Here's to actually getting this
finished this time.
Because of how life's been lately, this
may actually cover multiple session. The good news is that I can at
least save a little time by saying that I've gone over the trip to
the boss fight last time, so there's that.
One thing I think I forgot to mention
last time is that we find that Vivi is afraid of heights as the party
makes their way down the Iifa Tree. That's one more similarity
between myself and my favorite character in the game. Or it used to
be, anyway. It's been awhile since I was anyplace where I could find
out properly, and I've really had no desire to find out if anything's
changed in that regard since I was a kid.
As far as the actual boss fight goes,
this time around, I'd changed a few things because various party
members had gained a few abilities on the way down and it occurred to
me to switch out the relevant equipment where I could. I also took
advantage of Zidane's Undead Killer ability, since I had the magic
gems available to equip that. And I made use of the various magics
available to the party by way of having three magic users of various
sorts.
Probably the biggest help, though, is
that I decided to see just what kinds of magic the Soulcage was week
against. Turns out both fire and ice work equally well. Only real
difference is that the fire spells set the thing on fire and allow
it to use some rather unfortunate special moves. Between using the
equally effective ice spells, which stop the fire if fire had been
used first, and the Protect spells that both Eiko and Dagger have,
this fight was a lot easier than the first attempt.
The biggest downside is that I missed
out on stealing the one piece of equipment I don't think I had
before. It had an Oak Staff, which I think I've got on Vivi at the
moment, and one other thing I can't recall the name of, both of which
I got, and also a Brigandine, which I do believe is a piece of armor
I don't think I have yet.
With the Soulcage taken out, the Mist
clears from the Mist Continent and all the other places it had been.
Vivi wonders if he did the right thing by helping to off the monster
and is worried that the other Black Mages will be upset with him for
essentially ending their species. Eiko tells him that they'll
understand, since they probably wouldn't like any more of them to be
used as WMDs.
Zidane suggests waiting there for Kuja
to show up to find out what happened to his precious Mist. The
others agree with him, at least until one of Eiko's Moogle friends
show up with bad news. As luck would have it, something important
was horked from Madain Sari while the party was away. Eiko wants to
go back alone to see what the damage is, but Zidane says he and the
others should go with her, since it's not too far from the tree.
The trip back to the village was no
trouble, but we'll get to the details of what, exactly, got jacked
from town next time, since it's late as always. Until then, stay
safe, have fun, keep gaming, and DFTBA!
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