"Lenne's and Shuyin's Story" June 2011 update

First off... Sorry for the sluggishness of this post, I'm afraid I've been too occupied of late.

Being too occupied of late means of course progress on "Lenne's and Shuyin's Story" has been affected. "Booo!" Its not like a week has gone by without some progress being made mind you, its fairer to say not as much progress has been made as initially foresighted.

Continuing from where I had left off before; Lenne and Shuyin awake after taking an unplanned nap upon the Prominence of Mt. Gagazet while still reeling from the thought that Spira's salvations depends on their actions. Niether Lenne or Shuyin can decide on a course of action but decide to return to Zanarkand to see if what the Ronso Elder said is true and that eliminating their king, Yu Yevon is the only course of action. On the way to Zanarkand however, Lenne and Shuyin have an unexpected encounter with Yu Yevon's approaching carriage and are forced to hide in a mysterious and pitch black cave of which Yu Yevon is travelling through oblivious of Lenne and Shuyin.

That's the progress made in a nutshell. I have expanded on Maechen's input in "Lenne's and Shuyin's Story" and hinted at what lies within the mysterious cave of which no one inside can see past the pitch blackness. Hopefully by July I will have expanded onto the Zanarkand Underground lying underneath the Yevon Estate and reached the conclusion of "Lenne's and Shuyin's Story".

One thing I have to do first though is resume with "The Final Chapter" and get the thought of Yuna going omnicdal on Spira upon obtaining the worst epilogue of "The Final Chapter" (Omnicide - death/destruction of everything). Yes this sounds like turning Yuna, the leading female protagonist of the Final Fantasy X series into a vengeful antagonist (sort of like how Seprioth in Final Fantasy VII started off as a protagonist (or rather a hero) and becoming the leading antagonist) but then think of it this way; if you're Yuna, keeping you're desires under the weight of saving Spira/ensuring the continuation of the Eternal Calm and had dreams crushed and broken and then the beloved Tidus fade away forever (where nothing remains of Tidus other then the painful memories with Tidus filling Yuna with regret, sadness and absolute anger, hatred and resentment) wouldn't everything not matter anymore? As did Shuyin in Final Fantasy X-2, omnicide would be the only course of action when the only one thing that truly matters in gone and nothing will ever fill its space.

"Oops!" I've kind of unveiled the plot of the worse epilogue in a nutshell!

For those who read this post please do not think of committing (spelling!) omnicide or anything alfawl in the real world. A percentage of the world's population may be gamers and encouraged by video games but the overall fiction of any game (where it be a shoot em'up like Call of Duty or a gritty supernatural adventure like Silent Hill) should never be replicated in reality, in reality people seen as enemies from the narrative of a game are not lines of code which imply no real world implications such as horror and consequences of killing someone. We can take influance from a game and it may educate and encourage people (as Final Fantasy X and X-2 have encouraged me to embrace who I am and sought for a more upbeat and fulfilling outlook on life) but some things that one may have heard from this blog or seen in other video games (such as leaping from one skyscraper to the next recklessly like in Mirror's Edge or slaying demons like in Devil May Cry) should not be tried in real life.

Sorry for the parental guidance like lesson there but do heed the advice and think with responsibility. I shall see ya next month (or earlier).