Here's the fourth page of my ill-advised teenage effort at retelling Final Fantasy VIII in comic form!

Above panel 1: BEST BACKGROUND EVER

Panel 1: walky walky

Panel 2: Quistis: ...I was worried about you, you know.

Below panel 2: where'd her glasses go?

Panel 1: Squall: ...whatever.
Quistis: Whatever! (teehee)

Panel 2: Squall: (turn) What's so funny?
Quistis: Oh - nothing... (*giggle*)

Quistis: ...I just feel that I'm beginning to understand my student a little better. That's all.

A lot of the dialogue on this page is very similar to the corresponding dialogue in canon, but not identical, which makes me think a) that I was writing it from memory, and b) that I have played this game way too many times.

Squall: ...I'm more complex than you think. (And seriously, you're meant to be my instructor. Can you stop acting like you've got a crush on me? It's getting creepy.)

Left of panel: TIME PASSES! whee.

Right of panel: Balamb Garden is a large and lumpy-looking school that will almost certainly never start flying.

My masterpiece. I should have used this picture of Balamb Garden on this website's front page.

Panel 1: Quistis: Sit down, class.

Panel 2: Quistis: Now, I know there have been some rumours flying around. Yes, the SeeD exam will be taking place this afternoon. (You'd think they'd announce these, but no. The students find out through rumours. Some military organisation we are.) And Seifer!

It always seemed weird to me that the students didn't know the date of the SeeD exam in advance! But, on reflection, the exam is held in an actual combat situation, so I suppose it can't be planned too far in advance or too openly.

Seifer: heh.
Quistis: Do not injure your partner while training. Class dismissed.

Below panel: yeah, Quistis, he's totally listening to you.

Panel 1: Quistis: ...Squall? I need to speak to you.

Panel 2: Squall: Just a second... (ooh, computer. shiny...)

Panel 1: (tick tock tick tock) Got GF Basilisk! Got GF Skreeal! Checked Garden Square! Read Rules of BG! Read Garden Festival page!

Panel 2: Quistis: Ah, Squall. Glad you've decided to join us. (near-infinite patience)

Whenever I play Final Fantasy VIII, I keep Quistis waiting at this point while I read through everything on the computer. Sorry, Quistis.

You may be wondering who on Earth 'GF Basilisk' and 'GF Skreeal' are. When I first played Final Fantasy VIII, I named Quezacotl 'Basilisk!' (exclamation mark included), a name I'd borrowed from Harry Potter, and Shiva 'Skreeeal', a name I'd made up off the top of my head.

Later in the comic, I use the name Shiva, so I don't know why I call her Skreeal here.

Quistis: You're taking the exam today, right? Have you taken the prerequisite yet?
Squall: (...I was gonna go this morning, but Seifer...)

Below panel: notice that almost nobody on this page has visible eyes. hmm.

I will take every excuse I can get to avoid drawing facial features. Eyes and eyebrows are the only features these people have! And I'll still find excuses not to draw the eyes half the time!

Panel 1: Quistis: Hmm? Do you have a good excuse?

Panel 2: Squall: ...you mean getting my head cut open wasn't enough?
Quistis: Evidently not.

Everyone's so quick to forget that Squall was unconscious twenty minutes ago!

Quistis: If you want to take the exam, you'll have to do the prerequisite soon. I'll wait at the front gate.

Trepies: Did you see her Instructor Trepe was so cool ♥ did you see how she snarked that guy to death she rocks so much and she's so pretty and if he keeps her waiting we'll rip him apart oh yes we will hooray for Trepe!
Squall: What strange people.

The Trepies' dialogue here was not intended to be legible; I really had to squint to decipher it for the transcript!

Meanwhile...

Selphie: I'm late, I'm late, I'm LATE! (I'm also badly drawn!)