Final Fantasy 8

The Sorceress at Timber...

Items:
4x Potions, 1x Girl Next Door, 1x Timber Maniacs, 1x Buel Card, 1x Tonberry Card, 1x Phoenix Down, 1x Antidote, 1x Soft, 1x Remedy, 1x Tent, 500 gil

Magic:
Blizzarga - draw point at the printing room
Cure - draw point located on the right side of Pub.
Scan - back alleyway of the Pub

Save Pts:
Timber Hotel - main hall
Timber - backalley of the Pub
Timber - right side of Train station (hidden)

GF: n/a

Timber Town [this sequence only)
G-Soldiers: Fire*, Thunder*, Blizzard*, Cure*
Elite Soldiers: Fire*, Thunder*, Blizzard*, <Scan -> Dispel>

Once you have reached the station, get off from the train and received a cut scene from a leader and three Galbadian Troops looking over a bridge. Head up and you can buy some items from the Pet Shop. Pet Shops provided items for GF. You can also buy Pet Pals Vol No. 3 and 4. Here is the shopping list:

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/ Timber Pet Shop \_____________________________________________________
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Name of Item        Functions                                 Cost (gil)
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G-Potion            Restores GF HP by 200                     200
G-Hi-Potion         Restores GF HP by 1000                    1000
G-Returner          Revives GF from KO.                       500
Pet House           Restore HP fully to all GFs               1000
Magic Scroll        Allows GF to learn Magic ability          5000
GF Scroll           Allows GF to learn GF ability             5000
Draw Scroll         Allows GF to learn Draw ability           5000
Item Scroll         Allows GF to learn Item ability           5000
Amnesia Greens      Allows GF to forget an ability            5000
Pet Pals Vol 3      A magazine about Pets                     1000
Pet Pals Vol 4      A magazine about Pets                     1000

There is also a Souvenir Shop (which looks a telephone booth) and it gives you the following: (the old lady is the owner...)

Owl's Tears - the old man leaving at the age of the town have some.
Map of Timber - a map of Timber drawn by her.
Model Trains - the owner of the Hotel used to collect them.
Naughty Magazine - Zone is looking for "Girl Next Door"

Here is the map of Timber Map of Timber (Area I) (partially, coz the map will be going to be too Train leading to Balamb huge and I have limited | _______ ------------ ______ | space ^_^; | | Pet |------------| | | ----------------------------- | | Shop |------------| B | | Legend ---------------------- | |___ ___|------------|______| | ----------------------------- | ______________________ | ||==|| Bridge | | Train leading Deling || ---- Stairs | |______________________| B Sovneir's Shop | A3 A3 Area III | ___________________________| A2 Area II ||===|| ||===|| ||===|| ||===|| -> A2

Head to Area II and you will be at the bridge; you will have a sequence here... Now head right... Here is the map of Area II.

Map of Timber Area II Legend------------------- | tm Timber Maniacs | | | | C Timber Hotel | | | Junk | B Timber Hotel Room | | Shop | SP Save Point | | |_______|__ G Guard | | |_____| ||\_______ | | | ||| | | C SP||| B | Well, you can get to "B" as there | |______________tm__| Galbadians around. Come back here | | | later for a mysterious quest. | | | At this moment of time it is pretty | | | hard for you to upgrade your | | _____| weapons... as you come possibly ||G G|| find all materials needed.

In this area, you will find a woman and a girl near a signboard (well it is a family argument about cats..). Feel free to visit the Hotel but you can't enter it for the time being ^_^; Come back later to get the Timber Maniacs. Now head south and you will find 2 Elite Soldiers threatening the two Timber Guards (it is about the resistance..). Approach and as the Elite Soldiers are going to harm them, Rinoa will tell you to stop them, that's a fight with 2x Elite Soldiers [drop: 2x Potions, 4 AP]. Head back to Area I and make a turn to Area III [refer to the previous map]

Area III ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A4 _________________\ /__ | | tm | ||| |_______ | ______ Train |____ _____| |XXXXX []---[] heading | | | | House | to |DP C | |___ ___| -> A5 Dollet |____| *|___| __________________ |_____ ______| | | | |____________ ________| A1 DP Draw Points | tm Timber Maniacs C Timber Maniacs Building | []--[] Entrance of walkway A1 Area I | xxx Bench A4 Area 4 | ||| Stairs A5 Area 5 | * Girl Next Door \/ Windows | DP Draw Point

Timber Maniacs…
Head to "Timber Maniacs" marked "C" on the map. You can find a receptionist and copies of magazines on the group. Search the deck near the receptionist counter and you will find the "Girl Next Door" (do not sell it as it worth a lot later in the game). You will find the printing room on the left. You can draw Blizzaraga from the draw point there (it is hidden). Walk up and you will reach the reporters room. There is a Timber Maniacs found at the right side of the room (it is a gold colored item). If you talk to the guy on the north and you will be given these options. Pick any one you preferred.

- About Timber Maniacs
- Talk about the dream with Laguna -> a short sequence.
- About Timber's Situation
- Nothing in particular -> to stop all the crap..

House on the right…
Here you can have some fun... First of all talk to the ladies found on the first floor. You will see them doing the cooking there... They will say that you can view the walkway behind the pub from the window there. Head to the second floor. You will find a boy standing upside down, leaning against the wall... Examine the window and you will be given the following option..

- Look out the window…
- Forget it..

Next don't be surprised… as you will be asked to hand 10 gil to the boy for that peek... (this really unreasonable...) and watch for a funny sequence ^_^;

Head right. Now you will be on a street. Notice! there is a girl, walking up to the shelter, actually that's the staircase which leads from the Pub.

__________________________________ Legend |_____ x Drunken Man <- DP SP | __\ A Timber Pub ______________________________ | |__|\ DP Draw Point | | x | G G-Soldier | | | SP Save Point | | A | <- To TV station |_____| | |__________ _____| ____________ DP | | Timber | | | Shop | | |____________| G | | G |

You will meet 2 G-Soldiers and you will have to defeat them. [Win: 1x Potion, 2AP]. BTW, you will also get a Buel Card in the process. There is another shop [Timber Shop] located on the left of the Pub. Here is the shopping list of the Timber Shop.

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/ Timber Shop \_________________________________________________________
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Name of Item        Functions                                 Cost (gil)
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Potion              Restores HP by 200                         100
Hi-Potion           Restores HP by 1000                        500
Phoenix Down        Revives KO Status                          500
Antidote            Cure Poison                                100
EyeDrops            Cure Darkness                              100
Soft                Cure Petrify                               100
Echo Screen         Cure Silence                               100
Holy Water          Cure Zombie, Curse                         100
Remedy              Cure abnormal status                      1000
Tent                Fully restores abnormal status and HP     1000
                    to all.               
Fuel                Fuel for rental car                       3000
Normal Ammo         Ammo that attacks one opponent              20
Shotgun Ammo        Ammo that attack all opponent               40
G-Potion            Restores 200 HP to GF                      200

G-Returner Revives GF from KO 500

There is also a Draw Point [Cure] located at the right of the Pub. Head up and entered the Pub after you have done with your shopping. At the Pub, you will see Rinoa turning mad [because that drunken fellow hassay that because of the resistance force, Timber will not be in this mess.) After that short argument, you will find that the name of the drunken man is called Drifter. Try to talk to him and you will be given the following options

- Observe
- Talk to him -> choose this option and...

Pick the second option [as you will be wasting your gil (wonder what will happen if you treat him all the drinks?)]. Remember the Buel Card, you found earlier, doing this allows you to get the Tonberry Card. Next he will allow you to pass... however he is too lazy to move ^_^;

Now the owner will tell the drunken man to make way for you. Now head up and you will find a Save Point and a Draw Point [Scan]. Notice that there are people up there... actually it is from the window ^_^; Now walk left and head up the winding stairs (need a lot of trouble in using D-Pad to move up..) and it will lead to a huge TV monitor. Now this stirs up some argument between Squall and Rinoa... (it was about Rinoa's management of her resistance force...) No matter what option you choice, she will still leave you... and Selphie or Zell (depends on your selection) will come and rejoin your party. Now watch the monitor.

There you will have a sequence of the minister talking about Galbadia (actually it is a test speech ^_^;) followed by entrance of the real President Deling. He is announcing the Sorceress as their ambassador…

(What! Sorceress are supposed to be a myth... you can learn more if you have read the Anarchist Monthly found on the notice board of the Forest Owl's HQ) and eventually more surprises will come... Seifer (is he going for Rinoa?) will enter the screen and threaten to kill the President. Quistis is also there and she will tell everyone to head for the TV Station. (You have permission to head there...) Now head left and walk up the path. You find Seifer there, holding the President as a hostage. After a short conversation, he will pull the President to a corner. (The situation is really bad as Zell has revealed that they are from Garden…) At that corner, Quistis will come in, trying to stop Seifer from killing the President. A sense of mystery has filled that area…

A mysterious lady appeared from thin air.... It is the Sorceress. She will try talk it out with Seifer (and keep on calling Seifer a boy...), causing him to drop the President and leave with her. Quistis, who tried to stop her, was injured in the process by her strong magic.

(Things don't look quite good ...)

Squall and his party will enter the place and was stopped in the process. Next Rinoa will be back at the area too. (She is asking about what has happened.) Now you need to exit from the TV Station... Deling will eventually try to do something with the Gardens. Quistis and Rinoa decided that you need to head to somewhere safe... Follow her until you have reach the pub..(everyone is a resistance member in the town...)

Remember the house next to Timber Maniacs? You will eventually ended up there and you will find both of them. A short sequence will happen at the house (it is about Seifer..). Before you could finish the talk, Galbadians are there! You will be prompted to go upstairs... Next talk to Quistis twice and you need to head downstairs. [I can say that things REALLY don't look good between Rinoa… wanna to know why, pay attention to the words..] Back at the first floor, attempt to exit and Quistis will ask Squall what to do. Squall suggest that they should head to the nearest Garden... (The lady will also tell you it is better that you escape now as most of the Galbadians have left Timber...). You will be given the chance to re-organize your party. On your way out, the woman will give you a Phoenix Down, Potion, Soft, Antidote and a Remedy. Now you will see a Galbadian Soldier outside the house. You can ignore the soldier by keep going right [it does not make sense if you confront the soldier..]. There you will see Zone [dressed as an old man...] who will distributing a ticket to Rinoa and 3 tickets to Squall. He will also forsake his ticket to Quistis and suggest a humorous place to hide!

Now enter the walkway which is enclosed by a shelter. Now you will be on the other side of the Timber. Here is Area V of Timber…

Timber Map: Area V ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ____________ Legend | |_**_| _| |----| | | ** 500 gil | | | |----| | | SP Save Point (hidden) | |_| |----| |SP | X Train Accident |__ _______|--------- | = Stairs | --------- | -- Bridge | |= |----| | | |--| Train Track | |= |--X-| | | [] Train Platform | |= |----| | | | |A3|----| | [] | |____________| |----| | |

I guess a lot of *special* sequences occured here. "X" occurs from Disc 2 onwards. You can do the Owl's Tears Quest now..

Owl's Tears Quest
If you have listen carefully to the words from the old lady at the Souvenirs Shop that the man whom has the Owl's Tears lives on the edge of the town... Well, talk to him and he will tell you that he has already sold the item (ow..). There is a cupboard found at the center of the small house. Keep on pick the top option and you will eventually be able to pick up 500 gil. (it actually the earnings that he had made by selling the item.

Pick Option 1 to enter the train. Your company will now be boarding the train to Galbadia Garden. The train will now start to move. You are to alight at East Academy Station... which is a station before the Dollet Town Station.

Inside the train, talk to everyone and Zell last, picking the first option. Now you will be brought back to the World Map. You should find the area like this

The Border between Monterosa Plateau, Vaulny Canyon, Hasberry Plains
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   _______
  / _____ \            XXX    ____  XXXX     __|__   G   G-Garden
 | (_____) |          XXXX   |D   |   XXXX__|     |  D   Dollet
  \___G___/         XXXXXX                __ Dol  |] XX  Hilltops
            mmmmmmmmmXXXXX     XX     XXXX  |_____|  ffff  forests
XXXXXXXXXXXXXfffffffffXXX      XX    XXXX      |     EA   East Academy
XXXXXXXXXXXXfffffffffffXXXX     XX   XXXX            D    Dollet Station
XXXXXXXXXXXXXfffffffffffXXXXhhhhXXXhhXXXX            Dol  Dollet
_______________   _____________________/        v    Vaulny Canyon
               / /                              m    Monterosa Plateau
              / /_____                          h    Hasberry Plains
vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv |EA   |vvvvvv
                |_____|

You need to head for the region marked "fff" on the map... Inside the forest you will have another flashback... Selphie and Quistis fall unconscious... and eventually Squall is also down well, we are back to the dream world..

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