Chapter two is when FFX-2's story diverges. It means you need to play the game twice to get 100 (and 1) percent, so it's kinda annoying. But who am I gonna pick to rule Spira?
The Gullwings are celebrating their triumph of besting both political parties. Paine is scared because Rikku and Brother are in agreement of how cool they are, which usually means bad things for the troupe. But we're stuck on the bridge because the sphere analysis is already complete. Head to Shinra and see the sphere!
It...it's "him." The man in the sphere that kicked off Yuna's new journey is seen. He stands before the guy on every Monster Magnet album cover and says to Bull God, "You're the only one I can count on to protect Lenne." Lights shine around him, surprising the man, who seems shocked. Did someone else enter the room? While the rest of the Gullwings wonder what it means, Yuna can only ask, "Who's Lenne"? To continue the celebration, everyone convinces Yuna to dance at a party that night. Apparently, Brother picked up some musicians in Kilika who'd be a great addition to the party. Head up to the cabin, and we'll see the three musicians from Macalania. Why'd they go to the Kilika? For some reason, they're immobile, so Yuna has to push them into the elevator. It's an easy task, but why? That night, the whole group is on the deck of the Celcius, which is 30000 feet in the air. Yuna is in her songstress outfit, dancing and singing for everyone. O'aka is there, too. Rikku is behind her for some reason... After a quick performance, she takes some time to get away from the group, so Rikku tries her hand at singing. I think, at least. Rikku has changed into her songstress dress. All Yuna can think about is the sphere. She ponders it silently at first but ends up screaming, "Who's Lenne?!" at the end. The party ends, and everyone looks over to her, causing Yuna to proclaim she's going to bed.
That night, she has a dream. Yuna, wearing her X dress, and Tidus are running through a metal hallway. I assume they're in Bevelle. Guards from the city are chasing after them, and they end up at Bull God again. They hold each other for a moment before the guards open fire on them, presumably, killing them both as their final sights are their dying love. Yuna wakes up with Rikku and Paine around her. Rikku blames her new jammies for the nightmare because Yuna is still wearing her songstress outfit. Head back to the bridge for our next mission.
Brother is less sure that what we did was right. I'm fine with it, but he believes we should return the sphere. But to who? He asks Yuna, but she thinks the leader of the Gullwings, which is Brother, should decide. Abusing his power as leader, Brother declares that Yuna should decide. Whoever we bring the sphere to will love us, but the other will hate us. On one hand, the Youth League would be willing to share the contents of the sphere with all of Spira, but New Yevon won't. However, YL seems like hot headed militants, while NY are boring religious people loyal to a false god. A god we killed two years ago, by the way. This was a pretty easy decision for me, though, as we have a lot of friends in the Youth League, but we only know Barthello in New Yevon. Plus, NY shot us in Kilika, so screw them!
The entire Gullwings head to Mushroom Rock Road and get a hero's welcome. Lucil, Elma, and the rest are in formation to salute us. Maeven Nooj is there, and he's happy, I think, to see us, despite how awkward it is for us to return something we stole. He starts a round of applause, which everyone joins in on, and the Al Bhed members of our team soak in. Meanwhile, Yuna, Paine, and Nooj (and Rikku) head into the HQ. Nooj asks if we look at the sphere, and Rikku stutters. Yuna tells him that we did, and Nooj simply says, "forget." "We cannot." Despite the fact he probably shouldn't have, Nooj informs us that the thing we saw was not Bull God from every Monster Magnet album cover. It's Vegnagun, a weapon that both sides know about but has different minds on how to use it. Nooj wants it to be forgotten, while New Yevon believes they can control it. Before we can get much farther, Buddy runs in to tell us he's picking us a distress signal from the Celsius!
We've been robbed! The broken sphere from Zanarkand seems to be the only thing stolen, but the thieves left a sphere. It's Leblanc! We know where they're located, and Rikku thinks we can bust in. Shinra, though, doesn't. Paine then suggests we sneak in. The plan is to find three female Leblanc outfits and infiltrate the Leblanc Syndicate headquarters in Guadosalem. We return to the bridge to begin our search. The only mission notification is Guadosalem, so we might as well head there. If you speak to the NPCs, they give us two clues about outfits. A hypello lets slip that the group has a mission on the Djose Highroad, and someone else says they've gone to Bikanel. More importantly, we can buy faulty sphere rumors in the inn. Save first because it's a bit random. Talk to the innkeeper and purchase the data for 10000 gil. When you do, he'll offer a clue about a potential buyer. If the clue is "the last person you'd expect," sell him the data. You'll make 90000 gil, which you can use to pay off O'aka, which is how I know this. My clue was "someone young," and I only made 10000 profit. Bleh! But we've only got two leads, so we might as well restart Yuna's pilgrimage!
The first thing we see in Besaid are the Aurochs training for the upcoming blitz season. They're as nice and cordial as usual, but then we hear a new voice. Not-Kyou has appeared up the hill. This is Beclem, a member of the Youth League who's here to train the Aurochs. He's also a douche and "creepy." He's pushing the Aurochs very hard, and they don't have time to talk, so we try to leave. As we do, Datto gives us the old Yevon prayer, which upsets Beclem. He tells everyone how useless summoners are now. Rikku is first to anger when she asks him, "who's calm do you think this is"? He continues to berate summoners, and Yuna gets mad. She won't stand for all her handwork and sacrifice to be demeaned in such a way. Beclem decides to challenge Yuna. If Yuna is as good as she thinks she is, she can beat his score. The mission changes to the Gunner Gauntlet! We have to walk from the statute to the beach, shooting at monsters en route. Every mob drops a treasure that contains ammo, and different ammo types work better against certain mobs. Level one is pretty simple as it only contains a wolf, a stronger wolf, and a giant bird. The small wolfs (simple ammo) can be killed with simple rounds, but the stronger ones (death ammo) will take a reload. Use the death ammo to defeat the bird in one shot. There are other types, but they're not revelent now. We need 500 points and have to reach the beach in under seven minutes. Or was it five? Anyway, this is kinda boring. But just don't get hit, and you'll be fine. Getting hit breaks the score chain. When we win, we'll get another garment grid, but Beclem still doesn't think highly of us. He doesn't seem fond of having friends, a thing that Yuna values over all else. Before leaving Besaid, restart the PR Campaign and Marriage stuff.
In Kilika, we're met with a crowd of adoration. Dona thanks us, but she also warns us that we should leave. The conflict between the two parties are still going on, so we won't get far.
The only thing going on in Luca is a TV News broadcast. It's hosted by another old friend, Shelinda. We can goof around on the broadcast feed, but Shelinda, eventually, gets around to asking about the revered Lady Yuna. The topic remains about her concert, but she gets into us siding with the league. She also asks a question referencing Tidus, which we can respond to in one of three ways. For showing up, we get another grid. Up next is the Mi'ihen Highroad, but I'll do that...
...tomorrow!
Deja vu? But seriously, why would we join New Yevon? Other than because that's what Yuna joins in that questionable audio drama and light novel?
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