Karma is a myth.

I've lost count of the number of times people have told me 'if there's anything you need me to help with, just ask' from all the favours and misc junk I've gone out of my own way for to help out strangers, often just because they've asked and I can't say no.

If I recalled all those overdue favours from people (assuming I could remember who they were) I could put together quite an alliance. It's just usually the people I help are not the ones that can actually do anything to help me in return. But then again, those who have helped me along the way have probably not benefited from the experience either aside from being given thanks, and feeling a bit better about themselves.

But you would think, that at some point in time, those who do go out of their way, when most others would just outright refuse or ignore tedious requests (ie helping with low-level missions - the Three-Mage gate in the Horutoto ruins has always been a favourite for me, I've opened that countless times), would get at least some love, just a bit of random luck here or there to sooth the constant slap to the face that this game is. Like getting that NM drop you've been camping for hours, or maybe an invite to a party...or even some GODDAMN RED MAGE HATS TO DROP FROM DYNAMIS-XARCABARD!

You might be able to tell what I'm a little sore about currently. I hope I wasn't too subtle.


That said, it's always good for the soul to show how freaking awesome you are by hitting stuff in the face until it dies, and hopefully making someone's day in the process. (Even if the outing cost me 15k, and I missed a merit party being formed...)

Plus it's always cute when they try to reward you with some of the random junk they have, like crystals and level 8 shoes or something. Because it's worth something to them, so it must be worth something to you, right? I usually try to let them keep it anyway, unless they insist or it looks like they will be upset by having their shiny treasures rejected.

But anyway, why me? I got asked to do this mission while I was in whitegate, they didn't need my job (dragoon at the time) in particular for it and out of the hundreds in the area they see me as an easy target (even if I am an easy target, it shouldn't show!). It's not even like I'm high up on the list alphabetically, unless they started at A and asked people until someone agreed to help? If that's the case, alot of people are bastards for refusing that poor taru.


Ok, now I realise that none of this is particularily important or interesting, and I've gone on for quite a while about such a mundane topic. My apologies. This whole post in all honesty was as excuse just to post that picture of my mule punching a massive big dragon in the chin. Think of it as a wordy caption.