SCH59 and LOLDrama

Managed two levels today, cranked out on lesser birds, functioning mostly as a main healer but often using much of my mp on nuking, at least when the parties were going well. Mid-morning I got an amusing invite:

>>Me {Experience Points} {Party} {Do you need it?} DD ^^
Me>> {Yes, Please}
>>Me Can you pull with magic?
Me>> {Um...} Technically I can but i wouldn't be able to rest mp...
>>Me Can't you get sanction w/refresh?
Me>> I can and always do, but that's just 1mp/tick, not exactly a replacement for resting
>>Me We have WHM x2, you won't need to heal.
Me>> ...
(um wtf? whm x2?)

Needless to say, that invite fell through and eventually I got an invite to a better party which rocked the colibris for about an hour and 12kxp, getting me my first ding. Unfortunately another pt camped on top of us, lame on multiple levels as there are a *ton* of camps in that zone, but no way were we dislodging. Unfortunately our nin had connection troubles, and in trying to out pull the other pt we pulled two birds while the SAM was on an unannounced afk and got our nin killed. That pretty much killed our pt.

I spent about 15 minutes while I was lfp explaining to the pt why they were dicks for camping on top of us, noting in particular that the thf that was leading the group was too high level for the area (60, dinged 61 while I was standing there) and had completely gimp gear, including a fungus hat (lol) and a level 14 str ring (double lol). I had a partial success as one person from that pt sent me a tell saying he knew I was right, but that he needed the xp. Good to have at least one soul saved, if only partially.

In any case, I got a 2nd invite, and a party that got good xp for a while, until the NIN has something mysteriously "come up" just as he dinged. Sigh. There were no tanks seeking, but rather than break we decided to go with an atypical setup with no real tank, and it worked surprisingly well. The party stayed together for several hours and I finally managed to ding 59.

Now I suppose I need to get off my ass and go do the BC fight for my AF head, as that's an important piece of gear: mp, +4 INT, and an enhanced Sublimation effect. Can't go wrong w/that!

Then, after I'm done partying, I get a tell from Tomodachi to meet in front of the Whitegate MH. He hands me a pearlsack for "LolOrophinn", a shell made by Kayos, a former member (and co-founder) of Tribe who split with their shellholder, Orophinn, after a long and serious bout of personal drama. So I hung out with some of Asura's finest as Oro had a GM called on Kayos, briefly sent him to GM jail, and had to break the shell. It was remade under a different name. And so now I have a social shell ^^, built out of hatred for Orophinn, who really is a monumental douche.