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

[Pumpkin]

So when we left off we were Vivi in Alexandria and you can do some nifty things like race a hippo.
(SPOILER)
You can also see that Alexandria has changed some since we were here last

We also see the dumbest and most tragic misunderstanding ever

We also see the Mayor of Dali is visiting Alexandria

And not having a good time.

Eiko is amazed at the castle

A gigantic house indeed

Meanwhile, Blank wants us to go watch Ruby's play with them

Because he's late and doesn't want Ruby to notice him sneaking in. How dare he use Vivi as a pawn in his game?

So Vivi goes in and introduces himself to Ruby, who likes him because who wouldn't like Vivi? And he sees Cinna again and calls him Uncle Cinna, which Cinna is not a fan of

Blank takes this opportunity to sneak in

OR NOT

Back at the castle

Steiner tells Garnet she has better things to do than talk to Zidane. Dr. Tot comes in and gives us some gemstones

Awkward~

So Beatrix stays with Garnet to help get her in to her fancy coronation dress, and Garnet asks her if she can see Zidane, which also gets a no. Poor Garnet

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the castle

And so she decides to write him a letter, a foolproof plan. Conveniently, Dr. Tot appears

After calling his hat nerdy, she enlists his help in writing a love letter

The horn sends him to memory lane, remembering a ship that washed up with a dead woman and a little girl inside

And the girl

Except for one small detail

And then all of the other Ronso made fun of her with chants of HORNLESS, HORNLESS

Speaking of being adopted, Garnet decides to tell Beatrix, who takes the news rather well

Back with Eiko

That's how love letters work, apparently

She thanks Dr. Tot, introduces herself, and takes off to deliver the letter, leaving Dr. Tot rather confused about where she said she lives

On the way to deliver the letter, however, Baku ends up bumping in to Eiko and his huge belly sends her flying

And because it's Eiko, she gets caught on something and can't get down

And that's how Baku nearly killed Eiko

Not that he cares much...

Eiko's bad luck doesn't end there though

And so she asks Baku to deliver it to Zidane for her

On his way out, Baku and Steiner get in to an argument

During the argument, he drops Eiko's love letter and both he and Steiner take off in a huff

As for who finds the letter...

Zidane, meanwhile...

...is still pouting

His friends show up to try and console him but he isn't having it

Baku comes in and, desperate to get his mind on something else, Zidane begs him to be let back in to Tantalus

Unfortunately, Baku doesn't accept

Vivi comes in and breaks the tension as he does so well

And Zidane, being who he is, puts on a brave face for Vivi and agrees that they should go and encourage her before she becomes Queen

So off we go to the castle while Baku remembers he forgot something

What a carefree man

We also get another mognet

And so Stiltzkin is off on another adventure~

Freya and Amarant meet

It goes well

They start fighting and Zidane has to break it up, only to learn that Freya is pretty upset at him

She says that Kuja will probably come after Garnet next, but Zidane says she doesn't need him anymore

While exploring the castle we also get more of the Stellazzio story!

We also arrive just in time to see Eiko being kicked out of the castle by Steiner who as we all know is very against fun

Steiner then fusses at us for our general existence in the area before Vivi tells him they want to see Garnet



So Garnet comes out in her mega dress and everyone is like WOW SO BEAUTY but Zidane says nothing. Before Garnet walks away, Eiko runs up to say her goodbyes

D'aww

And so with gems traded, Garnet heads back to do... I dunno, get ready for her Queenly duties, I guess. Zidane then lets out his feels about how he made a whole big speech for her but it would be a lie and he couldn't bring himself to do it

That is one troubled young dude

I hope you didn't forget about the whole love letter affair because later that night

Eiko decides she's mad at him and wants to take off before Zidane can show up (not knowing he never got the letter) but she hides when more people appear

It turns out that Blank somehow got a hold of the love letter too

So while Blank goes on about what a stud he is, yet more people arrive and the two of them have to hide

Rushing to hide they accidentally, you guessed it, DROP THE LOVE LETTER

Which is promptly found by Steiner who is out on patrol

Good catch Steiner

Beatrix then arrives, since she got the love letter earlier asking her to be here

The two of them get close as the hidden onlookers get more and more invested

But in the end, Baku ruins this like he ruins everything

So anyway, Eiko storms off, pursued by Dr. Tot who has some questions for her

She says she will be glad to answer his questions and asks if they can go to his house to do so

And so we all decide to go to Treno using the Gargan Roo transportation method

That night, as they travel to Treno...

But when they see Blank and Marcus patrolling...

And so off they go, as quickly as they arrived

Before Eiko answers some questions, she decides she wants to go sightseeing and drags Vivi along with her

After she runs off, Vivi meets an old friend who helped him get to Alexandria at the beginning of the game

Who convinces him that maybe he should stop by his house

Amarant runs in to some trouble from the dude who scammed Garnet earlier on

Scared away by his reputation, he runs off as Eiko walks up

So he plans to use a little girl to collect the bounty on Amarant

What a creeper jackass

After his offers to help her sightsee fail, he offers her food.

Which has a rather unintended consequence

Muehehe

And finally, we get another mognet!

Next time we explore some more of Treno~

Stay tuned!