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Ship to Baron
-Harley and Edward start talking about the moon. Edward wonders if it’s the same moon as before. I wonder this, too.
-OH SHIT HARLEY BROUGHT UP GOLBEZ. I forgot about him and FuSoYa, that they went into lunar hibernation or whatever after the fall of Zeromus. Maybe they’re on this moon? But we keep getting hints that this is a different moon than before, so probably no.
-WAIT
-WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT
Probably not Evil Moon Johnny Cash.
-Harley referred to Golbez just now as “the man in black.” Coincidence, or could the “man in black” from the end of Edge’s Tale be Golbez? We never saw Golbez without his helmet after all.
-Harley’s convinced this is a different moon. Hm. Okay, that probably does rule out Golbez, unless he and FuSoYa traveled away on Moon #1, hopped to Moon #2 to hibernate, and then it was Moon #2 that came here for The After Years.
-Fabulian ships off the port bow. AHOY, YANG!!
-They’re also Baron-bound.
-…Where’d the Fabulian ship go? It fell behind, and just never made it to the Baron docks.
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Baron
-Not much happening in town. Just people worried about Cid, mostly.
-The soldiers let Edward into the castle. I’m surprised. I thought they’d go all Stepford/robotic and keep him out. Are things better now?
-No, they’re not. The guards inside the castle are what I remember. All they say is “…”
-Edward notices the lack of Rosa and Ceodore. He’s not buying the excuses that they’re sick and training, respectively.
-Cecil’s giving Edward a gift… uh-oh…
-Edward gives EvilMoon!Cecil his flowers in return.
-What’s going on? I feel like Edward is testing Cecil, but not sure how.
-Edward’s heard enough. Time to head home.
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Ship to Kaipo
-YES! Edward knew it wasn’t Cecil.
- The gift… was something else… it has a girl’s voice coming from it. And we get Evil Moon Girl’s music…
-AHHAHAHAHAA IT’S A SPY THING! He’s hearing Baron’s throne room. Edward, you crafty SOB. That’s why we get EMG’s music. She’s on the other side.
-It’s whisperweed, the stuff that we used in the base game to beat the Dark Elf.
-This tale is giving me so much respect for Edward. He’s smart, sly, good-hearted, and brave. And yet it still feels like Edward.
-Edward hears EvilMoon!Cecil and EMG talking about the fire crystal of Damcyan. He thinks Cecil’s gift is a Carnelian Signet, THE SAME “GIFT” THAT DESTROYED MIST. Once again, the past repeating. Except this time Edward throws it into the ocean before opening it.
-And Yang’s ship gets eaten by (a probably shackled) Leviathan.
-END OF TALE!
-This was GREAT! One of my favorite tales so far. Although I don’t think the Evil Moon Gang would appreciate Edward’s ruse, his cunning attempt to trick them. It must feel so good for Edward to be right in his guess. There’s nothing more exhilarating than pointing out the shortcomings of others.
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Next time: Yang’s tale.
