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1 WHM / 1 ILU LFG

[Yup.  That is - quite literally - all she wrote.]

Comments

[red_planet_blues]

What is that, some kind of code?

Who even is this?

-- Sparks Nevada

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It's a pretty standard set of abbreviations. It means I'm a first level white mage, first level illusionist, and I'm looking for an adventuring group. My name is Chiaki Nanami.

[red_planet_blues]

News to me. You might just want to say that, though.

Where do you plan on heading?

--SN

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I don't know yet. I was hoping to find someone more experienced to tank for me for a while.

[red_planet_blues]

Tank is a verb now?

--SN

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It basically means 'stand in front of a weaker party member and take damage while they support from behind with ranged attacks or spells.'

[red_planet_blues]

Oh. Sounds kinda like what I do. Might want to look into Warriors, Paladins and the like. Might just wanna say that instead of using cryptic acronyms.

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But using the abbreviations is faster and more efficient.

[red_planet_blues]

Not if people need you to explain it.

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I thought more people would know them, considering what kind of setting this is.

[red_planet_blues]

What do you mean, "the kind of setting this is"? A place with heroes and magic and stuff? Is that normal for a place like this?

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It's a common shorthand.

[red_planet_blues]

Maybe where you're from. How many replied did you get back where people had no idea what this was about?

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Most of them. But that's why I'm going to create an annotated reference document.

[red_planet_blues]

Wouldn't it just be easier to use words? Why make things so complicated?

[line_piece]

It's not easier for Mogomi. That's a lot of extra letters to have to write every time. I'm sure her hand gets tired.

Chiaki is always thinking of others, kupo!

[red_planet_blues]

Okay, fine. In the name of efficiency is fine, but if no one knows the code, then it's going to do the opposite.

Besides, if a moogle doesn't want to write, they can get a new job.

[Written in at the bottom of the letter in red ink:]

Sparks is usually just thinking of himself, kupo.

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But that's why I'm going to write the reference document. It'll be easy once everyone gets the hang of it.

Are there a lot of jobs for moogles out there?

[red_planet_blues]

I don't know. There's got to be, right? <-- Not as many as he thinks, kupo!

Anyway, fine. Send it along and I'll see what I think.

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It'll be ready soon.