Part 18

I'm prefacing this update by saying I made a Zombie film for my basic filmmaking class and I think you should all check it out:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=thtMKQ2xS7A

I shot it on 16mm black and white film with no sound. It was a lot of fun to make, and I got a perfect score on it, so I hope everyone enjoys it. Now on to the update. . .

No Deckard in this update, unfortunately, but we do get another character!

If you talk to the people of Tomis, they say that a while ago a lightning bolt struck the Tower of Illusion, and ever since people have been on edge, and the Alstadt Kingdom has mobilized and shit. Hmm. . . But the only way to the tower is through Copley Forest. Wait, isn't that where that wood is that we need? Let's go right now!


Ah, here it is. It's refreshing to be in an outside dungeon for once!


I like the jungle motif of this place a lot


Haha, FUCK YOU SIGN I DO WHAT I WANT! When you try to enter, Seena says to you

The atmosphere in this forest is bad. . . I can't really explain it though.

I could, but that would spoil the plot! I'm sure you can guess what's going on by now, at least Glazius probably can because fuck he seems to be guessing all the plot points correctly.


This dungeon just seems so open compared to the other ones. I really love it.


and Baby Frogs. The Elves aren't very hard, they're kind of slow, although the frogs can go RIBBIT RIBBIT and paralyze one of your guys.


Wood Elves, however, are bad news. They go first, always, and either heal their whole party with champion or they use Blizzard which does a ton of damage to your whole team. Assholes.


The worst enemies here, though, are these guys. Apart from the fact that they are giant fucking spiders ( ), their normal attacks paralyze, and they can use a move called poison shower which hits a column and poisons, and also a move called spider web which hits a whole row! Add in the fact that they have a ton of HP, like 450, and you have a fucking ruthless enemy.


This is Aima's equivalent of Silhouette, it hits all enemies for a normal damage attack.


This is Dei's version of Split Attack, 2x dmg attack which overwhelms DEF. Good times.


The fifth floor looks like this. If we exit it to the north. . .



Nah it probably just looks like it.

Exit north again and. . .



Don't get so angry! You're so irritable lately!

Excuse me?!

Come on you two, don't fight (or I'll slit your throats)

Hisssss well only because Dei said so.



is going on?!

How should I know!

I wasn't asking you, stupid!

Stupid?! Oh that's it, you fucking cunt!

Why do I have to be with a fucking moron like you, huh?

Why don't you just get lost then, huh?

Fine, I will!

Fine!


Aw no Seena don't leave

Marco, are you sure about this?

I don't know why, but I am very angry!

There are dangerous monsters here.

I know, but I just don't know what's going on anymore! Let's just keep going!

No damn it, there better not be more dungeon.


Damn it, and on top of all the annoying spiders and wood elves there are goblin mages here. This place sucks!

Five floors later, we finally emerge at the exit (note that it didn't say B6 or F6, just 6, which means that we aren't really going up or down, they just didn't change the layout of the floors to have a door or something.)


Is Seena being assaulted by that large dog?

Seena!



You did this to her, didn't you?

Marco, hold on a second!

How dare you! Don't move, I'll take care of you!

Buku-bipi?

Here I come!

STUUUPID! YOU'RE SO STUUUUUPID!

SMACK BAM POW!

I said "hang on a second," you moron!

Owwww what are you doing?

This isn't an enemy, it's a forest spirit! It saved me when I was being attacked by a monster.

Is that so? I'm sorry. My name's Marco.

Puki-pupi, Mousse.

What's it saying?

Maybe it's saying its name. I think it said Mousse.

Okay from now on I'll call you Mousse!

Pupi-puku.

By the way Seena, how badly are you hurt?

It's just a scratch.

Oh good. . . wait weren't we fighting?

Yeah, we were.

Why were we fighting about something so dumb?

It might be because of that tower. Ever since lightning struck that Tower, Lidal Continent has changed.

It's no surprise that we would be affected if we were this close to it.

That might mean one of Gades' gang is up there?

Who knows? It is possible.

Unlike Gades, this one won't come out too often. It makes it harder for us to get him.

It's creepy. . .

Well at least Marco and Seena aren't fighting anymore.

I think it's thanks to Mousse.

Animals tend to calm people down.

Alright, let's go.

Kuppi, bupi!

Huh? You want to come with us?

Kuppi, bupi!

Alright then, you're one of us now!

Let's be friends, Mousse.

Puku-pu-pi.


Name: Mousse
Class: Capsule Monster/Savior of all mankind
Weapons: None!
Likes: Exotic fruits, sea foam, bathing
Dislikes: Peanut butter on the roof of his mouth, hairballs, fascism
about : Mousse is the only son of Foomy, given to us so that we may be blessed. He is a capsule monster, meaning he moves on his own. This means if you have him in your party, you get four attacks per turn! He can only equip accessories, and even then there are only select few. His stats are absurdly high since he can't equip shit. An amazing asset.

LET US PRAY;

Blessed be us who have been given by our lord Foomy the gift of his one and only son, Mousse. Let his presence fill us with happiness and piety, for we have truly been chosen by Foomy to follow in his legacy. Amen.


So Mousse can only equip a select few accessories, the only ones I have being the Pendant and the Toy Ring, which are fine. He later gets two that are pretty amazing, so. . . but yes, now I get four turns per round instead of three! He has several different special moves, much like a capsule monster, such as Mousse Punch, Tackle, etc. and as he gains levels he'll use new, more powerful techniques. Eventually he stops using low level attacks and only uses the strong ones, hell yeah he rocks.


I rearranged my party like this, so that my fighters remain in the front, and yeah. Now Randolph gets the benefit from two green SF people, so damn it his DEF and HP should be fine. Hooray!

One last thing before I exit the forest:

Ah ha! We'll return to Patos in a little bit.


Outside the forest is this tower, but man I'm kind of beat and need to rest. Let's find a town.


Oh hey there's one just north of here, hooray! Although while I was walking around, I ran into


Hooray more cores!


I used all my LP on raising my SF levels, I should've saved it though, you'll see why.

So anyway that town is called Cobe and it has an inn


with a name for some reason. You can enter it from the back, and


you can stay for free, hooray. Also that chest had a Wizard Ring which I gave to Melphis, remember it raises MP and MAP and REG. Good shit.


The spells here are pretty good, especially Champion X which fully heals everyone. Too bad it's so expensive and I spent all my LP on my SF levels

also if you wander around you might find:

- Power Seed
- SilentPowder
- Revive
- CharredNewt x2
- Speed Seed
- X-Magic
- Weird Ring (raises ATP and DEF, not sure about the name, maybe it does weird things in battle?)

Okay wait now that we can just warp back here let's go to Patos real quick.



the house at once! Let's get started!

ten seconds later



the difference.

Yay! My house is brand new! Yaaaay! Yaaaaay!

I'm happy for you Lamika.

Thanks Marco! Let me give you my treasure!


hooray 5/8 we're close folks!

inside,


the chest had a Miracle in it (oh lawd)

Say, the port town of Siantao is still smashed up. If I can get the "Magnificent Wood" from Rosplett Continent, I could fix up Siantao!



Yeah that won't be for a while.

OKAY FOLKS! We have the son of Foomy, I think anything is possible now. Next time we'll go to the Tower of Illusion and see what's going on there.