Phantasy Star: Flying to Air Castle

When you are a tyrant king oppressing the populace of two worlds, it is important to have a citadel that is not accessible to the common people or any assassins they might hire. One cannot be much further removed than Lassic's flying Air Castle, a cloaked fortress on a world where air travel is otherwise banned. Fortunately, Alis' companion Myau happens to be able to transform into a giant flying cat. Here we can see him flying his friends up to the fortress for the final confrontation with Lassic.



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(Alisa and the others having fun storming the Air Castle, Take One)

Alisa: (wearing goggles, stuffed into a cannon) ...I can't believe you talked me into this.
Lutz: Are you sure this is a good idea, Tairon?
Tairon: It's a brilliant idea! Pull the cord already!
Lutz: (fires the cannon)
Alisa: (is launched) Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ^_^ (starts falling FAR short of the castle) ............Oh, crap. ShrieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK *thud*

(one trip to the priest later, Take Two)

Myau: (reading blueprints) "Lastly, attach subrotor (J) to control aileron 42b."
Alisa: (adjusts wrench) Done.
Tairon: ...This is the worst do-it-yourself helicopter ever, Lil' Buddy.
Lutz: I suppose it looks airworthy...
Alisa, Tairon, and Lutz: (hop in. The helicopter sputters to a lift, and takes off)
Helicopter: Sputter sputter cough cough
Myau: (reading) "But before unpacking..." D'oh.
Helicopter: (falls apart in midair)
Alisa, Tairon, and Lutz: Oh NNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooo *thud*

(Take Seventeen...)

Tairon: (drops giant cake on Baya Mahlay's roof) Hey, LaShiec!
Lutz: This isn't going to work.
Myau: You said that the last four times! This is brilliance!
Lutz: This is madness. LaShiec's never going to fall for this.
Tairon: Of course he will! This idea's foolproof! We get his guards to bring the cake to his throne room, and when it gets there, Alisa pops out and throttles him!
Alisa: (inside the cake, wearing a stripper outfit) This is the worst idea ever! And where are my real clothes?!
Tairon: Hey, LaShiec! Strippergram for Reipard LaShiec!
LaShiec: (calling back) Does it come with a cake?
Tairon: Yes!
LaShiec: Is it chocolate?
Lutz: (calling over) Yes!
LaShiec: I don't want it! I'm deathly allergic to chocolate!
Myau: * it! >_<

(Take Twenty-Six...)
Alisa: (eating the last of the cake) You still didn't say where my clothes are, Tairon.
Tairon: Not important. Is the hang glider ready?
Lutz: (strapped to haphazard hang glider) I hope so.
Tairon: Wait for the wind, Lutz, and go!
Lutz: (hops off Baya Mahlay with the hang glider. He immediately nosedives) WuaaaaaaAAarrrrggghhhhhh *thud*
Myau: Tairon, you told him about the downdrafts, right?
Tairon: Douuuuuuuugh! ;_;

(So much later that the original stage direction guy left and Thoul had to hire a new one)
Alisa: ...Paper airplanes.
Myau: Giant paper airplanes.
Tairon: Everything else didn't work.
Lutz: I don't think these are very safe...
(they hop on and launch. Not surprisingly, Lutz is proven right)
The Protectors of Algo: AAAIiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee *thud*
(Alisa and the others cannot hope to defeat the ambition of LaShiec. Their adventure is over.)
Alisa: Wait! I'm still in my stripper outfit! Those always have the best Defense!

(one MORE trip to the priest, and ANOTHER haul up Baya Mahlay...)
Tairon: Paintbrushes.
Alisa: What.
Tairon: They're not affected by gravity...
Alisa: Oh, for the love of... Myau, just eat the damn Laeruma nuts already. They're the one inventory item we didn't try yet.

Nice Oblivion reference with the paintbrushes, lil buddy