Recent happenings have made me wonder about the properties of blood after being digested by a leech. Maybe I'm letting my imagination run wild though, but it might be worth looking into later? After all, that is what this journal is for. To chronicle my experiences and to provide points of interest that may be followed on later. Although I suppose this particular point of interest would make no sense by itself, so let me start from the beginning.
We came across an old acquaintance recently. A hume called Dietmund, who had left a less than savory impression after mistreating his chocobo around the turn of the year. Nevertheless, his son was not at fault for his behavior, and it was his son that needed help. Specifically, a specific flower to cure his sickness, only found on the crescent-shaped Qufim Island. Having agreed to help this wayward chocobo handler, we set off to Qufim, and soon came upon a pack of leeches intent on our blood. We disposed of the pack with some difficulty, and found this particularly vibrant ruby in the remains of one of them. Which brings me to my original point. How would a ruby end up in the stomach of a leech, if not by a curious process of turning blood into precious stone? Kii Kalira has the stone in her procession. Hopefully she will let me check it thoroughly one day. As endearing as her fascination with anything shiny is...
Our quest to find the Night Flower almost ended up in catastrophic failure. We managed to find the flower, and with the help of Dietmund who had decided he couldn't wait around for us to come back - admirable decision, all in all - even managed to dig up as much as was needed, but no sooner was that done than we were accosted by a sea monster of some kind, and barely escaped with our lives. Even this much was only possible using our newly forged energy bonds with one of the Home Crystals in Jeuno. It does not bear thinking what would have happened without it, as that sea monster was incredibly strong compared to us.
We came across some kind of a special promotion for adventurers while admiring the port area of Jeuno recently. This promotion promises to endow a free airship pass for the Jeuno-Kazham route to any adventurer who brings them beastmen chest keys from the three well-known strongholds, Fort Ghelsba, Giddeus and Palborough Mines. I have my suspicions about the authenticity of this request - a free airship pass in exchange for some keys, even if it's just for one specific route? - but Kii Kalira appears excited about this possibility. We will likely search for the required keys soon. And I admit, the possibility to visit Kazham does intrigue me somewhat.
It seems that the more time I spend adventuring, the more there is to do. I once thought it would the the other way around, but back then I wasn't aware just how many new and different things the world contains. It seems that I am forever doomed to find out three new things for having experienced something new, having seen a new place, or merely helping out someone. The world is a vast place, and the amount of knowledge contained in it sometimes leaves me speechless.
After the last time I wrote in this journal, we headed to Jeuno again. It is truly a treasure trove of information yet unknown to me. This time, I and Kii Kalira came across a tidbit that might one day save our lives. The Home Crystals. They are a system accessible only to people of at least some name, and having taken down the dragon in Palborough in January, we now seem to qualify. Not that we were offered the knowledge freely, we simply stumbled across it. Such a vast place, this world.
The Home Crystals are truly a sight to behold. They are crystals the size of a man, and while their color is the light blue of an afternoon sky, you can see through one and the glow it emits. It is possible to bind one's life force to one of these Crystals. It is a simple enough matter, requiring merely some concentration and advance thought. This simple act enables you to return to the Crystal you are bound to when in peril. Aligning your energies with one also enables casting Warp to bring you to your Crystal.
I cannot help but wonder why it isn't available to everyone. Such a thing could save so many lives. Mayhaps it has something to do with availability of energy in the Crystals, and overloading them results in shattering? This is mere speculation however, as none saw fit to explain the truth of the matter. It is somewhat disappointing.
While binding our energies to a Crystal in Jeuno, Kii Kalira decided to get creative. I wonder if she understood what she was doing. The motion to help concentration, used to bind oneself to the crystal and activate the energy bond to return to the Crystal, is supposed to be repeatable. She claims she knew this, although I have my doubts. I should keep an eye on her, you never know what she gets up to next.
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