Edea was now good again, Rinoa was in a coma, and I was confused, back when I was on my first play through. I also had a short attention span, so from this point on, I didn’t really understand what was going on until now. It’s still a bit weird, but at least I get it, sort of.
Here Goes – The Story of Final Fantasy VIII
Edea was the group’s matron in the orphanage. Cid married her back then. She learned that she could be the next sorceress, so she was aware she might turn bad. What happened was that a sorceress from the future, Ultimecia, tried to take control of her mind for some reason. She managed to push it back, but she also realized Ultimecia would target Ellone in that case. This is why she formed the SeeD with Cid and the allowed Ultimecia into her mind. It made her go evil, but at least Ellone was safe.
The White SeeD took Ellone on her ship to protect and hide her from Edea. Her defeat by the group managed to somehow snap her out of Ultimecia’s control, but she could still take her back at any point. How Rinoa’s condition is connected to all of this, however, no one knows, including Edea.
With nothing to be done here, the game made me visit Rinoa at the infirmary, where I got another Laguna flashback. This one was rather pointless, but funny. Laguna, Ward and Kiros are together again, but they somehow got a job at a cheap (and extremely bad) movie. The main actor didn’t show up, so Laguna has to fill his place, while Ward and Kiros are to control a dragon prop, since the prop guy didn’t show up either. Somehow, they get attacked by a real dragon and are forced to beat it.
Sure, a costume…
As I said, the flashback was rather pointless, but relatively funny. Afterwards, Ellone manages to talk to Squall in his dream and Squall gets an idea. Maybe she can help Rinoa with her ability somehow. I got back to Edea to ask about the SeeD ship’s whereabouts and I went directly there next.
Not true. I didn’t go there at all. You see, Edea has her character card in her posession, but Centra has the random rule, so I’ve literally spent hours trying to abolish it from the Centra and Trabia region, but got nowhere. Eventually, I’ve sent it all to hell and decided to skip on the cards for a while. I probably wouldn’t have gotten all of them anyway, so why bother with these extra hard ones.
Eventually, though, I did decide to go track down the ship. It was at one of the bays around the Centra continent. I boarded it and gave Edea’s letter to their leader. Ellone wasn’t there, though. Apparently, some Esthar soldiers came looking for her. The SeeD wouldn’t hand her over, but she jumped ships on her own and is now probably in Esthar.
I guess that’s the next destination.
