04A: Nothing but Grief

04A: Nothing but Grief

The party splits up

As we run along the path the bridge breaks apart leaving us stuck, and then we cut to a flashback CS of the night of the fireworks, only this one features Van.

As she watches the fireworks in the Seaside Village of Bodhum (Day 11) we also see Lightning in the crowd.  Her Lieutenant walks by to tell her that she is off-shift, that PSICOM found something nearby and they want the military out of the area.   There is a mix of good news, but of course we know that the purge is coming, so the good news is tempered by the approaching doom.  Sigh.

Hope joins Lightning and we get a mini-tutorial on Hope's Synergist job.  In fact now is a good time to go ahead and use some of the CP we have stored up to upgrade our abilities, right?  Open the interface and start the upgrading!  You may notice that we are still Level 1 on our jobs - but in Stage 2 of Level 1, which means we can increase them further.  With the amount of CP we have banked we can almost max out all of the jobs for Hope and Lightning, and with a little bit of grinding we should be able to completely cap them with minimal effort here.

Directly ahead of us is a save point - so go ahead and use it! 

In an alcove near the save point there is a treasure sphere and a doggie - you have to jump over some rubble to get to it.  Go there, kill the doggie, and grab the Librascope from the sphere, and then leave the alcove.  Since you are near the save point go ahead and load it and click on Shop - well what do you know!  We have a new store available - Up in Arms - and there are new items at B&W Outfitters too!

As you follow the path you fight a group of puppies and then, using a series of jump points, cross over the rubble to fight a trio of Watchdrones.  Around the bend are two more drones and a puppy, and just beyond them is a Pulsework Soldier - which is a new mob for us.