Ocean Puzzle Ocean Puzzle is a large device used by Pist Shaz XI in " " . The main body of it is cubic in shape , and with it Pist can manipulate a much greater space ; he can move world of Wonderland around each other after they have been linked to the lesser cubes that make up the greater cube . Challenges . Within each section of the linked space Pist has created a trap or puzzle of some kind that the captives must face , failing to do so will mean that the space they reside in will fall towards the bottom of the cube , but success allows them to move onwards . Pist originally tells his captives , the Comodeen , that if they can complete enough of the puzzles they will be free , however it is later revealed that this is not the truth . Somosan ' s Riddles . The first section that the Comodeen enter is a small cubical space in which a giant mermaid , named Somosan , riddles them . To compete the captives must elect three people to answer the riddles . After failing three riddles the responder is melted , and the next must take his or her place . Lisa Pacifist is elected to be the third respondent , after both Knave and Miles fail , and with the help of Kaze she notices the truth behind the riddles ; there is no answer . Somosan was changing the answer if anyone guessed correctly . Realizing she is defeated , as Somosan fades she unleashes a torrent of water in an attempt to destroy the Comodeen . They escape , however , with Knave and Miles reviving when they leave that cube . Frog Sage . The second challenge is within a sea of distorted space , which takes the appearance of mud . Here a anthropomorphic frog appears to Cid , and transforms him into a frog , but without the gift of speech . Cid must locate a cure for his condition , and return to the pilot seat before the submarine sinks too low , as he is the only one capable of piloting the craft . During his misadventures with his new body , Cid discovers a cure ; the kiss of a maiden . After a chance meeting with Miles allowed him to kiss her , he returned to normal and was able to pilot the ship to safety . Madoushi . The third section the Comodeen visit is a large set of ruins , suspended in solid clouds . It is here that Oscha unleashes Madoushi on the captives , however Makenshi intervenes and a colossal battle between the two Unlimiteds if fought , with Makenshi emerging victorious . The Wandering Ocean . In this new section of the puzzle , the captives are deposited into a large waterless desert . After Ai and Yu Hayakawa chase a Cactuar from the ship into the desert , the Comodeen discover about the Cactuars and the Wandering Ocean ; some time ago the living Ocean of the world rose up and destroyed the majority of the Cactuars , with the rest living in fair of the Ocean since . After a brief struggle with the Ocean the Cactuars sacrifice their lives to destroy the Ocean . After the sun revives the Cactuars , the Comodeen departs for the next challenge . Destruction . After the destruction of Teros Makenshi confronts Pist , and manipulates Pist ' s nature as a being made of liquid to create a bottle of mist from him . He then uses his mist to destroy the Ocean Puzzle ' s main form , thus releasing the captives within , and destroying Pist in some move .