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SomeColorMage2012-06-17 17:43:40

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Well, it's time to get started on the next Tale, Final Tale, Part One. In all versions released internationally, this follows straight on from The Gathering, no need to start a new Tale in the menu or anything.

We start with seeing all the various events with Cecil in the game. We see when Kain first appeared in the castle.

Hooded Man: You've changed...

Cecil: Do I know you?

Hooded Man: ...

Cecil: If you're just a stray beggar, then you should leave immediately... assuming that you value your life.

Hooded Man: My apologies...

Kain leaves.

Cecil: (Have I seen that man before? Ah...!)

We see Edward and Harley visiting him.

Edward: What is this, my lord?

Cecil: A token of our friendship and of my appreciation for your visit. Please accept it.

The destruction of Mist flashes on screen.

Cecil: (What did I give to him? What have I done?)

We see Ceodore's party confront him.

Cecil: Welcome back. I'm so glad to see you all. Ceodore, Rosa, Cid... and most of all, Kain!

Rosa: Cecil!

Ceodore: Father!

Cecil: (Ceodore? Rosa? Cid? Kain!? What are you doing here...? No... what am I doing here...!?)

The screen turns black, except for Cecil himself. He starts to see himself as the Dark Knight he once was. The others start to pop back in.

Rosa: Cecil!

Ceodore: Father!

Golbez: Cecil!

Cecil: (!) Ugh...! No...!

We see Cecil's defeat at the hands of one of the Mysterious Girls and Bahamut.

Mysterious Girl: So this is the limit of a half-breed. As expected...

Cecil: What... what do you seek?

Mysterious Girl: Still... you are a valuable sample, nonetheless. You will be useful.

Fade out.

Ceodore: Father!? Father!!!

We're on the Lunar Whale. Cecil wakes up.

Ceodore: !!!

Rosa: Cecil!

Cecil: ...

Edge: He's finally regained his senses?

Rydia: Oh, thank goodness...

Cecil: ...

Rosa: Cecil?

Ceodore: Father! Father!?

Kain: Give it up.

Ceodore: What's happened to my father?

Kain: The man you see before you right now is nothing but an empty shell.

Golbez: What did that girl do to him!?

Meanwhile, in the control room, Edward is talking into a Whisperweed.

Edward: How are things down below?

The moon's advance... severe winds... shows no sign of...

Edward: It's all being caused by the moon. Collect yourself, my friend! Stay calm and get everyone to someplace safe!

We don't... keep... of... trong to... where... Edw... need... ou...

Edward: ...

Yang: We've lost them

Cid: Sorry, but the whisperweed only has so much range to it, y'know.

Porom: What could be happening down on the surface right now?

Palom: It's the moon's gravitational pull that's driving everything crazy.

Luca: The moon's gravitational pull?

Palom: Everybody knows how the moon affects the tides... but it works its will on other things, too. I've heard that the moon can affect the hearts and minds of animals... and people, for that matter.

Cid: And that goes double for this moon, no doubt. Just look at how enormous this thing is. With somethin' that big so close to our planet, who could guess what'll happen down there?

Palom: It may not be a matter of just being "close" to our planet before long.

Luca: You think it'll keep on going?

Yang: You mean to say it will collide with the earth!?

Cid: Not just that. The moon would likely swallow our planet whole, given enough time.

What. I get that it's a big moon, but in order to completely consume a planet, it would need to be huge. Like a size at which point you can no longer call it a moon.

Porom: No!

Cid: We've got to get the Crystals back and change the moon's path! And quick!'

The Lunar Whale shakes.

Rydia: Aaagh!

Yang: What is it now!?

Luca: The Lunar Whale... Something's pulling on it!

Cid: It's trying to gobble up our ship!

Edge: What's going on!?

Yang: The moon has seized our ship!

Porom: We're being pulled in!

Cid: Luca, prepare for emergency landing!

Luca: Roger!

Edge: Dammit...!

Rosa: Cecil...!

Edge: Now what?

Cecil: Ugh... Aaaughhh!!!

Ceodore: Father!?

Kain: Cecil!?

Cecil: Gaaahhh!!!

Ceodore: Father!

Rosa: Cecil!

Kain: It's getting worse, thee closer we are to the moon...

Golbez: Cecil! What are you fighting against!?

We crash on the moon. Ceodore's the first to get up.

Ceodore: Oof... How is everyone?

We start getting everyone up. We can now change our party at will. We don't even need to have five party members. We can also put Cecil in our party, but I wouldn't recommend it...

Cecil Harvey

Class: Paladin

Cecil has the worst stats in the game. I am not kidding, Calca and Brina are 20 levels behind, and they still have a better stat rollout that his! His White Magic is, as in FFIV, pretty crappy, and I wouldn't use Cover with his stats. He is also incapable of performing Bands. Ugh.

On the plus side, Cecil may just have the best lines this Tale, as he is incapable of speaking English.

I'll probably spend the next update on Bands, after that, we'll explore this moon.

Oh, and by the way, point out if there are any characters you want to see. I have an idea of which groups I'll be taking to various points of these next two Tales, but I'll still take some input from you guys.

Stats:

Ceodore: Lv 50 HP:2811 MP:284 Strength:58 Speed:38 Stamina:48 Intellect:22 Spirit:38 Attack:108 (10x99% Accuracy) Defence:64 (7x32% Evasion) Magic Defence:7 (2x13% Evasion)

Cecil: Lv 40 HP:2400 MP:170 Strength:10 Speed:10 Stamina:10 Intellect:10 Spirit:25 Attack:52 (2x99% Accuracy) Defence:30 (3x24% Evasion) Magic Defence:7 (1x8% Evasion)

Rosa: Lv 50 HP:2352 MP:421 Strength:36 Speed:26 Stamina:30 Intellect:38 Spirit:63 Attack:74 (6x87% Accuracy) Defence:40 (3x30% Evasion) Magic Defence:27 (3x36% Evasion)

Kain: Lv 50 HP:3232 MP:154 Strength:72 Speed:40 Stamina:57 Intellect:28 Spirit:37 Attack:115 (12x99% Accuracy) Defence:68 (8x20% Evasion) Magic Defence:6 (3x12% Evasion)

Rydia: Lv 46 HP:1887 MP:485 Strength:23 Speed:23 Stamina:22 Intellect:58 Spirit:43 Attack:65 (4x86% Accuracy) Defence:39 (2x34% Evasion) Magic Defence:11 (3x23% Evasion)

Edge: Lv 46 HP:2774 MP:204 Strength:64 Speed:43 Stamina:51 Intellect:30 Spirit:24 Attack:143 (11x99% Accuracy) Defence:50 (5x44% Evasion) Magic Defence:4 (2x9% Evasion)

Cid: Lv 50 HP:3197 MP:101 Strength:70 Speed:21 Stamina:52 Intellect:12 Spirit:10 Attack:119 (10x92% Accuracy) Defence:61 (2x0% Evasion) Magic Defence:8 (0x8% Evasion)

Yang: Lv 40 HP:2829 MP:89 Strength:61 Speed:30 Stamina:54 Intellect:8 Spirit:18 Attack:97 (9x80% Accuracy) Defence:46 (3x50% Evasion) Magic Defence:12 (0x14% Evasion)

Palom: Lv 40 HP:1459 MP:406 Strength:27 Speed:17 Stamina:23 Intellect:55 Spirit:24 Attack:41 (5x85% Accuracy) Defence:29 (2x28% Evasion) Magic Defence:22 (2x31% Evasion)

Porom: Lv 40 HP:1435 MP:402 Strength:17 Speed:22 Stamina:18 Intellect:31 Spirit:72 Attack:50 (4x70% Accuracy) Defence:34 (2x28% Evasion) Magic Defence:25 (3x37% Evasion)

Edward: Lv 40 HP:1637 MP:170 Strength:32 Speed:27 Stamina:19 Intellect:33 Spirit:38 Attack:53 (6x99% Accuracy) Defence:30 (3x26% Evasion) Magic Defence:13 (2x21% Evasion)

Luca: Lv 46 HP:2732 MP:119 Strength:66 Speed:24 Stamina:60 Intellect:6 Spirit:6 Attack:107 (10x80% Accuracy) Defence:72 (5x32% Evasion) Magic Defence:8 (0x8% Evasion)

Ursula: Lv 40 HP:2032 MP:100 Strength:65 Speed:43 Stamina:40 Intellect:15 Spirit:29 Attack:98 (11x99% Accuracy) Defence:38 (5x59% Evasion) Magic Defence:9 (2x14% Evasion)

Leonora: Lv 40 HP:1412 MP:307 Strength:34 Speed:19 Stamina:21 Intellect:38 Spirit:56 Attack:43 (6x85% Accuracy) Defence:34 (2x28% Evasion) Magic Defence:25 (2x34% Evasion)

Gekkou: Lv 40 HP:2460 MP:146 Strength:58 Speed:24 Stamina:45 Intellect:18 Spirit:15 Attack:89 (9x85% Accuracy) Defence:34 (3x42% Evasion) Magic Defence:7 (1x10% Evasion)

Zangetsu: Lv 40 HP:1869 MP:222 Strength:37 Speed:28 Stamina:31 Intellect:24 Spirit:16 Attack:85 (6x90% Accuracy) Defence:33 (3x50% Evasion) Magic Defence:8 (1x12% Evasion)

Izayoi: Lv 40 HP:1824 MP:191 Strength:33 Speed:40 Stamina:25 Intellect:22 Spirit:26 Attack:58 (7x70% Accuracy) Defence:30 (5x69% Evasion) Magic Defence:17 (2x25% Evasion)

Tsukinowa: Lv 40 HP:1748 MP:136 Strength:38 Speed:43 Stamina:33 Intellect:21 Spirit:18 Attack:103 (7x95% Accuracy) Defence:38 (5x30% Evasion) Magic Defence:7 (2x10% Evasion)

Harley: Lv 40 HP:1671 MP:164 Strength:33 Speed:25 Stamina:23 Intellect:44 Spirit:37 Attack:56 (6x75% Accuracy) Defence:28 (3x20% Evasion) Magic Defence:10 (2x20% Evasion)

Golbez: Lv 49 HP:2971 MP:388 Strength:50 Speed:30 Stamina:69 Intellect:49 Spirit:36 Attack:129 (8x99% Accuracy) Defence:73 (6x34% Evasion) Magic Defence:14 (2x21% Evasion)

Calca: Lv 22 HP:588 MP:77 Strength:16 Speed:12 Stamina:15 Intellect:13 Spirit:9 Attack:9 (3x55% Accuracy) Defence:7 (1x30% Evasion) Magic Defence:0 (0x2% Evasion)

Brina: Lv 22 HP:607 MP:75 Strength:12 Speed:16 Stamina:13 Intellect:10 Spirit:16 Attack:8 (3x55% Accuracy) Defence:6 (2x30% Evasion) Magic Defence:0 (0x3% Evasion)

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Mysterion Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 19th 2012 at 7:00:33 PM
Here are a couple of themes to go with:

Crystal Guardians: Yang, Edward, Porom, Leonora, (Ursala, Harley, Palom)

Main Characters: Rydia, Ceodore, Kain, Golbez, [Edward, Edge, Palom, Porom (Unlike Rosa, her personal journey didn't take place entirely offscreen)]
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