It's the girl from the party! Bet you didn't see that coming!
Also I swear I've seen that exact bed as a furniture option for a Barbie Dollhouse
Anyways, she leaps in to Squall's arms in excitement
Eventually she decided to as Cid himself for help
Not quite
Turns out she was actually at the dance looking for Seifer, who introduced her to Cid
So that's the situation. We also get an official introduction to the pretty girl, who is named Rinoa!
We also meet her puppy partner Angelo!
So cute~
Now with Rinoa awake, we can get the details on our mission
And since his train is going to show up soon, the Forest Owls came up with a nifty plan of how to deal with his train
Er... not quite
So we go in to the long, complicated plan
The mission takes less time than the explanation.
The group also takes the time to poke fun at the one model train Rinoa made, which she defends by saying she made it ugly on purpose to represent her hatred for the president
With that, we head out on the mission by sneaky sneaking around. Turns out the baddies re having some troubles of their own as the President is not a kind, patient man, who doesn't like having security check up on him. This leads to one soldier losing his salary for the month
Anyways, it's time to start inputting codes
Which I've always found nervewracking, even though it's relatively easy.
We see the plan start to work as the train cars uncouple and then we sneak our dummy train in
The dummy train also contains a dummy president, which seems to be working
Well, somewhat
After some more code entering shenanigans, we take off with the President and his train car!
Hooray!
With that mission accomplished, Rinoa and her mercenaries go interrogate the President, who doesn't seem too concerned
Well, it turns out we've been duped
Dang it, I was sure that this group of six that had strategy meetings by huddling up on the floor would succeed without fail when it came to kidnapping the President!
Oh dear
So the President attacks us
He goes down pretty easily and then this... happens...
Well that doesn't look good
That doesn't look good at all...
So I would show you some of the fight but it was boring because the game decided to unjunction Zell and Selphie for NO REASON so all they could do was attack. Wah wah waaahh
After the fake President is disposed of, we head back to base to discuss what's going on. Watts has some new intel for us
We explain to them what happened in Dollet
Rinoa spots opportunity in the middle of this
And so she, Watts, and Zone huddle around the floor to discuss their next plan. Squall starts to become concerned about going beyond the scope of the contract and so he asks Rinoa to see it
Greeeeaaaatt~
Timber is in a state of chaos with everything going on, and the soldiers catch on to a certain someone who has been sneaking around
And some of the soldiers decide to start cracking down on the citizens of Timber
Despite what their boss tries to tell them
So the group gets dropped off to try and steal the broadcast while Zone takes off with Watts trailing behind him
We also find this dude who has an obvious crush on Rinoa
You can also find a copy of Girl Next Door for a certain someone in the Timber Maniacs office, and you meet a dude who talks your ear off.
And this dude
What an... interesting uh subject for photography
We stop by a house to ask how we can get to the TV station
She lets us peek from her second story window while her child tries to charge us for the privilege. He gets a spanking
Also, relationship goals
You can also go visit an old man who offers you his magical healing water for free, since the Inn isn't available for use. Don't steal his money though or he won't let you use it anymore
We head to the bar which we need to pass through to get to the TV station, but the door is blocked by a drunk who is angry that the Forest Owls tried to kidnap the president and screwed everything up
Timber's a messed up place
Anyways, you can get him to move by buying him a drink or by giving him the card he lost that you get by defeating some baddies outside of the bar. If you give him the card he lets you keep it and gives you another one
With that we finally get a path cleared to our destination
Unfortunately, Rinoa is having second thoughts about what she should do since there's a lot of security guarding the President (who would have thought)
This leads to a comment from Rinoa about how sad we are and how easy it must be to just go through life following orders
This leads to a retort from Squall, who questions the seriousness of the whole business
As it turns out, he's not much impressed with the group
Selphie calls out Squall for being too harsh so he backs off. Rinoa is a bit put off though
She tells us she is serious and then takes off. The broadcast starts right after she leaves
The announcer introduces President Deling, who talks about how people currently have the means for peace
So he says he will hold a conference with world leaders to discuss it
As he is about to introduce a Sorceress, Seifer storms on set and starts causing a ruckus
He takes the President hostage and Quistis tries to calm him down. Selphie and Zell ask if they should do something
Quistis then speaks to the camera, giving us permission to help
So we rush up where we find Seifer holding the President hostage, saying he knows what are plan was
It seems maybe Seifer was going to do it for Rinoa
Unfortunately, Zell lets it slip that they're from Garden while he's taking a fit, which basically makes everyone angry
After fussing at Zell, Seifer grabs the president and heads to the next room, where he is met with
The ambassador sorceress herself!
She stops Quistis from interfering and riles Seifer up by calling him a boy when he insists that he's a MAN or whatever
Seifer releases the President and agrees to go with the Sorceress
The others arrive just in time to watch him leave with her
Rinoa shows up, asking where Seifer went. We tell her we don't know and she hope he will be okay. She also has some more bad news
Thankfully, everyone escaped
As we head back to the bar, Balcony Lady offers us to rest at her place while we plan our next move
Find out what happens next time!