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Played more today. Don't have much to talk about.

We started leaving the Lindblum to infiltrate the Palamecia - PSICOM's flagship. No talk of explosive charges or anything that would make for an ideal diversion, however. There's not really much interaction going on here which is unfortunate. But for whatever reason - probably their l'Cie sensors - we go from landing via Raines having forged a valid code to being attacked in a CODE RED situation. This escalates to a CODE GREEN later once we've breached the interior, and to a CODE PURPLE when...

So Sazh is alive. He didn't have the strength to fire a bullet into his skull, only out into the great unknown. He doesn't have a reason to live or fight anymore, so why can't he do it? Fear, perhaps? After this, Nabaat and its troops apprehend Sazh and Vanille, with Nabaat making some cold, hypocritical statements - there's no explanation for Vanille's robe or Sazh's casket seen at the end of Chapter 8, though. Sazh certainly didn't feel alive, but he still was. Back in the cell, he starts processing that since Vanille woke up from crystal stasis, Dajh can one day, too. Vanille comes fully clean: On Day 1 of the precursor 13 days, she and Fang woke up from their slumber... completely naked until their clothes just magically generated, mind you. Fang's l'Cie brand was faded and she had no memory of anything to do with it, including her Focus... so Vanille just played along. She actually remembered the Focus, but wanted to be free from it. She felt guilt for all the damage she'd caused people and just wanted to live instead of worrying about the perils of becoming a l'Cie. And because of that, we're all in this mess. Great, just great. She doesn't divulge what her Focus is - at least, not yet. We'll get there when we get there.

While the others are causing chaos, the CODE GREEN blares even in the cell, and some thugs and a monster come in to say "You're being moved." Sazh doesn't agree to this. In fact, he commands CHOCOBO to use PECK! The goon is caught off-guard and it's a critical hit. Sazh takes him down, then knocks over the other guy, while Vanille picks up the first thug's assault rifle and unloads the clip into the monster. It's AWESOME. They take their rifles and infiltrate the hallway, locating where PSICOM was keeping their gear, because they probably think for some asinine reason if anyone picks it up they'll just become a Pulse l'Cie. They seem to believe gobbledygook like that.

On the way forward, Vanille says about Fang: "For once in my life, I am going to save her." Whatever that means. Fang has been holding her own pretty well - in fact, her and Light are communicating really well and I've gotten them to be good at taking turns beating up some staggered enemy midair, whether that's terrorist scum or their robots. At any rate, the CODE PURPLE was for the escaped prisoners, which Fang immediately realizes means Vanille.

I stopped in this big circular room that looks like some giant monster was kept in the center of it, though I cleared out a bunch of monsters before returning to the save point. I played like three hours tonight and there wasn't much in the way of plot advancement. This Palamecia place is humongous! Sooner or later the party will finally reunite in its entirety, and I'll actually get to choose who to use. Still not sure yet. May have to try various combinations to see what works for me.