31 FINAL FANTASY - THE FLYING FORTRESS AND TIAMAT

Dear Readers,

After using the warp cube on the top of Mirage Tower, we found ourselves above the clouds in the Flying Fortress' teleport room.

30 FINAL FANTASY - CLIMBING MIRAGE TOWER

Dear Readers,

It's really nice to just hop in the airship and cruise around to see the world without random battles, you know? I'm not sure if you can go in a straight line and see nothing but blue ocean, but you can always go in a diagonal direction if you feel you've lost sight of land. Anyway, it's time to go to the Mirage Tower in the desert!

15 MINECRAFT WII U EDITION - VILLAGER RESTORATION ONLINE MULTIPLAYER WITH MOP IT UP AND CHRIS

Dear Readers,

After installing yet another update(something to do with a guy named Gary Banner, whoever he is), Mop it up and I returned to my world for more Minecrafting!

29 FINAL FANTASY - TURNING LUFENIAN

Dear Readers,

With the Water Crystal restored and the Rosetta Stone retrieved, we took an airship ride to Melmond to see Dr. Unne, who taught us Lufenian in about two seconds. Wow! If only it were that easy to learn a new language in real life!

28 FINAL FANTASY - THE SUNKEN SHRINE

Dear Readers,

We got into the barrel at Onrac and a little cutscene brought us to the Sunken Shrine. It's a very confusing place!

14 MINECRAFT WII U EDITION - A DANGEROUS GAME OF PING PONG, ONLINE MULTIPLAYER WITH MOP IT UP AND CHRIS

Dear Readers,

Mop it up and Chris came back to my world, or as Chris called it, Leprechaunia.

27 FINAL FANTASY - FAIRY TALE

Dear Readers,

We've been hearing a lot about a fairy that lived in Gaia and how she was captured and sold off.

26 FINAL FANTASY - A ROBOT?!

Dear Readers,

After some mingling, I learned that there was something in the Waterfall Cavern to the north of Onrac. We went there in the canoe to investigate...

13 MINECRAFT WII U EDITION - ENDING THE POTATO AND CARROT FAMINE, ONLINE MULTIPLAYER WITH MOP IT UP

Dear Readers,

With all the fuss of debates lately, Mop it up and I decided to head back to my world and settle once and for all which was better: Fishing or spelunking?

25 FINAL FANTASY - HOW I BECAME MASTER ROCKET!

Dear Readers,

We went back to Bahamut with the Rat's Tail and he upgraded our classes! Here's what we became:

24 FINAL FANTASY - THE CITADEL OF TRIALS

Dear Readers,

The Citadel Of Trials we couldn't land right next to with the airship. Between the forests and everything, we could only land on the end of a spit of land to the north of it. We then had to walk the long way around until we finally reached it.

23 FINAL FANTASY - THE STRONGEST SPELLS

Dear Readers,

I made a mistake about the strongest spells last time. I said they were in Gaia but they're actually in Lufenia.

12 MINECRAFT WII U EDITION - UNDERWATER ADVENTURE ONLINE WITH MOP IT UP AND CHRIS

Dear Readers,

Mop it up very kindly built a fishing hole upstairs from the enchanting room! Hooray! Our house now had four floors! Chris also made a long-awaited return!

22 FINAL FANTASY - DEFEATING MARILITH, EXPLORING THE ICE CAVERN AND FINALLY, OBTAINING THE AIRSHIP!

Dear Readers,

Just like the first time I played the game, I was really excited to uncover the airship, but first I had to deal with Marilith and search for the Levistone.

11 MINECRAFT WII U EDITION - STRONGHOLD ADVENTURE ONLINE WITH MOP IT UP

Dear Readers,

Mop it up came back to my Mario 64 textured world. I did the usual farming to begin with, until it got dark and rainy.

16 DRAGON QUEST VII - DAD'S HOMECOMING HARVEST

Dear Readers,

Back at Pilchard Bay, the lady at the entrance told me my dad and the other fishermen came back with the pilchard harvest. Yay! The music changed to the festive atmospheric one.

15 DRAGON QUEST VII - THE ASSEMBLY ROOM

Dear Readers,

A voice told us we were in the Assembly Room, a sacred place where only chosen ones may enter. Kiefer asked if it was me who said that. I said No. The voice continued and said that the spirit here was to guide us, meaning the creature, who was no longer translucent...

14 DRAGON QUEST VII - THE SACRED ITEMS OF THE SAINTS

Dear Readers,

We left the shrine in the dark of night and made it to the newly opened entrance to the Grave Of Earth And Fire. On the way there, I kept bumping into rocks because I still can't suss the non-inverted camera straight away. Anyway, when we got there, we found two gravestones like the one we saw at the start of the game, each with a glowing bird symbol.

13 DRAGON QUEST VII - THE CREATURE AND THE FOUR SAINTS

Dear Readers,

Keifer and I went inside the newly opened door. Inside, we beheld four statues holding something each and right in the middle, there was a translucent purple and green creature with wings looking at us. It was delighted when we went up and spoke to it, because we could see it.

10 MINECRAFT WII U EDITION - EXPLORING THE SKELETON CAVE IN THE NORTHEAST, ONLINE WITH MOP IT UP

Dear Readers,

Mop it up came back to my world once again with the Birdo skin and the Mario 64 texture pack. Yay! I didn't go to the nether this time though!

12 DRAGON QUEST VII - DERMOT'S DECIPHERING

Dear Readers,

We went back to see Dermot The Hermit. He had deciphered the runes, which got Kiefer all excited. It turns out the sun had nothing to do with the light in the picture. Instead, it was all to do with the strength and radiance given off by the pure heart of a chosen one, perhaps the one who built the temple. Dermot laughed when Kiefer said he was the chosen one and called him Mr Special, before giving him instructions on what to do. It was in the form of a nice little bit of rhyming poetry:

9 MINECRAFT WII U EDITION - CAVE EXPLORING AND NETHER RESCUE, ONLINE WITH MOP IT UP

Dear Readers,

Mop it up and I decided to try some cave exploring this time! My first time going deep underground!

21 FINAL FANTASY - NAVIGATING GULG VOLCANO

Dear Readers,

We explored more of Gulg Volcano. We met nastier versions of Cockatrices called Pyrolisks. Instead of turning us to stone with their gaze they would straight up kill us with a look. It happened to Rocket and Nova a few times. Good thing Joseph had the Life spell. Thank you, healer!

11 DRAGON QUEST VII - KIEFER JOINS THE PARTY! ENTOURAGE!

Dear Readers,

Back in town and in the castle, people were saying how Kiefer went back to the castle in a sad way as nothing was working out for him. I went to see him in his room and he said he was shattered from running all over the place and trying everything he could. He said he even tried the funny stone my Uncle Pike had. He didn't pay the crazy amount of money he asked for it, but "borrowed" it from him when he went home to take a nap. He gave the Sizzling Stone back to me to give back to him.

10 DRAGON QUEST VII - KIEFER'S SUNNY EXPERIMENTS

Dear Readers,

I went back to Pilchard Bay. The shopkeeper had something to say about the book. He told me the hermit would know more about it though. My mother said I was looking down in the mouth. Must be because I was a man on a mission! I showed the book to Maribel who couldn't make sense of it either. She said I wasn't able to stay away from her and to let her know what the shopkeeper thought of it like a "good boy". Man...

9 DRAGON QUEST VII - CATCHING UP WITH KIEFER

Dear Readers,

I now learned the name of the old man who lives on the cliff edge. His name's Dermot The Hermit and he was rude to the man in green in Estard sqaure, rejecting some food he brought him.

8 MINECRAFT WII U EDITION - DEADLY TELEPORTING WOLF, ONLINE WITH MOP IT UP

Dear Readers,

Mop it up came back to my world and we kept it on the Mario texture pack. It's nice of the world to welcome us with the Mario 64 title screen theme!

20 FINAL FANTASY - CAN YOU CANOE TO GULG VOLCANOO

Dear Readers,

Well, I figured out how to get the canoe! All we had to do was speak to the sage standing to the right of Lukahn. We must've missed him last time... From then on we were able to follow the river from Crescent Lake all the way to Mount Gulg. On our first trip there I was pretty amazed not to have any encounters along the river... However, on subsequent trips I did have encounters with river enemies.

8 DRAGON QUEST VII - EXPLORING CASTLE ESTARD, MEETING PRINCESS LISETTE

Dear Readers,

The Chancellor trusted that I wouldn't let the King down as he cared a lot about Kiefer.

The gaurds hoped Kiefer wouldn't end up as a bear's breakfast and said that the ring he took had a rare gem called the Sunstone set in it... Hmm... maybe it's for that door in the Shrine of Mysteries.

Downstairs, the guard said Kiefer was either in his room or gone out. I went into his room and met the maid working there. She said he was about to turn eighteen and that his room was getting smellier by the day. Ah... so that's how old he is...

The lady by the stairs said the beloved queen passed away ten years ago and that poor King Donald was still on his own. She wished he would notice her!

I went up the staircase in the northwest. hoo boy... this castle's becoming maze like... I met a guy up here who said he thought he noticed something glimmering way out on the horizon to the north. Hmm... interesting. The lady towards the south said she noticed Kiefer rummaging throughout the castle too. The guard here said he felt bad to be getting paid to stand guard in a kingdom that was so peaceful. Another red hat guy nearby was glad the kingdom was so peaceful. I noticed a horned hat guy facing the wall below and a staircase... seems strange. I'll have to keep them in mind... The harp bearer further up the steps wondered what inspired the monsters in fairy tales but was more worried about the real life bears in the hills. Up further and on the top of the roof was a guard who saw the ship my dad sailed out on this morning. He was very impressed by it!

In the turret to the left, there was a scholar who told me about the ruins, the Forbidden Place. He said they were a complex of ruins for an ancient royal clan. He asked me to steer clear and I said Yes. He said it wouldn't be good to disturb the departed.

In the turret to the right, there was a guard who had found an old map in the storerooms and that it has loads of islands on it! He said whoever drew it must've had quite an imagination. Gettin' closer to the truth :) Downstairs from here, there was a guard standing by a locked gate and said it was off-limits. Hmm... must keep this place in mind...

I went down the stairs in the northeast corner of the roof. The guard here said it was the King's bedchamber and that Princess Lisette was inside. But... Donald Sutherland doesn't have a daughter named Lisette :(

Princess Lisette was out on the northern balcony and on speaking to her, I immediately realised why she was named so. She has this adorable lisp where she says "th" instead of "s" sounds!(just like Drackies!) I had to read her dialogue out loud and it was so charming! She talked about me being "thummoned" by her father and about her "thilly" brother. Oh man! She's so cute! Can we bring her along on the adventure instead of Maribel? Please? She's dressed nice too, wearing a cone shaped hat with a little drape coming down from the top. Freaking adorable! She's another one who believes there's more to the world than just our island.

I went back downstairs and the tough talking guard said Kiefer was going to the east, but said to forget it as he would lose his job if he was caught passing information like that.

I was now allowed into the banqueting hall. The maids said how sad it was that the King never ate with the Prince and Princess because he was too busy. They also talked about Kiefer's bad table manners. In the kitchen I found Pilchard Pie and it played a special chime. Not sure why but it must be important somehow. The chefs talked about how Kiefer was bold but that they loved the little rascal. One of them took the fish bits from me and said a meal wasn't finished until the washing up was done.

I went down the staircase to the northwest and met and old man looking for his spectacles. I found them for him and he told me about an old good vs evil story. The good spirit won and that's why it's so peaceful today.

Ooo! I panned around the main staircase on the ground floor and spotted another staircase behind it going down. Down here there was a locked gate with four chests beyond it. I must remember this!

7 MINECRAFT WII U EDITION - PLENTY OF CHICKENS IN THE SEA, ONLINE WITH CHRIS AND MOP IT UP

Dear Readers,

I went back to Chris' world with him and Mop it up. I kept my Toad skin and they were wearing Mario and Dr. Mario skins if I remember correctly.

When I joined it was close to nighttime. I hung around the base keep and looked around the surrounding areas. No mobs were spawning. Mop it up found an emerald. Chris had all the villagers locked up in their homes, so no one was visiting our keep.

The next day it rained. I decided to check out the desert mountain near the southwest corner of the map, which was nearby. It's pretty cool with some cliffside caves here and there. I wandered around the desert, while it rained everywhere else!

That night it was dark when I got back to base. A creeper blasted me, but it only blew a hole in the sand luckily and I didn't get killed. It was a stormy night. I stayed indoors. Mop it up and Chris could hear the thunder while deep underground.

Mop it up wondered if anyone found pumpkins yet. I decided to go look for some by exploring the woods in the western part of the map. Didn't find any this day.

That night I decided to do some fishing. There was a little pool by the base designed for farming sugar cane but I could sit on the wall above and fish in safety and comfort :) Mop it up came along and asked if I had any good catches this evening, which I did. :) Just then though, another creeper blast happened below, which was near the creeper that got me earlier. It's a bad old spot for it.

Mop it up joined me after a while, so we were the fishing team :) catching salmon and puffer fish.

The next day I went to look for pumpkins again. Couldn't find any, but I did find a swamp full of lilies! I got carried away collecting about fifty something lilies, whatever I'll use them for. It was dark before I knew it, so I rushed home. I barely outran a witch unharmed too! Yikes!

I unwound by doing some more night fishing. Chris came along this time. I failed to catch a fish while he was watching, missing my opportunity to impress him. He said he was more shocked to learn I could fish in that little pond he made. I'm still not sure how big a body of water has to be before you can fish in it...

Some time later I finally found pumpkins! There was a big cluster of them in the woods near the centre of the map. I harvested about fifteen of them and brought them back to our supplies at the base keep, still rushing to outrun the dark of night! I converted five of them into seeds after learning that I could do it from Mop it up.

At one point, Chris went to the top of the mountain in the southwest to place some torches. I could see him clearly from the base keep. He wanted to do some daredevil thing by jumping down into some water. What he really wanted to do was make himself a mountaintop lair. That mountain's cliffside caves would be good for it alright!

I decided to look for chickens. I grabbed some grass seeds and spotted one swimming in the stream near our base. Chickens don't move very well in water so I was there for a while trying to get it to come out. Just then though, Chris killed it! Gah! He made up for it though... by giving me cooked chicken...

Chris: There you go. Your chicken.
Rocket: XD dang it chris
Rocket: cooked and all lol
Chris: I'm sure it tastes delicious.
Rocket: I was gonna keep it in the front yard or something so we could have eggs
Chris: There will be other chickens.
Rocket: I'll look for another one
Rocket: yeah plenty of chickens in the sea

Soon afterwards I literally found another two chickens swimming in the sea. What are the odds? I spent another two days trying to coax them out. Soon, I found another chicken and bred others, so by the time we finished up for the night, we had four chickens in the front yard. Lots of eggs coming in now :)

Mop it up made a scary portal. Also, the fishing pond was expanded! Yay! Though I forget who expanded it. I kept myself crouched to stop falling off the wall into the pond. I heard a baby zombie down there so I had to be careful. Mop it up killed it. I fished out a nametag and tripwire hook.

I fished out a regular fish too but Chris got in the way and he collected it! The next day he returned it though and whacked me in the head, like it was Monty Python or something!

Mop it up made an enchantment table. Some bookcases were collected too. Chris joked how they were full of porn.

Soon, Mop it up decided to check out the scary portal. It wasn't a safe trip... Deaths happened from fighting ghasts and withering away. Mop it up said there wasn't any cover in there and that it was wide open with not much cover.

I guess that leaves a goal for the next session in Chris' world.

7 DRAGON QUEST VII - KING DONALD... NO NOT HIM!

Dear Readers,

Now to visit King Donald. The guard at the gate welcomed me and so did the doormen. Continuing along, Prince Kiefer called me over to him and talked about our plan for that ship we had in the secret spot to the west of the bay. He said he found a book that talked about a Shrine of Awakening, which is located somewhere in the mountains to the east and that we need the light of the sun if we want to get in there. He said he was going over for a "recce", which I had to look up and it means the same as "reconnaissance". Learning new stuff! He said he wanted me to stall the King while he snuck out.

So here's the castle! The music is a nice royal theme with deep trumpets and everything. The old man nearby asked if I'd like my fortune told. I said Yes and he said my destiny was to bring peace to the world, but since the world was already at peace, he reckoned his skills weren't what they used to be. Since there's a big quest ahead, he may be more correct than he thinks! I like the way he says "Heurgh! Woooh! Yaaargh! as well while coming up with my fortune :)

There's an item shop here and also a bank! Hooray! Nice to have access to the bank so soon in the game :) I don't have 1,000 gold coins yet though.

A heavily armoured man recognised me as Pollock's son. The guard near him was thrilled to have a money pouch that magically filled itself back up with money. Pike sold it to him. Uh oh... I went out the door nearby. A guard outside said he saw Prince Kiefer rummaging through the storerooms and found an old book.

Another guard prevented me from entering the banqueting hall. The two guards by the stairs, one was asleep and the other wanted to act tough because he never had a chance to, but he apologised and let me pass no problem.

Upstairs I finally met King Donald, who was looking for Prince Kiefer. He actually doesn't look too different from Donald Sutherland! The Chancellor tried to calm him down. When the King saw me, he grabbed me by the hand and led me upstairs to the throne room. It was pretty amazing what he did next! He told me to sit on the throne and look him in the eye while he questioned me. Wow! I had the option to say No, but I really didn't want to refuse to co-operate, being confronted like this. He asked me if I was hiding something from him. I said Yes. He said that Kiefer stole a precious keepsake ring that belonged to his mother and that he wanted me to talk some sense into him, because his behaviour was unacceptable for one who would be king in the future. He said he was relying on me and not to disappoint him. Wow! That was a pretty stern talk he had with me! I love his manner, sitting me on the throne and everything, like it was some kind of truth seat. He's a king, but also a father. He said he had other important stuff to talk about with me some other day in the future. He said that I may now return to Pilchard Bay while sitting rather glumly on his throne.