PHANTASY STAR JOURNAL - DAY 1
by Paulo Aquino
I am transported to Palma, a beautiful, developed planet, although it is under martial law.
I had luck that I went unnoticed by the monsters and the Robotcops, but I could witness, hidden, a crime, an authentic case of power abuse: some Robotcops execute a guy, but later a wondrous girl appears, shocked with the scene, watches her sibling's death, and swears to free Algol from tyranny.
But this girl is... ...quite a preciousness! She is Alis! Soon she collects the most info possible, when before leaving the town to accumulate experience to level up, she finds me.
I introduce myself to her, I tell her I'm a resistance member acting by myself. I tell Alis that she can count on me to whatever she wants! Out of condition to decline offers, the sweet Alis accepts, staring my eyes, with a glare that irradiated a shine identical to a light entity, just like a fairy.
Soon I join the red-haired girl to Parolit, where she gathers more info. Then she leaves the sieged town. The first opponent: a Sworm with only one HP level.
Shortly the girl (or should I say, more of a young woman than a girl, although she has the pureness of a girl) learns her first spell: Heal. Until she can learn Fire, there's a long path!
After learning Bye (a somewhat useful spell in this stage of the game) and obtaining 684 mesetas, I come to Scion, a decaying harbour town.
Who that store guy wanted to fool anyway? It was easy getting the Roadpass! As for me not telling it to no one... Just imagine all the Passport shenanigan!...
With the Roadpass and the Passport in hands, we're off to our very first interplanetary trip. Destination: Motavia, the sand planet.
Yadude, talk about dry air!... OK, we're now in motavian soil. Let's investigate Paseo and try getting Myau!
Huh, so Motavia's Governor and Lassic are not on good terms? Sweets? Who's this Governor? Fat Majin Boo? And... ...what's with this faint evil energy I felt in that in that locked door?...
ONORE (damn you)! ONE BILLION MESETAS? Never heard of digits limitation for money factor? The maximum money the stuff goes up is 65,535 mesetas! Ah, the pot?
This is how I found Myau, the musk cat. It looks like a pokémon, it's cute and funny, it liked me, but what about this flask hanging on its neck? As if so clumsy paws could open it...
As far as I can remind, Odin was in a cave at south of Camineet. But I think I'll need a Flash. Let's see...
No, it's rather illuminated (sorry for the irony)! It's a good thing that a bit further we can find the Magic Lamp...
Too good that, thanks to my experience with videogames, I could find a stone figure. Myau could open the Alsulin and we found that it was Odin turned into stone! Damn that Medusa! She cannot tolerate the fact that princess Alis is infinitely more beautiful than her!...
OK, but why did Odin want to get Medusa if she wasn't in that cave?... At least the big guy joined Alis, swearing to avenge Nero.
We finally left! But the journey is only in its beginning. At least we have the compass. Let's see, Dungeon Key, buying the Shortcake in that weird cave, talk to the Governor...
Restored our energy, I went to the small village of Eppi, in the midst of the woods. Boy, are these stuff expensive... 310 mesetas for a Bronze Shield? But I bought it anyway. Our concern now is getting 1,000 mesetas... And the Sworms are getting more and more annoying. They and the Owl Bears. At least there are the Maneaters. But a Fishman with four HP levels put up quite the battle...
The party went to Naula cave. Yadude! What a weird place to install a bakery!...
MY HEAVEN IS ALIS' HEAVEN