Tifa is captured by Scarlet, who has fun extracting information and then just has some fun until she gets bored and trades up.
There was a theory way back when that the first thirteen or so Final Fantasy games all took place between the end and the beginning of Final Fantasy I, during the time loop. That you can track the world falling apart from XIII all the way back through II. I remember reading a couple essays about it (no idea where they are now or if they still exist) and I wanted to play with that concept a bit, so here we are. This one's going to take forever...
Along the way with me for this journey is Meeps123h, who will be providing the cover art and the interior art in chapters to come. If you like what you see there, make sure to check out his page, shout some thanks his way, and maybe get a commission from him. Dude has some incredible art and some amazing things planned.
Preview art is from the official artbook.
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April continues with the seventh part of Critical Role: Orphan Taker and the fifth part of Mass Effect. Both of them go to some pretty strange places.
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