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Surprisingly short chapter this time - only four fights and some short dialog scenes.



I've heard of several desert islands, but never one actually named that.



Oh, I get it!



This is all sounding very familiar.



Are you by chance related to Buggy the Clown?



We've beaten both him and his impostor before, why not?



It happens.

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This first map's simple - just a bunch of slimes, mimics and blobs, four of which are getting Experience x2 and Heal 20% Protections from this rock.



The second map is pretty much the same, just that it's a different board and the enemies have a Strengthen 10% Protection instead of Heal 20%.

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Yep, it's him again.



Looks like Sulphur's up to no good again.



Throwdown time.



More slime enemies and, of course, Raphael himself. He's getting some minor protections from objects around the board, but they're not all that significant; just send a few decent Phantoms after him and he should be defeated without much trouble.

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Looks like he's not done yet.



Showing up to kick some ass.



"He's not even the same RACE as me! What a lousy impostor."



He's been returning for quite a while.



Throwing down a second time.



Yep, he's got an Invincible protection this time, and he's at a much higher level to boot. If you come here at the recommended level he can probably drop you in 1-2 hits. Fortunately, that's what Raphael's here for - he'll keep the guy distracted while you get rid the objects broadcasting the Invincible protection. There's three cacti on the corners of the board doing this - either wreck them or toss them out and Raphael will be able to defeat him in 1-2 hits.

You can also steal Raphael's Heliotrope sword again here (getting a total of two if you did this last time), but you should only do this if you're sure you can beat the phony without it - he's pretty weak without his weapon.



It's like the killing of Rasputin!



Well, that did the trick.



Another mysterious figure finally gets named.



Sacred sword, eh? Pretty unbefitting of someone with Dark Eboreus.



Looks like they're not on the best of terms.



Whoa, whoa, whoa! I don't want to fight him!



Fortunately, he decides against fighting us.



He's hell-bent on getting rid of Sulphur, at any rate. No pun intended.



Say what?



What's this guy's beef with Raphael anyway?



What a creep.



Heh.



Well, he'd probably be a lot nicer about it than I would.



So long, jackass!

Next time: Chapter 10, where we'll see a lot of old faces.

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- Spoony Spoonicus <- 4:01:01 pm, wednesday, april 30th, 2008 pdt <- (updated 4:37:57 pm, wed, apr 30th, 2008 pdt)