Wednesday, May 25, 2016

FFIX – Part 4: A Voluntary Kidnapping

Summary: The play comes to a fiery conclusion. Escape from Alexandria. GAAAARNET


Escape!

-HOLY CRAP GARNET IS FUCKING BADASS! She gets on top of the turret wall, smiles at Zidane, and rappels off using one of the streamers.

-hahahaha Steiner’s and Zidane’s faces on seeing this hahahahaha


”NOOOO!”


”NOOOO!”

-AND GARNET’S SHEER JOY IN SWINGING DOWN!


”lol cya ;P”

-Some grade-A slapstick as Steiner crashes into a window and we see his legs flailing about, stuck in the building.

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Chase Continues

-Zidane falls down somewhere else in the castle and Garnet falls on top of him, bounding off.



-Garnet busts into a room with a woman straight out of an old western movie named Ruby.



Ruby, Garnet... [Steven Universe spoilers: Lrnu, guvf fubj vf qrrc va zl zvaq evtug abj. Jvyy Ehol grnz hc jvgu Fnccuver gb uryc fnir Tnearg?]

-Ruby knows who Zidane is! Is she part of the acting troupe?

-She blocks him temporarily, and then chases him into the hold at the bottom of the Prima vista.

-LOLOL SHE DOES ASK FOR HIM TO KIDNAP HER im crying



This is hilarious and adorable and I love it.

-They hide. Steiner busts into the room, meeting one of his knights there in the search for Garnet.

-Cinna helps Zidane and Garnet through an escape hatch.

-HAHA these knights are amazing.



XD He literally tries to jump into a hole and does not succeed.

-OH SHIT I FORGOT, I’m a doofus. This wasn’t the Knight. This was the Tantalus dude who stole the knight’s armor and was stalling for time.

-Garnet is one of my favorites already. Zidane starts hitting on her, impressed with her athleticism, and she’s like, “no time for idle banter” and races ahead.

-I messed a bit with the engine, and got two things to fall down. Treasures? …yes! Phoenix Pinion and Phoenix Down.

-Crap! Steiner found us. Say what you will about the Knights of Pluto, but their captain is no slouch.

-BATTLE TIME! Versus Steiner.

-Zidane has a skill called “Detect.”



I think it will let me know whether the enemy has anything to steal.

-Steiner goes super Saiyan

-super briefly lol. He hits Blank, and a swarm of oglops fly out of his clothes/pockets, freaking out Steiner.

-They also freak out everyone else except Zidane and Garnet, who make a break for it. Oglops seem like grasshoppers.

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The Play Continues

-Baku steps out. His King Leo confronts Marcus. The King will execute Marcus when the bell strikes three.

-omg. Everyone down below – Cinna, Garnet, Steiner, Zidane – goes onto a platform that raises them up onto the main stage. They have to improvise.

-hahahahaha I can’t I can’t

She improvises her love for “Marcus” and Steiner is so done

-King Leo wants to marry her off to “Prince Schneider.” XD



I thought Steiner had reached maximum doneness, but he clearly more than a bit doner. He is the donest.

-GARNET. KICKS. ASS. She acts the hell out of sacrificing herself for “Marcus,” and Steiner is legit freaked out that Garnet really got stabbed. [Later edit: or maybe he just decided to act along, not sure.]



-Brahne loves it.

-Puck and Vivi love it too. VIVI’S CRYING BECAUSE IT WAS SAD, NO DON’T CRY

-Two of the knights chase them away.



AND PUCK LEAVES VIVI BEHIND. Puck: you are dead to me.

-They chase Vivi onto the stage.



He tosses out some fire to buy time to escape (he’s a black mage, after all) and accidentally burns the princess.

-…crap. He burned her hood off, exposing her. Steiner won’t leave, feeling it’s his duty to stop her.

-and Zidane calls Steiner “Sir Rustalot” and I’m done XD XD

-Vivi’s now on the team. Everyone on the stage versus Sir Rustalot and his knights!

-The side knights flee the fight quickly and we win.

-The Prima Vista tries to take off, but Brahne orders some grappling hook things to hold it down.



-Brahne fires a cannonball from the city at the ship… wait, not a cannonball, a Bomb. Like, the monster called a Bomb.

-HEE! Zidane says “Look behind you!” to Steiner. Steiner doesn’t fall for it. Except… it’s not a trick. There’s a giant fucking bomb monster behind you dude.



-NOW he sees it. Too late.

-KABOOM!

-hahaha the queen does a little happy dance

-But not for long. The ship sails on a bit longer. Not destroyed, but clearly on a downward spiral. It’s gonna crash.

-It crashes into the forest.

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Back at the Castle

-The Queen seems to know that Garnet was on that ship now, and doesn’t care. Yup. Definite Queen of Hearts territory.

-She calls over Zorn and Thorn.



-Experiment? Can’t be good.

-They offer to kill Garnet, but Brahne wants her alive.

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Next time: the crash site.

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