Quote Originally Posted by Edgedy View Post
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Ya i try yours ended up getting Lilac Purple first time i put it i did not get any feathers so took it out and try again. Got 14 and feed two more issue was that apples and pears also go the feather message. Which mean to follow someone else way of getting it you would have to take your chocobo out. Waste a lot of feed and time to get it 100% the way someone else did.

By the look of it there no real way of getting soot black by just following someone you have to just do it yourself and hope you get it.