View Full Version : Let's Play the 3RD BEST GAME EVER!!! (FFVIII)
Pumpkin
06-17-2017, 04:35 AM
Hai everyone, I am Pumpkin, and this is my LP of FFVIII. I hope you enjoy and stuff~
BUT FIRST
Have some awesome music to enjoy!
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Alrighty, on with the show
We start off on the beach with some strange music playing and the words that flash by magically
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And so we are introduced to one of the prettiest FF characters ever
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She takes a flower petal in her hand
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And when she opens it
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WITCHCRAFT!!!
So the feather floats up to to the sky, which becomes darker, and a sword falls to the ground while a weirdo witch lady appears in the background
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Some more scenes flash before us including the super pretty lady and the witch lady
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Two teenagers are sword fighting
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The blonde one is an arrogant prick
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Who slashes a scar on to the excessively handsome one's face
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That young man returns the favour as some black feathers appear and a bunch of scenes from the game flash before our eyes before we arrive to the girl again
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Ash she tries to fall in to our protagonists arms
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But before she makes it, the screen fades to the title
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Final Fantasy VIII: A Love Story~
Anyways, the main dude, Squall, wakes up in the infirmary after being slashed in the face to find himself being scolded by the doctor
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The doc, who, by the way, has no style, says she's going to call my instructor to come and get me
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As we lay in bed waiting, a strange girl appears
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Who is she? Eh, I'm sure it doesn't matter and she will have no impact on the plot whatsoever
Moving on, Instructor Quistis arrives and she does not look impressed
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After saying she knew it would be me or Seifer, we head back and Quistis attempts to make conversation, which gets shot down. She knew it would happen though and openly mocks Squall for it
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After chuckling, Squall asks her what's so funny
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Squall fusses, saying he's more complex than she thinks, so when she asks him to tell her more about himself, she predicts his answer perfectly
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Which causes her to laugh at Squall even more as the camera pans out to reveal out location, Balamb Garden
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We head to class and do some class things and get a plot point
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She also fusses at Seifer for injuring his training partner, and the dismisses class. The class was two minutes long, she's not very good at this
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I think this is how pornos start
But before we go see the instructor, make sure to check your desk for some nifty info and two Guardian Forces (summon monsters)
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How exciting!
You also get some info about the world
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We learn about what SeeD is (the thing Squall is training to be)
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And learn that Quistis has her own fan club
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We also see a student with the initials Z.D. who is obsessed with hot dogs...
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After checking everything, we go see Quistis
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The prereq is fighting a giant fire demon in the Fire Cavern. I feel like maybe I shouldn't have waited until the day of the exam to take the prereq. Just sayin
We head outside where we are bumped in to by a cute girl, anime style
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We learn that she is a transfer student and offer to show her around the Garden. We learn she will be joining the Garden Festival Committee and asks Squall if he wants to join, which he answers noncommittally
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We head to the cafeteria where we see Seifer and his minions, Raijin and Fujin. Fujin yells one word sentences (RAGE) and Raijin is the original Wakka
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Another student comes bursting in
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After being told no, he leaves feeling dejected
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After he leaves, Seifer and his posse (aka the disciplinary committee) chases after him for speeding
We go around the Garden exploring and learning things that I'm sure are not relevant to the plot AT ALL and will not come back AT ANY POINT
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We head to the front gate to meet up with Quistis and do some stuff on the world map. Get some magic, strengthen our GFs, the usual. When ready, we head to the Fire Cavern, where we choose a time limit to complete the trial
The less time you have remaining by the end, the better your SeeD score. I don't particularly care about my SeeD score though and screenshots take more time, so I went with 20 minutes which was more than enough. I could have probably done it in 10 but better safe than sorry.
Inside the Fire Cavern, Quistis tries to ease the tension by bragging on herself
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We get further in without melting or dying of a heat stroke somehow
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And this dude shows up
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Which series fans will recognize as Ifrit, the fire summon
He is very weak to ice, so go ahead and summon Shiva. This is my fave iteration of her btw
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Which will get a reaction from Ifrit
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I believe Ifrit also has Cure on him so you can cast cure on your party when you need to. Overall not a tough boss if you keep using Shiva
As you continue to do damage, he will praise you..ish
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So question. It says the prereq test is to obtain a low level GF. So does everyone get Ifrit? Is there more than one Ifrit? If they don't get Ifrit, who do they get? Because this is like... a tiny island, where are they finding these other GFs?
Anyways, keep damaging Ifrit until eventually
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Yay~
After that, we head back to the Garden to prepare for our final SeeD exam
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Stay tuned to see if we pass our exam next time~
Darth Ganon
06-17-2017, 06:37 AM
Can I expect three pages worth of DRAW DRAW DRAW or Triple Triad rule manipulation? :p
maybee
06-17-2017, 11:51 AM
We head to the cafeteria where we see Seifer and his minions, Raijin and Fujin]
* Gets horror flashbacks from that minions movie * :lol:
Skyblade
06-17-2017, 05:58 PM
FFVIII had my favorite incarnation of Shiva as well.
Bubba
06-17-2017, 10:34 PM
Best thread Ciddies 2017. I am SUPER excited about this!
You are a winner, Ashton. You WILL pass the SeeD exam.
Lyndis Highwind
06-18-2017, 03:18 AM
Aww man, I love this game! So much nostalgia and awesomeness. :)
Pumpkin
06-23-2017, 04:17 AM
Hey guys, sorry its been a while. I was having trouble with my imgur. It would say 20 images uploaded but there would only be 17 and of those 17 only some would work yada yada, but it seems to be working now so hopefully I can update more regularly!
Now then, when we left off we were told to go change and go meet Instructor Quistis for our SeeD exam. The first order of business is getting our team assignments. And the first member of our team is
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As if to prove her right, here comes Zell, flipping his way down the hall
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If he looks familiar, its because he was the kid trying to get the hot dogs earlier
He introduces himself and tries to get a handshake from Squall, which doesn't go well
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He talks about how he knows about Squall's feud with Seifer and all dat
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And Quistis chimes in with some excellent news
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Yay~
Why he's the squad leader when he's already failed the SeeD exam a few times is beyond me, but whatever. Seifer and his posse show up and Quistis wishes us luck on our exam
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And that was probably the best comeback for the situation, you tell 'em Quistis
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Sure, that checks out
Anyways, the headmaster himself, Cid Kramer, a.k.a Robin Williams (RIP) comes to give us a speech about not screwing up or whatever
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It's long and pretty dull. Seifer and Squall are ~special~ because they're gunblade specialists. Again, why put your only two gunblade specialists on the same team? But whatever
Off we go on our exam in this hideous green and yellow car
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I know this is a fantasy game but that's just more fantasy than I can handle
On the way, Zell tries to make friends with Squall by asking to touch his gunblade. Squall stays silent
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So Zell, feeling impatient, gets up and starts shadow boxing
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The older I get the less clever that nickname seems. Chicken and wuss are both basically ways of saying coward so its like he's calling him coward coward. That's not clever. That's just dumb.
Quistis gets up and fusses at them to settle down and Squall changes the subject to the mysterious girl in the infirmary
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Unfortunately, Quistis has no idea who he's talking about as she didn't notice anyone
GHOST CONFIRMED
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We get out of the car and get on to a boat to head to our destination.
Xu, another SeeD member, arrives to give us our mission details while also poking fun at how many times Seifer has had to retake the exam
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Anyways the mission info
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It goes on for longer but that's the gist of it. Then we get cool boat FMVs
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And we get to see some explosions because nothing says battle like explosions
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And then they do a thing that was actually pretty neat for the time where there's an FMV of the ships arriving and then the characters come out
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Also, as tempting as it is to talk to everyone in an RPG and to talk back to Seifer, those things will affect your exam results so be careful.
We head to the central square, which is the area we are to secure
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After fighting off some baddies in the central square and meeting a doggy friend, Seifer starts to get impatient until the dog alerts us to some more soldiers. We hide to see what they're up to
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It seems that they're all headed for the com tower in a large group. Seifer decides we should go after them and Zell pitches a fit because it's not their assignment. As for Squall
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This upsets Zell who doesn't understand why he's agreeing with his rival, but we end up going because captain's orders
We see a Dollet soldier on the way
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But before he can tell us much more
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He gets attacked by a giant snake and dies
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We fight the ugly snake, which isn't super challenging, and we do so with the help of our new summon, Ifrit!
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And Quezacotl
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The murderous snake is defeated and we head further in where Seifer is just raring to go
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And so off he runs by himself and Selphie, the girl we showed around the Garden earlier, shows up to deliver a message
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After falling off a cliff
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She's resilient though so it's fine
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It may look like she's making a silly face but that's actually the brain damage
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She needs to speak to our squad leader because she has new orders for him so she asks where he is
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And so we chase after Seifer.
Meanwhile, on top of the com tower
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Wedge tries to tell Biggs that a monster shaped shadow has been appearing above them, but Biggs is not concerned
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Yeah, it's probably nothing
Selphie, Squall, and Zell arrive on op of the tower just in time to see that Major Biggs finished the necessary repairs
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The tower starts shaking and a wrench falls off, which allows the game to show us how high up we are
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Too high up
We also see a satellite activate and start sending out laser beams, as they do
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Biggs is satisfied with a job well done until he turns around and sees us
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But Seifer, who has decided to make a appearance, prevents him from leaving.
BOSS FIGHT TIME
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After beating on them a little bit, something else decides to finish the job. Although note that Wedge has cure if you need it to cast without going in to your stock of magic
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Which leads to our next boss fight!
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Before you beat on this thing though, make sure you draw the next summon from it!
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Once you do beat it, it weirdly explodes and disappears from existence
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Er... yeah
Anyways, now that Seifer is back, Selphie can deliver her message
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And then he ditches us again.
We head back down to escape but it seems Biggs has another plan up his sleeves
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And so we get attacked by this thing
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If you've played this game enough, done enough grinding, or have access to cheats, go ahead and beat it like I did for some points. If not, just keep running away. Not worth game overing for it
And what happens if you don't defeat it? Well, that's something I'd like to keep as a surprise for those who haven't played it yet but SURELY WILL SOME DAY but it's cool and it involves this
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After escaping and withdrawing, we return to Balamb with our SeeD exam concluded
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Did we pass our exam?
Find out next time~
I love this game. I just recently beat it. :D
Bubba
06-23-2017, 09:15 AM
I remember playing through the SeeD exam the first time round and thinking "This is gonna be better than FFVII!" It didn't quite live up to it in the end but this is still an excellent entry in my opinion.
Fun fact: I have never defeated X-ATM092
Lyndis Highwind
06-23-2017, 09:56 PM
Zell has always had my favorite entrance cutscene! This is reaallly making want to play this game again.
Pumpkin
06-24-2017, 04:07 AM
On our way back from our exam, we stop by Zell's house, which is in Balamb
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You can play cards with her if you want
You can also get this bit of info
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Man, all this Galbadia stuff going on. Hopefully it's no big deal!
So we head back to the Garden and everyone goes their separate ways
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On the way back we overhear a conversation between two people discussing how the Galbadian Army was after the Radio Tower, which is odd because
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The student asks me if I know why that is, and because I'm a super good student, I have the answer
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Hey, wow. And Squall is 17. WHAT A COINCIDENCE
We also overhear Xu, Quistis, and Headmaster Williams talking about the mission
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WE GET IT, THE TOWER
It's almost like this is an important plot point or something, geez
Then we head down to hall to find Seifer sulking
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Xu and Quistis arrive and Quistis tells him that he didn't care about doing the right thing, he was just looking for a fight
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Xu doesn't like Seifer insulting her fellow instructor and lays in to him
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This visibly upsets him and Xu and Quistis leave as Cid comes to comfort him
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Unfortunately, Cid can't properly comfort him before he's pulled aside from the faculty
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After Cid leaves, the faculty member has a few things to say about how the Garden is not a non-profit
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After that lovely talk, the announcement we had been waiting for finally arrives
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Raijin, the female Seifer groupie, is not pleased
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Then again, she rarely is
A faculty member (yes they all have the stupid yellow hats) arrives to tell us who passed. First up is our buddy Zell
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We also get called forward
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And we head upstairs for our graduation thingy
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That's a pretty sad number. The four are Squall, Zell, Selphie, and some rando
Cid starts making a speech about how we are mercenaries but one day we will fulfill the true purpose of SeeD but before he can tell us what it is, Faculty Member interrupts him again
Also, turns out the rando is a bit weird
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.....
Also, Zell and Selphie are skipping around happily over there. Good for them
We head back to the hallway where everyone is waiting, including Seifer, and it's awkward for a minute. But then Seifer decides to be a big man and start applauding. Everyone else follows suit
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And we get our report card!
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In case you're wondering, the 5 pts is because I had bunches of time left in the Fire Cavern, I think. But a rank of 8 is actually pretty good. 6+ is where you want to be! Not too shabby~
Afterwards, its time for a celebration
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We get on our nifty new SeeD uniform and
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Yeah
At the party Squall acts like his typical wallflower self and Zell comes over to congratulate him
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Zell leaves and gets pestered by Selphie to join the Garden Festival Committee
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Afterwards she comes to ask us to join and I say sure because you don't really have to do anything anyway and I prefer playing as nice Squall
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She walks away happy and then Squall spots a pretty lady in the crowd
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Who spots Squall back
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And then comes over
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Squall gives her the silent treatment, as he does, but she doesn't give up, instead trying her hand at hypnotism
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When that fails, she just drags him on to the dance floor
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Sure enough, Squall awkwardly fumbles about at first, almost falling on her at one point
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He tries to leave but she drags him back
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The poor dancing continues as they bump in to another couple
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But the girl has no apologies
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After that, Squall miraculously starts dancing better just because and the dance ends with magical fireworks because video game
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When she give you dat look
Seriously though, they would have the prettiest babies
Unfortunately, the romantic night ends when the girl notices the person she'd been looking for and takes off
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Squall gets off the dance floor and gets some fresh air
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This is something a girlfriend says to her boyfriend when they're going to break up soon, not something an instructor should say to her student
Go home Quistis, you're drunk
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SEE?!
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THIS ISN'T HELPING
Anyways, she tells us that's her last order and marches us through the dangerous T-Rex filled training center to go to this secret area
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(She's 18 now)
Squall, however, gives zero craps about her story
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Daaaaaaang
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Look at her droppy eye. She is 100% drunk, let's be honest here
So we head back to the entrance, probably with some awkwardness, when we see the girl from the infirmary in distress
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She's being attacked by a giant wasp thing so we step in for a BOSS FIGHT
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If I were you I would focus on offing two of the round dudes on the ground and draw some Protects and whatever else you need from the last one. The wasp will just occasionally do things like drop him on you
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Or roll him in to you
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When you have what you need, take out the round dude and focus on the wasp. The round dudes are much more harmful on their own. And if you stat Junction sleep to your attack you can keep the wasp dude asleep for the fight if you cast his own magic at him
Once that's done, two dudes in white suits show up for the girl
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WHERE WERE YOU GUYS FIVE MINUTES AGO!?
And so they take off and we leave, and Quistis leaves us with some parting words
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On our way back to bed Zell has some news for us
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We got new rooms, yay!
We head to bed and are woken up the next morning by Selphie
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There's also a new weapon magazine on the desk!
Tune in next time for our first official SeeD mission~
Darth Ganon
06-24-2017, 06:37 AM
"Go home, Quistis. You're drunk."
https://i.makeagif.com/media/4-11-2015/ToZOEM.gif
Bubba
06-24-2017, 10:19 AM
Quistis is clearly one of those weird people that have raw onion in their salad.
Oh man, that "Go talk to a wall" line is brutal and really put me off Squall. I don't care if you're naturally quiet and introverted. That is just really unpleasant.
Xu is hot.
Lyndis Highwind
06-24-2017, 05:32 PM
Yeah that talk Squall and Quistis had made me finally decide that Squall is a total jerk. Also "Waltz for the Moon" is one of my fav FF tracks ever! I love that scene.
Pumpkin
06-26-2017, 05:47 AM
It's time to get ready for our first official mission as SeeD!
But first, if you head back to your desk, you can see that Selphie has already gotten started with the Garden Festival Committee!
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She even hosts a public diary there that you can check whenever you come back to Balamb
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She also shares her worries about her first mission
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She also worries if her teammates are going to be nice
So we head to the front gate to receiver our mission. Selphie is already there and Zell shows up on a hoverboard
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...Which is quickly confiscated for violating Garden rules
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Also, I like how three of the recent graduates are going on this mission, but that one rando dude is just nowhere to be found. Poor guy. It's not easy being a random NPC in video games
So Cid gives us our mission. We will be heading to a place called Timber
http://i.imgur.com/VLYSA7z.png
When we ask if it's only the three of us...
http://i.imgur.com/61dWtKp.png
It seems they wouldn't normally even take this job
Anyways, our mission is set, but first, we talk to Cid again to get a special item
http://i.imgur.com/cwQnxrU.png
The magic lamp he gives you contains the GF Diablos. By defeating him you gain him as a summon. It's been my experience that he starts off near useless but his growth is great. He also gets harder to fight the longer you put it off I think, so might as well get it over with. Just head to the world map, save, and use the item
http://i.imgur.com/OYK7QC0.png
This is a tough fight. He likes to Demi your party to get them weak
http://i.imgur.com/JkmDnm2.png
And then he pulls crap like this
http://i.imgur.com/rnsBt9Y.png
Thankfully, Selphie's limit break is pretty good and I landed on Full-Heal quickly
http://i.imgur.com/MS9hAlY.png
(Don't worry, I revived Zell)
After you defeat him, he joins you
http://i.imgur.com/ueORJDw.png
So we head to Balamb to catch a train and see how the folks are doing in town
http://i.imgur.com/KUpHpzf.png
Yes, we stop by to say hi to Ma Dincht. Afterwards, we head to the train station
http://i.imgur.com/aOHGSKd.png
You will need 3000G to board the train but since you're SeeD now, you receive a regular salary, so it shouldn't be a problem. You can also improve your SeeD rank by taking tests under the Tutorial section of the menu
We get on the train which Zell and Selphie are mega hype about
http://i.imgur.com/G5jq4Tl.png
http://i.imgur.com/urxEtyN.png
Selphie even makes up a cute train song since she loves trains
http://i.imgur.com/yp88aR2.png
http://i.imgur.com/h8t62FI.png
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Inside the cabin, Zell gives us a history lesson on Timber
http://i.imgur.com/Ask4KVP.png
Gee, a lot of stuff sure did happen 17-18 years ago
http://i.imgur.com/hevzRuw.png
http://i.imgur.com/YkOqIrL.png
After the history lesson, Selphie comes stumbling in
http://i.imgur.com/Q4ioOCX.png
But what seems like harmless drowsiness soon starts to affect all three of our heroes, accompanied by a horrible high pitched sound
http://i.imgur.com/926p8M6.png
After the group passes out, we find ourselves playing as three Galbadian Soldiers named Laguna, Kiros, and Ward
http://i.imgur.com/RgwHyDE.png
The greyed out text is our main group wondering what's going on
http://i.imgur.com/pd1y85L.png
As it turns out, Laguna got his group lost. Again.
No worries, a little while later they find their vehicle and head back to their home of Delling City
http://i.imgur.com/Fl4LaNA.png
http://i.imgur.com/l4y1C6l.png
After they disembark, Laguna suggests they hit the bar for some drinks. He isn't fooling his friends though, who know he's not going to the bar to drink
http://i.imgur.com/Az4CLit.png
http://i.imgur.com/ts5ygnm.png
http://i.imgur.com/s5Jd0Xn.png
This is probably the best representation of real world friendship in any Final Fantasy game
Also, Laguna's parking caused a jam
http://i.imgur.com/hV0B7p2.png
So despite what he said, they do indeed head for the bar. We also get some helpful commentary from Selphie
http://i.imgur.com/QMDzAR9.png
Kiros and Ward tell Laguna to go wave at his crush, which he goes to do when suddenly
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And so Laguna limps around the piano like a moron before finally waving at the pretty lady and going back to his seat
http://i.imgur.com/66j4qQg.png
Where he receives support from his friends
http://i.imgur.com/n6BUj5h.png
Julia, the pretty piano lady, arrives to talk to Laguna, so his friends scurry away to give them some privacy. She asks him if his leg is doing okay
http://i.imgur.com/3y1oums.png
And then she makes the first move
http://i.imgur.com/BMpZD7Q.png
Remember how I said his friends gave him some privacy? Yeah, well, the camera pans out to show the entire bar crowded around their booth listening in. So Laguna agrees to meet Julia in her room
When he arrives, Julia tells him to take a seat. So he awkwardly tries out a few. Julia doesn't seem bothered
http://i.imgur.com/H7OQk21.png
After making her move, she offers Laguna some wine, and Laguna starts blabbing on like a moron for who knows how long
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Apparently at some point he passes out drunk
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We will assume Julia was a perfect lady and did not touch his peepee while he was passed out. After he wakes up, he finally starts letting Julia talk
Here is some nice atmospheric music for you!
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She shares with him that she isn't a great lyricist, but thanks to him, she thinks she can finally write a song thanks to him. Aww
Just as they start to get close though, Kiros shows up to keep the game T-rated
http://i.imgur.com/Hm0JfWj.png
After that, we end up back with Squall, Selphie, and Zell, who are understandably confused about what happened. Some take it a bit better than others
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They then realize that they all had the same dream
http://i.imgur.com/3xinQpB.png
Realizing this is super odd, Selphie suggests they focus on the mission for now
http://i.imgur.com/ssIGwCm.png
They agree and shortly thereafter, we arrive in Timber. We are quickly greeted by the person we're supposed to meet and, after giving the password, he asks us to follow him
http://i.imgur.com/p3OvnNs.png
You can stop by the souvenir shop though
http://i.imgur.com/xDkwW5H.png
We follow the man, named Watts, to a rickety little train, where we meet a resistance group, lead by a man named Zone. Before the meeting starts though, we get asked by Zone to wake up their 'Princess' which upsets Squall because they weren't hired to run errands. Zone also rejects Zell's handshake. Poor guy
http://i.imgur.com/KQtj6lQ.png
That's it for now, next time we will go meet this Princess and find out what we have to do to help the resistance!
Stay tuned~
Lyndis Highwind
06-26-2017, 05:48 PM
Poor Zell, his handshakes are always being rejected haha.
Bubba
06-27-2017, 02:37 PM
Squall doing his best Barry Burton impression...
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I know how Zell feels first hand because my handshakes are often ignored as well T-T
Formalhaut
06-28-2017, 07:34 PM
Just caught up with this! Loving it so far. Keep up the wit, Pumpkin!
Lyndis Highwind
06-28-2017, 08:00 PM
Just caught up with this! Loving it so far. Keep up the wit, Pumpkin!
Agreed! :)
Pumpkin
06-29-2017, 06:24 AM
And we are back! Time to meet the 'Princess' of the Forest Owls resistance group!
http://i.imgur.com/eGVptwS.png
It's the girl from the party! Bet you didn't see that coming!
Also I swear I've seen that exact bed as a furniture option for a Barbie Dollhouse
Anyways, she leaps in to Squall's arms in excitement
http://i.imgur.com/FpfRLfL.png
Eventually she decided to as Cid himself for help
http://i.imgur.com/FBgoFlU.png
Not quite
http://i.imgur.com/pJiqVEV.png
Turns out she was actually at the dance looking for Seifer, who introduced her to Cid
http://i.imgur.com/vNeDswE.png
So that's the situation. We also get an official introduction to the pretty girl, who is named Rinoa!
http://i.imgur.com/8xh4mVx.png
We also meet her puppy partner Angelo!
http://i.imgur.com/yBoqUvj.png
So cute~
Now with Rinoa awake, we can get the details on our mission
http://i.imgur.com/WNyxz9q.png
http://i.imgur.com/EzEK4ji.png
And since his train is going to show up soon, the Forest Owls came up with a nifty plan of how to deal with his train
http://i.imgur.com/gJIVFh1.png
Er... not quite
So we go in to the long, complicated plan
http://i.imgur.com/Rwu6IsL.png
http://i.imgur.com/h4rXoFE.png
The mission takes less time than the explanation.
The group also takes the time to poke fun at the one model train Rinoa made, which she defends by saying she made it ugly on purpose to represent her hatred for the president
http://i.imgur.com/qlKqeWG.png
With that, we head out on the mission by sneaky sneaking around. Turns out the baddies re having some troubles of their own as the President is not a kind, patient man, who doesn't like having security check up on him. This leads to one soldier losing his salary for the month
http://i.imgur.com/rn3qFG5.png
Anyways, it's time to start inputting codes
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http://i.imgur.com/YsQbI3N.png
Which I've always found nervewracking, even though it's relatively easy.
We see the plan start to work as the train cars uncouple and then we sneak our dummy train in
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http://i.imgur.com/6N2Ywk6.png
The dummy train also contains a dummy president, which seems to be working
http://i.imgur.com/RmykMQv.png
Well, somewhat
http://i.imgur.com/kDp6BaT.png
After some more code entering shenanigans, we take off with the President and his train car!
http://i.imgur.com/y60xkmj.png
Hooray!
With that mission accomplished, Rinoa and her mercenaries go interrogate the President, who doesn't seem too concerned
http://i.imgur.com/zON0sFs.png
Well, it turns out we've been duped
http://i.imgur.com/T5K8s39.png
http://i.imgur.com/DOFnhUA.png
Dang it, I was sure that this group of six that had strategy meetings by huddling up on the floor would succeed without fail when it came to kidnapping the President!
http://i.imgur.com/BOmP0dx.png
Oh dear
So the President attacks us
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He goes down pretty easily and then this... happens...
http://i.imgur.com/XYFK7Nx.png
Well that doesn't look good
http://i.imgur.com/zWBtYIc.png
That doesn't look good at all...
So I would show you some of the fight but it was boring because the game decided to unjunction Zell and Selphie for NO REASON so all they could do was attack. Wah wah waaahh
After the fake President is disposed of, we head back to base to discuss what's going on. Watts has some new intel for us
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We explain to them what happened in Dollet
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Rinoa spots opportunity in the middle of this
http://i.imgur.com/3cKTikB.png
And so she, Watts, and Zone huddle around the floor to discuss their next plan. Squall starts to become concerned about going beyond the scope of the contract and so he asks Rinoa to see it
http://i.imgur.com/T4lt4IL.png
Greeeeaaaatt~
Timber is in a state of chaos with everything going on, and the soldiers catch on to a certain someone who has been sneaking around
http://i.imgur.com/tygRIKd.png
And some of the soldiers decide to start cracking down on the citizens of Timber
http://i.imgur.com/uwlpPDx.png
Despite what their boss tries to tell them
So the group gets dropped off to try and steal the broadcast while Zone takes off with Watts trailing behind him
http://i.imgur.com/s9YSdYo.png
We also find this dude who has an obvious crush on Rinoa
http://i.imgur.com/mSvvjzu.png
You can also find a copy of Girl Next Door for a certain someone in the Timber Maniacs office, and you meet a dude who talks your ear off.
And this dude
http://i.imgur.com/XkwjvKk.png
What an... interesting uh subject for photography
We stop by a house to ask how we can get to the TV station
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She lets us peek from her second story window while her child tries to charge us for the privilege. He gets a spanking
Also, relationship goals
http://i.imgur.com/LZuYe04.png
You can also go visit an old man who offers you his magical healing water for free, since the Inn isn't available for use. Don't steal his money though or he won't let you use it anymore
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We head to the bar which we need to pass through to get to the TV station, but the door is blocked by a drunk who is angry that the Forest Owls tried to kidnap the president and screwed everything up
http://i.imgur.com/66HXBDO.png
Timber's a messed up place
Anyways, you can get him to move by buying him a drink or by giving him the card he lost that you get by defeating some baddies outside of the bar. If you give him the card he lets you keep it and gives you another one
With that we finally get a path cleared to our destination
Unfortunately, Rinoa is having second thoughts about what she should do since there's a lot of security guarding the President (who would have thought)
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This leads to a comment from Rinoa about how sad we are and how easy it must be to just go through life following orders
This leads to a retort from Squall, who questions the seriousness of the whole business
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As it turns out, he's not much impressed with the group
http://i.imgur.com/Z4dxDqe.png
Selphie calls out Squall for being too harsh so he backs off. Rinoa is a bit put off though
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She tells us she is serious and then takes off. The broadcast starts right after she leaves
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The announcer introduces President Deling, who talks about how people currently have the means for peace
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So he says he will hold a conference with world leaders to discuss it
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As he is about to introduce a Sorceress, Seifer storms on set and starts causing a ruckus
http://i.imgur.com/un6HOkL.png
He takes the President hostage and Quistis tries to calm him down. Selphie and Zell ask if they should do something
Quistis then speaks to the camera, giving us permission to help
http://i.imgur.com/RH9B4HD.png
So we rush up where we find Seifer holding the President hostage, saying he knows what are plan was
http://i.imgur.com/E4N0Fly.png
http://i.imgur.com/Fz1KIxo.png
It seems maybe Seifer was going to do it for Rinoa
Unfortunately, Zell lets it slip that they're from Garden while he's taking a fit, which basically makes everyone angry
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After fussing at Zell, Seifer grabs the president and heads to the next room, where he is met with
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The ambassador sorceress herself!
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She stops Quistis from interfering and riles Seifer up by calling him a boy when he insists that he's a MAN or whatever
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Seifer releases the President and agrees to go with the Sorceress
The others arrive just in time to watch him leave with her
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Rinoa shows up, asking where Seifer went. We tell her we don't know and she hope he will be okay. She also has some more bad news
http://i.imgur.com/jcH2PGU.png
Thankfully, everyone escaped
http://i.imgur.com/T6DbMkQ.png
As we head back to the bar, Balcony Lady offers us to rest at her place while we plan our next move
Find out what happens next time!
Stay tuned~
Karifean
06-29-2017, 11:23 AM
Somehow reading this the whole story feels so much more dramatic because you don't have all that pretty lighthearted OST playing in the background =P
Lyndis Highwind
06-29-2017, 05:44 PM
I don't know why, but the train mission is one of my least favorite parts. Maybe it's because they take so long to explain it..
It's starting to get intense now!
Also it was a really clunky puzzle!
I loved the music though.
AnD thE fAkE pReSiDenT DelInG!
Quality stuff.
Pumpkin
07-01-2017, 06:02 AM
Welcome back~ Being searched for by the Galbadian Soldiers, we take refuge in a lady's home
Turns out the lady is a member of another resistance group fighting for Timber's freedom
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Selphie asks the all important question about what the heck happened last time
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And Rinoa explains that she told Seifer all about the Forest Owls and she thinks he showed up to help
http://i.imgur.com/EX5xaj0.png
Meanwhile, soldiers show up at the house
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The lady's daughter ushers us upstairs and assures us that her mother will be alright
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Selphie says that the beauty part really makes it sound like a legend because she just can't help herself.
Thankfully, Galbadian Soldiers apparently don't know how to go up stairs so we're safe to converse about what's going on
Quistis says Seifer was talking about going to Timber but she didn't think he was serious
http://i.imgur.com/j7nbIU0.png
Reason #1 Quistis was fired: Lacks Leadership skills
Reason #2: Apparently doesn't know anything about her own students
Reason #3: Acts like crazy girlfriend towards her student when he dances with a pretty lady at his graduation party
Don't you worry, there will be more
They ask what happened to Seifer and Squall says he may already be dead. Because of the whole assassination attempt on the President thing
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http://i.imgur.com/pCNWG2G.png
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Rinoa does not take kindly to his considering the possibility of his death and says she hopes he's okay. Squall says what she wishes for is her business
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At this point, it seems the Galbadian Soldiers have withdrawn
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So we head back downstairs to consider our next move
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Quistis points out some Garden SeeD rule number
http://i.imgur.com/UCI49sN.png
And because Squall is a surprisingly good student, he knows what she's talking about
http://i.imgur.com/oh2yXUz.png
With our destination in mind, we head over to the train station where we run in to our old friend Zone who is disguised as an old man. He informs us that all of the train tickets are sold out buuuuut
http://i.imgur.com/pqOEFBQ.png
Unfortunately, he didn't know Quistis would be showing up, so he kindly offers her the ticket he had planned to use to escape. She tries to reject it but
http://i.imgur.com/jIqfBCF.png
He fakes one of his stomach aches and shoos us away
http://i.imgur.com/Pdr5PXg.png
So we hop on the train for a short time. Selphie interrupts Squall's motivational speech a few times to ask for the pass to be let in to the train hallway to gaze out the window. Shortly afterwards, we arrive at our stop and head through a forest to get to our destination
http://i.imgur.com/YSWBwhi.png
Unfortunately morale is low and Selphie worries about them getting arrested while Zell worries about Balamb Garden being attacked because of his earlier slip up
http://i.imgur.com/I4ztcJ4.png
He's so worried that his speech bubble is way on the other end of the screen
He asks Squall is they would really attack Garden and Squall says maybe
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Squall says that they might
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http://i.imgur.com/RHFvJ1R.png
Rinoa once again doesn't approve of the military student giving a realistic rundown of possibilities instead of telling them what they want to hear. She says that he needs to give words of support and encouragement to Zell instead
http://i.imgur.com/tUY84jH.png
But before Rinoa can fuss at him more (I'll give you a rundown of their early game relationship: Rinoa fusses at Squall and Squall gets confused and exasperated) the high pitched noise starts up again
http://i.imgur.com/bvRFwO2.png
And while it may seem like he faked a headache to get out of an argument, Selphie and Quistis soon pass out as well
http://i.imgur.com/A3Vu6F2.png
http://i.imgur.com/kMEmGus.png
"Oh, okay, that explains it"
Sure enough we do end up back with Laguna and co.
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http://i.imgur.com/BHAEJFS.png
Anyway, we head down to the weird place where weird mining is being done and find ourselves surrounded by Esthar Soldiers. One can only assume these are soldiers from a place called Esthar
http://i.imgur.com/yHUWT8d.png
They're weird lookin
So we head deeper in to this weird, unattractive, and somewhat maze like area
http://i.imgur.com/VWDKSsg.png
You can also find two Old Keys which Laguna will promptly drop
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http://i.imgur.com/euc8c2t.png
This may seem pointless but all of the extra little things you do here that seem to have no effect do end up having an effect later on
Here's a quick note in case you play the game!
*Pick up the Old Key near both entrances
*Remove a lever from a floor panel
*Find the detonator and flip the red switch followed by the blue switch
*Move the boulder away from the tunnel to reveal the Cure Draw Point
After doing all of that we find an exit. Unfortunately some Esthar Soldiers find us and the exit led to a cliff. Roc and hard place
http://i.imgur.com/pm7VdsD.png
So this leads to a battle with some creepy Esthar Soldiers
http://i.imgur.com/05vmfnH.png
When you defeat the last one, he will render two party members to 1 HP before he finally kicks the bucket
http://i.imgur.com/zxJbxm2.png
Unfortunately, Ward sustained a heavy injury
http://i.imgur.com/b8c9yeK.png
"I can tell magically without properly examining him because this is a dramatic moment"
Ward manages a few last words before becoming mute
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http://i.imgur.com/qe9Oy9r.png
http://i.imgur.com/YprbsBq.png
................................
Moving on
Laguna spots some boats in the ocean and decides to throw the others off the cliff to safety
As you do
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http://i.imgur.com/DRHn4Ru.png
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Laguna then tries to gingerly ease himself off the cliff before he falls off
http://i.imgur.com/v34gEw0.png
With their fate undetermined, we return to Squall and his companions who have finally woken up
http://i.imgur.com/Q8hZVdZ.png
Quistis is confused about what the heck just happened but we all decide its best to put it out of our minds for now and keep going to Galbadia Garden. But not before Rinoa apologizes to Squall
http://i.imgur.com/FWrhOGn.png
Stay tuned for next time when we get another party member!
Karifean
07-01-2017, 12:18 PM
Don't forget to mention setting the lever on the other two trap doors. If you do, the fuse explosions will end up breaking them and open those two doors as well, revealing some more goodies later on.
Darth Ganon
07-02-2017, 05:13 AM
Don't the Laguna flashbacks screw with your junction system? I would expect that being why Zell and Selphie were unequipped during the boss fight maybe.
Bubba
07-02-2017, 07:17 AM
I do love Laguna. He's such a loveable douche. I can take or leave Kiros but Ward was also pretty great.
I thought the junctioning in the dream sequences was a direct correlation? Squall/Laguna Zell/Ward Selphie/Kiros? I could be wrong.
FF8 is another FF game where I get heavily distracted by mini-games because Triple Triad is life. HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING? WHAT CARDS DO YOU HAVE? I DEMAND TRIPLE TRIAD PICTURES.
Pumpkin
07-02-2017, 07:23 AM
Yeah it depends on the scenario who becomes which character
Also nope I dun play TT :jess:
Bubba
07-02-2017, 07:31 AM
I dun play TT :jess:
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Lyndis Highwind
07-02-2017, 05:33 PM
FF8 is another FF game where I get heavily distracted by mini-games because Triple Triad is life. HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING? WHAT CARDS DO YOU HAVE? I DEMAND TRIPLE TRIAD PICTURES.
SAME
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