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Right! With that out of the way, what's been going on? Well, first and foremost, there's been all the usual, but still ever-exciting, personal RP. Storylines popping up left, right and center!

And that's just the stuff that's been happening outside of our scheduled programming hours! Hooooo boy, has there been a lot happening since the winter break! So much so that, yes, I'm abusing exclamation marks, and I just don't care!

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So, starting off, there was the continuation of the company storyline, returning to a manor in the Shroud that we knew was home to some rather unpleasant experiments. In usual Jackal style, by the time we left the building was crumbling, which is convenient as it hides the bodies.

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Parts two and three of the Thya rescue were played out, and the character is now returned to us! Even less of a training Warrior than ever before (We're hopefully working on that, see above!), but they're back and mostly in one piece! Which is always a desirable end goal when it comes to a rescue, ne?

Sadly, we did lose the Reclaimer, our first airship and joint-baby of both Kilid, who wanted the ship made so damned badly (With more cannons. Always with more cannons!), and Locke, who oversaw construction of the beauty.

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We've had a few of the usual Missing Member Monday gatherings, which now form the basis of our weekly IC updates, bringing our own folks up to speed on the latest goings on within the Jackals. Which is always nice!

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Surely that's it, right? There can't be more, how much awesome can one post contain? Well I'm afraid this ride is far from over. How about the Sunny Seaside Bar? Oh yes, that happened. It turns out my counting has been a bit off, and this was only the 22nd bar, at that!

Major kudos to Savo for taking up the challenge of our 'quiet bar' and turning up to perform. This was the first time Kilid had the chance to hear one of her performances, and boy was he impressed. A second gil purse wound it's way to her for being thoroughly entertaining, while oddly moving at the same time.

Beautiful songs performed that night!

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Oh, and there was the little matter of Jackal and Hide turning a whopping one year old, too! A two-part event was held to celebrate this, the first of which being a conclusion to our current major plot arc that had us sneaking (... I use the term 'sneaking' loosely) aboard the airship of what we believed to be the mastermind of the current plot. Not a bad result, that night. Guards were dealt with, a prisoner was taken, and we got an airship to replace the one we lost rescuing Thya!

The prisoner died under mysterious circumstances, but what can you do, eh? (Really, no Jackals were involved in the death of this prisoner.)

Anyway, part two occurred after we'd stripped the excess luxury from the airship, and palmed the cargo off onto the relevant resellers, and took place in the Maelstrom camp, Bronze Lake! Food, drink, and some well-deserved relaxation was had by all that night, in a stunning setting. And not a Tonberry in sight!

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Done yet? Nope! Getting there though, I promise. See, that overarching plot event? It wasn't entirely wrapped up, there was the little matter of a rather heavily enhanced mutant Amalj'aa to deal with. And as luck would have it, the combat system we're testing needed to go through a trial-by-fire in regards to the toughest foes we'd be facing. What followed was a lengthy battle that, I think, introduced the fundamentals needed to take on just about any foe that the Jackals may come up against in the future.

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But you're done now Kilid, right? Surely that's it. How much can one FC do in a month?! Oh bless you, sweet Summer child. See, we have new members. They'd not experienced the delights of dodgeball yet (A dodgeball league is in the works, don't worry! We just need a few more FC's to experience the delight of ball-based battle.) and so, we had a dodgeball night! Just the one round, sadly, but still... hopefully the bug has bitten, and the newbloods can take to the field of battle again soon.

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Know what? There's more! Jackal & Hide teamed up with the Kindred to paint several towns red, after drinking them dry.

A joint-FC pub crawl happened, exploring the various taverns and inns created by various FCs about the community before ending at the Kindred's spa-bar, and I'll be damned if we don't do something like this again in the near future. It. Was. AWESOME.

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But what's a salvage shop without things to sell? Aside from what we stripped from the aforementioned airship, anyway! A member event happened! Cait led a motley crew deep into a crypt in search of suitable treasure! Frustratingly, I wasn't able to make that event myself, but given that I may well be nearing the cap for screenshots in a post, that's... probably a good thing.

Anyway! Back on track, treasure was found, fun was had by those who went along, and everyone made it back alive, which is the best result for any Jackal excursion!

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Ohohoho, I bet you thought it was over, didn't you? Well not quite! See, there was some relevant and important news from within the Jackals that we needed to share.

S' our great pleasure to announce that our very own Kheja'a has stepped up to shoulder the weight of leadership, becoming another agent of the Jackals! May yourself, Locke and Cass bring us many events in the future, and may your reign be long!

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And... I think that's it. I'm fairly sure that's it. If there's more, then I'll just have to do a second post, because Twelve help me if there's not enough in this update already.

Seriously. All this, in a month. I just don't know where we find the time.

What's to come? Well, there's a Valentione's bar, which you can see more about here: http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread....#pid241599

And then there's the big one. The 24th bar. One. Whole. Year, of the Sunny Seaside Bar. We're planning something special for this one :3 Lots of prep needs to be done, events planned, and costumes picked, but oh yes, yes indeed, it's going to be a fun one we hope.

What's the theme? Well, it depends on whether you're in the US, or outside, as to which video is relevant.

In the US? You'll want to watch this!

UK? (Good on you!) You'll probably be more at home with this!

From elsewhere? There's every chance you've got your own version of the above, and if not? I'm fairly sure you get the idea, at the very least. It should be good.

Hope to see you all about soon, folks.

Signing out,

Ol' Papa Kilid