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Loving the constant change of Red's number xD. Too bad there's no Namingway in VII.

Keep up the good work shion!

Hojo's text is actually not about you heading west but Sephiroth, but hey - it is still cool.

On this adventure in Final Fantasy VII land:

We headed for the gold saucer and Berret talked about his past. He told how the Shinra built a reactor that he helped push for despite his friend Dyne's hesitation. Well, they should have listened to him, because something went wrong in the reactor and Shinra burned down the village, claiming it was done by a rebel faction. Berret and Dyne were not there at the time and so they came back to a burned down village and their loved ones dead. Understandably, Berret was quit upset.

So we headed to the Gold Saucer and Aeris decided that it would be a good idea to be a total ^%#%^$& to Berret while he was obviously going through a difficult time. When Tifa asked her if she was being a bit harsh (yes) she replied that it's best to just act natural in these situations. Apparently her idea of acting natural is literally going right up to him and saying KAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FUN NOW RIGHT AFTER YOU TOLD US THIS TRAGIC STORY BAIIIIIII~. Then he got upset and left. I would have done the same.

Also, I hate the Gold Saucer. I hate the way it looks and the music and the whole thing just...ugh. So my boyfriend has agreed to go and do all the extras that need to be done in the Gold Saucer later on in the game. So I went and met with some guy named Dio, I think? And he told me he had seen Sephiroth. Then I ran in to Cait Sith, the fortune telling machine, who did a little dance. I brought Red 7 with me and when Cloud read his last fortune and said "What the... What is this?" or something along those lines, Red 18 said "Read it out loud, Cloud." Which made me giggle because I thought of a teacher telling a 1st grader to read the page out loud. Use your words Cloud.

Afterwards, we went to the BATTLE ARENA! and found some dead peoples. Was it Sephiroth!? No, and I'm not sure why that's our automatic reaction to everything. Dead guy? Must be Sephiroth. Earthquake? Sephiroth! Old lady getting mugged in the street? Clearly the work of Sephiroth. So it turns out they were killed by gun shot, so having faith in his friends like he does, Cloud wondered if it was possibly Berret. Well sure enough, we get falsly accused of the crime (karma) and end up in some kind of desert prison with some rude people and some people who lie.

We found Berret and he tells us about how they were heading back to the on fire little town when they were shot at by Shinra. Dyne was about to fall off a cliff when Berret grabbed him. Sadly they were both shot and that's how Berret lost his arm. Like any reasonable man, he replaced it with a gun. I also like how this is where the game explains why he has a gun arm, because it is conveniently timed with when I have him equipped with scissor arm. So now Berret hates Shinra.

We go to find Dyne (gasp) who has also done the reasonable thing, and got himself a gun arm. He is now very pessimistic and likes to shoot at things and wants to end the world. Berret tells him that Dyne's daughter, Marlene, is still alive and well. So of course Dyne decides its time to battle! After a very short fight, Dyne is defeated. He then says that he can no longer hold her because his hands are too dirty or bloody or something, and then he jumps off a cliff and dies. I don't know why it worked this time and not the last time.

I wander in to the desert aimlessly and after conveniently being brought back by a chocobo carriage, we decide we are going to chocobo race for the fun of it. I mean, to escape desert prison. The skirty chocobo woman teaches me how to race, which I don't pay attention to, and eventually the race is won and I am let out of prison. To make things better, Dio decides to give us a buggy. I think it's well named because it kind of looks like a bug.

And that concludes this adventure in Final Fantasy VII land!

Best update yet.

I don't get the respelling of Barret. I hope I'm not missing something obvious.

Afterwards, we went to the BATTLE ARENA! and found some dead peoples. Was it Sephiroth!? No, and I'm not sure why that's our automatic reaction to everything. Dead guy? Must be Sephiroth. Earthquake? Sephiroth! Old lady getting mugged in the street? Clearly the work of Sephiroth.

:bgl:

I'm sure that could be worked into a One Winged Angel parody.
"Graft, theft, bribery, who could the culprit be--Sephiroth!"

having faith in his friends like he does, Cloud wondered if it was possibly Berret.

Glad I'm not the only one who thought that was off.

Sadly they were both shot and that's how Berret lost his arm. Like any reasonable man, he replaced it with a gun.

:bgl:

No comment, just thought that quote needed a laughing smiley.

The respelling isn't actually intentional, I just automatically think of his name like the French hat and that's how my brain spells it. I'll try to correct it. I'm glad people seem to be enjoying it .

This will be a long one, as it is two days worth of adventuring!

I got my buggy and drove around until I reached this place called Gongaga, which had a blown up mako reactor, it looks like. I ran into the awesomeness that is the Turks, who were talking about their crushes. I did not instantly approach them, as I was intimidated by their greatness. Rude confessed he liked Tifa and it was said that Tseng like Aeris. It was not mentioned if Reno likes me back . Elena approaches the group and makes conversation before remembering that I am the enemy () and then I have to fight. Reno kindly explains to me that just because he is retreating, it does not mean he is running away. Rude apparently had an appointment he was very late for, because he checked his watch and then ran in the other direction. I proceeded towards the blown up reactor and found Scarlett picking on Tseng. I went to the little mini town with not much going on and found the parents of the Zach. When Tifa was asked if she knew him, she took a bit of a fit and ran off. I felt bad for his poor parents who were missing him. I went to see Tifa who made it very clear that she does not know Zach. So then we went on our way.

To Cosmo Canyon! Home of the Red XIII. He told me about his home and his cowardly father and ran off. So after shopping around I went to see him and his grandfather, who's name I can't remember. He told me to go find two friends to witness something with. So I wandered around until I found Barret, who said to me, "What?". Nice to see you too, Barret . So I took him and Tifa with me. He showed us how life begins and ends and returns to the earth as part of the lifestream and creates new life. He explained how the Mako reactors are ruining the process and destroying the planet. Because apparently I didn't already know this. I also learned that Red 7 is about 47 or 48, which is about 15-16 in human years. He still manages to be more mature than most of my characters. He tells how he wants to protect the village, unlike his cowardly father. His grandfather asks us to come and show him something. He opens up a door and we go through. There are some spikes and monsters and treasure chests. As well as a boss fight. Eventually, we find Red October's father, Seto, and we learn he was a hero, who protected everyone. Red 18 honors his father and howls and tears are seen coming from the statue that is now Seto. It is touching. We also have a moment around the fire where Aeris confides in me how she feels alone about being the last of her kind. I feel some sympathy. Cloud tries to be a good guy and console her, saying that they'll always be there for her, and she turns her head away swiftly and sticks her nose up. Sympathy gone. Red 5 tells us he will continue journeying with us and then we leave and head for Nibelheim or whatever its called!!

We arrive at the town which is supposed to be burned down but isn't and Cloud gets told off by some villagers and there are some weird black blobs wandering around talking about a Reunion. I go into the Shinra mansion and recruit Vincent, who is quite strange and like to swish his cape and flip his hair. He tells me about Sephiroth's real mother and how he was made and eventually decides to join me. I find Sephiroth who asks Cloud if he will be part of the Reunion. Cloud says he doesn't know what a Reunion is and Sephiroth throws a dictionary at him. Okay, that's not true, but he does throw a materia and tells me he is headed north and then he flies off. I go throw Mt. Nibel, fight some stuff, get some treasures. On the whole, it is uneventful. Me and buggy separate after almost a whole day of bonding.

I come to a town with a rocket, which will now be referred to as Rocket Town, or Cidsville. It is a pretty town and I find a plane called the Tiny Bronco. I can't tell if the name is stupid or clever. I go speak to Cid, on the rocket, who tells me how he was going to be the first man in space, but his plans were foiled when Shinra scrapped the project. I go back to speak to that woman in his house. He bursts in and uses fowl language and demands she make tea and that I drink it. She tells me how its her fault his dreams were ruined because she was messing around with the oxygen tanks and if he had taken off, she would have been killed. Palmer bursts in (thanks for knocking) and Cid goes out to talk to the Shinra men, who tell him they will not revive the space program, but want to use the Tiny Bronco to go oversees and find Sephiroth. Lady In Cid's House tells me to sneak away with the Tiny Bronco, which leads to a fight with Palmer, who in the end gets hit by a truck. It was very amusing, but there was no truck in the backyard, so not sure how that happened. We take off and Cid jumps on and we get shot at as we fly off. The plane then magically turns into a boat. Cid tells me he will accompany me as Vincent and Aeris sit, just chillin, on the plane/boat.

I did some more stuff in Wutai, but I will leave it at that and include it in my next post so this doesn't get to long!

xD @ Red October.

You're going to run out of ideas for that particular running joke any minute now.