Chapter 16 Disc 2 Finale

I need to say I am sorry for being absent for so long. My computer cord stopped working and then I got into doing other things and life just got in the way. I’m back now and we’re on to the Disc 2 Finale.

We start this chapter at the entrance of the Iifa Tree. The group talks for a bit about the Mist going away before a moogle, Moco, comes in to tell Eiko some distressing news. We must hence head back to Madain Sari (you do remember the way right?). If you forgot some of the treasures last time we were in Madain Sari (which if you followed my walkthrough should not have been a problem) you can get them now, especially the Kirman Coffee.

When you get back to Madain Sari, once you regain control of your characters, head to the kitchen and down the stairs through a small door. After Eiko gets through talking and runs off, take the treasures from the small room and skedaddle to the Eidolon Wall. Talk to the moogle at the entrance and do these options in this order “Peek Inside”, “Heal us” and “Where’s Mog” and finally “Go Inside.” After some short banter we are thrown into our next big boss fight.

After all of this, go back to the small room from just a few minutes ago to initiate the next series of automatic events. Leave the room and go back to where Zidane talked to Vivi that first night in Madain Sari (you know the one about male bonding). You may recognize the song being sung as the song she sang twice on disc 1. No, that song hasn’t just vanished and it never will. Examine the corner of this spot where you get the ! for some more exposition (hey it can’t be all action, we need a rest now and then)  and to trigger this chilling FMV.

After yet MORE exposition, the morning comes and we get ready to mosey back to the Iifa Tree. However, the Scarlet Haired Man isn’t done with us yet. He wants to know why Zidane spared him and just what makes Zidane tick (jeese, this guy reminds me of Hatsuharu from Fruits Basket the way he obsesses over Zidane). Zidane invites him to join the party and we get Amarant (we get to name him and everything). Uh oh, we have more than 4 possible party members! Like most late Final Fantasy games we now have to form our party. Zidane MUST be in the party. Go ahead and take Dagger out and replace her with Amarant. It’ll save trouble later. And GASP, we have a new party member with no abilities. You’re probably thinking I’m going to tell you to grind. Nope, not this time. We’re so close to the end of the disc and the monsters just don’t give enough AP to make it worth all the time. We will save grinding for later, when we have more characters to grind for as well. So instead just make your way back to the Iifa Tree.

When we arrive back at the tree, we get a short snippet of Kuja’s arrival and the option to change party members, enter the menu, or keep current members. Just go ahead and keep current members and enter the Iifa Tree once more. Follow the roots until the game takes over. After the scene with Kuja, we enter into an automatic battle. Some people class this beast, the Mistodon as a boss battle. I do not. A boss battle is a creature you battle once, not multiple times (except in the case of the one serving as the final boss of the game). And it isn’t even boss battle tough. It’s undead. Steal once from it and use a Life spell on it. Doesn’t even have anything good to steal. You’re just stealing once each battle to build up an attack we get later in the game.

After the battle and the FMVs and the visit from the Exposition Fairy, Dagger runs off. If you had her in your party up until now, you would now be forced to use Amarant. See why I suggested just taking Amarant instead now? But all that exposition aside, this part of the game is really epic. I’ll be honest, it’s one of my favorite sections.

When we finally regain control, don’t leave the screen yet. At the top of the screen, hidden behind the trunk of the tree is Mocchi. Do the usual Moogle Drill; Save, Tent, Mognet and then leave the screen, exit stage left. Run down, down, down, fighting Mistodons along the way. Finally, we reach the bottom where Dagger revives the Eidolon sealed, only to find out that it’s Leviathan, the Sea Dragon. It is useless to save Brahne and all seems lost when...

With the summoning of Bahamut, the Dragon King, it looks as though there might be hope after all. It even managed to injure Kuja some. However, we soon learn that things are not that simple. After all, we still have two whole discs to play through.

And with this next set of exposition and cutscenes, we close Disc 2. Next chapter we will begin Disc 3. Thank you so much for reading.