Creepin' on Spira

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We're back in the Celsius, safe and sound. Yuna shares her experience with Shuyin and the faction leaders. At some point in the conversation, Paine slipped away. She's on the deck, and we finally get something about her past. As we saw in the Crimson Sphere reports, Gippal, Nooj, and Barelai were candidates to join the elite crusader squad, the Crimson Raiders. During the entry exam, everything went wrong. Paine was their recorder for the trials, so she's the one who took all the videos. They all got separated, and Paine's been looking for something ever since. It's why she became a sphere hunter. Paine's wondering if she should just forget her past and think of the future. Rikku has joined the conversation at this point and asks if Paine will leave the Gullwings. "It's a possibility." Paine asks Yuna if she could ever do that and leaves. Yuna ponders the question. She started her journey to look for Tidus, but she knows he can't be found now.

Chaos is still the order in Spira, but is Yuna gonna save them again? Before that, Shinra informs us that his commaphere network is working. We now have to see what's going on in Besaid; Kilika, Mushroom Rock, and Bevelle.
Wakka tells us Besaid is at peace.
Dona is more concerned about Barthello.
With Nooj gone, Lucil has become the de jure leader of the Youth League. Why does this scene start with her ass in our face?
Maroda, a YL member, has infiltrated New Yevon. He tells us it's a real mess before the guards show up.

So is Yuna gonna save the day? Sorta! Rather than take a leadership role, the party decides to have a concert. But who could host it? Tobli! Before talking to Buddy in his copilot seat, talk to Shinra and his network again. We can access the rest of his spheres, and many of the scenes are required for completion percentage. I accidentally rushed forward to the mission, so I'm gonna miss out on 1.4 percent. Lame...

We're dropped off on the Moonflow, but at the wrong place. We're next to Djose, so we're just gonna walk there. As we progress, we see three men looking for Tobli. In chapter three, we learned that Tobli's show didn't draw, so his debt collectors want his head. They're still looking for our penguin but can't find him. Suddenly, he runs out from the bush, and all four of us go after him. For the next forty minutes, we chase Tobli up and down the Moonflow. Some of the scenes are pretty funny, and mobs are a great source of AP, but this was pretty boring. If only we could have seen the scooter crash. But at least we didn't get eaten by a shoopuf! We'll finally catch up to Tobli outside Guadosalem, and he happily accepts the role. A million hypellos jump aboard the airship to begin handing out tickets for the show. They do so by jumping off the airship, so hypellos don't take fall damage!

At this point, I tried to watch the commaspheres to get as many points as I could. Most of the scenes are funny or world building, with people talking about Yuna's concert. Lulu "scolds" Yuna for throwing a party she can't attend, while Wakka is oblivious to something I also missed. Something about the sex of his baby? In subsequent watches, the Aurochs tease him. We also learn that Beclem is being recalled from Besaid. A full blown war between Youth League and Beq Yevon is on the horizon.

Dona is growing more and more worried about her husband, so she sends him ballons and the conmmsphere. Bart breaks it.

Rin, on the Highroad, asks us to look into the accidents.

We get two primers from Djose...somehow. They break it at the end.

Elma's chocobo still can't board the shoopuf, one of whom breaks the sphere.

Ormi informs us Leblanc is looking for Nooj.

People are gathering on the Thunder Plains.

O'aka's coming, and the musicians are thinking about it.

Kimahri can't attend.

Issaru ponders his future and asks, "what am I protecting"?

So there'll be a concert...

...tomorrow!

Chapter four is a streamlined chapter. It's short and compact, but it's still filled with fluff.