I am. Trying to get everyone's ultimate weapons. I think it's only the right time since the Dark Aeons have sprouted all over Spira. And now, I am confronted with the most ridiculous, most crazy feats.

I adjourned back to Thunder Plains to pray to the glowing cactuar stones and find myself jiving to the beat of the lightning bolts. Goodness gracious. In a good mood I could dodge 50 consecutive bolts without flinching. Tidus got hit the next instant when I blinked.

Anyway, I managed to find the last glowing cactuar stone which was hidden in some nook I didn't even know existed (it was on the map anyway. Maybe I'm just slow and dumb). So after Kimahri got his Spirit Lance, I tried to continue on and maybe get Lulu's Sigil as well. Alas, this time I went till 96 bolts before getting hit.

It is terribly taxing and disappointing as well after Tidus gets hit. So it's off to Macalania! Where I attempt the butterfly mini-game.

It is one thing to keep failing at it over and over again. But 'tis another when you find out it wouldn't have been SO DIFFICULT if you had attempted and completed it earlier in the game! Egads!

Okay, I was like this: close to ripping out every strand of rebonded hair on my scalp. Who knew it was so so hard to catch those 7 blue butterflies in 30 seconds.

Luckily. with the help of this page it has left me a little less clueless as to which route I'm supposed to take right at the end before grabbing that 6th butterfly, the part where I ram into a whole bunch of red ones.

But that's still not enough, you gotta have a lil bit of skill there. Or should I say a whole LOT of skill.

Okay, why am I writing this? It's because I've completed that first butterfly mini-game (yes I still have another one to go! Argh!). Right at the part where Tidus glides pass the 15th red butterfly, you'd encounter the 3 red butterfly sandwich. It's by far the only difficult part of the mini-game. At that particular corner, in order to move in between the two red butterflies as indicated on the map, position Tidus at the centre on the path.

The way the butterflies flutter around make some sort of silly illusion that the red one to the left of Tidus seems too darn close and as such one would be compeled to swing further to the right where the red butterfly there gets you.

The trick is: Don't look at the butterflies! Look at Tidus' feet! Once you've successfully travel through the first 2 insects at that corner, the third won't be a problem. Just lean towards the edge of the path, pass it easily and grab the 6th butterfly.

Now's the moment where time runs out. I got pass the first obstacle and ran out of time, can you believe it! Argh. The 7th butterfly is fluttering itself nearer the right side of the path (Tidus' right). So make sure you keep leaning towards the right after collecting the 6th and move quickly to grab the 7th. The reds won't be too much of a problem here.


Now. To meet my fate. The second butterfly mini-game.

I am going to have butterfly nightmares tonight... ...