the upper wasteland into Garlean patrol territory. They found the egg near some train tracks and the cat was nowhere to be seen. Madison was delighted, she hoped it had been eaten by a monster.

“Meow”

Angelina was annoyed now, she turned around to face the cat and deliver some swift justice until she spotted it sitting on top of rock formation, an area out of her range and coincidentally out of harm’s way. This cat had way more than nine lives.

Something had suddenly caught Angelina’s view out of the corner of her eye. Madison’s tail was standing up dead straight and her back arched into a terrified defensive position. The carbuncle was scared, but it was of what that Angelina was scared to find out. She hesitantly turned to see what was behind them.

“Gor- gor- gor- GORGIMERA!!!!” Angelina screamed.

-Ul’dah Steps of Thal-

Yuna’ surveyed what her retainers had brought back for her, Lynsey had gotten the shards, Zafina had gotten her some fish that she actually requested, Stiles had gotten her some fleece and Chris had gotten yet another impressive item, a piece of furniture for her private house, coincidentally a member of the Free Company that Yuna’ is a member of mentioned he was missing some furniture from his house. Yuna’ had noticed she was missing a retainer.

“Has anyone seen Angelina?” Yuna’ asked with concern.

“Maybe she finally up and quit” Chris said sniggering to which earned him a death glare from his master.

“I’M HERE!!” a hoarse and angry voice roared.

Angelina and Madison staggered towards Yuna’ and her retainers as they stared in shock at the senior retainer and her pet’s appearance. Angelina had needles sticking out of her gear, her hair stood up and was frizzy as if she’d been electrocuted and shoes and gloves had what looked like ice frozen onto them. Angelina’s poor carbuncle Madison had a rather large bump on its head, her fur was singed and her poor tail was black.

“Ange! What happened?!” Yuna’ asked as she saw her retainers appearance.

“THAT HAPPENED!!!” Angelina shouted pointing at the fat cat purring happily behind them.

Angelina relayed the events of what occurred while Stiles worked his healing magic on the two battle worn and bruised pair while Lynsey tackled the mess of Angelina’s hair and Zafina brushed down Carbuncle’s fur.

“So what you’re trying to tell me is that you went quite literally to hell and back just get me a cat?” Yuna’ asked petting the evil creature on the ground. Angelina was about to inform her of what she was really hunting for but Yuna’ cut her off before she could speak.

“OH MY TWELVE! THIS IS LIKE THE BEST PRESENT EVER!!! I LOVE IT!!!” Yuna’ cheered to the surprise of Angelina and Chris.

“Love, you’ve earned yourself a few days off. Now come on kitty lets go show you off” Yuna’ said taking the cat and teleporting away leaving the dumbfounded retainers behind her.

“Ha… ha… Hahaha…. Ha-ha-ha! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!”

The rest of the retainers backed away slowly from Angelina as her laughed did sound quite maniacal and borderline homicidal. The only thing Angelina could do was laugh. Laugh away all the pain, the burns, the freezes, the needles that the damn cat put her and Madison through and laugh off the fact that Yuna’ decided to keep the evil creature as minion?! It was hilarious. On the bright side of things, at least she finally got one over Chris.

I only just saw the 1st post in this thread, limited to 500 words.... Damn I didn't see that when I was looking through the rules thread :/ is it possible to re-submit or edit my original post? or is it only 1 post and no changes?

It was silly really, he concluded as he surveyed the cliff before him, upon which sat the object of his attention. It wasn’t going to change anything. He wasn’t even sure why he’d become so attached. Of course, he was treated with kindness, paid well, and there was ever a smile awaiting him on his return, whatever he brought back with him... That smile.

With renewed vigour he set about his climb once more, determined to reach his prize this time. Despite the two previous falls, he remained undeterred. He’d been trained as a knight; some small scratches were nothing compared to the broken limbs and wounds he’d seen the Warrior of Light return with.

Other retainers took the opportunity to go fishing or sit by the beach and take it easy; he enjoyed the relatively laid-back adventuring life that being a retainer afforded him. This time, though, he had told himself he was going to bring back something truly special from his explorations. Not a weapon or a piece of armour but something… different.

He finally lifted himself up onto the ledge, and sat for a moment to catch his breath. The view from here was amazing, full moon and clear skies. If only he could have shared this too. Holding a small knife, he reached through the thorns of the rosebush next to him, took the most impressive flower from its branches, and examined it. Yes, this is what he would take back. It was very unusual to find Azeyma Roses growing wild, and he’d taken it as a sign. He had taken only a single rose and left the rest; perhaps one day he would return to this spot with the fabled Warrior of Light and they would find them still growing there.

Twenty minutes to make it back to Mist, he could manage that easily. Climbing back down carefully, he dusted himself off and began the walk back. Passing by other retainers, he greeted them cheerfully. One of them pointed to the flower and whispered to her friend with a giggle as he walked past; he found himself suddenly glad that it was dark and they couldn’t see his face. Was this really a good idea?

He breathed in deeply and continued on the path down to the mansion.

“Ah! There you are!” The voice stopped him in his tracks, he looked around and saw the Warrior of Light standing there, fresh from an adventure of their own, holding two Ishgardian Teas. His favourite, he thought. Wonderful!

“For you.” He took the tea gratefully and held out the rose with a small bow. And watched. And waited. The Warrior of Light smiled. Not just a normal smile but one that lit up a whole face.

“I-I... Thank you… This was... Unexpected. It’s beautiful.” If there was a blush on those cheeks, he wasn’t going to mention it.

He smiled warmly and sipped his tea, glad to see that his gift had been graciously received.

Character: Loki Laufey'son
Realm: Shiva
Prize Choice: Ahriman Choker

Jusn was just sitting down to drink his tea when he heard the sound of that god awful bell. Sighing, he accepted his summons and went to his master's side. "Yes <sigh> I hope this doesn't take long he complained to his master. His master glared at him until he produced the fruits of his labour....Jet Black Dye. His master smiled at him, pleased with his work. Thank God, Jusn thought, she will let me take a break now. But no, his master produced 2 measly venture coins and gestured for him to go out again. Jusn was very annoyed by this. He'd already done 5 ventures today and here was his master, forcing him to go out yet again. Sigh. So off he went. As he was walking along the road leading out of the Ul'dah town centre, he saw something glint out of the corner of his eye....quickly he rushed over to investigate. Digging carefully through the dirt, he discovered a treasure chest over flowing with Allagan pieces and Gems. What a find, he thought to himself. My master will be very pleased. But Jusn frowned at that last thought. Why should his master get all this gold? Here he was, doing all the hard work and what did he have to show for it? 2 venture coins. Well, Jusn thought to himself....my master will never know what I actually found. So he grabbed his find and returned to his room to await his next summons. A hour later, he heard the ring of the bell. Grinning to himself he accepted the summons and went to his master's side. "Well, that was exhausting..." he said to her. She ignored him and held out her hand. Reaching into his inventory Jusn produced his prize from the venture. A single piece of Allagan Tin. He smiled to himself as he watched her face fill with disappointment. Just another day in the life of a retainer he thought to himself!

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Character: Lalasa Bell
World: Tonberry
Prize: Bluebird Earring

Character name: Klokwerk Heart
World name: Malboro
In-game Prize: Scarf of Wondrous Wit

"All over Eorzea, Free Company houses and personal homes alike have had their roofs taken in the night. Sources claim to have seen bright lights and saucer shaped objects above the Goblet. Could this be the fabled Pupu of legend?"
Kimera stares blankly at the news article before crumpling it up and tossing it into a nearby bin. She doesn't care for supernatural fairy tails of aliens stealing peoples roof tops in the night. She hasn't the time for such fancies, not if shes going to earn enough ventures for a house of her own. And with that she returns to the Goblet where her employer would be waiting with a handful of shiny ventures.