GinnyLyn

[color=crimson]Wearing the Deku Mask, carrying a burning stick. (EDIT) NO, WAIT! *it came to me as I was getting ready for work* When you are in the first dungeon, the swamp temple one or whatever, and you carry a burning stick, the moths chase you and can even hurt you! And Ginny-chan does it again! ^_~[/color]

[color=crimson]OOO OO! Valefor's Energy Blast--you get it somewhere in Besaid...I know that much. :\[/color]

[color=crimson]Sources include: [url]http://www.santalady.com/history.html[/url] [url]http://www.vampyra.com/xmas/santa.htm[/url] And so and so forth...but I sense an argument brewing on the horizon, so let me reiterate that St. Nicholas WAS real (even if Santa Claus isn't), and I'll stop at that.[/color]

[color=crimson]The legend of Santa Claus can be traced back hundreds of years to a monk named St. Nicholas. It is believed that Nicholas was born sometime around 280 A.D. in Patara near Myra in modern-day Turkey. Much admired for his piety and kindness, St. Nicholas became the subject of many legends. It is said that he gave away all of his inherited wealth and traveled the countryside helping the poor and sick. One of the best known of the St. Nicholas stories is that he saved three poor sisters from being sold into slavery or prostitution by their father by providing them with a dowry so that they could be married. Over the course of many years, Nicholas's popularity spread and he became known as the protector of children and sailors. His feast day is celebrated on the anniversary of his death, December 6. This was traditionally considered a lucky day to make large purchases or to get married. By the Renaissance, St. Nicholas was the most popular saint in Europe. Even after the Protestant Reformation when the veneration of saints began to be discouraged, St. Nicholas maintained a positive reputation, especially in Holland. ~~~~~~~~~~ Santa has not always appeared the way we think of him today. The first well-known gift-giver was a [b]true person[/b]--St. Nicholas. He lived in Myra (today we know it as Turkey) in about 300A.D. Born an only child of a wealthy family, he was orphaned at an early age when both parents died of the plague. He grew up in a monastery and at the age of 17 became one of the youngest priests ever. Many stories are told of his generosity as he gave his wealth away in the form of gifts to those in need, especially children. Legends tell of him either dropping bags of gold down chimneys or throwing the bags through the windows where they landed in the stockings hung from the fireplace to dry. Some years later Nicholas became a bishop--hence the bishop's hat or miter, long flowing gown, white beard and red cape. After his death he was elevated to sainthood. Eventually the Catholic Church started celebrating Christmas and St. Nicholas was incorporated into the season. So, no, he wasn't Christian, Shyguy--but he was Catholic, which is a little closer in spectrum to the Christian faith than Ghandi. ;) And he existed, too--just plug "St Nicholas history" on Yahoo. Just wanted to point that out, heh. (Flamies bad, no flame me.) A final note--When the Reformation took place, the new Protestants no longer desired St. Nicholas as their gift-giver as he was too closely tied to the Catholic Church. Therefore, each country or region developed their own gift-giver. In France he was known as Pere Noel. In England he was Father Christmas (always depicted with sprigs of holly, ivy or mistletoe). Germany knew him as Weihnachtsmann (Christmas man). When the communists took over in Russia and outlawed Christianity, the Russians began to call him Grandfather Frost, who wore blue instead of the traditional red. To the Dutch, he was Sinterklaas (which eventually was mispronounced in America and became Santa Claus). These Santas were arrayed in every color of the rainbow--sometimes even in black. But they all had long white beards and carried gifts for the children. [/color]

[color=crimson]You mean six. ;) I know you did. #1--Sector 5, kid's room #2--First floor of ShinRa HQ #3--Lobby of Ghost Hotel #4--in the weapons shop at Cosmo Canyon #5--in Cosmo Canyon's inn #6--right in Wutai, in Yuffie's basement room Shifting gears to FFX, name all the different types of Flan enemies. (HINT: there are seven of them.)[/color]

[color=crimson]Easiest or least time consuming? I consider taking the long, breeding method (easier to me) than trying to take down the RUBY Weapon for the Desert Rose to give to the Kalm traveler in exchange for a Golden Choco. (I don't think this was an option in the Japanese version though--no RUBY or EMERALD in that game.) Or you could always Gameshark it. ;)[/color]

[color=crimson]Bwee, yeah. Had to put up with that game a lot when I was younger--lousy cousin never managed to snag any of the Zelda games when he was young. >.< Name all the members of the IndiGoGos (Majora's Mask).[/color]

[color=crimson]I'm guessing Castlevania II?[/color]

[color=crimson]Pretty much, heh. I could have been eviller and asked for all the exact times, but GOOD JOB!!! You're up next.[/color]

This is gonna be short, since I'm still pretty sick and it IS the holidays. Sorry. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [color=blue]Fai sneaked around the crumbling house, peering after the mutated thief she had encountered in the Village of Outcasts. He was fiddling around at the edge of what should have been the Lost Woods...except they looked very skeletal, and dead. [i]That boy...he knows of a portal from this world to the Light World. And he's searching for it--I know he is! Now, if I can just find out where it is...[/i] "YOU!" a harsh, gutteral voice rang out. "FISH CREATURE!" Fai rolled her eyes, about to give the owner of the voice a strong telling off, when she gasped. Several muscular Moblins, armed with lethal, multi-tipped spears, were standing in a semi circle, only a few feet away from her. "Sages should know when to stay put," snarled the lead Moblin. He waved his followers to detain her. "Oh [i]Nayru-drown it![/i]" Fai swore under her breath. [/color]

[color=crimson]The two sets I meant were, as Nerdsy pretty much pointed out, Vicks, Wedge, and Piette from Bekkler's Tent of Horror (CT) and Jessie, Biggs, and Wedge from FF7. You can hear Bekkler's evil laugh in the hotel room--pop the closet open. Nerdsy's turn it is, and I have NO idea. Are we talking Mystic Quest or the first Final Fantasy?[/color]

[color=crimson]All righty then, tell me the process to get the Couple's Mask. (Aren't I just evil? :devil: )[/color]

[color=crimson]A prequel might be nice, especially for some explanation on Sephiroth and Cloud/Zak. The problem is, any kind of sequel--be it pre or otherwise--would really ruin FF7 itself for me. [i]Most[/i] plot questions were answered in the game (except for WHO is that VOICE that keeps talking to Cloud?!?), and any further explanation would be grinding the plot into the ground a little too hard. Dull. A love sequence between Barrett and Tifa? Now [i]that[/i] is scary. And I agree that [spoiler]Aeris should stay dead--not because I don't like her, but because bringing her back to life would spoil the emotional effect of her sacrifice[/spoiler]. For the most part, FF7 stands alone as a great game. A sequel might include the aftermath, but that seems rather, well, dull, to me. Something to remember--FF7 reminded us that everything does NOT have a happy ending, and painful stuff happens. Saying otherwise in a sequel--that everything will be magically ok and fine--will dampen the general theme of FF7. *stopping now; sick; tired; sick and tired of being sick and tired*[/color]

[color=crimson]Oh DUH! They are telling Link where/how to find the 20 masks!!! Rightrightright?[/color]

[color=crimson]My bad, only one of them made it to FF7. (one of the chara's names sounded so much like one of the OTHER chara's) :blush: They are very minor charas in ChronoTrigger, too; in FF7, he's a bit more prominent, but only on the first disk. Double Kudos if you know the two sets of three I'm talking about. Triple if you can name the spot where you can hear Norstein Bekkler's (CT) evil laugh in FF7. [/color]

[color=crimson]Unless Bremma is referring to the four sets of four Gossip stones that change color when you play an instrument from each of the transformation masks. In which case, they are telling Link what color they would like to be.[/color]

[color=crimson]I believe they turn into what looks like (to me anyway) three eyed flowers, and they say: "Hey man." the first time and "Did you talk to the old man?" the second. I'm not entirely sure on the second one, though...[/color]

[color=crimson]The Elemental Materia. [b]Question[/b]: Name three characters in FF7 that also made an appearance in ChronoTrigger.[/color]

[color=crimson]Steiner IS his last name. [b]Question[/b]: In that case, what is his first name?[/color]

[color=crimson]The Scarecrow song is whatever you make it. (Did that make sense? :p) [b]Question[/b]: What was the Aquamentus? In what recent game did it make a reappearance?[/color]

[color=crimson]Whoa ho ho...*giggles crazily* That DOES sound like fun!!! *grins evilly* I'll have to find one of my "finished" files and do that! [/color]

[color=crimson][i]"Veni veni venias--neme mori facias..."[/i] (Come come O come, do not let me die...") You're right--One Winged Angel NEVER gets old, heh. I have yet to take on the Ruby and Emerald WEAPONS. Anybody wanna give me any pointers to remember before I finally work up the energy to face off with them?[/color]

[color=crimson]YAAAAAAAAYYY!!!! Ok, question time...hmmm...OK! List the trading sequence for the Biggoron sword, INCLUDING the [i]correct[/i] time limits for the items that have time limits.[/color]

[color=crimson]WHOO HOO! Ginny-SAMA, heh. OK, hopefully today will be kinder to me about names than yesterday was. ;) [b]Question[/b]: How many steps does it take for a Togepi egg to hatch? (could be easy) [/color]

[color=crimson]An Item that doubles its Special Attack Power (I am SO freaking bad with names tonight >.