Thanks for the positive feedback on the Diaries, I will try to write more. Until then, just playing around...


Final Fantasy XII Monster Hunts
(the group runs and hides behind pillars)
Balthier: I just want to say that my opinion about hunting rare monsters has significantly changed in the past few minutes.
Fran: I think we should have paid attention to the fact that creature named Behemoth would most likely NOT be small and cuddly. (looks to Vaan) You think that should have crossed your mind when you took the job?
Vaan: I thought it was like a reverse nickname... you know, like calling a fat guy Slim
Balthier: Or calling a smart guy Vaan...
(the Behemoth starts tearing up the arena)
Fran: Anybody have a plan here?
(Balthier gets out a book and flips through it, then throws it away)
Balthier: Our online walkthrough guide doesn't say s%^&. Next time we spring for the published guide, I think we might have missed a couple of side quests.
Fran: I hate it when you pull the Fourth Wall stuff. It's cheap humor.
Balthier: You didn't complain when we used it to get you that Sagittarius bow....
Fran:.... Shut up.
Vaan: We could just run a full frontal assault, maybe we'll catch it by surprise.
Balthier: (calmly) Vaan, I can see that although that is a plan, I will not waste time critiquing the plethora of flaws in it. Suffice to say, I would be equally critical of a surgeon who plans to perform brain surgery on himself.
Fran: At least he's got a plan.
Balthier: Oh, I do, too. It's garish, it's trite and it's been used so often that it's almost stagnant, but it's a tried and true lifesaver.
Fran and Vaan: What? What? What?
(Balthier reaches into his pack and pulls out a cloth wrapped item.)
Balthier: This plan is known by many names, but here we will call it... LSG!
Vaan: What's LSG?
(Balthier unwraps the object: a PS2 controller)
Balthier: Load Saved Game! (he hits the soft reset)
(The group is standing at the last save point. Vaan and Fran look around)
Fran: Okay, THAT'S a neat trick.
Balthier: You bet. Let's go get one of those game guides, I just KNOW we missed some treasure somewhere...