Last time, we went on a big pointless search and also shopping. This time, multiple animals are going to die.
Final FP check. Pretty much the only party member who can go up at this point is Iggy. Sorry Polnareff.
Polnareff: What do you want!? You got a problem with me!? Man With Sunglasses: Man, you're dense! I'm telling you to get out! You're a foreigner! Who said you could beg here!? Polnareff: Huh?
Polnareff: ......? This guy's a beggar? Abdul: I'm sorry, sir. My friend here isn't familiar with the city. Polnareff: Why didn't you just say so? Beggar: It's not businesslike!
Beggar: Tch! My pride is hurt, though... Can I really earn more by pretending to be a foreigner? I'll do that from now on. Polnareff: ............
The "this is my turf" part, that I buy no problem. The rest of it feels like "I read this in a book once and wow look are how fucked up foreign countries are!" territory.
Though, this does remind me of when I was on a family trip to Guangzhou as a kid. As we piled into a taxi in torrential rain, a lady in fancy clothes sent a leashed toddler over to beg us for money. Later, the hotel concierge said that was a totally normal thing that happens in areas with heavy tourist activity.
All: ............
I don't know enough about automobiles to identify the car in question, but perhaps you do?
I'm told this is a 1975-76 Cadillac Eldorado!
At any rate, we seem to be missing a party member.
Remember, Iggy was basically the king of all strays in New York City until Abdul dragged him over here. Two random mutts in Cairo ain't shit.
Last warning for animal violence, if that's something that bothers you.
From what I've observed, way more people get upset by a dog being killed onscreen than, say, a human child. I've never quite understood this, but I've also never been a pet owner.
A car drives up offscreen.
I don't think Iggy has internal monologue anywhere other than this story segment. I guess it gets hard to emote and exposit without words.
Iggy: (Y-you've gotta be kidding me! I could care less about Dio... I was brought to Egypt against my will... Why would I wanna risk my neck to help them out!?) Iggy: (I just wanna live a peaceful, stress-free life... Maybe meet a cute female dog and live out the rest of my days in the lap of luxury! I don't want to deal with this one bit! I-in this situation the best thing to do is... "Play dumb"!)
Bird: ............. Iggy: -yaaawn- -pant, pant- <My head is spinning! Yipe! Owowowch! I slipped! My aching head...> Bird: ............. Iggy: (Those eyes... I can't figure out what's going on in that bird-brain of his... Listen, pal... If it comes to blows, you can't beat my Stand. I'm sick of playing dumb! I've got nothing to do with Dio, so go home, dumb bird!) Bird: .............
Comically innocent child, right on cue.
The manga and anime have an additional bit here where the bird flies under a speeding car before going back behind the gate. Unlike the beggar's luxury car, this one is distinct enough that the anime team went out of their way to add specific details.
Iggy: (He's gonna get himself killed!) Boy: Rex! Duke! Are you in here?
The dogs' names in Japanese are "Chibi" and "Buchi", which the official translation portrays as "Tiny" and "Butch". I think "Rex" and "Duke" hit the same tenor of cartoonishly generic dog names.
While the kid squeezes under the gate, Iggy just leaves, saving us all some trouble. Update over! See you again!
Compared to the dogs, if this kid's decapitated head was put on a giant icicle, you'd probably have to scroll down a full five screen lengths to get there on content warning websites.
I don't see games playing around with text placement in the dialogue box very often, so it's fun when it does crop up.
Iggy: <Hurry, you idiot! Run! Scram!! You can't help your dogs if they're dead! Do you wanna get eaten, too!? Let me take it from here!>
It's pretty easy for Pet Shop to stunlock you with freeze effects and Iggy isn't quite as levelled up as the rest of the squad, alas.
Also, winning here just skips to the end of the event and that's boring.
Pet Shop: .............(grin) Iggy: <!! What...? Did he... just smile...? I thought I just saw that stiff beak twist into a smile! I didn't know birds could do that...>
We fade out to white as Iggy gets blasted with a giant ice missile... and back in.
Iggy: <His Stand... isn't one to be messed with... It's more than just ice... There might be more to it than I even know... I've gotta get away from here...>
Only Iggy gets the internal monologue, so Pet Shop enjoys a Terminator-like reputation as an incredibly menacing and unflappable villain.
Iggy: <...But a bird's a bird after all... He can't follow me down here. God, this place stinks... I only have to wait here until he leaves, but...>
Iggy:<Nothing birdsonnel, kid.> Pet Shop: !!
Iggy: <Man, you must really be a bird-brain to fall for that old trick! Heh heh heh heh heh... You're bleeding quite a bit... You'd be better off staying put. I don't care about your master anyhow. Let's just call this a draw... You hit me pretty hard with those ice missiles, after all.> Pet Shop: ............
Pet Shop's Stand Horus being a sick pterosaur skeleton thing also contributes to his popularity.
Here we get a short little maze to navigate whilst Pet Shop shoots at us with ice missiles.
If he catches up directly, it's into the same battle as earlier. We just run again as needed.
Here's the real reason to do this event even if you can win in that initial fight.
I oughta just dump all these stat boosts on Cascada seeing as we're about to enter the final boss rush...
By God, that's...
Naturally, this only happens if you're above 10 FP with Iggy.
Cascada:Alright, let's kill this motherfucker. Iggy:woof!
As you might expect, the two-on-one makes this a cakewalk.
The Ice Missiles are categorized as separate enemies that Pet Shop can create with a special attack. They'll self-destruct a couple turns after spawning, which does middling damage but has a pretty high chance to inflict Dizzy and make you skip a turn.
Fight's basically over at this point considering how many statuses land. But might as well go out with a bang.
Cascada: ...But is there a reason it chased you all the way down here, Iggy? Iggy: ............ (...I guess we'll check it out together once we meet up with the others... But again with the questions! Do you not get that I'm a dog!? Man... I'm gonna get myself killed looking after these idiots...) Cascada: ?
Meanwhile...
Joseph: Do you think she encountered an enemy Stand...? Abdul: Maybe we should have gone with her... Polnareff:Who, though? She only ever has one of us with her at any given time.
Joseph: What's wrong, Jotaro? Abdul: Is someone following us? Jotaro: No... Someone's... calling out to us. Joseph: What?
Cascada: Sorry to keep you waiting. Joseph: Hm? Where'd you get those wounds!? Abdul: Iggy, too! He has them all over his body! Polnareff: Were you attacked by an enemy!?
Joseph:A robot!? Cascada:No, like, what's that other movie? With the birds? Abdul:You must be more specific. Cascada:Uh... they kill people? Joseph:Do you mean Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds (1963)"? Cascada:I haven't actually seen it, but probably! Jotaro:What about it? Cascada:What if those birds had really cool dinosaur Stands? Iggy:woof
Look who's back!
Cascada: Yup! I ran into him coming back here, so I showed him the way. Polnareff: Hey, if it isn't Kakyoin!! When'd you get out of the hospital!? Joseph: We missed you!
Polnareff:...Uhh, Iggy and Cascada are covered in wounds... Abdul: Hey, are you sure your eyes are okay!? Joseph: Have they healed?
Jotaro:...you good? Kakyoin:Are they cool? Jotaro:What? Kakyoin:Th... the glasses... Jotaro:Hmm... Cascada:Three out of five. Kakyoin:Excellent, then!
Kakyoin: Iggy doesn't care much about humans or Stands... But I think he's trying to lead us somewhere. I don't know what kind of Stand he encountered, but he doesn't look happy. Cascada:We were just talking about it. It was a killer bird with a sick dinosaur Stand. Kakyoin:I would have liked to... -see- it! Cascada:Uh... Kakyoin:-sigh- Nobody liked that at the hospital, either.
Polnareff: Iggy! You found it!? Iggy: ............! Joseph: He's here... I can feel it in my bones! He's in this house! Jotaro: ............ Cascada: ...Now... Abdul: ...our journey... Polnareff: ...has finally reached its destination. Kakyoin: .........
Cascada:Okay, Polnareff, what the hell? Polnareff:What?? Cascada:It was obvious that Kakyoin was supposed to have the last couple words there! Kakyoin:Precisely. Polnareff:What the hell? Are you saying you planned this!? Abdul:It was spur of the moment. Joseph:It's clear what The Machine is thinking. Jotaro:Yeah. Iggy:woof Polnareff:Am I the only one...??
A couple NPCs have hinted that we should go back to Cairo and see what's changed once we hit this point. In the manga, they of course went directly in because the deadline was like, the next day.
Cascada:I was just in a life-or-death battle at the bottom of the sewer. Let me at least take a damn shower. Polnareff:Women... you should just use that rouge I got you before! Cascada:THAT'S NOT WHAT ROUGE IS DUMBASS Kakyoin:I would also like to drop off my luggage from Aswan.
