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Jan. 1st, 2010 02:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dmxratedBeen mostly playing Grandia III. Right now, I've been fighting the Mother Breed for the past few days. Let me tell you, fighting that thing is like playing the endurance mode in any puzzle game that has one. It spawns monsters, you have to kill them before they kill you, and it's a constant problem. Your SP meter depletes quickly when you use moves like Whirlwind, Comet Spike, Ripple Shot, or Bigwheel, and it's really slow to recharge. The Gigas Thetas are the worst enemies you could fight; they take forever to take out, and you need to use magic or special attacks to take them out. If you're lucky, the Mother Breed will use Shockwave, which only reaches around itself; if you're not lucky, it will use Tremor or Quake, possibly killing everyone. And, you only get to use Yoat's Orb once, after you kill enough enemies.
To be honest, I was looking forward to this battle. However, I have not been looking forward to fighting the Melc Crystals. Somehow, both the Omega Breeds later in the game are considerably easier than this boss. But if there's one thing that would really make sense, why didn't I buy Alheal? That would save me a few recovery turns here and there.
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I've also been planning out the first chapter for Magical Idol Ellen, with Jake's help, and also with Martin's as of yesterday. One problem, though, is that I don't know how to get started with Jamie's battle, which takes place only several paragraphs into the chapter.
Also, I am glad that Jake is willing to help me with the fic. However, even though he did tell me he's not interested in actually reading the fic, his requests of what to include or not include kinda suggested otherwise. Martin helped me come up with an entire scene to take place after Ellen watches Jamie for the first time, but Jake didn't like most of it.
So, what happens is that Ellen trips over a Diglett, gets chased by a vengeful family of Dugtrio, and escapes them by jumping into the lake on Route 103 (she and Jamie are currently in Hoenn). This is right after she bought a present for Jamie, which means not only are her clothes soaked, but now her present to him is ruined. She climbs out, takes her dress and shoes off to let dry in the sun, and lays down to dry herself off. Then, a Nuzleaf comes along and runs off into the woods with her dress. She now has to go into the woods, only in her shoes and undergarments, to retrieve it. With Jigglypuff able to sing the surrounding Pokemon to sleep, this is actually pretty easy.
Well, Jake complained that having a Pokemon take Ellen's clothes was rather disgusting. Okay, I can leave that part out. He also said that the whole point of her being wet was so that people could see the contours of her body through her clothes, which would embarrass her. Not so much at a mostly unpopulated lake, but just a few hours ago, I told him that that could still happen in a later chapter. After all, she's already going to find herself naked in public, and being soaked is not much different from that as far as embarrassment goes.
Well, I've now got Martin to get help from, and it would help if I had more people to collaborate with. It's also confusing that Jake doesn't even intend to read this fic if he requested a "soak moment" (if you will) for Ellen, and disrequested both the dress-stealing Pokemon idea and an incident involving Ellen getting hit with a volleyball.
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Meanwhile, I've also got a whole bunch of other things to do, and don't know which one to start with.
To be honest, I was looking forward to this battle. However, I have not been looking forward to fighting the Melc Crystals. Somehow, both the Omega Breeds later in the game are considerably easier than this boss. But if there's one thing that would really make sense, why didn't I buy Alheal? That would save me a few recovery turns here and there.
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I've also been planning out the first chapter for Magical Idol Ellen, with Jake's help, and also with Martin's as of yesterday. One problem, though, is that I don't know how to get started with Jamie's battle, which takes place only several paragraphs into the chapter.
Also, I am glad that Jake is willing to help me with the fic. However, even though he did tell me he's not interested in actually reading the fic, his requests of what to include or not include kinda suggested otherwise. Martin helped me come up with an entire scene to take place after Ellen watches Jamie for the first time, but Jake didn't like most of it.
So, what happens is that Ellen trips over a Diglett, gets chased by a vengeful family of Dugtrio, and escapes them by jumping into the lake on Route 103 (she and Jamie are currently in Hoenn). This is right after she bought a present for Jamie, which means not only are her clothes soaked, but now her present to him is ruined. She climbs out, takes her dress and shoes off to let dry in the sun, and lays down to dry herself off. Then, a Nuzleaf comes along and runs off into the woods with her dress. She now has to go into the woods, only in her shoes and undergarments, to retrieve it. With Jigglypuff able to sing the surrounding Pokemon to sleep, this is actually pretty easy.
Well, Jake complained that having a Pokemon take Ellen's clothes was rather disgusting. Okay, I can leave that part out. He also said that the whole point of her being wet was so that people could see the contours of her body through her clothes, which would embarrass her. Not so much at a mostly unpopulated lake, but just a few hours ago, I told him that that could still happen in a later chapter. After all, she's already going to find herself naked in public, and being soaked is not much different from that as far as embarrassment goes.
Well, I've now got Martin to get help from, and it would help if I had more people to collaborate with. It's also confusing that Jake doesn't even intend to read this fic if he requested a "soak moment" (if you will) for Ellen, and disrequested both the dress-stealing Pokemon idea and an incident involving Ellen getting hit with a volleyball.
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Meanwhile, I've also got a whole bunch of other things to do, and don't know which one to start with.