FFVIII - Game Diary: Day 1 (Total work in progress, you'll see changes as posts progress)
So, I tried to write this through Squall's POV, although it sort of flip-flopped between a mix of him & my own humor aka extreme sarcasm. It seems like I'm mocking the game most of the time, but I promise I'm just poking fun. It's a childhood favorite, so I'm allowed to poke a little fun. :D
I was hoping to do some picspams of the opening and such, and I think I will, because I capped them, but this was much easier, as I didn't do anything special to the photos. (If you want to edit 70+ photos, be my guest) o__o Again, super tired. Sorry for random spelling mistakes or un-funny jokes. >>
Considering I just got blasted in the head with my rival's gunblade? I'd say OK, I GUESS.
I wasn't pushing myself - he just pushed his blade to my head. What do you want me to do, Kadowaki? >>
Maybe I'm a Lion.
Doesn't Garden have expulsion or something? Why do you guys constantly bitch about Seifer and never do a thing!?
I GUESS A BIG BLEEDING GASH ACROSS MY FOREHEAD ISN'T "HURT" ENOUGH FOR YOU, KADOWAKI!?
Squall face!palms at the ridiculousness of the way the opening scene was written, but quickly shrugs it off due to...
...CREEPY TIME COMPRESSION PLOT POINTS!
Meanwhile, Quistis really doesn't look all that upset considering she's my Instructor and has been called to the infirmiry after one of her students injured another. You think she'd be embarrassed, but she looks positively ^___^ at me.
Or maybe she's looking at my legs?
...Or not.
Um, yeah. Thanks.
NO, NOT AT ALL. /obvious Squall-lie is obvious
How? You just asked if there was something on my mind - I would assume that means that you want to get to know me better, so how do you understand me better already? o__O
I thought you were getting to understand me better, Quistis!?
...
...Whatever.
I know, right? Pretty fancy for a school, right?
Did I mention that Quistis is my teacher? Instructor. Whatever. She won't be for long (spoiler!11!) so don't get used to it.
...Great. (I'm happy about it, but Squall can barely crack a smile. *hits him*)
So, what you're saying is that all of the main characters are exempt from this throughout the game? :D :D (Do you ever notice that if something takes place at a school "EVERYONE" dresses the same except the main characters? Lulz.
Oh, don't worry. I'll take two discs to think about it! /fail at relationships
BOOST, BB.
...Dammit. (Why are all of these people watching us talk?)
Later...in the hallway...
A rogue Selphie appears! (LULZ, I love this cap to death. I'm never getting rid of it.)
Instead of "...." I ask if she's ok, because I like to make Squall as semi-nice as possible. ;___;
No shit? (Really, it's ok. I saw up your skirt when you fell. /crappy Balamb uniforms
She wants me to show her around school. Okay, fine. I haven't played this game in ages, let's BRING IT.
I was trying to get a good shot of us together (photo time!) but Selphie is super short. Or maybe I'm just too tall. No, I'm pretty sure she's short. x__X
As I'm showing her a console with names written on it (seriously, Selphie? You needed me to show you *THIS*?) she randomly goes "Oh, I'm in the dorms!"
Thank you, Captain Obvious! ^____^ /squall facepalm
o________o;;
I'm a creeper in the background. Can you see me!? I'm looking at my Instructor. Have you ever had an instructor that dressed like that? You'd stare at her too, so stfu. >>
Wow, Garden is super bright and shiny on this computer! :D
First battle. EXTERMINATION OF BUGS. Also, my Instructor uses a whip. How kinky is that?
As long as we win battles, whatever floats your boat? Just don't bug me. /ahahh accidental pun
ZAP CRACKLE POP
SEXYTIMES. ♥ (Seriously, I love me some Shiva!)
She should totally be a gymnast.
I always did like her victory pose. It's so calm and collected. /random
More sexy.
MEANWHILE, SQUALL TOUCHES HIS SCAR. YOU KNOW THAT MEANS THAT YOU-KNOW-WHO IS ON HIS WA--oh. fandom mix-up. o__o;; Just call me Squall. Squall Potter.
Squall likey. That's good, oh yeah. (Seriously, I'm loving this cap, too!)
...You know you're rolling in the dough when you've got 43 fish fins. I feel so WEALTHY. /facepalm
Finally, after an hour of leveling. BALAMB. A very, very boring town.
I needed to restore health, so I stayed the night at a hotel with my Instructor, which you would think would be wrong. I mean, you think they'd at least stick her in a different room, but nooo. o__O How in the world did someone as private as Squall manage to sleep!?
I warned you! Boring town, although pretty scenery, and some draw points, and an inn. Oh, and a store. All of which is why we're here.
...I guess it doesn't matter, because we're on the fire caverns now. WHAT HAPPENS IN BALAMB STAYS IN BALAMB.
Don't be.
10 minutes because I'm badass despite the fact that I'm taking screenshots as well, so that was a bit risky but it all worked out.
...because I really didn't understand that after the insane amount of leveling I just did on my own with these two little hands, here!? *flails arms*
...I don't dislike you, Quistis, so I won't comment on that, but I don't really have a heart, yet. It's reserved for a pretty girl in blue. /shameless
Okay. Want me to relax? Take me to like, 80 hours from now. That will be the end of this crazy time and space stuff and I'll be back at Garden, gonna score. <- kinda stole the last bit from something thedrowned said, ahah.
Uh, thanks, I guess? Why did you randomly bring Seifer up while we're training? ...Seriously, that's weird?
I was born ready, bb.
Hello? I'm Squall Leonhart, aka sheer awesomeness - aka your leader for the rest of the game. Confidence is my field. Although I'll struggle with it for the next 4 discs. Or at least two. /facepalm
...Ifrit whines like a baby when I bring Shiva out. Lulz.
SCORE.
God, that took forever. I really, really hate that part, and this part following, because it's a bunch of training while I think about what an awesome story is going to unfold. Meh.
Speaking of, I check out the training center and these two guys come blasting out and are all 'ZOMG AHHH DON'T GO IN THERE!!!1'
*runs in there*
*TAKES THINGS OUT WITH FIRE*
*MORE ACCURATELY, HELL FIRE!* rawr
GET AWAY, EDWARD CULLEN. >____<
Remember when those guys told me to stay out? This is what they were warning me about. T-Rexaur. Rawr.
....Who is pretty lethal to ice. Nice, huh? (Very, very nice. Lot's of AP :D)
The Training Center = The definition of fair. ;___;
I think they expect you to be like, level 8 or something for the Dollet mission, lulz. I always hit LVL 20, which is probably why the beginning of the game is always so "blah" for me. Who feels like leveling for an hour? Even if you're pumped for something, that's bound to get old. Oh, it did. I hung in there, though. >>
See, see? *pokes* Level 20. :D :D After this, I was so exhausted despite working so hard to move forth with the story that I had to stop right there, phew.
Signing off now.