08B: No Place Left to Run

08B: No Place Left to Run

Sazh's Eidolon Battle

Follow the path to the save point and use it, then continue on to trigger the CS and learn that Sazh plans to turn himself in to PSICOM.  He wants to see his son.   Van comes really close to telling Sazh what actually happened but before she can they get attacked!  Ah you have to love the government and their perfect timing!  Use the conveniently placed save point and then fight your way along the well-marked path until you encounter the first of the new mobs we will find - the Zwerg metrodroids.

Libra them and then take them out, then grab the Spica Defenders from the Treasure Sphere - these are one of Sazh's weapons.  Fight your way along and grab the Guardian Amulet from the Sphere, and then  hit the save point and continue along the path to trigger the CS.

Van and Sazh, meet Midnight Reaper - Midnight Reaper, meet Van and Sazh!

Right, so this is a boss fight but it is not as bad as some of the previous ones!  To win this long fight what you want to do is keep an eye on your health - especially when it says it is going to fire its cannon.  Make sure you debuff it and get Shell and Protect cast on you, then simply deal damage to stagger it and then clock it good, healing as needed.  This is a battle of attrition - you want to chip away at its health while maintaining yours.  Easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy!

After the fight you get a CS in which Sazh's son runs up and hugs him.  The reunion is brief and then his son gets turned into crystal!  Having completed his Focus - capturing you - his task is done.  Of course now you have been captured - bummer.

The recording was something of a bummer - it would have been better if Van had told him first I think.  Man she is evil...

We chase after Van - and get a CS of her - and then confront her.  I don't think this is going down the way that the evil Colonel anticipated it would.  Sazh does not have it in him - and just when you think it is over, it is time for an Eidolon Battle!  Loverly!

-- Sazh Eidolon Battle --

This is basic - switch to Tide Turner to buff and debuff and Libra while that is happening, then switch to War & Peace to heal, then Dualcasting to start doing damage and building the Gestalt.  Use potions and switch to War & Peace as needed, rinse and repeat until the meter is filled and then trigger Gestalt.  Dead easy that one!

Nice race car ride and an easy 5-star battle that adds another ATB Level for Sazh!

Now that we have sort of resolved the conflict between Sazh and Van Sazh does something I was not expecting - puts the barrel to his head and pulls the trigger!

Van is taken prisoner, Sazh's body is crated up, and the evil Colonel seems to have won...  The game says save - so we save.   The Achievement/Trophy Instrument of Wrath unlocks, signaling the end of another chapter - and this one was a really short chapter compared to the others wasn't it?  Still the story moves on, and from what was said, Sazh failed in offing himself, since you cannot execute someone who is already dead, let alone put them on trial!