Ieyori's Journal: ARR

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Ieyori, as part of his daily meditations, keeps a journal. The following are important entries from the time he arrived in Eorzea with Yugiri (patch 2.2/Through the Maelstrom) until fleeing with Everyone's Grudge after the whole Crystal Braves debacle.

The entries are not dated with any recognizable dating system. Anyone capable of reading Doman would recognize lines of poetry where the date would go.

Anyone who knows Ieyori and is capable of reading Doman might realize Ieyori dates his entries with lines taken from one of twelve poems by his favorite poet.

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Sixth

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The entries between this one and the previous are again filled with travel notes. Something about having to stop in Gridania to adjust the guild paperwork, complaints about chocobos, wining a chocobo hatchling in a shooting contest on the way to Mor Dhona, and a note to speak with W'vani when he returns about that bodyguard position he mentioned.

The first words out of Yuwashi's mouth when I told them about Musosai and my new name was "Oh, so like that hero in your favorite book?" followed by everyone laughing at my protestations and pointing out that I should have known they would have guessed where I got the name from as the only person who didn't hear me acting out scenes as a child was Tsuka, and that's because she can't hear much of anything.

I should just be glad Yonoshi stayed in Doma. She would have never let me hear the end of it.

A mark indicating this part comes a few hours later. There are tear stains here and there.

Yuwashi has spoken to one of the other refugees here. A blacksmith.

They will be making me a sword. The first katana (or perhaps tachi, Yuwashi didn't say) forged in our new home. In exchange for the use of the local forge they will hold demonstrations for anyone who wants to see Doman blacksmithing.

It should be ready in a few weeks, and they will send it to Ul'dah so I can return and speak to W'vani about a job.

I will have to pay them back somehow. Perhaps I can join a free company or the Scions or something.