Brinan Plateau has the worse theme I've ever heard. It's just things clanging together. Not in the "it's an industrial zone" type of clangs, but rather, someone is playing the spoons badly. I'm giving up on the OST of this game. Spotify podcasts from here on out!
When we first get into the area, Milda warns us, and anyone from more tropical climates, that she hopes we're prepared to get chilly. The layout has us walking through passages in the mountain, where we get ambushed by the same two monsters for the next hour and a half. This was not fun, and I'm starting to question if I want to keep playing. Snow and ice are around us, so I understand the warning Milda gave us, but no one seems phased. There are two types of mobs here, Abdominal Snowmen/Apes and Snow boars. Both are resistant to whips and knives but seem weak to any form of magic, including ice, for some reason. The boars can summon more boars, so they may be a decent place to level up magic if you can avoid getting paralyzed. The item worth getting on the first screen is near the exit. Do not venture into the frozen lake in the middle. The chest contains terrible shoes, and you'll get into far too many battles.
Section two has us walking on various ledges to travel across. We'll need to push two snowballs down a slope to create a pathway to an item and to the exit. The item is the Silence Sword, which is a Final Fantasy Mage Masher. I've been trying to inflict mobs with various status effects to little success (besides sleep), so I question the efficacy of the effect. It's got high stats, though. There is also a Fire Sword around and two stats foods. This seems like a short write-up, but it took me an hour to do. I got every treasure and fought nearly every mob I could find. Why is it like this?
I'll never take freedom for granted when we arrive in Laine Village. Milda tells us we're home and suggests we see her husband first. As we enter the gates, she spots the beloved nearby. ...it's a bovine... The male Lainians become bulls, it seems, while the women remain humanoid. We all head to Milda's House to further the plot. While there, Darrlin, her husband, thanks us for stopping the Tower of Doom. It seems something has happened to Laine Village, but we just skim over that plot point for now, which may be related to Gaia. He also surmises Gaia might be responsible for the fall of the Angelou. If Gaia eats spirits, it checks out. Darlin also spots the Spirit Stone. When Justin shows him the Wisdom Medal Liete gave us the second time we spoke (he has a good feeling we're the chosen ones to reach the legendary city of Alent. I think I mentioned the Wisdom Medal, but if not, whoops! At this point, we can ask him several questions.
When we ask about curing those petrified, he thinks Alent may have something.
Asking about Gaia's connection to the Angelou discusses what I wrote about the spirits. I wrote it out of order, it seems.
Lastly, I ask about the Icarians. We also bring up Leen, who is an Icarian. Darlin states the Spirit Stone and an Icarian are connected. Also, Liete isn't an Icarian but a Maiden of Alent. I wonder, now, if Leen is an Icarian, doesn't that make Fenna one? Why am I the only one asking this right now?
With this out of the way, Justin asks where Alent is. Darlin doesn't know but thinks another Wise Man of Laine would, Derlin. Derlin lives a few houses down, and we see him dealing with herbs. Guido told him about us, so he knows who we are. He then tells us we need to restore the Spirits to restore the stoned Cafuins. It says so in a book, but the exact specifications are gone because the page was ripped out. Rapp says something slightly racist related to eating beef. He then finishes by saying Dorlin knows where Alent is before giving us some shifty eyes about him.
Dorlin lives in a tower on the edge of town. He's crazy and speaks in nonsense because his horn was left behind in Old Laine. Men keep their brains in their horns, I guess. All we get out of him now is gibberish about his love for Liete. Milda says the only thing we can do is head to Abandoned Laine Village to the south of town.
It's the rainbow colored stuff on the world map, but it's called Warp Space when we get there. Something strange happened some time ago, which caused the whole area to look like a broken TV. No one's sure what caused it, but I think we'll find the culprit and fix nothing...
...tomorrow.
I think I'm gonna use some codes so I have to grind less. That need to grind to level up spells and physical attacks is taking its toll. There is no reason why a dungeon with no importance should take that long to traverse. It'll give me a massive boost to stats, so I may wait until I get my final fourth party member. That, and I don't have much more to go. Justin needs a few weapon levels to master the stuff I'm interested in, and Feena needs three water levels to learn all of her moves. Rapp is terrible. Why wouldn't Sue's levels just migrate over somehow? What terrible game design; to get her so many levels for no reason.
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