FFIX Riddles v2.0

[The Unknown Guru]

Garland?

[Caraliz]

Garland?

I was considering this...

[Rantz]

The riddle:
My calling now is not too far from what it was before
though I don't play with you much, friends and peers, not anymore
I am tired, weary; Do I even still exist?
I can't feel my limbs, but through my work I will persist!
Though short, unknown and ugly may all well be in command
they do not see how they are mere puppets under my hand

Incorrect answers:
Black Mages
Kuja
Vivi
Genomes
Blue Cheese
Garland

None right so far.

[Quindiana Jones]

I smurfing hate you for this riddle, Rantz. I haven't the ruddy foggiest, so I'm gonna have to go play the game again.

[demondude]

Necron? xD

[James Leopold]

Regent Cid?

[Rantz]

No to both.

I'm not gonna be anal about reasoning for your guesses, but it does help me help you. Picking the riddle apart and thinking aloud about each line will get you more feedback than fifty guesses.

And Quin, replay the game by all means, but I don't think it's going to help you much

[Quindiana Jones]

Is it the game itself?

My calling now is not too far from what it was before - Maybe you've started playing it more often, like when you first got it?
though I don't play with you much, friends and peers, not anymore
I am tired, weary; Do I even still exist? - This contradicts the first line of reasoning but whatever: you don't play it as much as you first did?
I can't feel my limbs, but through my work I will persist! - It's a ruddy obsessive game.
Though short, unknown and ugly may all well be in command
they do not see how they are mere puppets under my hand - You control different characters, but they all think they're acting of their own accord. They don't know they're in a game.

I just guessed that from the "playing the game won't help" clue.

[Rantz]

Good thinking, but it's not an abstract answer in that way. What I meant was rather that you're unlikely to take notice of the answer in the game.

[Caraliz]

Stiener? :o

[Rantz]

Nope ;D

[Quindiana Jones]

If it's Lav Layderce again I'm gonna kill you.

[Rantz]

It's most certainly not Lavvy ^^

Edit: I may just as well be generous with hints. The answer is not anything inanimate.

[Aerith's Knight]

The lice that jumped off of Zidane's head when he entered evil forest?

[Ace14]

Queen uhh...something, I can't believe I forgot her name! I need to replay this game, it's the fat one ya know?