#percy @ gridania: this place SUCKS

[sealrock]

febhyurary, day 12: journey

c. 1578

"aethographs from my journey throughout eorzea: gridania is... strange. did you know they don't believe in animal husbandry? all they eat is weeds and soup, I'm so sick of mun-tuy beans! some of the locals were cordial enough, but others turned their noses up at me. I swear these people have a stick up their arse worse than the folks back home—kept going on about how I wasn't 'forestborn' and that these 'elementals' of theirs would be watching my every move, else I'll be dealt a hand most severe. a bunch of barmy tree-huggers and clodpolls, this city-state... limsa lominsa was loud, bawdy, and positively reeked of fish (and piss and shit), though not surprising considering it's a port city. people here talk fast and don't wait for you to catch up. if you make one wrong move, you'll find yourself on the wrong end of somebody's dagger or worse. and don't even think about wandering around at night, I heard people tend to disappear if they're caught out after dark. I remember mum telling me about the various privateers that call this place their home, but I encountered nothing but washed up drunkards who rack up more indecency charges than plunder. ul'dah was large (too many steps!!), but thanalan is larger. I didn't get a lot of aethographs of my time within the city-state (my camera would fetch a hefty price on the black market apparently), but other than the absurd amount of stairs, the people here are too absorbed in their own greed to notice the disadvantaged ala mhigans outside the walls. but what really caught my eye was the natural surroundings of the land. so many old ruins brought to light by the calamity down here... I wonder if she ever got a chance to see them."