Part 64: Day 301-304: Vacant Place

Music: Sacred Moon


Not gonna lie, I'm very proud that I managed to fit all of them



Considering that the trio finally hang out in Twilight Tower again, I guess everything's not bad. Awkward silence notwithstanding.



I'll judge by your Bonus Gauge for Day s 256 to 275. Tell me when you've filled it in.

I don't know if I mentioned this already, but the Bonus Gauge are the ones that multiply the Mission Clear bonus, so we only have to clear all the optional missions. Which we did.

I see you've actually filled the Bonus Gauge completely. Hmph... Very well. I'll reward your diligence with clearance for a new mission. Ask Saix for the details.
Hmph. Watch yourself out there.

Xaldin! Not you too!



(Obtained: Shining Crystal)

......

Yeah, you're fine. Sure. This won't lead to worse things happening later on or anything. I still appreciate you always giving actual rewards, though.



We're going to do mission 80, 81, 79 and 78 in that order. Mission 81 gives high bonus to the multiplier, so we pretty much have to do it either first or second. And Mission 78 have to be done last because I really don't want to do that now.



The mission in Beast's Castle is the one Xaldin gave. Of course.

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




There's nothing here beside that Unity Badge.



All the jars are in The West Hall. It's best to break the ones from the other side first.



This is the strong enemy this time. It's pretty much the same as other ghosts Heartless.



It's very strong. This is the damage its hand attack does. It also causes Radar Zap, by the way.



And if we get possessed...well...that WILL happen. Auto-Life won't save us here. It still works, but Living Pod doesn't care.



However, the jars won't respawn here, so we can die as many times as we need. The Heartless goes back to their original positions, so this one isn't going to kill us anymore.



There's a treasure chest here. You might remember from the mission start that there's no chests in this mission.



That's because this is actually a...Cymbal Monkey? I expected Tricky Monkey, honestly.



The rest of the Living Pods are near the entrance. And somehow I missed 2 jars. One of them is behind the stairs. The final one?



On top of the door to the Secret Passage. It's very hard to spot and we can't jump high enough to hit it. And here's a shot of the previous Living Pod throwing off Roxas' aim.



What we have to do is go up the stairs near the door to the West Hall and then glide from there. Honestly, this mission is much easier than the one in TWNTW, and that one is already piss easy (if you're abusing the death mechanic )

Music: Crossing the Finish Line


We got an Elixir! We'll never use it for the rest of the game

(They'll be used during the next challenge updates, at least)



Another Emerald Serenade mission.

Music: Rowdy Rumble


We get to do it in a maze this time!



The great thing about this mission is that there's only Grey Caprices around, so we can get plenty of Hearts. Each of them gives 45 Hearts, so we'll have over 1000 by the time we're done



Blizzaga Recipe and Gust Crystal. Thankfully there's no card guard this time, so we can explore this maze freely.



Diamond. The Rare Vendor dies with 1 Blizzara. Just goes to say that Blizzara is still useful.



Moving on to the second area now, where the Emerald Serenade is.



Same tactic as before: Blizzara before attacking. Blizzara is amazing for Emerald Serenades



Diamond and... Looks like our inventory is full for some reason.



...Oh. That's why.

Music: Crossing the Finish Line


Look at all those Hearts!



This mission might be optional, but it actually is kinda interesting.

Music: This is Halloween
Music: Spooks of Halloween Town




First I should track down Xigbar. He's already in the field.





Fun fact: For some reason, the defense of these Icy Cubes are very high. They took more time to kill with physical attack than Grey Caprices.

That's always been the case, but still...







Hi-Ether. Not shown: Plenty of Icy Cubes and Hover Ghosts respawning. There's not much of them at once, so there's not much danger. Still took a long time to defeat them all, though.

After that we move on to the Graveyard.

*Heartless spawn*



Come on, Roxas. Those are just shadows. A Limit will kill all of them.

*sounds from above*

Huh?



Well, well. Look who decided to drop in.



Xigbar!
Hey, Roxas. Taking in the sights?
Don't be ridiculous. I'm here to back you up.
You're here to- Ah ha ha! As if!
Ha ha, Saix has got some sense of humor if he's sending you to bail me out.

I don't believe Saix has any sense of humor.

What's so funny about that?
Kiddo, the only thing you'll ever save me from is boredom. Let's get this over with, huh?

The shortcut to Moonlight Hill is blocked, so we go to Boneyard 1 instead.



Lightning Crystal. The Carrier Ghosts have plenty of HP, so it took 5 minutes to kill each. I realized that I don't have to kill them after I kill them both. I just thought that since the shortcut isn't available, there would be a forced fight here.

They drop just Aerial Tech++. You know, the one we just got 10 of from last mission?



More Icy Cubes and Hover Ghosts. This time we have Xigbar



Taking a detour to Boneyard 2, we have a Heartless and a Hi-Ether. It's actually Tricky Monkey this time.

I don't bother fighting the ghosts this time, so let's go to the Suspension Bridge instead.

Music: Tension Rising




Really, Roxas? The Snowy Crystal that we've seen several times?

Heh heh... Right. Just keep your head on straight.



Thunder Recipe. And that giant Heartless dies in 1 Fire. It's not even taller than Roxas. How could it be considered giant?

Music: This is Halloween


Or is it?
Huh? Oh, come on, quit playing ar-

Music: Fight and Away










Despite its dramatic entrance, Chill Reaper is just like any other blade Heartless. With all the same attacks. Shockwave, combo, charge.



Its projectile attack is different, at least. Still blockable and works pretty much the same way, but the aesthetics are different. I pretty much killed it in 30 seconds because, as you might guess from the name, it's weak to fire.

Music: This is Halloween


You could have just told me that ice cube Heartless wasn't our target.

To be fair, I doubt Xigbar expected Roxas to be this stupid. If it was a Gigas Shadow then it would be understandable, but a Snowy Crystal?

But because I didn't, you learned a hard and valuable lesson. And for the record, I did warn you to keep your head on straight.
Well, yeah, but...
Heh heh. Come on, kiddo. Let's RTC.

So we did exactly that.

Music: Crossing the Finish Line


We're getting all these Megalixir Recipe but we can't even make them yet