Dead Weight
You know when you get the guest characters who just really get on your nerves? Sometimes you just stop healing them out of spite? Well so does the rest of the FFXII party.
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"So what do we have to do?" Vaan asked, gazing at the gap between the two platforms in the lower levels of the Pharos.
"Hmm. It appears those monsters have some link." Basch said, thoughtfully before slamming his axe into a nearby Brainpan. The monster reared up but was dispensed with holy spell from Fran. To the parties surprise a row of Green blocks appeared out of thin air and moved to fill in the gap slightly.
"The monsters, they be feeding off the mist here. The bridges are magical and cannot sustain themselves with these fiends." Fran spoke up, looking around to see if there were anymore monsters to kill.
A monster similar to the Brainpan just defeated started to come into view. It's horns decorated with blood red patterns. Vaan tried to stab it with his sword but the thing still moved. A slice of an axe and still, it would just not fall. It lunged at Basch, sending him to the rail.
"Anytime now Reddas!" Vaan shouted to the Sky Pirate who quickly leapt into action, both blades drawn. Hacking away at the stone brute until it fell. The green blocks disappeared from the gap. "What the?" Vaan asked no-one in particular.
After 5 minutes of exploring the floor they were on another Brainpan appeared and attacked. They appeared to be slightly easier to defeat then the red coloured monsters but why that would be the case was unknown.
More exploring, more Brainpans, the cycle continued until the gap was almost filled with the magical green blocks. The party was about to move in for the kill on the final brainpan needed, but alas, Reddas had spotted another one of those accursed Red monsters and killed it.
All the blocks disappeared.
"What!" Vaan shouted, his annoyance growing with every monster slain. At the rate they were ascending this structure, they would never reach the top.
More brainpans fell, yet a red monster would be killed by Reddas to destroy all the hard work. The party started to tire of this, their supply of potions and ethers was running slightly low. Needles to say, one member took it into her own hands.
The next time Reddas spotted another Red monster Fran shot one of the blades out of his hands with an arrow and delivered a kick to the back of the neck. Sending the sky pirate to the cold floor.
"So… what do we do with him now?" Asked Basch, inspecting the unconscious Reddas. Vaan shrugged his shoulders.
"Meh, its not like he'll be important in anyway. Just leave him there. I mean, what good is he to us now?"
Fran silently picked up the body, slinging him over her shoulder effortlessly. "Damn, lucky guy…" Basch whispered under his breath. Unfortunately for him all Viera's have super sharp hearing and his comment was countered by a surprisingly heavy sky pirate and mayor being thrown at him.
"Dead weight not much use to us. You carry him Basch." Fran stated. Before turning on a heel to find the last brain pan so the group could finally climb the god-forsaken structure.
I mean its not like there were going to be anymore floors like this.