Hitting the wood

Having learn bit of mining techniques, I returned back to Gridania.
There is no need to rush it after all, learning slowly bit by a bit is more then sufficient.
After all, I'm aspiring to be a cook and an alchemist. Being able to mine ore wont help me all that much. Well, maybe just a little bit.

Speaking of being a cook, what will help me the most is to learn a bit of botany as well. What could be the better way to gather all those yummy ingredients? :3

I made my way to the botanist guild in Old Gridania and spoke to Master of the Guild.
She was a small Lalafell with really nice manners and overexcited about her work as most Masters of all Guilds seems to be. Well, I guess thats what they love the most ^.^

Having received my first hatchet, I made my way trough south gate in the Old Gridania in my search for yummy things :3
I don't know yet how a hatchet can help me here, maybe there are some chocolate trees?

The Beginning of a New Dawn

I woke up today to the new dawn, it feels like I slept a really long time.
I was in the old gridania inn, such a comfy place as of late.

Today, I wanted to visit new guild to pick up new gathering knowledge.
I decided to pay my first visit to the miners guild at Ul'dah. It may be bit far, but I know my way over there very well.

As I made my way trough The Black Shroud, yummy looking chocobos taunting me at every corner made me remember... it was not such a good idea to skip the breakfast today.
Continuing trough Thanalan slowly getting closer to my destination, Ul'dah, another creature found their way to make me remember of my growling tummy >.<
Those cursed dodo's, finding their way to annoy me... if only they were not so fat, they would make a great snack :(

After a while, I reached the city of Ul'dah. I was walking trough the streets filled with merchants trying to find my way ended up being more difficult then I trough.. once again.
*Why do I always have to get lost in here...?* I thought, trying to suppress the horrors of my last visit to Limsa Lominsa >.<

After bit of wondering around, I found myself in front of Alchemist guild. I had no idea such guild was here in Ul'dah, maybe it is not so bad to get lost sometimes.
I will certainly pay a visit here sometime later, but now is the time to find the miners guild.

It took quite a while, but I finally found the miners guild at the end of long lonely street at the most west side of the Ul'dah.
I have walked in right away wanting to apply to the guild. Master of the guild seemed quite friendly, welcoming me and eager to explain the history of their guild. Quite a difference from certain someone who always want to saw off everyone's hands.

I was sent to try out my new pickaxe and mine some copper ore. I made my way out of Ul'dah trough the east gate as I was told and found some rocks containing the copper ore right away. And not just one, but plenty of them all around the place.
This sure makes it much easier and I was done mining some copper ore after a little while.

I returned to the miners guild to show my spoils as I was asked to.
Master of the Guild looks to be happy with my work and started talking right away about how exciting it is to strike the earth and get the spoils. Sure its handy, but her talk about getting dirty... she may be well known, but must be really clumsy >.<

But I wonder.. how effective a pickaxe would be against those evil vicious squirrels?