Let's Play - Golden Sun

[Thadius]

Sorry about the lateness of it, I was kidnapped early in the day, forced to have fun against my will, and didn't get back until late. I swear I would've gotten this chapter up at, like, 2, 2:30 if not for that. But anyway!

Chapter 3, part 2 - I didn't know you could DO that with dance...

When we last left off, I was BLIND. And now...



Ohgoddoomiswhathappenedohgodillputitbackohgod!



Wait, this shit has happened to you before?



A-DURRRRR.



Huh?



Ohgodohgodgetmeouttahere!!!



If I knew what it was I would have KILLED IT BY NOW.



More like the STONED ONE.



ARGH DEATH GLARE!



ARGH MORE DEATH GLARE!

An interesting conversation takes place over there, but in my haste to live I only hear:



Which is very sound advice.



Well we've only desecrated a temple and given artifacts of immense power to complete jerks, and probably doomed ourselves. Yeah, that's filled the doom-o-meter.



Naw, hostages are no good dead.



NO SHIT, SHERLOCK.



Best advice I've ever heard out of you.



...All glory to the hypno-rock...



Honestly, sir, your eyeball is utterly transfixing.



NO SHI- on second thought, better not say that to him.



...I didn't do it.



...That sounds somewhat bad...



Sir, yes sir!



...Must not question inane orders from hypno-rock...



...Must not point out obvious to hypno-rock...



There go the air djinn...



Water...



And Earth. Note they fled in the reversed order in which the stars were moved.



OHGODOHGODIDONTWANNADIE!!!



"How can we learn to fly like Uber-Jerk in only three seconds?!"



A flash of light later...



Not really, seeing as how we're still on top of the now-active vol-

At this point, the mountain shudders and proves my point.



Sure thing!

I cheated and used Retreat.



Dude, we stared down a one-eyed boulder. You're worried about the village?



...Sure, if YOU want to go back to the lava, I'll let you. Personally, I'd rather not.



We go inside and perform our rousing interpretive dance lesson to relay the events of doom.



Methinks that's why it was HIDDEN and all.



No, they're just along for the scen- YES OF COURSE THEY ARE.



Well, unless they're killed, yes.



"It was my brother."



That's what volcanoes do, y'know. They destroy things. The village just so happens to be a thing.



THE OLD MAN'S POWER LEVEL IS OVER 9000!!!



Oh...now if I had known that taking the elemental stars was the village's doom-switch...

I'd have done it earlier.



Well that's awful nice of him.



Oh- well, how bad could it be?



...Maybe the destruction of MORE than Vale?



"Kraden's loose bowels."



"Well, I don't know, explode, I guess."



Destroy. Totally goin' with the destroyin' option.



...The whole world might end and you can only say 'What a pity.' It's official, you die.



"Some serious cash at the mini-mart with these coupons."



Golly gee, that sounds like fun. [/sarcasm]



Okay, not a lot of wiggle room here. Can't very well say no, because I am kinda responsible for this. If I say yes and everything goes to hell in a handbasket, something tells me I'm gonna end up LYNCHED. If, however, the land prospers...

I expect parades. Nightly. And rewards fitting of a child of legend and valor. I'll give you time to work out the details.



"They only needed to be 'convinced' for about two minutes!"



It really should have been 'open a window' because the Wise One descends from on high with a choir of voices and shafts of light and everything.



That or we have NO CHOICE in the matter.



CEILING BOULDER IS WATCHING ME DO THINGS.



What, you couldn't hear him?



The power to, what, take MORE hostages?!



"They'll only be freaking huge."



...So, what, is it a compass now?



Got it, look for those TINY BALLS OF LIGHT in a FREAKING BIG WORLD.



Oh, sure. Let the kids who know NOTHING ABOUT THIS save the world.



This poorly-fabricated excuse gets the monks out while the rest of us discuss the end of all things.



THAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH THIS WHOLE WORLD.



...It was at this point I was tempted to slap mom.



"I mean, the end of the world is big and all, but I've got a cribbage game to get to tonight."



"That will give us time to organize the angry mob to properly kick them out."

THE NEXT DAY:



"We weren't really planning on you doing much Beef, but we hate you too."

You can't see it, but there are TOTALLY angry villagers just over the horizon.



What is it? Money? I could really use some money, seeing as you're KICKING ME OUT AND ALL.



Oh hey, some weed I missed. Thanks.



Gotcha, ignore Beef. Was planning on it anyways, but now it's important that Beef go unheard.



New note: Keep Beef away from buffets.



Say hello to the first hold item that grants use of new spells: Catch Beads. They give Catch, unsurprisingly. It should be used for Apples, as there's not much else that can be 'Caught.' Y'think mum would have givensent something better.



"Now leave before we have to get the torches and pitchforks."



Uh?



A tiny-spirit thing that I've never seen before!



How did you kno- Did you just read my mind?



NOT LIKELY, MIND-READER!



Wait. A Djinni. I have been told to collect you like no tomorrow. YOU'RE COMING WITH ME.



Hell yes. GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL.



Replace that last bit with 'Awesome Pet' and I'll be in agreement. In fact, he's no longer called 'Flint' but 'Mr. Awesome.'



OH GOD THE DEAD ARE WALKING. I guess I'll have to use Mr. Awesome to kill it. Let us count the ways in which he rocks.



Firstly, he's awesome in that he multiplies my usual damage AND adds earth alignment to it.



He even allows me to summon a bigger earth spirit once used in battle. He's pretty awesome.



How awesome is he? When he joins you, the earth itself rises in awe of this event.



I have a pet. Many more will follow.

Tune in next time for a REAL boss fight! Maybe.