Summary:
We move east through the canal towards Walse. A whirlpool derails us,
and the monster of the whirlpool, Karlabos. We win, but Syldra goes
down and our ship gets damaged and set adrift.
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Ship, East of Tule
-Britz and Lenna, discussing the crystals. Their loss means that the winds slow. Not too bad, but especially when you consider the loss of so much elemental harmony, the scene gets pretty apocalyptic pretty fast.
-Off to find fire, earth, and water.
Lest the world wither and die.
-Um… Faris thinks that King Tycoon is still alive. I assumed that was a ghost, but maybe it was a projection?
-Everyone is on board with protecting the world. Yay!
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Canal
-Huzzah. Another way for games to exploit my fear of sea monsters. “Octokraken” and “Suckers.”
-We found the sealed monster I think. There’s a whirlpool here. Leviathan???? Can’t be, not this early.
-Save us, Syldra!
-The monster: Karlabos.
Never been felt up by a crustacean before.
Kind of looks like a lobster/scorpion lovechild boss. You, sir or madam, are no Leviathan.
-Many job level gains.
-Nooooo!!! Syldra got sucked into the whirlpool. She was a terrifying sea monster, but she was OUR terrifying sea monster.
Bye, Syldra.
-OH. FARIS IS APPARENTLY MALE. My bad for misunderstanding.
-The ship’s really slowed down now. Without Syldra to pull it, just kind of drifts. We wind up at…
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The Graveyard of the Sea
-A ship graveyard!! Awesome!
-Haunted ships, with skeleton sailors. I especially like the model for a new mob called Calcruthl.
FFV’s version of Slimer.
-Resting on a ship.
-Well. I was right at first. Sort of. Faris is a woman. She grew up among the pirates and disguised herself as a man. Or maybe she’s didn’t disguise herself; maybe just acted like and dressed like as a man to help fit in and not get harassed, though the pirates knew she was female? Not sure. I tend to think the former.
-I could be wrong, and maybe Faris is a trans male, but I get the sense she was just hiding but considers herself a woman. I'm fairly ignorant of this kind of spectrum, so any corrections welcome.
-Everyone basically agrees to not give Faris any shit.
Possibly because she wouldn’t take any shit.
-Hopping around from ship to ship…
-Whoa! Opened a treasure chest and triggered an ENTIRE SHIP resurfacing.
-Made it to shore.
-FFV has more terrible one-liners than any prior FF, and I love it dearly already for that level of silliness.
-...
-wut
-Stella appeared. Bartz’s mom.
-Uh-oh. Stella: “Bartz… come closer.” Yeah. I’m gonna say that’s not Stella.
-King Tycoon appears and pulls the same thing to lure both Lenna AND Faris, supporting my believe that they’re sisters.
-For Galuf, it’s his grand-daughter that appears. Then the visions EAT THEIR SOULS. Our party falls unconscious, and blue flames (their souls I think) go from them to the visions.
-A tall woman appears behind the visions. It’s a Siren.
-An addendum. Galuf actually didn’t fall for the trick. He’s safe. Why? Because of his amnesia, he doesn’t remember his granddaughter. This is the saddest possible thing to save someone’s life ever. Ever ever ever.
-Galuf wakes everyone up. The Siren offers him the chance to leave with his life.
<3 you, Galuf.
-BOSS TIME.
-She swaps beween alive form and undead form. Lenna’s cure works great for damage when the Siren’s undead.
-The party thanks Galuf very sincerely…
…and he gets super embarrassed LOLOL
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Next time: wandering away from the shipwreck.
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Ship, East of Tule
-Britz and Lenna, discussing the crystals. Their loss means that the winds slow. Not too bad, but especially when you consider the loss of so much elemental harmony, the scene gets pretty apocalyptic pretty fast.
-Off to find fire, earth, and water.
Lest the world wither and die.
-Um… Faris thinks that King Tycoon is still alive. I assumed that was a ghost, but maybe it was a projection?
-Everyone is on board with protecting the world. Yay!
---
Canal
-Huzzah. Another way for games to exploit my fear of sea monsters. “Octokraken” and “Suckers.”
-We found the sealed monster I think. There’s a whirlpool here. Leviathan???? Can’t be, not this early.
-Save us, Syldra!
-The monster: Karlabos.
Never been felt up by a crustacean before.
Kind of looks like a lobster/scorpion lovechild boss. You, sir or madam, are no Leviathan.
-Many job level gains.
-Nooooo!!! Syldra got sucked into the whirlpool. She was a terrifying sea monster, but she was OUR terrifying sea monster.
Bye, Syldra.
-OH. FARIS IS APPARENTLY MALE. My bad for misunderstanding.
-The ship’s really slowed down now. Without Syldra to pull it, just kind of drifts. We wind up at…
---
The Graveyard of the Sea
-A ship graveyard!! Awesome!
-Haunted ships, with skeleton sailors. I especially like the model for a new mob called Calcruthl.
FFV’s version of Slimer.
-Resting on a ship.
-Well. I was right at first. Sort of. Faris is a woman. She grew up among the pirates and disguised herself as a man. Or maybe she’s didn’t disguise herself; maybe just acted like and dressed like as a man to help fit in and not get harassed, though the pirates knew she was female? Not sure. I tend to think the former.
-I could be wrong, and maybe Faris is a trans male, but I get the sense she was just hiding but considers herself a woman. I'm fairly ignorant of this kind of spectrum, so any corrections welcome.
-Everyone basically agrees to not give Faris any shit.
Possibly because she wouldn’t take any shit.
-Hopping around from ship to ship…
-Whoa! Opened a treasure chest and triggered an ENTIRE SHIP resurfacing.
-Made it to shore.
-FFV has more terrible one-liners than any prior FF, and I love it dearly already for that level of silliness.
-...
-wut
-Stella appeared. Bartz’s mom.
-Uh-oh. Stella: “Bartz… come closer.” Yeah. I’m gonna say that’s not Stella.
-King Tycoon appears and pulls the same thing to lure both Lenna AND Faris, supporting my believe that they’re sisters.
-For Galuf, it’s his grand-daughter that appears. Then the visions EAT THEIR SOULS. Our party falls unconscious, and blue flames (their souls I think) go from them to the visions.
-A tall woman appears behind the visions. It’s a Siren.
-An addendum. Galuf actually didn’t fall for the trick. He’s safe. Why? Because of his amnesia, he doesn’t remember his granddaughter. This is the saddest possible thing to save someone’s life ever. Ever ever ever.
-Galuf wakes everyone up. The Siren offers him the chance to leave with his life.
<3 you, Galuf.
-BOSS TIME.
-She swaps beween alive form and undead form. Lenna’s cure works great for damage when the Siren’s undead.
-The party thanks Galuf very sincerely…
…and he gets super embarrassed LOLOL
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Next time: wandering away from the shipwreck.
