Part 41: Day 153-156: Disjointed Days (continued)

Now we're finally going to Wonderland.

New Music: Welcome to Wonderland
New Music: To Our Surprise






Oh, my fur and whiskers! I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date!



I just noticed that the rabbit's eyes are red, and they kinda creep me out.



Then you shouldn't run like a drunk

What's his big rush? Maybe I should have a look up ahead.



Here's the usual "Start of mission" shot, this time featuring Sora.



This is similar to the one we had when fighting the Clay Armor. It's just that Possessors didn't exist before KH2 and Wonderland isn't visitable in KH2, so this shouldn't be possible.

The chest has an Iron.





The rabbit runs to the door. Yes, he still runs like a drunk.

Did he...shrink?
He drank from the bottle, you see.



Down here.



Roxas has seen a talking clock and a candelabra. It's no wonder he isn't that surprised by a talking doorknob.

Of course... And a rather sleepy doorknob at that.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be going back to my nap.
Wait, you said he drank from a bottle. What bottle?
The one on the table. Why don't you try?



Presumably... Now, I really would like to be getting back to my nap...

*Roxas goes to the table*





Whoa, it actually worked! *walks to the doorknob* Hey, that rabbit went through here a minute ago, right?

Snrrrk... Phewww...

What's behind this door?

Hrrrnk... Phewww...

(Hmm, I guess I won't be finding out anytime soon.)



The good news is that this chest has a Slot Releaser. Another good news is that while Squeenix might have on the Heartless designs, they kinda on their gimmick, at least in this world.

The bad news is that those gimmick kinda sucks.



Striped Aria has tons of health, but a single magic will reduce most of it.



Their attack can reduce Defense to Lv 1, so they can be pretty dangerous, but at least it's easily avoidable.



Blizzard Recipe.



Grey Caprice has one gimmick, and it's very annoying.



Whenever you get hit, you'll swap places. It's very disorienting, but not that dangerous.



Now this one, they warp in the middle of your combo. Thankfully, Roxas has an automatic Combo Master (combo continues even if it doesn't hit anyone), but it still makes them a pain to deal with. The mission said to block their Headbutt, but that's assuming they actually tried to attack you and not just warp around.

Fun fact: When reading the mission briefing and reading Sapphire Elegy's name, I felt a sense of dread even if I didn't remember why. Now I remember



Another fun fact: You can't examine the bottles while there's Heartless around. This will prove to be a major nuisance when doing Challenges. Especially the one where you're on a time limit and just has to go back to the portal but the Heartless here won't let you.



After all the other Heartless are killed, this chair rocks. There was actually a cutscene showing this, but I won't bother.

Music: Tension Rising


Meet the Lurk Lizard.



It's pretty much the same as Veil Lizard. Including the attacks. I guess Squeenix is back to

Limit is still great, by the way. Especially with Auto-Life as an insurance.



Music: Welcome to Wonderland



I won't be showing these the next time we go here. We get this cutscene every time we use the bottle (I think), but you can just skip it.



I'm sure we'll find out next time. Now let's go back to our "favorite" place.

Music: At Dusk, I Will Think of You...


Yeah.




Twilight Station Tower: 34
Sea-Salt Ice Cream: 65

Looks like Axel can't handle the temptation of ice cream for too long.

Yeah, no kidding.
C'mon, what's with the face?
What face...

Music: Crossing the Finish Line


...Well that was awkward. Whatever. At least we got Blizzara



This is why I brought Blizzard. I'm going to sorely regret it later.

Music: A Day in Agrabah
Music: Arabian Dream


This is going to be our first time visiting the Cave of Wonders after that battle with Pete (who have disappeared from this game), so we'll see what happens to it.



Aero Recipe and Blizzard Recipe.



Fire Recipe, Heartless, Heartless, Blizzard Recipe. The Heartless are old news by now.





Like the briefing said, there are Large Armors along with the Solid Armor. There's 4 Large Armors, 1 at each corner of the room. 2 of them won't trigger if you don't go to the far corner.



The Solid Armor itself has pretty much the same attacks as the other armors, so I won't bother showing it off. Worth noting is that Xaldin can't do his limit while the Solid Armor is standing. I don't know if it's because Xaldin's limit sucks or if it's just the AI's inability to jump.

You might notice that the Solid Armor has tons of HP. It's weak to Blizzard, but with the way blizzard works (pierces through enemies), it'll pierce its head straight to its body. The game treats its body like a wall, which instantly stops Blizzard. I ended up just using Fire.



I know that we just got Blizzara, but I haven't equipped it yet. Note to self: Do not use Blizzard on armor Heartless.



By the way, there's a new hole on the side. We can't go there yet.



The pillars have been knocked over, so we can't go up anymore. The chest just has a Hi-Potion.

Music: Crossing the Finish Line


The rewards are nothing interesting. Let's move on to Luxord's mission.

Music: Waltz of the Diamond
Music: Dance of the Darling




The Heartless are all the ones we've seen before. And this mission also brought back Potions inside chests.



It's basically just running around all areas in the castle. This chest has a Cure Recipe. I haven't been using the recipes, so these are pretty useless.



The Entrance Hall Upper Level just has Soldiers, so we'll move on to the Ballroom.



Even Cymbal Monkey joined this party. It actually came from a chest hidden by the attack menu in the previous picture. The chest shown there has a Hi-Potion.



Every area is available to us this mission. This one has a Thunder Recipe and Elixir Recipe. I should probably make some elixir with all the recipe the game gives me.



And that's all emblem Heartless accounted for (except Deserters). At least for the ones that appeared in this world. No Pureblood Heartless invited, so no Shadow families, Possessor families or Dark Follower. The chests has Gear Component A and Potion.



This is a good mission to explore Beast's Castle, if you haven't done so in the recon missions or KH2.



There's so many Heartless and treasures that the rucksack can't handle everything even after getting 12 extra spaces for it.



The only hard part is if you run out of magic, I guess. You don't really need it, but it'll make this mission go by faster.



At least the game tries to fix it by giving you 2 (with a multiplier of 3) ethers. And the game also gives us another Cure. I think it's trying to tell us something...

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