While going through Tunnel we meet and save a little girl called Tita from some monsters and she joins the party, sweet! She's pretty awesome as well, a nice AoE melee attack. So we get through the tunnel, get some new Quartz and explore the factory before going outside and exploring the town, meeting Killika at the Guild and doing a few quests as well as finding out that Professor Russell is Tita's Grandfather! Next I decide to explore a lot of the surrounding area's, had to make the most of having 3 party members!
Our first stop is to see Chief Murdock, who refers us to Professor Russell. We get there and attempt to open the black orbment, but during the experiments there's a citywide blackout! Next we go back to the Factory, but we need a combustion engine to go any further... We managed to find one by going to meet Gustav, the maintenance chief.
While the Professor's doing what he does best, we have a job to do! We need to head to Elmo Village with Tita and repair the pump for the hot springs there! We get there, get the key for the pump shed, and find out the job's going to take awhile. So we head to the inn, where we find out somebody needs help, they've headed out to the plains alone, fools!! And surprise surprise, the fool is Dorothy! We get her back and the repairs are done, so we report back and are invited to stay at the inn for free, score haha! And cue the hot springs scene! Silly Estelle.
Once we get back to Zeiss, we find out that the factory's been attacked! And Agate comes back to help as well! He's still a dick, but a very useful dick, and I can't hate a 4 person party! So everyone's evacuated... Apart from Russell, of course! So we head up via the stairs, disabling the smoke bombs on the way (Extra BP or something maybe?), and he isn't in his workshop. But just around the corner, he's being kidnapped! What a surprise! We get so close and yet so far... God damn MiB. They manage to escape by changing their uniforms in the elevator, so we head to the guild. Apparently a Professor Alba saw them at Carnelia Tower, so off we go! We manage to find them but they shoot Agate and manage to escape thanks to Tita getting in the way. I knew we should have just taken her with us!
Unfortunately we're back to 3, Agate's been poisoned, and normal medicine's not working! The Chapel and Father Vixen might be able to help so we head there! We need to get some Zemuria Moss for him to create the antidote. We head to the guild before we go and some BIG dude we met on the road who helped carry Agate back when he was poisoned helps us out. He's big and quick and punches shit, I like this dude. We get the Moss from the Limestone Cave, kill a giant (And kinda cute according to Tita) penguin. We get, give Agate the medicine and he thankfully stabilizes.
Dorothy manages to take a picture at Leiston Fortress gets the ship in the frame (So she does have some sort of us!), so we head there to investigate. We get there, meet with a shifty Major Cid, maybe he's being controlled or something? The gate doesn't work, the black orbment must be here! In order to get in there we'll have to sneak on a ship in a container, and to do so we need Russell's Detector Jammer, which was in his study. Off to Leiston Fortress with Agate who's recovered and Tita! We manage to avoid detection, with a little help from the cat. I decide to explore the whole base first, I had a feeling we'd never come back here and won't be here long and find the Capula sky bandits in jail in the basement! But back to work, we find the Professor, take some guards out (After Colonel Richard left, I didn't think he was pulling the strings!) and reunite! But we've been discovered, and our escape route is cut off! But thankfully Major Cid of all people helps us escape and we get out nice and quickly on a boat. Unfortunately Agate needs to take Russell and Tita into hiding, so we have to part, which was sad! Professor Russell tells us to deliver a message to Queen Alicia herself in Grancel!
And so chapter 3 ends, it was probably the best one yet! A lot happened, and quite quickly as well. Currently played 44 hours and 44 minutes, so that chapter was only 11 hours or so but it sure as hell didn't feel like it!
Sooooo, final chapter time! We start with Kloe and her friend trying to escape from what looks to be the MiB? Her friend stays behind to buy some time while Kloe escapes in to Grancel, I guess we'll be meting her then? And sweet, Oliver!! Hilarious as always, and thinks we're up to playing the main role in this opera!
