And I really wish it was like in the
song by Run DMC.
I know I've made it past this part of
the game at least once because I remember a few things that come
after this, but I also remember that this is the part of the game
where I really start screwing up on most of my attempts. What's
worse is that I have a feeling that this is going to be one of those
times where things go bad somewheres about here.
See, I'd made a mistake in leaving off
where I left off last time. As it turns out there's a desert near
there where there's four sink holes that the party can go into by
pushing X. I'd say which direction it was from there, but I was
figuring I'd just run around a bit before finding these things and
deciding to go on with the story.
After saving before going in, I picked
one of the sinkholes and hit the button. The screen went black for a
moment and a voice, presumably Kuja's, says he knew the party would
come. For sake of convenience and plot, all the playable characters
plus Cid are there. Cid and Zidane are in the same cell, but it's
revealed a moment later that the others all have their own. When
Zidane comes to, he has a brief word with Cid, who says he thinks
everybody else is OK.
Another moment later, Kuja gets in
touch with Zidane somehow and tells him that the two need to have a
word. Zidane's motivation to play along is that Kuja's an Evil
Villian (TM), and if he doesn't Kuja will open the floors of the
other cages and drop the people in them into some convenient lava.
We're given the option to either play along or be all defiant and
stuff. I do what I think I've always done here and just go along
with the demands because I'm usually getting a little weary of the
game.
Kuja says he has a little fetch quest
for Zidane, after which he'll let the others go if our boy pulls it
off. We're supposed to go to someplace called Oeilvert, located in
some seaway he gives a name for but I forgot right away on another
continent called the Forgotten Continent. Kinda fits that I'd forget
part of the information I need here. Turns out though, I'm just
familiar enough with this game that I'm pretty sure I can find where
I need to be anyhow. The object we're looking for is called the
Gulug Stone. Given all the references to previous games, I'm
inclined to think that the volcano in the original Final Fantasy was
also called Gulug. Could be wrong about that, though, and if the
name got edited over the years, I would not be surprized. The early
translations of those games are as famous for being weird as they are
for being good games.
Anyway, because Kuja's feeling
generous, he lets us bring a full party. I think one thing that kind
of got the better of me last time I tried this part of the game was
that I put Dagger in the party. Right now, she's still doing that
thing where her magic fails like two thirds of the time, and not
having a reilable healer is kind of a bad thing in this part of the
game. So insead, I put Steiner and Vivi in as the tank and damage
team and brought Eiko along as a healer. Kuja sends us on the Hilda
Garde 1, which he had horked earlier in the game. Because I did
indeed select Vivi, one of the Black Mages responsible for
teleporting people around the place asks if Vivi wants to know why
they're doing all this, but Vivi says he gets it because he'd be
doing the same in their place.
On the way, there's this cutscene where
Zidane tries to get answers from the Black Mages flying the airship,
but they stay quiet, as has been their habit for quite a lot of the
game. Zorn and Thorn show up and tell him that no matter how things
work out, the Mages are pretty much fucked when Kuja's done with
them, because they were meant to keel over after only so long and
there's no way to fix that.
Not long after, the ship lands on the
Forgotten Continent, which means we'll be hiking it from where we
landed to Oeilvert. Hopefully, I didn't wind up screwing myself as
badly as I did last time I tried this part of the game, but we'll
find out going forward, which starts next issue. Until next time,
stay safe, have fun, keep gaming, and DFTBA.
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