Not made too much progress since the Alexandria attack but I have got myself a boat now!
Garnet is traumatised to the point where she can't speak. There's a welcome change of pace as Zidane attempts to find ingredients to a potion that will turn Regent Cid back to himself... though I much prefer him as an Oglop. We have a leisurely jaunt around Lindblum and eventually locate everything we need. Nice
Of course, it doesn't bloody work and Regent Cid is now Regent Frog. He's a bloody nice frog though as he gives us a big, blue boat to track down that pesky Kuja. There's an ATE where Quina materialises in Lindblum and fancies a quick tickle of a pickle. I'm glad I decided to trek back to Lindlum to see him/her as (apart from getting her out of trouble) she's now back in our party. Hooray! Blue Mage!
We board the blue boat and we are heading to the Black Mage Village. However, the entire map is now open to me so I may do a little bit of exploring