TITAL 2: Why did It Take Me So Long To Do This?

<I've found the structure, but I couldn't climb it! Bastard control scheme! GAH!>

<Keep trying! If I remember, the correct spot is really counter-intuitive, and you have to press X. And probably be at an angle.>

<Don't you usually press X? And it's still a friggin jerk.>

<My only adivce is to keep trying... It'll work eventually. And more pressingly, Riku needs to kill Krysta. It's not all that hard, to be honest, thanks to Meltdown...>

<Nobody started the fight yet!>
Riku: *casts Meltdown, then Dark Firaga*

Krysta: [Blarg, I am dead.] *Casts an Ignore-Defense Ultima, then dies*

Riku: *casts Dark Shield* *hair, clothing, etc flapping around like a high wind*

<...To be honest, Ultima isn't insanely powerful. It just ignores any defense you may have. Your only choice for surviving it is to keep your HP above 5000.>

<Okay, your point? It can hardly smash Dark Shield since it was used in response...>

<It kinda can, being Ultima. Riku can survive, though. Convert FFVIII damage to KH damage, and it would probably only take off 2/3 of your HP bar. Riku's at full health (as far as I know) so he'll be fine.>

Sammy: Onward!

Aleri: *Yelling back to Sammy, since Sammy's still in the foyer, and Aleri is in the next room* Oooooooone mooooooore seeeeeeeeaaaaaaal!

< I'm going say this now before you get too far ahead of the actual plot point I really wanted to have, the last seal likely isn't where you think it would be >

[ITEMS RESTORED]
[MAGIC RESTORED]
[ABILITIES RESTORED]
[SUMMONS RESTORED]
[LIMIT BREAKS SEALED]

<...Actually, I wasn't sure which one to take on next. There's the one that pretends to be a Vysage in the dungeon, there's the Red Giant in the dungeon, there's that one that you have to solve the paintings/clock puzzle for... (I swear, the hardest part was going around looking at all the paintings.)>

< Here's a hint: NO hint for you!!! >

Aleri: ...Okay, I dunno what to do next. I never got this far playing FFVIII. Lenox. what are your orders?

Lenox: For now let's just move on. There's no telling how Ultiimecia might have changed the area since I last faced her.

Riku: Well, isn't THAT just uplifting?

Aleri: ...So, you just want us to explore, but be careful, or to follow your lead?

Lenox: Just follow me for now I get the feeling we're all going to want to stick together.

*Lenox leads the group to a massive room where Ultimecia sits on a throne behind a hexagonal barrier, on the inside of the barrier stand Xerna and Diryax at opposite ends*

Xerna: Did everyone have a good time in the castle? Especially you, father.

Diryax: .....

Lenox *charges at Xerna with his gunblade as she pulls out her own engaging them in a one on one duel*

Diryax: * charges at the others and wields her own Rose Whip preparing to attack*

< green text for Diry is under control if you didn't already know that>

*a wall of Darkness appears, blocking the attack*
Riku: What?

Terra: Don't look at me. Didn't you?

Riku: No.

< What attack? she hasn't attacked yet and yea there's a reason >

<Dammit! Well, it appeared regardless. Just ignore the part about blocking>

Aleri: On your toes! *Summons Broken Soul, dismissing TELOS, then starts hopping from one foot to the other*
Rexial: ...If she gets in the way, I'll have to cut her down.
Aleri: Rex, at least try to avoid hurting her. As much as I want to beat Xerna up, I'm sticking with fighting Diryax. We'll try as hard as possible to avoid causing her any harm, okay?
Rexial: Fine. *Changes into a different stance, more alert than before: Afterall, he can't do a whole lot if he gets grabbed...*

Xiruk: *falls in through a DC* Sorry, sorry! What did I miss?

Riku: We're...at the boss. Were you the one who put up that barrier?

Xiruk: Huh? *looks at it* Well...no...

Riku: Are...are you serious?

Xiruk: Yeah, I just kinda assumed it was you.

Riku: No...who else uses Darkness?