Most of this server knows Cetranne. When people see this name most people think 'gil-stealer', or 'liar.' She is looked down upon as the person that you would never want to be. She was on the tip of the tongue on every other joke in my linkshell, how about yours? I know some linkshells decided to put her on their permanent 'we don't like you' list. Many people won't party with her because who she is. Many people won't even talk to her. She gets slapped everywhere she goes. Without a doubt, I'd say she's the most popular hated person on this entire server.
So why is this? For those who don't know why Cetranne is so hated by the server. Let me tell you why. Cetranne was a member of two different BCNM 40(Steamed Sprouts) parties that each did multiple runs. Cetranne was placed in charge of both the parties' drops. Each party recieved about 2 mil each in drops at the time, adding up to 4 mil. Each member was to recieve about 400k in their delivery box. Not a single member in any of the BCNM parties recieved their gil. Cetranne had kept the gil herself. When other BCNM party members found out that Cetranne kept the gil herself, they became enraged, and made out to ruin her reputation.
How do I know this? Because I was in the first BCNM party. I was one of those people that never got that 400k. I was the first one to catch Cetranne in her lie through /tells with her, before it ever came to the forums or known to others. I was the first one to tell Cetranne her reputation was going to be ruin for this, and I was going to be sure of it. I promised her.
Soon enough, there was hardly a person who didn't at least know to stay away from Cetranne it seemed. Like I promised, I helped to ruin her reputation. I told all my friends, my linkshell, made posts on forums, random people. I spread the word as fast as I could, to anyone I could, and the other BCNM members did their part in doing much the same thing.
Yea, that was awhile ago, time has passed since then. Word that travels far enough with enough people has the tendency to stick in the minds of everyone. Alot of people to this day still either stay away, or go out of their way to show how they feel about her. At first I wanted to let her know that I didn't care for her at all, at any moment I had the chance. I would /slap her anytime I see her, I'd get friends to /slap her, and get them to say 'Danyu sends his regards.' Call her a gil-thf, whatever. As long as I got the point across I was happy. Then later I felt like I just wanted to stay away from her. Anytime I saw her, I wanted to be somewhere else. I just didn't care to be around her at all, because anytime I saw her on the game, I felt like I couldn't trust anyone on this game anymore with anything I earned. I just hoped for the longest she'd give up, and never log onto FFXI again.
And then, one day, which is actually just the other night, I decided to do a level 40 CAP ballista, and when I get to the battleground guess who I find there, who's also going to ballista. Cetranne. With the people waiting around the Herald, somehow we had gotten into a conversation about Cetranne. Some of the people there had not known what she had done, and right in front of her, in /say, I told everyone what she had done.
Danyu: Cetranne use to not be like this.
Danyu: At one point she was on my friendlist, and I knew her once as a BLM in Qufim who fought worms with me.
Danyu: She changed when she stole gil.
Danyu: She stole 400k from me. 2 mil from my BCNM party, and 2 mil from another a long time ago. I'm still waiting for the gil in my delivery box.
Since, she was Sandy, and I was Bastok (this ballista was Sandy VS Bastok) I figured I'd be going against her, which would have been fine with me. When the match starts I was dead wrong, we were both on the same side. She tried inviting me to her party for ballista, which I declined and made a reference that I'd rather solo than be in a party with her.
Cetranne: Accept the invite.
Danyu: Give me back my gil.
Danyu: Maybe I'll accept.
We had enough people for an alliance, so I settled on the idea that I was in someone else's party even though Cetranne was the Alliance Lead.
Cetranne: You are so spiteful.
Danyu: You made me that way.
Probably not the right thing to do, but I didn't try in the ballista at all. I couldn't see myself trying to help Cetranne even if she was on my team. I put myself in situations where I knew I would die. I didn't score a single petra. You know, I was the intentional loser.
Of course, we lost the ballista, and everyone went their separate ways.
I was getting addicted to ballista, so the very next day I decided to do another. Another level 40 Cap one. Waiting for the Herald to start the game, I see Cetranne run by to join ballista as well, and instinctively, I /slap her, with no words to follow. Normally, she would respond to something like that...at least when I do it. To my surprise, there wasn't. After the initiation of the match, I find Cetranne on my team once again. She sends an invite my way. At this point, I had decided that I wasn't going to let someone ruin the game for me, especially when they had stolen gil from me. I accepted the invite. We all run to meet eachother, and immediately....
Cetranne wishes to trade with you.
Normally, I would've just ignored it or selected trade, and then cancel, but I was in a w/e mood. I selected trade.
She puts in the trade box, 180k and selects the OK.
I accepted the trade.
Danyu: :o
Cetranne: You'll get the rest of the gil when my stuff at the AH sells.
Cetranne: Yesterday, you got me thinking...
Danyu: I did?!
Cetranne: I plan on paying everyone back.
Danyu: omg
Later that day Cetranne hands me 80k in one trade, and 50k in another. This didn't feel real; I wouldn't have ever imagine she'd give the gil back.
I know some people will claim that inflation makes 400k practically nothing, but to me, it means everything. I was happy to see myself finally getting that hard-earned gil from that BCNM 40 so long ago, and even happier to know others will get their gil eventually.
I'm ready to forgive and forget. Sometimes things need to end. I don't know if I'll ever beable to trust Cetranne again, but when I see her walking by now, I don't have that urge to /slap her anymore. But I guess the only real deciding factor in this story is Time itself.