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Fabul at Rest
-Hm. Do they give up the crystal or fight to keep it? I’d say fight to keep it of course, but I’m not the one who’d almost certainly lose friends and family.
-Yang’s going a middle ground. Don’t surrender the crystal, but try to play it as non-violently as possible. He’ll greet the soldiers at the gate and adapt to however they respond.
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Fabul Under Siege
-Baron approaches. Yang tries to greet them, but unfortunately, it’s a contingent of Stepford soldiers. No words, just swords.
-AGAIN, history is repeating itself with the siege on Fabul by Baron for the crystal. So much of this siege resembles the last. The ladies left behind (this time, Ursula instead of Rydia and Rosa), the way Yang’s party fights backing up, the movements of the attacking soldiers, the kinds of soldiers, etc. It makes me really wonder whether something metaphysical is going on rather than just history repeating in a less intentional way.
-YANG: “So it begins anew.” Um. Yes.
-Backed into the throne room, and Ursula and Sheila (Yang’s wife) retreat into the crystal chamber right as we see the following:
???: Sorry I’ve been scarce, lately.
YANG: You!
NO GAME. BAD GAME. RUDE. DON’T TEASE ME
-It’s Kain! You better not be Evil Moon Kain…
Probably makes it worse that he’s not brainwashed this time.
-GRR! You are! Or sort of? It looks like you’re actually different now. Evil Kain, but not Evil Moon Kain. Not brainwashed. I still believe you’re running some other game rather than a simple heel turn, but not sure exactly what that is.
-I like seeing Yang and Ursula fighting together, against Kain.
-The fight music against Kain is sad/mournful, not fight music, let alone boss fight music.
-Even though we “won” the fight against Kain, he dragoon-jumped over us, got the Wind Crystal, and leapt away. Part of his deal with Evil Moon Girl?
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Fabul at Rest
Yang is despondent, but Ursula says they can take the crystal back from Baron. We get a flashback to when child!Rydia played this same role to a downcast party. It works as well here, and encourages Yang to push to Baron to confront Cecil.
The power of an encouraging word through the ages.
-And off they go! Ursula and Yang to set sail to face Cecil. And by “face Cecil” I mean “get eaten by the king of the sea monsters.”
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Ship
-Quick little epilogue conversation here to the prior segment.
-Ursula brings up a great point to Yang. If Cecil’s already turned/taken/evil/whatever, the trip may be counterproductive. Edward’s eyes seemed to be even more open than Yang’s going into this trip.
-….
-Okay, time for the feels-punch of the session. Ursula is JEALOUS of Cecil, for the unconditional trust Yang has for him. Yang (out of fatherly-protective feelings) has consistently kept Ursula out of the spotlight, out of harm’s way, out of combat. She reads this protection as mistrust.
Ow.
-She’s not exactly wrong, although it’s more than simple mistrust.
-[Friday Night Lights, Season Four spoilers] Guvf fprar erzvaqf zr n ybg bs n pbairefngvba Wrff unq jvgu ure sngure, Ovt Zreev, naq gur znfgrecvrpr rcvfbqr "V Pna'g." Fur frrzf uvz rkgraqvat fhpu gehfg gb Ivapr, naq srryf gung qrfcvgr nyy fur'f qbar fur qbrfa'g trg gung fnzr erfcrpg. Urer, nf gurer, vg'f abg dhvgr gung fvzcyr, ohg fur anvyf n ybg bs gehgu.
"Lbh jnaan tb naq jngpu Ivapr cenpgvpr. Naq lbh'er cebhq bs uvz. V gel ernyyl uneq gb znxr lbh cebhq gbb."
-Monsters suddenly attack the ship. Easy monsters, but a lot of them.
-HI EDWARD
-Aha! The ship slowed down compared to the Damcyan ship because of residual damage from the monster attack. Makes sense. The fuel was damaged (it’s not just a wind-ship?), which is bad.
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Next time: the monks look for a gas station.
