Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Part #66 - Day 321: Waning Power

Part 66: Day 321: Waning Power

We begin with a flashback to that scene in Hollow Bastion with Riku stealing Sora's...is that 3 Wishes?

Leaving Sora with sword. The gameplay then proceeds just like when Roxas used a stick, except less tedious because Sora has infinite magic.

Music: Sacred Moon

Roxas then wakes up and stares at the screen. If it were Genie I would've been very freaked out.

The next enemies will have weakness to blizzard and thunder. I'm bringing an Elixir because our next mission is special.

This is the reason why our mission is special.

Best thing to do is work it off...by training! See if you can score 150 plus points in Mission 46. Go on. I'll think of a little treat for you while you're at it. Tell me when you're done.

We're WAY above 150.

Wow, tiger. Over 150 points... You're sharp, even if you're still mopey. Here. Buck up, kiddo. (Obtained: Frost Crystal)

Why the long face?

Like before, Solid Armor is weak to blizzard magic. Take a guess which "certain magic" works on Spiked Crawlers.

Music: A Day in Agrabah
Music: Arabian Dream

Nothing.

You look pale...

You're imagining things.

Let's go.

Well...okay...

...yes. Our level is halved for this mission.

Gold. These two types of Heartless are the only normal Heartless here, so this isn't as bad as that stick mission. They die quickly with Thunder and quicker with Blizzara, but I want to save them for the beefier Heartless.

I shouldn't have saved up the Thunders.

Heartless and Sight Unit (L). I said that those two are the only normal Heartless, which doesn't include Tricky Monkeys.

Hi-Potion. I'm cutting out quite a lot of fighting. Technically we don't have to fight them, but the Loudmouths drop Gear Component D. They're the only enemies that drop it and only on this mission.

Gold. This is the only Solid Armor here. 5 Blizzaras kill it. Yes, 5. That's the effect of halving our level. Solid Armor are the only Heartless that drops Orichalcum and only on this mission.

This mission is our first time going through the hole in the wall. The jars here can be broken, giving a very small amount of Munny. Not worth the effort.

Aerora Recipe. We can barely jump to get to the chest. See the gold pillar on the right? We need to hit it to proceed. There's nothing indicating this other than the color.

This drops 4 boxes. These boxes are how we'd jump up if we don't have High Jump LV2.

There are 3 slots on the other side of the room. We need to hit the boxes towards them. This would be a lot more tedious if we don't have High Jump LV2, but thankfully, we do.

The jars are probably there to make it harder, but the game's brilliant coding makes it so that the boxes can clip through the jars.

The gate opens after we moved all the boxes, so we're going to...

...go back to Sandswept Ruins to pick up the things I forgot.

With that done, we go back to...shit.

I didn't know the gate resets if we go back! A warning would've been nice!

Inside there's chests with Adamantite and Gold. Oh, and also the keyhole, I guess. The Keyblade in the flashback was supposed to foreshadow this, I guess?

I remember this...

Huh?

It's a keyhole. See?

Y-yeah...

You look so much like him.

I'm sure this line confused people so much since Roxas looks very different with Sora. Even after all these years, this line still confuses me since Ventus never went to Agrabah and doesn't appear in the flashback.

Music: Tension Rising

Spiked Crawler is just like Morning Star. Except more dangerous and our level is halved. And thunder stops it instead of aero.

If you're wondering why I used Thunder, it's because the delay in Thundaga is enough to make it miss and fuck using Thundara.

This is the damage one of its jump attack does. OUCH.

Turns out we don't have to kill this Heartless, because after surviving for a minute...

I don't know what that move is. And I don't think that kind of movement isn't possible with Days' gameplay.

Music: A Day in Agrabah

How did I just do that? Where did that power came from?

Roxas?

*Xion runs to Roxas*

Yeah... Using the Keyblade these days... I don't know what's wrong with me-I just run out of steam.

You...you do?

You know what, never mind. I'm probably just overworked, heh.

Not surprising, considering that our last mission has Ruler of the Sky.

You sure you're okay?

'Course I am. C'mon, Xion, let's RTC.

We don't even get any Hearts from Spiked Crawler!?

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

Twilight Station Tower: 53
Sea-Salt Ice Cream: 90

Finally! I was worried there wouldn't be any other ice cream scene.

Okay, you're starting to weird me out.

Why?

Since when do you ever worry about me?

Well, excuse me!

Just feels strange, that's all. Usually, I do all the worrying over you. I don't think it's ever been the other way around before.

Well, for your information... I worry about you all the time, Roxas.

I'm glad you're back, Xion. I just wish Axel didn't have to be so rough with you.

I guess he's not coming today.

You want him to?

What, did you two have a fight?

So he's a jerk now?

Shouldn't you talk about it the last time you three eat ice cream here? And yes, Xion. Axel is definitely a jerk.

......

Roxas, I wouldn't be sitting here with you if Axel hadn't done that.

......

He's your best friend.

So are you.

It's just not the same without all three of us...

Music: Sacred Moon

What? No...I just...

Something's wrong with Roxas. I thought you might know what's up.

He says the Keyblade wears him out now when he goes to use it.

And suddenly I find myself fighting the same way he does...

Well, you know him better than me.

Why...why would you sat that?

Ask yourself what's doing it to him.

I'm not sure.

Oh, you're not sure? What, did they forget to build you with common sense?

......!

Wow, Axel. Way to prove that you're a jerk.

That's revealed very anticlimactically.

A puppet whose original purpose was to duplicate Roxas's powers. If he's getting weaker and you're getting stronger... Well, that just means you're borrowing a little more than you oughta be.

...... What should I do, than?