We’ve Dawned the Trail, journeyed across Tural, seen so many beautiful sights, and made so many wonderful friends along the way. However after all of that, it’s really good to finally rest our weary selves back at our beloved home once again.
Sisters’ Fashion Report Adventure XLII
~This was prior to Aikirees’ journey~ Episode XLII! – We decided to head out to Reunion and mingle with the friendly folks there, and possibly strike up a bargain for some goods in the process. Twas a lovely day outing for just the two us, before returning to Kugane that evening.
The Trail has been Dawned – Part 3
Hnnnng…! The 3rd part.
Major Spoilers for MSQ 7.0 upon clicking ‘Continue Reading!’
The Trail has been Dawned – Part 2
Was hoping to do this in two parts, but after writing this one up, it’ll go into a finale third part too. This is the continuation from Part 1 and the second part of the main scenario story plus the later zones! Major Spoilers for MSQ 7.0 upon clicking ‘Continue Reading!’
The Trail has been Dawned – Part 1
Over the past weekend, we finished the Dawntrail story line. Overall it was a really wonderful and fun journey seeing the sights and cultures throughout Tural with all our friends new and old coming along as well.
Without going into spoiler territory, I’d say this was a pretty fun filled expansion with an astounding amount of gorgeous scenery in each and every area one visits. They really put a lot of thought and detail into each zone with all the little places to stumble upon and find throughout.
I’m going to break this into two parts since I don’t want to make a gigantic wordy post about my whole experience, so with that, onto the spoiler related items past the break! Major Spoilers for MSQ 7.0 upon clicking ‘Continue Reading!’
The Last Hurrah – Dawntrail Edition
Aikirees and I have reached it, the final zone and story portion for Dawntrail. It’s been a wonderful journey through it all, for in which it has made landing in Tural feel like a lifetime ago. However, now it’s time to see it through to the end. Here. We. Go!
Sisters’ Fashion Report Adventure XLI
~This was prior to Aikirees’ journey~ Episode XLI! – As much as I enjoy the corsage, I’m not quite certain it works all that well with the outfit, or rather lack thereof in certain areas. Seems Aikirees is, once again, taking it with quite the stride.
Rainy Moment
While I was (more than likely) battling something, Aikirees got a moment to relax, even if said moment was a bit rainy. However, it doesn’t seem like she minded it all that much.
I can assure everyone that Lizicus and Laureine are fairing just as well during their adventures through Tural too.
Growing Concern
Y’all, I might be incorrect, but I’m fairly certain her pupper got larger when she returned from her journey.
If so, please send help. Q-Quickly! This doesn’t bode well for me.
Adventuring Interlude
We’re coming up on what I believe is roughly the halfway mark in Dawntrail’s story and, prior to setting off to Tural, Aikirees’ has concluded her journey which has left her looking & feeling vastly different. She’s certainly stronger and has honed her talking skills a bit more as well, but still with her usual ‘zee’s’ and ‘sies’ that she has been saying all this time.
She seems to be not even be remotely phased by the fact that she’s nearly doubled in height so suddenly and quickly though. Albeit I’m fairly certain she’s aware of the changes but has just adapted to them far quicker than I’d have figured.
On the other hand, I suppose, Aikirees has always been an interesting quantum paradox and this is all just simply par for the course. I think she has grown quickly fond of her new self though and I believe that is all that matters.
Now to just make sure I have enough fish in HQ to adjust for her much larger appetite, and check to keep her tail from bonking anything remotely fragile. That thing is a weapon on its own now!
How Dawntrail’s Going (Redux)
I’ve removed the original version of this after it came to my attention that it was being taken personal, for in which that was not the original intention. The original post was the ‘annoyed bird’ meme representing how my frustration reached apex from remarks, statements, and ‘background noise’ revolving around Dawntrail both in and out of game. It was meant to be just how I have generally been feeling even after doing my best to avoid anything, and it’s a similar feeling from that of when Endwalker launched.
For that I do apologize, but I fear the damage may have already been done and if so, I’ll take the full brunt of that burden. If I have ever done something similar like this to anyone in the past, I am so terribly sorry for doing such a thing; formatting will be adjusted here as well to help eliminate surprise spoilers as well.
I truly understand how genuinely excited everyone is about going through the Dawntrail story, whether one has already completed it, or is just now starting out. There’s no hurry to complete it, especially as of re-writing this, has only been officially out for less than a week. If you’re one of the folks who has already completed Dawntrail, then congrats! That’s really wonderful, and super exciting!
We’ll all get there eventually and be able to add to that excitement of taking down the big baddie at the end, but everyone does deserve to get that same near-pure fuzzy feeling as much as possible of the journey there. I do realize there’s folks out there already with the neato higher-zone trinkets (I’ve seen so many tron bikes from fate trains as an example and want one!), and that’s understandable perfectly fine!
We all know there’s still going to be that mixed area where it’s inevitable since everyone gets through it at a different pace: some faster than others. Personally would just prefer to keep that mixed area to a minimum, but I know that varies from person to person.
As for me, I do look forward to talking about the journey once I get up to that finale, and am excited to see how everyone’s adventures went. However it’s just going to take me a smidgen longer to get there, but when I do, it’ll be ‘zee awesome’sies.’
Before I share anything here though, that format change will happen. It’ll probably be a month or so out from now at the earliest.
How Far We’ve Come
“We’ve come a long way, ‘Little’ One. Journeyed near and very far, across time, space, and the known existence itself. We’ve been through so much, and now here we are you and I in the New World, and yet there’s still so much more to discover!”
Countdown to Dawntrail: Day 1
Final Day, Day 1 – The fact we got to do the entirety of the Endwalker expansion together. From arriving in Old Sharlyean, all the way to the ends of reality. We are very much looking forward to doing the same thing for Dawntrail and beyond.
… I will certainly miss her being ‘The Little One,’ but she’ll always be that to me.
Countdown to Dawntrail: Day 2
Day 2 – The most memorable day of the entirety of Endwalker: Sirena and I’s Bonding Ceremony. ♥
Having everyone there and then everyone coming to the after party with a lot of surprise pop-ins from friends across the entire North America and even European Data Centers, this was just the absolute most perfect day.
Countdown to Dawntrail: Day 3
Day 3 – Never in a million years upon founding Eorzea Cartographers would I ever have been an actual Free Company director. I mostly created the Free Company to coincide with all of the map making projects that I was taking on during that tenure of my adventures, but then these two cats came along and melted themselves into my heart.
Sirena and Juli made EOCA from just a house to a home, and then shortly thereafter Ellany came along as well to make it even more of one. Even if I tend to be running around with Aikirees a bit of the time, hearing what they’re up to is rather heartwarming; then there’s the times where even we’re able to partake too and it’s a really fun time.
I’m really grateful they wanted to be here, and once we all get established in Tural, we’ll be able to get back to our adventures together again.
Sisters’ Fashion Report Adventure XL
Episode XL! – This was a very festively themed Fashion Report for this week’s.
Countdown to Dawntrail: Day 4
Day 4 goes to the evening we all got together and took Sirena through the NieR raids together for her first time doing them! I sat this one out and chatted with the folks who either didn’t want to partake or came a bit later and were wanting to show their support. Aikirees went instead and both the friends who went in and us who sat out had a really gosh darn good, fun, and memorable evening together!
Dragon Tails: Dawntrail Fashion Show
Just a fun one the two of them wanted to do in the intermission time during maintenance. I do have some sort of conclusion to Island Sanctuary to write up as well, but that might be delayed now due to Dawntrail.
*ahem*… Anyway, Lizicus and Laureine did some attire updates during our last weekend scramble to be ready for heading to Tural. Most notably to distinct themselves a lot more than they did for Endwalker, as they had a tendency to figure out how to ‘twinsie’ without it being nearly identical. The only two remaining are their White Mage & Black Mage outfits since it works rather well.
With that, on with the fashion show!
Tanks, Dragoons, and Bards – Laureine sticking with her tride and true technological weapon, and armory. Meanwhile Lizicus heading a bit of a different direction, much different in certain ways.
White & Black Mages are their classic opposites that they have seemed to coin as far back as 6.2, but their Summoner and Scholar looks have reflected their personalities a lot more now.
They had fun doing that, and as for Aiki and I, ours haven’t really changed all that much in the last 4 years or so. Mine took a few new curves in Endwalker but nothing this drastic. We’ll see what Dawntrail holds for us, especially for Aikirees when she returns from her journey.
See y’all in Tural!
Countdown to Dawntrail: Day 5
Day 5 – The entirety of the Frendedex. Initially I was going to put these all separate, but I would have had to start at 30 days instead of 20 to do so. The sheer amount of folks, friends, and memories I made across the entirety of the group we ended up calling the Frendedex is just astronomically heartwarming. Just about everyone we all met was through Mastodon itself as well, and all the things that we did and I know still continue to happen, is just so wonderful.
Generally early on, they were small social gatherings just to shoot the breeze and see how everyone was doing, but not long they began to include running content and helping folks out do certain objectives. Treasure Maps being one that has been done quite a few times before and after my absence.
As we kept having these events, social or content-based, the number of folks kept getting bigger and bigger as word started to spread about the Frendedex’s existence across the Fediverse and beyond. The ones I mostly assembled were on the social-side to just gather and relax/chat about anything really. Sometimes it’s just nice to sit with a bunch of friends after a long week and just talk about things, and the subject matter widely ranged far beyond the scope of Final Fantasy XIV! It was really neat to hear what someone was doing outside the world we all have come to partake in together.
After a while, we even expanded to include the European Data Centers, and we spent the day over there having a very wonderful time with all of our friends that primarily played over there. There are countless memories and moments from all of these times we gathered that are so very cherished. What we accomplished throughout 2023 was nothing less that phenomenal.
The Frendedex has to be one of the biggest highlights of Endwalker and just Final Fantasy XIV in general in terms of all the things we did and friends we made a long the way. All the other events that spun-off from the initial ones was just as heartwarming to see and hear about as well.
So many friends, memories, and moments made during it all. I really do miss everyone, and I’m hoping once all the Dawntrail dust settles, we’ll be able to see everyone once again shortly thereafter.
Even if it’s just around a small firepit to catch up and watch the stars.
Countdown to Dawntrail: Day 6
Day 6 – I recently reminisced about this earlier in regards to Bahamut Day, so I won’t repeat myself a lot. This day I will absolutely never forget. The first big event I ever put together to take on all 13 Coils of Bahamut on Saturday morning with a bunch of friends that I had made on Mastodon was such a blast, and led to many many more gatherings with them and so many more friends we made along the way thereafter.
I could emotionally gush about that day until the end of days, and I still want to try and organize a second one someday down the road for more folks who have never done the Coils.