Moogle: Nostalgic Memories

Moogle: Nostalgic Memories is the twenty-second episode of Final Fantasy: Unlimited.
==Story==
===Prologue===
Jane drifts down a peaceful country river with a town nearby. As the crew admires the scenery, a small creature watches from a distance, and comments on feeling "his" presence.
===The Past in the Present===
Taking the peace as a welcome opportunity to relax, Cid and the crew set to work maintaining and cleaning Jane, while Knave admires the scenery despite Lisa's warnings they are still within the Ocean Puzzle. As the peace settles in, the children and Chobi play in the river.
Kaze is distracted despite the calm, as Knave announces the crew receives two hours of relaxation. As the crew enjoys the free time a strange tower rests on a hill above the town.
Ai, Yu, Lisa, Knave and Fungo explore the town, but notice the adults are lost in nostalgia. Fungo spots a strange creature gliding among the roof tops. Lisa gives chase, but falls under the strange spell. The children find Lisa reliving her childhood training, so they race off to fetch Knave, but find him in a similar state.
===Moogle===
Returning to Jane, the children find the crew under the same spell, and so decide to find the only person not present: Kaze. Returning to the town, the children hear a television running, and investigate. Instead of locating Kaze, they find the creature that flew overhead before.
He is dressed identically to Kaze, and introduces himself as Moogle, though he corrects this to Kupo. Kupo knows of Kaze and is not the one who has hypnotized everyone; it is the tower above the town. The reason the children are not affected is because they have fewer memories.
===The Tower===
Climbing the tower, the children and Kupo find Kaze at its base. Kupo races ahead, and greets Kaze, but Kaze does not remember Kupo. A powerful wave is emitted from the tower, and Yu falls under its influence.
Upon Kupo's urgings, Kaze primes the Magun, with Kupo calling him the "God of Destruction". The tower emits another wave and the Magum reverts to its sealed state as Crux watches from her usual place overhead.
Kupo runs to Kaze's side and inspects the Magun. His pom-pom glows and he declares the Magun should now fire properly. Kaze is under the spell of the tower and recalls his homeworld and the people living there. Kupo calls out to Kaze, mentioning someone named Aura.
Kupo turns to the children for help, but they have been subjugated. Kaze recalls the destruction of his world. Within his memories, he sees Makenshi draw his sword, and the woman, Aura, tells Kaze to "use her soil". Part of his memories cause him to return to the present and recall his friendship with Kupo.
Kaze primes the Magun, and this time the tower has no effect on it. Kaze fires with Kupo adding his strength to the shot that destroys the tower and the crew of Jane is released from its grasp.
The sky cracks and the town is threatened with destruction. Jane and her crew sail into the next cube of the Ocean Puzzle moments before it can collapse.
==Soil==
A single Soil combination is seen in this episode:
The deep sleep that envelops death/The sleep that wraps death - Steel Gray
The rising of boiling blood/Bubbling and boiling blood - Heat Crimson
The brilliance that pierces the darkness/The light that penetrates darkness - Lightning Yellow
This is then powered by Kupo to produce Ixion - Zero.
==Characters==
*Ai Hayakawa
*Aura (flashback only) (previously unnamed)
*Chobi
*Crux
*Fungo
*Kuroki Kaze
*Kupo
*Lisa Pacifist
*Makenshi (flashback only)
*Miles
*Yu Hayakawa
==Gallery==
FFU Episode 22 - Taking a Break.jpg|The crew of Jane relax.
FFU Episode 22 - Trapped in Childhood Memories.jpg|Knave under the town's spell.
FFU Episode 22 - Mini-Mister.jpg|Kaze's old friend.
Category:Episodes in Final Fantasy: Unlimited
fr:Moogle – Les souvenirs perdus