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Lunar Tunnels/Surface
-Weird. We’re still affected by the lunar phases here.
-The tunnels/surface are the first time in The After Years that non-boss combat has gotten really challenging and resource intensive.
-No idea where to go. Went through the Lunar Tunnels, but nothing happened. Back to the Crystal Palace I guess. Must’ve missed something.
-WHERE DO I GO
-SERIOUSLY, WHERE
-Lunar Ruins? No. Hummingway Cave? No. I HAVE NO IDEA TELL ME.
-I don’t like this mindless wandering, and I’m doing a LOT of it. Had enough of that in FFI.
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Lair of the Father
-Last place left unexplored. Maybe Bahamut’ll know what’s up.
-oh god oh god oh god Count Malboro = beyond horrifying
KILL IT WITH FIRE
-Yeah. I used Flare to blast the shit out of it because that avatar just creeped the fuck right out of me. Scariest sprite in the Final Fantasy series since though jelly-like mounds of eyeballs in FFII.
-Bahamut is stone! Or rather, “chained, body and soul, in another dimension.” At least this helps situate where we are in the timeline, after EMG launched her attack on Baron.
-Next step: meteor that fell south of Bahamut’s Lair.
-First, restock at Hummingway Abode.
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Impact Crater
-Another impact crater? VERY interesting. I had assumed this attacked originated from Lunarians, but this must be an invasion from… another moon?
-Yet again, the meteor eats at the earth. Even when it’s lunar earth.
-Fusoya knows it’s not just a meteor, but won’t (or can’t) say more than that.
-Mixture of pudding, lizards, and knights for enemies. FF is weird.
-Switching back from Blood Sword to Ancient Sword on Golbez. Damage is just too low on Blood Sword, despite the healing it gives.
-Did pudding resists weaken? It seems like any magic damage hurts them, not just the magic their most vulnerable to.
-EVIL MOON GIRL
-And EMG is even in “need to know” mode with other Lunarians, leading me to believe that she even looks down on Fusoya as an inferior species. Who is she???
-She wants the crystals.
-Boss time with EMG! She summons Asura, the most annoying of possible Eidolons.
-And… they destroyed me.
Evil Moon Girl + Asura = pain
-A lot.
-I tried a bunch of methods including reflecting her, reflecting me, Taunting and reflecting me, reflecting both of us, and kept getting my ass kicked six ways from Sunday. Eventually, I just said “fuck it” and went all-in. Used Fusoya for occasional Curaga, and just Firaga’d EMG. Seriously close shave, but
-FINALLY
-BEAT HER
-SHE’S CUT, THE RUSSIAN’S CUT!!!! I HURT HER I HURT HER YOU SEE SHE’S NOT A MACHINE SHE’S A WOMAN
-Is this a Golbez/Zeromus deal, where she’s not the real problem, but is rather the puppet on someone else’s string?
-Uh oh. Her sprite’s not disappearing. In FF, this likely means she’s knocked out rather than dead, but Fusoya and Golbez are walking away.
FF Rule #81: A corpse that doesn’t blink out of existence may not be a corpse at all.
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Next time: back to the Crystal Palace to check on the crystals
