Summary:
Back in the Crystal Palace, the crystals start to shatter. Evil Moon
Girl seems to have recovered and re-engages Golbez and Fusoya, but after
they beat her again ANOTHER EMG (clone or robot or something) teleports
in, and heads for the moon’s core. Our party follows, fighting through a
now hostile Lunar Subterrane, and the crystals continue to break. The
last breaks as we reach the bottom, and Zeromus’s Malice emerges. We
fight, and pushed to the brink Fusoya teleports Golbez to the Lunar
Whale that then heads towards Earth.
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Surface
-Restocking at Hummingway Abode, then back to Crystal Palace.
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Crystal Palace
-The light left the crystals?
-AND EMG APPARATED INTO THE CRYSTAL ROOM. I knew she wasn’t dead!
-Another EMG fight. She summons Leviathan and destroys us. GRRRR.
-Ok, take two. Interesting: during the fight, she uses Osmose on Leviathan. Talk about abusing your Eidolons.
-After beating her (again), Fusoya believes Earth’s crystals are in danger. He then comes up with the idea to summon the Lunar Whale to save the day on Earth. Fusoya and Golbez start to pray for it, but they don’t get too far…
-…because a crystal DISAPPEARS. Not sure if it disappeared or broke.
-And ANOTHER EMG APPEARS.
Eloquently stated, Fusoya.
-I can’t believe how foolish I was in my last post. I titled it “The Russian is Cut” in celebration a la Rocky IV, when Rocky cuts Ivan Drago and his corner is cheering him on that Drago isn’t a machine, he’s a man. Well, it turns out Evil Moon Girl actually is a machine. Or a clone? Or a robot clone? Something like that. Makes sense how she crash landed on both Earth and the moon.
-EMG: “I need none of this any longer. Neither the crystals, nor you.” She then heads down to the Lunar Subterrane, towards the stasis pods.
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Lunar Subterrane
-Went outside to set the phase to Full Moon since my melee damage sucks and my black magic for both party members is my current bedrock, and then down down down to Goblin Town. Or Moon People Down. Whatever.
-As I went down a floor in the Subterrane, the game cut away to the crystal chamber above, where another crystal disappeared. It shattered, as I imagine the one before it did.
-WHEW! HP/MP pots are scattered as we go. Firaga is my main attack, and at 30 MP per cast, the pots are welcome.
-ICEBRAND! Now I no longer fear the Waning Moon, because my physical attacks no longer suck. Huzzah!
-LOL – Fusoya’s “Bless” animation.
The Lunarian blessing doubles as a mating dance.
-How do I beat these goddam Steel Golems? I only have two party members and almost every hit of his causes sleep.
-Ah. It’s weak to ice.
-As I keep descending, crystals keep breaking…
-Encountered a “Lesser Marilith.” Nice nod to the Fiend of Fire from FFI.
-Chimera Brains are brutal. Their Frost Blast does massive damage, and they get healed by most magic.
-Almost all the crystals are broken now.
-Got to the bottom, where Zeromus, was, and then…
-Zoom OUT, to Earth! We see Mount Ordeals. Then we zoom further to the monument on the summit. First the outside of it, then inside. “I shall pray as well, my sons!” Thanks, Ghost Dad!
Pan over to Mysidia. Porom and the Elder are in the tower, hearing “the dragon” (still not sure what that means) crying. This is from very early in Porom’s Tale. The Lunar Whale rises!
-On we go.
-The last crystal shatters. Ruh-roh, Raggy.
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Surface
-Restocking at Hummingway Abode, then back to Crystal Palace.
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Crystal Palace
-The light left the crystals?
-AND EMG APPARATED INTO THE CRYSTAL ROOM. I knew she wasn’t dead!
-Another EMG fight. She summons Leviathan and destroys us. GRRRR.
-Ok, take two. Interesting: during the fight, she uses Osmose on Leviathan. Talk about abusing your Eidolons.
-After beating her (again), Fusoya believes Earth’s crystals are in danger. He then comes up with the idea to summon the Lunar Whale to save the day on Earth. Fusoya and Golbez start to pray for it, but they don’t get too far…
-…because a crystal DISAPPEARS. Not sure if it disappeared or broke.
-And ANOTHER EMG APPEARS.
Eloquently stated, Fusoya.
-I can’t believe how foolish I was in my last post. I titled it “The Russian is Cut” in celebration a la Rocky IV, when Rocky cuts Ivan Drago and his corner is cheering him on that Drago isn’t a machine, he’s a man. Well, it turns out Evil Moon Girl actually is a machine. Or a clone? Or a robot clone? Something like that. Makes sense how she crash landed on both Earth and the moon.
-EMG: “I need none of this any longer. Neither the crystals, nor you.” She then heads down to the Lunar Subterrane, towards the stasis pods.
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Lunar Subterrane
-Went outside to set the phase to Full Moon since my melee damage sucks and my black magic for both party members is my current bedrock, and then down down down to Goblin Town. Or Moon People Down. Whatever.
-As I went down a floor in the Subterrane, the game cut away to the crystal chamber above, where another crystal disappeared. It shattered, as I imagine the one before it did.
-WHEW! HP/MP pots are scattered as we go. Firaga is my main attack, and at 30 MP per cast, the pots are welcome.
-ICEBRAND! Now I no longer fear the Waning Moon, because my physical attacks no longer suck. Huzzah!
-LOL – Fusoya’s “Bless” animation.
The Lunarian blessing doubles as a mating dance.
-How do I beat these goddam Steel Golems? I only have two party members and almost every hit of his causes sleep.
-Ah. It’s weak to ice.
-As I keep descending, crystals keep breaking…
-Encountered a “Lesser Marilith.” Nice nod to the Fiend of Fire from FFI.
-Chimera Brains are brutal. Their Frost Blast does massive damage, and they get healed by most magic.
-Almost all the crystals are broken now.
-Got to the bottom, where Zeromus, was, and then…
-Zoom OUT, to Earth! We see Mount Ordeals. Then we zoom further to the monument on the summit. First the outside of it, then inside. “I shall pray as well, my sons!” Thanks, Ghost Dad!
Pan over to Mysidia. Porom and the Elder are in the tower, hearing “the dragon” (still not sure what that means) crying. This is from very early in Porom’s Tale. The Lunar Whale rises!
-On we go.
-The last crystal shatters. Ruh-roh, Raggy.
-…
-…really? Zeromus?
-Yeah, Zeromus was being held back by the crystals apparently. I don’t quite buy this. He was extinguished, not just imprisoned by the crystals! They pulled this crap earlier with the Dark Elf in the Cave of Fucking Magnets How Do They Work, where he was just “imprisoned” then set free. Boo. There better be more to the story then just “Zeromus is at it again.”
-Learned “Double Black Magic” band. Sounds powerful.
-BOSS TIME! “Zeromus’s Malice.”
-Pretty straight-forward fight. Heal when needed, use the band attack and Firaga when able. He uses Black Hole and Bio, but no Big Bang.
Apparently.
-…Should’ve said, “No Big Bang so far.” He uses it at the end to knock us both down to one health. “Evil… is evolution… at its purest.” So how exactly have you evolved?
-Fusoya teleports Golbez away at the last second to the earth-bound Lunar Whale. Things don’t look promising.
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Next time: Golbez heads towards Earth.
-…really? Zeromus?
-Yeah, Zeromus was being held back by the crystals apparently. I don’t quite buy this. He was extinguished, not just imprisoned by the crystals! They pulled this crap earlier with the Dark Elf in the Cave of Fucking Magnets How Do They Work, where he was just “imprisoned” then set free. Boo. There better be more to the story then just “Zeromus is at it again.”
-Learned “Double Black Magic” band. Sounds powerful.
-BOSS TIME! “Zeromus’s Malice.”
-Pretty straight-forward fight. Heal when needed, use the band attack and Firaga when able. He uses Black Hole and Bio, but no Big Bang.
Apparently.
-…Should’ve said, “No Big Bang so far.” He uses it at the end to knock us both down to one health. “Evil… is evolution… at its purest.” So how exactly have you evolved?
-Fusoya teleports Golbez away at the last second to the earth-bound Lunar Whale. Things don’t look promising.
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Next time: Golbez heads towards Earth.
