I was wrong.

Nothing happened.

Today, I finished the side quests in Zeiss and climbed the local tower I never bothered to learn the name of, which I should have done earlier. I thought it would be a part of a quest, like the one in Ruan, or more pertinent like they were in game one. All I found was a few pieces of gear. After I maxed out my Orbments, I boarded the ship to Grancel.

I spoke to my party on the ship. Tita, Kloe, and Sieg bonded, which is nice since I like them. Zane told us the rest of the truth between Him, Walter, and Kilika. Walter killed Kilika s dad in a duel. They both agreed, so there’s no revenge quest going on. Shera and Pedo talked about stuff I didn’t care about. I don’t think I’m interested in Shera anymore. I wasn't big on her to begin with, and with her spending so much time with my least favorite character ever, I think I hate her.

When we landed in Grancel, we were informed we would be meeting with a military liaison in a few hours. But since he’s not here yet, we're then told to go find a family at the Royal House. We reached the house and played an impromptu game of hide-n-seek with a girl who didn’t seem to mind her parents were missing. This section took an hour and meant nothing. It was even worse than the mayor thing in Ruan. We then took the girl, Renne, back to the guildhall and met with our liaison, Cid.

He told us that several organizations across the city have received threatening letters from an unknown organization about the upcoming Peace Treaty Signing that I’ve been neglecting to mention. We’re to investigate these letters by talking to people who’ve received them, and I’ll be doing that tomorrow.

Yeah, that’s it. I played as much as I usually do, but that’s all I accomplished. The game loop in SC is terrible. Do a meaningless quest, side quests, and then a secondary plot quest before entering the dungeon. It’s the same game as game one, and I don’t get why people enjoy this series. If something game changing doesn’t happen tomorrow, it’s over.

And I’m already dreaming of another world.