Let's Play the BEST GAME EVER!!! (FFIX)

[Pumpkin]

Alright so before we head to the Iifa tree, we can get another one of our special coffees for Morrid in Eiko's kitchen
(SPOILER)

After that it's time to head to....

Yeah!

Either that or teens hang out here to vape

So anyway, there's a barrier protecting the tree, which we knew, and after Zidane bodyslams it to no avail, he asks Eiko for help

She does a whole little boom boom spell thing

And so Garnet starts to feel insecure about her lack of a horn

We head inside the Iifa Tree and deliver another mognet

Speaking of Vivi, he's not doing so hot

I'm right there with you, bro

Eiko takes this opportunity to act as his big sister and tells him to stay close. Zidane asks Eiko if she has any info on this weird mechanical/natural tree

Zidane does the obvious thing and steps on the big circle with the triangle on it

And finds that it goes down like an elevator

After waiting for it to come back up, they all head down, further in to the Iifa Tree. One of my least fave dungeons. It's just kinda super linear and ugly and the monsters are pretty annoying. Anyway

So we end up somewhere more vibrant looking

So Eiko hops on a sketchy looking leaf and it doesn't move. So we decide to all hop on it and then it moves because sure

I guess you need to weigh more than like 12 lbs. Also poor Vivi again.

So anyway, Eiko explains that moogles are like fairies (very plump fairies) she asks her friend Mog, who hides away in her dress, what she senses.

Good job Mog. Good job.

So after random battles with zombies and zombie dragons, we get to talking about the mist

Those seem like excellent and complicated questions that certainly won't be straight up answered in like 10 minutes

Eiko asks for an update and Garnet explains how Black Mages were being made there before apologizing to Vivi

He's so smart and precious

So we reach the bottom of the leaf.... thing and arrive and yet another high up place. Eiko asks Vivi for his company as she goes to scout things

"Helpless"

Zidane and Garnet also chat about how the tree seems alive but also like part machine and also like super old

Eiko asks Zidane to romantically gaze down below with her

It's very... green. But it turns out Eiko wasn't looking anyway

There there buddy

But before Eiko can creep Zidane out further, something happens

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No.

IT'S ZOMBIE TREEEE

BUT WHY

Say what you will about Evil Zombie Tree, but man is he easy to get answers out of. None of that vague villain stuff for him. Just straight answers

But how does this tie in to Kuja?

DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNN

And if no more mist flows, that means there will be no more Black Mages...

And so we get a boss fight and I will give you a hint for making it super easy. He's a Zombie Tree. Maybe if you have some restorative items to spare...

So with Evil Zombie Tree defeated, the mist begins to recede

Not just here but also back on the Mist Continent

They're gonna have to rename it now

Oh we're being serious again

Poor Vivi. He wonders if this will make his fellow Black Mages hate him

Eiko can be a sweetie when she wants to be. Honestly I like her more and more everytime I play the game. I have mad respect for this six year old who lost her whole tribe and whose whole family died and it's up to her to keep the summoner legacy going and these people show up one day tangled up in this massive mess and she's like "I gotchu"

So the gang decides to wait for Kuja, figuring he'll show up with his mist supply gone, but unfortunately Eiko gets some bad news from one of her moogle friends

And because we're her new besties, we decide to go with her

Stay tuned next time to find out what's going on back in Madain Sari~!