Part 32: Lenna, The suicidal Botanist.

Chapter 30: Lenna, The suicidal Botanist.


It's been 5 months since I've started this thread. When I began it, I hoped to finish it before I started school again. Now it's the break between semesters and I'm not even halfway through it. Anyway, there's a hole hidden here you have to fall in to advance.


I was stuck at this part when I was a kid. I never found this hole since it's tucked away like this.


7000 gil would be a nice bonus if I didn't have 200K from statues, huh?


Anyway, you walk through that door and press this skull switch.


It makes this path appear. I was so happy the first time I found it.


In the cave beyond, There's two paths! They're hidden pathways, but anyone with a brainstem can figure them out.


The Hypnocrown offers better defenses than the Wizard's Hat and improves !Control. It sells for a bit if neither of those interest you.


The Wind Slash is a wind-elemented katana that casts... not Wind Slash, but Gust. It happens 1/8th of the time.


In this room is the Cabin. It has a save point. This is usually the first point a Tent won't fully heal the party.


Dragon Grass!


Unsurprisingly, it tries to kill them.


This is the 4rd best line in the whole game.


Let's beat up a plant!

BOSS FIGHT: DRAGON POD!


The Dragon Pod spawns Dragon Flowers. There's 5 of the bastards and I think they each inflict a different status. However, they have pitifully low HP.


Titan rocks the shit out of the Flowers. Without them, this boss can't do damage.


Lenna flings Bios boosted by her shiny new Poison Rod.


Burtz kills the Pod, but not before it spawns all 5 Flowers.


Titan, fuck yeah.




Sounds like a plan.


Without Teleport, you'd have to walk back through the whole dungeon.

Back at Bal...

We're back! now let us in!
Nice try, monster! You're gonna have to work harder to pull one over on the soldiers of Bal!
Aw, man... Guess it's time for Plan B.


Plan B being jump in the moat.


Flush.


No worries! Better safe than sorry, or whatever... *grumble, grumble*


How bad can it be?


Hot damn, that's one hell of a headache. She's ellipsing!

Hang on, dear!
He's... calling...
Shh, Don't try to talk.
Calling... Ghido is calling...
Ghido?
A sage who has lived for over 700 years... He's the one who prophesized the crystals in your world would break.


Burtz just lost all the cool points from "What the crap is that?"

... "Psychically," Burtz. Anyhow, the sage might now some way to defeat Exdeath!
...
Hang in there, Krile. We're gonna go see Ghido, so just hang in there a little longer.
Mmm... But... Have to... use the... wind drake...
Don't worry, we've got dragon grass in spades.
Really?... The... dragon's... resting... at... the... top... of... the... tower...

Goddamn! Let's finish a sentence without trailing off already!


No.
That grass killed off all of the wind drakes...no wonder he doesn't want to eat it.
It doesn't matter if he wants to. He has to! With wounds like these, if he doesn't hurry and eat that stuff, he'll die!
It's all right. Look, you can eat it, see? I'll have some, too.
Lenna! Are you insane?
Lenna! Did you forget? Dragon grass is poisonous to humans!
Here, now you try...


Blue filter of healing!

That's a good boy...


Lenna! Hold on!


Blue filter of healing!

Lenna!
Lenna! Are you alright?
Yes... Thank you, Krile.
Don't do things like that! That's ridiculously dangerous!




Apparently not.

Geez-oh-pete. Every one of you guys is always going overboard!
Eheheh...
You stay here and get some rest, young lady!
Okay...


Alright! To some actual plot advancement!

NEXT TIME:

Flying over oceans that a boat could've easily handled!

BONUS ENDING:


...!





The end.