So our party crossed Mount Hobs to Fabul, and then, once we got reports
of monsters pouring out of the Sealed Cave, we ran through there to see
what we could find.
Mt. Hobs
-When we got to the top of Mount Hobs and saw a bunch of Fabulian monks
lying on the ground, Rosa was reluctant to heal them. WTF. Is she
being infected or possessed by the thing from Cecil’s dream. [Angel S4
spoilers] V ernyyl ubcr Ebfn qbrfa'g trg gur Pbeqryvn va frnfba sbhe
gerngzrag.
-Right in the same spot where the Mom Bomb attacked, atop Mt. Hobs West, Dad Bomb shows up. Hee!
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I wonder if there was some Bomb-RPG, where Mom Bomb in the prologue gets
killed by marauding humans atop Mt. Hobs. Some Bomb fans like it,
others feel Mom Bomb was fridged. Dad Bomb then goes on a quest with
unlikely companions through the underworld, gaining levels and finding
mythical armor and weapons. He’s prepared for his vengeance for a long
time, and finally, the villains present themselves, in the same spot as
his wife, the loving, caring Mom Bomb was murdered.
Just like last time, those villains – Yang, Cecil, and Rosa, outnumber
him, but he nobly fights on. It’s tragic. He dies, just the way Mom
Bomb herself perished. All for what? All for the sake of literary
symmetry. All his work was for nought.
One of the great, hidden, tragic RPGs that never got made.
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-We found an item called “Cursed Ring.” The stats are okay, but no
fucking way I’m putting it on. I still remember playing Dragon Warrior
on NES and not being able to take off the debilitating Cursed items
after I put them on.
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Fabul
-Well, that answers my earlier question. The prior king, still wearing robe and crown, is now “Duke Consort.”
-YANG HAS A BABY DAUGHTER WHO WAS JUST BORN AWWWW
-…whom Cecil names Ursula…
-Well, that explains why Yang was distracted back in Damcyan at least.
-When the dwarves came to Fabul to tell us about monsters streaming out
of the Sealed Cave, I couldn’t help but imagine angry doors stomping
around the underworld.
-Ok, what’s Rosa’s deal? She’s now too sick to go with us. New party for the Sealed Cave: Cecil, Cid, Palom and Porom.
-YES!! Luca is training to be an engineer! I guess you could say, with
regards to Luca and her chosen profession, that I “ship” it.
-…..I’ll show myself out.
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Eblan
-More shifting perspective!
-…Now Edge is acting weird too. He knows the party’s over, but he’s leaving now anyway. Huh?
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Sealed Cave
-GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
-HDFJKLSFJDKLSHFDLSFHDJKLS
-Yeah, my least favorite zone in the game, and they make me redo it. Grrr.
-Trap. Fucking. Doors. (As opposed to their more masochistic cousins, the trap-fucking doors.)
-At least they’ve changed it so no more rooms guarded by Trap Doors are empty. All have some kind of treasure in them.
-Demon Wall is the boss again? I guess it makes sense, but still. A bit of a let-down.
-RYDIA IS THERE IN THE DARK CRYSTAL ROOM UNCONSCIOUS???
-And she doesn’t remember how she got there, or wtf is going on.
-…CREEPY. She is sort of possessed or hypnotized or something.
Occasionally just says, “They’re calling me…,” which makes me think two
things:
a)LOL ROLE REVERSAL, see how you like being summoned by something else, Rydia.
b)Has a very “Poltergeist” feel to it. “They’re heeeere.”
-Uh-oh. Now the Tower of Babil’s glowing, and Rydia feels called there.
