Summary:
We walk through the abandoned Imperial Observation Post through the
puzzle-filled Cave of the Sealed Gate. Despite the name, there are
blessedly a grand total of zero Trap Doors. Kefka ambushes us at the
gate, but we successfully open it anyway to a flood of angry espers.
Zozo
-New dance learned here: “Love Serenade.” (Weird for a place like Zozo.) Can cast Snare, Apparition (damage plus confuse).
-Unfortunately, it seems that fighting inside a building doesn’t count as a new dance-granting terrain.
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Imperial Observation Post
-Weird. No guards. Where’d they go? I was really sure I’d have to stealth my way past.
-Much like the empty floors in FFIV:TAY, this is freaking me out.
-There’s a locked door in a basement, and I don’t have a key.
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Cave of the Sealed Gate
-The esper world music is playing.
-Wish I had more anti-Imp relics, but just have a Ribbon and a White Cape.
-A lava level. Uh oh. Better than water levels, but still. Even in FFI (with Mount Gulg or something, a volcano), I wasn’t a huge fan.
-Hm. There’s some invisible bridge puzzle shenanigans that keeps dropping me into the lava to start over. At least it doesn’t kill me.
-Success!
I just had to watch for the patterns of where the bridges were disappearing and reappearing.
-I like Mog and Gau both, but having them both in my party at the same time is a bit unreliable. I think I’ll swap out Mog with Cyan later.
-Another broken bridge…
-Found a switch farther up for a Genji Glove.
-The monsters here that cast “Lifeshaver” for massive drain are pretty rough.
Lifeshaver.
The Zombie Dragons here though are easy, thanks to Gau’s “Templar” rage which lets him cast Fira.
-More switches. One opens a save point. A second summons a ninja to fight (who tells us about a hoard of treasure hidden here).
-Aw, “Love Serenade” can summon a tapir to do… something?
Mog + tapir = win
I don’t even care what. It’s a tapir! Gotta tell Erin Lynn Jeffreys Hodges about this ASAP.
-More switch-‘n’-bridge puzzles. One opened up a cave to a sweet treasure trove, which gave me magicite shards and an ULTIMA WEAPON? Back in FFII a party member died in canon trying to get Ultima magic, and it was a major boss monster in FFII:ROS and beyond, but I just find an Ultima sword lying around. Cool.
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Sealed Gate
-Oh God. We’re here.
Go, Terra, go.
-DAMMIT KEFKA
-Ah fuck. The Empire was relying on us using Terra to open the gate for them.
-lol Kefka still sucks at fighting. We gave him a lovetap and he basically said “ty no ty.”
-Terra goes esper form and opens the door.
-AND HOLY CROW ALL THE ESPERS BUST OUT! They don’t seem happy.
-Terra gets knocked out and Kefka gets blown back.
Blown away on a storm of espers.
-Um. The gate got resealed and barricaded then, but the horses (and whales and unicorns and dragons) are already out of the barn.
-I really thought we would get sucked in and have the next stage in their world. Still possible I guess, but I thought it would happen now. Also surprised that Gestahl himself didn’t show up to get his esper-drainage on in a super saiyan moment.
-Huh.
-We’re heading back to the airship.
-What happened to Kefka anyway?
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Imperial Observation Post
-Locke meets us here.
-LOLOL HE SAYS THE ANGRY ESPERS FLEW TOWARDS VECTOR
-EAT IT GESTAHL. MAY EVERY PISSED OFF AND PERSECUTED ESPER GIVE YOU A NICE BIG HUG
---
Next time: Helping the espers siege Vector maybe.
Zozo
-New dance learned here: “Love Serenade.” (Weird for a place like Zozo.) Can cast Snare, Apparition (damage plus confuse).
-Unfortunately, it seems that fighting inside a building doesn’t count as a new dance-granting terrain.
---
Imperial Observation Post
-Weird. No guards. Where’d they go? I was really sure I’d have to stealth my way past.
-Much like the empty floors in FFIV:TAY, this is freaking me out.
-There’s a locked door in a basement, and I don’t have a key.
---
Cave of the Sealed Gate
-The esper world music is playing.
-Wish I had more anti-Imp relics, but just have a Ribbon and a White Cape.
-A lava level. Uh oh. Better than water levels, but still. Even in FFI (with Mount Gulg or something, a volcano), I wasn’t a huge fan.
-Hm. There’s some invisible bridge puzzle shenanigans that keeps dropping me into the lava to start over. At least it doesn’t kill me.
-Success!
I just had to watch for the patterns of where the bridges were disappearing and reappearing.
-I like Mog and Gau both, but having them both in my party at the same time is a bit unreliable. I think I’ll swap out Mog with Cyan later.
-Another broken bridge…
-Found a switch farther up for a Genji Glove.
-The monsters here that cast “Lifeshaver” for massive drain are pretty rough.
Lifeshaver.
The Zombie Dragons here though are easy, thanks to Gau’s “Templar” rage which lets him cast Fira.
-More switches. One opens a save point. A second summons a ninja to fight (who tells us about a hoard of treasure hidden here).
-Aw, “Love Serenade” can summon a tapir to do… something?
Mog + tapir = win
I don’t even care what. It’s a tapir! Gotta tell Erin Lynn Jeffreys Hodges about this ASAP.
-More switch-‘n’-bridge puzzles. One opened up a cave to a sweet treasure trove, which gave me magicite shards and an ULTIMA WEAPON? Back in FFII a party member died in canon trying to get Ultima magic, and it was a major boss monster in FFII:ROS and beyond, but I just find an Ultima sword lying around. Cool.
---
Sealed Gate
-Oh God. We’re here.
Go, Terra, go.
-DAMMIT KEFKA
-Ah fuck. The Empire was relying on us using Terra to open the gate for them.
-lol Kefka still sucks at fighting. We gave him a lovetap and he basically said “ty no ty.”
-Terra goes esper form and opens the door.
-AND HOLY CROW ALL THE ESPERS BUST OUT! They don’t seem happy.
-Terra gets knocked out and Kefka gets blown back.
Blown away on a storm of espers.
-Um. The gate got resealed and barricaded then, but the horses (and whales and unicorns and dragons) are already out of the barn.
-I really thought we would get sucked in and have the next stage in their world. Still possible I guess, but I thought it would happen now. Also surprised that Gestahl himself didn’t show up to get his esper-drainage on in a super saiyan moment.
-Huh.
-We’re heading back to the airship.
-What happened to Kefka anyway?
---
Imperial Observation Post
-Locke meets us here.
-LOLOL HE SAYS THE ANGRY ESPERS FLEW TOWARDS VECTOR
-EAT IT GESTAHL. MAY EVERY PISSED OFF AND PERSECUTED ESPER GIVE YOU A NICE BIG HUG
---
Next time: Helping the espers siege Vector maybe.
