More Unearthed

My post on Wednesday opened up with the last conversation I had with Gary.

As I was copying it out of my Google chat, I had the nagging feeling like something was missing. The chat was too short, there were snippets of the conversation that I remembered but didn’t see.

Was I making up memories of this last conversation? Maybe it was by text or phone… I went tearing through my texts and emails and phone records, looking for the elusive conversation.

I was starting to think that maybe I was so far gone in grief that my own brain was starting to betray me.

And then the missing lines suddenly turned up in my gchat records. I have no idea how or why they were hiding.

So here is the entirety of our conversation from March 6th:

Hardest Post

FYI Ive been in the hospital in den since Sunday night I have something called pres syndrome the r is for reversible. I’m not announcing it on fb though don’t think the world needs to know

Figured if you poked at my dragons you may get curious as to why they are hungry

wait

what do you have?

This? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_reversible_encephalopathy_syndrome

Yup

is there anyone you want me to pass this along to?

Nah just Rogers since I figure you will anyways

of course, lol

you should totally ask for a copy of your brain scan and get that framed for the wall

pics or it didn’t happen =P

I’ll see what I can do

Ttl

get better, we have to go to dinner for Olivia’s bday

…

The last message was sent at 10:27 on Tuesday, March 6th, 2014.

That was the last time I talked to one of my best friends.

Banner – Arioch

I can hear you now, “But you said you weren’t doing a new banner for Arioch!”

And you’re right, I’m not.

But there is the matter of kitty Arioch that needs a banner.

In FFXIV, your character has both a first and last name. Since Tir already had a kitty lady character I kept my normal Arioch and added the last name of his character. So any references to “kitty Arioch” or “Arioch Jawantir” will be references to my FFXIV Arioch.

This banner was more difficult to get together than the others.

FFXIV does not have a model viewer like WoW. But the animations and emotes are far more expressive.

Banner – Jhaelen

Holy shit, 4 posts in as many days!

The last one up from the WoW cast is Jhaelen.

Jhaelen’s script has some similarities to Arioch’s. As my scribe, he probably spends more time with pen in hand than any other character I have. From his long hours of producing copious stacks of glyphs for sale, Jhaelen has developed very even and rigid handwriting.

Banner – Kaayn

It’s a good thing I kept all these files or I would never have been able to update the banners.

Kaayn is Selwyn’s twin, though he has no memory of this – only limited flashbacks of confusing images and memory fragments. His writing probably was very similar to Selwyn’s prior to his rebirth (redeath?) as a death knight but suffers from lack of use and faltering confidence. The pen may be mightier than the sword for some, but Kaayn doesn’t feel that he has anything to say worth writing down.

Old banner:

Banner – Selwyn

Makeover for Selwyn and this time it doesn’t involve gaining a tail and losing something else.

Selwyn takes his correspondence very seriously. Letters are penned thoughtfully and methodically, each word chosen carefully and placed on the paper with as much consideration as went into its selection.

The old banner:

Banner – Cruorem

First up is Cruorem!

Sorry to disappoint if you were hoping for a new Arioch banner. The font I picked for Arioch and the Clearcasting banner will remain the same, it’s Arioch’s casual handwriting, after all. That font captures his bold personality and flair for embellishment.

After spending a day poring over a couple thousand fonts until I thought my eyes would bleed, I have selected new fonts to represent each of my WoW characters represented in the banner rotation as well as a font for kitty Arioch.

Logic!

My work computer is having issues so I’m falling behind.

School starts next week. One instructor has opened the class early. (Online classes are awesome.)

The house isn’t as clean as I would like it.

I have 2 dozen or more unfinished craft projects laying about.

Not to mention two novels in various states of editing. (Or being written, the second one has some skipped chapters and a missing ending.)

There’s the question of some 100 titles sitting in my Steam account.

And WoW and FFXIV.

And the entire Wheel of Time series sitting on my kitchen table.

In the middle of all the stuff from the master bedroom that’s being remodeled.

So what do I want to do?

As Requested

Curious minds have been badgering politely requesting that I post some pictures of my new kitty version of Arioch.

Yeah, I’m not too terribly clever on naming conventions.

The game is gorgeous but for some reason I don’t take very many screen shots…

I am required by Square Enix to include the following: FINAL FANTASY XIV © 2010-2014 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.

And now that the formalities are out of the way, on to the pretties!

Not the Post You Were Expecting

When we last spoke, I left you with the cliffhanger ending of *gasp* considering running LFRs in an attempt to build my ilevel to a respectable level to be prepared for a *gasp* possible return to raiding on a casual basis.

Join us this week for the continuing adventures as the road takes us places we never dreamed of!

DUNH DUHN DUUUUHHHNNNNN!

Did our wayward hero return to LFR in the pursuit of better gear?

Did he return to the hallowed halls of the guild and revel in their camaraderie?

DUNH DUHN DUUUUHHHNNNNN!