//The journey begins! Hours upon hours of strange grinding tactics awaits. #NickPlaysFF2

//How did I not remember this typo before? #NickPlaysFF2

//Okay, here's the rundown: Firion will be a White Mage Maria is a Thief Guy is a Black Mage Leon (who we won't see until literally the end of the game lol) is a Viking. Yes, a Viking. In FF2. I'm gonna make it work. #NickPlaysFF2

//Inspired by @promisekeeper.bsky.social, my run of FF2 is going to have job themes. The game itself doesn't have them, and you can kinda sorta customize, but since FF3 hadn't happened yet, it wasn't as fleshed out. So I'm using my brain to adapt the job system to this old game lol.

Bananas are a good snack. 😊

"Do I miss it? I guess so." Really, he misses the same thing everyone else does -- the innocence of youth, not having so many cares in the world. It isn't the place, rather what it represents. Lost time, memories that can't be made again. "You're willing to go out there with me? Well, I suppose +

//You saw him play FF7. Then you saw him play FF7 again. Now, he's taking you on the most mediocre experience you've ever had. Coming soon... #NickPlaysFF2

//Turns out, removing the 9999 damage cap makes the Battle Square really easy lmao.

//Lightning's meeting the kids! No turning back now. 😆

//I usually don't bother with this, because by the time you can afford it, it isn't necessary. But this time I figured why not.

//Me: Wow that was a lot of writing. *only 4 posts long* Oh. 😑

"Oh wow," he said. "That's a good question." And a timely one at that. Alina had been away on assignment for a while, and he was planning on doing something special for her when she returned. Tifa's question was a good way to get him thinking about that. "It all depends on the person," he said. +

@unyieldingsword.bsky.social //Same brain cell.

|| me on the edge of my seat wondering what Tifa is gonna ask Nick: 👀

// I'm never gonna get that question from Tifa. XDDD

//I saw that! Somebody tagged me in a post and then deleted it, I saw it! XDD

//I'm like 99% sure they took this line out of the Steam re-release because I didn't see it last time I played. Normally I'd wonder why, except this one kind of explains itself.

//I can see nearly all of Gaia thanks to the HD world map mod, but I still can't find where the doggone Ultimate Weapon ran off to. 🤬

//It's rare that I knock out a response that's over 5 posts long, but I feel proud when I do. ☺️

//Sephiroth's Masamune is no match for Cloud's mighty Grasscutter! Cloud is the true king of lawn care!

// So will the sequel to Evercold be titled 'Lukewarm'? 🤔

Yuffie. Answer your texts. 🙄

We worked at Shinra together. I was doing supply chain, she was more administration. She asked me to dinner one night and told me how she felt about me. I was taken by surprise. I didn't think I'd ever catch the interest of someone like her.

That's very kind, Light. I'll do that. It's different now, yes. I do have Alina, and I love her very much. I know she loves me too. So it is a lot better in that regard.

Light, I don't work myself hard, and it's my business, heh. I guess I've just never been good at picking up signals someone might show toward me. Comes from a lot of years of just not receiving it.

Not terribly long, certainly not as long as Cloud or Yuffie have known her. But I can usually read other people and get a feel for these sorts of things, at least when it applies to other people. Less so when it comes to me, haha.

Yes, quite happy. She's got that sparkle in her eye that shows you're on her mind.

I talk to Tifa too, you know. I picked up the vibe from her. By the way, make sure to keep the bar clear of spiders. Tifa doesn't seem to like them much.

Look, I'm not the brightest bulb but even I could figure it out. Between the flirty glances and the adoption of cats, it wasn't hard to piece together.

She doesn't have to. It's fairly self-evident at this point.

Why are there so many cats hanging around 7th Heaven recently?

I guess everybody's gone to bed.

Sighs deeply.

//I'm exhausted. 😩

// Listen I am getting my car looked at and I am so bored in the waiting room someone please distract me. 😭

"Oh no, I forgot the focaccia!" Riveting stuff.

You know it's a slow day when he has midday soaps on the TV in his office.

// Nick does not use text-speak, he is very formal at all times.

@wutaiwhiterose.bsky.social 📲 Hey 📲 If I told you I knew somewhere you could get a very special materia, would you be interested? 📲 If you are, come to my office in Sector 8

//TIL Nibelheim is pronounced "Knee-bel-heim" and not "Nibble-heim" as I've been doing for 20+ years. 🤣

//I can't believe it took me this long to realize that the best way to get around the Cactuar's constant dodging (esp. if trying to Morph them into Tetra Elementals) is to use Vincent's Sniper CR, which never misses. *facepalm*

//Next time I play through FF7, I'll have to deploy an item randomizer. Gotta mix it up for a challenge somehow without being too contrived.

// I'm hungry. 😫

//Dang it Light, I gotta go to bed! That reply will have to wait.

//The mod has materia that got cut from final release too! And lemme tell ya, I know why they cut this one -- it's a bit OP.

@unyieldingsword.bsky.social @kingandlionheart.bsky.social //If you ever think about a Farronheart playlist, may I submit this for consideration. XD Also be gentle with the production value here; it was 1976 and they hadn't figured out how music videos worked yet.

//I see you liking all my posts Viv. 🤣

Life is a funny thing. On the one hand, I wish I could have the kind of happiness that Lightning and Tifa have right now. On the other hand, I remind myself that I'm not Johnny, so I'd better count my blessings.

Tick tock On the clock But the boredom don't stop