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Xenogears - Premonitions of Battle

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 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRF3nYernuM


We immediately cut to a text crawl talking about two kingdoms that have warred for centuries.


Long story short, some archeological organization, called "Ethos", enabled them to escalate their battles by digging and repairing giant ancient robots for use in combat. Yep. Lol.


Kislev had the upper hand because it got better robots, but a mysterious mercenary group, Gebler, joined the Avehian side and reversed the balance of power. Then, Aveh got emboldened enough to start invading and taking Kislev territory.


With that backdrop, we cut to our next location for the story, a peaceful, idyllic...border village.


It suffers the fate all border villages eventually suffer, getting set on fire by the enemy forces.


We cut to a young man in a dark robot, Fei, kung fuing the enemy robots...or attempting to, at any rate.


A man dressed in green, Citan, yells at him to stop fighting. Fei doesn't listen, kicking down the enemy robot again. Lol.


Fortunately, all of that was just a dream. Fei was just imagining it while painting his latest piece, lol. It's a good thing nothing like that can be expected to happen!


Instead we can enjoy the mundane pleasures of life, like talking to the maid and finding that our dear protagonist Fei was adopted by the village chief and suffers from amnesia. Also, he was brought in by a masked man and was in a horrible shape when he was taken in. Ah, nothing like a good mysterious backstory. 😆


Upstairs, we can discover that Fei has a friend! His name is Timothy, and he's getting married tomorrow to the local sweet girl, Alice. She's also his friend, and he's grateful to the two for supporting him, despite him being amnesiac and also a foreigner to the village.


We can also enjoy the small talk, like Alice's dad lamenting that he has to send her daughter off to Timothy's family, or the village chief urging Fei to bring in a good girl and make a family! Lol.


Heading outside, we run into Dan! Dan is...well...a bit of a runt. He yells at Timothy and invites Fei to a discussion in private. Hmm. Not suspicious at all!


He also bares his tongue at Timothy before leaving! What a rascal, lol.


Outside, we can enjoy the lighthearted, amusing dialogue of the village, like this woman insisting that Fei's artistic and martial prowess stems from his body remembering things, a woman musing about whether she can live a life of adventure on her own, and a boy wondering if Fei could fly back to his home as a bird. It's all very charming and silly, and sadly, it can't be captured well through text, so watch this video instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRF3nYernuM

Well, that was fun. Let's meet up with Dan and progress the story.


Yep. He sure wants Fei to just abduct his friend's wife on the day of their wedding. To sell Fei on this offer, he even begins talking about how she's beautiful, a good cook, and has good boobs. Yikes!!! Naturally, Fei turns this rascal's offer down.


Anyway, he's checking up on Alice, because Timothy told him to, and also because, well, Alice is his friend too. The bridesmaid lets him in, because she trusts him to be a good boy. Ahhhh, what an idyllic place, lol.


Inside, we first meet Alice's aunt, who has acted as a mother to both Alice and Dan. She's relieved to finally see Alice off as a married woman to a nice man, and is quite worried about raising Dan. I can relate, lol.


Next up is the bride herself. She is obviously a bit shy and tense about the wedding. She asks Fei about Dan, and gets annoyed to find that he has been slacking off! Hah! Anyway, he was supposed to visit Citan Uzuki, the village doctor, to get a camera for her wedding.

Fei, being the charismatic gentlemen, decides to take on the errand himself! She thanks him, and then briefly expresses her attraction for Fei in the most awkward way possible, causing him to break away hurriedly!


I end this LP post with this somber musing. Tune in next time, as Fei makes his way to the good doctor, we get introduced to the game's combat, and we totally get to attend Timothy and Alice's grand wedding, with nothing bad happening! It'll be great. Lol.
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