Final Fantasy VIII Riddles again

[Gamblet]

Phoenix?

[Rantz]

Correct!

Once you pop, you can't stop
Once you've used the Phoenix Pinion and summoned Phoenix, there's no way to make him stop coming (not that you'd want to).

Runed earth commands the prismatic god
When summoned, an insignia of sorts is burned into the earth, and Phoenix springs out - and he is rather prismatic.

Out of the proverbial machine
Again, "deus ex machina" literally means "god out of the machine", and Phoenix does function like a sort of deus ex machina translated to gameplay mechanics.

[Sum1sGruj]

Even though one of the hints said it was combat related, I simply could not get the idea of the Garden and Master NORG out of my head. As in, runed Earth and the machine/prismatic god (but I guess his orb thingys aren't really prismatic now that I think about it).

Oh well

[Gamblet]

Once a lake, now a cemetery.
Filled with reptiles who are dead.
Watch your back, a beast is near,
Heal it and you will win.

[Sum1sGruj]

Once a lake, now a cemetery.
Filled with reptiles who are dead.
Watch your back, a beast is near,
Heal it and you will win.

The Salt Flats

[Gamblet]

Once a lake, now a cemetery.
Filled with reptiles who are dead.
Watch your back, a beast is near,
Heal it and you will win.

The Salt Flats

Great Salt Lake, but nevermind. You're up!

[Shinwa Tsuki]

Ohh, I wonder if I can take a chance....?

[Gamblet]

YES, YES YOU CAN!

[Shinwa Tsuki]

Toy of childhood.
Handmaidens of Woden.
Dawn of day and Japan's epithet.
Pope clothed in avian red.
Stellar wishes or showers.

[Jiro]

I have very little reasoning but is this related to the Lunar Cry?

[Shinwa Tsuki]

Nope.

Four more guesses, and I'll give a hint.

[Jiro]

Do each of the lines refer to a separate item, person, etc? Or are they all clues pointing to a single answer?

[Shinwa Tsuki]

Each line is linked, but answer one line at a time as each is separate.

[Shinwa Tsuki]

Here's a hint: This is linked to a character.

[Jiro]

Rinoa's weapons.

First line refers to the Pinwheel, a children's toy.
Second is the Valkyrie who could easily be seen as "handmaidens".
Third is Rising Sun, obviously with a strong relationship to Japan and the dawn of day.
Fourth is the Cardinal, who is a red robed pope.
Fifth is the Shooting Star, which you can wish upon.

The last one was the biggest hint, somehow.