Lieutenant Crono

Crono is a typical teenager whom fate chooses to save the world. He is a skilled swordsman, and as he journeys on, he learns Lightning Magic spells.

Hello students. Some of you who have come directly from watching SquareSoft's recreation of my adventure may be surprised to see me talking. I'd like to explain something about that. In the game, I'm the main character, and the player is supposed to be me, so I can only say what the player has me to say. Whatever was said with me on the lead, that was me speaking, but you couldn't hear it. If I were mute, how did Marle know my name when I met her on the fair, for example?

Another thing, people keeps asking me what did it feel to die. I didn't die and come back. Using the Chrono Trigger, my friends saved me before Lavos destroyed me, destroying the clone instead. Before they went to Death Peak, I really was dead. But now, it never happened, I never lived or felt it.

Well, the Almighty Captain Saul -he made me say that- told me you should know you a little more about me.
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I live in Truce Village. About my age, there is some discussion. Most agree I am seventeen, but I don't recall saying that anywhere. My best friend is Lucca, but she'd never admit how important I am to her.

I heard that!
Well, there seems to be some mysteries about Crono's life. Actually, you end up knowing more about Magus than about him! People then thinks he just has a totally normal irrelevant life, as he is Mrs. Guardia Typical Mother's son. But yet there are some mysteries on him, like the whereabouts of his father and where did he get so great sword skills without any training.

You should see how difficult is to learn all that only with a wooden sword, but I got the best stuff in the way of the adventure. It's easy if you take real life practice. I didn't even master Cyclone until I had my first real fight. I can teach some of these in this academy thanks to Saul...

Of course the pathetic guy had to promote himself...

WHO INVITED YOU HERE???

Hey, nice place!

Hey Celes, I thought you were with Locke. Did he go off with a waitress or something?

Slap! Shut up!

Whoa, she sure is angry. Maybe Locke DID go off with a waitress.

Will you keep your mouth shut or do you want another?

I will not tolerate this kind of behavior. Crono, I order you to escort lady Celes to the exit of the Academy.

Order ME???

Well, now that you note the slight difference of size caused by the discrepancy in game backgrounds, I'm forced to take a course of action.

WHAT??

He said something to the effect that since FFIII characters are smaller than CT Characters he'll have to do something. Good, someone else spoke like me.

Yeah, now here comes the part where I impress everyone with my exclusive icon change! Are you ready?

TA-DAM!

... (Crickets chirping are heard)

I guess you're, um... to impressed to talk. Now where were we?

I was telling you that you're a tota-

I want to study here!

You want to WHAT?

Well, since you got MY Atma Weapon, I might as well try the Rainbow.

I once heard the rumor there was another Atma Weapon in Phoenix Cave. Did you check it?

That's absolutely fake. I would have found it.

LOCKE!

Here we go again... Well, I guess now we could actually begin the classes instead of keeping the nonsense babbling.

Sure, now that no one is interrupting me. Terra, do you know how to handle a katana?

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I guess that's a no. Hold it like this.

Oh, like this? It's not too difficult.

Em... yes... That's around the way... I think.

Why don't you start explaining the techs. That's what everyone wants to hear.

If you say so... Here we go. I'll show them to you one by one so watch carefully.

Cyclone:

Crono jumps towards a dummy and lands a sword's length from him. He starts spinning and as soon as he has a little of momentum, takes his sword out so he begins to damage the enemy with it. All this is done while circling the enemy in the same direction that the spin. After circling the dummy three times, Crono stops facing the direction he came from and quickly jumps back.

Did you catch it? This one is pretty easy once you've mastered it. First you must keep in mind that you have to get in and out as quickly as possible, just taking enough time to do the necessary damage. The good thing about this attack is that if you plan it right as you possibly already practiced in the game, you can damage several fiends at once. The disadvantage is that you can get dizzy very easily and the enemies may use any moment of confusion to attack you... Did I just say "did... disadvantage"? Man, I must be spending too much time with Lucca.

I sure hope you're planning to change that.

Marle! Um... em... sure... ah... why don't we go on to the next tech?

Slash:

Crono draws his sword so the tip is slightly touching the ground. Hardened battle experience allows him to do the following without concentrating longer than fractions of a second. In a blink, he lifts his sword up and the air struck by the blade of the sword forms a second blade that travels undisturbed by a few feet, cutting the dummy on its way.

That technique is typical of Samurai warriors. If you're interested, this kind of attack is called Izuna. You need to be very quick in the sword move, which has to be a perfectly straight line. And of course, it won't work with any other sword than a katana. It is a very good attack as you don't even need to near the enemy and you can hit several in a row, but you'll need lots of practice and body control to be able to do this one.

*Lightning:

Okay, here we enter the complicated stuff. I think you should first go visit Spekkio.

Hello. I am Spekkio. Do I look strong or weak to you? If I look strong, you are strong. But if I look weak like just some inches high, it's because you are truly weak.

Haha! I was just kidding. In fact you have some powerful potential. It's just when compared to Saul that any powers you may have seem almost n...

Very funny Saul. You should go so the students can talk to the REAL Spekkio. No wonder why you never finish up this place. When I was a kid -that is older than you can imagine- we never posed as someone else, particularly if he or she was an important person. But no, today one works hard to become the master of war and any webmaster with a graphical program can imperson you, that's no...

Okay, okay, I'm leaving!

Good. Well students, I assume that your character must be fit for "Lightning", or otherwise you wouldn't have chosen Crono as a tutor. I would ask you to walk three times around the corners of my room, but since we're on a wedpaid or whatever it's named, I'll require you to move the pointer of you mouse around the corners of the screen. What? You're thinking in not doing it because it's silly and it won't work for anything? I advise you to do it. Saul installed this little JavaScript command so he can know and if you don't move the pointer as I told you will really regret it later. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Oh, yes, and how could I forget the magic words. Stand still, think "MAGIC" and be ready for... IPSO FACTO MEENIE MOE... MAGICO!!!!

There you are! Fortified with magic! By the way, did you know that ipsofacto means, in latin, a sudden event? I'll let you figure the meaning of the meenie moe bit yourself... well, you're ready so go to Crono to learn the remainder of his techs.

Oh, you're back! How did it go? Uh? The captain tried to imperson Spekkio? Oh, well... Oh, look! This has been an example about what I tried to say about me not speaking in the game. Do you see the words you just told me printed on the screen? All right, let's continue. Look at this!

Crono stands still and extends his arms. He focuses on taking the energy contained on his body out. Two spheres of yellow energy form and grow big enough to fill his palms. Immediately, Crono lifts both of his arms up and the spheres of energy quickly spread in the form of millions of sparks that travel up to the sky. Then, the energy changes itself into a bolt of lightning and falls precisely on the dummy, not causing damage to anything else.

There it is! In fact, doing this one is stupidly easy after you are granted magic. You don't have to worry about striking anything else, it's a magical bolt so it'll only damage what it's set to. Enemies sensitive to it will be damaged greatly. On the other hand, there are also enemies that could be invulnerable to or healed by magic attacks or lightning-type attacks. And of course as with all the techs, it will deplete your MP, so you'll have to administer yourself.

Spincut:

Crono hops towards the dummy to get at close range, then immediately jumps up higher than his own stature. At the peak of the jump, he holds his sword over himself, and brings it down at the same time he falls. He uses the combined momentum as well as the great position to slice the dummy's upper portion in half.

I don't know why did I name this one Spincut. I didn't spin even once. Incredibly, it wasn't as hard to develop as Slash, for example. It is rumored that you need to be enhanced by magic to make a move like this, and that may be true since I never did something like that before I got the magic. But in that case, let me tell you it must be unconscious, you don't have to think about magic the slightest bit, just concentrate on your movement. It's a great attack since you can get a direct hit to a sensitive point of most enemies, as is the head or upper part. I don't see any problems with it unless you're facing a very quick enemy that could use the time you're without defense on the air to attack you.

*Lightning 2

Crono jumps to the center of the battle area. Concentration is shown on his face as tiny sparks appear everywhere and are drawn to him. A glow is seen briefly in his body before extends every muscle on his body and fires four rays of light, accompanied of course by several lightning bolts that fill the room and send the dummy flying in explosions.

Well, this sure will need a lot more effort than the previous ones. You'll need better understanding of the magic as you must use your own power to call similar energies in the area to join you. You must also have a great overall physical condition since you'll be using your body to channel the magic. First concentrate in gathering energy, then take it out with all of your strength, but since it's so much energy you'll need to use some of it to control the lightning. That's what the four spinning beams of light are for. As with the first Lightning spell, you don't have to worry about damaging your allies or what surrounds you. Let's continue with the next one.

Don't we need a new dummy?

Terra! I kinda had forgot about you. As for the dummy, don't worry, that's what the next tech is about.

*Life:

Crono kneels towards the dummy and takes a deep breath. From an unseen source, clear light centers over it. Crono closes his eyes and hardly breaths as a seraph appears inside the cone of light and disappears in sparkles inside the body of the dummy. Suddenly, the dummy rebuilds itself as the light disappears, though it's still damaged.

Phew! That is never easy to do. In fact, I don't know if it's inside the "Lightning" category. This is one of the lessons about magic that you should learn. Magic is never the same for two people. You can classify it into four types, but the truth is that the possibilities are infinite as magic entangles with your soul as you gain skill. However, it shouldn't be impossible for someone else outside of the "Water" category -since it's the one that comprises healing- to learn Life if it's within you the spirit of helping others. It's a comparatively simple spell.

Crono, can you really give life back to the dead?

I'm sorry I'm not, Terra. It isn't too different of your own Life spell. We can only revive those who are unconscious, and maybe those whose hearts have stopped beating, but once the soul has crossed to the realm of the dead, I doubt there's anything that can bring them back. Hmmm... I guess we should go on. There's not much left.

Confuse:

Crono jumps towards the dummy and starts running around it. With each step, he slashes down and back up on the enemy continuously. He spins around him each time faster until finally he stabs the sword on the body of his opponent and takes it out in a slashing upwards arc.

Please don't ask me how do I do that. I just concentrate in damaging the enemy so I don't know how do I move around it. In the game, damage is counted only four times, but as you see I slash considerably more times than four. You'll also see it's a great skill, the enemy has no means of physical defense. I don't see any bad point except you'll have to be really good to be able to use it.

*Luminaire

And now look at this!

Crono looks up at the sky and starts levitating. His face looks like in a state of trance. Slowly, bright beams of energy surge from the center of the room, excesses of the tremendous energy that is being concentrated in that point. When the energy cannot be pushed any more, Crono just opens his eyes and releases the hold on the energy, which is released in a bright dome of light. The dummy disappears within the attack. The dome grows until the energy cannot be orderly contained anymore and opens, releasing the full brunt of the energy that blinds every being on the room. Crono lands again and no remainders of the dummy can be seen.

Did you like it? You probably know that it's my most powerful attack. Again, I don't know if I should show it to you. This is my special, trademark, personal, made-up attack of mine and no one else, or at least that is the belief of the captain. You could try to imitate it when you're powerful enough, but it'll never be as powerful. When the time comes, you'll have to develop your own maximum technique, which may be of the lightning type but also unique. Well, I think we are done. Terra, did you learn anything?

This is how you handle the katana, right?

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You are finished. I mean, you've finished the Cadet training under Crono. Time to see what your time has paid off to.

If you're interested, mail me and I could send you a copy with the name of your choice impressed instead of the generic name given.

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Whew!

There. It's finished. It wasn't all that difficult, was it?

Whaddayya mean it wasn't difficult?!? Do you have any idea of how much time did it take to me to edit those images of previously unseen poses? I'd like to see the FF3 programmers have Celes do a slap! And to top it off, my laptop is damaged! How are you supposed to create a website when you have to share the computer! And you must be happy there's no school system where you live Crono! I have to get up at 5:30 AM! Did you hear me Crono! Five-thirty AM! Of course, you don't know what I'm talking about since you always get up after ten! Ha! Thinking you're the best just because you beat Lavos! I'd beat him too if I had nearly as much free time! You're lucky I employed you on this one. I really should have started with Magus. *sigh* He doesn't complain nearly as much. And he's sure got more demand. Not that I prefer him personally, but more than half the letters I got about the academy asked specifically about him! This is no easy job, boy. Sure, look at the page size and say "How long can it take to make a 25 KB page?" Well, A LOT! Only this page uses over forty different images, and I had to edit all of them! Just that Saul posing as Spekkio had me working all last night! And what do I get in return? Nothing! Just a lousy couple of hundreds of visits! I should get paid for this! I've got Final Fantasy Tactics since last summer and haven't got time to finish it! Do you think that's fair? Xenogears is already out! I've just had enough time to finish Zelda 64, and I didn't even get all the items! What does everyone think I am? Superman? If at least I got some comments, but no, everyone who comes keeps his mouth shut. Don't expect any more of this if you don't mail me, people! I'm sick of having to deal with this FrontPage Express that keeps showing the text when you erase these and even my Geocities account is almost filled! How do they expect one to cope with 11 megabytes. I have two more websites to host, and those are very time consuming too, by the way! It is simply not possibly that...

And thus it went until the end of time...

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