Yesterday (or the the day before yesterday, rather), Sooraya and I got started on our 24-hour level-fest in support of Extra Life. I’m happy to announce that the collaborative effort of all participating teams have collected a whopping $102,991! This is an amazing amount! Thanks to everyone who sponsored, and a special thank you to the ones who sponsored Sooraya, who had a initially set a goal of $192, and surpassed it! Cancer had reared its ugly head in her family in the past, so your support means a lot to her.

She went in with the quote “Let’s make cancer feel foolish!” (Bonus mention to the first person to tell us what that quote is from), and so we headed over to Qufim Island to fight worms.

Two words: Screw. You.

I’m talking to the party that was snagging up all the land worms when they were capable enough to fight Snippers. They could’ve at least SHARED the land worms. Screw you. Screw you sideways. With a Land Worm. They ran away when the Banshees started spawning, giving us a few worms to fight against, but as soon as they depopped, bam. They were back.

We were there first! {/sigh} Beastmasters all over Vana’diel, I feel your pain.

After we moved camps to Korroloka Tunnel, we were joined by our good friend Sigmund. He came as a Black Mage, so we were able to kill leeches fast and furious. When they grew weaker, we moved onto Rolanberry Fields, where we were actually curious if we could take on monsters in the past.

Baaaaaaaaaad idea. One simple Death Wasp was too much to handle and after we managed to sleep it, Retsujo teleported us back to the present.

After Sigmund was raised first. So back to Rolanberry fields for the Quadav hunt which was fun while it lasted. We travelled to Yuhtunga Jungle to clear out Goblins. We did this for a good few hours until all of us reached level 30. We thanked Sigmund for his company and he logged out. We happily traded the jungles for the comfort of our homes and filled out the remaining hours of the marathon with some socializing with LS friends and people from the various FFXI podcast communities, dying in Garlaige Citadel and getting Sooraya’s Coffer Key for the Old Gauntlets for the quest of her Fighter’s Mufflers.

I also won a thong, but that’s a story for another time.