FF6 - Brave New World

-=1.2.0=-
1: I drove Figaro Castle and parked it in Figaro Desert. I walked around for about a minute and, again, no encounters. Then I parked my airship near the desert and ran along the continent in fast forward. No encounters.

2: The Maranda Desert lacking encounters was after I'd walked around for quite some time and fought a buncha encounters. The same spots where I fought things before no longer gave fights.

3: In Kefka's place, I used Sketch against a Diabolos (the Behemoth knock offs) and got 'Meteo,' but Meteo never came. Then the Diabolos used Meteo on me. Wuh?

4: Kefka's Tower: I got to near the end (one of the Triad remains) and reentered. Group 1, after the save point (where the Guardian used to be), is trying to go up the stairs but found a blockage on the stairs. They can't proceed up the stairs. The other 2 groups are on their switches near the 4 ton weights. Ruh?