Alright! Placeholder post!
The whole thing is 158 screenshots long, so I'm probably gonna have to do 2 posts again.
As a side note: I never DID see those episodes 9-11... having difficulty, umm, viewing them.... ahem...
EDIT: Chapter 15 is GO!
So, the votes were tallied, and the decision is final:
Setzer will be named
Kamina Hefner! Because I'm still a slave of the people.
And so we have a target.
So, Hefner is planning on kidnapping Maria from an Opera, eh? And Store just happens to look exactly like Maria? And Hefner just happens to be the ONLY person who can help us do our job?
If only all this information was useful in some way!
We haven't been here yet. It's a little south of Jidoor. Of course, by "a little" I mean there are like 3 forests in between and I got in a bunch of random battles on the way. Kinda makes you wonder how the rich people actually get to the opera house... do they have a different mode of transportation? Tanks, perhaps? Maybe a hidden underground tunnel? Or perhaps they're all secretly powerful monks!
This is a plot thread that must be left for another time.
"Any news on why? He said he was marrying her, but he doesn't sound like the monogamous type."
Hefner will make his entrance at the climax. Got it.
Jump out and nab him? He plans to kidnap Maria in front of a massive crowd among people who will most likely be armed with swords. He's probably going to have an escape plan.
"Also that's a stupid, stupid idea!"
Again, I see major flaws in this plan.
It's hard to "follow" someone into the sky.
Were people this stupid in the SNES version?
Cocke: "We JUST EXPLAINED THIS!"
Impressario: "I never said that."
You know, I'm going to laugh when Hefner blows the hell out of the roof, grabs Maria and flies off with his jetpack.
And then she knocks everyone out of her way in order to get to the actress's room.
This is a terrible, terrible plan.
At least they're trying, though.
Wait, a letter?! Oh, no! Our only weakness! Ultros knows that the party has no respect for private property!
He could write damn near anything and we'd believe it instantly!
And then they walk into the changing room.
Cocke: "
Tranquil as a forest, but on fire within...!"
*close*
There's one hurdle we don't need to worry about anymore.
And now for the most memorable scene in the game!
And you can sing along, too!
Harsh. A chicken hit-and-run.
...Those aren't his lines.
Cocke: "What the fuck is this? LEARN THE GODDAMN LYRICS!"
Cocke: "This night may not be a TOTAL loss."
...Ultros must have given up on his letter idea. It would have been right below where Cocke is at this point.
I wonder how many times Cocke's said "Daaaaayum" by this point?
Cocke: (Must... not... ruin... moment!)
You're a dumbass.
Cocke: (She's onto me! CRAP!)
Smooth.
"I've been practicing singing in Rock Band for three hours now. I'm as ready as I'll ever be."
Screw you, I'm listening to the song RIGHT NOW. I don't need to memorize no goddamn lyrics! It's not like they've changed or anything.
(At this point in the game you have to choose between two different options for the next lines, which is why you need to memorize the song)
See? Nothing bad happened!
OH SNAP! A ghost!!
(And here, he moves around for a little while and you have to "talk" to him to make him continue. Your time is limited; the song continues on its merry way without you)
...Did he just turn into a bouquet of flowers? Because those were NOT there before.
For some reason this part doesn't show up until the end of the actual song.
Flip tape to side two! These lyrics start at 4:14.
...So was she hallucinating or something? Because again, those flowers weren't there at the start of the scene. For that matter, what kind of crazy special effects did they USE to make a person turn into a bouquet of goddamn flowers?!
Way to ruin the moment.
Scene two!
Awwww.
WHAT'S THIS?! It's the return of the dreaded envelope!
What could be in it? A false change of plans on Hefner's part? A distraction to get the heroes out of the way? Some shocking piece of evidence of Cocke's dark past that will result in him being forced to hold back during the mission?!
...Ultros is a fucking moron.
He's probably gonna screw up anyway. Well, time to go catch the rest of the scene... wait, what's this?
May as well read ahead, see what's gonna happen next.
Okay, saw that.... and, uh....
...
He didn't FUCKING WRITE A SCENE TWO?!
Cocke: "Yeah! She's out there with no idea of what the hell's going on! She's doing the entire thing improvised!"
Impressario: "B-but it took an hour to write! I thought it would take an hour to act out! We were gonna save it for part two!"
Cocke: "What the hell's everyone else doing out there then?!"
...This is really well done considering that the script was entirely blank.
Whozis? Oh. Right. Ultros.
The impressario just watched Ultros lug that massive object across the entire catwalk. And he thought nothing of it.
The sheer stupidity of the people in this game is beginning to ruin it for me.
...You know, at this point I can only imagine him pausing to take a whole bunch of measurements, and then calculate exactly how long it will take.
Because, yes, it will take 5 minutes ON THE DOT.
I C WUT U DID THAR
After making it across the rat-infested walkway...
We find Ultros! But he has the element of surprise when he jumps behind and pushes us off!
But stupidity again rears its ugly head.
...And everyone falls 50 feet to the ground. Luckily, they... uh, had invisible parachutes. Sure, let's go with that.