And the writing continues

[owlmoose]

I got a last-minute tap to write a backup gift for ff_exchange, and it is now posted! "Political Considerations", a story about Ashe and Balthier and how they might manage to negotiate something of a life together, written for the lovely lassarina.

Five thousand words, the bulk of which were written in three days. And now there are other stories crowding my brain, waiting patiently, and not so patiently, to come out. Not just FFXII stories either, although there are certainly a share of those. I do suspect that this story single-handedly doubles the totally number of words I've written for FFXII. I suppose it's time to admit that I might actually be in this fandom, instead of just lurking around at the edges of it....

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[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

The Grimoires (there are multiple and will slowly show up over time -- those and the other bazaar items are triggered by selling certain amounts of loot) increase drops by monsters/ They are definitely worth picking up, although there's a balancing act with upgrading weapons/spells/etc. One tip: if you get back onto the rails of the plot, the next dungeon will be a much better place to grind out money than Giza or the Estersand.

Glad you are having fun! I am very fond of Balthier myself. (This was my only FF12 icon for a long time.) I like Vaan, too, although I am known to have a fairly high tolerance for the "every-kid" characters common to Final Fantasy games (Tidus, for example, who I always liked a lot). I think the game does a pretty good job of ramping up the battles at a reasonable pace -- once you get past the first few, the bosses are a challenge, but mostly not so hard as to be super-frustrating.