Because of Trickster Online, I came to the realization that I have absolutely no self control. Spending <censored for my sanity> in one night just to try to get the Santa Knight, a rare drop from some kind of drilling game that I had to pay to play each time, was what spoiled the game for me and made me promise myself to never go back. Completely my own fault, but I can’t separate the feeling of dread whenever I even look at something Tricskter-related; I even had reservations about playing Pangya with my friend because of the six-degree type of way it’s associated with Trickster.
There is one thing I’ve always missed as a result of swearing off Trickster, though: Shy Joey, my favorite pet. An adorable human boy in a skirt! I didn’t even care if his abilities were helpful to my class at all, I just wanted him following me. After all, what could be better than a pet that looks like he just walked straight out of an uke role in a BL manga? A pet that looks like he just walked straight out of a seme role in a BL manga, that’s what.
I actually only had to play the drilling game once to get Shy Joey and he was obtained on the very last drill of that game. The luck stopped there. Finding out that there was a pet that looked this hot in Dream of Mirror Online and learning that pets were obtained through a (random) capsule machine only brought back the bad memories of my obsessive attempts at obtaining a second cute boy pet. I like DoMO and my pretty costumes and I’m not about to ruin it with obsessive capsule collecting. Obsessive clothing collecting is a different matter; at least I am not gambling on the chance that I’ll get a costume I like. I know exactly what costumes I am getting when I purchase them from the item mall or promotions, which means I won’t try again to get a certain costume. So I did research; I looked back through all the promotion announcements made this year, looking for pet specials. Not that I really knew what I should be looking for. After all, not seeing any pet promotions could mean anything: either they don’t happen or DoMO’s about due for one. I would need a crystal ball to accurately guess which of those is correct.
It was a moot point after a while because somwhere in those promotion announcements, a Pet Exchange event was mentioned. (By the way–maintenance also used to be announced. Whatever happened to that? I attempted to log in on Wednesday only to be unpleasantly surprised.) Apparently, if I had ever bothered to pay attention to the event announcements, I would have learned that every Friday there is a Pet Exchange Event: exchange four pets for one special edition pet of choice. Armed with that knowledge, I recharged my Aeria Points. It wasn’t about gambling for a specific pet anymore; it was simply about getting enough capsules to exchange for a SE Jade Pet.
Still, I would rather not have to use a Friday to do a Pet Exchange because it’s hard to get specific moments free on a weekday. So I purchased one Pet Package at a time (on sale as of this writing) with the intention of stopping if I got the Jade Egg before getting four capsules. As the accompanying image shows, success! (I totally resisted the urge to say, “Huge success.” Until now.) Now I also have a Rock Egg that I don’t particularly want, but I have a good name for it, so maybe I’ll keep it. Besides, I don’t want to buy a Pet Hibernation Box.
