I was skeptical about Firmament/New Nest being a housing ward because.. IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE BRUME, ARE YOU GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR HOMELESS
but then it turns out that Francel IS trying to attract people into it!!!
also the HW Quest Accepted sound effect is the happiest sound ever
also lol I was able to join my first Firmament fate and THAT was an experience
the cap do no justice to the sheer number of people and movement and the SOUNDS lmao
like being an actual cog in a machine... splendid

but also the Firmament is turning out SO BEAUTIFUL
I still love my med in Shirogane but I might consider just getting an apartment here
someone on Twitter brought up how the Forgotten Knight was (most likely?) started by the one knight who left after the slaying of Ratatoskr, and now I think about it every time I walk in and hear its sad music
can't remember if it was after Ratatoskr or after taking Nidhogg's eye, gotta go back and refresh those lore notes
hahaha I love that the quest basically tells you "this is gonna take several minutes so get out of duty finder"
ahhh this quest is so cute

my Hilda cap didn't work out but Gaelikitten!

uh oh
also is that our new custom delivery dragon! SO CUTE!!

EHLL TOU LMAO
hahaha and Francel's like "pls follow her! It would not do to cause panic among people" even though Ehll Tou is tiny
wow, when I accepted the quest I thought this would be a one off thing, didn't expect a story with such gravitas
one thing that strikes me is how spacious Firmament feels. Shirogane felt really cramped at some parts

FRANCEL'S LOOK SO GOOD

HAHA this silly.. and the first place she wants to see is the Vault hahahaha
also really meaningful that the dragon who wants to see the city of man and get to know them better is a descendent of Ratatoskr
back to gathering in the diadem /bitter sobbing

lol I scored an umbrella with the kupo vouchers! One thing off my to-get
just gotta get CRP/LTW/WVR to lvl 60 and then I can do job quests before starting the madness all over again hahaha

lvl 60 mates!! Now to do job quests first before I march to 70
wah gathering from unspoiled nodes is not utter bs anymore this is great!!!
I'm trying to get some dravanian mistletoe..
you get two commissions from two spouses who are like "this needs to be secret from my spouse!" and when the time comes for you to deliver the goods to the clients, you meet them at opposite ends of the Quicksand LMAO
THE MUSIC BOXES MAKE A HEART SHAPE THAT'S SO DARLING TT___TT
wow I finally managed to complete one lvl 60 crafting quest OTL the WVR one is still on hold because it needs soooo many things
hkgjdsg I thought I had to do a HQ item for the lvl 60 WVR quests and when I accidentally crafted a NQ item instead, that moment of SHEER DESPAIR...
but luckily it didn't have to be HQ T_T9 this is stressful
I forgot to hunt for some skins so I have to go do that now lol
so I just finished the WVR questline and oh... tears T_T <3
going through some really tough mental times right now so I really appreciate the feel-good-ness of the DoL and DoH questlines
now to get leather and then I can complete the LTW quest too. CRP gotta wait till I get ALC up to snuff
doing the job quests brought my GSM and WVR up to 64-65 hahaha, getting close to 70 and eventually 80!!!!
I can start doing the Namazu quests too, yay!
I can probably lvl DNC with the Ananta quests because I want that Lakshmi dance hahahahaha
also I was honestly expecting Gerhardt to be a Bad Businessman villain but he turned around so fast! So nice
yah that's 3 lvl 60 quests down

MYSTERIES? THE GAME IS AFOOT??? I'M ON
ALC 60: WELL THAT'S ONE WAY TO APPREHEND A CRIMINAL
that's 4 lvl 60 quests done!! I can wrap up CRP too
whoops, gotta get BSM up to date on that first
okok so now I'm just left with BSM/ARM/CUL, and then I'm nearly done with CRP too
all the lvl 60 crafter questlines are great that it's hard to pick a favourite haha

been so bent on gathering/crafting/all over again that I took caps but never really uploaded them, but some choice quotes
and that he's a fervent follower of Halone too hahaha
with this I've finally completed all the lvl 60 quests... now to upgrade my gear, maybe do some deliveries and them bump my way towards 70 and eventually 80!!
and also clear out my inventory, ggaaah
lol I meant to unlock Moogle beast tribe quests first and then move on to doing Namazu because Namazu had better rewards, but how can I say no to repairing the Zenith T__T
and all the pre-requisite quests were just HW feels upon feels too aah
Gyorin........
"Please pay me enough for these imperial guns so I can live comfortably for the next 10 years! ...no? Okay, can I have 100 persimmons to make dye?"

8 levels to level 80 on crafters mate!!!! Next is to catch up on job quests and then finally FISHING
doing quests to unlock the dwarf tribe quests now. The Ronitt questline spoke to me T__T

LALI HO!!

LALI HO!!!
omg I don't have to gather 101 materials for my 60-70 crafting job quests?? BLESS

sir pls take it easy

this thoooouugh, so cute (but honestly while Brithael's a good guy, Sekka you could do with much better hahaha)
AND THAT SHOT AT THE END WITH BERSERKING FATHER

character development at its best
lmao the HW WVR questline was all tearjerkers and heartwarming fuzzies, and the SB questline is...rich man spending a lot on gifts for his geiko

LMAO their reactions
the whole time I was just waiting for Kotocho to trip up because people couldn't accept foreign dresses
most crafting job quests: heartwarming stories about connections and perseverance
ALC job quests: MURDER AND MYSTERY

good quest good quest
and now I'm just left with LTW and CRP to catch up on!
then maybe I'll just take a break for today haha, or look at equips/gather mats for Firmament

hahaha at first I was like "oh no I have to run everywhere for this person T_T" but when she pulled off her magnificent SHUT UP BITCH my perspective did a whole 180
love her look too, her hair is so cute and the glasses just complete the whole thing
Serendipity is my favourite crafting guild leader but Beatin is pretty lol too

all creatives should listen to this though