Tatiana's Wanderings

Chaunthina Mills, Urijah Mills, Javonna, Que, Airiona, and Aubri?! WHAT THE?!

Sat, 04 May 2019 01:30:43 GMT

I left at 1:35 and just managed to get the 414 at the non-existent 56447 bus stop - PHEW! Went to London Drugs and bought on-sale limited-edition Lays Chips in Cheese Onion and Spicy Cheddar, on-sale McSweeney's Premium Jerky and Meat Snacks Canadian Maple pork jerky, on-sale McSweeney's original and Cracked Black Pepper and Teriyaki beef jerky, a dark blue MARTEX bath towel, NEW Strawberry-Banana Tic Tacs Mixers, and some on-sale Royal Dansk butter cookies for Deb and Dylan. Then I went to see Rachel at the Caring Place, which went fine even after talking about two weeks ago. I got home at 5:15 on a 401, no thanks to a delay. Now I am going to relax! I also just checked my mail - someone sent me THE FARTING ANIMALS COLORING BOOK (M.T. Lott) via Amazon recently... NICE! The amount of white packing Styrofoam material inside the Amazon envelope was not so nice, though! (I should pack it up and send it to Jimmy, ha ha ha... he supposedly HATES it!)

Edit: The surprise in the mail turned out to be from Alice again - AWESOME!

McSweeney's Original beef jerky - proudly Canadian and ON SALE! Shinny hockey in Lake Louise, Alberta.

( More snacks and bad black names! )

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No picking your nose in the car! / Shelli Montague Tipping?! / Humpty and Dumpty

Wed, 31 Jan 2018 05:37:17 GMT

Vanessa got her card already, which shouldn't surprise me even if I did mail it on Sunday. The Canucks played Colorado at 7 tonight; the game had to go to overtime, and Vancouver won 4-3! Yuri is also back on Discord, so YAY FOR THAT!

From Julie M. and Someecards: Being in a car does not make you become suddenly invisible. So stop picking your nose.

From SFX Off-Topic: Shelli Montague Tipping?! But what if she isn't into tipping?!

In FINAL FANTASY VI for the iOS, Sabin / Cyan / Gau make it to Nikeah after swimming through the Serpent Trench from Mobliz. They enter the town pub. This dancer tells Cyan about her boobs in an attempt to flirt with him: "Hey, do you like these? I call this one Humpty, and this one Dumpty!"

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2017 Yearly Recap!

Sun, 31 Dec 2017 17:26:40 GMT

2017

JANUARY

* Finally got a CHIMO / Family Services phone intake done with Jocelyn, then finally finished JONBOUND. [Jan. 6]

* I created a Discord account for whatever reason, probably to talk to Lucas and his weird friends, plus Kramer and his Twitch stream friends. [Jan. 7]

* Finished replaying HALLOW'S END on Turbo Mode. [Jan. 11]

* Unfortunately, I had to get the passport stuff done with my parents. [Jan. 12]

* Visited Vanessa in the hospital after her surgery. [Jan. 13]

* Hiero's third birthday party! Ayler told me that he needed to take more nachos. Sure, why not? [Jan. 22]

* I got my ten-year passport through registered mail! [Jan. 25]

* Finally finished the very difficult MOTHER 2 DELUXE, and started FINAL FANTASY VI: ETERNAL CRYSTALS. [Jan. 28]

( Highlights and lowlights! )

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56 hours and 30 minutes for the ETERNAL CRYSTALS hack! / Kayci A. Harris?!

Sat, 09 Dec 2017 02:53:59 GMT

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Shiv let me know on Discord that he got my Christmas card and postcards, and he even said that the postcards were lovely. So much better than a certain other person (Jimmy), although I don't expect much out of him nowadays.

It took me 56 hours and 30 minutes BEFORE battling Kefka as the Dark Cloud (plus all the ending cutscenes) in FINAL FANTASY VI: THE ETERNAL CRYSTALS!

From Not Always Romantic: Kayci A. Harris?!

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Beijing Subway Stops, Literally Translated! / FlamCo! / The Reaper and Shadow

Mon, 27 Nov 2017 03:24:03 GMT

In FINAL FANTASY VI, Sabin sees Shadow and his dog Interceptor outside of Gau's father's cabin. "The Reaper is always just a step behind me," Shadow says. Yup, he has a 1/16 chance of running away after a random battle, saying that he's served his purpose!

My ex-friend Kaitlin saw this truck once: FlamCo!

From the Wall Street Journal: Beijing Subway Stops, Literally Translated!

Cholera Camp, Returning Dragon Temple Big Street, Standing Water Bridge, Smooth Justice, Salary Uncle, Back Sand Valley, Grandchild River, Horse Spring Camp, Gazing at the Capital West

Chinese Peony Medicine Residence, Big Village Road, Safe Chastity Gate, Peony Garden, Knowledge Spring Road, Circle Bright Garden, Sea Sediment Yellow Village, Fire Implement Camp

Safe Magnificent Bridge, Three Yuan Bridge, Bright Horse Bridge, Harmony Palace, Stability Gate, Puddle of Accumulated Water, Big Clock Temple, Sea Sediment Five Road Residence

Apple Garden, Eight Treasures Mountain, Kind Life Temple, West Fishing Platform, White Mound, Abundant City Gate, Car Man Village, Safe Neighborhood, South Gong and Drum Alley, West Unit

Heavenly Peace Gate West, Lamp City Junction, East Forty Strip, Face the Sun Gate, Unity Lake, Gold Platform Road, Call Home Building, Sunset on Golden Stage, Long Rectangular Bag Slope, Grass House

Dirt Bridge, Pear Garden, High Stele Shop, National Trade Double Well, Safe Forever Village, Magnetic Implement Intersection, Cattail Yellow Elm, Heaven Altar East Gate, Front Gate

Wells of Palace, Peaceful Gate, Military Announcement Gate, South Gentlemen Road, Princess Grave, Six Mile Bridge, Big Well, Big Tile Pit

Science Pleasant Road, Abundant Platform Station, Pomegranate Village, Song Home Village, Minute Temple, Mutual Help South Road

Ten Thousand Origins Street, Little Red Gate, Clear Source Road, Justice Peace Village, Big Luxuriant Growth Platform, Bamboo Fence House

( Beijing Subway Stops, Literally Translated )

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This green button opens up an important path! / Have faith in your badass self!

Sat, 04 Nov 2017 23:18:21 GMT

Sean Slaney from Ferris and Palmer found me on Facebook - probably from Lisa B. - and added me. We also briefly chatted on FB messenger, which is nice. No, I never went to Burnett for regular school, but probably for Chinese School 30 years ago! John Powell asked if I wanted to meet him and Eve after the game - I think I might be able to deal with snow showers, so I guess that would be fine! HOT CHOCOLATE AND COFFEE! Time to stash a scarf and mittens in my bag for the next four or five months!

The FINAL FANTASY VI: THE ETERNAL CRYSTALS party is in Kefka's Tower, where they have to split up to conquer the dungeon together. They need to step on the circled green button to open up the path for other people, as shown. Bonus: They get a Ribbon from that treasure chest!

Have faith in thyself, for thou art a badass motherfucker.

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Teach your dragon how to fly! / The curse being lifted on the Cursed Shield!

Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:44:31 GMT

WHITE TEA AND SHOWER TIME!

From Krista: A dragon mother teaching her dragon baby how to fly!

In FINAL FANTASY VI, you can get an item called the Cursed Shield. The original game allows you to equip it on multiple characters, but the ETERNAL CRYSTALS hack only allows you to equip it on Cyan. Either way, you have to fight 256 battles with it equipped (and have your character SURVIVE!) to lift the curse: "Dispelled curse on shield." Your Cursed Shield is now a Paladin Shield. :D

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PRISONER OF WAR Congraturation! / Dr. Kenny McCormick?! / Dog attacking a human!

Wed, 18 Oct 2017 02:15:04 GMT

MORE COFFEE TIME! The Canucks played the Senators at 4:30 today, and won 3-0 on goals by Boeser / Burmistrov / Vanek!

From PRISONER OF WAR on the NES: Congraturation!

From Sextuplets: The Little Lambs: This neonatologist consultant doctor is named Kenny McCormick?! SOUTH PARK, AHOY!

From Julie: Dog attacking a human in a family photo!

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Knit Your Own Kama Sutra?! / Living With Crazy Buttocks?! / MAKING PIGEONS PAY?!

Tue, 17 Oct 2017 22:27:07 GMT

After COFFEE TIME and being on the phone to Canada Post's customer service this morning for a while - where they couldn't even guarantee that my post office address pickup location could be changed - I went to Blundell Centre at 12:30 on a 407 and a 402, which of course I had to wait 15 minutes for. I finally got to the Shoppers Drug Mart post office after 1 PM and FINALLY got my 30th Anniversary OLD FAITHFUL Bathroom Reader! While I was at the store, I saw Lindt Advent calendars for sale already! UGH! I also saw on-sale Korean BBQ chips, so got a couple of bags for Jon / Harmony and Chrystal. I also got on-sale Always pads, since it's always good to stock up on those if I can - less than $15 for everything! I got to the 402 bus stop for Brighouse just in time, but somehow lost my BOLEYN INHERITANCE book at Brighouse in the excitement of seeing the 407. At least I finally got home at 2:15, but that takes way too fucking long just to pick something up at the post office!

KNIT YOUR OWN KAMA SUTRA?!

LIVING WITH CRAZY BUTTOCKS?!

MAKING PIGEONS PAY?!

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Crazy Kefka and the final battle of FINAL FANTASY VI: THE ETERNAL CRYSTALS!

Tue, 05 Sep 2017 21:45:30 GMT

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Barry called me at 12:30 to say that he'd found someone named Tryanna who could take me food shopping on the 20th. He says he'll be back in early October, unless war breaks out in Japan. I thought Trump was after North Korea, but WHO KNOWS. Then I called Chrystal at 1:15 to let her know what was up, of course. She appreciated it - of course I'll call her later to confirm!

Crazy Kefka at the final battle of FINAL FANTASY VI: THE ETERNAL CRYSTALS! "Soon I will break free of this wretched HUMAN body, and drain the life of every living creature!"

The FINAL FANTASY VI: THE ETERNAL CRYSTALS party responds, "The Dark Crystals have been destroyed! You can't expect to win against us!"

Kefka as the Dark Cloud says, "All but one... The Shadow Crystal!! It shall protect me and destroy YOU!"

( Kefka is the Dark Cloud! )

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Aleah Beckerle?! / The crazy old man knowing about Emperor Gestahl's map?!

Mon, 21 Aug 2017 18:04:24 GMT

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I woke up at 5:45 AM, so it was definitely COFFEE TIME! Then it was ECLIPSE MUSIC with Bonnie Tyler's TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART! I also watched a live eclipse video on Facebook.

From Facebook: Aleah Beckerle?!

After defeating all the paintings at Owzer's Mansion in Jidoor, the FINAL FANTASY VI: THE ETERNAL CRYSTALS party (Edgar / Sabin / Celes / Relm) goes to visit the crazy old man. Aged Man: "Oh, hello again! Yep, you were tops!" Sabin: "That's why we..."

( Emperor Gestahl and his map! )

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Talton English, Khristy Monigold, the Queen's Diary in the Ancient Castle

Mon, 14 Aug 2017 21:28:52 GMT

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Today is Left-Handers Day! I had to deal with a lot of online drama this morning, which involved some rude and condescending Penguins fan named Jennifer who thought that she had an IQ of 169, and that my "attitude problem" could be solved by talking to her. I don't THINK so! Thank goodness Helen Y. understood, while Jimmy could definitely relate, and Tommy was okay with people leaving that Metropolis Division group chat on Facebook. Hopefully, Jimmy and I can forge more of a friendship! I think it's a good sign that he says he trusts me (gotta make sure that stays) and wants me to speak my mind / anything to him. I'll just take this friendship slowly, as per usual.

From Julie: Talton English?!

From Not Always Working: Khristy Monigold?! The only acceptable spellings for that name are Christy and Kristy. MAYBE Kristi or Cristy.

In FINAL FANTASY VI: THE ETERNAL CRYSTALS, the party finally makes it to the Ancient Castle dungeon. They find Queen Yunalesca's Diary in a room to the right of the throne! "A book, with a gem-encrusted cover... Queen Yunalesca's Diary."

In the GBA version of FINAL FANTASY VI, the diary is simply "The Queen's Diary." It says, "The Queen's Diary... I have fallen in love with Odin. It is a forbidden love, I know... But the flames of passion obey not rule or reason..."

In the SNES version of FINAL FANTASY VI, the diary is even more simple: "Queen's Diary."

This is from the SNES version: If Terra is in the FINAL FANTASY VI party at this point, she will have something to say after everyone reads the Queen's Diary. "Love between a human and an Esper..." Yes, that is her defining character trait!

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Nicolas Cage birthday wishes x2, Cyan Garamonde as a Paladin, Amanda Panda Budd

Tue, 08 Aug 2017 05:39:28 GMT

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I'm going to take a shower soon - I feel really dirty for some reason!

Nicolas Cage: Today is your birthday!

Have a Nicolas Cage birthday party!

After the Doma Castle dungeon in FINAL FANTASY VI: THE ETERNAL CRYSTALS, Cyan's darkness in his soul has been erased. His sprite is now Cecil Harvey as a Paladin! Cyan became a Paladin!

Here is Cyan Garamonde as Cecil Harvey the Holy Paladin in the FINAL FANTASY VI: THE ETERNAL CRYSTALS menu!

From Not Always Working: Amanda Panda Budd?!

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Emperor Zemus and Imperial Soldier Biggs in the game menu / Ieva Heaven?!

Mon, 07 Aug 2017 01:19:28 GMT

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It was COFFEE TIME BY DEFAULT at 7:30 AM this morning. After finding mouse droppings in the kitchen and looking things up online, I went to London Drugs at 10:20 on a 407. Unfortunately, there was an older lady at the bus stop who thought that I wanted to be the recipient of endless talking about when the next bus would get there. I gave her the eminently unhelpful answer of "no" when asked for the time, and an equally unhelpful answer of "five minutes ago" when asked if and when I left my house, hahaha. I also don't flip off drivers THAT often, but WHY WOULD YOU DRIVE INTO A PEDESTRIAN'S PATH WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO CROSS AT AN UNMARKED CROSSWALK?! Once I finally got to the store, I got index cards / two on-sale jugs of bleach / some zebra duct tape. Then I got home at 10:55 on a 401 and started cleaning / disinfecting / putting duct tape and steel wool in the kitchen.

Clorox Bleach!

Zebra duct tape!

Here are Emperor Zemus and Imperial Soldier Biggs in the FINAL FANTASY VI: THE ETERNAL CRYSTALS game menu!

From Not Always Related: Ieva Heaven?!

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Soldier Biggs as Umaro the Yeti, Lieutenant Biggs reporting, two shopping carts

Sun, 06 Aug 2017 02:56:15 GMT

I had to take out ANOTHER dead mouse on a glue trap last night at 10 PM - UGH! Yes, I definitely had to have some whiskey after that!

It's Air Conditioning Day and WORLD OYSTER DAY today, so of course I definitely had to have my two pounds of Fanny Bay raw oysters! :D

The FINAL FANTASY VI: THE ETERNAL CRYSTALS party comes to the last room of Umaro's Cave with the Magitek Armor and this soldier. He turns out to be Biggs from the beginning of the game, and tells them: "I've failed as a soldier..." Time to teleport out of the dungeon, and bring Emperor Zemus with us instead!

Emperor Zemus comes with the FINAL FANTASY VI: THE ETERNAL CRYSTALS party inside Umaro's Cave, and orders Biggs to join them because he was the emperor. This time, Soldier Biggs says: "Lieutenant Biggs... Reporting, sir! Yes, sir... I'll join you!"

From the Save-On Foods Facebook wall: A Save-On Foods store in Winnipeg built this cart corral which only holds two shopping carts! Good job! NOT.

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The book of marmalade, Gogo as Emperor Zemus, walking across hot coals and Lego

Sat, 05 Aug 2017 00:06:17 GMT

Since I woke up at 7:30 AM, it was COFFEE TIME BY DEFAULT! Hester's husband Ni and a suite inspector guy came by later at 10:35 for the annual suite inspection. I got the suite inspector guy (who said that the sink was losing its shine - DUH?!) to help me remove that dead mouse on the glue trap behind the couch. No, he was not allowed to put it in the kitchen garbage can! I had readied a London Drugs plastic bag (and rubber gloves if needed) for that purpose earlier! Ni said again that the pest control would come by next month, so I called him on that. Apparently, he'd forgotten that it was now August. Still, I shouldn't have to live with that for weeks! I went out to throw the London Drugs plastic bag in the dumpster outside, then liberally applied white vinegar to that area of the carpet. I don't care what the management thinks about a temporary wet floor!

From Mental Floss: THE BOOK OF MARMALADE?!

The FINAL FANTASY VI: THE ETERNAL CRYSTALS party finally survives the nerve-wracking cave inside the Zone Eater's belly on Triangle Island! It had all the jumping puzzles with annoying green guys pushing them off and blocking their way. Instead of Gogo, they find Emperor Zemus in the last room of the cave! Can they trust him to be an additional party member? He says that he didn't know that Kefka was the Dark Cloud...

From The Onett Times: Walking across a bed of hot coals is impressive. Ninten walking across a bed of Lego pieces is impossible!

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Carry A. Nation, Shadow on the FFVI Blackjack, gender roles and sushi rolls

Thu, 20 Jul 2017 03:43:02 GMT

I got an email from Mike about adding him to my LinkedIn network - NO FUCKING WAY! Then I showered tonight after talking to Vanessa about her pregnancy, Langley dim sum, ha-gow, and such via Facebook messages.

Carry A. Nation?!

Shadow never appears on the Blackjack in FINAL FANTASY 6, yet he has a line in the game's content, anyway. Here he is with Setzer, Sabin, Edgar, and Gau. "... Why am I here...? For the money, I guess."

From Janina: Who needs gender roles when we can have sushi rolls?

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Gungho faking it in Mysidia, Freek de Jonge and Hella Asser, serving sizes

Tue, 18 Jul 2017 22:42:15 GMT

I woke up at 8 AM today, so it was COFFEE TIME BY DEFAULT! Later on, I learned that I'm an aunt again to Nephew #4, Henry, who was born at about 6 AM! I approve of the first and middle names.

In FINAL FANTASY VI: THE ETERNAL CRYSTALS, Strago and the party defeat Astos the Dark Elf and his Dark Goblins on Ebot's Rock north of Mysidia. The player discovers that Gungho was faking his injuries, then the party leaves town. On the way out, they come across Gungho, who asks: "Everything okay?"

Freek de Jonge and Hella Asser?!

From George Takei: According to serving sizes, I'm a family of four.

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Gau's crazy father and the sidequest for manners and clothing from Jidoor!

Mon, 17 Jul 2017 02:40:09 GMT

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I showered and did laundry today, a day earlier than I might have! However, I had to wipe a very watery bathroom floor with a mop and multiple (paper) towels, then had to do TWO loads of laundry on the THIRD floor, where one of the dryers was out of order! What stressful stramash! AIYA! I finally finished all the laundry just now at 7:30!

The FINAL FANTASY VI: THE ETERNAL CRYSTALS party (Gau, Sabin, Celes, and Strago) goes to visit the crazy old man. Aged Man: "Oh, hello again! Yep, you were tops!" Sabin: "That's why we..."

( Jidoor fashion at its best! )

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TEACH YOUR WIFE TO BE A WIDOW! / Cinderella and tea parties! / Classrooms!

Wed, 05 Jul 2017 01:45:45 GMT

From Mental Floss: TEACH YOUR WIFE TO BE A WIDOW?!

From Janina: Cinderella says, "Come over. We're having a tea party. And by a tea party, I mean we're drinking whiskey from tea cups."

In FINAL FANTASY VI: THE ETERNAL CRYSTALS, the party makes it to the Narshe schoolroom in the World of Ruin. "Welcome to the classroom. We'll be here for you even if the world should crumble." IT DID, AND THEY ARE! How reassuring! :D

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The Banana Splits, spic-fried meats, Sabin as a puffed-up aerobics instructor

Tue, 27 Jun 2017 15:17:58 GMT

From Janina: The Banana Splits are still a better band than One Direction!

From Julie S. and Snapchat: Spic-fried meats?! Also, chips (fries) are not sheeps!

Relm in Mysidia, on Sabin: "What? Who is this puffed-up aerobics instructor, anyway?"

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Another brick in the wall, chicken paws, Khushwinder Singh, a rotten fish

Sat, 24 Jun 2017 04:51:45 GMT

Chrissy refriended me again, so all is well on that front.

Fraser with the animal book I got him when he was in town last month!

My ex-friend David Emery!

My ex-friend Subena Schmidt!

From Janina: All in all, you're just another brick in the wall.

From Engrish.com: Chicken paws?!

From Julie: Khushwinder Singh?!

Rare item in FINAL FANTASY VI: THE ETERNAL CRYSTALS: Fish: A rotten fish.

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THE MANITOU / A shark-dressed man! / Stir-fried Wikipedia! / STRENGH? / Diasia?!

Sun, 18 Jun 2017 05:09:00 GMT

From Buzzfeed: THE MANITOU?!

From Janina: Every girl is crazy about a shark-dressed man at Super Bowl 2015.

From Engrish.com and Library of Most Controversial Files: This menu has stir-fried Wikipedia, stir-fried Wikipedia with pimientos, steamed eggs with Wikipedia...

When equipping Espers on the FINAL FANTASY VI: THE ETERNAL CRYSTALS characters, Ifrit gives Setzer "STRENGH +1" at level-up. What the heck is that, game?!

From Julie: Diasia sounds like a "posh" version of Daisy!

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Sleeping in and peeing, a religion-free DVD player, Cyan and licentious howlers

Thu, 15 Jun 2017 02:28:43 GMT

From Janina: Sleeping in could easily be my superpower, if not for my arch-nemesis, having to pee.

From Engrish.com and Library of Most Controversial Files: Good news! A religion-free DVD player!

Cyan, Sabin, and Gau encounter this FINAL FANTASY VI dancer in Nikeah. She propositions them, and Cyan has this to say: "How dare you?! Licentious howler! Off... off with thee!" HAHAHAHA!

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You'd best be frozen! / Charles Srstka, Khasha Sky, Jacquelynne Bird, Ash Warden

Sun, 11 Jun 2017 16:11:38 GMT

Some flavor text in FINAL FANTASY VI: "You'd best be frozen!" as part of a Cold Dust attack.

From Not Always Working: Charles Srstka?! His last name has no vowels, JUST LIKE MINE! :D

From Not Always Right: Khasha Sky?! Reminds me of Kashi cereal...

From Not Always Right: Jacquelynne Bird?! That's a very interesting spelling of JACQUELINE... and the joke in the picture is Dayquil, Nyquil, and a Pokemon named Cyndaquil.

From Not Always Right: Ash Warden?!

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