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Worldwalker_Pure
Feb 27, 2015


Sofia. Something about that backwards-speaking weirdo just speaks to me, you know?

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Zanzibar Ham
Mar 17, 2009

You giving me the cold shoulder? How cruel.


Grimey Drawer
Well oddly enough most people don't care much about Sakuya, so let's put some salt on the wounds and propose to her sister Pia.

Wiffle
Jan 5, 2014
Pia if only because I've seen the both the other contenders already.

dancingbears
May 10, 2011

You're an idiot,
so start acting
like one.

Daria's not going to win, so I'm changing my vote from her to Pia.

RabidWeasel
Aug 4, 2007

Cultures thrive on their myths and legends...and snuggles!
Good Girl Squid Hater Pia

Old Greg
Jun 16, 2008
So happy I caught up in time to pile on! Like a few posters I chose Raven on my one big playthrough that got to marriage ( I always stall out at the unity festival anymore) so, as much as people couldn't come up with good writing to save their lives when voting for Sofia, I need to see the domestic life of a woman who won second place in a vegetable contest with a squid.

Pia.

Eeepies
May 29, 2013

Bocchi-chan's... dead.
We'll have to find a new guitarist.
Pia. Wanted to vote for Sakuya but poor girl has no fans.

InspectorSands
Feb 19, 2011

I am here to inspect your kitchen sink!
Let's not marry into a rich family, Sofia!

lunar detritus
May 6, 2009


Since Daria is not going to win (goons with bad taste :argh:) I'm changing my vote to whoever gets the most votes that is not pia

Rigged Death Trap
Feb 13, 2012

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

Voring for the Gaius-adjacent Raven.

sheep-dodger
Feb 21, 2013

Sofia is the worst, and I want to eradicate her with extreme prejudice

placid saviour
Apr 6, 2009
Sofia is a terrible person and we should spend the rest of our life as far away from her as possible.

I brought my Drake
Jul 10, 2014

These high-G injections have some serious side effects after pulling so many jumps.

Raven

Rawkking
Sep 4, 2011
Changing from Daria to Pia, because :shrug:

Haifisch
Nov 13, 2010

Objection! I object! That was... objectionable!



Taco Defender
:siren: The final count is in! :siren:

20 Pia
18 Raven
11 Sofia
4 Daria
3 Kuruna
1 Sakuya
1 Carmen

1 Not Pia (Turned into a Raven vote)

Despite a late surge by Sofia voters and being overtaken by Raven earlier on, Pia's won! Pia's at the end of her quest chain or close to it, so it shouldn't take long for Link to marry a mermaid.

Zebrin
Mar 12, 2010

Chopping trees down and making elves cry.
Wow, poor Shara, not even a single vote.

Adnor
Jan 11, 2013

Justice for Daisy

I would have been more surprised if she got even one vote.

Leraika
Jun 14, 2015

Luckily, I *did* save your old avatar. Fucked around and found out indeed.
Yeah, pretty much. She's just... kind of anime quirky in a game where most characters are interesting quirky.

KataraniSword
Apr 22, 2008

but at least I don't have
a MLP or MSPA avatar.
I am my own man.

Zebrin posted:

Wow, poor Shara, not even a single vote.

Who? Stop making up characters, Goon Zebrin.

Robindaybird
Aug 21, 2007

Neat. Sweet. Petite.

Leraika posted:

Yeah, pretty much. She's just... kind of anime quirky in a game where most characters are interesting quirky.

and the game tries really loving hard to make her you marry her, which puts a lot of people off.

Haifisch
Nov 13, 2010

Objection! I object! That was... objectionable!



Taco Defender
So I forgot that there's a very important question to answer after our wedding:


Pick one. And I don't think you can change it later, so pick well. :v:

Adnor
Jan 11, 2013

Justice for Daisy

Link is clearly Fishy.

Rawkking
Sep 4, 2011
Fishy. It is written.

Zebrin
Mar 12, 2010

Chopping trees down and making elves cry.
... Yeah, there is only one way this is going.

TooMuchAbstraction
Oct 14, 2012

I spent four years making
Waves of Steel
Hell yes I'm going to turn my avatar into an ad for it.
Fun Shoe
:coolfish:

Leraika
Jun 14, 2015

Luckily, I *did* save your old avatar. Fucked around and found out indeed.
:same:

Haifisch
Nov 13, 2010

Objection! I object! That was... objectionable!



Taco Defender

Zebrin posted:

... Yeah, there is only one way this is going.
I kind of figured, but might as well keep the illusion of democracy. :v: Fishy it is!

Picayune
Feb 26, 2007

cannot be unseen
Taco Defender
Oh, hey, what should
What should I call you?
I call you now?


I don't know this song, Pia! What do you call it?

TooMuchAbstraction
Oct 14, 2012

I spent four years making
Waves of Steel
Hell yes I'm going to turn my avatar into an ad for it.
Fun Shoe

Picayune posted:

Oh, hey, what should
What should I call you?
I call you now?


I don't know this song, Pia! What do you call it?

It's called "The Inevitable End of All Squid". And yes, it's a love song.

Dr Pepper
Feb 4, 2012

Don't like it? well...

I knew Pia would be the right choice.

Sure is Fishy that people didn't vote for her.

RabidWeasel
Aug 4, 2007

Cultures thrive on their myths and legends...and snuggles!
Sometimes, just sometimes, Goon Democracy works :3:

Last Transmission
Aug 10, 2011

Haifisch posted:

So I forgot that there's a very important question to answer after our wedding:


Pick one. And I don't think you can change it later, so pick well. :v:

You can change it at the Wedding Memento in your trophy room, but why would anyone ever want to?

LordHippoman
May 30, 2013

I, frankly, want this smug Jagen to be my avatar on all forms of social media immediately.
Absolutely Fishy, and if this is one of those joke answers where your spouse immediately goes "haha no" afterwards I will go buy a new copy of this game just to throw it away dejectedly.

Leraika
Jun 14, 2015

Luckily, I *did* save your old avatar. Fucked around and found out indeed.

LordHippoman posted:

Absolutely Fishy, and if this is one of those joke answers where your spouse immediately goes "haha no" afterwards I will go buy a new copy of this game just to throw it away dejectedly.

It's Pia, what do you think?

Zebrin
Mar 12, 2010

Chopping trees down and making elves cry.
I really hope you read Raven's journal again after you get married. If I recall there is a nice entry in there.

Lotus Aura
Aug 16, 2009

KNEEL BEFORE THE WICKED KING!
On the one hand, drat my flawless plan to marathon the entire thread in the past 2 days and hope to god I didn't miss the marriage vote failed. :negative:

...On the other hand, Pia won anyway and that's all that matters.

Robindaybird
Aug 21, 2007

Neat. Sweet. Petite.

I need to dig it up, but I recall from memory - the official popularity poll for RF3 has Sofia, Pia, and Raven as the top three Bachelorettes, so about the same as this thread.

It's also a bit surprising as Japanese and Western players tend to have different tastes.

Rigged Death Trap
Feb 13, 2012

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

Robindaybird posted:

I need to dig it up, but I recall from memory - the official popularity poll for RF3 has Sofia, Pia, and Raven as the top three Bachelorettes, so about the same as this thread.

It's also a bit surprising as Japanese and Western players tend to have different tastes.

Or that the rest of the bachelorettes are dull, dull, dull.

Haifisch
Nov 13, 2010

Objection! I object! That was... objectionable!



Taco Defender
Insert Fall Pun Here

Music: Town (Day)


Two days left of fall, and two days left before this backlog runs out and I can start pursuing Pia.


Since I was 99% sure Marian wasn't going to win, I decided to spend some of my last thumb-twiddling on her bullshit. You're welcome.



I see...it's really good for you, then.

Sour? The gently caress kind of tomatoes has Rusk been eating? Ones that haven't had all the flavor bred out of them??



I heard that a rainbow curtain appears in the sky. Isn't that nice?
Really? I'd like to see that!
But I wonder where? Where up north?
You don't know?


"Blink twice if you're being controlled by a malevolent LPer."

Is it about Marian?
Uh, yes. The letter got me a bit worried.


Textbox labelling is hard.

I asked her to go collect some ingredients I needed.
I see...
Go after her if you wish.
What?
She wants to be alone, but she wants to be followed, too. Especially by you. Go on now.


Welp, time to leave her to die in the desert sands. As far as anyone else is concerned, we never had the chance to save her.



...There's no response. Curses! Anyway, I'll need to do something about the monsters!

OK, fine. At this point, the desert monsters are so pathetic they don't even rate a screenshot.



My...
...! I got all the monsters, so everything's going to be okay!
I...accidentally took some paralyzing medicine...



There you go. It'll be out of you soon.
Oh, thank goodness.
Um, Marjorie.
What is it?
Well...Why did you take Marian's syringe?
Heard it from Collette? Well, this syringe is special.
I see.
Her magical power is huge. If you don't control it, it could cause problems. That's why I've asked Gaius to check in on her.
Then those ingredients I delivered to Gaius...
Yes. The syringe was damaged. I got the materials to repair it. So I gave it to him.
I see...
Now I'll need to check again. It's a lot of work.
But I can't complain too much.
Marjorie...
No...I...



Hey, Grandma. And...Link?
Anything hurt? Marian.
No...Huh? Where am I?
You're at the apothecary. Just stay still.
OK...
Now. I'll get you some rice porridge.



What? Not really...
...Just stay there.
What? ...Okay.



Where's Marian...?
Good morning, Link!



Yes. I finally get it. I know what I'm lacking.

Self-control? A sense of ethics?

Quantity!
Huh?
It's about quantity! Quantity of action and care, not quality! My syringe needs rapid-fire! Huh? Where is it, by the way?
Well, good luck with that...
Oh, wait! I wanted to start now! Where is it?! Did you hide it?!
This can only end badly.


And now to never do a Marian quest again.


I pass the rest of the day helping Zaid murder goblins...


...and making joke weapons.


It's the last day of fall, and it turns out the first of winter is the Turnip Fight. Which is another festival involving throwing and turnips, except this time you're throwing the turnips at other people.

It's being outside in the cold, you know?
Because you live in a warm climate. You don't like the cold.
Yeah.



You can't prepare a turnip now for tomorrow!
I won't.



Well, it didn't turn out so well...

Ominous.



You threw turnips?

...yes Link. That's exactly what she did.


Yue has some interesting things in stock today, but nothing I feel like buying. In retrospect I could have bought a few Red Crystals, but :effort:.


For anyone playing themselves: Remember to buy your winter seeds today since it's a festival tomorrow!


This includes Noel Grass, which is just a bunch of tiny christmas trees. No, really, their growth time has them maturing on Winter 25th and everything.



Why did you do that?


I think Link's overdue for a pallette swap clothing change. White's appropriate for both winter and our upcoming wedding!



Could you be more vague?


Remember Collette? Yeah, me neither.


Oh, yes. The place. That I definitely remember. Yes, that place. The place for important things.


Welp.

(It's the Flower Field in Privera Forest. Thanks, RF Wiki!)



Yeah. Will you eat it?
Of course. Well, thanks. ...This is...
...
Really good! It's great, Collette!
Really?
Yeah, especially this! It's a tricky dish, but you did it really well.
That's right! I got a little creative with it!
Hey, this is good too! What is it?
Um...

Fade out, and right back in.



Great! Listen, Link.
Yeah?
I didn't know anything. Nothing at all. Even when Rusk tried my food. Or when I was cooking for my exam.
...
I really didn't think about the most important thing. Who was going to eat it? I just made whatever I liked to eat.
I see...
But! I tried this time! I really did! I thought of you while I was cooking, Link!
Yeah, I know. It was really great.
Aw, now I'm blushing. But I'm happy. I know that this feeling must be important. I love cooking.
Collette, I'm sure Blaise will be proud.
Yes...I'm gonna try again! Link, will you come help me again when my dad tests me?
Of course!
Then I'm going to try harder than ever! Thanks! See ya, Link!


Hello, strange NPC man who was apparently lurking in the background this whole time.


More free time, more random monster-killing quests. This one had a pretty good prize, though!


Magic defense is getting increasingly important, and I end up buffing the bracelet up considerably. I'll end up swapping it in for combat purposes once we hit the Actual Endgame Dungeons.


After I fully upgrade it, it's only got slightly lower physical defense than the leather belt I was using for that purpose, but has much better attack and magic defense.


Fun fact: The season changes the instant you go inside after the midnight of the 1st. This includes snow blanketing everything out of nowhere.


The nice part of having so many regrowing Fall crops is that you get a lot of Withered Grass to till into the soil. I'm not sure if it completely makes up for the soil tiredness of having stuff growing in the same spot all season, but everything helps.


NEXT TIME: Turnip fight! Also Link gets engaged to a mermaid or something.

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hey girl you up
May 21, 2001

Forum Nice Guy
I am somewhat disappointed that you did not have an image for Link's "This [interaction with Marian] can only end badly." line, because nothing sums up her questline better than that.

I do love when games have little completely missable sidestories that build a feeling of history and lived-in-ness, though, like the ketchup radishes. (If you can't cook/craft a ketchup radish to use in the event as an easter egg, what a missed opportunity.)


I... I don't think that is true.

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