Saturday night. 9:00pm. Playonline CD is popped in to the 'puter. 3 hours later (and 14,000 files updated) a young Mithran thief named Wynt is born in the world of Bismarck, city of Windurst.
I missed the music, amazingly enough. People ***** about the game's music quite a bit, I've always found it enjoyable. The graphics too. Other games I've been playing just can't compare, FFXI truly is a beautiful game.
Believe it or not I still have a few friends left in the game, and 3 of them were online. Verdigo, Audion, and Dreamingfaith. DF has had control of Wintaru for as long as I've been away. Incredibly, he's kept almost everything the way it was. After talking with him, he's willing to let me have him back if I decide to stay after my free month is up. Amazing, what a great person. The more I play the more I think I may take him up on that offer.
After a few hours of fighting I am now level 5, and I turned in a rarab tail to get a justice badge, and promptly put it up for auction at 5000g. This morning it sold for 9000g o.Oa
I still have 27 days to make a decision if I'm going to stay or quit again, but so far it's looking good :)