Shocked, appalled, and taken aback

[Solana]

So yesterday I went to go visit my peeps at the used bookstore I used to work at before needing to leave. One of my regulars likes to visit there and at my new place, and told me that my friends there missed me. I had an earlier than open shift yesterday, so stopped over there to pester people for over two hours afterwards. It was great. It was needed. It was like old times, with some of my favorite people there, including my aunt's second cousin that we found out about randomly. (Even if she did have to tease me about the extra silver in my hair. It was chemistry, dang it! And genetics!)

I also noticed that they had gotten some very good stuff in. A Jim Hines collection of the Jig the Goblin series in one volume for five bucks? Yes, please! Anthony Bourdain's 'A Cook's Tour' that I'll be going back to get? I'll take it. Lunar 1 and 2 in the video-

Wait, what?!

Yep, someone had been selling an RPG collection. Someone had been willing to part with two of the finest gems in existence. And they had sold them here, for a percentage of their true value.

On the plus side, I don't actually own EBC, just SSSC, since I had pooled my videogame collection with my brothers growing up, but now that they have their own houses, I need to fill in a few gaps. I also lost my PS1 memory cards when my first PS2 and Suikoden V went astray, and there were a few there with a PS1, so hopefully I can score one of those, too.

Also, even though ex-employees aren't supposed to still get the employee discount, my friends still take care of me. Things are... marked down, a bit early.

I love my peeps, and most of them are going to be making cameos in my upcoming project in a certain chapter.

[Zero]

I would kill someone who would try to take my copies from me.

Both Lunar games are on my 2 year rule. I think they're up for playing again in 2015.

[Solana]

With more commentary? I could try whipping up more posters for those, too.

[Anon Mous]

I know what you mean. The few times Lunar games have come into our store I have had mixed feelings. Part of me is excited that we now can spread the joy of Lunar to others. The other part of me is saying, "How can you possibly part with this?" I have only parted with a Lunar once. That was a gift of one of my autographed copies. As it stands I am sitting on 4 SSSC, 5 EBC, 2 TSS, 1 EB, 1 LL, 1 SSH, 1 DS. I would a good reason to part with one of those.

[Roas]

I, too, would never give up my copies...yet...I did mangle my original EB manual over fifteen years ago when I was making/adding to a massive homemade RPG poster I had at the time...I cut out all the character portraits from the opening pages

[Solana]

So the guy in charge of games had been in, and I brought home EBC with the 'putting up with our crap' discount. Surprisingly, it was complete with the soundtrack and everything. I then got to talking games with another of my friends there, and asked if she'd tried our beloved Lunar. She hadn't.

Me- Try it. Definitely try it. If you never take another recommendation from me, try this one. Awesome story, beautiful graphics, amazing music, and one of the greatest villains of all time. (Quotes HCBailly.) And that, my friends, is how you introduce a villain in a JRPG. Epic music, awesome villain laugh, come in, kick ass, take names, and establish 'the son of a bitch must pay' mentality. THAT is how it's done.

So hopefully there will be another Lunar fan out there.