Hai everyone, I am Pumpkin, and this is my LP of FFVIII. I hope you enjoy and stuff~ (SPOILER)
BUT FIRST
Have some awesome music to enjoy!
Alrighty, on with the show
We start off on the beach with some strange music playing and the words that flash by magically
And so we are introduced to one of the prettiest FF characters ever
She takes a flower petal in her hand
And when she opens it
WITCHCRAFT!!!
So the feather floats up to to the sky, which becomes darker, and a sword falls to the ground while a weirdo witch lady appears in the background
Some more scenes flash before us including the super pretty lady and the witch lady
Two teenagers are sword fighting
The blonde one is an arrogant prick
Who slashes a scar on to the excessively handsome one's face
That young man returns the favour as some black feathers appear and a bunch of scenes from the game flash before our eyes before we arrive to the girl again
Ash she tries to fall in to our protagonists arms
But before she makes it, the screen fades to the title
Final Fantasy VIII: A Love Story~
Anyways, the main dude, Squall, wakes up in the infirmary after being slashed in the face to find himself being scolded by the doctor
The doc, who, by the way, has no style, says she's going to call my instructor to come and get me
As we lay in bed waiting, a strange girl appears
Who is she? Eh, I'm sure it doesn't matter and she will have no impact on the plot whatsoever
Moving on, Instructor Quistis arrives and she does not look impressed
After saying she knew it would be me or Seifer, we head back and Quistis attempts to make conversation, which gets shot down. She knew it would happen though and openly mocks Squall for it
After chuckling, Squall asks her what's so funny
Squall fusses, saying he's more complex than she thinks, so when she asks him to tell her more about himself, she predicts his answer perfectly
Which causes her to laugh at Squall even more as the camera pans out to reveal out location, Balamb Garden
We head to class and do some class things and get a plot point
She also fusses at Seifer for injuring his training partner, and the dismisses class. The class was two minutes long, she's not very good at this
I think this is how pornos start
But before we go see the instructor, make sure to check your desk for some nifty info and two Guardian Forces (summon monsters)
How exciting!
You also get some info about the world
We learn about what SeeD is (the thing Squall is training to be)
And learn that Quistis has her own fan club
We also see a student with the initials Z.D. who is obsessed with hot dogs...
After checking everything, we go see Quistis
The prereq is fighting a giant fire demon in the Fire Cavern. I feel like maybe I shouldn't have waited until the day of the exam to take the prereq. Just sayin
We head outside where we are bumped in to by a cute girl, anime style
We learn that she is a transfer student and offer to show her around the Garden. We learn she will be joining the Garden Festival Committee and asks Squall if he wants to join, which he answers noncommittally
We head to the cafeteria where we see Seifer and his minions, Raijin and Fujin. Fujin yells one word sentences (RAGE) and Raijin is the original Wakka
Another student comes bursting in
After being told no, he leaves feeling dejected
After he leaves, Seifer and his posse (aka the disciplinary committee) chases after him for speeding
We go around the Garden exploring and learning things that I'm sure are not relevant to the plot AT ALL and will not come back AT ANY POINT
We head to the front gate to meet up with Quistis and do some stuff on the world map. Get some magic, strengthen our GFs, the usual. When ready, we head to the Fire Cavern, where we choose a time limit to complete the trial
The less time you have remaining by the end, the better your SeeD score. I don't particularly care about my SeeD score though and screenshots take more time, so I went with 20 minutes which was more than enough. I could have probably done it in 10 but better safe than sorry.
Inside the Fire Cavern, Quistis tries to ease the tension by bragging on herself
We get further in without melting or dying of a heat stroke somehow
And this dude shows up
Which series fans will recognize as Ifrit, the fire summon
He is very weak to ice, so go ahead and summon Shiva. This is my fave iteration of her btw
Which will get a reaction from Ifrit
I believe Ifrit also has Cure on him so you can cast cure on your party when you need to. Overall not a tough boss if you keep using Shiva
As you continue to do damage, he will praise you..ish
So question. It says the prereq test is to obtain a low level GF. So does everyone get Ifrit? Is there more than one Ifrit? If they don't get Ifrit, who do they get? Because this is like... a tiny island, where are they finding these other GFs?
Anyways, keep damaging Ifrit until eventually
Yay~
After that, we head back to the Garden to prepare for our final SeeD exam
Let's Play the 3RD BEST GAME EVER!!! (FFVIII)
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