Game:

Final Fantasy IX (2000)

Category:

Let's Play

Duration: 50:47

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After you speak to Vivi, you will continue to the bottom of the tree. Your party will split up at the bottom.

Speak to everyone and collect the items that are here. There is a chest containing an Elixir at the foot of the stairs on the right, and a Brigandine behind the base of the column. Go ahead and equip it on Zidane. Try not to have any characters with a level at a multiple of five, and make sure the Phoenix summon is available to you. It is a huge bother, but I would suggest going all the way back to where you met Mocchi to save the game. If you don't, and your party gets demolished in the upcoming boss battle, you probably aren't going to enjoy redoing this whole area and making sure you get all the items a second time.

When you are ready, examine the far left of the bottom area. Something will drop down from above. You will have to run up the stairs to help Dagger, and then your party will talk to the Soulcage, which will reveal some disturbing facts before you fight it. Have the girls use their summons, cast Bio, and try to steal the Brigandine, Magician Cloak, and Oak Staff.

After the battle, the party will make a quick getaway, and a movie will show the mist being cleared away. Moco will arrive with bad news from Madain Sari, so you need to return there now.

Reenter the Conde Petie Mountain Path, and follow it back over the giant branch. Once back on the world map, cross over to Madain Sari, where you will be greeted by Eiko's moogle friend. It appears that there has been a theft. Go back to Eiko's house and speak to her. You will find her in the room below the kitchen. A brief scene will follow. Get the Survival Vest before heading to the Eidolon Wall. There is also a Phoenix Down hidden in the corner of the room.

There are several moogles in distress at the Eidolon Wall. Speak to all of them. Morrison will let you peek inside, and he will give you an Exploda and an Elixir. Ask Morrison about Mog. When you're ready to help Eiko, tell Morrison you want to "go save her." You will have to fight "Scarlet Hair" . . . the red-haired man Brahne sent after the pendant. Steal the Ether and Poison Knuckles if you can. After that, use Dyne if you trance. Solution 9 does great damage.

After the battle, follow Eiko and Vivi back to Eiko's house. Talk to Momatose in the dining room to rest. You will find Eiko in the room below the kitchen again. She will decide to join your party permanently, and to wear the recovered Memory Earring. Sometime during the scene, Dagger disappears. It's just as well that you have gained Eiko as a party member, because, if you speak to Chimomo when you go outside, you'll find that you have lost Quina.

Back out front, press X at the corner of the porch where a ! appears over Zidane. He will follow the song he hears to find Dagger. After a conversation with Zidane, Dagger will have a very interesting flashback. More revelations will be made later, and the group will leave Madain Sari. On the way out, they will encounter the red-haired man again. He decides to join your party due to his need to understand what makes Zidane tick. Welcome Amarant to the group, and upgrade his equipment, as well as everyone else's. Save the game and return to the Iifa Tree.

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