Sneaking his way past a couple of Illuminati goblins, Jabediah got to the nearest mineral deposit in the Dravanian Hinterlands. He reached for the pickaxe on his back and extended the chisel and pick out from its folded position. With it raised high, his might braced to strike down on the rocky formation with wind crystals, he was interrupted by a familiar chime ringing from his linkpearl.

Jabediah sighed dejectedly. It was but ten minutes ago that his contractor sent him out on this venture. He corrected his Hamlet Digger’s helmet on his head and teleported to the retainer bell in the Goblet.

“You have additional orders, Lady Eir?” He asked his old fellow adventurer in his usual polite fashion while towering over her with his elezen physique.

Eirwen shook her head and craned her neck far back, almost looking straight up, in order to request some clear prisms from his inventory to glamour a new gear piece she recently acquired.

He handed her the items, imagining a disembodied head staring up at him and wondered what new glamour the former model would showcase this time.

Eirwen thanked him and sent him back on his merry way without the barest of hints.

“As you wish. As you wish,” he muttered to himself as he teleported in at Idyllshire, “Why must I be such a nice man?”

Jabediah used a porter chocobo to return to the chocobo statue near the mineral deposits and used his stealth to get past all the enemies again. With his pickaxe ready to slash into the stone, he checked his ears for any signals.

Nothing.

Determined to earn his venture, he slammed his pickaxe in the rock and excavated his first of thirty wind crystals.

Minutes passed, uninterrupted by the locals nor his contractor. He got up to twenty-nine crystals and had one last to dig out, but the crystal wouldn’t budge. He struck the rock again, but nothing happened. Time was ticking and he refused to walk to an easier node. A different chime indicated to him his time was up, but was still one crystal short.

Jabediah hastily looked around for a wind sprite. When he spotted one nearby, he pushed the chisel and pick down and extracted an extension of the hilt from the bottom, creating a lance. Using the pointed ends of his pickaxe, which he kept sharpened for such reasons, he attacked the wind sprite with his dragoon skills and felled it quickly.

He extracted a wind crystal from its remains and teleported to the retainer bell, where his contractor eagerly awaited. This time, he found himself in Idyllshire. Wondering why on Hydaelyn she chose to be in this town now, he crooked up a smile and turned in the crystals. His hyuran friend could be demanding at times, but seeing her in some attractive new shorts with cute rear pockets made it all worthwhile, reminding him of his old days as a dragoon by her side.

Character name: Eirwen Mackenzie
World name: Excalibur
In-game Prize: Ahriman Choker