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Hoooooookay. Thanksgiving is coming up and after that I'm going to be pretty busy, so I'm going to TRYYY and get this done before then. SO IF YOU FOLKS DON'T MIND I'M JUST GOING TO SLIP INTO TURBO MODE FOR A LITTLE WHILE because in between studying and visiting family and friends and Christmas shopping and drawing obsessively I'm not gonna have a lot of time for this so I thought I should get it done early and okay now I'm just going in circles

SO

LET'S DO THIS

When we last left off we whacked Yang over the head with a frying pan (probably not speeding up the healing process), got the ~~Excalibur~~ Excalbur, went to the Moon, met FuSoYa, learned that Golbez was being controlled by some bloke named Zemus, learned that Cecil is half Lunarian (ALIEN OMG), aaannndddd now we have to go back to Earth and do something about the whole "Tower of Bab-il being reactivated and destroying us all" thing. WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN MAN

Previous episodes

SO BEFORE WE GO BACK TO EARTH HEY HOW ABOUT ANOTHER SIDE-QUEST
Illusionary World plays here DID I PLUG THAT ALREADY I FEEL LIKE I DID BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER I need to keep better track of these things.

FuSoYa has AAAALLLLLLLL White/Black magic spells, including Meteor, as you can see. It'd be nice if he had more MP, but hey! He's still really useful.

It'd also be nice if his DEFENCE WASN'T SO LOW LOOK AT THAT OH MY GOD. You really have to keep an eye on FuSoYa because that man will die at the drop of a hat.

For Eeeeedgggggeeee

For Ceciiilllllll since Edge can't use shieeeeellldddddsss

Also for Eeeeeddddggggeeee

As you proceed through the cave, you will sometimes step on certain squares, which will trigger BEHEMOTHS :O These guys mean business, as you can see by the ridiculous amount of damage it is doing to Cecil, there. JESUS.
The good thing about Behemoths is that they rarely attack unless you attack them (they automatically counter, see). So if someone is hurt, you can stop battling, tend to them, then resume when you're ready. Very considerate of those Behemoths :B
There's a trick you can do to avoid their physical attacks, though, and that is to cast Blink on everyone. I think I may have mentioned this before, but Blink makes your party members near impossible to hit with physical attacks (I don't think this works for magic attacks, but I'm not totally sure). So you can just cast that and attack as much as you want. The downside to Blink is that it wears off after a while, so you have to keep an eye on your party and make sure EVERYONE IS BLINKING before you attack (Behemoths will attack randomly when they counter, by the way. They don't always attack their attacker).

Hahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa I just burst out laughing whenever I look at FuSoYa's dead sprite. WHY IS IT SO FUNNY TO ME

I also decided to test out some spells while I was at it

You get a nice reward for your trouble |3

MORE WALKING
MORE BEHEMOTHS

This only did 1 damage, but I casted it anyway because it drains the target's HP :B Good for when you need to take a minute to restore your health.

Holy, which is hard to convey with screenshots and also kind of hard to explain. Those little orbs of energy just sort of zigzag from either side of the screen until they meet, then they combine and zip at the enemy and explode. IT'S COOL

I STOPPED ATTACKING FOR A WHILE, AS YOU MAY HAVE GUESSED
GOD I HATE STORM SO MUCH AND ALL THE BOSSES LOVE TO USE IT ARRRRGH

oh god that path just looks nauseating

This thing POISONS YOU CONSTANTLY ARHNADK

OH BOY ANOTHER BEHEMOTH

And after much walking...

YAY BAHAMUT WOOOOOO
Bahamut is, I believe, the most powerful summon you can get in the game. He's also very easy to beat, if you know what to do.

The countdown started at five, but I spaced out and didn't take a screenshot. Durrrrr
Anyway, Bahamut only has one attack and it's a real doozy hoo boy I tell you what. Luckily, it takes a while to charge, so this gives you some time to get ready.
Have FuSoYa and Rosa cast Wall on each member of the party.

Hahahaha OOPS I guess Cecil's Wall wore off :B YOU ALRIGHT THERE, BUDDY? ...CECIL?

And this, kind sirs, is how you beat Bahamut. Just keep reflecting his own attack against him. And the only way you could've known to do this is if you read that one book in the library in the Town of Monsters that said something like "the only way to defeat the Master is to use his own powers against him" or something along those lines. You all remember that, don't you? That vague little token of advice that you could only get if you bothered to read the stuff in the library, IF you even did that side-quest, and also despite the fact that about 98% of the time, everything you read in fictional libraries is useless (CHOCOBOS ARE CUTE HURRRRR) and most likely forgotten? You made sure to write that down or something, right?

Seriously, I would like to know one person out there who made the connection between the garbled advice in the book and Bahamut's inane intro and went "OH, I GUESS I HAVE TO CAST WALL ON EVERYBODY" and won the battle the first time they played. I want to shake their hand.

HAM

Cecil glances at Bahamut, Bahamut flutters his eyelashes

So anyway after that INFURIATING SIDE-QUEST just teleport out and zip back to Earth.

They really make traveling between the Earth and the Moon look so easy. Like it's something you could just do on a Sunday afternoon or something.

DUNDUNDUNNNNN

I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH

IT'S APPEARIN'

This goes on for three and a half hours

[insert Red Wings theme here]

I LOVE YOU GUYS

The Sylphs didn't let him go unsupervised, I see 8D

Suddenly, a different round of explosions!

AIRSHIPS :O

CIIIIIIDDDDDDD just don't pass out again

so hey
hey
are you guys ready for the next screenshot
are you sure
'cause you better get ready
YOU BETTER GET READY BECAUSE...

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PALOM AND POROM ARE ALIIIIIIIVVVEEE YAAAAAYYYYYY except I thought you couldn't remove their petrification because they sacrificed themselves by their own will? Hahaha, maybe Palom and Porom's spirits were like WAIT MAYBE THIS WASN'T SUCH A GOOD IDEA and let themselves be revived or something. Either that, or Tellah just sucks.

EVEN EDWARD CAME TO THE PARTY

Robots can be intimidated?

Edge: :B

wait what

Cecil's call is answered as an airship goes flying over to the Big Whale.

"FuSoYa From the Moon" sounds like an indie/lo-fi song of some sort.

CID, THE MASTER ENGINEER

VROOOOOOOMMMMMMM

No penny whistle this time. DARN.

And we're in!
Within the Giant. This started playing at some point during that last cutscene, but I couldn't remember where so HERE IT IS NOW :B

I HATE THESE THINGS

Hey this reminds me of that one episode of Magic School Bus where like everyone except that one kid go on a field trip and that one kid is sitting in the classroom like I HATE FIELD TRIIIIIPS and the "field trip" wound up being the rest of the class shrinking the bus and flying into the kid's mouth and screwing around with his organs and stuff.

It was awesome.

woooooooo Rydiaaaa except I think that's another useless spell :B

WOOOOO ROSA LEARNED HOLY YESSSSS

...well, that was easy.

OH GREAT WHAT NOW

Rubicant?!

Valvalis?!

Kainazzo?!

Milon?!

They're baaaa~aaack

Because together the weak become strong, right? |B

DAMNIT I wasted a cabin at a save point back there >( STUPID RUBICANT WITH YOUR HEALING

Alright. LET'S DO THIS. First up is Milon.

Wooooo curing undead things. ...though shouldn't all the Fiends technically be undead at this point?

Next up is Rubicant. WHY ARE WE FIGHTING THEM ALL OUT OF ORDER this bugs me >(

WOOOOOO LEVEL THREE SPELLS YEAAAAAHHH

I'LL GET YOU, MANADILLO
Despite Kainazzo's water thing constantly being up, lightning did not make it go away and he never summoned a tidal wave or anything. Huh.

By the way, I'm not defeating all the Fiends this quickly, I just don't wanna show every last part of each of the battles because I'm lazy :V

CRAP
CRAP
CRAP

AND OF COURSE EDGE WOULD DIE AFTER I WENT THROUGH ALL THAT TROUBLE TO DEFEAT EVERYONE, OF COURSE.

Hahaha, that was easy. Let's move on!

Anyway. We're here!

The big one is the CPU, the orb on top is the Attacker, and the orb on the bottom is the Defender. And, sure enough, the Defender will use Remedy on the CPU over and over, which heals 2k each time.

Unlike when you cast Wall on a party member, when an enemy casts Wall it lasts FOREVER >( So you can't use magic on the CPU, which is really annoying.

The Attacker does this, which really isn't that bad. Just have Rosa heal everyone up.

If the Attacker and Defender die while the CPU is still standing, it'll do this on two party members. Very annoying.

After killing a few of your party members, it brings the Attacker and Defender back to life, and the Defender immediately starts healing the CPU. ASDUFGH

And here is me forgetting that the CPU has a Wall on it :B
Anyway, kill the Defender and leave the Attacker, then start pummeling the CPU until it dies. Have FuSoYa and Rydia just help Rosa with healing or something.