Sorry it's been delayed this episode!

This time, we journey to the Moon and somehow not suffocate from lack of an atmosphere. If that wasn't shocking enough, we end up getting a new party member! Huh!?

So we start off by inspecting our swanky new spaceship, the Lunar Whale. it's a fantastic piece of engineering, boasting teleportation crystals, sleeping pods, and even our very own Mecha Chocobo.


No more going to Chocobo Forests, now we can look at the bestiary, listen to music, and watch the cutscenes from the comfort of our own ship.

No time to waste gawping however. We've got a job to do!

In the time it takes to boil a kettle, we make it to the Moon.

It looks, well, like a Moon.



It even comes complete with a face. It's kinda rude to stare, though. Disembarking from the ship, we discover to my amazement that we don't immediately die from oxygen deprivation, exposure or radiation. Instead, the only threats to us are these monsters.

So our main goal is this crystal tower in the center of the map. No it isn't FFIII, it's just a smaller crystal tower.

To reach it, we have to traverse a cave system. It's full of glittery stones, but otherwise fairly linear and, well, typical. We get through it fairly quick.

At the end of the cave system though, we arrive to a familar sounding melody and location.

It's certainly familar to Cecil.



In the middle of this blue palace, we meet an old man. His name is Mr. Exposition.



Oh, hello Maechen.



Yes, that's great, Maechen.


Please, carry on.



Well, crap.

Next, Maechen talks about Cecil's father. Plot twist!



Cecil correctly deduces that the voice on Mount Ordeals was the disembodied voice of his father.

What a day, huh?



He's the main character of an RPG. Something like this was bound to happen.

Mae- I mean Fusoya, joins our party to stop this new threat. For now though, we haven't quite yet finished exploring everything on the Moon.

Over to the east, there's a place called Lair of the Father. No, not Cecil's father. The father of the eidolons, Bahamut.

To reach him, we have to get through this long cave. The enemies are mostly tame, except for one. BLOODY MAGES. Their spells can two-shot Cecil, and obviously they often come in threes. Even with Shell, they deal major damage and were a right pain.

We get through it though, to meet Bahamut's child servants. Where's Child Services?



Bahamut begins by saying even though we have Leviathan, it doesn't prove anything. Bahamut's a bit of a jerk.




Naturally, he turns into his dragon form.

He literally does nothing. He just flies there, counting down to Megaflare. At least chuck in a claw swipe or something!

All it means is Rosa can shell and haste everyone. Rydia can summon Leviathan (ha!) and everyone else can just... spam attack. He doesn't even manage to get a megaflare off. Laaaaame.

Not that we have Bahamut, we can actually look at Megaflare in action.



Ooh, planets. Very celestial. Fusoya is suitably impressed. And now we're equipped to take on... whatever the Giant of Babil is.

Tune in next time as we finish up the last odds and ends on the moon as we head back to Earth with a crash.