Originally Posted by Future Esthar
As I said,magic has scientific explanation on FF8.
Gauges,also.
So Ulti needs a Gauge to float the Castle (something that this magic would require).
Why Ulti wanna the Castle to float?
You know,you can think of magic as a substance.It needs to be stored,processed,etc...
Itīs a substance(and/or energy form) whose mechanics were mysterious.But I think it is material anyway(not spiritual).Itīs not that I am a skeptic.Is that it is how it works on FF8.
If Ulti can float just with magic why would she use wings for example?
Now imagine the Castle(an object with more weight than Ulti).
Magic serves as a fuel which makes the Clock gauges work and make the Castle float and move.
I will advance and say that there is time type magic applied on the gauge.
Now one can explain the mysterious missing part of the Gauge.
It was absorbed into time.
The entire castle is also to be absorbed into time.
During this state the Gauge is going berserk.