A to Z Challenge: Gilgamesh from Final Fantasy VIII

Welcome back to the A to Z Challenge!

I am highlighting (approximately) 26 characters from my favorite games in the Final Fantasy franchise! Today, we are on G, so that means, we are visiting Final Fantasy VIII for the first time to look at:

Gilgamesh!

Gilgamesh is what they called a Half-GF (guardian force), and you don't see him until much later in the game. You obtain him by going to the Temple of Odin, beating Odin in under 20 minutes. Once you do that, you unfortunately don't get to summon Odin; he appears at the beginning of a battle to take out your foe with a one-hit kill (Zantetsuken) whenever he pleases! During one of the boss fights, however, he gets sliced and diced himself, and Gilgamesh takes up Odin's sword for the rest of the game. He comes whenever he pleases as well, sometimes even in the middle of a battle! Unlike Odin, he also has a bunch of arms and 4 swords, which add up to 4 attacks. Odin's Zantetsuken, Masamune and Excalibur, which deal heavy damage to all foes, and Excalipoor, which might as well do nothing. It's sort of a relief when he pops up, but you also don't know what you're going to get!

Tomorrow, we slip into the mind of the mad scientist Hojo from Final Fantasy VII.

A to Z Challenge: Writing Colors - Gamboge

Hi there. :) Welcome back to the A to Z Challenge!

This year, I am providing different colors for descriptive purposes in writing using the website Color-ize to look at an alphabetical list of colors that we can use instead of using the same basic colors we know off the top of our heads. One color can come in so many shades, so why not take a look at them? :)

Today's color is: Gamboge

Okay, I've never heard of this color, and if you use it in a story, more power to you. It actually reminds me of goldenrod, which also starts with G, so win-win! It's a beautiful color, and the name gamboge actually reminds me of Africa for some reason. Probably because of Gambia. It's not quite orange, not quite yellow (and actually, this is probably a half-shade darker than a "yellow" school bus), and it's a fairly cool tone. Wheat fields, sunset...that's what comes to mind.

G is for Getting Old

I've declared myself done work for the morning. I'll resume after lunch. So while I'm doing that, hello! Today's letter is G.

I knew around 13 that I was getting old. I slipped into teenage years and freaked out because I was no longer a child. 20 came around, and I freaked out a little more gracefully when I realized I was no longer a teenager. So this year I'm going to be 29, and these things are happening to my body:

My joints ache.
My bones pop or something. I don't know what's happening.
I'm sleepy all day.
I forget a lot.

Come on, man.

Everyone said it would happen around the late 20s, but man, I thought I was slightly better shape. I need to hit a gym or something. Take vitamins.  *sigh*

Oh well. Off to bloghop!