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...you look for Granseal on a map.
...you ask the store clerk where they keep their stock of medical herbs.
...you check your eyes in a mirror to be sure they aren't odd.
...you ask the jeweller: "The jewels of Light and Evil and a Power Ring, please".
...you think your mother is possessed by a Gizmo when she is angry.
...you say that you can see the Nazca Ship leaving the airport.
...your friends ask you "What are you doing in that old church?" and you answer "I'm looking for the Force Sword".
...you play the church piano and start searching for hidden stairs.
...you go to a sword shop and ask them for a Gisarme and Levantar.
..you visit the church and you ask the preacher if you are ready for a promotion.
...you search the lone trees in your neighborhood looking for a vigor ball.
...you see the fire burning in the fireplace and you, angry, exclaim:"Who has cast Blaze level 1 in here?!?".
...you look at the ice pieces on houses roofs, and say: "Wow! God has learned Freeze level 4!".
...you say that you want to add a piece of Mithril to your mineral collection, and if your friends ask you what Mithril is you answer: "It doesn't matter, if I can't find the blacksmith!".
...you say that by drinking milk your defence will be increased.
... you watch Twister and shout, "Wooow!!! Who cast that Blast Level 20 ???"
...after returning from your grandparent's house you brag that you've "Visited the ancients."
...a friend is looking for something and you say, "You search the area, but find nothing"
...a tortoise wanders in through an open door and you try to "get it to join"
...you superglue the Empire State Building's doors shut, to "keep him in"
...walking across the bridge you take great pains to step on all the Worms
...somebody says, "It's a bird, it's a plane,..." and you finish "It's a Pegasus Knight!"
...you try to fit rocks onto a statue without arms
...you keep trying to insert a wood panel into trees
...you absolutely KNOW that Bill Gates is really Cameela in disguise. (Then again, you might not be crazy)
...when you get sick you insist on keeping a bat with you, to "keep away the Gizmo"
...you stick your hand in fires, "searching for the Dry Stone"
...you know the entire SF-SF2 story line:
The Ancients, all over the world, build great technologies
Dark Dragon and his son Zeon destroy the ancients but are in the process trapped
Runefaust attempts to free Dark Dragon
The hero Max is forced to destroy Dark Dragon and stand vigil forever over his body
The people of Rune leave on boats to the north and arrive on Parmecia at Hassan
A book is written called 'The Legend of MAX', telling the story of how (above) they chased Max here (or so they thought) and the book ended up on a bookshelf in a fairy town
BOWIE and his force just happen to form as the Shining Force too (Shining Force too - Shining Force 2 :)
Zeon is released
...you start to notice how SF and SF2 story lines have so many similarities
...after winning a fight at school you proclaim "I just gained 30 exp and 80 gold peices!"
...whenever you were sandals you insist on making that damn noise!
...you get frustrated that no-one in your entire town knows anything about Zeon... "Why the hell is it on the map, then?!"
...you insist that whenever you go places with your friends that you must play what they call "Follow the leader"
...you laugh at any of these jokes (boy am I guilty)
...you submit some of your own jokes
...you submit some of your own jokes when you should be doing your homework
...you search through barrels for food.
...offered a slice of bread you reply, "only if it's cheerful."
...you steal an urn with someone's ashes in it, claiming it to be a secret stash of mithril.
...asked to take off your new ring, you reply "I can't - this item is cursed !"
...you hold on tightly to your pimento, in case it starts 'running'.
...you take out an old-looking book from the library, claiming it will make you a sorceror.
...you find a plank of wood and try inserting it into every tree you come across, claiming it will open a secret door.
...you claim that the valley near your house is called 'Arch-valley'.
...offered a new pair of trainers, you reply "I'll have some new chirrup sandals please."
...you see a rat in the street and chase it away shouting "You're the cause of all this !"
...you overhear someone say the word 'centre' and interrupt them, asking if they know of Chester or Higins.
...you see a young girl sprain her ankle and shout at her "I'm not falling for that one again, witch !"
...asked if you like lemon, you reply "Of course I do. The man saved my life."
...you name your budgie 'Peter' and watch it all day, expecting it to produce whirlwinds.
...a teacher asks you what class you are in, you look at her, puzzled, and say "The a fighting class, of course."
...you hear a priest talking about the holy spirit, and you shout at him, "Dost thou know of the evil spirit ?"
...someone gets fed up with you acting like the above, so punches you. You get up and shout, "You're lucky I left my counter sword at home!"
...you ask your spouse to toast some cheerful bread and put some bright honey on it
...you re-label your Robitussin so it reads Healing Water, and re-label your Gatorade so it says Power Water
...your spouse asks if you want to go to the Grand Canyon, and you reply with, "How can we do that? It's just a gun that May uses. It's not a National Monument or anything."
...you find someone to be evil and therefore consider them a Zeon-worshiper
...you get pricked by a thorn on a rose and say, "Ouch! These things are worse than Prism Flowers!"
...you wish Janet and Elric would break up so you could catch one of them on the rebound
...one of your family members enters your room without knocking and you hold up a cross saying, "You devils have finally found our secret hiding place, but this Holy Symbol will drive you away."
...you start wearing a dark red cape when you hit age 20
...you wonder why life doesn't have "A" and "Start" buttons so you could change the names of all your friends
... you go to Mexico and ask a shopkeeper for "deals" and when he/she inquires what the hell you're talking about, you say, "Put it this way. I've been a bit lethargic lately, and I need a Running Pimento."
...you feel like life isn't going right you put glow in the dark powder on the ring you wear and say it's an Evil Ring, and state, "Now I truly AM cursed."
... you carve a wooden sword and then accuse your Grandfather of being a Gismo
...you start wondering if the feuds between Cameela and Geshp are just sexual tension
...someone throws a snowball at you and you tell your friends to get away from you so that when you attack it and it explodes they won't get hurt (like a Burst Rock)
...you start calling blind people "Oddlers"
... you start calling your grandmother Zeon because of the similar hairstyles
...you call Siamese twins "Hydras"
...you have a friend who loses an arm and you tell him to sleep in a Nexus for awhile
...one of your friends dies and you go ask the Priest at your Church to "raise" him or her
...you have a pet rat named Willard, a pet bird named Peter, and a pet turtle named Kiwi
...every year on your birthday you eat an apple and when people inquire you say, "I need a brave apple to increase my level since the only enemies around here are rats."
... you never sit right next to someone because you think an enemy might use an area-effect spell
...you get stuck somewhere but don't distress because you know that when you die you'll appear in a Church, minus half your money
...you won't go into a church saying that zombies will attack you
...you call good blind people Oddlers and bad blind people Odd Eyes
...you tear apart your model ship swearing that you'll get a town
...someone won't let you come into their house you shout "This isn't Ribble you know!!!"
...you search a carpet looking for a pegasus wing
...someone has a laser you shout angrily "What did you do to Zynk?"
...before you walk into a fight at school, you say, "Anyway, I came here to deliver an ultimatum. Leave the jewel, your items, and your weapons here or DIE!"
...you're sent to the Headmaster's office and you search his wastepaper bin for Medical Herbs
...you refuse to take the shortcut to school across the field because it will affect your movement by 30%
...you torch your innocent budgie, proclaiming "He won't need a priest, he'll regenerate himself!"
...the local bully is about to kick your butt for no reason, but you make him wait until you've eaten your apple...And your bread...And your honey...And your pimento...
...you just KNOW that in real life, Geshp would sound just like Peter Lorre!
...you go into the kitchen, take the white handled knife and the black handled knife, stick them in breadboards at each end of the room and wait for the Chaos Breaker to appear!
...you play chess your opponent complains that you are only supposed to have one queen instead of three, and eight pawns instead of six.
...you search the bushes around your school for a throwing star, claiming that finding it will gain you a ninja friend.
...you shout at people: 'Don't touch that door! You'll become part of the collection!'
...you call the travel bureau to book a trip on the Nazca Ship.
...you hear something fall in the attic you say: 'Don't worry, it's just the Arm of Golem fooling around again'
...you don't help people in trouble, claiming that they are Great Devils (Oddler, Cameela...)
...you're afraid to visit the Circus, claiming that the Marionettes will come to life.
...you are given a birthday present you don't like, you say: 'Thanks, I don't deal in these goods, but I know someone who does.'
...you expect people to spin around and explode when they get beat up.
...you are convinced mushrooms can fly.
...you are also convinced that said mushrooms can shoot lasers and lightening bolts.
...you are also convinced that you can control said mushrooms with a special wand.
...you see a mushroom and immediately panic and start digging a hole "to avoid its attacks."
...you try to bring as many weapons as you can with you when you go to the Great Wall of China, "in case those huge Golems attack."
...you see some red chess pieces, and yell, "Watch out!! It's the Rainbloods!!"
...you are deathly afraid of the desert, because you think that if you set foot in one, 170 monsters will spring up and attack you.
...you search every stone pillar you come across, thinking Hagane will be disguised as one.
...you try to get to the CN Tower, saying, "I have to save Duke Palsis!"
...you try to kill anyone who wears a bird mask.
...you wear a cape all the time, saying that you don't want to suffer the same fate as the Rainbloods.
...you goto a petshop, buy a tortoise, and go home and watch it all day hoping it would breathe fire.
... you buy a hamster at the same pet store name him Jogurt, and make him beat up your tortoise hoping he will give you a Yogurt ring.
...you search anything and everything in the game for mithril, then when the word box begins to come up you yell out "All right! I found another piece of Mithril," but then become dissapointed when it's not.
...you spend all hours of the night looking for new pieces of mithril and the Rite of Hope
...you go out into a storm claiming that you know Bolt level 4. Then when lightning strikes, you go back inside and say "See!"
...you eat 20 "Brave" apples, and begin taking a board to every tree you see.
...you atempt to make your hair up like one of the characters.
...someone is looking for something you say "You search the area, and find ____" (fill in the blank with what their holding.)
...you even contemplate making a Grans Tower model.
...smoke from a campfire comes towards you and you yell "Help! A black cloud is enveloping me!"
...you start noticing every little game glitch.
...you create Granseal out of LEGOs (Guilty!)

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