Part 6: Boating Hazards

Chapter 6: Boating Hazards



Does it matter? Let's get going!

Thus ends the saga of the key.


Suckers, the white squids, are weak to lightning, while Octokrakens, the purple octopi, are not. That is the only real difference between the two.


For whatever reason, Dash works here too. It's a thing of beauty to watch this boat just zoom.


Galuf gets !Focus, which allows him to spend a turn charging up a more powerful attack.


Giant whirlpools are a regular feature of canals... right?



Thundering Typhoons! The rudder's not responding!
You'd better figure out something fast, 'cause we're getting sucked in-




BOSS FIGHT: KARLABOS


Karlabos is humorously weak to Thunder, taking 150 damage from it. Burtz and Galuf pummel him for ~90 each hit, so the oversized crayfish doesn't last.


He has a few tricks. Tail Screw reduces a single character's HP to single digits, while Antenna does damage and paralyzes, taking the target out of commission for a while.


As the second boss, he isn't very hard.


Hey, wait, why is my Plesiosaurus still in the whirlpool?

Slydra!
...I'm sure she's okay. She's a fighter, and you know it.
Slydra!!!


Sinking like that is not a good thing, is it?

...Later...



As well as can be expected. We should leave him be.
The ship is just drifting with the current...
Wonder where we'll end up?



...


The boat just keeps drifting until...


The party comes to in a reef filled with derelict ships.

Where is this?
F: The graveyard of the sea...
A gathering place for ruined and scuttled ships... and a nest for the undead.
Brrrrr. All the more reason to hotfoot it out of here!


The Ship Graveyard consists of hopping on stones and exploring interconnected hulls. You can rest in Faris' room of your ex-ship, but there's no save point until later.


You should hop on stones, because the Flail is the best weapon for a White Mage until 2/3 of the way through the game.


Skeletons are very open to Fire and Cure. A Black Mage's Fire can down every skeleton in a group. Skeletons drop Daggers, and the next weapon shop is the first place that sells them.


Say hi to "creepy" fog. He's gonna pester screenshots for a while, okay?



What, are you going to melt or something? Come on!


Calcruthls are weak to lightning while being very much alive. They sometimes drop Elixirs, of all things.
Preemptive Strikes have you start the battle with everyone's ATB full.


Fire works just as well underwater as it does above.


I love this pirate crate.


After spending several continuous hours underwater, the crew finds a safe, dry room.

I'm soaked... Yow! There's a fish in my shorts!
This room seems safe enough, let's take a rest. I'm going to change into dry clothes... No peeking!



I'm fine like this...don't worry about me.
Are you crazy, boy? You'll catch pneumonia in those wet things!
Hey, what're you doing? Don't touch-


Goddammit I fucked up the SURPRISE AND SHOCK.

What's all the commotion?
Yeow! Lenna-this-he-



Well-maybe I am! You got a problem with it!?
Of course not... Just, why were you trying to hide it?
When I was just a lad-er, lass, a pirate band took me in. I've been one of them ever since.
Yeah, so?
Well, would YOU want to be the only girl on ship full of pirates?
...Ah, right. Yeah.
Haw! I knew from the start you were too pretty to be a man! *whew...*
Anyhow-make fun of me for really being a woman and I'll shiver your timbers but good!
Uh... okay...
That's right, it's okay! Now, I'm turning in, and you louts best do the same!

After somehow peacefully sleeping on a ghost ship...



Galuf, however, falls out of bed ungracefully.



Bah... if you aren't going to dress like a girl-and you should, a real shame to hide those assets- y'cloud at least talk like one.

So, a free rest and a save point in the next room. You know what that means!



NEXT TIME:
Another boss fight! a real town, with real shops!