Welcome to Tikea...Now Go Home
David: So is today REALLY the day you're going to set off for that big kingdom you've been wanting to visit?
Dashe: *Grins* Yup! It's been getting kind of boring staying in a town where no one ever grows up for a while, so I think I'd better take a vacation. Now get outta the way so I can catch the train to Tikea!!!
Austin: You WILL be back soon, right?
Dashe: Of course! I'll be gone for two weeks at the latest! You've got nothing to worry about! Now move, or I won't buy you any souvenirs!
The little kids part along the road and cheer Dashe on as she makes her way to the train station, which is on the southern side of Yenro. Just as she gets to the only platform, she hears a conductor shout, "All aboard!" and the train begin to activate. She sprints over to the train, desperate to get on before the doors close. However, just as she's about to get to the train, Puff-N-Stuff butts in front of her, menacing and fat as usual and desperate to make our young heroine's life miserable. Dashe hesitates for a second and begins to charge at Puff-N-Stuff just as the doors close and the engine starts to chug out of the station. Dashe, in a last-ditch effort to get on the train, jumps over Puff-N-Stuff and manages to catch the rail on the back of the caboose just as it finally leaves Yenro station. She pulls herself up and gets into the traincar, but not before turning around and making a few faces at Puff-N-Stuff. The camera zooms way out and you can see the train gradually moving across the mountains toward the vast kingdom of Tikea, and the words "Second-To-Final Fantasy" appear on the screen and adventure-y music plays in the background. After about fifteen seconds of this, you return to the interior of the train, where Dashe is nonchalantly standing around. There's also this weird-looking guy with blue hair and a weird, poofy hat holding an oversized magic wand on the other side of the car, and he's staring at Dashe. You find it somehow creepy, but shrug it off once the train pulls into the station. Once it lurches to a stop and the doors open, Dashe jumps outside into the magestic city of Tikea, which is surrounded by fortress-like walls and divided into various districts...and immediately run over by a bunch of townspeople. She gets up and marvels at the beautiful FFIX-like architecture.
Dashe: Maybe I should go look for an Inn or something...
You move Dashe around Town Square, locate the Inn, and enter it.
Innkeeper: Hey kid!
Dashe snaps to attention.
Innkeeper: You here on vacation?
You pick "Yes" from the Yes/No option.
Innkeeper: You wouldn't mind doing me a favor, would you? I've had this package for a few days, but the person it's addressed to doesn't live here. She's supposed to live somewhere in Tikea though. Think you could deliver it for me?
You agree to the propostion and take the package, then leave the Inn.
Dashe: ...Now where the heck am I supposed to go???
You examine the many towers, choose one at random, and walk inside. Upon entering the building, you meet up with a bunch of "friendly" townspeople.
TP#1: (yes I know TP also stands for toilet paper...but not in this case, ok?) HEY SHORTY!!! OUTTA MY WAY!!! *Knocks Dashe into a wall as he goes to leave the building*
Dashe: Friendly???
Hey, I put quotes around the word "friendly," sue me!!!
Dashe: Maybe I will!!!
O_o You move Dashe to what looks like a reception desk or something.
Dashe: Do you know anyone who's looking for a package?
Secretary: Sorry kid. This is the Tikean Storage Facility. Would you like to open an account? It's only 200 Gil.
You are presented with a Yes/No option and a little window showing you only have 100 Gil, so naturally you pick "No"
Secretary: I'm sorry to hear that. Have a nice day!
You go to exit the building, but just then that weird guy from the bus walks into the room and knocks you down. You get up, dust yourself off, and exit. You walk down the street and find...uh...a BLONDE mage, of all things (a Blonde Mage is basically a Black Mage with blonde hair and a visible face).
Blonde Mage: Oh...you haven't seen my car anywhere, have you?
Dashe: Uh, what does it look like?
Blonde Mage: Uhhh...it looks like a car? You know, it has four wheels, and it moves?
Dashe: Man, this game has some strange sidequests! Who writes this stuff anyway???
Uh...*looks around* You head off down an alley in hopes of finding the blonde mage's car. Sure enough, it's there, and you can tell it's hers since it's all spell-scorched, frozen, electrified, and it has little straw hats on it.
Dashe: That's gotta be it! Now where did that Blonde Mage go?
You walk desperately around town looking for the Blonde Mage and find her at a peddler's cart turning a mug that says "Wanna keep a blonde busy for hours?" with a little arrow telling you to turn the mug (which takes you to a side identical to the first).
Dashe: -_- Uh...I think I found your car. It's over in that alley. *Points to the alley*
Blonde Mage: Oh thank you sooooooooooo much! ^_^ Here's 3000 Gil for your troubles! Bye! *Runs off*
Dashe: ^-^ I could really get used to doing stuff like this! *Counts Gil* Hey...what am I doing standing around here??? I've got a package to deliver!
Dashe runs off. The screen fades out, and then fades back in at Town Square, some five hours later. The sun has set, and the streetlights are on. Dashe is still carrying around that package. She sighs and heads back to the Inn, defeated. Hopefully you'll find the owner tomorrow...
