Summary: Clasko and Lucil on the Mushroom Rock Road. Bevelle. Gippal in Djose Temple. Introspective Cid on the Thunder Plains.
Mushroom Rock Road
-Lots of Al Bhed and machina on the road.
-The statue of Lord Mi’ihen is still here with some treasure chests around it.
-Yaibal and other Youth Leaguers are here to welcome us. We’re not really joining them, but at least sort of aligning with them.
-HI CLASKO!!!!
-Clasko seems kind of down. He runs away, upset. Doesn’t like being a Youth League grunt.
-The Youth League provides us with a defensive escort. They say things like “Don’t… worry…” which makes me think they’re either out of breath or hiding something.
-There’s a huge frigging Grat in the way. I like being able to see Fiends even when walking on the map.
-Fought a Tonberry, whose design was a bit disappointing. He just kind of walked up to us and started doing a low damage “Chef’s Knife.” None of the normal “slow walk of doom” followed by massive damage as usual.
I don’t mind the game departing from tradition, but not sure I understand why the game went this route. Not just with the Tonberry, but also with the fairly weak Iron Giants and Behemoths.
-I can sneak past the Grats if I want, but screw that. I want to at least try fighting them.
-Ooops – Ochu, not Grat.
-I feel certain that I’m missing something. There’s some way to get to the lower part of the Mushroom Rock Road and I just can’t remember how.
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Youth League Headquarters
-Lucil is here!
-Yaibal’s been spreading rumors that seem to overemphasize Yuna’s ties to the Youth League.
-Lucil is awesome. I really like her.
-THE TRANSLATOR BROUGHT THE YIDDISH!! A CHARACTER IN THE FF-VERSE SAID “VERKLEMPT,” I’M SO HAPPY
-There’s a large influx of new recruits since hearing of Yuna’s support. Lots of enthusiastic participants.
-Outright war with New Yevon seems possible.
Mushroom Rock Road
-Lots of Al Bhed and machina on the road.
-The statue of Lord Mi’ihen is still here with some treasure chests around it.
-Yaibal and other Youth Leaguers are here to welcome us. We’re not really joining them, but at least sort of aligning with them.
-HI CLASKO!!!!
-Clasko seems kind of down. He runs away, upset. Doesn’t like being a Youth League grunt.
-The Youth League provides us with a defensive escort. They say things like “Don’t… worry…” which makes me think they’re either out of breath or hiding something.
-There’s a huge frigging Grat in the way. I like being able to see Fiends even when walking on the map.
-Fought a Tonberry, whose design was a bit disappointing. He just kind of walked up to us and started doing a low damage “Chef’s Knife.” None of the normal “slow walk of doom” followed by massive damage as usual.
I don’t mind the game departing from tradition, but not sure I understand why the game went this route. Not just with the Tonberry, but also with the fairly weak Iron Giants and Behemoths.
-I can sneak past the Grats if I want, but screw that. I want to at least try fighting them.
-Ooops – Ochu, not Grat.
-I feel certain that I’m missing something. There’s some way to get to the lower part of the Mushroom Rock Road and I just can’t remember how.
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Youth League Headquarters
-Lucil is here!
-Yaibal’s been spreading rumors that seem to overemphasize Yuna’s ties to the Youth League.
-Lucil is awesome. I really like her.
-THE TRANSLATOR BROUGHT THE YIDDISH!! A CHARACTER IN THE FF-VERSE SAID “VERKLEMPT,” I’M SO HAPPY
-There’s a large influx of new recruits since hearing of Yuna’s support. Lots of enthusiastic participants.
-Outright war with New Yevon seems possible.
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Bevelle
-Djose Temple is next on the list, but after checking in with the Youth League, I want to at least see Bevelle. Hostile reception or not.
-We immediately meet resistance. The guards attack.
-As I push through, each of the guards expresses shock at Yuna’s betrayal. They never imagined this day would come, etc.
-I can skip some of these guards, but I talk to/fight all of them. Dunno if this is the right choice or not.
-At the door, a guard asks us to withdraw… then appears shocked when he sees Bevelle soldiers with machina behind us.
-We win the fight, but get kicked out to the Macalania Woods exit. The guards there are disgusted that Bevelle attacked us. Seems like New Yevon is not single-minded. Some factional divisions perhaps.
-Went back into Bevelle and the guards had respawned. Guess it’s off limits for now.
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Djose Temple
-This seems to be a hub of Al Bhed activity.
-The temple still has the lightning effect around it. I’m surprised. Thought with the departure of the fayth that would’ve left too.
-Gippal walks by, leader of the Machine Faction.
-Interviews? Huh?
-The Leblanc Syndicate is here and wants to go to the desert.
-As I talk to people here, there’s a line to get shovels or something that keeps getting shorter.
-The Machine Faction is hiring workers to dig for stuff in the Bikanel Desert. Materials, building supplies, research stuff.
-Ah. That’s what Gippal’s interviews are for. The hiring process.
-He seems… bemused that we’re trying for an interview.
-Gippal strikes me as a bit creepy.
-Rikku is on good terms with Gippal.
-And… ok, this is weird. He seems to know Paine and not be on good terms with her, but she doesn’t know him. The fuck’s going on?
-He hires us on the spot. We’re supposed to give a letter of introduction to Nhadala in the Bikanel Desert.
-That whole conversation was weird. I feel like I’m missing something major.
-In a touch I really like, I learn that the Al Bhed are calling the mechs “machines” rather than machina to get away from the negative connotations among Yevonites with the word Machina.
-The Bikanel Desert now shows up as a hotspot on the map. I’ll visit there a bit later.
Bevelle
-Djose Temple is next on the list, but after checking in with the Youth League, I want to at least see Bevelle. Hostile reception or not.
-We immediately meet resistance. The guards attack.
-As I push through, each of the guards expresses shock at Yuna’s betrayal. They never imagined this day would come, etc.
-I can skip some of these guards, but I talk to/fight all of them. Dunno if this is the right choice or not.
-At the door, a guard asks us to withdraw… then appears shocked when he sees Bevelle soldiers with machina behind us.
-We win the fight, but get kicked out to the Macalania Woods exit. The guards there are disgusted that Bevelle attacked us. Seems like New Yevon is not single-minded. Some factional divisions perhaps.
-Went back into Bevelle and the guards had respawned. Guess it’s off limits for now.
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Djose Temple
-This seems to be a hub of Al Bhed activity.
-The temple still has the lightning effect around it. I’m surprised. Thought with the departure of the fayth that would’ve left too.
-Gippal walks by, leader of the Machine Faction.
-Interviews? Huh?
-The Leblanc Syndicate is here and wants to go to the desert.
-As I talk to people here, there’s a line to get shovels or something that keeps getting shorter.
-The Machine Faction is hiring workers to dig for stuff in the Bikanel Desert. Materials, building supplies, research stuff.
-Ah. That’s what Gippal’s interviews are for. The hiring process.
-He seems… bemused that we’re trying for an interview.
-Gippal strikes me as a bit creepy.
-Rikku is on good terms with Gippal.
-And… ok, this is weird. He seems to know Paine and not be on good terms with her, but she doesn’t know him. The fuck’s going on?
-He hires us on the spot. We’re supposed to give a letter of introduction to Nhadala in the Bikanel Desert.
-That whole conversation was weird. I feel like I’m missing something major.
-In a touch I really like, I learn that the Al Bhed are calling the mechs “machines” rather than machina to get away from the negative connotations among Yevonites with the word Machina.
-The Bikanel Desert now shows up as a hotspot on the map. I’ll visit there a bit later.
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Thunder Plains
-Some Al Bhed here are working to repair the lightning pillars.
-I keep seeing Chocobo in combat, but they run away before I can do anything.
-Found Cid!
-He’s “trying to sulk.” Rikku’s annoyed at him.
-Rikku thinks Cid’s upset that Yuna told him off. I don’t think that’s the case. I’ll bet he’s upset that he thinks they were RIGHT to tell him off. He probably feels guilty.
-He won’t say anything else. But he has a pink “x” marker on the map, so no way I’m done with him.
-Not a lot else to see here so far. Lots of random encounters. Even the Agency just has some people talking about the Al Bhed that helped fix the lightning towers.
-Lots of elementals here. Songstress!Yuna’s Samba of Silence gets a workout.
-Warrior!Paine got Excalibur, a pretty sweet Holy attack.
-OH DANG!! One of these enemies uses an attack called Shatter Ether. I thought it would lower our magic, but it actually destroys precious Ethers. What an asshole.
-Even zoned out and zoned back in to see if Cid’s dialogue would change. No luck.
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Next time: Calm Lands.
Thunder Plains
-Some Al Bhed here are working to repair the lightning pillars.
-I keep seeing Chocobo in combat, but they run away before I can do anything.
-Found Cid!
-He’s “trying to sulk.” Rikku’s annoyed at him.
-Rikku thinks Cid’s upset that Yuna told him off. I don’t think that’s the case. I’ll bet he’s upset that he thinks they were RIGHT to tell him off. He probably feels guilty.
-He won’t say anything else. But he has a pink “x” marker on the map, so no way I’m done with him.
-Not a lot else to see here so far. Lots of random encounters. Even the Agency just has some people talking about the Al Bhed that helped fix the lightning towers.
-Lots of elementals here. Songstress!Yuna’s Samba of Silence gets a workout.
-Warrior!Paine got Excalibur, a pretty sweet Holy attack.
-OH DANG!! One of these enemies uses an attack called Shatter Ether. I thought it would lower our magic, but it actually destroys precious Ethers. What an asshole.
-Even zoned out and zoned back in to see if Cid’s dialogue would change. No luck.
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Next time: Calm Lands.
