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decided to explore the mainland near this port town a little bit first. turns out there's basically nothing here. just one small peninsula that leads nowhere. which is fine. now on to explore the village!

there wasn't too much to see here, I picked up a few things at the shops, but since I ended up doing this route now a lot of the gear and equipment wasn't an upgrade over what I've already got. there is a scene in the pub where this dancer tries to get cyan to dance with her.

and now we're off to south figaro!

the three groups have arrived in narshe, and a decisive battle will soon unfold!

there are a few story scenes that I got through here as things move into the next act

sabin and company wonder if the others are safe while taking the boat to southern figaro

bannon admits to the people of narshe that the battle will be dangerous, and will cost them blood, but he thinks it is worth it because stopping the emperor is important to stopping the mistakes of the past from being repeated

sabin and edgar reunite, and edgar is introduced to the new party members

when the elder hears about how the people of doma were poisoned, it seems like he should want to side against the empire because of this. instead, it makes him more resolved to stay neutral. he thinks if he doesn't get involved, nothing bad will happen to him.

then locke shows up with the turnabout. think again!

the empire is already in position to attack narshe. whether the elder wants to fight or not doesn't matter. it's just a matter of whether they will be prepared for the battle or sit there doing nothing.

of course, once cyan sees that celes is there, he immediately challenges her to a DUEL

there's some discussions about morality, and people's past as willing or unwilling servants of the empire. either way, locke doesn't want to let celes get attacked by cyan after he vowed to protect her. base on their combat performances in the sections I played, however, I feel like cyan would be able to take on celes and locke. at least in this stage of the game. so it's not like locke could have stopped him.

the power of talking and understanding works much better, though.

kefka and his army show up, vowing to not show any mercy to the citizens of narshe. so the group heads up to the pass where the esper has been moved to make their final stand.

there are a lot of little character moments and exchanges between the party members as they travel up the cliffs. I really liked all of these little scenes. perfect example of how to do good writing, short and sweet. the one between terra and celes was good. when terra asks if it's possible for celes to love anyone. it leaves so much unsaid, but says so much, in so few words.

at this point I regain control of terra and I'm finally allowed to save the game again for the first time since before I left Nikeah. imagine if I had gone straight onto the boat! this game definitely loves having long stretches of playtime without the opportunity to save. ha.

it looks like I might be given the ability to choose my squad for the upcoming battle? hard to say for sure, I didn't test it out yet, but I see all of the characters are lined up nice and neat for me... if so, I have a tough decision to make!
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