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Chapter 14 When we last left our heroes they just got done with a two hour slog fest through repetitive dungeons.  So lets fix that by coming back to a place we've already been with nothing new to explore.  "Ilene, meet the leader of the pirates."  "All of you have done well. I don't know how to thank you."  "It's no big deal..." "Ilene, we have to use one of your rooms." "That's fine, but what for?" Well crazy things happen out in international waters and now Leon's got a new husband. Let's give them some privacy. "I'm interrogating this scum. I need him to give us some information. I'll go ahead to Ilene's house. Don't waste your time sightseeing! Come straight to her house!" "Okay, okay..."  "Hey, walk straight!"  "Okay, all right!"   "Let's go." "Sure."  I was hoping the game would give me a chance to stock up on items after the pirate ship but nope, the moment you leave the harbor you're teleported to Ilene's mansion. All the backtracking they make you do but this one time they just teleport you. This is gonna suck. "We'll find out soon enough if you really don't know a thing. Mary, come here."  "What is it, Leon?"  "Are you taking this pretty tiara off of me, Leon?"  "Hey, why are you taking Mary's off?! Take mine off too!" "One is enough. Besides, I don't trust you enough to behave on your own." "What? I've been a good girl! I haven't done anything bad!" "You're interfering with my interrogation. Go sightseeing or something!" "Why you little snot-nosed brat!"  "drat it, shut up!"  "The same thing that stupid woman has." "What's his problem?! I can't take this any more!" Just be patient, Rutee. I'm sure he'll get voted out of the party soon enough.  "I'll be sleeping in my room! Wake me up if Batista says anything! Hey, Mary, you come too!" "Okay." I could have sworn I screen capped it but Mary and Rutee end up eavesdropping right outside the door. "What are you going to do, Stahn?" "Well, I don't know..." "I did always want to find out what some one else's burnt flesh smelled like." "Are you free, Stahn?" "What? Well, now that you mentioned it..sort of..." "Although there was that one time I was forced to work when I stowedaway. But other than that I've been a free man." "Would you like to go out on a date with me?" "On a...d, d, d...date with you?! Errrrr..." "Ha, ha. Look at you, you're blushing. You're so cute. I was just kidding." "Wh, what?" "I was kidding about the date part, but I'll give you a tour of the town. Or you don't want to go out with an older woman?" "Oh, oh, that's not it. Yeah, sure, I'll take you up on your offer!" "Okay, then, let's go." "Do you want to come with us, Philia?" "Might as well knock out two fantasies at once." "No...I'll stay here. I'm worried about something and I can't get it out of my mind right now." "All right then. Try to get some rest, and don't worry about things that are beyond your control." "Thank you for your advice. I'll be fine." "Okay, Philia, I'll see you later." "Yes, enjoy yourselves."    "Going out with that older woman... I can't stand it! (Grumble, grumble...) Hey, Mary, we're gonna follow them!" I always felt the love interest between Stahn and Rutee was a little forced. "Rutee, aren't you gonna sleep?" "No! Just shut up and follow me!" "Okay, Rutee. Don't get so upset."   "I'm from a village called Lienea in Fitzgald..." "So you're from here. I thought you were from another country since you were with Leon." "But Lienea is a country village and I've never been to a city like this..." "Oh. Is this your first visit to Neuestadt?" "Yes, it is." "If you don't count the time when I alienated the rich, refused to look at the poor, and made a little kid cry when I beat him at racing." "Oh, good. I can show you around then. Shall we go?"  This scene is actually kind of funny. Ilene takes Stahn around the town while Rutee and Mary stalk him.   It's mainly funny because they pick such poor hiding spots. "Those cherry trees were also in full blossom when I first came here..."  Mary eventually get's bored of the stalking and starts doing her own thing here. I'm not sure what it is but I think she's trying to eat the tree. "No. I used to live in Seinegald with my father. Are you disappointed?" "No, I didn't mean that..." "I love this town now but I really hated it when I first came here. When I felt bad, I came to this park and spent a lot of time looking at these cherry blossoms. Cherry blossoms are the same in Seinegald or in Neuestadt or anywhere else. And that's when I realized that I was letting silly things bother me. I realized that living in another country didn't really matter that's when I knew I could face anything." "I see..." Yeah, I kind of zoned out on that too. "Shall we walk by the ocean?"   The creepy part is that Rutee was here before Stahn got there. How did she know?  "You can see the islands in the distance on a clear day. The waves are a little high today though." "It looks like you could swim here if it was a little warmer..." "Sigh..." "Is something wrong?" "I can't swim..." "You can't swim?" "No...but it's okay because I don't like to get my hair wet. Besides, I've been so busy dealing with other things in my life that I never get around to learning how." "Oh, that's too bad. It really feels great to swim in a pond or a pool. Oh, yeah! I can teach you how to swim if you want." Smooth, Stahn, but I think Ilene's a bit too smart to be tricked into a bathing suit like that. "Okay I'll think about your offer. Shall we go?"    However, Seinegald kingdom's public works initiative to exploit natural resources in this area brought the prosperity that you see before you today."  Sure she's hidden from us but if either Stahn or Ilene bother to even look a bit over there she's busted. "Fitzgald was certainly reborn as a prosperous country. But this country lost something important along the way. I wonder if you can place a price on what was lost." "What?" "I'm sorry I guess I'm tired from too much work." "Are you all right?" "Stahn, you're so sweet." "I, I'm just...worried about you." Ugh, twenty minutes into your first date and you're already getting clingy and creepy. "Thank you. I'm fine. Don't worry. Oh yeah, Stahn, shall we go get some Softy Kreems?" "Softie Crea...wha?" "You don't like them?" "That's not what I mean... I've never had one." "Okay. Then, let's get some. New experiences are important."   Mary's actually making the most of her time off instead of obsessing over a country boy who hasn't shown a hint of interest in her. "Sounds fantastic." "You know it's so refreshing to be with someone who's so good and honest like you, Stahn." "Good and honest? Aw, come on, that's a joke right?"  "One might even say you're a 'nice guy.'  Can you spot the Rutee?  "Sure. It'll be 100 Gald. Here you go." A hundred Gald for two ice creams? It better be made from the queen's own breast milk to be worth that much! "Thanks." "Hey, I'll pay half." "No, don't worry. I'm the one who asked you to go out on a date with me..." "Oh, but..." "Stahn..." "Ye, yes?" "There are times when you should let a woman take care of you. Okay?" Ah, the simple joys of dating an older woman. "Ye...yes." Quite the charmer aren't you? I'm reminded of that one line from the movie Airheads where Steve Buscemi's character comments that some women just go for the dopey retards. "I'm glad you understand. Here, try it." "Thanks." "If your Softy Kreem has some letters on the stick, you can win..." "Like this?" "Oh, Stahn, you won!" "Really? Cool!!" "Take it to the Softy Kreeme vendor and they'll give you another one." "But I don't want one right now..." "There's no expiration date, so you can get one anytime you like." I don't think there's an actual way to redeem those things. "Let's see...shall we go to the arena?"     "That's the champion, Bruiser Khang. He's a monster, who doesn't know the word 'lose'. He hasn't lost in years." "He sure looks tough..." "I'll show you the waiting room. Follow me."  "The arena field is right outside if you go through that exit. Shall we take a look?"    "The next challenger is a woman?"  "It looks like the challenger is Ms. Ilene of the Rembrandt family!" "Unfortunately, I'll pass." "Hey babe, come on now." "We're just visiting today." "Hey, you with the pointy head in the back. Do you want to fight?" "Po, pointy head?" "I see, the real challenger is Ms. Ilene's friend!" "I'm just gonna list off random people until some one fights!" "Stahn, don't listen to them." "What's the matter with you, little boy? Hiding behind a woman's back how can you call yourself a real man?!" "Wh, what did you just say?!" "Stahn!" "You know he's right anyways. I got you wrapped around my finger." "First of all, I don't like the fact that a woman entered our holy arena." "What did you say, you pig?!" "What's going on? It looks like they're arguing..." "Ooooooooh, I'm sooooooooo scared. Hysterical women don't turn me on. Anyway, anyone who's not willing to fight is trash! Trash should be thrown out of here in the dumpster!!! Good bye, pointy head! You're a sissy!" "How dare you say those things to our faces?!" "I don't know if you're some kinda politician or what, but you're really beginning to get on my nerves!!! If you calm down a bit more, I'd let you be my girlfriend. Buwahahaha..."  "Stahn! Don't! You'll get hurt!" "He said things he shouldn't have... I can't tolerate trash-talking scumbags like this!" "Hey! What did you call me Scumbag? Who's the scumbag?" "Well now, let's take a look around. Now, I see one right here, and he's this baldy standing in front of me." "B, baldy?!" "I'm not gonna let this bozo beat me! Watch me teach him a lesson!" Baldy, bozo, oh man we got a real tough guy over here. "I'll beat you to a bloody pulp! It'll only take 3 seconds!" "Well, it looks like things are settled. Now, we're going to have a special match! Our champion, Khang, versus Mr. Pointy Head!" "Who's the pointy head?!" "Let's get readeee to rummmmmmmmmmmble!"  In my defense, it took five seconds, not three.  "The winner is Bruiser Khang! Pointy Head has lost!" "I expected more from Mr. Big Mouth here. Come back if you dare!!"  where am I?" "You regained consciousness." "Oh, yeah...I was at the arena..." "Getting my rear end handed to me..." "The champion wants to say something to you. Can you get up?" "Yes, I'm all right..."  "What?" "You're a promising young man. I'm certain there will come a time when we will fight again. But when that time comes, I'll beat you to a bloody pulp! Mark my words!!"  "What was that about?" "I guess it's his peculiar way of expressing his friendship to you. Shall we get going?" No we shall not. I got a score to settle with that rear end in a top hat.  This fight was the main reason I was upset that I had to rely on items on the pirate ship. I needed to conserve for this fight. Khang hits like a tank and has techs that'll hit you two to three times in a row. Many times you'll use a healing item only to have to use another right away.  There's a special item called Hourglass that freezes most enemies. A lot of bosses are immune to it and you won't really need them in normal fights. I had two of them and spammed them during this fight. I used the brief moments to cast Fire Wall on Khang. Each Hourglass only gives you enough time to cast once and so I only got off two in a row.  It barely made a dent in his health.  You're on your own during this fight so if he knocks you out cold you're pretty much screwed cause he'll just finish you off before you can wake up.  Spamming Tiger Blade and healing items you'll slowly be able to wear him down. You don't want to use kick attack as the kick portions of the move will only be doing one point of damage. Tiger Blade only hits with the sword and so will be doing more damage. If you're lucky you'll break the 40's with your damage.  Khang is probably the hardest fight in the game but unlike Leon you don't have to cheat to win it. You can do it with some patience, luck, and a lot of healing items.  "Oh, my ...this is incredible..." "Watch what you say! You asked for it! Well, how do you feel now?!" "(Gasp!)...Khang lost the match! This is tremendous, incredible! The impossible has occurred! Oh, the humanity!!" "Hey kid...you're not bad..." "I didn't win! You did this yourself! Well, we have nothing better to do here. Let's go."  "This match was an accident, a fluke. Therefore it will be treated as a non-title match. That means the champion remains the same. Khang retains the title!"  Win or lose, this scene still happens. "Well, err...not really..." "You made me very happy." "I just couldn't forgive the things he said..." "I like people who have strong convictions. Shall we go?"  "What?" How many times are you going to respond like this? I don't mean just to Ilene, but this whole game in general. "Come on, let's go home."  "Philia, how's it going? Do we have information yet?" Oh that's right, we were committing war crimes and torturing some one. Forgot all about it. "...No, nothing yet..."  "Do you feel like talking now? We want information." "Tell us the nuclear launch codes! "I, I don't know...Ughhhhh..." "Oh, spare us your heroics. All we want is information. By hook or by crook, we'll get it!" "Where's the money hidden?" "How am I supposed to tell you things that I don't know about...aghhhhh..." "Information. We want information. You'll die soon if you don't tell me." "Where does your mother keep her jewelry?" "I don't know a thing... aghhhhaaaaaa!"   "Don't mind the mess. He just passed out." Probably soiled himself too but that's what poor people are for, call in the maid! "He still has some value to me, so I'm not about to kill him quite yet." "But, this is..." "Enhanced Interrogation" "This is it for today, at least. But I don't think he'll give us any information even if I continue the interrogation."  "Let's go, Philia." "............" "Philia?" "What? Oh, yes..."   FLASHBACK! "Philia? What are you doing here at this late hour?" "Oh, Batista...I needed to research something." "Like research something for the Archbishop?" "Yes, sort of..." "Sort of...? All this secret cloak and dagger nonsense is the reason why you get stressed out and get sick." "But this has to be done by tomorrow. I really have no choice." "All right. You're hopeless by yourself, so I'll help you." "Batista...you're so kind."   Despite the odd colors this is not a flashback, it's just night.  One thing I never mentioned was that this game has some pretty decent reflections off of mirrors and water. "I'll take this drat thing off my head!"  "Heh, how cute. I get an electric shock if I try to take the drat thing off. That low-life!!"   Is it too late to join your side, Batista? "Ha, ha, ha, ha...idiots!"
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You know, given that Leon can track down anybody wearing one of those shock collars, he might be letting Batista go deliberately. I'm pretty sure that's what he'll say, regardless of what the actual ("I have people to lock doors FOR me!") truth is.
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Chapter 15 When we last left our heroes They had hosed up and made the last three hours of game play mean nothing.  "Oh, Stahn. Can you come with me?" "where?" "I think I'm done with dates after the last one ended up with an almost impossible fight to win." "I'm taking something to eat to Batista... He'll die if the questioning continues like this." "Philia... Sure, I'll go with you. Here, let me carry the tray for you." "Thank you."   "Huh? He's not here!" "Oh, no!" drat it! I knew we should have just executed Philia when we found her.  Sound the alarm! Release the hounds! Notify the FBI! I swear if you make me go through another pirate ship level... "What?!"  "I, I don't know..." Which shouldn't come as a surprise to any one. "Philia, you didn't..." "What?" "You didn't let him go because of your past relationship with him, did you?" "No! I didn't do anything..." I dunno, you were lingering suspiciously at the end of the last update. "Stop it, Rutee! You don't know that!" "Well now, Stahn.  "But whatever the case, we need to make some things black and white in this world!" "What's with this racket so early in this morning?!" In an odd twist, Stahn wasn't the last one awake. "Listen up! Batista escaped! And..." "Oh, that. I let him go on purpose."  Why you little... "What?" "You! Are you insane?! Why did you let our only clue to find the Eye of Atamoni go?!" "Calm down, you idiots! Why do you think I put the tiara on his head?!" "Ahhhh!" Stahn only has to hear about the tiara and he feels the pain of electrocution. "That tiara has a homing beacon built into it. I can find out where he is by using my proximity detector." A round of applause for Glazius Glazius posted:
I'd gift you with some kind of forum upgrade but  "So, you're going to let him lead us to where Lydon is." "Exactly." "Philia, I'm sorry. I jumped to conclusions... Mary, let's go!" "Rutee, you made a false accusation..." "Awwwww, shut up will you?"  "Come on, let's go."  "Well, we should go after him..." "Stahn...it's my fault. I was doing something that made Rutee suspicious of me..." "What are you saying? That's not true. As Rutee admitted, she jumped to conclusions." "It's okay. I'm too naive..." "You're not naive." "Hell, look at me. I still believe Rutee isn't a criminal." "I think you're a kind person. In fact, you are who you are because of your kindness." "But..." "It'll be a big loss for us if you leave us now. We're all working together." "Stahn..." "Hey, don't worry about it any more... Everybody's waiting for you." "Yes."    "I believe Ms. Ilene is at the harbor." "At the harbor... Then it'll be convenient for us to ask for a ship." Please, anything but another ship.  "Sorry." "Ilene is at the harbor. Let's go."  "Leon!" "Batista escaped." "That's what I heard. And a transport is missing from the harbor." "I bet he's on that ship." "You're probably right, Stahn. So, do you have any idea where he went." "He went to Aquaveil." "Aquaveil?" "Leon, you're not going there are you?" "Yes, I am. Prepare a ship for me." "Do you know that Seinegald and that country are practically at war with each other?" "That's why I'm asking you to ready your ship registered in Fitzgald." "And make sure the crew are a bunch of cowards so we steer clear of sea dragons, pirates, and what other nonsense the plot decides to throw our way. "That's insane!" "Would it be insane if I told you the Eye of Atamoni fell into the hands of Aquaveil?" "What! I didn't know that!" "I am on a secret mission from the King of Seinegald." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HxwQwujqzM "We have to recover the Eye of Atamoni from them." I've been chasing this McGuffin to long to give up now. I don't even remember why we started in the first place. "Please, we need your help." "......... I can only take you there. But it'll be a one-way trip. I can't bring you back from there. Is that all right?" "That's fine." "We're ready." "Please take us." "Okay, I understand... Captain, get the ship ready for departure!"  "Yes, madam." "Thank you. I owe a debt to you." "Don’t worry about it."   "It's an island nation that has several territories. Long ago, Aquaveil broke away from Seinegald and became an independent country. It is still in a cold war with each other countries." "Hmmm..." "In other words, they're surrounded by enemies." "That's why the world is in danger. They've upset the balance of power in the world by acquiring the Eye of Atamoni from Lydon." "We must stop Lydon at any cost..." "That is correct."   "Okay, let's go up on deck."  "Where are we?" "We're near the shores just outside the Sheeden territory in Aquaveil." "I'm sorry for being unreasonable. Have a safe return journey." Stahn not waking up last; Leon apologizing for being a dick. Might we be seeing hints of character development? "Please take care of yourselves, everyone..." "Thank you very much." "Good luck, Stahn." "All right, let's go ashore." 
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Wait, did they fire the group out of a cannon in that last image? Because even if not, I like to imagine they did.
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Well, they have to set up the romance arc somehow, it's not the best way I've seen, but it's not too terrible. And good job on Leon for being a bit clever.
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Red Metal posted:Wait, did they fire the group out of a cannon in that last image? Because even if not, I like to imagine they did. Well far be it for me to break your heart. That's exactly what they did.
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If Stahn's head is as dense as a stone, does that mean he can skip across water?
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Chapter 16  We manage to make a relatively safe landing after our little trip. Every one should travel by cannon.  And it's a very short walk to the town. You probably wouldn't even encounter a fight but what's the fun in that?  Our first set of enemies aren't that impressive. They're both skin swaps of old enemies and bring nothing new to the table.  Now these guys are new. The Tzin are those weird shell like things. When it's standing up like that it'll shoot a rock at you and up close it'll just tentacle you from under it's shell because, you know, Japan. Mandragoras are the ones that look like those troll dolls you used to top your pencils with in grade school. They got a wide variety of magic though they tend to stick to Ice Needle and Stone Blast. If you're close enough they'll lift up their dress and...something will come out to attack you. Again, Japan.  Apparently Stahn learned this move on the pirate ship and I just didn't notice.    Vortex doesn't do much damage but it hits all around and knocks enemies away giving you plenty of breathing room if you're being overwhelmed.  While looking for fights to show off the new enemies and Stahn's Vortex, Philia picked up a new move as well.    She just lobs out two Philia Bombs which still do piss poor damage.   You gotta love a town that greets you with a juggling clown. If I could I would recruit him into my party. If you've been paying attention to the LP you might have noticed a pattern. We're in a new town and there's been no one to tell you what to do. So it's time to sniff out plot on our own. Luckily I remember exactly where this NPC is so we don't have to waste time.  Yup it sure is! Now give me that plot! Don't you dare pull this one me! I know it's you! God drat it! So apparently there's a string of NPC's you gotta talk to to trigger everything. Let's get hunting.   If only I could moon him through it.  This is in reference to some game that I never played or heard of. I'm sure half of you in the thread are now typing up some furious response on how I can't be a true gamer if I don't know about that game.   "I heard that the Lord of Moreau, master Zino, passed away. And a person named Batista became the new lord and threw the country into complete chaos." How bad must Leon's tracking device be if he can only pinpoint it to a large set of islands and no more? "Batista?!!!" "Although Master Zino had a favorite son named Fayte, I wonder why that outsider succeeded him instead?" "Um...How do we get to Moreau?" "Moreau is on another island. You can get there by sea." If Leon's technology actually worked we could have just had Ilene drop us off there.  "Is this ship going to Moreau?"  "Sorry bub, but we can't go to Moreau." "Why is that?" "That area is very dangerous enough already because it's very shallow. To make things worse, there are monsters wandering around there now." Look man, I don't like it anymore than you do. If it was up to me Leon's device would have been much more accurate and I'd be there now. I'd much rather take a quick boat ride that I can just frame skip through than some arbitrary dungeon who's only purpose is to pad the length of the game. Surely we can work something out.  "You, you must be crazy!" "I'm asking you very, very nicely (and I'm usually not nice). Do you want to see me beg too?!" "Who's...begging? I realize we're asking too much from you." "Don't get me wrong. I just value my life." "...Coward!" "Chump, busta, pansy rear end landlubber" "Fine. Let's find another way."  I see this line a lot in RPG's. Granted I come from the 21st Century where people don't have to trek for days on end to reach the nearest town but do travelers/adventurers really have a look? "Can you tell us the way to Moreau?"  "Hmmm...Moreau..." "Those sailors aren't willing to sail to sea because they're scared of monsters! Those good-for-nothing men! They're a bunch of spineless worms!!" "Hey, take it easy! There's no use complaining to him." But it feels sooooo good. "Then what are we going to do?" "...I used to work for master Arthur Sheeden, the current lord of Sheeden. His son was quite an adventurer. We used to explore caves that lead to Moreau all the time." "The caves to Moreau?" "Yes, Not many people know about it, but there's an underwater passageway to Moreau." Of course there is. Cause a boat would be too easy. "Where is it?" "I believe there's an entrance near the coastline if you go south from our town. The tide is low, so you should be able to see the entrance." "Let's go there." "Thank you, sir." "Oh, no problem." I'm just saying, there's no reason you couldn't have told us this the first time I talked to you. Next time!  Stahn encounters his arch enemy: His third grade reading level.
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Sorry for the short updates recently. I was feeling kind of bleh about updating last week so I cut it off early and this week would have been way too big if I added in the dungeon. I should have just powered through last week and included Sheeden in it.
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Short updates are fine, too. More opportunities to comment and help push things to a new page. Like that fantastic NPC communication chain. Nintendo Power says "Talk to everyone"!
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Wow, I've suddenly got all sorts of nostalgia for this game and I haven't played it in years and years. Mostly for late game combo nonsense, Stahn being a doof, and Leon being... well, himself.
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Ardeem posted:Wow, I've suddenly got all sorts of nostalgia for this game and I haven't played it in years and years. Mostly for late game combo nonsense, Stahn being a doof, and Leon being... well, himself. I never quite got the appeal in Leon, despite the fact that he's apparently ~*~hot poo poo~*~ in Japan and surprisingly popular in America, too. Did being a pretty-boy jackass voiced by Hikaru Midorikawa really mean you had no reason to ever have positive characterization ever in the late 90s?
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Basically. People go fudging insane over hot rear end in a top hat pretty boys. See: Sephiroth and Vincent (And turning Cloud into a hot rear end in a top hat pretty boy) of FFVII.
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KataraniSword posted:I never quite got the appeal in Leon, despite the fact that he's apparently ~*~hot poo poo~*~ in Japan and surprisingly popular in America, too. I'm not a fan of his, but his late game actions are pretty memorable.
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I like Leon because he's a counter balance to Stahn's stupidity. Where Stahn is the bleeding heart, Leon gets right to business and gets plot done. It's nice to have a little contrast in the party. He does get to be a little too much at times though.
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Hell, I was one of those Leon fangirls as a kid and now I have no loving idea what I was thinking. He's by no means the worst character or anything, but really doesn't deserve the love he gets. Even within the Tales series there are far, far better characters.
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Chapter 17 Unfortunately we're in for a kind of long and ugly dungeon.  Even the enemies are kind of droll to look at.  The Orgus' are new. They're those blobs on the ground and they aren't that dangerous.  A well timed Vortex will usually knock them out cold.  If nothing else though, this place does have some rather pretty water effects.  It's a bad screen shot but they all were. This is Stahn's Fire Tornado. It works much like Ice Tornado but it'll melt your flesh off. Beyond some enemies absorbing elements, they don't really come into play.  We already saw the spell so I won't show it again, but just pointing out that now Philia can use it.  Remember that this place is suppose to be an underwater cavern that leads to Moreu. I can just imagine the ceiling is ready to break under all this water.  Don't be fooled by these things. You can totally walk over them if you don't mind getting  Trench Foot. Leon picks up an overly complicated move during our crawl. He tends to pick up shared moves before Stahn. I think that's to push the idea that he's a better swordsman.      Naturally he holds the pose for a second or two to let the cool factor sink in.  I get excited now whenever I see The Black Wings because these little bits are all 100% new to me. I have never gotten them to follow me around the world like this.   "Finally ... I've finally found it!! This means that I'll become a truly omnipotent lifeform. Heh, I'm so great, I'm running out of adjectives to describe my greatness!" "Boss...I'm...I'm so...happy!" "Hi, Stahn DARLING?!" "Oh, I'm so thrilled to see you again! We were destined to meet again..." Really good water effects for the time. Hell if you look closely you can see The Black Wings reflected in the water.  "Oh, you're that young man I met before. I know you wanted my autograph, but you shouldn't have followed me this far! That's overdoing it!"I wonder how Grid would feel if he found out he was so unimportant to this game that you can play through and never encounter him once. "That's not really why I'm here." "Then, did you come here for this monument too?! Oh, that's why I hate amateurs! Do you have any idea what this thing is?" "Huh?" "The words of a Sacred Skill are inscribed on this monument and can only be read by the chosen few! This isn't something that an ordinary fellow like you can read. You should give up on your foolish dreams now. Why don't you stand aside and watch until I get the Sacred Skill? Observe and learn!" "John!" "Yes, boss!" "Can you read this?" It's ok, John, Stahn can't either and look at him. Star of his own video game! "I dunno what is says, boss... B, boss, are you telling me that you can't read it?!" "..........! I have no idea how you exclaim a long pause. "How dare you even suggest that I, Grid, the Omnipotemt, am incapable of reading these sacred words!! Of course, I was able to read words from the sacred teachings!! John, you can't read this words because you lack proper training! If you keep training like me, the path to enlightenment shall open to you, and you too can read these sacred words!"The bright side of having run with the joke that those slabs are meaningless is that the game did all the explaining for me. Reach a certain level, read the slab, get a new move! "Boss...You've been reborn!" "Nothing is impossible for Grid, the Omnipotent!" "Oh, brother...gimme a break!" "You poor, common people! I have learned the Sacred Skill! Can any of you read this words on the monument?! Well, see you again, young man! Farewell!"   I made my self a promise when I started this LP that I wouldn't grind. We are actually a bit under leveled for this dungeon but the game is so easy it's not a big deal. However, I really don't want to come back later on so I just went ahead and picked up about four levels.  So of course we also picked up a few new tricks.   Thievery is this game's version of "steal." You can see the item you stole at the end of the fight where it lists all the stuff that monsters inexplicably carry for you to take in RPGs. It's also pretty useless as no enemy has a truly unique item.  If she fails, Rutee ends up tripping and laying on the ground for a moment much like Find Gald.  There's never a question of whether or not she found something.  Rutee picked quite a few tricks while chilling in the background. Barriar increases a party members defense by 10%.   And Ice Wall is the water version of the wall spells.  He's not in the screenshot but this is Leon's new spell. There's some stuff that'll hit all enemies in the fight, and some stuff that'll only hit all enemies on the screen. It's important to learn the difference as the fight area's are about two and a half screens.    This is the strong version of Hammer Drop. It does no damage, just knocks enemies out cold.  I turned it off so the A.I. can never use it again.  Mary also gets the impressive looking Force.  It's pretty far reaching and will not only knock enemies to the ground, but push them away. Giving you some nice breathing room with the added benefit of you smacking a spell caster mid-charge. Stahn will pick it up as well soon enough and I'll be able to show off the fun ways you can play around with it.  So after that we got enough to finally pick up this Sacred Skill. You gotta be at level 22 to pick up this move.  These things quiz you about a spell and a special move that you have and generally combine the two to give you a new toy to play with. This one was Fireball if I'm not mistaken.  This one is the ever useful Spin Slash. If you get them wrong I'm pretty sure you can try over and over until you got it right.  After getting them right, it gives you a very brief and vague description of the new move.  The slab turns into a book which almost causes Stahn to say it's just not worth it.  But who can resist the urge to strike a cool pose? Let's see it in action  The move it self is pretty flashy and takes a bit to properly pull off.  I mean it even starts with a useless pose just to go back into his battle stand for a brief second.  With the help of anime Stahn back flips 20 feet into the air.  And not only does he manage to catch himself mid-air,  He manages to start a huge thing of fire and change direction.   And he brings it all crashing down on the face of his enemies. It does about 200 points of damage and for right now that's pretty drat good.  Eventually after some more wandering around we come to the cave entrance. Of course this wouldn't be an RPG if some giant monster wasn't guarding it.  Lunch! "It looks like we have to beat this one to get through here!" Not only does Mary taunt it, she also turns her back on it to give it a sporting chance.   So in case you were wondering where those blobs came from, here's your answer. So, yes, that is an egg sack on her back.  Poor thing doesn't really have much HP and doesn't do too much damage either.  The main thing you're gonna wanna do is to massacre her children right in front of her eyes so your spell casters have some time to cast.  This is a bit easier said then done because she has a tendency to jump around the battle field.    You can see both Leon and Mary missing with mis-timed special moves thanks to her jumping.  Not only does it make the queen hard to hit, it'll actually damage any party members she lands on.   Philia picked up a new spell on the way to the boss fight.    Just under a thousand points of damage. Even with her children murdered, it can be a bit hard to get off a spell. She'll land on you and interrupt your spell or she can just bite your entire party at once.      All in all though, you shouldn't have too much trouble with this thing. Hopefully with the queen dead and eaten, there won't be any more of those abominations anymore.  "We humans have finally made a species extinct!" "It looks like we can go through now."
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I like the Orguses, actually. One of the few monsters with an actual explanation for why they're in a particular dungeon, rather than just some sort of thematic link to the place.
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Chapter 18  Ah! Sunshine, fresh air, dry feet. Life sure is looking up  It's a bit of a walk to the next town and nothing new pops up at you. If you don't know where to go you might get a bit lost.  Welcome to Moreau. It's a quaint little town with not much to see or do. This town, as well as the last have been empty store wise because a new evil king *cough* Batista *cough* has taken over and made life harsh.  It does have a fun little plaza though. Those cat things kind of freak me out a bit. A lot of modern JRPG's have different sentient species that populate the world. As far as I know this is the only time these cats appear in Destiny. Let's go see what their deal is.  Oh they're recruiting furries.  Or maybe not. Sadly they don't say what their way of life is.   "Hidden Features! New Characters! Faster Gameplay! New Fighting Styles! This is a shameless plug!" "What the?"  Beyond that, there's nothing else of interest in Moreau beside plot hunt. This time it's a touch easier than talking to every NPC because it triggers automatically when you enter the scene.   "Shaddap! This punk bumped into me on purpose! I can do whatever I please with him!"  "Mommmmmmmmy!"  "Please, you can do anything to me but please spare him, please."  "Oooooooh, you make me want to cry. Well, this is usually grounds for a public execution, but I'm deeply moved by your words." "You mean..." "I'll spare the child under special circumstances and punish him with a public whipping."  See, he's not such a bad guy after all.  Stahn, however, seems to disagree.     "Oh, my boy!" "Mommy!"  And they leave with out a word of thanks. The jerks.  "You've gone too far!"  "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!!! I won't let you get away with that!" I bet you will!  It's a laughably easy fight.   Mr.Guard Leader just ditches his fallen bros.  "I think we already passed that point." "Then, it's time to get outta here!" "I agree!"  Just go ahead and start humming "Yakkity Sax" for a bit. It's what I did.   "You idiot!"  "Yes! What kind of idiot would attack like that out of the blue?!" "What?! I couldn't bear to watch! I couldn't help it!" "Bah! That doesn't mean you have to go in there and start Aeth'er wars II!!" "Then are you saying I should let myself be caught by them?!" Normally I'd say yes but I don't want to grind through a dungeon level. "We have no time to argue like this!"   "They couldn't have gotten that far! Leave no stone unturned! Find them!"   Throw Stahn to the wolves so this doesn't happen again and finish the game ourselves!   "Whoa! Wait, Mary, wait!" Valhalla waits for no one!  I'm guessing Rutee picked this hiding spot. "There they are!" "Oh, @#$%!"   "What?"  "Hurry up! Do you want to get caught?!" Well your text box is in a friendly blue so I guess it's okay to trust you. "All right, all right!"    "They should be around here! Search everywhere!" "Wait a sec."   "Me? I'm Karyl. People call me 'Blue Lightning'." Blue...Lighting? "Whoever you are, if you interfere, you'll regret it!" "Right on, gotcha. You really want to listen to my tunes that much?!" "Huh?" "Well, if you insist." "What's this idiot yammering on about?" "Atchung baby, here's Karyl's song #1! Here we go, baby!"  "Leave this wacko alone! Let's go!" "Hey, hey, wait, wait a minute! Listen to the rest of my songs."  What have we gotten ourselves into?    We should have tried the Looney Tunes defense earlier. "Oh, no sweat. So, what are they after you for? What's your story?" "What?" "Although the guards are chasing you, you don't look like criminals. Lessee here, there's a swordsman from Seinegald, a priestess from Straylize temple, and a pretty girl. Well, you have quite a motley crew here." "You seem to know a lot." "Yeah, you could say that." He's a spy! Kill him! "Who are you?" "Me? I'm Karyl. I guess you could call me a wandering troubadour."  "That's what I call myself at least. So, I've got a question for you." "What is it?" "Are you after Batista?"  "H, how did you know that?!" "I thought so." "Why did you have to tell him that?" "......(oops)" Oh you lovable doofus. "Well, if that's the case, I have a proposition to make." "What is it?" "My best friend's been caught by that bum. I'd really like your help so I can rescue him... How about teaming up?" "All right. Let's go together." "Hey, not so fast, Stahn!" "Don't go off and make decisions by yourself!"  "But don't you think it's better to have more people on our side?" "I agree." "But we can't let a complete stranger join us." "He just helped us. Doesn't that count for something?" "...I understand. But we have to get Batista first. After that, we can rescue his friend." "That's fine. I know I'm asking a lot from you."   "You guys stirred up the place pretty good, so I'll lead the way for now.  And for a little bit, our sprite changes. Current Stats       Also we're coming across a pretty big Dungeon next. I could use a party vote. Pick two members and remember that Stahn can't be taken out.
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Well, it's worth seeing Karyl get in on the action so let's do it. Bring Mary anyway because she's the coolest.
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May 23, 2013 17:26
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Spiffo posted:Well, it's worth seeing Karyl get in on the action so let's do it. I'm cool with this. Who needs talking swords?
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KataraniSword posted:I'm cool with this. Who needs talking swords? drat right this magic stuff is for weenies, RIP AND TEAR
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I wonder what Karyl the bard will do in combat. Oh, and bring Rutee along as well.
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Speaking of which, Volume, are you going to write up a comparison between original Karyl and PS2 Karyl? Because if I'm remembering right, PS2 Karyl is hilariously broken (in a good way).
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May 23, 2013 19:00
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Let's bring Karyl and Mary. It'll be a battle of  and
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Seconding Karyl and Mary. BearDrivingTruck posted:Speaking of which, Volume, are you going to write up a comparison between original Karyl and PS2 Karyl? Because if I'm remembering right, PS2 Karyl is hilariously broken (in a good way). I'm actually wondering this too. Along with why on earth Namco changed his name from Johnny for the localization, although I don't think anyone knows the reason for that, really  . Not sure if that's worth being put in spoiler text, but just in case, I suppose.
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BearDrivingTruck posted:Speaking of which, Volume, are you going to write up a comparison between original Karyl and PS2 Karyl? Because if I'm remembering right, PS2 Karyl is hilariously broken (in a good way). I have never played the PS2 version of this game so I wouldn't really be able too. If some else in the thread wants to though feel free to go ahead and do that. I'll even slot it into the OP.
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May 23, 2013 20:11
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Rutee and Mary Healers are always welcome, and you can never go wrong with an axe-weilding warrior with a desire for murder!
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KDavisJr posted:Rutee and Mary Yeah, do this.
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Rutee is a given, since you need a healer, and as much as I enjoy Mary's enthusiasm I think Karyl deserves at least one chance in a fight. Say, have there been any new skits since the last bunch?
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May 25, 2013 16:31
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Nthing Kary and Maryl.
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May 25, 2013 17:37
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Ardeem posted:Let's bring Karyl and Mary. It'll be a battle of This is perfect. 
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I too vote for the aggressive pursuit of the gently caress Talking Swords policy. Because seriously, Mary doesn't need a talking sword to be the best character in the game.
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Chapter 19 This is going to be interesting because I have never used Karyl. Not once have I ever used him in all my years of playing this game. Nothing really against him it's just that he starts like six levels under you and I never wanted to deal with that. Anywho, let's storm the castle!   "Then, why don't we force our way in..." "No way man. If we do that, it'll be total and utter chaos." Big whoop, we can one shot their entire army. I mean they only give us 27 experience points. How tough can they be? "Well, then what do we do? Do you have a plan?" "Absolutely! Let's go down to the pier." "The pier?" "What's there?" "You'll find out when we get there, baby." Before we do that though, we got something to knock out first.  Yeah and I'm not doing this for free you know. Where's my reward? "My son is fine. I don't know how to repay you. I'd like to give you a token of my gratitude..." You got an option here to say yes or no. I however "Now please don't be so shy. Please take this.  10% boost to defense. Saying yes gives you like some kind of gel of which I think we have max of everything. There was one other thing we have to do but I apparently didn't take screencaps of it. Down in the harbor there's a dude who sells three types of armor, three types of helms, and three types of swords. The trick is that they're all listed as weapon???/armor???/helm??? and they're pretty expensive. Two thirds of the stuff he's selling is also starting game equipment. So with a bit of save/loading cheating you can buy only what you need and come out of there pretty pimped out. After which we report him to the Better Business Bureau.   "So, is this it? Sure. But please make sure you rescue master Fayte!" "No prob, dude. It's under control."   After a boat ride that's longer than it has any right being we make our way to a rope that's conveniently placed outside the castle.  I still say we could have just sent in Mary Blindfolded to take out the guards. "Where are we?" "This is the outer perimeter of Moreau Castle. We'll be fine once we get in. You're back in charge once we're inside." .png) Suck it, Mario, we found the princess on the first try. .png) "Yo baby, we're here to help you!" "Karyl?!" "Leianna, how are you?"  "How did you get here?" "Well, you know, from the outside." "......" Don't look at me, I didn't vote him into the party. "Thank you for saving me." "So, who is she?" Oh thank god! I thought I missed a plot dump somewhere. "Here's a little surprise for you! She's the wife of the next lord of Moreau." "The interior of this castle has been changed around quite a bit." .png) I don't know what it is about JRPG villains and their desire for overly complex castles. Further more why do they always populate them with monsters? Are they like pets to them or something? "Karyl, please rescue him..." "No problem, just leave it to me. I'll rescue Fayte. You just keep cool and stay out of sight." "Yes." "Shall we go?" "Sure. Let's get them." .png) .png) Already we're off to a good start. Leianna acts as a free inn and right next door is a save point. If only the rest of the dungeon was this nice to us. .png) You might think the water is there just for nice effect. To give the dungeon atmosphere. No, the water is just there to make our lives more difficult. .png) Every monster in this dungeon is just a re-skin powered up version of things we've fought before. Those Killer Bee's though can poison us though which finally gives me a chance to show off Rutee's Antidote  .png) .png) In battle Karyl is really more of a support character. He lacks spells and physical strength to back up attacks. Of course that isn't going to stop him. He'll slash and thrust with his mandolin just the same. .png) Karyl starts with one special and will never learn anymore. He'll never gain another special move by leveling up. Instead around the world you'll find treasure chests with special items called "Score A" or "Score B" once you have these in your inventory, Karyl will automatically have a new special move. The one you're seeing up there, Symphony, gives a 10% boost to the entire parties hit rating.  .png) The dungeon is pretty straight forward for now because no one in the party knows how to swim. .png)  Does exactly what you'd think it'd do. .png) Remember these guys from update one? Yeah me too. But in the room with the valve we found "Score A" and Karyl picked up Samba.  Each note hits for about the same as Karyl's physical attacks but it hits three or four times and from a distance so it's kind of useful. Like I said before just having it in your inventory is enough for Karyl to access the move. No need to use it or study it or anything. "I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!"  There's a lot of backtracking in this dungeon. In this part you gotta go all the way back to find these stairs which leads us into the channel where the water normally is.  Remember the pulling mechanic? Yeah me neither. But none the less you need it to-  Hold on a sec, these battles tend to interrupt my screen shots.    Ok that's better. So you're gonna have to pull those big rear end blocks to finish the paths for you to walk across.  Can't swim, can't jump.  "But Volume," You're surely asking. "Why do all that if with the water off you can get to the end of this half of the dungeon?"  Because Batista has some funny ideas on how doors are suppose to work.  The power crystals aren't new either, just a new color. The difference is that now they can cast magic. Of course that's all they can do. I'm not even joking. The things can't even move around the battle field so once you reach them they are helpless.  With the water back on we can make our way to the door now.   And we discover that this one wasn't set pixel perfect so we can't cross it. I'll spare you the back tracking to fix it and instead end this update by showing you what's behind the magical door.  More dungeon Next Time: 
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I think playing an organ in a dungeon is like the second most deadly thing you can do, next to picking up a duck.
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Chapter 20 Well here we are, the big two-oh. I'd like to pat myself on the back but we aren't even half way done with this game yet so that might be a bit premature. But we are halfway done with this dungeon!  And halfway dead! Thank you, Rutee.  Where as the first half of this dungeon was pretty straight forward, it becomes a god drat pretzel in the second half.  Stahn finally catches up to Mary with his own version of force. I know I promised I'd show you how we could play with it but apparently I forgot I need another special move.     And of course we haven't dropped the block moving gimmick just yet.   If you come across a valve early on in your pretzel twisting, for the love of god don't hit it. Just leave it alone. Unless you like backtracking or something.  This is apparently the only screen shot I took of the Assassin enemy. He's the dead dude on the ground bottom right of the battle screen. Just a re-skin (starting to notice a pattern?) of the pirates but this time they don't throw fish at you.  Keep your eye on that door center top. When Karl start's playing...  Tada! You know, I get that this is a little gimmick for the next part of the dungeon but I'm still surprised no one, not even Leon, said that we don't got time for this. "Well, what now?" "I don't know..." Unless you say otherwise Stahn, we all assume you don't know. "Awright, why don't you guys go ahead while I'm playing?" "What? And you lock us in?"  "Of course not." "I guess we all have our issues. I'll tell you what. Why don't you leave a person or two behind to watch me? How's that sound?" "Fine, whatever." "So, who's gonna stay?" You have your choice here of party members and I was gonna pick Leon because I like his bickering with Karyl but I mis-clicked.  "Whoa. No complaints here. I'm happy to be in the company of a beautiful woman like you." "If you have time to chit-chat, hurry up and play something now." "Yesssssir" "We're off then." "Yes. Please be careful."   Funny thing, if you turn right, then go down you'll go out some doors,  Which then lock right behind you forcing you to backtrack all the way to the organ to start again.   And then we come across one of the strangest puzzles I have ever seen. When you investigate the door up top, a series of noises play. Stepping on the stones on the ground spits out a noise and you gotta play them in order. It's only hard your very first time because it follows an easy to remember patter: [1] [3] [5] [7] [8] [6] [4] [2] The whole sound clip in general though sounds like some dogs get into a fight at a park then an old woman comforts one of the dogs all "It's ok boy."  of it all. This is a good sign cause it means we're almost done with this place.   Stahn also picks up Fear Flare which is a powered up version of Fireball.  And now we can backtrack to that valve I set off too early.  Like I said; Batista has some strange ideas on how door are suppose to work.  I know it looks like it's just more dungeon. It is more dungeon but it's the last stretch of it. I promise.  See, there's even a save point!  And that's that! One last charge to the boss.  But first, check out Karl rocking out.   "Wh, what?" "You'll end up outside if you go through this door. Do you realize what'll happen if you do?" "drat, You're right. The enemy would see us, and we'd be in serious trouble." "You are corrrrrrrrect, sir" I still would have much rather fought through their pitiful-27-XP-giving army than go through this entire dungeon.  I like to walk in JRPG's when I know a boss is just around the corner for thematic effect. So just stare at each of these following screenshots for a few seconds longer than normal to get the experience.     "Batista, there's no use trying to escape! we have you now!!" "My, what big words from the mouth of a tiny little runt. I'm not running of hiding anywhere!" Hell, the dude was sitting on his throne eating grapes and waiting for us! "Yo, what did you do with Fayte?" "I've locked him up in a cell! I even have the key to his cell right here if you want it. Of course, that was a joke. Don't worry, I'll enjoy killing him after you." "Gee, it's so nice to know that someone cares about us.  Bard burns. "Silence, you insolent punk! Do you think you can defeat me?" "You stupid moron! Did you forget the tiara on your head?!"  "Batista, stop it! This is meaningless." "Ugh, meaningless?! You make me laugh!  "This tiara is useless now! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" "He's lying...Is he some kind of a monster?!" "Your strength of will is admirable. But how long can you last?" "I'll kill you before that! All of you! Come on, I'm waiting!!"   In a dungeon full of re-skinned enemies it's actually rather appropriate to have the boss be a repeat as well.  Like before, Batista does not gently caress around. Interestingly enough he apparently has zero Tech Points. This apparently means that all his moves are free to use.   Which I guess is how he manages to spam them all over and over and over. He's actually much easier this time around though. The reason I'm getting the poo poo kicked out of me right now is because I'm trying to keep him alive long enough for him to use his new special move.    But Mary puts him in his place shortly after.    And for our troubles we get a pitiful short sword.  "You killed Zino didn't you? ...I'll kill you with my own hands!" "Wait!" "Philia?!" "Batista, where is Lydon? If you tell us the truth, I'll guarantee your safety." "What?!"  "If kindness did not exist in this world, life would mean nothing to me. I wouldn't be myself if I didn't believe in kindness." "What did you say?" "I am who I am. Nothing will change this. Your words mean nothing to me anymore."  "I am being honest with myself. Now, I'll ask you once again, where is Lydon?!" "He's not here." "Then, where is he?!!" "Hey, fool! Take this."  "What are you doing?" "He's getting weaker by the minute. You'd better hurry..." "What have you done to Fayte?!" "Being more honest with yourself..." "Batista?" "........."  "Batista!"  "It wasn't me! He took off the tiara by himself. He killed himself." "But only because he beat me to the punch." "........" "Yes, it was a lethal shock. He's dead." "Batista..." "I'm worried about Fayte. Let's get going." "I know." "Philia, let's go." "............" "Come on, Philia!" "Leave her alone." "Wh, what?!" "Have you no tact or decency?" "What did you say?!" "Just shut up and come along."  "Philia, stay here. We'll be right back. Okay?" "........."   "Are you all right?!"  "That reminds me...I don't even know your names yet." "I'm Leon." "I'm Stahn Aileron." "I'm Rutee Katrea, and this is Mary." "How do you do?" "And who's that priestess we left behind?" "She's Philia Felice, a priestess from Straylize Temple." "People call me Karyl, the wanderer."   "Ha, ha, ha, you haven't changed a bit. My name is Fayte. I'm the son of Zino, the former lord of Moreau. Thank you for rescuing me." "Don't mention it. This was just a natural outcome of dealing with Batista." "Karyl, is my wife all right?" "Yes, she is. So, what happened to you?" "King Tiberius made a secret pact with Lydon to plan the invasion of Seinegald. My father rebelled against this plan, so he was killed off. In turn, I was imprisoned in this cell."  "I can't believe the King is actually planning something like that..." "Where is the King?" "He's in Terazzi." "Is Lydon with him?" "Yes, I'm sure he is, but what are you going to do?" "We'll kill him." "We won't let them invade Seinegald!" "That's absurd. It's far beyond your abilities." "Ask yourself this then. Who defeated Batista?" "...Well......" Too slow to answer, chump!  "Yeah, they have a point. I know they can do it. Besides, I'm going with them too." "Karyl!" "Hey man, I'm not taking a 'no' for an answer. I've got some unfinished business with Tiberius that I need to take care of. I've got a score to settle with him." "You're not talking about Eleanor are you?" "That's enough. Don't say another word. Besides, I have other reasons. I can't forgive a man who gained his powers through corruption and lies." "But be careful. I heard he has a very powerful ally on his side."  "That would be a reasonable assumption." "We'll find out for sure when we get there." "I understand. I'll get a ship ready for you at the harbor. Give me some time." "Thanks man, we owe you one."   Man just look at that background beyond the throne room. "I'm sorry I made all of you worry about me." "Are you sure you're all right?" "Yes, I am." "Philia, we know where Lydon is." "Really?" "Lydon is in Terazzi, the capital of Aquaveil." "Yeah, probably with the Eye of Atamoni too." "We're going there as soon as we're ready, but are you..." "Please don't worry about me. I'm coming with you." "Great. Then, we should cool our heels over at the inn until our ship is ready." "Sounds good to me."
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I was half-expecting Philia to have been inexplicably kidnapped by the time we got back to where we left her.
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:I was half-expecting Philia to have been inexplicably kidnapped by the time we got back to where we left her. That would have sucked. Tales of Destiny is pretty good with that. From what I recall none of the party members gets kidnapped or anything like that so that Stahn can become a bigger hero. They're all portrayed as very capable if a bit ditzy at times.
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drat. What the hell kind of monsters is Batista working for, that he'd rather die than have them find out he was captured?
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