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Sailing from Nikeah
-We arrive in Nikeah and book passage.
-Promising start, since we actually see the ship sailing from an overhead view rather than being instantly transported to South Figaro.
-Yup. Here he comes.
-Hey hey hey, it’s underwater! New dance time? Please say yes.
-QUICK NOTE TO SELF AS I FIGHT, IN CAPS FOR EMPHASIS: DO NOT USE A DANCE. DO NOT USE A DANCE. DO NOT USE A DANCE. HEY, COLDRUN, YOU KNOW THAT TANTALIZING DANCE BUTTON? IGNORE IT. IT’S NOT A THING.
-He slows us all, which sucks. I don’t have Hastega yet.
-I make a couple of attempts, but we just get obliterated.
Rinse, repeat.
Tsunami damage is too much, and Celes doesn’t have Curaga or Arise.
-One more attempt maybe, going whole hog. Full offensive. See if dualcast Ultima plus Umaro can burn him down, while leaving Mog and Locke to spam Cura on the group.
-It doesn’t work. He dualcasts Tsunami and El Nino, and it’s just too much.
-However, I note that after the first Ultima was dualcast, he used El Nino or Tsunami. That tells me that was a retaliation spell. Maybe I go pure melee on this, attacking only with Umaro, Mog, and Locke and healing with Celes dualcasting Cura?
-VICTORY! With a new dance on top of that. Who’s got two thumbs and is doing the “Mog’s Set is Nearly Complete” dance? This guy.
-Got the Leviathan magicite as a reward.
-LOL – just noticed that one of Umaro’s possible attacks is where he goes to another party member and flings them at an enemy.
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The Falcon
-Hey, maybe fighting on the airship is the last Mog dance? I’ll try finding Deathgaze again.
-Leveled Mog up to 46 in the Tyrannosaur Forest, and it’s off to try for Deathgaze again. I really want him to stay alive in case this is the only chance we get to fight in the air terrain.
-After five straight minutes of flying, found him.
-I DID IT!! DUAL CAST ULTIMA GOT HIM
(In fairness to Deathgaze, dual-cast Ultima gets most things.)
-Magicite reward. I’ll bet summoning Deathgaze lets us flee everything so that the monsters have to hunt for 10 minutes to find us again.
-BAHAMUT MAGICITE WTFWTFWTWFFWTWFWRTWF
This probably means we won’t actually meet Bahamut in any sort of dialogue-y way, but that’s ok. He already showed up because Setzer got lucky anyway.
It teaches Flare, and grants 50% HP on level-up. That’s ridiculous. I mean, I don’t plan on leveling-up much more, but that’s nice anyway.
-That’s two big targets down. Let’s try for a third.
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Desert South of Maranda
-Cactus time.
-Found him MUCH quicker than last time.
-Ok, doing way better. Party is Strago, Mog, Sabin, and Locke. Sabin’s Phantom Rush is basically all my damage. (By the way, is 9,999 the limit, or does that just indicate “9,999 or greater”?)
-Come on…
-DIE YOU CACTILE FIEND!
-YES! VICTORY!
-Strago prepared for Gig
