Final Fantasy IX Part #55 - In Which My Graphics Card Melts

Part 55: In Which My Graphics Card Melts

"Who is this man and why has he been sitting there for the past ten hours without even ordering a drink?"

"Sir"

"Her voice!
Her voice is like a beautiful song..."

"Sir if you aren't going to buy anything, you are going to have to vacate the premises"

"WHEN A DRAGON FALLS IN LOVE IT IS FOR REAL AND IT IS FOREVER"

(this is going to be my favorite dumbquote for a loooooong time, i think)

(the best, or possibly worst, part is that i actually read it because my guilty pleasure is terrible books [at my discretion; no, i'm not gonna read undead lesbian coleslaw with a photorealistic drawing of not-fabio on the cover]. it actually wasn't that bad of a self-betterment adventure story, even if its love story was retarded and the main character felt like he had to remind the reader every dozen or so pages about "oh i love her sooooooo much

"oh yeah well you look diabetic so shut up"

"Alright.
But this better not have anything to do with that foursome nonsense I know Blank's been filling your head with"

We visited the Synthesis shop earlier and made the Angel Bless. It teaches Kilika his last skill, Thievery, which is deliciously broken indeed.

"I just gotta know if that's what you actually look like or if that's the most stupidly realistic fursuit I've ever seen"
"Are you inferring that you've seen a number of them"

"And drunk in public"

(that was a fantastic fanart btw, even if at a glance i thought he'd coughed up blood all over himself, which made it rather depressing at first)

"I'd love to stop and talk, but I'm busy right now."

"Is she... a friend of yours?"

"Have you found out anything more about Kuja!?"

"psst hey makakao can you spell pms"

While nearly no woman, regardless of culture, is impervious to Cesar Milan's homosexual charm (you totally know his wife left him because of his new boy toy Jorge), the Dog Whisperer has Very Special Connotations among Hawaii's HCE-speaking male population. That 'tsst' sound he makes is also a variation of the infamous whistling catcall brought over by immigrants from the Philippines, and you hear it all the time in towns where there are large Filipino populations. It's all very amusing.

"I don't even know if I can protect her...
Besides, she's gonna be a queen. She'll have all the guards she'll need."

There are a few places we haven't been in Castle Alexandria, but we've been everywhere, for the most part.

I bet that would be soooooooo fun

They have a similar contraption to this in the HUGELY GIANT pool at one of the hotels on this island. My friends and I went once since one of us was staying there while visiting on the island and it was fun as hell, but as soon the staff saw a bunch of TAN LOCAL PEOPLE OH MY GOD congregating, they chased all of us right the fuck off their property, no matter if one of us was a paying customer. It wasn't one of those "excuse me, sirs," but instead a fuck-off "what are you doing here." I hope the manager contracts the necrotizing fasciitis. And then gets burned alive at the stake.

Huihui is the best character.

Makie is also the best character.

"Master Makakao! A pleasure to see you again."
"We came here to see Holly."
"The princess? Hmm...
If that is Master Makakao's wish, I shall arrange a meeting."

wait what the fuck are those giant starry black squares

SCENE'S OVER EVERYONE GO HOME

huihui you did an accident on the floor there didn't you

that's why it's all blotchy and filthy-looking isn't it

bad boy

bad, baaaaad boy.

"Rivals? Makie, you say funny things sometimes.
Oh, there are some things I wanted to give you.
Two of my jewels..."

Happy goodbyes, well, they're really hard, no matter how many people might criticize Kilika for being petulant in this scene. If you've never had to, you're lucky.

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