Hello again, and welcome to my LP. Last time, we found RD, set out on a quest to get a new airship, and discovered the Cloudesseum.
Sadly, this will be the last instalment I can put up until at least the 18th of August, as I'm going on holiday until then. It's less time than I thought, but it's still a while. I would also like to know. Preferably, I wish to finish this blog before the end of august. Presuming I go after all party members, Is this a reasonable goal?
Well enough of that. I will try to make some progress today. I will strive to at least get that airship before I go!
Well, the best way to make progress is to just go for it, I'll not go after any anti-Zombie status relics, and instead just buy a ton of revivifies.
OK, I'm stocked up, and back in Firefly's tomb.
Hmm, the place contains a tombstone. I can carve something on it. But not right now. I guess I need to find out what to write on it.
Hmm, I found a switch. It raises the water. Oh, this better not be a water temple dungeon...
With the amount of revivifies that the monsters drop in here, I don't think I needed to buy any after all... Oh well.
Hey, one of the monsters dropped a anti-Zombie status relic! Nice! Wow, these monsters always give you what you need. They have better customer service than most companies!
Yep, it's a water temple, lots a switches to change the water level to progress...
Heh, I'm riding a turtle to progress. Not a big one either, just an normal turtle.
More Tombstones? These one's have words on them. I should write them down I bet. Hell, I'll do it here.
IYNO PTSE
UOYS BEHT
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I have no idea what that means...
Save point... Boss ahead?
Well, sort of, It's a monster chest! This one has boss music...
Hey, It's a stronger version of that Whelk that was the first boss. DON'T HIT THE SHELL!
Ice heals it...
Luna's skill attacks target a random enemy. best use magic then.
Oh wow, It keeps going into it's shell, then spamming Magnitude 8. Luckily, I have a float spell.
... It's not coming back out, is it?
I can probably kill the shell, If I'm careful. I bet Unicorn can absorb the strong Lightning counter-attack.
Yep, Killing it's shell was alot easier.
It dropped Bahamut, a holy claw for Luna. Very strong, and I bet the undead here are weak to holy. ^_^
Huh? a table, with some roses is here. I touch it, and a voice calls out "Firefly rests here".
Ah, boss fight! Against Dullahan.
Oh wow, he has strong magic! Ice3! Trixie, Unicorn, now!
He does alot of physical attack too. Dash has entirely relegated to item healing to keep the party alive. (Unicorn absorbs my magic too, remember).
Damn, He keeps KOing people, Dash, keep up with the Phoenix downs!
Yes, got him!
Anyway, touching the rose table again opened up a door. Let's enter.
It's a long flight of stairs. Dash says this brings back alot of memories.
Flashback. Firefly is talking to Dash about her new airship, and how it's going to do amazing stunts.
Dash says isn't that dangerous? Airships are not designed to do stunts. Firefly responds that danger is her life.
Another scene. Firefly tells Dash that when she is ready, she will let her fly the Falcon. (Her airship I guess.) Dash says no way! She will beat her in a race to win it off her, then she will let Firefly fly when she says so.
Another scene again. Now Rainbow dash is flying her airship alongside Firefly's. Firefly tells Dash to go faster, and try and keep up. She then shoots off ahead.
Dash tries to keep up, but Firefly stays ahead. Dash says that she hates losing. Firefly declares that she will be know as the fasted pegasus that ever came out of Cloudsdale!
Dash eventually gives up, and asks Firefly to meet up with her tonight.
Later that day, Dash is hanging out on a cliff top, waiting for Firefly. She never shows up.
Back to the present, Dash says that it took her a year to find the wreckage...
We climb aboard the Falcon. Dash says that she rebuilt the airship herself, and put it to rest here.
Dash says that she left it here, as she felt that if she flew it, it would be like accepting she was really gone. But now, she has to face the truth. Dash says she will never forget her. She declares that her her friendship, her courage, and her wings are going to save the world! From now on, Danger is her life as well!
We take off. Celestia says that things are finally falling into place! We can get to discord's tower now! Dash says we should get our friends first, then go to the tower. Celestia agrees.
Trixie notices a bird flying by to a town, and tells Dash to follow it. Trixie doesn't explain why herself though. Ah well, Let's go!
The town is Mareanda. I find where all the birds are. It leads to a house, with a girl who's boyfriend is in Ponyville, and getting letters and fake flowers from him. If you have been paying attention, you know why that's a problem. Ponyville has been levelled, with only a few child survivors. Twi is looking after the children now. So, who is writing the letters?
Celestia notices that it looks alot like AJ's handwriting. But where is she mailing them from?
The Mare who the letters are sent to asks us to send a letter via carrier pigeon for her. Sure, I'll do it! I bet I can follow the pigeon straight to AJ!
Hmm, there are alot of ex-thieves in this town. Together, they appear to be hinting that in the first treasure room in the tower of Discord, examine to the right of the chest.
Someone else here hints that in Las pegasus, the only person who tells the truth is the person who says "This place is dangerous!"
Anyway, let's set off. I know exactly where we are going next!
Ah, the Veldt. Pinkie, I bet anything that this is where you are hiding!
Hmm, she appears to be inside a cave. The old rock farm, It's called.
A dog? It's angel! Fluttershy is in here!
... I found an Item called a Derp Ring... I don't trust it... No one can use it, anyway.
There are some thieves here. They say they found an odd mare talking to some rocks on the veldt. They mention she doesn't appear to four people. Looks like I have to drop someone to find her. They also talk about a dragon in the forest north of the veldt.
Hmm, a switch? It opens a path, but I want to head down the stairs nearby. I'll go that way later then.
Huh, I found A Dirk for Fluttershy called Angel.
Ah, Fluttershy! I can't get to her from here... She's knocked out...
Ah, now I've got to her. She's badly wounded.
Huh, an esper? Ah, it's attacking! Why would you do that?! It's called Sr Behemoth
Well, normal magic using Boss tactics then, Trixie uses Unicorn to stop damage, Celestia Uses Summon as needed (Currently a heal), Luna uses her fight command. (With her two claws, including that holy one I got, she can do about 3000 damage!) And Dash does whatever is needed, items, Gamble, or Soar.
Damn, this thing has 48000HP... He's not hard though.
Oops. I accidentally cast a spell with Trixie casting Unicorn, meaning the spell failed, and Unicorn stopped. The esper used this chance to cast Ice3 and kill Celestia. Good job me.
... He just cast Meteo. Half my party died, the rest are on very low HP. Oh good... He quickly finished them off.
Well, that didn't go according to plan. Luckily, there was a save point nearby.
Take two!
Oh wow, RD's gamble ability just called the airship to drop a h-bomb on the boss. It did over 8000 damage!
Ah, lucky. This time, Meteo missed both Trixie and Luna. Celestia lived though it, too. Just.
... What? He ran off, and it says enemy's are coming from behind...
A second esper appeared....
OH CRAP
This one has 38000HP.
It's casting Meteo too.
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Only Dash is alive, as it missed her. So it puts her to sleep instead. He then attacks her 4 times in one move, killing her easily. He then presumably kicks her corpse around for fun, as he is a GODDAMN ASSHOLE FROM NOWHERE!
Right, wall rings then.
I really miss Bloom... Her medikit made healing so much easier...
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Now, I had to go away as some point during this fight, so I saved during it so when I loaded again I could start where I was. In my eternal wisdom, I saved over the savestate I had on the save point. (I tend to do that instead of saving normally as it is faster). My last proper save was on the savepoint in the tomb, before the boss there.
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I'll be right back...
Oh, In my repeat of old ground, I talk to the mare who AJ is sending letters to again. It strikes me I never actually sent that carrier pigeon the first time... I do it now, and the bird flies to... Well, I'm not sure what it is called.
It's Las Pegasus! I see the bird. Follow it!
Hmm, It actually has the same enemies as before It's a lot less scary now. ^_^
A Mare tells me a way to get to a place called MT Pegasus, and will sell me a item to open the door to get there for 1000GP. Hmm, she doesn't have the thief sprite, so I trust her.
It worked!
AH, here are the strong enemies...
This place seems to be the standard mountain dungeon, with lots of caves linking outdoor segments.
Being forced to use Dash like this, I'm really starting to walk up to her and her skill. If anything, It's Celestia I'm not liking now, as I have two other magic users, and her summon ability isn't cost effective.
Huh? I pressed a switch, and a nearby chest opened, and a dragon is flying out of it and flying around the room,
I don't want to fight that yet... Guys, do I get anything for killing the 8 dragons? Do I have to do it to win?
OK, I've found a cave which has fake flowers in and a desk with letter on it. The letter is a confession from AJ to the person who she is sending the letters to that her boyfriend is actually dead, and she was been sending her letters in her place. She says she did it to give her hope.
I find AJ in the next area. It's the mountain top. AJ is there with a carrier Pigeon. She sends it flying off. Presumably with a letter to the mare. I can't help but notice the confession is still on the table in the last room...
Celestia calls out to AJ. She is shocked and happy that we are alive. She says she is willing to come with us straight away!
She wonders how we found her up on the mountain. She realises that we must have been following the letters.
She runs back into the cave room, grabs the confession letter and the flowers. She says she tried growing real ones, but nothing grows now.
Celestia says the flowers are beautiful. AJ starts saying "I ain't a..." then realises what she said, and asks does she really mean it? She says she learned it off that mare she sends letters too. She noticed that she sent letters everyday, but never got a reply. It was too much for AJ to see that. AJ says as they wrote to each other, she realised that they had both lost family in the war. She kept thinking about how mad she was, shutting out all the good, but she fells better now.
AJ says she found Pinkie Pie. She said she went back to the veldt. I guessed that one, AJ.
Well, we are off. There is a locked chest in the desk room...
Ah, the key is on the mountain top.
Inside was two books, a Repair manual, and a book of secrets. Hmm... They are a Rare item. (This games version of Key Items)
Well, back down the mountain. It's a long climb...
Wait, no it isn't! Luna knows Warp! It sends me right back to the overworld! I'm back out!
Well, to the veldt again then!
OK, let's leave the ship with 3 people this time...
Yep, there she is after the first fight! She joins our party straight away. It was like picking her up from the veldt when I use her bounce move.
Well, into the cave next then, to save Fluttershy.
Hmm, but that will have to wait until I get back. This is it for now guys! I made alot more progress today than I though I would, even with my save screwup.
Until next time! ^_^
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I completely forgot about that tombstone Puzzle, Didn't I?
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