*Spoilers for the game Brave Fencer Musashi*

Entry the Eighteenth:

Let’s see now, last time we murdered those two thieves. So it mean that we have one more Leader’s Force member to fight! Sweet, we get to beat up a girl with satellite dishes for ears.

I load up my save to find Musashi in some courtyard area of the Soda Fountain. I guess this was the area right after Ben’s fight.

As you can see from the picture, this place is populated with giant knight enemies armed with bazookas and machine guns. Hmm… Reminds me of A Link to the Past somewhat. I assimilate the bazooka knight’s abilities with Fusion to give myself a better chance at offing the enemies in this area. And this ability is STRONG! It does over 300 damage per missile! The courtyard is split up into small sections, each blocked off with a security gate that shoots lasers at you. There is a linear courtyard filled with the knights, then a hedge maze, then more linear courtyard now with mechs and robo-bushes that shoot lasers at you, and then finally another linear courtyard with the enemies before in addition to statues that shoot lasers at you.

So to sum it all up, a courtyard made up of lasers.

The area ends in a cliff with an elevator leading into the castle. And this place is packed with mechs and laser bushes!

I use up all my BP killing these enemies with missile spam, then went in the elevator. Now, I am in the inner area of Soda Fountain. Damn, there are a lot of enemies and gates in this area! Thankfully, most of them drop a lot of health pick-ups. Although, at times I have to use my EX Drinks.

These gates are the most annoying of all though. I cannot use my missiles against them because of those stupid flying pig helicopters! My missiles auto-home in on those flying things. And apparently they can’t hit them and will just spin around them before exploding! Grrr! I am forced to use my melee attacks on these gates, and they take forever!

--30 minutes and a couple of Cheeses later--

Phew, I am finally done with that gauntlet of Thirstquencher security… Now, where am I?

Oh. ****. She is apparently challenging Musashi to some kind of rave dance-off.

Only one problem… Musashi can’t dance!

“How To Dance With Style: First, Topo will dance. Watch how she dances and remember her graceful moves! Next, it’s Musashi’s turn. He must keep up with Topo.”

Oh, that sounds easy enough.

“Each time you fail you get zapped.” DAMN IT ALL!

“Start groovin’!!”

First song, I miss a step and…

AUGH! There goes a chunk of my health.

A few more tries and few EX-Drinks later:

Aww yeah! Musashi is putting up a ferocious dance battle! His feet ain’t stoppin’!

Second song, and I didn’t miss a single note! Third song, and Musashi successful grooved himself to victory!

Damn straight! I didn’t spend all those hours playing Bust-A-Groove for nothing! Err… Forget I said that… >.>

After out-dancing her, Topo reveals to Musashi that he was being used to power up Lumina. That way they can get the sword without doing all the dirty work. Nooooo! I feel like Solid Snake!!! She then tells Musashi that the last Crest Guardian is somewhere in Soda Fountain. Hmm… Might as well kill it, and then use that powered up Lumina to kill EVERYTHING THAT STANDS IN MY WAY!

NEXT UP: The Last Crest Guardian Is Crushed Beneath Musashi’s Mighty Dance Powers!