After the terrifying first chapter, "Boston Driving" you're finally at Boston airport. As you enter the airport, the first thing you'll notice is that you have 3 other people in your party: MOM, BOSS, and BAG. Each has unique stats and abilities that you should become familiar with (see "CHARACTER STATS index p233), even though they're not in your party for much longer. You should definitely use the time you have with the three of them to level up a little. You can fight "VALET PARKER", "AIRPORT CART", and "GRUMPY TRAVELLER" throughout the international terminal.
Once you're level 4 or so, you should enter the ticket line area. MOM and BOSS have to leave your party, so make sure they're not holding any important items when they leave (you can give any amount of items to BAG, but remember that BAG can only have 9 items when he gets checked [or else he's "too heavy"]). For this reason, use healing items liberally. In line, you have to fight 3 groups of 3 GRUMPY TRAVELLER in a row, so be careful (a good time for liberal use of healing items like "NH WATER", "HOMEMADE CHOC MUFFIN", "PATS PEAK APPLE"). At the end of the line is an optional boss battle. If BAG has over 9 items, then you have to fight. If not, you can fight the boss anyway if you keep talking to him over and over (10 times).
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IBERIA EMPLOYEE: This bag
too heavy indeed! We do the
allowing it no!
BOSS: IBERIA EMPLOYEE
HP: 89
MP: 25
SPELL: Scanner Beam L1, Hair gel spray
After the boss battle, BAG has to leave your party. That's okay. Make your way to the security area, and for God's sake stay AWAY from the rampaging AIRPORT CARTs. There's no way you can beat them without MOM's HUG spell. In the security area there are tons of GRUMPY TRAVELLER and SECURITY GRUNT. In addition, there is another additional optional boss fight in this area. If you have the PLASTIC KNIFE, or TOOTHPASTE, or NH WATER in your items, you will set off an alarm. This is one that you may want to avoid.
BOSS: SECURITY SERGEANT
HP: 101
MP: 0
ADDITIONAL ENEMIES: SECURITY GRUNT x2
If you want to carry the PLASTIC KNIFE or any other items, you can fight all 5 X-RAY SCANNER and disable them, then walk through without any trouble. This takes some work, but hey, the PLASTIC KNIFE is a great weapon (+5 ATK).
X-RAY SCANNER
HP: 32
MP: 50
SPELL: Scanner Beam L1, PK Flash L1
Once you're past security, you should go find your gate. You'll fight some more innane bad guys. You should then look for an outlet so you can charge your computer. All of them have people using them, so you'll have to fight somebody! No avoiding a fight.
Once you find an outlet and charge your computer, WALKER will appear. She will appear and join your party as a non-playable character. Go around and fight some baddies and get some items. Get on the plane. Walker leaves your party once you board the plane.
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WALKER: Hi Eric! I not seen not
since after the high school you!
The plane is a fun place to be. There are tons of bad guys to fight. Go find your seat as soon as you can, because if you talk to the person next to you, they will join your party. It's PATTY. She says she's a marathon runner, which explains why her SPD stat is so high. Go fight some GRUMPY TRAVELLERS but not too many or you'll cause a disturbance. Come back to your seat at any time to rest and sleep and recharge HP and MP, or to get free items from the flight attendants.
Before you land, there's one more Boss battle, and that's the...
BOSS: EU IMMIGRATION FORM
HP: 140
MP: 40
Once you beat the boss, the plane lands, and it's onto the next chapter...
