Apparently, this is the train that ushers the recently dead to King Kai's house for training. For those unfamiliar with Dragonball Z, what I'm trying to say is that THE NEXT DIMENSION OH SHHHHH. The two tough guys realize they're not tough enough to stick around here forever, so they battle their way through the train's army of undead ghosts and ghouls. Some of the ghosts actually offer to join your party, which was a pleasant surprise and a nice way to make this place more interesting. We reach the end. Yes, the last boss is the train. Yes, I did suplex it. Twice. The defeated train (thank god this topic doesn't suck or else I'd have to spend the next 300 posts talking about this boss AHAHAHA GET IT) grants us exit and safe passage, but not before Cyan sees the spirits of his wife and son board. He is overcome with emotion and begs them to stop. They reciprocate his love with kind farewells. The journey continues.
Through the overworld, we find our path impeded by the majestic Barren Falls. To get where we need to go requires a leap of faith. We leap down the falls, Harrison Ford style, and make quick work of some piranhas on the way down.
We are now in a different section of the world map, near the town of Mobilz. I enter, talk to everyone, upgrade what I can, and help the injured soldier by mailing a love letter to his damsel. I stock up with healing items (including Dried Meat) and leave for the overworld. After winning a fight, I discover a goofy guy who dares to interrupt my ****ing victory fanfare. He's hungry, so I toss him some dried meat. He has a comical exchange with Sabin before joining my party. This is Gau, this game's Ayla if everything about Ayla was made boring and dumb. I will never use Gau. This is the last I will write about Gau.
Gau (****, guess I have to write more about him) is thankful for the meal and wants to repay Sabin and Cyan with his "shiny shiny treasure." We follow him to a mountain cave and eventually discover the treasure. It's... a diving helmet? Weird but useful, since we'll need this to traverse the river currents back to the northern portions of the overworld, near Narshe. We jump in the water and go. Some fights, some exploration, yada yada.
We find ourselves in the small port town of Nikeah, accessible only by water because the Final Fantasy universe has the god damned worst public infrastructure this side of a Ganon-ruled Hyrule. Contact your ****ing city council members, citizens of Nikeah. We hitch a ride aboard a ferry which takes us to South Figaro.
It's all autopilot from here, as the three groups (Terra/Edgar/Banon, Locke/Celes, and Sabin/Cyan/Gau) all meet up at Returners HQ in Narshe. Locke informs the group that the Empire plans an imminent attack on Narshe, despite the town's neutrality. Celes backs up his claims. The party, which has grown rather formidable, has their differences (Cyan is understandably distrusting of Celes, a former Imperial General), but they put those aside to FIGHT AS ONE.
Cutscene over, and I find myself out in the snow, in control of Terra, with the whole party accompanying me and waiting for our next move. I save and write this 24 hours later cuz I'm lazy like that.
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