FFVIII Disc 2 stuff

[zen_monk]

In my current slightly inebriated state, I declare Winhill to be the most chillest town ever. It's like mostly empty, has brown environments that are actually pleasing and homey as opposed to....brown. With the rooftops and semi-gray and brown brick/stone ground. And Raine's bar is swanky. With the candles on the tables and the way that it's nicely decorated so that it's homey and relaxing.

Nah, I haven't started on Laguna's run, yet. Seeing him fighting monsters solo gives me Dissidia feels, especially with his initial battle stance doing that prep work thing.

Catcherpillars can just go eat some pesticide crops. Seriously, what are those Galbadia soldiers doing, there's a vermin infestation running the streets. All giant bugs and stuff. Should shooting at this swarm with all their bug-fearing ways. And I keep getting Stop spells from those Catcherpillars! Gotta draw those suckers dry so that I can be immune to their wiley ways!

Though, I think Winhill music after a while got that music box thing a little bit too much. It's going into kitsch zone, almost. Like after ten minutes.

Also some game meta about the Sorceress Adel, who rules Esthar with an iron fist and gets all the little girls kidnapped across all occupied areas. This is now going into fairy tale conventions and I love it because it adds a kind of scare factor into this modern setting with their newfangled machine guns and... Esthar. Like no matter how much humanity has progressed, magical beings would still go after your children one way or anotehr.

Square Enix has this thing for women working in bars. You get Tifa being the patron goddess of all ale and wine. Then we have Raine. And then in Before Crisis Elena gets to work in a bar in some sort of fashion? There's also barkeep in X-2 and then you get Lebreau in FFXIII and XIII-2 and making her place the base of operations for NORA.

Check back on me when there are more sexy lady bartenders (sans Barkeep) in where it's like 3/4 of them are hot brunettes and one of them is underage (seriously, how can Elena work in a bar during Before Crisis, isn't she like not even 18 when her sister was being all stoic turk lady? Man, drinking laws are lax in Midgar. Hire me, Midgar.)