Boy, two Backstreet Boys references in
as many FF6 issues. And to the same song, no less. I must have
summer of 1997 on my mind for some reason and not even know it.
Gotta say, though, I'm not sure why I
had so much trouble with this part of the game the last couple times
I've tried it. There's that Lola chick in Miranda, who's boyfriend
was in Mobliz, who plays a part in this. She's been getting letters
from somebody who thinks is her boyfriend. But since the party knows
that Mobliz has been destroyed, they realize it can't be him and
decide to find out who's really behind it, especially since it looks
like the letters are in Cyan's handwriting now. There's also a ton
of nicely-done silk flowers around, which are something that the
soldier was not nearly well enough to be doing before.
Lola wants you to send a reply, saying
she hopes her boyfriend gets situated to come see her soon, because
she misses him. Sending it for her gives us a chance to follow a
carrier pigeon to the town of Zozo, which is where I was going all
this time and having no luck. I guess that's the problem with the
number of times I've played this game. I've been through it often
enough that I've got general ideas of where things are and what I've
gotta do to make them happen, but sometimes I forget specifics.
So, once we send Lola's message to
Zozo, we see the pigeon in the town. Talking to it here makes it fly
up into a cave nearby. It's behind a door that was rusted shut
before. There's the one honest merchant in the whole place who sells
you something called Rust-Rid. Must be like WD-40 or 3-in-1 oil, as
it opens the door right up and lets the party into the cave behind
it. There's some stronger monsters in there, more appropriate for
where we are in the game, because the ones in Zozo proper haven't
changed a bit. The biggest threat in here is a bear monster called
Ursus, which horks almost 9000 gold per turn its first two turns then
runs away if you don't beat it quick enough.
There's also one of the Eight Dragons
in this cave. The website I used to check this out, called Caves
of Narshe (cavesofnarshe.com), says that this dragon, called the
Storm Dragon, is the hardest of them, but it proved to be easier than
the last dragon I tried to fight, back in Narshe. This one was
really easy, especially once I learned that its weakness was
lightning magic. Spamming it with Bolt 2 did the trick, especially
since I had the Gem Box on Terra, which gave her two magic attacks
per turn and Gogo in the party to use his Mimic ability on it.
Not that much farther on, we come
across a cave full of silk flowers, done just as nicely as the ones
in Miranda. There's also a desk with a letter on it that says its
author is fessing up to not being honest with Lola, and because the
guilt's finally getting the better of him, it's time for the truth to
come out so they can move on with their lives and find real love
again. Proceeding through the room and out a door on the other side,
we find Cyan sending one more love letter via pigeon to Lola. He's
happy to see the party and rejoins after hastily going to retrieve
all his silk flowers and love letters. He gets all shy and defensive
about it, but a little teasing from Terra brings him down. There's
also a locked box in the room that has some interesting items in it.
The key's out where Cyan was sending the message. The box contains
two books on machinry that have really helped him figure things out.
Since we're still technically in Zozo,
I did a little wandering around and discovered there were some items
I'd forgotten last time I was there. Kind of embarrassing, really.
There's an X-Potion, some Running Shoes, and a relic for Locke called
the Thief Glove that turns his “Steal” command into “Capture”,
which lets him attack whichever enemy he's stealing from as he
steals. Could have sworn I got something like that before. There's
still one treasure room left to open in Zozo, and I've never been
able to get it, that I can recall. I'm pretty sure it's not critical
to beating the game, as I've managed without it before, but that
won't stop me from trying now that I have resources to help me get it
figured out.
From here, I'm not exactly sure where
I'll go next. There are options, of course, as I still need to get
Strago and Relm back in the party, for sure, and there are quite a
few other little things to fill out, as well. Doing Doma Castle, for
example. That probably will be the bitch I remember it being. But,
that's something I'll decide next time I sit down to play. Until
then, stay safe, have fun, keep gaming, and DFTBA.
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