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fairlyheroic) wrote2011-09-19 08:33 pm
fairlyheroic) wrote2011-09-19 08:33 pm
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Heart write-up!
So! Zack's heart.
To start, I should probably explain the set-up a bit in general terms!
For anyone who's played Crisis Core, the game has a pretty simple set-up, and I really wanted to use that same set-up for the heart game as a kind of general layout and then branch off from there.
There were eight places to go! Had Zack remembered more of Wutai or Banora Village I would've tossed those places in too, but I figured I had enough places anyway. :U They were Midgar (Sector 5, Sector 8, and the Outskirts), Modeoheim, Nibelheim, Gongaga, Aather, and ???.
This is also a LAZY WRITE-UP so if you want me to expand on stuff then ask. :B
I. Beginning: Conference Room & Mission Room
- Talking to Kunzel basically upped any feelings Zack had in regards to him - rather then "some dude" in his memories that he hasn't quite remembered yet he now thinks of him as someone who's extremely helpful who . . . e-mails him a lot . . .
- Accessing profiles and locations! This would've been the first clue that SOMETHING WAS UP IN NIBELHEIM. Being kicked out of the profile, etc. Also accessing the soldier profiles would've been a clue that something was up in ShinRa in general - should anyone had checked them after each visit, depending on where they went, more and more would've been classified. :'D Until the profiles themselves would've been completely classified/deleted. Of course time constraints didn't make this possible but! I felt it was worth mentioning.
- Destroying a pod did . . . nothing . . . you're so lucky, Dino.
- Aeris FORCING HER WAY INTO NIBELHEIM basically just reinforced that Aeris gets her way no matter what. :T
II. Midgar: Sectors Five & Eight
- Dino successfully explored all of the places to go and saw all the memories there! He also talked to Zack in the church - and encouraged him a little with the flower cart. Sooo Zack in Aather will be more determined to build stuff in general - and even moreso when he remembers the flower cart in whole and all. :D
- Also viewing the memories kind of refinorced all the good feelings he has for Aeris and the Slums!
- I DUN WINGED THE MARKET. You could get materia here - which I will explain all the MATERIA and STORES in a bit.
- Edmund, on the other hand, successfully completed the FANCLUB MINIQUEST. Depending on which fanclubs you joined you could reinforced Zack's positive feelings in regards to Genesis, Sephiroth, and Angeal. Edmund completed ALL the quests, so he sucessfully did that! Also people could gain materia of some kind for each one they joined - and since Edmund joined all of them, he got a super powerful Firaga one. :B
- Dino left his jacket here. Zack will be more inclined to dress in Dino-esque clothes in the future. :B
- Outskirts weren't visited! Therefore no one got to see Zack's horrible death memory. :'D
III. Modeoheim
- Lark OWNED Cloud. Zack is already dereowned by Lark but this just makes it a million times better. And should Cloud ever come to Aather Lark will be like the VERY FIRST PERSON ZACK INTRODUCES HIM. :D
- Lark also . . . brought Cloud with her . . . which meant the monsters wouldn't attack. THE MONSTERS were supposed to represent his tendency to "guard" himself in regards to talking about all the bad shit in his life - and here it was specifically Modeoheim memories. Since Lark got by in one piece AND brought Cloud, he'll be a lot more open about it should it ever come up, and again, should we ever get a Cloud, he'll be more open with him, too.
- Viewing memories here didn't have an effect! But Lark viewed Angeal's death memory, so. :B
- Lark also . . . terrorized Hollander . . . Hollander was one representation of ShinRa and all the feelings he has in regards to that, so scaring the shit out of Hollander and bullying him will help him . . . not have feelings about that part anymore. Good going, Lark. :B Down the line he'll get more Hollander-related memories and kind of laugh about them.
IV. Gongaga
- Spitfire and Kazu went here and stocked up on Materia! Taking Materia out of any of these places would have no harm on the heart so.
- They also investigated Zack's house, his room, and the memory of him leaving. Kazu cleaned up his room a little bit, so he'll be more incline to keep his stuff more neat in Aather. :x
- They also ran into tiny Zack! Spitfire encouraged him about becoming a great soldier, which will just reinforce his original dream of wanting to become a hero. Even if he's accomplished this in canon he'll have more positiveness in regards to it.
V. Aather
- . . . admittedly this was one section I didn't complete. But since Kite went here and viewed memories and all, Kite kind of reinforced that Aather is somewhere that Zack is happy being.
- . . . yeah I didn't think anyone would go here so I had no intentions for stuff. :B I APOLOGIZE AGAIN, KITE.
VI. Nibelheim
THIS IS WHERE THE CORRUPTION WAS and a lot of what happened went down. I will get into that in a bit.
- Forcing ANYTHING here would've revealed what Nibelheim really looks like in Zack's heart - a burning disaster. Since Aeris and Gil forced the door, well. They got a nice eyeful of burning Nibelgeddon.
- Spitfire and Kazu, again, stocked up on materia and weapons.
- Everyone else managed to get through here without triggering Nibelgeddon, which basically cancelled out what Aeris and Gil did! Had no one else gone to Nibelheim/someone else triggered Nibelgeddon there would've been consequences.
a. ShinRa Mansion
- Lark and Edmund had the biggest effect here! Due to Lark's luck and Edmund's Firaga materia, both made it to the basement unscathed.
- This part of the heart was basically straightforward - monsters were "guards" to keep people out, because this is a part of Zack's past he still doesn't like talking about. Since Lark got past a monster to the Cloud memory, and both got past the monsters in the basement (and Edmund killed some) Zack will be a little more open about talking about it, and even moreso with the two of them if it ever came up.
- Edmund drained the tubes in the basement - which was part of the corruption. :'D I put in two options considering that I had non-fighters and I didn't want them to get so far without having some impact! This is why Zack isn't full-out Jenovaing it up right now. GOOD JOB ON NOT FAILING GUYS. :'D
- HOJO WAS HERE. He is Zack's idea of ShinRa's science department and ALL THAT HATRED HE HAS FOR IT and scoring/impact would've been based on how the conversations went. I am sorry Lark didn't get a chance to harrass him. :(
b. Reactor
- Again, monsters, guarding shit, etc. Some were killed along the way! He'll be able to talk about this a little more easily.
- This was the most straightforward part of the heart. Enter reactor, confront Sephiroth, patch up the tube with Jenova/do something else to just get rid of her.
- So uh, Aeris, Kite, and Gil all fought Sephiroth and died. :'D THEY DID MANAGE TO DAMAGE HIM which weakened him, and in turn weakened the corruption. Again, why Zack isn't full out Jenovaing around right now.
- Way to go, guys. :'D
???:
- No one ended up here because a) it was locked, and b) no time. THIS WAS THE LIFESTREAM :'D Had there been more time (we went over an hour and a half in running it, sob) Kite, Gil, and Aeris would've ended up there to talk with the True Heart.
- The passcode would've been found in ShinRa Mansion, or you . . . had to die to get here.
- After an amount of time, Zack would've booted you out, because none of you belonged there. . . . except Aeris. And even then he would've booted her too.
OTHER SHIT:
- Materia was set up all over, in shops, as memories, etc. This was for the purposes of PREPARING FOR NIBELHEIM. This is why you had to force the mission in the first place, and why it unlocked after you visited one place. The more prepared you were, the less chance there was of dying.
- The soldier sword in Modeoheim would've worked in the same fashion! Better chance at taking on Sephiroth, etc.
- Outside of Nibelheim, had anyone run into serious trouble it would've triggered the True Heart making an appearance.
Anyway! An important thing to note is that Zack is now corrupted with Jenova. His eyes are different! The pupils are slightly more slittered in shape, and his eyes are less blue and more green. This is noticable! And the only noticable change to Zack post-Heart game.
And . . . I think that's it. I'm tired. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, ETC?
To start, I should probably explain the set-up a bit in general terms!
For anyone who's played Crisis Core, the game has a pretty simple set-up, and I really wanted to use that same set-up for the heart game as a kind of general layout and then branch off from there.
There were eight places to go! Had Zack remembered more of Wutai or Banora Village I would've tossed those places in too, but I figured I had enough places anyway. :U They were Midgar (Sector 5, Sector 8, and the Outskirts), Modeoheim, Nibelheim, Gongaga, Aather, and ???.
This is also a LAZY WRITE-UP so if you want me to expand on stuff then ask. :B
I. Beginning: Conference Room & Mission Room
- Talking to Kunzel basically upped any feelings Zack had in regards to him - rather then "some dude" in his memories that he hasn't quite remembered yet he now thinks of him as someone who's extremely helpful who . . . e-mails him a lot . . .
- Accessing profiles and locations! This would've been the first clue that SOMETHING WAS UP IN NIBELHEIM. Being kicked out of the profile, etc. Also accessing the soldier profiles would've been a clue that something was up in ShinRa in general - should anyone had checked them after each visit, depending on where they went, more and more would've been classified. :'D Until the profiles themselves would've been completely classified/deleted. Of course time constraints didn't make this possible but! I felt it was worth mentioning.
- Destroying a pod did . . . nothing . . . you're so lucky, Dino.
- Aeris FORCING HER WAY INTO NIBELHEIM basically just reinforced that Aeris gets her way no matter what. :T
II. Midgar: Sectors Five & Eight
- Dino successfully explored all of the places to go and saw all the memories there! He also talked to Zack in the church - and encouraged him a little with the flower cart. Sooo Zack in Aather will be more determined to build stuff in general - and even moreso when he remembers the flower cart in whole and all. :D
- Also viewing the memories kind of refinorced all the good feelings he has for Aeris and the Slums!
- I DUN WINGED THE MARKET. You could get materia here - which I will explain all the MATERIA and STORES in a bit.
- Edmund, on the other hand, successfully completed the FANCLUB MINIQUEST. Depending on which fanclubs you joined you could reinforced Zack's positive feelings in regards to Genesis, Sephiroth, and Angeal. Edmund completed ALL the quests, so he sucessfully did that! Also people could gain materia of some kind for each one they joined - and since Edmund joined all of them, he got a super powerful Firaga one. :B
- Dino left his jacket here. Zack will be more inclined to dress in Dino-esque clothes in the future. :B
- Outskirts weren't visited! Therefore no one got to see Zack's horrible death memory. :'D
III. Modeoheim
- Lark OWNED Cloud. Zack is already dereowned by Lark but this just makes it a million times better. And should Cloud ever come to Aather Lark will be like the VERY FIRST PERSON ZACK INTRODUCES HIM. :D
- Lark also . . . brought Cloud with her . . . which meant the monsters wouldn't attack. THE MONSTERS were supposed to represent his tendency to "guard" himself in regards to talking about all the bad shit in his life - and here it was specifically Modeoheim memories. Since Lark got by in one piece AND brought Cloud, he'll be a lot more open about it should it ever come up, and again, should we ever get a Cloud, he'll be more open with him, too.
- Viewing memories here didn't have an effect! But Lark viewed Angeal's death memory, so. :B
- Lark also . . . terrorized Hollander . . . Hollander was one representation of ShinRa and all the feelings he has in regards to that, so scaring the shit out of Hollander and bullying him will help him . . . not have feelings about that part anymore. Good going, Lark. :B Down the line he'll get more Hollander-related memories and kind of laugh about them.
IV. Gongaga
- Spitfire and Kazu went here and stocked up on Materia! Taking Materia out of any of these places would have no harm on the heart so.
- They also investigated Zack's house, his room, and the memory of him leaving. Kazu cleaned up his room a little bit, so he'll be more incline to keep his stuff more neat in Aather. :x
- They also ran into tiny Zack! Spitfire encouraged him about becoming a great soldier, which will just reinforce his original dream of wanting to become a hero. Even if he's accomplished this in canon he'll have more positiveness in regards to it.
V. Aather
- . . . admittedly this was one section I didn't complete. But since Kite went here and viewed memories and all, Kite kind of reinforced that Aather is somewhere that Zack is happy being.
- . . . yeah I didn't think anyone would go here so I had no intentions for stuff. :B I APOLOGIZE AGAIN, KITE.
VI. Nibelheim
THIS IS WHERE THE CORRUPTION WAS and a lot of what happened went down. I will get into that in a bit.
- Forcing ANYTHING here would've revealed what Nibelheim really looks like in Zack's heart - a burning disaster. Since Aeris and Gil forced the door, well. They got a nice eyeful of burning Nibelgeddon.
- Spitfire and Kazu, again, stocked up on materia and weapons.
- Everyone else managed to get through here without triggering Nibelgeddon, which basically cancelled out what Aeris and Gil did! Had no one else gone to Nibelheim/someone else triggered Nibelgeddon there would've been consequences.
a. ShinRa Mansion
- Lark and Edmund had the biggest effect here! Due to Lark's luck and Edmund's Firaga materia, both made it to the basement unscathed.
- This part of the heart was basically straightforward - monsters were "guards" to keep people out, because this is a part of Zack's past he still doesn't like talking about. Since Lark got past a monster to the Cloud memory, and both got past the monsters in the basement (and Edmund killed some) Zack will be a little more open about talking about it, and even moreso with the two of them if it ever came up.
- Edmund drained the tubes in the basement - which was part of the corruption. :'D I put in two options considering that I had non-fighters and I didn't want them to get so far without having some impact! This is why Zack isn't full-out Jenovaing it up right now. GOOD JOB ON NOT FAILING GUYS. :'D
- HOJO WAS HERE. He is Zack's idea of ShinRa's science department and ALL THAT HATRED HE HAS FOR IT and scoring/impact would've been based on how the conversations went. I am sorry Lark didn't get a chance to harrass him. :(
b. Reactor
- Again, monsters, guarding shit, etc. Some were killed along the way! He'll be able to talk about this a little more easily.
- This was the most straightforward part of the heart. Enter reactor, confront Sephiroth, patch up the tube with Jenova/do something else to just get rid of her.
- So uh, Aeris, Kite, and Gil all fought Sephiroth and died. :'D THEY DID MANAGE TO DAMAGE HIM which weakened him, and in turn weakened the corruption. Again, why Zack isn't full out Jenovaing around right now.
- Way to go, guys. :'D
???:
- No one ended up here because a) it was locked, and b) no time. THIS WAS THE LIFESTREAM :'D Had there been more time (we went over an hour and a half in running it, sob) Kite, Gil, and Aeris would've ended up there to talk with the True Heart.
- The passcode would've been found in ShinRa Mansion, or you . . . had to die to get here.
- After an amount of time, Zack would've booted you out, because none of you belonged there. . . . except Aeris. And even then he would've booted her too.
OTHER SHIT:
- Materia was set up all over, in shops, as memories, etc. This was for the purposes of PREPARING FOR NIBELHEIM. This is why you had to force the mission in the first place, and why it unlocked after you visited one place. The more prepared you were, the less chance there was of dying.
- The soldier sword in Modeoheim would've worked in the same fashion! Better chance at taking on Sephiroth, etc.
- Outside of Nibelheim, had anyone run into serious trouble it would've triggered the True Heart making an appearance.
Anyway! An important thing to note is that Zack is now corrupted with Jenova. His eyes are different! The pupils are slightly more slittered in shape, and his eyes are less blue and more green. This is noticable! And the only noticable change to Zack post-Heart game.
And . . . I think that's it. I'm tired. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, ETC?