More FF9 Riddles

[Shinwa Tsuki]

Is the answer linked to the background scenery? Or could it be an action?

I'm a bit baffled, it has two forms, and you can see it's first one very close to the end of the game and one somewhere else in the game.... Yet, you can see it's second form as many times as you would like - this leads me to think it's either something within Memoria - something to do with the background scenery, or the answer is in a very different location... maybe on the Red Rose or the Hildagarde 3 or even the Invisible.

[Rantz]

It could be said to be part of the background scenery, depending on how you define that.

[Jiro]

I still don't remember the other guesses but is it Beatrix? You fight her twice or..wait no I think it's three times. smurf.

EDIT: Way to read the post above Jiro. Erm, it's not Alexander by any chance, is it? I owe you more reasoning than this, but it's really got me stumped and I just hope I can kick someone's mind into gear.

[Rantz]

It's not Alexander. Thanks for trying.

[FFIX Choco Boy]

Bran Bal?

[Rantz]

Not Bran Bal. The answer is more obscure - you could play through the game and never learn the name of it.

[G13]

I hate this riddle. You're too good, Rantz.

I will take another crack at it.

There I am, at a distance
in the calm after perilous chase
There I come, to assistance
the argenteous danger to face

Spoken of with filial pride
when yearned for man returned
Spoken of no more; I hide
in dual infinity turned

There's only one part that really makes any sense to me.

There I come, to assistance
the argenteous danger to face

It's not living and it's not an item. This line refers to the second time you see it in its first form (???). The only thing I see during the battle before Memoria is a bunch of clouds and airships coming to assistance.

The first form is something far away just chillin' after some excitement, a chase scene I assume from the way you worded it. You also say that South Gate is indirectly involved.

The last stanza has me stumped but the one before kind of goes along with the answer that's coming to me.

I think it might be the old freight airship Zidane, Garnet, Steiner and Vivi use to get to Lindblum. It's old and if irrc Zidane says something about being surprised it's still in use (Spoken of with filial pride, when yearned for man returned), it destroyed South Gate to get away from the Black Waltz and to get to Lindblum (There I am, at a distance, in the calm after perilous chase), and it's a ship, so it may have been in the big group of them at the end of the game (There I come, to assistance, the argenteous danger to face)

I have no idea what 88 could refer to though, so maybe that's an indication that I'm wrong.

BUT, Rantz says we could go through the whole game and never learn the name, and I don't know the name of that ship. Do you?

[Jiro]

Why do FFIX riddlers always pick obscure things?

[Rantz]

It's not the cargo ship, but that's the closest answer yet. I can tell that you guys are getting tired of this riddle , so here's a big hint: yes, the "perilous chase" refers to the chase through South Gate, so the answer is seen shortly after that.

Another hint: The two first lines of the second stanza describe the only time the name of the answer is mentioned in dialogue. The name of the second form can be seen more often, but not in dialogue.

I think you should be able to get it now xD And I like obscure riddles! Still, I try not to do them too often as not everyone appreciates them as much.

[Depression Moon]

Black Waltz #3?
Cid's Brother?

[Rantz]

Nope, still nothing living! Who's Cid's brother?

[Hollycat]

the city of monkeys

[FFIX Choco Boy]

Theatre Ship/Prima Vista?

Edit: Actually, I'm thinking a different ship.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMQJDjD1jkQ

The one seen at 0:31, is it those? If I remember correctly, after a while those ships are seen flying around the map with 2 blimp balloons, shaped like 88's, on top of them, but without them they are only seen in the Lindblum Arrival, and the Assault of the Silver Dragons.

[Rantz]

Correct! The ship in question is called the Viltgance. Explanation is as follows.

There I am, at a distance
in the calm after perilous chase
There I come, to assistance
the argenteous danger to face
We have this whole stanza worked out already. First you can see it in Lindblum, in the calm after the perilous chase through South Gate. Secondly you see it when it takes on the Silver Dragons at the portal to Memoria.

Spoken of with filial pride
when yearned for man returned
This, like I said, refers to the only time the ship is named in dialogue. Marsha, the little girl in the Lindblum Business District, tells you proudly about how her father rides a ship called Viltgance ("spoken of with filial pride"). She says this only after her father, whom she and her mother were waiting for, joins them ("when yearned for man returned").

Spoken of no more
Not mentioned again.

I hide in dual infinity turned
As we already established, "dual infinity turned" is a jerk way to say 88, which is the number of the Viltgance card in Tetra Master - its second form. Kind of a mean hint, but with a little research it could have been the key to solving it.

You're up, FFIX Choco Boy!

[FFIX Choco Boy]

Ah, ok, I didn't guess the card part cause I didn't know what they were called. Guess it really would have helped, since Tetra Master popped into my head as soon as I saw Viltgance.

Well, since it's become tradition, here comes an obscure FFIX riddle.

Dark and dank, my home is.
I feel hollow, inside.
To my left, your savior,
To my right, your first hint of danger.

What am I?