Chapter 8 is very long, I just started it but was too sleepy to really focus, so I didn’t make any real progress today.
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I made some progress on the quest, but then there’s a warning saying the next part is going to be long, so I’m keeping this for another day. My goal was to finish it before Lohen’s release, which might not be possible now but it doesn’t really matter.
I finished the WQ, it was much shorter than I anticipated! Very easy too in terms of puzzles and combat. This brought my exploration to 60. I don’t know if there are other quests in the region, but I haven’t found any yet. Now I’m just going to look for treasures with Nicole!

| Word | Reading | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 牧歌 | mù gē | shepherd's song, pastoral |
I forgot this set actually gives 20% CR! Thankfully I was a bit short on Durin, so he’s build is not as bad as I initially thought, even though most pieces I found rolled poorly.
My exploration team
My exploration team is all broken supports from the version. I need Nicole to find treasure chests, Lauma because I love using her deer form to run around, Linnea for ore mining and healing, and Columbina is not there for any exploration abilities, but we need her because the team would fall apart otherwise.
I also use the team for farming, Linnea is dealing so much damage, nuking most ennemies, and Lauma’s hold skill can finish off whatever is still alive. Nicole is completely useless as no one scales attack, but I love her burst animation so I do it anytime I get a chance.
I’m not playing any Reverse1999 at the moment, just logging in to do my dailies. I haven’t done the story yet, and I’m somehow not really motivated to do it at all. What I think I will do is listen to it on either YouTube or BiliBili instead of playing in-game, so I can do something else why I listen.
I watched episode 4 of 기리고 and loved this one! I’m right back into the series now.
Young Adult stuff is still not my really my thing, but the series has a lot of great things.
I probably won’t be reading much or at all today, as I’m mostly busy working on the website and adding post layouts.
I read the second story 冷たい森の白い家, such a fascinating, strange and sad story…
Chapter 7 was not an easy read, not just because it was an unpleasant description to read, but it was also more difficult in terms of language level.
第七章 诱伏 (contains spoilers)
Huang Jieyuan is staging sadistic performances in his private bar to find someone. He is contacted by a man from the Public Security Bureau to exchange information: the man wants information on the 一三〇 case in exchange for info on the 一·一二碎尸案. Huang Jieyuan says his notes are in his garage.
We then learn that Huang Jieyuan was in contact with Luo Fei to fool Eumenides and lure him into the garage. Luo Fei and Liu Song do ambush a man paid by Eumenides to get the documents, but they soon after receive a message with a pendant belonging to Jieyuan’s son. The message gives an hour and a place: an internet cafe.
I pulled Durin for Xiao, so I put him on NO and never farmed his DPS set (I did farm the domain a lot, but never found good Rising Winds pieces). But there’s two things happening now:
- I’m thinking of continue playing FFXX rather than the Nico-Durin core for Xiao
- I will pull for Lohen, which means that Durin is probably better on Rising Winds, and that Lohen will need a set of his own anyway!
So I need to find two good sets now, with DPS requirements…
| Word | Reading | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 清点 | qīng diǎn | to make inventory, to check |
I haven’t watched 기리고 in a while. I liked the first episode, and found the second one even better. I liked that the episode worked in two directions: showing deeper layers of the characters relationship while quickening the pace of the story and diving more into horror. But I found the third episode rather boring, it’s mostly classic horror stuff, not really scary to me, and I was also kind of annoyed that situations happen because of weird lack of communication (하준‘s sister should have told 세아 what she would have to deal with - I know she couldn’t know the extend of the trauma 세아 had gone through that could be used against her, but they could have talked about it, or the shaman could have warned her the demon will try to use her memories and weaknesses to create illusions, or just simply tell her more than just “pass through three doors”. The last trial was really good though!).
So since episode 3, I’ve been less motivated to continue the series, but I won’t give up just yet.
Working on the blog display and post headers is taking much more time than I thought. And I’m so sleepy too, I’m not making good decisions I feel like. I’ll probably continue working on this during the weekend.
This book is incredibly good!!!! I loved it so so much!!
It’s not a found footage per se, but it does have a lot of found footage elements with other media that work better in books than film like mails and forum discussions. The setting is very classic, just your typical strange things happening in a building, but it’s so well done. I love the horror genre, but I’m not easily scared and most of the time, I end up being disappointed by the horror fiction I read or watch. I guess that the more you consume this genre, the less impressed you’re bound to be. But this book was so well executed: it has a good variety of “media” sometimes we follow the main characters, sometimes we watch or read past documents. It has extremely good and scary scenes, like the kind that really sends chills down your spine. Reading the book really felt like watching a film, it’s well written and reads very easily, once you started, it’s just impossible to put down. The end was excellent too.
I thought I would continue 죽은 집에 관한 기록 today because I didn’t touch it yesterday, and just like that I finished it. This is the definition of a page-turner!
Chapter 6 read!