Using magic is a little different. You'll have between one and three green step areas you have to hit and then you have to hit the green and red area to cast the spell. Hitting the red strike zone makes the spell more effective.

The battle is easily won, netting us some experience, some cash, and a healing item. Note that while HP and MP stay where they were at the end of the battle, SP is completely restored after every fight.

A bit further along, we come to the place where the first two guards were killed. The little question mark indicates that we can look through their pockets for loose change.

We don't find any cash, but we do get a Thera Leaf (restores HP) and a Mana Leaf (restores MP). In the next car, our hero comes back to the scene of the confrontation with Bacon, only to find him and the girl gone.
...

His Cloud impression is interrupted by the sound of tapping on the roof.



Rather than bother with the door and ladder, the kid makes his own door by jumping through the roof.

We pound on Bacon a bit.

And we hit him with our Dark Messenger attack. Unfortunately, this battle is scripted to be un-winnable.

After two rounds, Bacon performs a skill called Blacksurge that raise his Special Attack Power by 30%.

And on his very next turn, he does THIS.




Damn it.

Agh...!
Now, foul monster...you shall cease to be!


Wh-What on Earth...!?
Hey, I think I've seen David Copperfield do this trick before.

Our hero doesn't like magic tricks, and he takes the opportunity to bum-rush Bacon while he's distracted.

This face haunts my dreams. And now, it can haunt yours as well.



Bacon: Well...damn!


"See ya!"

Healing magic is green, apparently.

I swear you can see part of his brain before his eye grows back.

Oddly enough, he just stays on the train as it speeds away instead of chasing after them.

'Okay, heroic pose! Hold it...hold it... (Damn, my back hurts.)'

Next time on Shadow Hearts we actually get into the game proper!

Part 3: Plains, part 1
Plains, part 1

We start on a map of Asia; the only place we can go to right now is "Plains".

By the train tracks, the kid has just dumped the girl on the dirty, dirty ground. Nice.



Heh heh... Pretty exciting, huh?


It's hard to catch in screenshots, but he just pointed to her, um, stomach while he was talking.

Stay away?! I haven't even done anything yet.
Stay...stay back, please... I...I can't. No... I...I can't do anything, I...


*mumble, mumble* Ungrateful...
Uh... Where do you think you're going? I'm telling you, it's not safe that way. Aw, give me a break... Hey, girlie! Don't run off like that!
He tries to follow her, but...



The Mysterious Voice is the only character (such as it is) that has in-game voice acting. The only other voice acting is in the CGI scenes and during a few stories that some of the characters tell.

Protect...me?

Stupid voice jumps into my head all the time. And now it's orderin' me to protect you. Anyway, at least I'm never bored. Wherever it tells me to go, there are always plenty of monsters.
（Then why are you only level 3?）
So that's why you were on the train?
Yup. But thanks to that voice, I'm changing from your ordinary bad-boy type into a real psycho. What about you? Hey, are you psycho, too? Do you see weird things?
（I do not think that word means what you think it means.）
...Maybe.
Well you don't seem quite like me, but... Whatever. We can't just chat all day. First we've got to find a place to rest. And I'm gettin' hungry.

Heh heh, Tits, huh? Even your name's cute.

Yeah, I didn't think so, either. We'll stick with the original names. It'll save confusion when we get to the second game.

Yuri. You can call me Yuri.
Yuri...
I'm...
Alice Elliot. Please, call me Alice.
Heh heh, Alice, huh? Even your name's cute.

Um... Maybe if we do something with this sluice gate, we'll be able to cross the river...
Huh?
Ah, of course! Yeah, I was just thinking the same thing.



An examination of both the western gates reveals that they are rotten and won't work.

The eastern gate is fine, but it needs a new handle. You can get a new handle from either of the other gates, but you need to do a different mini-game at each one.

The northern gate is pretty simple. You just have to hit the red areas.

F-father! What... What are you doing here?!
Wait, what?
I've come to visit, boy. The souls of the monsters you've killed are quite lonely, you see...
Souls of the...monsters...!?

I don't think he's staring at her face... Maybe he really IS related to Yuri.
And yet, I must show proper courtesy. It is thanks to this woman's power that I am even here.
Her power?! What?!
Haven't you noticed? This world overflows with the ghosts of the monsters you've slain. The gate of eternal darkness was closed until now, you see...this woman is causing it to open! The ghosts sealed inside the darkest depths of your heart... they call to me, boy. And they demand that I devour your very soul!

!!!, besides being the best spell name ever, reduces your HP to 1, no matter what they were before. Since I can't win anyway, I'm not going to waste any healing items on this fight.


Fox Face has the same Fusion power as Yuri. So not fair.

He hits Yuri with the Dark Messenger attack.

And it's lights out for Yuri.

Part 4: Plains, part 2
Plains, part 2
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