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A Walking Malpractice Suit Music: Spring  There's not much of Spring left, not that it matters a whole lot when you can grow seasonal crops in dungeons.  Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to Daria we go.  ...that doesn't look good.    I-- Oh? What is it?! I'm hungry...  Um...can I go home? Hold on! Hoooold on! I've been so focused on my work that I haven't had time to eat. Your art must be more important than eating... So what if it is? I love what I love. Okay. Well, let me help you then. What do you want to eat? Really?! Yay. Well, I want to eat some Dried Sardines! That's a pretty manly thing to like. So what if it is? I like what I like. Okay. Dried Sardines, is it? Well, wait here then. A-Alright, I'll do that. Now, go...my dear assistant! Hint hint. I'm not sure why dried sardines are manly, but I'm going to assume it's a Japan thing.   Oh, again? What? Again? Daria, right? She is so reckless. O-Oh, is that so? Ask my dad if you're in a hurry. I'm sure he'll get it to you right away. Okay. I'll do that. Thanks.Apparently Daria doesn't realize why the 'starving' is normally in 'starving artist'.   Yes, that's no problem. Thank you. Then I'll be waiting. Oh, no, that's okay. I thought this might happen-- What? So I already have something ready. What?! I've learned from experience. Then, please get this to Daria. Wait, you knew it was for Daria?! She would be the only one who would want Dried Sardines in such a hurry. Does it happen often? Yes. ... Now please, get this Dried Sardines to Daria. Oh, yes. Thank you.   Time to eat! ...! S-So delicious. Good job! You'll make a great wife! Um, thank you. Whew...I feel so alive! Thanks. I really do owe you my life. O-Oh, it really wasn't that much... Well, you have a point. Um, would you mind being a little grateful, still? I'm just kidding. I really am grateful. Here, just to prove it. Oh, and Link. Why don't you just move here? My permanent assistant. P-Permanent?! And you want me to live in your house?! You'll supervise the Dried Sardines. I've never heard of a supervisor like that. I'll pass. Oh, that's too bad. Well, come back if you change your mind. Thank you for today. At least she pays well.   But not enough! He needs to make them rainbow colors. And then add some arms and legs. Maybe a tail or two-- That's not a weapon any more.She's definitely back to normal.  Music: Town (Day)  Who haven't I focused on in a while? Marian? Sure, Marian. Let's do a Marian quest. Even though I don't really want to.   Wait, are you a doctor or a mad scientist? This new medicine can cure colds, sore eyes, shoulders, backs. Anything. So, just bring someone back with you! I don't even care if they have symptoms! Wait, how can you test the medicine's results if they're healthy? Well, I'll get things ready for the patient here. I'll let you get to it. Wait, I never said that I would actually do-- Well, I'm counting on you!...at least she's not making us be the patient?   Well, I'm slightly relieved to hear that... Well, it's nothing life-threatening, so don't worry about it. Huh...?Wasn't expecting Marjorie to be dumb enough to volunteer, but I tried.    Hmmm, I'm alright. (Why does he seem so happy...?) Then why don't you go to the apothecary? I think they'd see you for free. But today's a weekday, right? (Of course I won't go.) ...it's the weekend.    My, how unfortunate. ... ... Um, Shino-- Is there anything else? Oh, no. No...  What?! Then Marian's developed a new medicine, would you like to come to the apothecary and try it? Yes! I'll definitely go!! Oh, good. Huh...? Sofia? I told you, I would go!! Oh, I see.Link's not very good at peddling snake oil, is he?   Well, actually... No, you don't have to say it! I understand! What? It's about Carmen, right? She's the cutest in this town, no, the world! I totally understand! No, that's not... But! I won't forgive anyone who lays a hand on my sister! You understand me?! *sigh*Let's just pretend Carlos was out of town today.    Why do you ask? I'm feeling fine--wait, is this for Marian? Yeah, something like that. Then talk to Collette. I'm sure it'll be funny. What?Rusk is pretty alright when he's not whining about vegetables. So, at this point you probably think Collette is the right villager to talk to. You'd actually be wrong! But let's go to everyone else before we get to that.    Hmm, not that I can think of. I'm just so fit! I see... What?! Why are you disappointed?!  Yes. Marian asked me to look for a patient for her. I definitely know you won't find one. Wait, definitely...? Maybe at least one-- Impossible. It won't happen. I-I see.Evelyn's right! This quest is talking to literally everyone in town before turning to Marian empty-handed. You get to sit through all of them because most of them are pretty funny.    Ahhh! Dirty! Sick people go to apothecaries, so you need to take a bath soon! No, the apothecary... Baths are nice! Very nice!  It's something Marian made... I see. Well, forget about business then. What?!   I haaaaaaaaaate them!! Of course...Trying to get the small child to take an experimental medicine from Marian. That's low.   No, but... I'm in very good health. So it seems... ???I dunno, it seems like she might have hit her head.     You calling me an old man?! N-No, I didn't mean...! I-I'm sorry!   I see. Actually I think I'm coming down with a cold. I was going to go to the apothecary. What?! Well, then... But I was going to do that at the end of the week. ...  ...   W-What's your problem? Why are you yelling?! Well, I just heard.there's this new medicine that works on strained backs. Really? So, where do I get this? Currently on sale at the apothecary. Oh, Marian's con. Marian's con?!I'm not sure I'd call it a con as much as her being batshit insane. But hey, whatever.   Wouldn't you want to get painted with my new paints?! I just remembered that I had to do something.Intentionally worming out of it, or just being herself? Don't know, don't care.   By the way, Sherman. Marian's having me find a patient for her, so do you have any aches? Hmmm...I'm not getting over a cold, and my stomach isn't aching. Ummm??  In my line of work, health management is very important. I see.Well, we've spoken to literally everyone else. Let's see how Collette worms out of this.   Marian is making you experiment, too? She makes me do that, too. Like, I told her I only had a cold, but she make me take weird stuff, and gave me this big shot to stop this cough I had that just made me laugh non-stop-- Collette! I get it already!Hopefully Collette finds the strength to leave this abusive relationship someday.   Well, maybe Marian will learn something from the fact that nobody was willing to volunteer? Ahahaha, no. Sorry, Marian. No one would come. What are you talking about? This is plenty. As long as you're here! Huh...? Now, here's my new formula! Go on, drink up!! Oh, but I'm not sick, so...! Who cares about that?! I do! You don't know when to give up. I guess I have no choice. What?! If you won't swallow anything, then I'll just inject you! Wait-- Okay, time for your shot!  Wait, no, something's not...   Oh, are you waking up? Oh, that's right. I passed out when she injected me. We've already taken care of you. You should be able to get up soon. Okay. Thank you. Is Link awake?!   Oh...I'm sorry, Link. What? I seem to lose sight of things when I get carried away... Well, as long as you're sorry.I think her poo poo goes a little beyond 'as long as you're sorry', but that's just me. Link...Thanks. Next time, I'll be sure to cast an even more powerful healing spell on you! Ha ha... *sigh* Oh, here's for all your trouble. Use it if you like. Horray, it's over.   I dunno, some might argue that grass is a medicine.    Ho ho. It's all part of her training. Ah...Let's take a trip to the monster village. At least they're not constantly trying to kill us.    You never know what's going to happen. That's why I need to keep Mr. Slice sharp. Huh? Was that the name of the weapon? *sigh* You don't get it. ? How are you supposed to fight without naming your buddy? Is that how it is? That's how it is. That's why you're weak. Might as well see what the nerd wants.   How could I forget? I would like you to sprinkle Formula A on that cactus. No problem. Thank you. Here it is. That's the only one I have to give you, so please don't lose it. Okay. This should make the flower regrow. I feel we owe it to the land to restore that flower. Yes, you're right. Oh, but please keep this from Kuruna. I don't think she'd understand. Gotcha.    Look at that cactus...that was amazing! I should head back to the settlement and tell Ondorus.   It's unusual for it to work that quickly. It must be a very unique plant indeed. Anyway, thank you. It isn't much, but please take this. Thank you. I hope you can help out again sometime. A garbage-tier staff. You shouldn't have. Bonus Art Today we have our benevolently insane artist Daria and our malevolently insane medic Marian.  
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... Music: Spring   Hmm. Maybe if we get her something good, she'll stop biting us? (Literally all her random dialog at this point is variations on her hating us and wanting to bite us. There's a reason she's stayed mostly offscreen.)   The stock at the blacksmith does upgrade as you complete dungeons, so I can't just buy her a Cheap Bracelet. I could make one myself, but  . She gets the cheapest accessory in the store instead. A rare moment of Gaius not trolling us or dispensing wisdom.    Monica can be nice. Sometimes. When you bribe her.    I'm a little rushed for time. Sherman has requested we make a lot of juice for a relative's birthday. But we're a little short-handed. I was hoping you'd make a glass of Grape Juice. What? Is it okay for me to make it? Of course. I don't have anyone else I can ask. Let me repeat it for you. Make a glass of Grape Juice and hand it to me. Okay. Hold on.Grapes grow in the new dungeon, so I guess that's as good of an excuse as any to dip our toes in. Music: Oddward Valley   A cave with a small farm plot is the first thing we come across. This room spawns Cluckadoodles, which I need to complete the set of Normal Farm Animals Only Not. But I'm not befriending any now.  This is also where silver starts spawning.   Outside is all riverbeds. Since we're just here for some grapes, there's no reason to linger, but the bird monsters have an annoying ability to blow you back.  After a couple screens, we hit dry land again & find our grape tree.  I don't have the grape juice recipe yet, but considering that every other fruit juice's recipe is "stick one fruit in blender", I think I've got this.      Take this. Alright, now to get this order finished! Good luck. Ore. How original.  Inn time.  For example, you can charge an attack after an attack that leaves you wide open. Y-You're very knowledgeable... Well, it is just the basics.Reminder that we can't marry her.    Well, do you think you could get some Cheap Cloth for me? I'm not big on monsters. What? Well, it's not that I hate them. But they tend to take my food and things. I see... So, you going to go? Oh, sure. Thanks! Oh, Cheap Cloths get dropped by Orc. Well, thanks-- What do we have here?   What? I don't really mind. It's an issue of will. You'll never be a respectable innkeeper with that kind of attitude. ...You're right, maybe I was relying on him too much. Sorry, Link, I'll try to manage on my own today. Are you sure this is okay, Shino? Yes. She won't be able to take over as innkeeper with such half-hearted efforts. But for her not to get any help? Oh? Whoever said that? What? I just said that she was relying on you too much. Then I can help...? That's not for me to decide. I see. Translation: Go into the forest to make sure she doesn't die or something. Music: Privera Forest   Sakuya must be here, too.  How the gently caress did she even get over there? There's no path to that bit of land in the entire dungeon. Ah...I don't know if I can do this. But I want to be able to run the inn like Mom. (...) And then open up a franchise, corner the inn market and wait for the money! What should I do? ... But I can't find the Cheap Cloth anywhere. I usually just find items on the ground while I'm running away from the monsters. *Sigh*, what am I going to do? (I want to help, but how can I get the item to her?) Step one: Murder orcs until a cheap cloth drops.  (I want to help her. But I'm sure she wouldn't take it if I just handed it to her.)  Step one point five: Don't throw it to her while you're in human form. Hm...hey, a Cheap Cloth! Wait... That figure there, it's you, isn't it, Link! I thought I told you! I don't need help! So she found out it's me. If only there was some way to disguise myself.  Step two: Throw it in wooly form, and watch as Link exits stage left. What's that...? ...  What's the matter? Oh, well, never mind. Anyway, I need to get back to work. Oh, this is for bothering you today. What?! You know, since I made you come out for nothing. Wait, why are you so shocked? Oh, no reason! (I thought she knew it was me...) Well, see ya. Bye. Whew...it all worked out. Link is really, really bad at keeping secrets, isn't he?  ? Keep your eye on your opponent and when you see an opening, STRIKE! That's an injection fundamental. Is it a martial art?  Many weapons have + versions, which are slightly stronger versions that are the base weapon+extra poo poo. In this case, my lance gets strengthened by the mysterious power of bronze.   Here's what that lovely rod Ondorus gave us does. I'll stick to normal weapons and fireballs, I think.  After way too long, I finally get to start upgrading farm tools. The waterpot is first, because being able to water multiple squares at once is a huge time saver.  My current crop patterns aren't very well suited for it, but that'll fix itself in a few days.    N-No! Of course not! It would be unbecoming of the revered Univir elder!This is a not-so-subtle hint that Kuruna loves sweets(thankfully she does the OH NO I'M TOO EMBARASSED TO ADMIT I LIKE THIS thing less than Forte from RF4). Her favorites are anything to do with chocolate, because she has good taste.   Also there's a crop festival coming up. I've got a level seven pink turnip, so I'm basically guaranteed a win.  For now, Carlos.    Oh. Seems like you've gotten pretty good at fishing under Carmen's guidance. Ha ha. Master...I mean, Carmen said that about me? I'm so happy. Yeah and I couldn't just do nothing. Here, take this. Is this...silver? Yeah. Silver is used to make fishing rods... A real fisherman will make his own tools. And you will be able to charge a good rod. It's child's play to us fishing masters. I see. Charge? As you know, you hold B to charge, and then release. It's similar to a weapon. If you charge with a good rod, it'll attract far off fish, and you'll get tons of bites! Oh! That's amazing! Right?! But not with a beat-up rod. Just be sure not to pass out from fishing too much! Keep at it, bro'. Thanks!This entire request was "this is what charging does for fishing rods." I get that Carlos and Carmen are both off in their own little fishing world and don't seem to be part of any townspeople cliques, but some of their quests are really  .  I'm constantly running into storage limits with all the crafting-related hoarding I'm doing, so a bigger storage box is in order.  The general store has a couple other pieces of furniture, but neither is very important right now. We're eventually going to need a double bed for Link to get married, but that's a long way off still. And the bookshelf just lets you store spells & rune abilities - you have more inventory room for them than you'll ever need if you're not casting much, but someone going full-on mage might need the dedicated storage.  A Pia in need is a Pia indeed.    Totally! Our mop cracked, and it could break any second now! Wow, it looks like it's in pretty bad shape. Duh! I use it every day! Just about every second of every day! I want the bath to be sparkling! You hear me? SPARKLING! Oh, but what if it's so sparkly, nighttime doesn't come anymore? Don't worry. It will. But I can't make things sparkly when the mop's kaput like this! Why not buy a new one? I'd sooner make out with a squid! You're awfully attached to this mop. It's got special powers or something! Anyway, Gaius said it just needs to be reinforced with Strong String. So you need me to track down Strong String? Exactamundo! Remember! Strong String! Not String Theory! And from the not-squids that spit out silk in Privera Forest! Gotcha! Wait, "string theory"? What was she babbling about? Simple enough. The only minor nuisance is that spiders can also drop Sparkling String, but I'll need that for fishing rod upgrades anyway.  Now I can make the bath SPARKLING! Thanks, Link! No problem! I was worried we might get huge protests here if I couldn't get the baths all sparkly-darkly! I'm gonna scrub-dub-dub till the tiles erode! Then I'll make the dirt underneath sparkle! Pia, does your whole life revolve around baths? Yup! I love baths! Especially sparkling baths! And I especially-decially love people who take baths! And it doesn't take a brain scientist to know what THAT means! Hint, hint! Uh...gotcha. Oh, almost forgot! Here's a reward for helping out! Are YOU gonna love THIS!  Uh...yeah. What's wrong, buddy? Well, it's just that you gave me a Strong String. I did! But...why? Because you gave me Strong String, silly! ...All right, then. God bless this idiot mermaid. The next day... Music: Festival  I'm 500% ready for this festival. But let's scope out the competition just in case.  Iron is an important nutrient. I'm sure. ...Not a threat. Next.   For your vegetable?!Adorable, but probably not a threat. Next.   I've seen enough. We're clearly the victor.   In later years we might need slower-growing crops to keep our edge, but in the first year you can get away with whatever grows quickest since it'll gain levels fastest.    This is well-grown. Your effort shows. Hmm, not bad! I can taste the love! Wonderful! The results are in! The winner of the Spring Crop Festival is...  I'm not sure it's possible to lose this one unless you put literally zero effort into growing crops or forgot to save a vegetable for today. The game vomits higher-level seeds at you even without using the sickle.  And yes, you get your crop back. The prize is a tower of cooking bread, as usual.   ... Might as well do a quest today.    It's a calamity! A terrible, awful emergency! A full-on FOODIE ALERT! *alarm bells*Yes, the "*alarm bells*" is written like that in her dialogue box. Okay, okay! Calm down. What do you need me to find? Cake? Cookies? Uh...medicine! Medicine? Are you sick?! I'm, uh, a little under the weather, to put it mildly. Oh, I'm sorry to hear that! By the way, what kind of medicine do you need? Uh...I need medicine for my...stomachache. A stomachache?! Isn't your stomach pretty much made of cast iron? Marian made me some medicine, but it looks like she accidentally gave it to someone else! I see. But you didn't answer my question about what happened to your stomach! NEVER YOU MIND THAT! Let's track town that medicine! First, we need to find Marian! Ace Detective Link is on the case!   Let's see...the only people who came by were Sherman and Hazel. I must've handed it to one of them by mistake. We gotta track down Sherman or Hazel and forcibly RIP that medicine outta them! Let's go, Link! We fight to deliver infinite gastric JUSTICE! Hey, wait! Hold up! Poor Link. You know, she moves awfully well for a girl with a stomach ailment.Marian is still the worst. Collette is annoying, but not enough to also be the worst.   This...stomach medicine? I do need it, but Evelyn says to be on the safe side... Please excuse me! Link! We're going to the next one! Oh, huh? Weren't you looking for stomach medicine?! Link and the sous-chef, you're both so not lively. Ah, ha ha...please, excuse me.  This...Invinciroid? I've been so tired lately. If only Karina would work once in a while. Please excuse me! Link! Let's go back to see Marian again! W-Wait! Wait, Collette! I'm not sure what's going on, but it seems like you've got a full plate. Ah, ha ha...please, excuse me.  ----Oh! What? Here it is! It looks like I had it in my pocket the whole time! No wonder I couldn't find it anywhere! Seeeeeeeriously...? Now, now, at least we found it. Here's your medicine! Yay...huh? Huh? This is the medicine that will make me bigger?! Yes. Although it's just a supplement. Just get some exercise and eat well and you'll grow on your own. Oh and get plenty of sleep. That's what Grandma said when she told me I couldn't give you the medicine I made. Awww... --*gasp*...! Ha ha... Th-Th-That information stays here! D-D-Don't tell anyone, okay?! Here, take this! Well, it's not like no one knows already. Ha ha ha. ? ...    ...  ...?!   ...Gaius wanted me to come get you. What? Oh, okay. Umm...where's Gaius? Asleep upstairs. He has a cold. Oh, I see. ... Umm...so...What should I do?  Bring this here. I can't leave the store unattended. Skull? Yeah, okay. It's Raven's lucky day! I've been lugging a questionably-human skull around ever since beating Skelefang!   ...Thank you... Are you scared or something? ...! Oh. (I guess that's it.) ... Then I'll help, too. Huh...? I'll do the parts where you need the Skull, and I'll leave the rest up to you. ...OK... Should we get started then? ...Thank you... Huh? ... No problem.  Alright, is that it then? Yes.   What a couple of dorks. Umm... ... ...Hey, Raven... What...? Well...you think I could come again? Huh...? ...It's not...up to me. Wait, that's-- Ah, I slept well.  H-Hello. I'm just visiting. Both of your faces are red, did you catch my cold? Oh, no, That's not... ... Oh well, whatever. Huh? Isn't that a Art of Attack? Did you make that for me, Link? Oh, no. I just helped out a little. ...That's not...true. Huh...? I see, I see. So you did it for me. Thanks! Well, it wasn't like I was in a hurry. What?! ...Wait. You said to have Link come over because you were in a hurry- Because I wanted to get back to the forge. I thought I'd have him bring me medicine. Oh... Did you not get that? I was wondering why no one was bringing me any medicine. Well, this request... Yes. I guess Raven misunderstood. ... Ha ha... Well, all's well that ends well. Link, here, it's not much, but it's for you. Oh, but... It's fine. Take it. Hope to see you around again!In case you haven't figured it out yet, this is around the time all the bachelorettes(barring Kuruna since she came in later & Marian/Collette since I kind of avoid their quests) will start falling for our sheepish hero. It's about as subtle as you'd expect this game to be.   On a completely different note, let's drag Daria into combat.  She has a War Hammer, and...yeah. To be fair, the villagers would be more impressive if I had focused on bringing them along when they first started being available.  She does alright as long as you don't mind the constant calls of "MARVELOUS ATTACK! DARIA ATTACK! RAINBOW!".  And yes, of course she has an actual rainbow attack. As far as I can tell, it doesn't actually do anything.   But she's as useful as anyone else for treasure-detecting duties. It's generally a good idea to drag a villager through each dungeon once to catch all the hidden stuff. I also come across a rare blue chest, which is full of weapons, and um.  Why hello there.  Bonus Art Today you get the inn girls, Sakuya and Pia.  
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SSNeoman posted:Who would mind such perfection? One of these days I need to record a video to give you guys the full voiced experience. It sure is something.
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gmq posted:Romance everyone, marry the rainbow. 
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Zagglezig posted:I meant more in the sense of whether she could still travel/fight with you when her legs have gone.
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Summertime Madness Music: Spring   Raven is so unemotional, it makes her easy to understand. But that also actually makes it hard to understand her from from her reactions.Raven's birthday? Hmm.  Fall 16, duh. What? Nevermind...  Believe it or not, Raven likes flowers. Did you ask around....what I liked? I see...thank you. How do you even break a waterpot?    My favorite waterpot broke. I'm borrowing Grandpa's right now, but...it's just not the same. I see. I need to find a new waterpot. Poor, poor Mr. Sprinkles. And Mr. Sprinkles is...? It was the name of my loyal and trusty Tin Waterpot You know, because it sprinkled water. I...see. *sob* Don't cry. Link's a little waterpot, short and stout.  Link...I'm being serious! I-I'm sorry...  Don't worry about it. You've done so much for me.Like break into my house to throw tutorials at me, or give me free cologne, or...uh...that's about it, really. Are you sure...? Yeah. Just think of it as rent for the Sharance Tree. Pfft, that's chump change. What was Shara so worried about?  Thank you so much! I'm going to buy a new Mr. Sprinkles with this! That sounds like a good plan. I'm happy I could help! Hee hee! More quests I can bribe my way out of, please.  ... (I think it'd suit Link.) W-What? It's time for a bad quest.   What?! Wait, aren't Weeds available any-- Oh, I'm not in a hurry or anything. So please get it to me ASAP. Oh, okay. (She's even more confusing today...)Talk to her again, and... So I just need to bring you a Weeds? No. Did I get that right? No. ...I hate a girl who knows what she wants.  Yoink.   Honestly, you can't do anything right! You seem pretty happy with someone who can't do anything right! Well, here's a reward for your troubles! Thank you, Link! I'll never ask you for help again. EVER! Hope to work together again soon! Uh...sounds like a plan?   Oh, Evelyn. From the looks of it, it seems like you passed her test. Test? She has such a strange habit. So she sometimes tests if people can understand that. So she was stranger than normal because...? I'm sorry if she upset you. She used to be such an honest girl... No, that's okay. I don't dislike her for the way she is now. Hee-hee. Actually, I thought you would say that. But you know, she only does this with people she's taken a liking to. What?  Incidentally, I'm horrified to see the audience has received Sofia so well.  Our prize is a delicious jelly donut.  Hammer time. Charging the hammer is dubiously useful; you get multiple ores per charged hit, but it's not much of a time savings. It does seem to give you better stuff, but I'm not sure if that's confirmation bias or not.   Link's new sword cuts through desert enemies like butter. They're all getting one hit killed now!  That's a proverb from Shino and Sakuya's country! But...isn't their country in the east? Now that I think about it, that proverb is BIZARR-O! Uh...maybe their country has two coasts?  I dunno, this hellish winter coast is pretty good right now. I'll finish that quest from Kuruna, I swear.   Last day of spring, last set of Pink Turnips.    The first day of summer is technically a festival, but there's no events or minigames associated with it. It's kind of weird.    Sherman would like us to cater a party. So...I thought that we could contribute a dish made with a vegetable you grew. My vegetable? Okay. I'll bring something right back. Please, wait. There's one more thing. I'd like you to make the dish yourself. What?! Me?! I must admit that I'm quite busy cooking the other dishes. And I'm sure you will do a fine job. Okay. What should I make? Let's see...Boiled Pumpkin, or Pickle Mix...Boiled Spinach, any one of these. Okay. I'll give it a try. Thank you.Pumpkins grow in summer and also take a while, Pickle Mix requires both Pink Turnips and regular Turnips(which are a winter crop), and Spinach is a lightning-fast Fall crop. I'm going to go for the boiled spinach, but there's no point in leaving quests tied up while that grows.  So you get to endure Collette for now.   I...Actually, I...I want to get bigger! Yeah, I know. Of course. I still believe that I can get bigger some day, but I haven't changed at all. I asked Marian and all she told me was to "exercise, eat a lot and sleep!" Why do you want to get bigger? To become a good cook. I want to become a good cook! I see...wait...what? Why? Link! Please! It's to help make me bigger! Y-Yes. Well, I'd be happy to help. (What does being bigger have to do with cooks?) Thanks! But what should we do? Well...for now... I'll just try to do what Marian prescribed! Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. Alright! First is "exercise"! Well let's go get some Apples from Privera:Stoneway! Collette's weapon is a lollipop. No, really.   Phase two: cooking! I can do that! Just make sure I don't scarf the ingredients beforehand!  Whoa! You made a ton! Eat well, play well! I gotta get big! Now then...time to eat! Yum yum....Yum yum... (She tries so hard. She runs around the forest, and looks so serious cooking here. Even now, she's eating with all...) Wait...what? Yum yum....Yum yum... Um, Collette? Huh, what? Well, it's um...really hard to say this, but... What? Go ahead? Isn't this...How you usually are?  Link...I'm a bit tired, I think. You can eat the rest. Huh?!  Our reward is her leftovers. Yum!  Might as well complete the set of cooking gear while I'm here and thinking about it.  One more fish to go for Kuruna's quest.   W-what should I do?! Let's calm down first.You know, it's kind of interesting that for all the hubbub about humans and monsters never getting along, Pia can waltz around as a mermaid just fine. Then again it's Pia, so I'm guessing everyone immediately realized she's harmless.  Fish set complete.   If you're really desperate to grind cooking skill, once you have an oven it's easy to make a shitton of bread(which just requires flour) and turn it into a shitton of toast(which requires one thing of bread in the oven).  And most fruits can be mad into jam using the pot, which is slightly more useful than turning them into juice. Music: Monster Village  Let's do this.    Monsters usually deliver a diverse selection of food to the settlement. But they've recently stopped coming. Could it be...HORNLESS?! Oh, I don't think you can blame-- Hornless are NEVER without blame! Their hands are red with the blood of slaughter! But don't you need some proof of-- It was the Hornless! Their race knows only sacking, slaughter, and subjugation! I'm sorry. I, uh, didn't realize they were so vicious. ...No, it's my fault. I didn't explain the Hornless' malevolent nature clearly enough. I thought their misdeeds were obvious to all. You're still new here, comrade, so let me impart our settlement's most important knowledge. If you remember nothing else I tell you, I ask.that you remember this: Hornless are the root of all evil. Even if the Hornless did not perpetrate this particular injustice, they are evil. Never forget that, comrade. I...understand. Your efforts will not go unrewarded. Here you are, comrade. You've fulfilled your patriotic duty today. But the struggle against the Hornless will not end in a day. I will have more trials for you at a later date, comrade. I'll, uh, be sure to come back then. I'd argue against her, but Link does spend a lot of time  Now to grab some spinach for Blaise's quest...  ...and some summer seeds so I can get planting first thing tomorrow. Most summer crops keep producing after harvest; the big exception right now is pumpkins. That said, it's balanced out by a load of bullshit we'll see sooner or later.  Now that we're in Oddward Valley for non-quest purposes, we start getting clues about the boss.    And by clues I mean "Link hears more howling as he travels in a relatively straight line towards the boss room."    I'm not really sure what the point is. It'd make more sense if this was set up like the desert where there's a few different ways you could go, but here it's just one way with a couple side rooms. Oh well. It's getting late, so let's deal with this later. Music: Festival  Because it's summertime! Thanks to Beach Day technically being a festival, we don't get summer music yet, though.  Any spring crops we had left would have died, but I planned better than that. All this withered grass is from where the bamboo shoots were, and am I glad there's a ton of it! Plowing it into the ground rejuvinates the land, which is important since poor soil makes crops grow worse.   Summer crops are go. Lots of corn, eggplant, cucumber, and pumpkins.   The bigger question is: Why the hell are you heading into my house?   It's the day when all the girls in bikinis fall for me. Ha ha ha! Is that it? Oh, bro', you better not be staring at the ladies! Stare at me instead. Ha ha ha. ......I'll take it over him talking about how creepily close to Carmen he is.  Speaking of Carmen, it's been a while since I've done one of her quests. Let's fix that.    Oh, you! The atmosphere is really important...oh, well. I just need you to answer some simple questions. Okay. (I wonder what this is?) Well, here we go. I guess I should go for the obvious correct answer.  My! You just get it! ???  Just keep picking the top option until it's done. That's what she wants, right?  Okay! You have a big heart.  What's wrong with the question? You say some funny things. ...  ..Okay. Don't answer. Really?  I could answer properly, but trolling her is more fun. What are you fishing for?! (I guess she didn't get the joke.)  Carlos said to look at him, so we're just following directions!   Screenshots provided so you'll believe this is the actual dialogue. Uh huh...uh huh...All done! 15 percent match. But do not give up. There is always still a chance! ...I see. I got a good idea about you now. We're done here now. Good work! Um, what are you using these answers for? What? J-Just as reference. You know, it's good to learn about your enemy and stuff. I'm the enemy? Stop probing! Here's a present for taking the time to do this. Well, dismissed! What was that about?  If Link was any denser he'd be a black hole. Let's check out the beach, since it's Beach Day and all.  All that Beach Day means is that most characters on the lake screen will be in swimsuits now. Woo. Hey! Hurry up and grow your fins out so we can hop in the lake together! I...don't have fins, if you hadn't noticed?  A few are more than just putting a swimsuit on, like how Sakuya actually lets her hair down for once. But for the most part they're nothing special.   Despite all this & the fact that Evelyn actually has a swimsuit we can buy, we can't actually swim in the lake. Immersion.   Instead let's help Daria with a thing.   This time, I'm looking for--The perfect! Round! Stone! So could you find it? Ummm? Basically, I want a Round Stone! Now go! My assistant! W-Wait a minute! Where do I find one of those? I wonder. She's... Hmmm...what to do? A Round Stone...is it a gem? Maybe I'll ask someone who's an expert on them.Round stones: Totally a gem and not a round rock. Link is super smart.   Off to Oddward Valley!   , but that's not why we're here. And it's not even the right place(although I do get that Spinach planted). Despite half the dungeon being in shallow riverbeds, where you actually go is...  ...the waterfall. Poorly translated, or just ambiguous directions? Who knows. At least we got our rock.  Although this makes me lean towards poor translation.   ... Bingooooooooo! It's perfect, Link! Oh, good. Link, you have good instincts! I'm impressed, my dear assistant! Fine...I guess I'm your assistant. Link...I'm sorry...to ask so much of you... ...?! What's the matter?! Why are you suddenly so timid? What?! What?! Are you really Daria?! You don't need to use so many "?!"s. Besides, I'm grateful. I can finally finish my sculpture. I'm so happy. Daria... Now! I'm going to go take it to the Privera Forest! Oh, you can go home now. Here, take this with you. Now, you just wait! For my great stage! Rainbow! Daria... How could anyone hate this ball of energy and happiness and rainbows?  More equipment from chests in the desert.  It's very slightly better than my current hat. Oh well, I'll take it. Bonus Art It's Shara, whose entire outfit is hitting you over the head with "she's a flower girl at the flower shop who loves taking care of flowers and FLOWERS FLOWERS FLOWERS"(and whose art is way bigger than everyone else's for some reason), and the terrible bachelorette Sofia.  
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An Apple A Day Music: Summer  Let's see how the soil's doing.   Unfortunately we don't get any numbers just vague good/poor stuff. And even more annoying: You can plow withered grass into soil to improve it, but it only affects that one tile. Not the 9x9 grids marked off by default, but one single plowable tile. Hope you like your uphill battles!  On the bright side, the Spinach is done!  Done. Now to re-accept and finish that quest. Along the way...  What's the right answer?! All three options lead to the same answer. WRONG! The correct answer is...Turnip! That's not even a fish!  Umm...how is it? Wonderful. It turned out better than I thought. I'm surprised. Oh, good. Thank you, Link. This is to show you my appreciation. Please take it. It could be that...no, never mind. Thank you again. It was no problem.  Well, I thought it might suit you. You know, because you're like a girl. What?!Just roll with it.  Today Yue's selling accessory breads, so I buy a bunch. I actually buy too much, but at least now I won't have to worry about it competing with cooking bread for a while.   This lets me hammer out some new boots so I'm slightly less likely to die from a stiff breeze.  Or from Pia.   Wait! Scrubbing? That wasn't in the request! I just knew you wanted to get on your knees and SCRUB! It must be telepathy! I feel like I can hear your inner voice! Um, maybe you could listen to my actual voice first. Chop chop, buddy! Get to scrubbin'!Music: Home 2   Considering all the weird poo poo Link's had to do for requests, is scrubbing really that bad? ...eh, probably.    Oh, yeah. Totally. Then just wait here. I'm almost done, too. I could use a break. Well, guess I'll just kick back here.  All done! Huh?! Sorry. Keep ya waiting long, buddy? Nah, I kept myself occupied. But you're quite...thorough. Heh. Not exactly...It takes me longer than it should because I have to avoid turning into a mermaid! It's hard to scrub with fins! Makes sense. Now to put away the mop... Hey, Pia. Isn't it hard working at a bathhouse when your fins could pop out at any second? Yeah. It can be. But this bath is like me. How so? I was always alone when I lived at sea. The fish were my friends, but I couldn't talk to them. And the sea was always so dark and quiet. I only heard my own voice. You must've been pretty lonely... I came to this town because I wanted friends, and the first person I met was Sakuya. She handed me a mop. I didn't have to say a word. She just handed you a mop? Yeah! She said, "If you wanna eat, you gotta work!" Typical Sakuya. At first, it took me a whole day to clean the bath. But when I finally finished, Sakuya smiled. She said, "See? I knew you could do it!" Sakuya gave me a purpose that day. So I'll always have passion for cleaning the bath, no matter how long it takes me! That's...quite inspiring. Oops! Gotta go! Sakuya's looking for me! Nice chatting with you! Wait, Pia! ...She's gone, I guess. Whoopsie! Almost forgot! Huh? Here's your payment! Ta ta!  Something other than squid? Must have been an accident. The rest of the day was pretty boring, so have some thoughts from Malcolm X.  Compassionate rulers are conquered rulers. History is littered with their corpses. But don't you think that you should be a little flexible as a leader? I'm the elder. It's my duty. I will protect this settlement with my last breath.I wish I had more settlement quests to show off, but with only three people in town, they come pretty slow.  So let's fast forward to tomorrow and help out Sofia.  And remember Carlos' birthday at some point.  I see. Well, then I'll need to gather up some materials. I'm counting on you. Yeah, leave it to me!>Eating Well then, I can make you something homemade. Huh...?!>Sakuya What?! I-I didn't mean that...well, um, that's good... What? H-Honestly! Never mind!Never don't toy with people's emotions.   What?! Ha ha! I'm kidding!It's this town's passtime anyway.     Creep detected   Thanks! You must be in love with me as well! I told you I like you! So come closer! Of course! Ahhhh!!!!  Huh? You saw the bulletin? Well... (But I still want to go home.) Somebody! Oh! First I need to help Sofia. Huh? Who are you? A friend of Sofia's. She says the opposite of whatever she's thinking. Ha ha ha. That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard! Now, off with you! My dream is untouchable! I want to work and find a wonderful girl to start a lovely family with! That's quite realistic. Of course. I always carry a medicine box with me on trips. Hmmm. (A glass heart?) I think they're wealthy. That's perfectly fine! In fact, that's better! Money is never a problem. So honest... How wonderful... I knew you'd say that. I said come closer! Didn't you hear me?! Of course! Ahhhh!!!! This is too complicated...you know, I think the opposites are a bit more than usual. When she's getting emotional, it happens more often. She really isn't happy right now. I can tell by looking. ... Oh, fine... (Although this is entertaining.) Then how about you go get whatever Sofia asks you to. What's the point? Link will too, and we can see who's really correct. What?! Is that OK, Sofia? No...! OK then. Wait a minute, she just said that she... Anyway...go bring me an Apple you can't pick from Privera Forest. Did you say something? I guess it was just my imagination. I'll go get it for you! What a trooper. You go too, Link. Oh, yeah. Yoink.   I birthday-ambush Carlos on the way back.  ... That wasn't great!Sadly, Link's pick-up lines are left to the reader's imagination. >But I won't try I see. That doesn't matter. Less flirting, more delivering apples. Sofia. Here you go. Wait a second!  Yes. Well...well, that's about the only place around here you can find Apples. But Sofia said she wanted an Apple that couldn't be found in Privera Forest. And so you've failed! No, like I said... It seems like Link won. (Although it was obvious he would.) Impossible! All he brought was a regular Apple! Like we said, it's the opposite. Sofia wanted an Apple that can be "found" in Privera Forest. B-But...it's no use. I can't keep up. I'm sorry! He went. Well, that's good, isn't it? (I didn't like him from the start.) ... Are you okay, Sofia? Yes...it's not that I care or anything. ... Anyway, thank you for everything. This is just to show my appreciation. I'll never ask you again. Okay... ... Oh... (I think that was a...) Well, I'll come by again. ...! ...I wouldn't like that... ... (She seems happy...)   You recycled that one, Sofia.    This means incredible things will start happening soon. What incredible things? You'll see.   So you realize it, too. No. But that's the good thing about you. I-I'm not happy to hear you say that or anything!B-baka!  I'm not sure the last quest had enough ellipses in it. Let's go to Raven.   Oh.....I wanted to make a brooch. A brooch? Gaius is always...taking care of me. I wanted to thank him. Oh, I see.. But... Something the matter? ...Is there something funny about giving him a brooch? Nope. I think he'd like that. ...Really? Yes. ...What about you? What? So many accessories are rings and necklaces that Link had damned well better wear jewelery. I see...Well, I'll need some hard bone for a base. Could you help me get it? Sol Terrano:The Fossil should have the bone I'm looking for. Yeah, okay. Uploaded less for her stat info and more for how terrible her in-game model is up close. Music: Sol Terrano Desert   Are you okay with the heat, Raven? I don't really feel the heat or the cold... Is that right...? Out of all the weird poo poo in this game, not feeling temperature extremes barely even registers. I don't think it's that big of deal. (sic) Really? I think it's pretty cool that you're so calm and collected. It's not cute, is it? What?! No, I mean... It's okay. I don't really care... Ooookay then. Let's just get to that fossil.   ... Raven? Oh, that's right. You're scared of skulls. ... That's why you wanted me to come. Well then, why didn't you say so from-- No... What? I'll be fine. You don't need to... I'm...fine.  I'm fine. But you're shaking... I'm fine...! And then Raven murdered us. The end. Ah! Oh...! I-I'm gonna fall... Well, we had a good run. Shame there's no New Game+.  (Oh...what a pretty bird...Did it save me...? I should thank it...)   A pretty feather's on the ground. This feather...That bird did save me. Link?!  Yes. I'm great! I see.. ...I'm sorry... What? ...that skull was scaring you, wasn't it? Yes... Well, why were you being so stubborn then? Well... ... ...I didn't want you to think that's the reason why I asked you to come. What? ... Oh, I see. Well, umm, well...anyway, let's get out of the desert! We'll just get sweaty talking here! Oh...That feather... This? Oh, it seems like it's from the monster that saved me. Can I have it...? What? It looks like I can make an accessory out of it. Oh, yeah. Well, sure! Thank you.  Thanks... You know, you and Gaius have a strong bond. It really seems like you're a family. I'm a bit jealous. ...I never had a family. Huh? I don't remember my parents. I never had that. Oh, I see... But...It's just a feeling. What? Gaius is... ...a Dad, I guess? Not a brother?Considering how he acts? Yes. Dad. Definitely Dad.  You've done so much for me...so I wanted to repay you... Oh...okay. Thanks. ...It's nothing special. Really, thank you. I'll take good care of it. ... ...Bye then... Well that was...heartwarming?  Time to murder spiders until this drops...  ...because I need it to upgrade the fishing pole.    The axe, hoe, and sickle get upgrades too. Upgrading the hoe isn't essential in the slightest, but hey, it's an excuse to grind Forging skill.  One last quest before I call it a day.   But there are humans out there...Is this settlement not enough for you?! It's not that-- Liar! I'm not lying. There may be humans outside, but there are things you can't find here. For example? Well...A vast flower field. A thundering waterfall. Or fragile ice flowers. I love walking around places like that. ...You must have a lot of time on your hands. It's not that. ...I have never left this desert. So I'm a little jealous of a wanderer like you... Kuruna... I think it is pretty, too. Especially at night.Let's see all three, with the magic of text dumps. >You do. What?! What are you saying?! I'm so ugly...I wish I was born a minotauros instead.>Nothing... Really? That's why you didn't want to stay...And then they converge. *sigh* I will leave the matter there. This isn't much, but I wanted you to take this home with you. Thank you. I'm not giving up on you. Ha ha ha.   Please. Her hatred for the hornless burns as pure and bright as the sun. Loosening up means defeat! Bonus Art Behold the glory of the Univir(and a dwarf), comrade.   
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BlazeEmblem posted:I think you are missing a line or two here.
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City Dreams Music: Summer  Crops coming along nicely.  I-Is that true? It doesn't even fit.And Daria's toying with the fabric of reality.  And Karina wants to do something for once.   Uh, I'm here about your job request? Oh...right. (What was that request about again?) Uh, it sounded like you wanted to go somewhere. Oh, that's right. Actually, I think it's time for me to leave this town. Oh, okay. Wait, what?! I'm running away. Whoa. Uh, isn't this a little sudden? It's not sudden at all. What? I made up my mind a long time ago. (One week, actually.) Is that right? But I guess we should go hear what Evelyn has to say first. What? Why Evelyn? Well, she knows the most about the city. I'll bet there are tons of people like her in the city. People who have fun jobs and only work when they feel like it. It sounds like a dream... Uh, I think Evelyn gets to live like that because she was born rich. I don't think growing up in the city had anything to do with it. I choose not to believe that argument. Ooookay... Anyway, can you just find Evelyn for me? We can talk after that. What? You're not coming? No, running around and looking for her sounds pretty exhausting. It doesn't make sense for both of us to go through that, right? *sigh*Clearly the correct decision here is to keep enabling her. Let's go!   Not exactly. It's a little difficult to explain. It'd be better if you just came with me. Oh, so it's a surprise? Well, it sure was a surprise to me... Sounds exciting! I'm glad you're being a good sport about this. Oh, it's no problem. I like a little mystery! Ha ha...*sigh*  I guess you're my surprise today. Uh, sure... (What?) Anyway, Evelyn, I was thinking about moving to the city. The city? Which one? It doesn't matter, as long as it's a city. Anyway, I was wondering what kind of clothes I should wear. Clothes? You're just going to ask her about CLOTHES? Yeah. Why? *sigh* You're a little strange.. Anyway, what do you think, Evelyn? Let's see...well, I actually just finished an outfit that you could wear. What? I can just have it? Of course. What?! Let's go to my house. You can try on the outfit there. Great! She just gives her clothes away? It really is just a hobby for her...  Hmmm... (They're all nice.) This one, then. I knew you'd pick that one, Karina. ...? Link... What? I want to change. (Honestly, isn't that obvious?) Oh, sorry...!  In a good way, of course. Oh. (Phew.) Anyway, we'll take it in a little here, and let it out a little here... Ow, hey! Let me get out of it before you start sewing! Keep it in your pants, Link. Oh, sorry. I got a little carried away. It's...okay. (It'll heal, I guess.) Hee-hee. Anyway, it's done! Here you go. Oh, it's perfect! It really is. This is amazing. Link, come take a look! Uh, okay.  It's incredible that Evelyn could use curry to make Karina's regular outfit! It's just...wow. (In every way.) Oh, stop. You're making me blush. Ha ha. This is the final touch. Oh? That pendant... Oh yeah. I borrowed it from Sofia. You made it, right? Yes. She said to take care of it. But I accidentally broke it the other day. Right, Link? Oh, I remember the pendant. I didn't know you broke it, though. Hmm... Anyway, thanks, Evelyn. Let's go, Link. What?! Now?! Didn't you want to talk about...hey, wait! Bye bye!  I only have one question. What? Where is the city, anyway? ... ...success? Talk to her again, and:   All things considered, it's a miracle she manages to deal with the shipping bin on time every day.   ...I'm not one to kiss and tell. And I most certainly don't want you to give me them! But if she won't tell me how to make them...what should I do?Rare cans get fished up, and super fails happen when you try to cook non-food. And this conversation happened fairly late considering I've fished up two rare cans already.  Sakuya time. Music: Home 2   I see...then I hope you stay friends.>Someone important And which one are you speaking of? Not both are you..? No, umm...>Who are your girls? Huh? No...I'm sorry.Shino is truly a formidable foe.   That's right. You ready, Pia? Yup. All ready! Alright. Then you mind coming with us? We'd be in everyone's way here. Hm? Okay.  *cough* Well, thank you all for coming today. Huh...? Please just sit down and make yourselves comfortable. Tuna should come by, too! But then how would they be able to breathe? Well, I'm going to sing a song! Why?! What?! But you said you liked my song! Oh, honestly! Pia, you need to follow the script! Oh, yeah! I forgot, this was that! The, um, s...Squid show. Stand-up comedy. Is this part of the act...? We don't have a unique draw, so we thought we could draw in people with stand-up. What did you think? Both lead to the same response. Well, I didn't really need to ask. ... If only I were smarter, I could come up with better material. You know, I heard there was some medicine that could help... Oh, I'm just glad to get your opinion. We'll work on it some more. You, too, Pia! You can't rely on Link so much either. Okay! Oh, but, I made it this far... No. No! Y-Yes. Okay... (But I'm worried they might go fighting monsters if I left them be. Medicine...Maybe I should ask someone about it.)Time for an awful idea.   Marian, is there any medicine that makes you smarter? You mean Mental Supplement? But I guess it doesn't really make you smarter, technically. What about it? Well, I just thought I'd want some is all. You mean you'd take the medicine? Well... ...! W-What? Why did you pat my shoulder...? You just made my day! I'll make it for you right away! What?! Wait, I didn't ask you to-- You just wait right there! She's not listening...  You sound surprised about how much you made... Now, give it a try! Oh, well, it's not for me...wait, you don't need to get me tea! I'm not staying long! Really? Then just the water and medicine then. No, what I'm trying to say-- Convenient that Marjorie is missing for Marian's latest case of malpractice. *cough*! *cough*! So?! Huh...? Nothing seemed to have happened. Any tingling or poison? What did you put in it? Then it's a success. You probably got smarter. Hmmm...It's not like it's anything I could tell right away. But it doesn't seem to have any side effects. It's probably safe to give Sakuya. Sakuya? Well, she's the one who actually wanted medicine to make you smarter. I might have come up with a new formula! Yes, of course she's not listening. I knew she wouldn't.... at least nobody exploded this time?    I-I need to get back to human-form.   Ahhh! So cute!! B-Bah! (I-I can't escape!) What's going on? Yup! It's so cute! No, not that... You're the wooly that helped me the other day. ...But a monster is a monster. Shoo it away. What?! What if something happened to a customer? Go on now. Bah. (...)  RF3, home of zany close calls.  Huh? Why's Marian here? Marian came to make sure Sakuya didn't take the medicine. What?! It seems like it creates an unbalance of rune energy in the body. Grandma said that Link might be okay, but Sakuya might not be.And how exactly did they figure this out when Link was the only one who took it? Oh... (That's why I transformed.) Hmmm. So Marian's telling the truth? Oh! I said you just had to watch. I'm sure it was for someone else, wasn't it? Oh...well... I heard it was for you, Sakuya. Why did you have to mention that?! Hmmm. For me? What's that mean? Oh, well... What's so wrong with that?  You're the one that told me to stop relying on him so much. That was about before. Come on! Well, let's all calm down. Link. Can you be quiet? I'm sorry... I'm going to sing now! Why?! Ah, they're all at it again. Well, I'm going home. What?! Th-Then I'll go home, too... A kind but intense innkeeper, a great businesswoman, and a strange staff member. I'm pretty sure this inn is plenty unique without needing a stand-up routine. Our reward is the single point of INT from Marian's Medicine. No, really. I spend the rest of the day fishing, and...  Why hello.  Legendary scales can only be fished up from the big lake in town. I hoard this one for now, but any extras will get sold since look at that sell price. Bonus Art It's Karina (of course.) and...Collette? Yeah, sure, Collette.  
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someone awful. posted:They're both boring as hell, imho Are you telling me ellipses don't capitvate you...? ThornBrain posted:By the way Haifisch, if you want to update your OP with a link, there is now an LP of RF2 from LordHippoman. In other words I'm glad LordHippoman gets to LP RF2 and not me.
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The Rose Prince Music: Town (Day)  Micah's started producing Medium Fleece. The main differences from the small version are that it gives a slightly larger defense bonus when used to upgrade & you only need one to make a yarn ball instead of three. Exciting!  Raven, why are you in my house so early in the morning? Why are you even in my house at all? This is private property! And this is totally different from when I barge into everyone elses' house uninvited!   What? Never mind...That's not an answer!  Better see what ninja mom wants. Hopefully Raven has fun creeping in Link's house while we're off doing errands.   Well, it's a little silly, but I was hoping you could prepare a dish for me. A dish? I usually ask Blaise to prepare meals for us, but he's been awfully busy lately. I think he needs a break. Sure. I don't mind lending a hand. Thank you so much. The tricky part is that I need a dish that both of my girls will love. Gotcha. So I need to cook one dish that matches both of their tastes. That's right. I wish I could be more specific, but I'm all out of ideas. Maybe you can get some inspiration by talking to them.Now this is one you can probably figure out from random dialogue, but I'm going to do this the 'right' way anyway.  I swing by Yue since she's in town and I'm in the inn, and holy ow that's one expensive squid.   Oh! You chose poorly. No, no, no! I meant the opposite! Oh. Is that how it is? Well, it looks like you chose wisely, then.Link: Grandmaster at shooting himself in the foot. >Normal girls Oh. That's too good. Wait? So you didn't want me to answer in opposite-speak? Why would you think that?! It's not like the question was confusing or anything! It's time for some answers, Pia. Baths! Uh...That's not exactly what I meant.>What does Sakuya like? Baths! And she likes eating sashimi in the bath! Especially tasty, tasty squid sashimi!>What do I like? Baths! No question about it! N-Now that I think about it...To be fair to Pia, baths are pretty good in this game.   Nations have fought WARS over potatoes? ...cool!This message brought to you by the national potato council of whatever country this is.  What? What do I like? I looooove sashimi!>What does Pia like? Pia likes any kind of squid. She's a real fanatic for it!So yes, the obvious solution here is making squid sashimi. The squid part was easy to figure out without anyone telling us, and Sakuya likes going on about Sashimi during fishing contests, but this dialogue's here just in case you're a weird recluse who only interacts with townspeople during quests. >What do I like? Huh? Did you hit your head and lose your memory again?Or if you hit your head and forgot.   Thankfully Squid are easy to catch in town any time of year.   Shino has a bit more to say if we talk to her before handing over the sashimi. Yes, thank you for doing this.>Sofia and Evelyn Close. As in not even.>Wells and Marjorie Link, how old do you think I am? I-I'm sorry. Quick, hand over the sashimi before she murders us!   You really must understand both of my girls well. You think so? Well, here's your reward. And thanks again. Any time! Ooo. Greenifier increases the level of seeds a crop produces from using the sickle/randomly getting a seed drop on harvest. And higher levels mean more money & better dishes, so that's a Very Good Thing.  Carmen gets some sashimi from the not-squid I fished up, and... Since you gave me this, I need to tell you something! I love Seafood Doria only slightly less than I love my brother. There, I said it! So, keep that in mind next time!  One thing I've noticed in bachelorette chat is that nobody really brings up Shara, for good or for ill. I'm proud of you all, but I do feel obligated to do her quests still. Besides, this one leads to Monica actually being a character instead of a "I hate you, I'm gonna bite you!" dispenser.   It's about Monica...I'm sure you've noticed, but she's very shy around people. That's why she's always talking about biting them. That might be okay now, but I'm worried that she won't grow out of it. So I was hoping that you might be able to give me some advice.In any other game, that wouldn't be a serious long term worry. In RF3, Shara has every reason to be concerned that Monica will become "that villager with the biting gimmick". Hmmm. That's a tough one...what's something that Monica likes? Something she likes? Well, she likes anything that has to do with accessories. Hm...I can't see how that'll help us. Oh, wait... Did you think of something else? She had a favorite fairytale when she was younger. Really? What was it? Well, it was called "The Rose Prince" One day, a handsome prince saw a very beautiful girl in the forest. He could see that she was terribly lost, and wanted to help. But he didn't want her to see him. She would recognize him as the prince, and fall all over him just like all the other girls in the kingdom. He had a 100-rose bouquet with him, though. It was a gift that he was supposed to give to a princess he'd been arranged to marry. So the prince took his bouquet apart rose by rose and left a trail of roses for the girl to follow to safety. But the girl was faster than the prince expected. She caught him as he was laying down the last rose at the end of the forest. She loved him, but not just because he was a prince. She loved him for the kindness of his gesture. And the prince knew he'd found his princess. Although now she's too shy to read it anymore. Heh. That's cute. That's it! Link! Don't you think that Monica might have an easy time talking to "The Rose Prince"? Uh, I guess so? He's someone who she's always admired. I'm sure "The Rose Prince" could open up her heart! But how can she talk to a character from a fairytale? Isn't it obvious? You'll become him! Huh?! I-I'm supposed to become "The Rose Prince"?! You said that you would help, didn't you? I did, but... It's fine if you can't... ...L-Let's do it! Anything if it'll help her stop biting me! That's the spirit! I'll go talk to her in a little bit. I'll have her send you a letter soon. Okay. I'll check my mailbox. Link... Yes? I really hope you can help Monica. I'm "The Rose Prince"! She's in good hands. Tee-hee. Thank you very much, Rose Prince. Well this sounds insanely adorable, even if Link leaned a bit too hard on the "wait, can you spell out the obvious thing we'll do  " and "I dunno if I want to do the quest I accepted..." bits.But since today's mailbox quest is spoken for, it'll have to wait until tomorrow.    Most of the day is spent fishing instead. Summer has a good variety of fish, including that insanely pricey squid Yui was selling.  I also do a bit of wood chopping and show off the axe charge. Link does an insane jump that somehow chops a row of three things at once. It's not super useful compared to later ones that do entire squares, but it'll do for now.    Wait, I never said anything CLOSE to that! Will! Get back here, you idiot! Uh, Will must have accidentally gotten into the wine supply! He's clearly talking crazy! Y-Yeah, that must be it! That's nice and all, but shut up while I shove these mugs of hot chocolate in your face. Kuruna loves cooked chocolate dishes(regular old bars of chocolates are just a liked item instead of a loved one), and Hot Chocolate is the easiest one to make en masse. Put one chocolate in the pot. Done. That's definitely how hot chocolate works.  New day, time to do Monica's quest.    And to remember Pia's birthday. She gets a squid sashimi.  I can't believe I get to eat Squid on my birthday. How ex-squid-zit!Yes, the game actually highlighted 'ex-squid-zit'.   She's waiting for you in the plaza. Please hand her this 100-Rose Bouquet Wow. We're really going for authenticity, huh? How do you expect to play the part of the prince without it? Ha ha... I'm leaving Monica in your hands.  Music: Contest   I'm only here because Shara begged me. Don't embarrass me! RRRAAAARRRR! *BITE!* Ow, hey! Calm down, Monica! I thought we could spend some time together today. What are you talking about?! Quit being weird or I'll bite you again! I gave you those roses because it's only for today, but I'll be your Rose Prince. So...Please calm down, Princess Monica.  W-What?! Wherever you want to go, I'll be there to make sure you get back safely. I wanna go to Vale:Icy Rosebush. Very well. Let us depart, Princess Monica. S-Stop calling me princess! For some weird reason the literal child isn't any good in combat. You actually can drag her along as a party member outside this quest, but I'm not sure why you'd want to. Music: Vale River    I can see my breath!  Monica. What is it? Would you like to go anywhere else? Really?! Yeah, you'll be safe with me. Yay! Yeah! Well, let's go to Oddward: Rainbow Falls next. Okay!  Look! Oh... Yeah. It's beautiful, isn't it? ... Hm? What's the matter? It's nothing! Let's move on!! ?? Hurry! Okay. Let's go to...Privera: Flower Field. Okay!On the way over...  I don't have the power to grant you that. What name were you thinking of? Well, I was going to name it Daria's Rainbow Garden! Please don't make it your own.I think Daria might have a heart attack if we took her to the rainbow screen in Oddward Valley.   I help her take care of the flowers. Really? You do a great job.   Rarr! Ah! Hey! L-Let's keep going! We should go to Sol Terrano: Star Dunes. I want to wait until 7PM to go. Is that okay with you, Monica? I need to tell Shara if I'm gonna be late. Oh, don't worry. She said I'm watching out for you today. Really? Then it's OK! Yeah! Let's go! We have to wait because the whole draw of the desert area is the nighttime stars.   While wasting time, I remember there's a few villagers whose beds I haven't tried to sleep in yet. Karina is less than amused.   I also power up my shiny new sword.    And engage in some thrilling soil inspection action.  I'm not super sure about the soil mechanics in RF3, but if it's anything like RF4 then one of the penalities for poor soil is slower-growing crops. Which is bad, since we need them to fuel the cooking/gifting/crop levelling machine.  Monica doesn't automatically notify you when it's past 7, but she'll whine about it if you talk to her.  Look at all the stars! Yes! It's wonderful! Good. Monica, can I ask you something? What is it? Why don't you let people talk to you? ... You don't have to answer if you don't want to. I just thought you might want to talk about it. It's just...I...When people talk to me, I get really nervous. And then I get mad at them for making me nervous and uncomfortable! And then I bite them! I see. I...I know I shouldn't do that. Well, when you explain it like that, maybe it's not so bad. Huh...? Oh, I mean, you definitely shouldn't bite people. But it's good to hear that you know it's wrong. As long as you try to overcome your fear of talking to people, I know you'll get there eventually. ...You really are like the Rose Prince! Y-You think so? Yes. I think I can talk to you. Thanks. Well, shall I walk you home? Okay!  Yes! Very much! I'm glad. Hey, Link... What? Monica races in for the kiss. Kids, amirite? !!! See ya.    The real reward is that Monica will give actual dialogue now instead of repeatedly saying how much she hates us.  Next is Carmen, who has apparently confused the bulletin board with OKCupid.   Okay. Yeah, I don't have anything to do. I see. Then let's go on a date! What?! Date?! You're pretty direct, Carmen.Link, do you just not read these requests before accepting them? Well, the magazine I always read had a feature. Said that mountain stream fishing is all the rage! So let's go! It'll be fun. Oh, you just want me to go fishing. My heart skipped a beat for a second. Ha ha. But I can't tell Carlos about it. So it's our secret! Well, off we go! Let's go to Oddward: Archway!Nothing weird about going on a fishing non-date at 8pm. Nope.  Her weapon is a fishing pole. Yes, you can actually use fishing poles as weapons. Music: Pinch    Hey, you two! Taking a trip alone, you got some guts. Ah, Carlos! You were listening? I'll never let you date as long as I live! You can fish at our resort! Aw...Getting a little creepy there, bro. Music: Home 2   Alright...!  It's a good size. Wow, Carmen. You're good at this. I know! I'm lucky today. I'm having no luck. It brings me down. Don't worry. Just fishing with you is fun for me. Yeah, me too. I was being selfish. Don't worry. You'll catch something. It's all you can fish. Okay. I'll be patient. Indeterminate amount of time later... Let's eat. I'm getting hungry. Made by me. Here! Go ahead. Oh, just a minute. I'll put the fishing rod down. Don't worry. Now say 'ah'. Ahhh. (Yum.) Hmm...it's good. Heh heh. I'm glad I woke up early and made it! It was hard to prepare without making noise!Yes, Link is in fact the densest motherfucker on the planet. Huh? Is that a fish biting? Oh! You got one! Pull it up! O-Okay! It's pretty big. The rod might break... Don't force it! I'll help you!   That was a strong fish. I wonder if it was the King Fish. You think so?! Wow! The King Fish was just on our line! That's amazing!!! Oh! Ouch! Are you OK? I'll be fine! I twisted my ankle. It kinda hurts. Heh heh. Don't worry. Use my shoulder.  What's wrong, Carmen? Are you hurt? What did you do to her? You better answer me! I'm sorry, Carlos. I think Carmen got hurt because of me. No, stop! I was helping him catch a large fish. Then the line.broke, and I fell to the ground! You're so hot-headed! ...! Sorry about that. I get crazy about my little sister, you know? You were helping her and I yelled at you. Sorry. Carlos. Silly guy...I'm glad you're worried, but you need to trust us. *mumble mumble* ...Let's go home now. Today was fun. Thanks. I had fun too. Take care of your foot. ... Our prize is absolutely nothing! Bonus Art: Raven and Carmen are the last ones. The non-bachelorette & non-Univir Settlement folks aren't important enough to get official art. Sorry!  
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Your Bath Needs You Music: Monster Village  It appears that our comrades in the glorious Univir settlement wish to show us the glory of the also glorious desert. Let's see it for ourselves!   That's right. You need to see the beauty of the desert. Uh, okay. I'm not sure there's much to see, but it might be nice to check out. Ah. You have seen, but you have not observed. I'll show you the majesty of Sol Terrano:Star Dunes. The skies are clear in the afternoon, and it's a perfect place to go stargazing. We were there literally last update! That's too bad. I was hoping to show you something new. Uh, but it might be, like, different with you there! Do you really think so? Sure! There's always something new to discover! Hmmm...well, if you say so, comrade. Besides, you've come all the way to the settlement, so we should head out there anyway. Sounds good. Uh, which way do we go? We can get to Sol Terrano:Star Dunes directly west from the Sol Terrano Desert entrance.Thankfully I don't have to wait until the sun sets this time.   It's...not quite as impressive this way. It's so beautiful. And it's surprisingly cool for the desert! Since we're near the ocean, the heat doesn't get too stifling. No, I don't even notice the heat at all! I never really appreciated how magnificent the desert scenery actually is! I could get to really like this place. Isn't it amazing? The Hornless can't appreciate beauty like this. Only we can. I'm not sure about-- An earthquake?! I don't think so. That felt more like a rockslide. Do you get those often around here? Yeah. The rocks around here tend to become unstable, especially after we get rain. So I guess the desert's beautiful...but also awfully dangerous. Nevermind all the things trying to murder us out here. It's the rockslides that make it dangerous! Do you head out here often, Kuruna? I've come here all my life! I used to sneak out here a lot with Ondorus when we were children. That doesn't sound like.appropriate behavior for an elder! Well, even elders used.to be kids, you know. Sorry! I didn't mean.to insult you! Heh. You didn't insult me. I know it's hard to imagine me as a kid. It sure is... Time just flew by back then. It felt like our own secret hideout. It sounds like this place means a lot to you. I wish I could get my memories back... Oh, I didn't mean to offend you! I'm not offended at all! I want to get them back because I want to tell you about my childhood, too! I'd like to hear those memories, comrade.Well, you have to start with the part where a human and a wooly committed crimes against the natural order, and then had to teach their kid how to switch between the forms, and... Well, should we head back to the settlement? Yeah, I have some work to take care of back there.  You know, I always kind of wondered where the rock spawns on the farm came from. The sticks make sense because it's below a giant tree, but the rocks? Are gnomes smuggling them under cover of night? Is Shara putting them there so we have something to do? At least it's not a mystery for the desert fields, because rocks apparently just fall from the sky at random. Hopefully Link's little acorn hat doubles as a hard hat.   And then everything goes black.   Sorry about the partial portraits/dialogue boxes, but the timing for some of these animations is a bitch.  Comrade! You've come to! Oh, I was so worried! What...happened?Oh no, we've lost our memory again! I guess it's time for Kuruna to give us a conveniently empty farm in town and You don't remember? You knocked me out of the way of a falling rock! Such valorous instincts, comrade! I apologize profusely. It seems I was...distracted. You aren't hurt at all? No, I'm fine. If not for your bravery, though, I'm not sure what might have happened? How about you? Are you in pain? A mild headache, but I'm doing fine other than that. That's good to hear. It looks like my healing arts worked. You have healing powers? I guess that's what this glowing light is. Indeed. All Univir elders are skilled in the healing arts. You must be pretty powerful! Even my headache's going away now! You're amazing, Kuruna! No, comrade. You're the one who's amazing. You sacrificed yourself for the Univir elder today. That means so much to me and my people! I will not forget your selflessness, comrade. I'm just glad you're safe. That's all I wanted. Anyway, we should probably get out of here before we run into any more rockslides! Definitely! You're sure you'll be okay? Oh, I'm more than okay. And it's all thanks to you! What about you, comrade? How are you doing? Your healing arts are amazing! I think I feel even better than before that rock flattened me! I know my healing powers are potent...but not that potent! Take care of yourself out there, comrade. I want to see you come back in one piece! I will! Here's a token of my appreciation. It's the least I can do. Use it when you run low on health. Thanks a lot! I'll keep that in mind. I hope I can show you some more of the desert sometime.  I can poo poo these out en masse, but I guess it's the thought that counts. Meanwhile, with the hornles...er, humans.   But don't you think Evelyn's outfits are a little...off? That's crazy talk! The designs themselves are sublime, but they leave me feeling cold. I get the same feeling when I look at junk! I guess it's a genetic defect, then. I'd ask where the ice came from, but this is a town within shouting distance of a land of eternal winter.   Norad? Yes, it's a small kingdom surrounded by larger ones. This is the birthplace of the dragon legend. Really? So you must be pretty familiar with the story by now. Well, actually...I never was very interested, so I don't remember much of it. Oh.The geography of the Rune Factory world is never relevant to the plot(aside from the Sechs Empire invasions in 1 and 4), but you can get more details here if you want.  More importantly, there's a bathmergency! Music: Home 2   It's something I heard from an old friend of hers. ...! Sakuya...? Suddenly I'm getting a chill.Pfft, she's harmless.  That's why you should strike at the end of their attack. Or a heavy weapon. like an axe or hammer will work well, too.See? Harmless.  Pia?! What happened?! Let's just ignore the fact that Sakuya was out front two seconds ago.   Nah, that may be what it looks like, but I'm still rarin' to go! Trust me! Besides, who...else...can clean the...bath...? No! Mom will do it. You get some rest! The...bath...NEEDS...me! Just do it! I'll stop...for a little bit. Maybe. She's been really enthusiastic lately. But maybe too much when it comes to the bath. I know work's important, but it's not important enough to work yourself to the bone. She cares so much about the bath. Well, it seems like she's alright. I'm sure she'll be back to work in no time. But I'm sure she'd love it if you took a Fried Squid to her. Fried Squid? Yeah, I think I can manage that! Although, I have a feeling she'd just be happy to see you. Really?   I should really just start stockpiling squid.  In proper state fair fashion, fried squid is served on a stick.  And Sofia's in our house. Staring vacantly at the entrace. Possibly unaware that we're frying up a squid for the local bath-obsessed mermaid. (Once villagers like you enough, they start going into your house at random. It'd be cute if I was ever in my house for more than two seconds at a time.)  I feel a little bad having you do all this for me. I need to get better and back to work! You don't need to push yourself so hard... Huh? Sakuya was upset. You need to take better care of yourself. She gave me an earful, too. It seems like you don't think you're any good without the bath. Yeah, that's right. What? If I didn't have the bath, I'd have nothing left. Then I'd feel bad for Sakuya because.she made me who I am. ...I don't think people can make you anything. Huh? Sakuya didn't make you who you are or anything, you changed when you met Sakuya. And so, that's what made you happy the most. Happy...? Let's go somewhere together when you're feeling better. I want to go somewhere with you. ...OK. Thanks for coming. Seems like she wasn't going to be listening to me. Oh, and this is from Mom. She says to take good care of her girls. Oh, but I didn't do anything-- She's really busy right now, but she's worried about Pia, too. An alarmingly credible threat. She will?! Anyway, take good care of Pia! Our prize is slightly underwhelming, but less underwhelming than a lot of other recent quest rewards.  Time for Collette. Maybe someone out there likes her. Maybe. For this quest, Collette isn't in either of her usual haunts(the restaurant & the apothecary). Instead...     This bit might be more meaningful if she was feeding/petting something actually dangerous. Instead she's feeding the apple/dog thing that's only a hair more intimidating than a wooly. Link...I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a bit scared. But I feel like I need to distinguish myself from other cooks. Cooking is a force that brings together those who eat and those who feed. Neither of those people can say which job is more important. I see. But I haven't been able to do that very well lately. I keep messing up. All I've been thinking about is growing taller. Maybe I should just.give up my dreams of being a good cook...then-- It'll be okay. What? What you just said. "Neither can say which is important." Yeah...? Doesn't that include yourself? People who eat, and people who feed. And your own feelings. Collette, you're thinking about sacrificing yourself. ... Caring for everybody leads to caring.for yourself. You're right... I'll take better care of everyone else! And me, too! Yes. Alright! I'm feeling better! And I'm getting hungry! Thank you for today! Link! I'll work harder from now on! (Taking care...Maybe...Collette might accept my transforming powers...) What's the matter? Oh...no, it's nothing. (I don't have enough courage.) They really had to reach to find something vaguely poignant for Collette, huh? Music: Oddward Valley   Oh well. Let's go deal with a boss.   That gate sure looks like a plot thing. (The monster drop is Giant Gloves, which give +1 ATK and +3 DEF when used to upgrade)   But first, mining. Never say no to a bunch of rocks on one convenient screen.  What do we get to beat up this time? A lobster? A dragon? A tank? Sherman trying to eat a tank?   But...It's too quiet. Like there never was any howling. I need to tell Sakuya, I should get back to town! Don't forget to pick up the free gift for Sofia.  Grating blocks us from re-entry once we leave. Hmm.  I'm damned lucky Sakuya's still awake at this hour.   The diner got vandalized! What?! I heard it was like a giant lion. Maybe it's the same one that attacked me. Run! Run like plot triggers depend on it!   What happened here?! Nobody got hurt, but it snatched the Salted Char right out of my hands! ...I don't look that scary when I'm scarfing, do I?! I'd cooked that fish to perfection, too. A lion-like beast? I'd better head to Oddward Valley! The townspeople have a right to eat in peace! I'm afraid to cook anything now! Who knows what vile beast the smells might attract?! Nah, look at the time. We can kill a lion tomorrow. Or next week. Eventually. Music: Town (Day)  Besides, now it's Sherman's birthday and that's much more important. He likes cooked food, so he's just getting a rice ball.   Yeah. I want to get bigger. And eating good food should make me grow up fast, right? I don't think it actually works like that. I mean, it's good to eat healthy food, but your body isn't going to grow until it's ready. Really? Oh... But you should enjoy being a kid now. You'll have plenty of time to be a grownup later. I see. Well, if you say so, I guess I can wait.Glad to see someone in this town has a healthy attitude towards growing taller.  I just told Blaise to bake nine. Nine?! Why does he need nine cakes?!You don't maintain a waistline like that by slacking off.   Particularly not food! Fine, fatass, here's your birthday ric...are those statues of turnips?  I hate these! How terrible! No thank you very much.  While I'm in the giving mood, Marian gets a pumpkin. It seems vaguely appropriate.  Are you sure? Well, I couldn't say...I just feel like it's something you'd get if you worked hard at it. ...Maybe you're right.>Something you have Even me...? Aren't you happy now, Raven? ...I don't know. >Food ...... Sorry... Well, I think we can all agree on that! Really? I didn't know that! Does that mean you'll join me in raiding her studio in "Operation Fish-Scale Justice"? Uh...I don't think we find her outfits offensive for the same reasons!It's criminal that this is never an actual quest.   Duh! Who doesn't know "Radish Rangers"? It was a really popular play in the city back when I was a kid! "Go, go Radish Rangers!" That was the theme song! All the kids used to sing it back in the day! What was the plot? This disembodied head recruited five teenagers with attitudes, and they fought giant monsters using various types of oils and spices! Uh...that doesn't seem like appropriate material for kids!Link confirmed as zero fun. It seemed normal at the time! But looking back, that disembodied head was wack! And he was always hitting on the female team members!    I went with Gaius the other day, but I guess you help with the mining, too, don't you? Sometimes...When our supplies are low, or when Gaius can't go outside. I see. Then where are we going to mine today? Oddward:Windy Hill...or something. Or something...? ...Then Oddward:Windy Hill. Are you just picking random spots? ...Let's just go. Oh, okay.  Oh? And Raven, too. Yes... Oh. I forgot you said you were going to take the day off! Umm. Well then the.store is... Guess we're closed today! Won't your customers be mad? Ah, don't sweat it. Anyway, are you guys on a date? N-No. I'm helping Raven gather some material. Materials? ...! Yes. She said you were running out. We are? ... Hmm...I guess we are. What? Well, I'll leave the gathering to Raven, and I'll get back to the store. Yes, I think that's best. Someone should be there. Yeah. Well, see you. ...If Gaius was any more chill, he'd be a snowman.   Curry Udon for dinner tomorrow, OK? Oh... OK...  Oh, I see. ...Let's go. Oh, wait.  Raven dies a lot on the way to the destination, but thankfully this isn't an escort mission.   Well, I should-- Is that a wooly? ...It's okay. This one looks like the one from the ice field. I see. It likes you, Raven. ...   Well, let's go then. Yes.Back at the entrance to the dungeon...   ...! (What is...this light? My body is...) (Oh no, I'm transforming!) Thank god noted friend to monsters Raven(who blatantly shares the same secret as us) didn't find out that we're half monster!! Nevermind that we dashed into the cave right in front of her. A+ stealth game, Link. What was that light?   Where's Raven-- Raven! What's the matter? You don't look well. No...it's nothing. Are you sure? Well, maybe you should just rest for today. I'll take you home. OK... Thanks for today... Don't worry about that, it's time for rest! Yes...  All angst aside, at least she pays well.  Oh. Link... Sorry. I'm just thinking...Hmm. 
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I'm Not Lion Music: Town (Day)  Grass colors are seasonal. Summer brings Green Grass(which I confuse with antidote grass. A lot.), indigo grass, and purple grass(which looks very similar to indigo grass) with it. Why are the fields such a mess all of a sudden? Well...  Summer also brings typhoons with it. They'll cause a ton of poo poo to spawn in your fields, and can delete crops at any stage of growth. This effect also applies to dungeon fields(except the cave field from the fall dungeon). Have fun doing all your planting en masse so you get something out of it once nature is done ruining your day.   Enough whining, though. Sofia needs us!   I've never felt so content! No! I see! So, what happened? I saw some food on the table, so I gulped it down without thinking! But...it...was...FATHER'S FOOD! ...Uh, gotcha. Well, what's the big deal? Just apologize to him. He'll understand. Hilarious! Hilarious? Hilarious how? Hilarious! You know, like ghosts! Zombies! Marian! Ah, I understand. Especially after you mentioned that last part. Anyway, I ate a gourmet soup prepared by a three-star chef! Well, we've got one right here in town. I'll just ask Blaise to whip up some more. No. I need to give the three-star chef some birds before he can make another batch. Specifically...he needs bird saliva. That's an...interesting ingredient. Labeling text boxes correctly is easy. Could you catch 3 birds by 11AM? Hmm, by 11AM? I'm not sure I can. Why do you think I told you to take your time?! I'll, uh...do what I can, then. You better! If you catch a bird, just give it to me. I'll send them all to the chef together. Understood! Oh, if you run quickly by holding down R, you can catch the birds more easily!  True to her word, you can walk by holding down R and this lets you pick up birds without scaring them away.  Sadly they can't go into your inventory, so you have to carry them back one at a time.  If you're bored you can also pick up birds and throw them at things. Not that I've ever done that.   You're welcome! Oh, and a token of my appreciation! I'll never ask you for help again EVER! Hope to work together again soon! No sweat! Looking forward to it! ...Wow, can't belive it doesn't even faze me now. It's almost like I'm bilingual! Our prize is cheese. And I'm not fast enough to catch her post-quest dialogue snippet, but she has something more interesting to say in her daily dialogue anyway.   Evelyn's clothes to the rescue! I don't think that's the solution...>Uh, I guess. You fail! In fact, you fail so hard that I might even go out on a date with you! Wait, how much of that was opposite-speak? Onward!   Today! Find me! A ring! For my bronze statue! It's hard for me to understand when you break up your speech. Basically! I want a ring! A riiiiiiiiiing! O-Okay. Well, could you show me this bronze statue? What...? Oh...well...I haven't finished it, yet... Is that right? Then what kind of ring do I need to bring? Well...then...I want a Ruby Ring... Why are you getting all red? J-Just bring it to me! Now go! My assistant! Yes... Lucky for her I have exactly one ruby on hand to make a ring with.  The recipe for a Ruby Ring is one ruby. Don't ask where the ring comes from.   By the way, what about the bronze statue? Oh...Umm...I broke it. You broke it?! With my bare-hands. Your bare-hands?! Really?! Artists break work they don't like! I blew it up! Is that right? She's blushing like this for the next line too. So I guess, I'll have to keep this myself! Yes! That's it! That's for the best! Well...that's fine. So, that's the case. Here, this is for you. Ah...thank you. (A ring that Link made!) Looks like Daria's a Pokemon fan.  What was that ridiculous remark? You're one to talk. Ha ha...you got me.>What do you mean? Please pick the top option, next time.Daria is not a fan of the fourth wall, though.   I go to check on the small patches of crops I had growing in dungeons, but they both got murdered by a typhoon. Oh well! Music: Monster Village  What do you mean "really are"? No, I mean, you are a wooly at first glance. You just did not seem very strong.I'd call her racist, but a)we knew that already, and b)to be fair, woolies are hilariously bad at combat. I suppose this would be a very different game if our monster form wasn't something easily seen as nonthreatening.  Kuruna also has a request today, so let's get to it.   And you want...? Yeah, I'll get to that...I want... Yes? Go ahead and spit it out! I want...Music: Alchemy  Yikes! What's wrong? I just didn't expect you to...yell. You told me to spit it out! Ah, that I did. My fault. Anyway, you heard what I said. We shall not speak of it again, comrade. You know your mission. Yep. I'll see what I can do for you. I should be able to find you some "Hornless food." Ahem! I told you to not speak of it again! Oh, right. But yeah, I think I know where to track some down for you! Really?! Yeah. Hornless food isn't hard to find if you know where to look! Good to know! So...this must remain absolutely confidential, you realize? Of course! None in the settlement shall be the wiser! Uh, what? Ahem! Sorry. Lost myself for a minute there. So...you looking for anything in particular? Yeah, I tried this once and am REALLY craving it today for some reason! Let's see. Where could it be...? There it is! ...Gimme some Roasted Yam! No problem! Like, soon-ish! What's the big hurry? I need it THIS SECOND! I'll get right on that for you, then!As you might expect, Roasted Yam requires a yam to cook. I don't have any yams on me and they'll take a couple days to grow in Oddward Valley(they're a fall crop). Sorry, Kuruna! We'll round out the day with some random dialogue instead.   This reeeeeeeally tiny Marian was trying to get me to take medicine. But she just couldn't get that it wasn't going to work, so I lectured her. "Marian, you shouldn't bother people. Listen to your big sister." Ha ha. I guess you have the upper hand in your dreams. Well then, Marian suddenly became a giant and picked me up. Huh? "Come on, it's just tea!" So I said okay and drank it, and I shrunk smaller and smaller! "Huh? That wasn't supposed to happen. Let's try it again!" I mean, why did that happen?! I'm the older one here! So she still gets you, even in your dreams. Keep telling yourself that, buddy.  Also I upgrade the fridge capacity, because I'm constantly running out of space. Hoard fewer items? Why would I do that?   Yue actually has a variety of dialogue she goes through before selling you stuff. I assume this is a RF2 reference. (She had nothing interesting for sale)   For optimal min-maxing, I'd equip this scarf before crafting or mining. I'm too lazy to actually do that every time, and RF3 is generous enough with RP that it's usually not a big deal, but it's nice to have stuff like this around just in case.   Shara's trying to teach me how to bake. But the last cake I made was such a disaster. Is that right? Shara can make one fine, so why can't I? I see. I guess I've just got to keep trying. I'm not gonna give up!>From recipe breads. Hey, that sounds a lot easier! I should do that.She's got a point. In a world where you can learn to cook everything by eating bread, why even learn to cook the normal way? >Blaise taught me. You learned from a cook?! Well, Shara's probably as good as Blaise. I guess I'll learn from her eventually. Yam seeds acquired, on sale too.  I didn't have to plant so many, but hey, why not?  Glamour shot of Link's new fridge.  First round of eggplants comes in the next day.   (Personal grooming and fashion seem really important to Sofia. Maybe I should start classing.it up...) Hey, Sofia. How do you feel about me? This is out of nowhere! Hmm... What's the best way to put this? Sofia gets pretty fantastic as she starts falling for you.  Link really has no self-preservation instinct if he'd consider a quest from Marian. Let's do this! Music: Home   I made some new medicine today. Again? So, what's the medicine this time? Well, before I tell you, how about some tea? Oh, thank you. No. Self-preservation. Instinct. And so, what's the medicine? It's a "growth serum". There's someone perfect to test it on. Test...? Now, Link! Go find that evasive Collette and bring her here! Wait, my body's moving on its own...?  You just drank my medicine. Now go bring Collette here!  Link?! Why are you here?! I've been looking for you. Red Riding Hood. ☆ That strange way of talking! Is it Marian's special mystery drug?! I'm sorry, Collette. Please, come with me for my Marian. Mercy! Mercy...! No. ☆ NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!  Alright! Gotcha! Marian! Forcing medicine on someone isn't taking care of them! Good medicine is bitter. Sacrifice yourself for science! I don't want to! I see. Try some tea then. Oh, thanks. No. Self-preservation. Instinct. For you too, Link. Thanks. ☆  Experiment is working... Experiment?! I wanted to try out my gender change medicine. I want to see the other you, Link! When did you...wait a minute...the tea?! It's too late now! Come over here. I'll take care of you. I'm the older one here! That's not... My body won't move! I used some paralyzers. More medicine?! I don't believe it! It must have been the tea...Why don't those things fail like the others?! It's just luck. O-Oh, is that so? Let's focus on the issue.     I feel like this has happened before. I dunno how many times. Collette? You're both awake. They woke up?! Oh...I'm sorry. I overdid it again. ... You're always overdoing it. Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm not skilled enough. But next time...next time! I'm going to make a cure-all! Wasn't it a growing medicine? Oh. Anyway, Here's this for today. Sorry again. Just wait! Next time...! What'll it take to get this girl declared a menace to the public and locked away for our safety?   I hope the apothecary doesn't get shut down before that. You're walking a thin line, aren't you? That doesn't loving matter! She's a menace!  How can you be so forgiving? ...I think it's admiration. ...Let's get away from these lunatics and go to different lunatics.  You'd look good in that flowing clothing. ?! Hm? Well...(I guess it's OK.) Karina is about as useful in combat as you'd expect. She can use a bit of magic, but she's not exactly aggressive about using it.   What's this poo poo, then?  Oh. You can tell they really couldn't figure out a graceful way to write around this boss, since there's no natural plot points guiding you towards it other than a stream of seemingly random 'oh by the way this lion monster did poo poo' events. Really?! Please tell me more! Well, I was just fishing down by the falls. I got hungry, so I got my lunch out, and it came out of nowhere. It was so fast. And its claws and giant teeth...Man! It was scary! I just got out of there as fast as I could. So it's down there?! I'm not sure. I went to check on my fishing rod, and it wasn't there any more. Looks like it took my Salted Char, too. That's too bad. (Blaise said it got his Salted char too. Maybe I can use it to lure it out. I'll get some ready before I go.) Thank you. You're welcome. Good luck taking out that monster, Link! A char.  A frying pan.  A plan.   I'm trapped!    Not very hard. Karina even gets a levelup out of it.      Oh no!   They fall to the strategy of "hit them until they die."   I'm sure Karina will be very helpful in this fight and not die instantly.   There he is! So this is the monster that attacked Blaise and Collette! You'll pay for that!  Ruh roh.  Yup. It's a duo boss. Wait, another one?! Which one attacked the diner?! Guess it doesn't matter! They're both about ready to make me their meal!Music: VS Amaranthine and Crimsone   The basic gimmick here is that the red one(Crimsone) is a physical attacker, and the blue one(Amaranthine) is a mage. And...that's really the entire gimmick. Amaranthine spams that cyclone spell a lot and Crimsone goes pretty fast, but their attack patterns are nothing noteworthy.   Red one down. Purple one gains a damaging roar at some point but is still nothing to write home about. This is honestly just kind of a filler boss.  And down goes the other one.    Way to ruin the mood. (Villagers will automatically go home at 9PM. I'm assuming Karina stayed later because I dragged her into a boss fight.)   I'm lucky enough to get both lions' drops. Their effects reflect their gimmicks. Music: Mystery   What memory will I get back this time? Where was I before? Why did I come here? What are these orbs to begin with...I hope it all becomes clear, but...    ???: ... ???: Five monsters fled to this town. Will you go after them, Link? Past-Link: Five of them?! Okay...! ???: We're counting on you. ???: ... Past-Link: *pant pant* Where are they? !! Found you! Stop!!...  I was chasing after them. Raccoon from Privera Forest. Skelefang, the monster that attacked the desert settlement. Crimsone, Amaranthine. The monsters here that took Sakuya's and Blaise's lunches. And one more... It's no good. I can't remember the last one. ...! But...I have to go! He's dangerous. I can't rest knowing that he's out there! And that's my only lead to get my memories!So each monster Link was chasing was one of the bosses from the dungeons. No prizes for guessing where the last one shows up.  But there's no hurry, so let's go to bed.
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I'm honestly not sure, since I've never gotten into using NPC backup in this game. Although if it's like RF4, the answer is "anyone you equip well and bring along with you often enough that their level's on par with yours," minus the few NPCs with really annoying combat habits. I also just remembered I never showed off that magic seed I got way in the beginning of the game. I suppose I should do that eventually. (I say when my screenshot backlog is several updates long) Commander Keene posted:Considering there's absolutely no military presence anywhere in Norad It's also implied Link was part of some sort of defense force before he got amnesia'd. Again, not a very useful one since nobody's ever checked up on why these terrible boss monsters are still running around, but it's there.
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No, they don't affect cave crops. Those nine yams will be safe! And, uh, nothing else. RF3 doesn't have much in the way of cave fields. What I'd give for RF4's ability to say  to typhoons, though.
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Defrost Music: Town (Day)  Malon/Salisb and Micah have upgraded to providing Medium Milk and Medium Fleece, respectively. It sure is nice of the Buffamoo to package the milk in bigger cartons as their output grows.  The Sharance tree gets bigger with each boss we beat, although only the first one gives us more usable space. I'm sure that has no plot relevance whatsoever.  Whew...I'd wish to be able to eat something until I'm full. Huh?The De Sainte-Coquille Curse continues.  Yams are coming along nicely, minus one that fell to my sword during combat. Dungeon crops are the one time it's kind of annoying that weapons can double as farm tools.   The updates have finally caught up to the Cluckadoodle name vote, so let's grab some.   He's got the master plan.  And eggs. Mostly eggs.  Let's see what Karina's up to this fine morning.   The dungeons? Why? Just because. (I don't feel like explaining.) Well, for starters, they're more like wild areas than dungeons. I see. Well, whatever they are, I've got some questions about them. Huh. (Even with all the monsters? Maybe monsters aren't so bad once you get used to them.) I see. (I guess those are pretty good.)Looking at the text dump, Karina does call you out if you bullshit her here.  Really...? (That's kind of gross.) Sounds like you're pretty popular. (Although that's not a good kind of popular, I guess.) Oh, I see. (Hmmm...)  Eating off the ground is fun? Oh, I was kidding. Really? (Oh...boring.) I was really interested in trying a fresh Mushroom. Oh yeah? And? Well... (Isn't it obvious?) Okay. I'll get one for you. What? Just wait here. Oh, okay. (I'm glad he caught on.)This actually changes depending on what you pick earlier! If you say you like fishing she'll want a fish, for example.   Thank you for your contribution, Daria.  It's random whether any given mushroom is poisonous or not. I'm sure Karina will be fine.   Yes. That's the same thing that happened to me. What? The more I think about it, I've smelled it so many times shipping it. (I completely forgot.) Notice sooner.Once again, she actually does have a reaction if she gets a poison mushroom! Hm...? (Everything's foggy.) Is this a poisonous mushroom? What?! You said you like eating stuff off the ground, didn't you? Well, open up. (I dare you to eat this.) H-Hey! I won't eat just anything I find!Rejoining the true timeline...   Here, for everything you did today. Thanks for everything. I learned a lot. (Now I'm one step closer to city life.) ?  A garbage accessory. All it does is give you immunity to critical hits. Horray!   When I was in my bed, I could hear my mom and customers laughing. (I felt a bit lonely.) ... Let's try someone less likely to bombard us with weird questions. Music: Home 2   Well, I'll ask Gaius.  Hey, Gaius! Huh...?  Oh, hey, Link. What's the matter? I came to see Raven. Raven? She's not there? No. Well, she does wander off now and then. Is something the matter? Well, she just hasn't been herself recently. I see. (Probably because of that dungeon.) Sofia or Karina might know something. Okay. I'll go ask them. Thanks.  Who knows? (Wait, didn't I see her?) She's gone? Yeah. Gaius didn't hear anything either. Oh. What? Wait, she was walking towards Vale: Icy Rosebush. You saw her?! I think I did... (Vaguely though.) Thanks, I'll look there.Hmm. Let's go see what Sofia has to say, just for shits and giggles.    What could have set her off?Good question, but not the one we're trying to answer right now.   What?! No. Oh, I see. That reminds me, she said that she wouldn't be able to see you again. What did you do to Raven, Link? ... (Does it have to do with that light...?)Music: Vale River  Welp, better go handle this.    Stay away from me! Huh...? ... ...Why did you come...? Huh...? That was...a mistake. I don't have anything more to say to you. Wait-- ...Go home!  ...Don't come near me. ...Please. ...    Good job, you drove the wooly away with too many ellipses. I'm alone again. But right now-- That wooly, it's drawn to Raven. ...Maybe if I pretend to be that wooly...  Now to use the snow to make me white...  For once Link's cunning plan actually seems vaguely cunning.   I see...you came back. Bah! ... (I'm sorry to trick you.)  Bah? Link...he hates me now for sure. B-bah bah bah! (That's not true!) I don't know what you're saying. B-bah... (Of course not.) But...thank you. I wonder why this always happens... Bah? And I thought we were getting along so well...that light...it takes everyone away. ... (This is the curse she talked about before.) So I decided not to be friends with anyone again. That's what I decided...but being lonely is hard... ...  Icy hellholes are great places for naps.  You'll catch a cold if you sleep here, Raven.  Link... Go away. I don't have anything more to say to you. Because of your curse? ?!  I thought finally I've found it...finally I've grasped it! But...when I open my hands, there's nothing there. It's always empty. ... I can't take it any more. I don't want to lose someone important again...I can't take it...  ...! Not again! (But...why is it...? It feels so familiar.)  (Maybe it feels similar. And that wooly...)  What? I thought you disappeared. ...it's okay.  See, I'm here. I didn't disappear. ... ...idiot. Hey...Raven. Yes. Let's go home. ...O-OK.  Raven? Um...thanks for today. What? This is for you.....Bye.  Hm? What's this on my clothes...? ...! This is from the bird in the Sol Terrano Desert! But if its feather's here, then it must have been real...but why was it there? ...Well, no use pondering it.   And just because, here's the state of Link's skills and relationships:    (Yes, love is an element. It also reduces RP use in wooly form.)     Turns out that talking to almost everyone every day gives you remarkably even friendship charts.  Eggman likes us a little already.  Side note: The textdump I use cuts off in the middle of Raven's event, so don't be shy about typo hunting.
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Glazius posted:Are there any weapons that are kind of safe to use around crops based on what they count as? Everything else is okay since axes count as axes(!), hammers count as hammers(!!), and spears & staves don't have a farm tool effect afaik. KataraniSword posted:Thanks for the tip, Marian.
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Ace Detective Music: Town (Day)  Today is a very important day - Gaius' birthday!  What? ...Because it's Gaius' birthday.Curry Udon is one of his loved items, but there's something easier to give to him.   Too bad, you're getting a gift anyway!  Gaius' other loved items are platinum and gold. If you're really hard up for gifts, he merely likes the other ores(including scrap metal for some reason).   Getting this on my birthday, is there something you want to tell me...? No, there isn't any deep meaning. Yeah. I knew that. With that out of the way, let's see what Marjorie wants.   I'm scared to even guess...Wheat sleeves? Pickle pants? Or maybe it all comes full circle at that point and becomes "normal"! Normal? You mean like wheat sleeves and pickle pants? Okay, I guess not. I guess it goes PAST full circle and becomes "abnormal" again! If pickle pants are "abnormal," I don't want to BE normal!I think this entire convo was just an excuse to say 'pickle pants.'  Oh, yes. Well, Could you deliver this to Gaius? Way to shove it into Link's hands before he has a chance to say yes or no. Then again this is Link, so at worst he'd stutter a lot before agreeing to it anyway. I see...Well, I'll go get this to him right now. Oh, thank you. But, if you lose it... Lose it...? Well, Do something about it on your own. I-I see... Well now, Thank you for doing this for me.  Oh, that! I completely forgot about it. Did you really remember just now? Yes, it has something to do with Marjorie's prized possession..I have to be careful. What's her prized possession? I can't tell you that. ... Anyway, I got it now. Could you let Marjorie know? Ah...Back in "I forgot to screenshot the first line of this conversation" land: Oh, Link. It seems like you gave him the Toyherb.  Most important? Let's see...a container, I guess. Container? Oh. A wonderful container that will accept my heart. ...?Anyway, thank you for today. This is for your trouble. Well now, thanks again.  I can't believe Gaius is repairing Marjorie's horcrux.  I think the mermaid would win this one by default, but maybe that's just me.   Well, I've put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears of my own into it. To meet cute monsters. That's why?!  Now that we've beaten the third boss, Sakuya has a new feature for us! Yes, it's a tradition from my homeland! I can tell you how your day will go! "Excellent" is the best reading, followed by "Great," "Good," "Average," and "Uncertain." However, if your reading is "Poor" or "Horrible," something bad will happen! Wait...something bad? Well, the chances of that are low, so I think it's worth the risk! I think so, at least. Sounds, um, interesting.  Let's give it a whirl!   Um...Okay. It says "Good." That means you'll have good luck today. In what way, exactly? Uh, try smashing rocks? It might go better than usual. I see.The other possible results are Excellent(higher spawn rate of treasure chests in dungeons), Great(higher rate of monster drops), Fishing Luck(fish bite more often), Average(easier time befriending monsters), Uncertain(no effect), Poor(you do less damage in combat), and Horrible(Sakuya takes an extra 800 gold from you). Money's easy enough to come by that I might as well get a fortune every day, but in reality I'm lazy and won't do it that often.   Alvarna is the town from RF2. I have no clue what Lillyland is and google isn't helping either.  Ooo. I take a few. Sadly medicine bread isn't as useful as the other breads, simply because there aren't as many recipes to learn from it.  Next!  But first let's get distracted and buy a bunch of stuff from Evelyn.  All of the stuff sold here is for decorative purposes only.      But it's all pretty cheap, so hey, if you want to decorate, then decorate. I don't buy any of it though, since what I'm really here for is...  ...new clothes.   Specifically, I'm going to make Link run around in a swimsuit and you can't stop me.  Although maybe I should have stopped myself.  I also pick up a blue outfit for when I inevitably get sick of running around in bright red swim trunks.   The swimsuit is the only outfit that changes Link's portrait, too. How is someone who mines, chops wood, fights monsters, and farms all the time so scrawny? Is this the power of anime? Lean in close. Uh, okay... (It's about Evelyn's tears!) EVELYN'S TEARS?! Don't yell, you nincompoop! Ah. Sorry about that. But why would you need me to investigate that? I looked into Evelyn's room the other day and she was just bawling, tears streaming down her face in front of her workbench! Do you know what she was upset about? I know. But I thought we should go around town and ask some people. Think you could help? You can be my hard-boiled private investigator! Well, not sure how "hard-boiled" I am. But I'll try. Do you have any leads? Well, she was focused on her clothes. I'm sure that's partly the reason. Well, that's not much to go on. Let's ask around town. Someone must know something. Just don't blab that I saw Evelyn crying. Mum's the word! Sure thing. Mum's the word. Let's hit the road, P.I.!I can already tell this is going to be a fantastic quest.   I really want one. Anyway, have you noticed anything different about Evelyn? Different? I think she's coming up with even better design concepts. I might want to incorporate some in my own work! Right, Link?! Danger...  Well, I mean, you are a grandpa... Hmph, it's the same meaning. Do you know anything about my sister? Yes, she was growing a Ironleaf. You need a lot of patience for that one. I don't know why she did, but she's got a good eye for picking a Ironleaf.  But I think I saw her planting Ironleaf in front of her house. That's Evelyn. I can't believe she was doing something so fun without me... Sofia. Your legs are shaking. She was worried they couldn't breathe, so she carefully pulled each one halfway out. ...  What? Let's see...oh! She said that she was growing Ironleaf for some inspiration on flower designs. I see. I wonder why she picked Ironleaf.Because the world just wasn't ready for pickle pants?   She said she was going to grow more vegetables to make new outfits. That's a usual conversation from her? Yes...  That's even less helpful than what everyone else has been saying!   No. I see. ...  I see... Maybe you should ask someone who is close to her? You may have a point. Thank you, innkeeper.Nah, let's keep asking the entire town.   Wait, did she start selling to another store?! What's going on?! No, please calm down.  Not even close. We wanted to ask you about Evelyn-- FISH AREN'T CLOTHING MATERIAL! Can't disagree with you there.   Why isn't Evelyn growing Ironleaf in our garden? Is it all part of her vile plot to prevent me from sneaking in food? That's a pretty smart plan, actually.  ...does Sofia actually know anyone's name? Lemme think...she's ice-cold with the zingers. I got served the other day. Uh, that doesn't really help us.  Oh, no. I'm just getting hungrier!! Sous-chef! A query. Have you seen Evelyn? What?! I didn't eat Evelyn! Speaking of Evelyn, do you have 11 helpings of chicken on you, Sofia? Your appetite never ceases to amaze me! It's so very annoying! Uh, is that a compliment? I think so...but maybe not.  Did you notice anything strange about her behavior? Not especially. She cast an anti-poison spell on my food, like she always does. Does that actually work? It's for peace of mind. Evelyn explained it to me one time. Basically, it's to ensure my innocence in the event of a poisoning. She's got good intentions. Yeah, she does. She just doesn't need to go to all that trouble. I don't think I ever knew that about Evelyn.We're really not getting any leads here, are we?   Did you want another shot?! Y-Yes! I knew it! Then let's-- W-Wait! I just came to ask about Evelyn-- I know! Evelyn never comes around, but you like shots, don't you, Sofia? I love them! Okay, just roll up your sleeve-- In retrospect Marian was probably a bad person to ask.   I don't know! I only look at Carmen! ...  Have you noticed anything normal about Evelyn lately? That's a good question. When I called to her when I went fishing... She said that if I caught a big one, she could use it as clothes. Yes. So, nothing strange. I see... ...  Evelyn was crying in front of her workbench. Huh? Is it okay just telling her? It's only Karina. Well, she did mention making pants for someone. (Or I thought...) Oh. What is it, Link? Wait, did you-- No. Do you think that's the thing Gaius ordered? The iron man? Yes. I helped gather materials with her the other day. Very suspicious. Well, let's go see Gaius.Before we go, let's talk to Evelyn for shits and giggles.   Evelyn?! I-It's nothing! Help me out here, Link! Uh, yeah. Like she said. Nothing. And there's nothing between us. Okay. But you guys look awfully suspicious. You've got that whole "private investigator" fashion going today. Wait, Gaius isn't at the blacksmith's? Hmm. In fact, he's nowhere in town. Instead...  ...he's off in the desert. In the middle of a typhoon, no less. ( my crops) I find an elusive desert tomato on the way. Music: Gaius' Theme    We've been looking for you, Iron Man! Huh? Oh, to see me? Well, how about we go back to my shop and talk. There's no time for that! Sofia, calm down. What are we gonna solve chatting all the way out here in the desert? ...Fine. Lead the way, Iron Man. Well, we were just--  I've been looking all over town for you! Sorry for the wait. Your outfit's finally done! Well that's certainly not the dread most people have towards her outfits! Oh, Sofia. I didn't see you there. That outfit! What about it! That's the same outfit I saw from before! I saw her, Iron Man! She was sprawled out on her workbench, bawling her eyes out! Bawling...? Oh, yeah. I guess I was. It's because I was using Onions. Onions?! Onions?! Then you weren't crying over Iron Man? Why would I cry over Gaius? We're good friends. Nothing more than that. Anyway, I'm in a rush. I need to get this outfit to Gaius before it spoils! What's the point of an outfit that spoils?  Well, see you later! Wait, something still seems odd here...   Also we now own one of those monkey things from Evelyn's outfit.  What's that? 
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Commander Keene posted:You have this line twice; once in the screenshot above, and then transcribed here. Omnicrom posted:No, no I don't. When was this?
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Rainbow Tour Music: Summer  Crops: Surprisingly intact. For now.  Indeed. It was decreed by my ancestors, comrade. So...if you could've chosen a career, what do you think you would've done? That's easy. I'd own a cake shop! You can't eat your inventory, you know. Hmm...You've got a point. I might have to reconsider, then.I'm not sure what's stopping Kuruna from owning a cake chop and settlement elder-ing, what with her being in charge of a whopping two other people and all.  Alright, Shara time. Not-really-random aside: I know I've been stalling on putting up a marriage poll, but that's because all these bachelorette quests are their heart events. You have to finish a girl's quest chain(which sometimes includes doing quests from a different character, in this case doing some of Monica's quests to advance Shara's questline) to marry her. You also have to get further in the main plot that I am right now before marriage is an option, so there's no real point in voting now.   She's still just a child, but she seems a little more grown up. Oh, and she wouldn't stop talking about you. She's "Link did this," and "Link likes that." So much so that it almost made me jealous. Aw, shucks. Really, I couldn't have imagined seeing her like this at all. Really, thank you so much. Oh, no, I couldn't have done it without your help. You're giving me too much credit. I'm glad to hear you say that. And now, I have a gift for you. Oh, I don't need anything. But it's not here. ...?! I gave it to Monica to hold. Why don't you go see her, Prince? Th-That again...?  Yup!! I baked it with Shara. That's great. I can cook, too. Heh heh. But Shara's better, so I'm going to have her teach me lots! I'll let you have some of my next batch! Okay, thanks.  Surprise. The reward is cake.   Wow. I want one. Heh heh. But you can't have it.Rude.  Also what item she found is randomly generated each time she shows it. Where the hell is she wandering?   ...Later dungeon=higher tier gems. That's all you really need to remember.   But my sister's room is off limits. Got it? Bro'. Ha ha ha... I'm always here if you need to talk. But our walls are thin. Ha ha ha!Thanks, Carlos.   Is that a compliment? ...The greatest. What?!I'm pretty sure Gaius' crush on Evelyn is the entire reason she's not a marriage candidate. Link could never bring himself to be that much of a monster.  Oh poo poo, are we finally going to make him eat his goddamned vegetables? I'm in.  The minimap spoils the fact that he's up in this tree after starting the quest. Hmm.   Riiiight. Music: Home   You know how Rusk doesn't like vegetables, right? He pretty much only eats pastries! Well, everyone has different tastes. What's so wrong with that?He's going to die of various vitamin deficiencies? He's a vegicist! We need to fix that! So I made him a scrum-diddly-umptious veggie surprise, but now there's a problem! What? He didn't like it? No! I can't even find him to force the veggie surprise down his throat! Well, I think that's on you! You did post the request on the bulletin board for all to see! Find that vegicist! Drag his hide back here so I can administer legumic justice! I'm not sure Rusk is gonna like this too much...but you asked so nicely, so I'll do it for you!Still more ethical than Marian's requests.   Nah, I'm his doppelganger. Sure you are, buddy. Hey, Collette's looking for you? Is that so? News to me. But she went out of her way to cook something for you? Could you try it? Even just one bite? Lemme think about it. I'm full. (It's no use. I should tell Collette he's being stubborn.) Yes. He said he was full. *sigh* It was no use? Sorry, Link. It's okay. (...I'll go see him one more time!) Dammit Rusk. Listen, Rusk. This isn't for me. I don't care if you don't like vegetables or not. But it would really make Collette feel good if you'd try out her veggie surprise. Hmm... Your suggestion will be taken under advisement. Weighing the pros and cons...fine, I'll do it. I hope Collette's happy. Really?! Awesome! But just one bite. No more. That's good enough! Collette's gonna go nuts!  Rusk ate the whole thing! How did you do it?! What, really?! I'm so happy. Thank you so much! Collette...Rusk didn't eat it all because of me. What? Rusk said he'd have "one bite". Either he ate the whole thing because he loves you or your cooking was really good. I'm not sure which. I see. Maybe I pushed him too hard. Thank you, Link. I learned something important today. Here, this is for everything. Take it. Link, thank you for today. I'll post something again sometime. Okay.Remember kids, eat your vegetables or else you'll be a soulcrushing disappointment to everyone around you! But don't try to force other people to eat vegetables, that would be just be rude.  A more than acceptable reward. Note that this applies to level-up xp only, not skill xp. Which...is only kinda useful, since your equipment does a lot more for your stats than your level does. But hey, every little bit helps.   That's correct! I need to question your tastes now...>They're a little...different. Poppycock! Evelyn's fashions are impeccable! But she's so indifferent! She should really have her own fashion week! You don't need to cover for Evelyn like that, Sofia. Ahem! What are you accusing me of?! This is a star pendant. It menaces with spikes of iron. (And whatever other stuff I stapled to it so it'd be better than my current accessory)  I also make a hammer while I'm crafting. I might as well level multiple weapon skills when I have the time.  The rest of the day is spent fishing...  ...and getting surprisingly goot loot by dungeoneering. Or it would be if I cast spells more than once in a blue moon. Oh well, free stat point is free stat point. The next day:   I should probably be fishing more regularly instead of cramming in long days of fishing before contests.  But for now, Daria.   Well, I haven't really been waiting too long. No, I didn't think so. And who are you introducing me to? Heh heh heh...I name it...The Daria Rainbow Tour! What? What is that? Link, you need more art education. That's why I will show you around my art pieces in Privera Forest! You were talking about them?! No, thanks...I don't want people to think I'm an accomplice. Accomplice? What? Anyway, don't be so modest! Now come, my assistant!Link's already been an accomplice to worse things than art. What's the worst that could happen?  Talking to Daria again lets you know how many stops are left on the art tour. Handy, since it's easy to miss a few and wonder why the quest isn't ending. Music: Privera Forest   Did she forget or something?The stuff immediately outside her own house counts, by the way. Even this does, iirc. (It's a nondescript statue conveniently blocked by the text box, in case you're wondering)   It's an expression of ennui. Heh heh heh. I don't see anything.  The stuff inside her house doesn't count, but some of her reactions are pretty good.     Not usually, anyway. Not usually?!    This chest is filled with some of her favorite foods. There was actually a miso eggplant in there too, but I found that many, many updates ago and forgot there was more in here.   What?!  I give one of the dishes back to her for easy affection points. Because that's definitely how things would realistically work. But enough fooling around - back to the tour!   You're asking me? You think?! I think that might be important. It was just a normal pole, which was boring. So I chiseled faces and flowers into it! Now it's so cute. Th-thank you...Yes, that bridge she built way back when counts as one of the art installation.  One of the treasure chests I find while running around has this in it. I'd complain about the game putting a damper on the need to forge, but hey, free higher-tier weapons.   The tour won't go on if Daria's knocked out, by the way. She's not that dedicated.    It's getting late and I'm still missing one. Unfortunately Daria won't tell you where any of them are, so I have to search the hard way. I eventually find it and Daria promptly blocks the view of it with her dialogue portrait. The other is "Sunset Nako". It represents...something about this world. You're leaving something out.  And you have to talk to Daria before she'll realize the quest is done. Whew...it's finally over. What do you think? Did you learn a lot? Oh, yes. V-Very much... Very good! Well, I'll show you when I make a new one! I-I see. Here, this is your bodyguard fee. Bye then. (I just...don't get art.) I started this quest at 9:48 am. Maybe I should have used a guide to find the art quicker? Nah.  I decide to get that second cluckadoodle, but quickly realize it doesn't react at all when I try to bribe it into It won't join because my barn's full. Oops. At least it left a medium egg behind when I rage-killed it?  I guess I'll have to fix that problem tomorrow. Or not tomorrow. Eventually.
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Glazius posted:Oh drat it's time to get you some mad money and/or wood for another barn? Or do they get slightly cheaper after the first one? It's not the worst thing in the world if you're like me and do minimal monster taming.
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Something Fishy Music: Festival  Fishing contest today! Also I put Link back in normal clothes. Blue clothes, but normal clothes.   But how about I take them to Blaise right before I do that? I mean, you know. Blaise really knows how to handle fish. Is that...?  So she went to ask Blaise. I see.Stay innocent, Pia.  tl;dr of contest rules: Register at 9, get back to Wells between 5 and 6pm, fish like mad between then.     As you fish, the game will automatically note when you break your previous size record. Thank god.  It'll also go "haha wasted effort" when you don't.  If you want to cheese this, go fish in Oddward Valley. Several fall fish are 100cm at their smallest. By the time I caught this salmon it was 4pm-ish, so time to get back to town.   Oh, um, this is...Not that. So you really want to make them sad? What?! She tricked her...   Apparently I could have just stopped after that first fish, but oh well. I need to fish more anyway.   Who knew Daria was a sore loser?  Instead of a proper quest, let's go grab some free food.   Oh, are you sure? Is it okay that I take some? Yes. It would actually be a big help. Thank you then. I'd be glad to take some. ...that's not even edible. Music: Monster Settlement   Wait, you mean...Zaid actually cooks?! Of course he does! And you guys don't mind eating his food? No, he's actually a skilled chef! I can't imagine Zaid even picking up a fork and knife! Well, you're actually right. He only cooks with his hands!They must be so sick of pickled turnips.   The yams finally grew, so I can finish that request.   Whoa, there! Settle down! Oops! Forgot to thank you! You sacrificed yourself to save me. And now you would venture into the vile Hornless' lair to get this for me! Oh, it's no big deal. No, it's a very big deal, in fact. You are truly my comrade-in-arms. Please accept this gift as my deepest gratitude. Thanks! I'm always glad to be of help. So, Kuruna...how did you actually get introduced to Hornless food? Oh, uh...never you mind that! It's not important. And the Hornless are still evil. Okay. You know, you're kinda cute when you crave Hornless food, though. I do?! Uh, I mean, don't joke around about the Hornless! They are no laughing matter! Sorry about that. Anyway, Hornless food is separate from the Hornless. I mean, I'm basically using the Hornless' own food to fight against them! Yeah, I guess you could look at it that way. Well, let me know if you need seconds! I will. Thank you so much, comrade. You know, if you're using the Hornless' food, aren't they your "comrades" as well? No! Never! The Hornless are evil! They have no redeeming qualities! ...Except their food.  She's tearin' through that just like Collette would... Our prize is cooking bread+. Like regular cooking bread, only you magically get multiple recipes instead of magically getting one.  Speaking of cooking, mashing milk and yellow grass together in a blender is definitely how cheese is made irl, right? The next day...  Fulfilling a promise Link made that I don't actually remember.   But dialogue options make it obvious anyway. Yep! You promised we'd go somewhere when I felt better! So, where do you want to go? Well, how about Oddward:Cavern Pond? I like baths, but I like cold water, too! What?! Pia, I thought you hated the rain! You're loco in your coco! I don't HATE the rain! Sure coulda fooled me. No, it's just hard to walk around in the rain as a mermaid. But I don't hate it. In fact, I love water! It feels so good, and it's SO pretty! Stop looking at me like I'm nutso! No, I'm just surprised! Let's head out to Oddward:Cavern Pond, then. Yippee! The pond is in an easy-to-miss room right by the cave field.   ...and the event takes place in a chunk of land inaccessable by foot. I guess Link can only swim off-camera. See?! It is! But don'tcha think it's weird-ish? What do you mean? When I was in the sea, I was always looking up. Everyone looks down at the water, but I was looking up at the lights. But now, I'm the one looking down at the water. And it's crowbar-across-the-face beautiful! That's an, uh, interesting way of putting it. But I agree, Pia. So, you came all the way out here just for me? Of course! I like you. A lot. A LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT! Like, white-hot-comet-in-the-sky like! Uh, could you translate? About as much as I like Sakuya and Shino! And as much as I like baths! Ah. That means a lot, then! Rain's a hassle, but I don't hate it. I hate squid, but I love how they taste! What are you getting at? It's never "either or" with me! I'm always somewhere in the middle! Are you sure you can handle that? Why are you so nonchalalanla--uh, laid back about it? Because I'm just like you, Pia. You're...a mermaid?  I'm half-monster. So I'm neither completely human nor totally monster.That is what words mean, yes. ... Are you scared, Pia? I'm terrified! I knew it.Music: Comedy I'm terrified of what'll happen if I don't HUG you! Uh, wait! You'll crush me! It's SQUEEZIN' TIME!  Flufftastic! Cute-riffic! SQUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUEEZE! At least...I can...die...happy. Relatively. You deserve to get squeezed HARDER! *SMOOSH* Pia's...hugs...are true...weapons...of war...    Sorry about that? Really sorry? It's okay, Shino. She didn't mean it Well, if you say so, Link... Thanks! (By the way, Pia. Keep our little conversation a secret!) Sure! You were so CUTE! Uh, what did I just TELL you not to discuss?! What are you two talking about? Nothing! Curious! Tell me: What were you two doing alone together...? Just...hangin' out! Link's thing was SO cute!Music: Pinch Goddammit Pia. I guess we're gonna die now. Shut up, Pia! His...thing was cute? Don't know what that's supposed to mean, but okay! Oh, Link! I was thinking of sharpening my sword! Wh-What does that have to do with me and Pia?! Oh. I was just wondering if I should ask you or Gaius. Oh, never mind. I don't have anywhere to put the sword, anyway. Forget I said anything. Well...just keep your sword away from me and Pia! Anyway, thanks for cheering up Pia. Here's a little something for your trouble! But if anything untoward should happen to Pia... *GULP* I don't wanna see that sword!  We're alive! For now.  My prize is a sword that'll be even better than my current one once it's fully upgraded.  Let's do something less likely to get us brutally murdered after a comical misunderstanding. Music: Home   What?! Are you saying that I'm not allowed to use the bulletin board?! I-I never said that...So, did something happen? I want to give the present Shara gave me to Shara! You want to return the gift to her? Nooooooo! I want you to give her the same thing she got me! Ah, so you want to be matching. Yup!! Shara said that she picked it up in Privera Forest, but I can't go there. Alright, so I'll go get it for you. Really?! Are you gonna be OK by yourself? Yeah, I'll be fine. Yeah, I guess you should be able to handle that much at least.Ha ha...So, what did you get from Shara? This! Okay, a Amethyst(sic). Okay. Just wait here, I'll go find one. Thanks. The sooner the better! After a harrowing adventure back home and to his storage box, Link successfully locates an amethyst.   Yay!! Here! This is for you! Thank you, Link. You're welcome. Now Shara and I are a match! I hope Shara likes it. Our prize is a cookie. I'll take it.   She had nothing interesting enough to screenshot today other than this RF2 reference.  The first barn expansion is comically cheap. Which suits me just fine, because I have a second Cluckadoodle to get(eventually).  Not right now, just, y'know, eventually.
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Just Eat It Music: Summer Another short one today to make up for how much I've been slacking.  Despite all the typhoons, I'm still managing to get some crops out of this season. Not as many as I'd like, but it'll have to do.   Also it's the worst character's birthday today.   Against my better judgement, I give her a pumpkin.  And...well, Marjorie's the quest-giver here, so we probably won't die or be turned into an ant or something. Probably.  Yes. But are you sure? Inviting me to eat with you... Yes, I'm sure. You've taken care of Marian so well. Just--Could you bring a Omelet, a Rice, and a Ketchup?If that sounds like a bizarre dinner menu to you, just know it's a Japanese food thing. What? Um, weren't you going to treat me to dinner? Everyone here is like family to me. So I'm just asking my family to chip in a little bit. I-Is that how it is? It is. Now, come back when you've got the ingredients.So, there's a couple problems here. The first is that we need tomatoes and onion to make ketchup. The second, and much more annoying one, is that we need the same size of milk and egg to make an omelet. My Buffamoo are already making medium milk, but my newly recruited Cluckadoodle is still only laying small eggs, so making an omelet is impossible until medium eggs start happening. I can't believe it took until RF4 for someone to go "wait, can't we just have it accept any size of milk/egg for the ingredient slot instead of having three different omelet recipes?"  Since that quest is getting backburnered indefinitely, let's see what Sherman wants today.   I'm not having a sudden craving for some sandfish dish. Sandfish dish? Actually, I didn't ask the chef, too. You asked Blaise, too? Then there's no reason that I need to... But Link, I don't have high hopes in your cooking ability. So you want to compare my cooking with Blaise's? No. So please hurry and don't make Fried S. Flounder. Okay. I'll do what I can! That's not the spirit! Now, bad luck!To the desert, then!    Sand flounders can be fished out of the desert sands. Just roll with it.  Then fry it.   Please, enjoy. Of course! *chomp chomp smack*! Yes, it is disgusting! Too disgusting!  Seconds please!!  But, really...my opinion is that the chef's dishes are more horrible. I see... But...it was really bad. I don't thank you. Sherman... And no congratulations to you, Link. What? You're a chef now too, Link. This is from me. It's not something special.   Don't improve! Okay! Thank you very much! By the way...since when am I trying to become a chef? ... ... Who cares if Sherman's trying to make us a chef, do you see how well the man pays?   So you did...  Yes, you can learn weapon techniques if a runey skill up procs the right skill at the right time. I'll show off the ultimate spear move eventually, but I'm having too much fun with this overpowered sword for now.  Time to bribe a chicken into slavery.  Love me.  LOVE ME.  Koo koo kachoo.   For some bizarre reason, Walrus immediately lays a large egg in the barn. But after today he goes back to laying small eggs like I expected. It's baffling and also doesn't help me with making an omelet. The next day...   tl;dr: Everyone will be selling stuff tomorrow. What Wells doesn't tell you is that a few people will be trading items for other items, and there's actually a trading chain to help you get some of the really good stuff.  This ought to be good.   That's it? Okay. Do you have any dreams? Dreams...? Do you, Daria? Yes...I do. What kind of dream? I...want to build a castle. A castle? That's right. A giant castle bigger than the Sharance Tree. And what will you do once you build it? Good question! I, I! I want to look out at the world. The...world...?Phrase repeated as a question? When I was little, my dad took me to a large tower in the city. And the view...was amazing. Everything seemed. so close, yet so far away. ...? Anyway, it was amazing! That's why I want to capture the world with my art. You seem...like you're out for world domination. Well, this is still far in the future. Right now, I want to make art pieces. Let me know if there's anything I.can help you with. I would like to help. Link...Okay. No take backs. What?! Let's stock up! 10,000 pieces of lumber!Somewhere, LordHippoman is waking up in a cold sweat. Whaaaaaaat?! I'm kidding, ha ha. O-Oh. But maybe I'll take 20 or so. So you are asking me for some. Now go, my assistant!That's like three stumps of wood. Why not just lumberjack it yourself?    OK OK, fine.   This was nothing compared to 10,000. The castle's name will be "Link Rainbow Tower". Ha ha...oh, stop. Thanks, Link. I'm really happy that you helped me.come closer to my dream... ...?! What's the matter?! Why are you suddenly so timid? What?! What?! Another face of Daria?! How rude! I only have the one! And what's so wrong...if I'm a little... D--?! Daria?! Oh shush. Let me speak.  Thank you for everything today. You can tell me your dream next time.    Quest rewards get a tiny bit ridiculous as you get further along each quest chain.  Vegetables: Will Rusk eat them?    I know that...I can't stay this way. I see. So I thought I'd try one.in a sweet first. So, please, Link. Could you bring me any kind of vegetable to me? Okay. You want me to bring you a vegetable. Yes. Thanks.  I already had a tomato on me, so might as well. Thanks...I'll do my best to eat it. Good luck. Here, this is for everything. Well, bye then.  Oh hey, something to make crops grow faster. I abuse the hell out of these in RF4(where they affect a plot of up to 9 crops), but they're considerably less worth it in RF3 since they only apply to a single crop. But hey, free is free.  Incidentally, since Pia knows our deal now, we can talk to her normally in our Wooly form. Whoopee.    Labelling text boxes properly is hard.  While I'm doing herb/grass gathering things in Privera Forest, I accidentally recruit a Pomme Pomme.  Pomme Pommes are bad at fighting and don't produce anything, but there's no reason to release it unless I need the space. So Ringo gets to stay and be forgotten about.    I've also used up some antidote grass so I can get rid of some of these annoying poison plots. They're not that hard to avoid & poison is really easy to cure, but they're still annoying.   I'm pretty sure I've shown off Raven's diary before, which only had this entry in it earlier. But now that she likes us more, she's written more!   It's a neat detail for a diary you'll probably read once in the 'examine everything in everyone's houses' phase and forget about afterwards.  Tomorrow: An overly complicated flea market.
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Flea Market Music: Festival  Today's the Flea Market, which is one of the most involved festivals(relatively speaking) in the game. Everyone in town will be selling stuff, or trading stuff for other stuff, or playing games in exchange for stuff. And I mean everyone. There's also a trading chain to get the top-tier stuff, which you'll see in due time.  20 gold a pop? Clearly garbage.  Gee, if we can't trust Daria, who CAN we trust? Let's do this!   I've been bamboozled. Let's try again!     Sensing a trend? There is a very small chance of getting something good, but I'll show that off later.  Hopefully the small child is more trustworthy.   1 win is a veggie and recipe bread, 2 wins is a flower seed, 3 wins is "a nice tonic", 4 wins is a farm tool, and 5 is the secret prize. I know what I'm aiming for. Savescum powers activate!   The rules aren't all that complicated. Prepare your favorite sacrifice to the RNG, and get going.  Feel free to consult the Rock Paper Scissors LP if you don't understand how to play.   Repeat 4 times...   *sniffle* I-I'm sorry... *chomp*!! Owwww!  So yeah, the secret prize is getting bitten. I'll take the 4 win prize instead, since farming string for the fishing poles is a pain in the rear end.  Shara's selling a couple things that normally don't show up in her store until the fourth dungeon is done. They're also ridiculously cheap compared to normal.  BUY BUY BUY (The emery flower is a spring flower, and the pom pom grass is a fall flower.)   For Flea Market, our resort opens a stall we call "Carmen's Paradise". Pay up front, then you get to see what gift you've bought! You might find a real bargain! How about it? Interested, right? Not really... Well, don't sweat the small stuff! Might as well go for it. Alright! That's more like it. Well then, you've got three choices. Which do you want? Naturally I'm going to use the power of ~magic~ to see all three.  Top Gift is okay, I guess.   Special Gift is cake.   And Token Gift is a ring.  I go with Special Gift since cake is worth the most. Seriously, look at that price!   Carmen's running her own version of Carmen's Paradise.   The fished item is, shockingly, a fish.  The mystery item is some generic crafting stuff.  And the sparkly item(and also the one I settle for) is a ruby.  Rusk sells exactly what you expect, but with a twist.    It's all being sold cheap enough that you can flip it for a tidy profit. Eat it? Why would we do that? Link gets to cram alarming amounts of simple dishes down his throat for his daily Eating skill points.   Cheap ore? Don't mind if I do.  Marjorie's where those trades I mentioned come in. I don't have the ability to make any of those dishes yet, but I can get two of them from trades around town. And I definitely want those items, since stat boosts and all.   Marian is less than amused if you bullshit her about her own(seemingly terrible) trade.  This is the same deal as Rusk's food, where all of it's being sold for less than we can sell it, but the Curry Rice should be saved to trade for Invincroid instead.  Golden seeds are ridiculously rare. So naturally I'm going to buy both of them. (and not plant them now, because typhoons. The summer ones can go in the desert once typhoon season is over.)  Pia sells some stuff, but also has a trade that makes Marian's trade less ridiculous.  And Sakuya is conveniently selling a Raccoon Leaf for people who don't happen to have one lying around. Trade chain, go!    No time to be alarmed, gotta get this heavy spice over to Pia.   No, thank you.  Sherman is the only person in town not selling or trading anything. How rude.   Why yes, that IS completely ridiculous. So it'll probably sit in the "too awesome to consider using" pile, but hey, I have it!  The love potion is...interesting. I'll show it off later.  Raven's selling accessories. I grab a scarf because why not.     A second use of Heavy Spice appears.   It doesn't actually help in any trade chains, but whatever, I'll take it.  All three of these are pretty good. The critical ring gives increased chance of critical hits, and the silent/paralyze rings grant resistance to seal/paralysis while giving you a chance to seal/paralyze foes yourself.   Evenlyn's got a backup option for getting a raccoon leaf, along with some other goodies. I go with the Platinum since it's in short supply right now.  Same deal as Rusk and Collette's stores.  Cheap seeds, cheap food, and some greenifier I'll probably use at some point.    After many, many, many tries, I get a non-trash item out of Daria's lottery. It's not worth it. At all. Daria, I normally like you, but gently caress you. With all the Flea Market stuff taken care of, let's check in on the settlement.   Fascinating.  Back to town to do a simple request.   tl;dr: Mystery person left this trash here.  I take everything because even the literal trash is worth a gold or two.  Once the Flea Market's done, everyone will talk about how well their stuff sold. Most of it is boring variations on "I sold a lot!".  So let's timeskip to tomorrow and do a Karina quest.   For added comedy, it's a hurricane today.   What? Where? Privera Forest. Of course. Wait, why? Because. What? Oh...umm...(I probably shouldn't say.) Come on. You can tell me. Well, I want to practice. Practice? Yeah, if I want to get to the city, it's going to take a lot of walking. So I need to get ready for that. You need me to help you practice walking? Hey, there's some dangerous stuff in Privera Forest. (Monsters are such a pain.) Ah. Yeah. I'll do the walking. You take care of the monsters for me. But won't you have to deal with monsters if you travel to the city? Oh, I'll worry about that later. So could you get me to Privera:The Eye, then?Why can't she practice walking around town? Oh well, who cares, let's get this over with. Music: Privera Forest  This is the literal first screen of the dungeon. What?! This is just the entrance.What he said. Oh. Really? (Who would have thought that the wilderness was so...big?) Isn't there some kind of carriage service that we could take there instead? I don't think so. Let's go. Fine. (I guess I can get used to walking...Maybe.)If this game was set in the modern era, Karina would live in her mom's basement and only emerge for pizza deliveries.  We've made it all the way to the second screen in the dungeon! Karina just might make it! At this rate, we're never going to get there. Yeah, I know. (Maybe I should give up on this "walking" concept.)  Oh no! Now Link's become the tutorial!  Hmmm. (Oh, I know...) How do you collect ore? Could you show me? What? I guess I can. Thanks. I'll just watch. Okay. (Now I get a break.)A small amount of mining later...  Yeah, thanks. (It's over already?) Hm... Hey! Isn't that an Apple tree? What? Those apples look tasty. Could you get me one? You could get it yourself, you know. But my legs are tired. Please? *sigh*  You know, as easy as it is to hate on Marian, Karina's an almost equal(but more low-key) terrible. Who the hell wrote all this and went "yes, this is a character that players will want to interact with as one of the possible marriage choices"? (I hope it's someplace with a bench.) ... (There isn't going to be a bench, is there?) Don't worry, Karina. Hm? It's just a little farther. Oh...(That was nice of him.) Okay. I can make it. Okay! Let's go, then. (As long as it's only a little farther...)  I see...(I'm so tired.) (And the city is even farther than this?) ...Maybe the town isn't so bad. (I'd never make it to the city.) Well, that's one way to make your decision.  That was a real adventure. Here's your reward for being such a good guide. You're no Sherman, Karina. Thanks for today. (I guess it went okay.) Well, see you later.Good riddance. Let's go talk to more interesting characters.  Yes...since it was the first thing. What? Making pendants. It's what Gaius first taught me how to make. I see. To cook? No, silly! To make socks! I...don't even want to know how you'd go about that.  Squid are mine! Watch out! The squid's days... are numbered. So suddenly?! Link delivers the brutal truth. I had a feeling it was a defect...I can't help it, though!Have you tried developing character traits that don't involve food?  I'm running out of ways to say "here's the next quest."   I'll tell you when we get there. Well, let's go to Privera:Lightway. ?  Well, there was actually someone.that helped me around here. What?!  Link is just the best at keeping secrets. Oh, umm... Hmmm... And its wool was gold, so I thought I could shave it. Shave it?! Yes. I've never seen a golden wooly before. I'm sure its wool would fetch a high price. Yes...That's...true... What's the matter? You don't look well. I-I'm fine. Okay then. But I don't see that golden wooly anywhere. Yeah. But thou mustn't. (I could shave myself...?) (That's just, too...Anything but that!) I thought golden wooly wool would fetch a high price... (You can't buy pride with money...) (I'll pretend I didn't hear her...)I seriously have to wonder how traumatic shaving is for this to be the one thing Link grows a backbone over.  I've decided I'm not going home until we find that golden wooly! Seems like it'll be cold tonight... What? Oh, well...umm...you mind waiting a second? Okay...?  Nobody will ever piece together this puzzle. Oh. Link & Sakuya conveniently go offscreen so nobody has to animate any of this. Tell, don't show. S-Stop right there!  The game doesn't even provide portraits. ...You're just a regular wooly, aren't you? ?! I mean, of course he is. B-Bah...(That scared me.) Alright. Well, we'll start here. B..ah...! (Ah, it's cold.) Now, this side...This is harder than I thought. ... (It tickles.) Alright, now this side. Ba?! Bah bah bah...?! (Wait, if she shaves this much...) Hm? Bah!! (Noooo!) Hey, if you don't stop fighting...S-Stop! Where are you touching?! B-Bah...?! (Wait, I didn't mean to...) Honestly, you naughty little...! I'll shave you bald as punishment! Baaaaaaaaaah! Yeah, this should be enough. Where did you run off to? I just...had a thing... You don't look well, did something happen? Well, just something that really cut me to the core. Hmmm...Oh, anyway! Look! Tadaaa! I found the golden wooly and shaved it. Oh, yeah. Where's your enthusiasm? What?! O-Oh, I just wish I could've seen him too... I see. ... Oh, well. Anyway, thanks for today. Here's just a token of my appreciation. Hope I can count on you again. Y-Yeah. The real reward is the trauma you endured along the way.   So you think about the opposite words before saying them? You've got me pegged! I'm...even more confused now. By the way, Sofia, would you like to go somewhere sometime? A rare appearance of the portrait parasol!   There was a book that I loved in my youth. There was a courageous hero who wore a cape much like mine. Wearing this cape...It still makes me feel like a hero sometimes. (Wow. I didn't expect that!) One thing I somehow haven't shown off until now is that you can refight bosses to farm their drops.   They don't tend to last very long when you're several dungeons ahead of them.  "This beast that was threatening the settlement is here again all of a sudden. Okay."   I try fighting Skelefang in human form since I can do that now, but the timing's all off for its attack patterns. At least they tuned it really well for the mandatory woolyform fight?  It's 1AM by the time it goes down, so the update ends here. Next time: Why did one-month-ago me do another Marian quest? 
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Glazius posted:What kind of crazy random drops do you need refights for? For instance the Raccoon drops Raccoon Leafs, which are ATK+8 DEF+7 INT-6(aka 'pretty nuts for the first & most of the second dungeon', and still nice now if you're not casting a whole lot), Amaranthine and Crimsone drop furs that boost magic/physical attack by a lot(double what I can get from ores right now) and magic/physical defense by a little, etc.
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Lazy Summer Days Music: Summer Half a month without updating? What half a month without updating?   Hmm... Something wrong, Kuruna? Is that...cake? Uh...no? DO NOT LIE TO ME, COMRADE! IT IS YOUR PATRIOTIC DUTY TO EAT CAKE WITH ME! I'm pretty sure that's not part of my patriotic.duty, Kuruna. It's uh...in the fine print!Yes, Link was definitely eating cake first thing in the morning. Brilliant deduction, Kuruna. (I wouldn't have him eat cake anyway, it's far too valuable. ) I'm not very picky. What about you? Me? Let's see...I like juice.A reminder that Ondorus exists and is a Univir of simple tastes.  Back in Humantown, word's spreading that we beat the last boss.  She was just smiling away while I was really depressed. Next thing I notice, we're walking back to town together, both of us smiling.   What?!Pia: Still Pia.    I decide to buy the double bed & bookshelf while I'm thinking about it. I'll need the double bed to get married once that's even an option(it's plot-locked and relatively late in the plot). I don't really need the bookshelf(it just stores extra rune abilities and spells), but might as well while I'm here.   ...the ones I bought a few updates ago are made from regular fabric, right?   She told me never smile, so I'm just practicing that... ...You're doing it knowing it's opposite, aren't you? ... But you're so much cuter when you smile. ...Not even RF3 is safe from the dreaded "why aren't you smiling? you should smile more. you look better when you smile."  This sounds like a terrible idea. Let's do it! Music: Home   Sorry to keep you waiting. Is Collette helping too? Nope. I just fell, so Marian was treating me. You're asking Marian?! She's like a moth to the flame. I see. Does that include me as a victim? What? What do you mean? I don't have time for that today! Something happen? Grandma took away my syringe! She said it was increasing patients instead of decreasing them.Finally, a sensible response to Marian's...Marian-ing. She's right about that. Anyway! Now I can't work! I need to get it back. (So that means...) Hey, Marian. Just prove to Marjorie that your magic is good. If you can use solid magic, Marjorie will have to let you do as you like. What?! Of course! I see, this is a test of my abilities! Now I'm fired up! That's great, Marian. (If her magic succeeds, she won't need to be giving shots anymore.)This is the most sensible Marian quest we've had yet. What's the catch? Let's get going! C'mon, Link!    Sol Terrano:Star Dunes.  Around here? It may just be a sea of sand, but... Where did you even get that from? R-Really? Mushrooms don't even spawn in this dungeon! You're not just picking up random objects, are you? I don't even want to know. That much?! Alright! I think this should be enough! Is it really going to be okay...? Now! Back to the apothecary! ...  Huh?! Now for some magic! Wait a minute! Grandma! Perfect timing. I'm almost done! And no syringes today. It's just magic, like a real witch. I see. This is quite a poison. Poison?! What?! That can't be! You think I can't tell? ... Did you forget? You promised not to make medicine without me. Oh...That's because I-- Regardless, you didn't keep your promise to me, now did you? And if they'd drunk this, they probably wouldn't have survived. What?! Oh, no...I'm sorry... You don't think saying sorry is going to resolve the issue, do you?In any other game, this is where Marian would stop being a hazard to life and limb. But this is Rune Factory, so she's not going to learn a damned thing. ... Well...I'm so sorry...Link. No, this was my fault anyway. You got really lucky this time around. Might not be so lucky next time around. Silly Marian. Yes. ... (I should go home.)  What? Why sorry, Collette? If I had said something, this wouldn't have happened, right? What do you mean? Marian's syringe doesn't increase her magic, it controls it. What?! Marian's magic is way more powerful than Marjorie's. But she can't control it quite yet, so she uses that syringe to somehow manage. I see. Marian didn't mean to do any harm. Please believe me.That still doesn't make it okay! Okay. I'll have to be careful too. Oh, this is from Marjorie. What? She really has lots of good traits too!Such as? I hope you guys can still be friends! Yeah, okay. Don't worry, I understand. Thanks.  That's a pretty damned cheeky reward there.  Yes, each stack is that tall.  All the remaining requests I can do today are simple requests & battle requests(ie. non-important ones), so I just pick one at random.   You seem really tired. Sashimi would hit the spot. Yeah, sashimi. It makes everything better. So, could you bring me 1 Glitter Sashimi. That's my job as your apprentice, right? Oh, fine. Heh heh, thanks. I'm counting on you. Too much work for a simple request that'll probably reward me with bronze or something.   I spend the rest of the day forging instead. Gotta keep those skills up, especially since the game probably won't keep giving me high-tier weapons for free. Probably.   A shot of Link's new furniture before he goes to bed.   New day, new trolling Kuruna. Music: Town (Day)  New Raven quest, etc.   I absolutely detest my family! Uh...I certainly hope that was opposite-speak!, but you're not who we're here for.  Yes. You wanted to thank everyone? Yes...I really caused everyone a lot of trouble. That's why I thought to give everyone their favorite things. Then you want me to help you gather those for you? Yes...I want to give Sofia a Failed Dish, a Amethyst Ring for Karina. And a Gold for Gaius. Yeah, okay. Then let's go give them in order. To be clear, even though Raven says she wants to give people these things, we have to do all the work of procuring the items and handing them out. Nevermind that Raven should have easy access to two of the items thanks to her job.   Oh, and she steals all the credit. Really?! I'm so sad, Thanks! Oh, which reminds me--It seems that you think that special light makes people disappear. What?! You knew...? Not at all. So you did know. It seems that phenomenon occurs when humans and monsters somehow cause an imbalance in runes. Where humans and monsters cause an imbalance...? (That's pretty much just me being a half-monster.) ... But I haven't found a case where it causes a person to disappear. Just monster pets. But I saw. I saw with my eyes my friend disappearing... Was that really a human? Huh...? Well, it doesn't matter. I just looked into it a little, I'm not worried about it at all... Just let me know if you find something. She must really be curious.  That ring was all me. No...I caused you so much trouble the other day. Trouble? (What is she talking about...?) What? Oh, yeah, right. I think you did. (I'll leave it at that.) Well, I'll let you off the hook with this then.  I...caused you trouble the other day... Oh, is that all? That all...? Well, everyone's different I suppose, but I just did what I thought was obvious. Worry about my family. Family... I mean, you'd be worried about me if I disappeared, wouldn't you? Yes... That's all I mean. But I will be taking this, though. Thanks. No, thank you...Gaius: Dad of the year.   Link, for you... What? For me? Yes... I see...Thanks. I'm happy. ...No, thank you... Oh, by the way...here. What? This feather... I found it the other day when I came back with you. If you want, you could make it into an accessory. ...OK. Thanks... Something the matter? ....No. Never mind. Bye then. ...?  It's the thought(and obvious secret) that counts.   Inside, Raven's Adventures In Smiling continue. What's the matter, Raven? What's wrong with your cheeks? ...! ...It's nothing. ??? Man, the bulletin board quests are really slim pickings this update. Guess that's an excuse to show off more daily dialogue.   You have much to learn! I'm still training myself.  You really have a great friend...Marian.Still not seeing those good qualities Collette was talking about.   Just a little?  And Rusk's quest is just a free cookie. I think I know what to do with this.  Thankfully, RF villagers don't get mad about regifting.  Okay. Would you like to try this on? No, I have no idea what horrifying thing she wanted him to wear.  Thanks to boredom and having way too much cash, I decide to spruce up Link's place with some furniture.   And stuffed animals, because why not.    Way too damned many stuffed animals.   Sadly, you can't have literally every piece of decor.   Another outfit change, and now it's time to see what I did to Link's poor house.  Delivery so lazy I bet Karina did it.  Better. Purely decoritive furniture can be moved around at will, but can't be put into your inventory. It also tends to teleport back to the main room if you try to put it anywhere else, even other rooms of the house.  If you want to get rid of it, you have to use a tool to break it down into wood.   Having this much clutter actually makes the game lag a little(and it gets in the way since Link can't walk through it), so I'm going to end up destroying most of the stuff I just bought.   Much more reasonable. Let's check out downstairs, we haven't been there in a while.  Link's trophy collection is actually something to look at now.   They all either commemorate the first time we did specific actions, or winning various festival contests.   For contests with specific minigames, like the Wooly Festival, you can replay them at will here. Mostly handy if you really, really suck at one and need to practice.  Much like skills, there are trophies for goddamned everything.  After a busy day decorating and undecorating, I think Link's earned his rest.
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Basically no time at all, since a warp to/from town appeared in the fields after beating Skelefang. Sure is convenient that Link's the only one it exists for.
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CptWedgie posted:Pretty sure we haven't. I, for one, am waiting until more of the requests are seen before submitting my vote; I think the OP's waiting to ask for votes for a similar reason.
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Omurice at Last Music: Summer  Welcome back to Rune Factory 3. Let's jump right into Bad Idea Hour.   W-What did you see?! A golden wooly! (There's still time. Just go home, me.) Link! Let's go catch it! ... (Oh...what should I do?) Just talk to me when you're ready!Like a moth to flame, we're going to charge right into...well, let's be real, this probably isn't danger. Unless she decides to dye our wool rainbow and then shear it off.   Well that didn't work very well.    Neither did any of these(they all get the same response as the first).   It was inevitable. What? What? What? Frame timing! W-What...? What...was that? Daria, actually I'm- Bah?! ... Mr. Wooly...What are you...? Actually...I'm...half-monster and half-human. B-But...Link... ...  What? So amazing! That's amazing! So artistic! Uh, umm... Let's get a full-scale print! Are paints okay? No! I'm not a human! I'm half-monster! Aren't you scared?! Why? ... Hmmm, the colors aren't quite right. If you were rainbow colors... Daria's much scarier... Link. Yes?! It seems like you're worried about not being human, but who cares? I mean, I'm an elf. Huh...? An elf?I was about to do a huge eye-roll, but this seems to be the first time the game actually tells us this explicitly? Not that it's hard to figure out anyway, but Link wouldn't know what his nose did if someone didn't tell him. Yep. An elf. We're a long-living race that lives in the northern forests. I-Is that right...? Yep. So you don't need to worry about it so much. Nothing's changed. Anyway, let's get that full-scale print. Please don't. But...I'm so relieved. Link...You can come stay with me anytime you feel alone. Daria... You're my precious assistant. Come by anytime. Thank you. The reward is warm fuzzies.  This update brought to you by Hallmark.  Umm...You won't get mad? I won't, what is it? Well, I met a wooly near the forest yesterday. What?! And then...It kinda looked hungry. So I gave the wooly Shara's snack. Oh, I see. I'm sure Shara would get angry with me if she found out. I don't think Shara would get mad if she heard your side of the story. What should I do...? Hmmm, I'll go bring you the same thing that you gave the wooly. Really?! Yes. Leave it to me. Yay! So what do I need to bring? Um, a Yam Dessert please! Okay, a Yam Dessert. Just wait right here. Okay! Yam desserts: more challenging to make than butter rolls, and equally as challenging as pizza. Apparently.   I made this as a thank you. Drink up! I was just thirsty. Thanks. Don't mention it. You're welcome, too!  ...do we need to have a talk with Shara about not letting the small child drink pure ketchup?  After waiting for-loving-ever to get the same size of egg and milk, I get impatient and beat up Buffamoo until one drops a small milk. Remember kids, always solve your problems with violence.  This lets me finally make the omelet for Marjorie's request, from however many updates ago. But since I've already used up my mailbox request for the day, it'll have to wait until tomorrow.   In the meantime let's talk to random NPCs and get another vague RF1 reference.   Checking in on Yue reveals...    I guess I'm using axes now. THE NEXT DAY...    No! I shouldn't even think it. That would be a mere pipe dream!On the way there, Sherman confirms he'd be a much easier potluck dinner guest.    I...think that means you like me a lot? I hope? I'm willing to pay the "was mean to Pia" toll. What...?! Well...umm...Sakuya's like family, but you're important, too, so...  Worth it.  Here's the list of what Marjorie wanted from however many updates ago, in case you forgot.   Well, Now to start cooking. Marjorie's cooking. I can't wait. Well, you just wait there a second. Sorry. We don't have enough chairs, we'll need to stand today. I don't mind. You can't sit down while other people are eating standing up. I see. You're right! You're the best witch! It's not really a witch thing... By the way.....This dish kind of looks like Omelet Rice... I think it does, too. Then maybe it IS Omelet Rice? It is what I meant to make. Um...Grandma? Ho ho. I know, I know. You don't like tomatoes. Don't worry. There aren't any in there. I see. Whew.Marjorie's great(yes, there are definitely no tomatoes in this dish with ketchup on it ) and I wish her few events weren't so tied in with Marian's. Although this one is probably one of the most tolerable Marian-containing events.  You supplied the food right? Yeah, that's right. Well then, I look forward to next time. Okay.  Our reward is a Karina.  Or just tomato seeds.   I'll have to look into that. I'm skeptical, though.Operation: Convince Rusk To Eat A Vegetable is probably my favorite daily dialogue running gag.  While grinding Forging skill, I notice this interesting weapon. Whether or not it can build a bridge in seconds is unconfirmed.  I don't remember to show off the full portraits often, so have Wooly Link being short enough to fit all but a bit of his toes on screen.    Of course, we all have strong opinions. But they are just that. Opinions. So the settlement comes first, then? Always.Also there's only three of you, and not many things going on to argue about. That might help a little.   Even if Ondorus is a killjoy.  With little else to do today, I decide to slaughter harmless monsters for the racist mayor. That'll promote unity, right?   Wells, they're Chipsqueeks. You could take care of them just by waving a pointy stick in their general direction.  Link, of course, prefers massive overkill.  I'll admit I mostly did this to get used to axe swing timing again.   And to see Wells call wild animals "uppity".  At least I got a pink melon seed out of it?
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Love & Colds In the Air Music: Summer   I'm going to be up front with you. I took these screenshots back at the end of August. It's probably for the best I was stalling on advancing the plot, since I don't remember why I took most of the not-quest screenshots. Like these ones of Link harvesting a ton of pumpkins. It's usually not too hard for me to piece together what was going on, but it's not as coherent as it'd otherwise be. Thankfully I'm almost at the end of that backlog.  tl;dr: Hey guys, I remembered magic seeds exist. I might even show them off at one point!  Uhh. >Everything but winter A shame. I thought you knew me better than that, comrade.>Winter You...remembered?! I'm touched.Yes. Remembering is definitely what that was. (Her birthday's Winter 17, so I assume that's why it's her favorite season.)  Since Link is a man of integrity, I decided to have him use his Love Potion on everyone. Normally using it consumes the potion, but I don't care about that thanks to save fuckery.   Spoilers: 90% of these are actually fairly uninteresting variations on generic anime swooning(for the ladies)/"you're a good friend, keep it up!"(for the gentlemen). Since I don't want an entire update of Love Potion shenanigans, I'll keep it to the more interesting reactions.   The potion bumps its victim up an affection level. This is pretty much useless, since you can see how close villagers get to max affection just from talking to them daily for two seasons.   poo poo, I think he's on to us.  Link...The effects of this drink are worth researching, but it's potent. So be careful.  What?!  I guess I should give Sakuya a present.   Just don't tell Pia it's not squid. Thanks! I really like these. I'll be sure to have it with my birthday dinner!  Hmm...I guess that'd be cool if I were on a long hike or something. Maybe.Corn: For when your society hasn't invented trail mix yet.   Love potion time. Have I ever told you how handsome you are, Link? All that farming has really made you fit. You're practically chiseled out of stone! You can come by and say hi any time!Hazel's just a tiny bit thirsty.  What?! What a waste of such a big field!I think if he saw how little of the field I actually use, he'd go berserk.   Incidentally, the love potion is one of the few things that makes him chill the gently caress out for a minute.   What?! I'm kidding. It's really fun to mess with you.  *glance* ?!Carlos is the only guy who reacts to the love potion with hearts and blushing. Make of that what you will. (  )  Oh...Y-You knew? I am a doctor. Of course I know about medicine. Now, give it here then. Thank you.Well, that and Marjorie was the one who gave us this love potion in the first place. That might help a little.   What?! Umm, well. I was thinking about a certain disease. ?Well, she certainly doesn't need the love potion's help! (Also her response to it is boring)   Incidentally, you can give items to NPCs. Including the love potion. There's no effect or interesting dialogue. But hey, if you really want to waste items, you can!  Normally I wouldn't show me repeating a simple quest, except...  There's actual good stuff this time!  Including this belt, which will be a pretty solid accessory once I upgrade it.  There's also this spell that I might remember to use once.  Time for a real quest.   Well then, let's go. Where to? Didn't you read the letter?! To talk of course! N-No, not that...I meant, where are we going to go? Oh...Tee-hee, sorry I jumped on you like that. That's okay. Well, let's go to your house then. I want to talk to you about something. Just the two of us...? Oh... ... L-Let's just go already! You're embarrassing me! Y-Yeah, okay.Apparently our quest is taking us to the Generic Anime Romance dimension, where everyone is forever doomed to act like awkward preteens at the very idea of spending time near their crush. Even if they're actually adults.   ... What is it?Music: Love   Warning: Incoming monologue. My dream is to make the Sharance flowers blossom. My grandpa has spent the last 50 years trying to get the Sharance flowers to blossom. I guess having watched him, I started to want the same thing as well. I've been trying. Watering every day, pruning the branches, making special plant food. At one point, I actually.lived here too. Oh, is that right?! I thought it would help me understand.the plants. I tried everything,.but like Grandpa, I couldn't get anything to work. I almost gave up. ... I just left the tree alone for a while. Then somebody came to town. He had lost his memories, and didn't know what he was going to do. Is that...? That's why I brought him here. Perhaps this person could affect the tree... If he hadn't come, I might have given up on my dream already. But now I have hope. Shara... But you made this tree bigger, Link. I was surprised. Shara... And I promised myself...I'm never going to let myself think that way again! I'm going to keep trying with all my might! I'm going to make the Sharance flowers bloom! Shara! That's been my dream! I can't just give it up! Link, will you help me?The player's not given an option here, presumably because any right-minded person would be mashing "NO" at this point. Sure, it's obvious what's going to happen during the plot anyway, but who says we have to do it for Shara's boring sake? Also it's time for Link to monologue back a bit. Of course. You gave me those flower seeds way back. You told me to make them grow strong. You were forceful... But I was happy. You gave me a reason to be here. I owe you so much. Link... I'll do anything for you! Anything at all! Tee-hee...Thank you very much... So I guess something changed after I came. Well, I don't know. Link, maybe you did something without telling us? No way! Are you sure...? H-Honest!  I wonder what caused it then. Hmmm... Since you came, the crops have been better. Would better crops mean a bigger tree? That would be... When my grandpa grew crops, the tree was the same size. It must be love!What? You must have lots of love for your crops! ... A love for veggies! That's what made the tree so big!Easy experiment: Have Rusk live in the tree and see if it shrinks. Um...Shara...? Yes! That's brilliant! Oh, I'm not so... Well, if that's the case...  Ha ha...Tee-hee. I hope you grow even better crops from now on. Okay. I'll be going now. See you later.  And... I don't think it's the veggies. Horray, I can now make a bunch of crops grow slightly faster.   On a completely different note, let's try out this sword magic seed Link got at the start of the game and never used.   It's a ruthless killer.   I have no idea how its damage scales, but I'm assuming it's based off Link's stats and/or level.  Your plant friends are more than happy to follow you across multiple screens, including going into buildings.  To get rid of a magic plant, just pick it up and put it in your pocket like any other item. Once you do that it turns into a Tired (whatever) Seed, and can't be used again until the next day.  I use all that Formula C after I get back home, and am reminded that each one's only good for a single crop. God I got spoiled by QOL improvements in RF4. In the morning...  This is definitely how corn flakes are made, right? In a frying pan?  Let's see what bullshit Karina's getting up to today.   I want to catch a cold. Right now. Huh? Could you give me a cold? Well...I'm not sure how I could do that. I need to catch one. There has to be a way. (I've never seen Karina so serious...) Okay. Let's think... Yeah. If we put our heads together, I'm sure you can think of something. How are we going to give me a cold? Hmmm...I guess we should talk to Marjorie about that. Marjorie...? (Well, as long as it's not Marian.) What's the matter? It's nothing. Never mind.  Yes, but why are you friends with her in the first place?   Hmmm...I'm sorry, I can't help you. You can't? I can't go out of my way to make someone sick. That would go against my Hippocratic Oath. No ethical, responsible doctor would do something like that!Talk to Marian then. Got it.   I see...That sounds like a fun experiment! This already sounds like a bad idea. I know! We need the opposite of cold medicine! So we'll just make cold medicine, but, you know, do the opposite! That doesn't sound very scientific... Good idea, Marian! (What was I thinking? She's actually the perfect person to get me sick!) ?! Okay! I'll need some ingredients. No problem. (As long as Link is here.) Okay. So for the opposite of cold medicine, I'll need...Yellow Grass, Purple Grass, Grape, and Rice. That sounds about right, right? Sure, why not! Oh, and I just need one of each. So...I'm guessing the one who is going to gather all these ingredients is going to be...? Thanks, Link. I guess I didn't need to ask... I'll make you a super-duper, double extra-strength cold potion! Hey, she just needs a normal cold. I don't think she needs an extra-strength potion. Yeah! It'll be the strongest cold potion ever! One mouthful and she'll be knocking on heaven's door! She's not listening at all...  Uh, no thanks...The grasses I need are in-season, so no need to buy them. Although they're cheap enough that it wouldn't really matter if I got lazy.  Rice: Check.    Purple grass: Check, after making sure I picked the right one out of the three grasses that are some shade of purple.  Yellow grass: Check.    I'm starting to have second thoughts about this.   Grapes and dead goblins: Check.   Now we just need to find a good place to prepare it. A place to prepare it? Yeah! I can't make it here. This is where we make medicine, so I need to make it in some place that's the opposite of here! And where is that? (I hope it's not far.) Hm. So we'll need to do things opposite...Do you know how medicine is usually made?You go to the Pharmacy crafting station, find the apppropriate recipe, and go. Easy! What?! Umm... It's made by boiling stuff like grass and roots! I'm pretty sure it's a little more complicated than that...Yeah, you need your skill level high enough that you won't fail a bunch while crafting. You also need some medicine breads(or an FAQ) to find out the recipe. Not being Marian also helps. But we've gotta do the opposite today! So do you know what we're going to do? D) All of the above? Nope! We're going to freeze the crushed mixture with snow! Oh, I see. (Link wasn't even close.) ... Well, let's get to Vale:Entrance! But...that's so far... (I guess it's worth it if I can get a cold.)  Link: Master of good life choices. Music: Vale River    Marian mixes stuff with her syringe revolver for a minute...   More mixing...   Hey! Don't go to sleep in the snow! I hear a voice, but it's so distant...Sleep...calling me... Karina?!...you two know it's, like, three steps back to a non-winter zone, right?    We're cold! Then why are you waiting there? Because you told us to! Really? Oops. Well, whatever. It's not so cold. Are you kidding?  Here lies Karina, died of being too lazy to move out of the cold. Music: Home   No, you're not missing anything. The game warps from Vale River to Karina's room. Hmph. She didn't need to! Falling asleep outside in the snow like that...That would give anyone a cold! Of all the stupid... Stop yelling... You're young! A little cold isn't going to kill you! Yeah...But that doesn't mean you have to yell at me. Whatever happened to that hardworking little girl I used to know? I... (It's not your fault, Mom...) ... ...? Hey, Mom. What...? I'm hungry. *sigh* Fine. I'll go make you something.  Well...I heard it was a big epidemic in the city. Huh? Everyone there had it. ... And, well, I didn't want to miss out on such a big trend. I see... *cough cough*! Link? (Are you...?) Ugh. I don't feel so hot... I see...Looks like I've already started the trend here. See? I told you it was cool to have this cold. ... Hey, by the way, I need to repay you...I'll put some medicine in there for you too. (Feel better.) ...Thanks. Well, bye then. (Ah, I'm tired...) And yes, this actually does give Link the Cold status effect(which you normally get from not sleeping several days in a row & slowly eats away at your RP).   Our prize is cold medicine and a bunch of leek seeds(which are a winter crop).   [citation needed] Vegetables are amazing...Maybe I should try harder to like them. And now for a small amount of Carlos time.   Carlos, that's over and done with. To be honest, it's a little complicated for me...because I can tell from the way she acts. You don't need to hide it from me any more. You're close to Carmen, aren't you? Huh? You're a good guy. But, I don't know if you're worthy of my sister. That's why I'm giving you this test. Carlos, I... Please, let me finish. Just humor me. Catch 2 Lover Snapper. It might sound crazy,. but I want to know what kind of man you are. You'll do it, won't you, bro'? I'm serious here. (Carlos...) Okay. It's a bro's promise then. I'll be waiting. ...and he's going to be waiting a long time, because although I have one Lover Snapper in my fridge, catching a second will take who-knows-how-long. Thankfully they spawn in any season, but they're still a rare fish.  I'll be back. Next time: I actually start advancing the plot again.
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Glazius posted:What kind of limit are you operating under for active requests, that you've got to let them go like that? It's weird but I assume it's so you don't cause weird stuff like quest A having a character in one place and quest B having them in another, or having different scenes trying to trigger at the same time.
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Hit By A Plot Truck  Summer's almost done, which you can tell because everyone in town is talking about the upcoming crop festival. This one will be harder since typhoons hate you and your attempts at leveling crops, but it's still not too bad.  But for today, I have bigger things in mind. Music: Vale River   I think I might be able to cross the river with a magic seed...now, where to find one?Link immediately hints at this dungeon's gimmick(and reminds you that magic seeds exist if you're like me and never use them).  The first couple screens go just fine with the help of my superaxe...  But I can only get as far as the crop patch before I have no way of crossing the river.   Access to the next tier of ore is appreciated anyway.  The way forward is tucked away in the flower shop for a mere 3200g.  Sadly, Link's not getting any banana magic today.   Like the sword magic seed, the lilypad has its own HP bar and will be targeted by nearby enemies. Remember that, it's going to be important. You can step on the lilypad to skate over the ground, but more importantly...   ...these ramps will let you go into and out of the water.  You can't get very far upriver before you're forced to go on land again, though.   Penguins are exactly as deadly as their name suggests.    This is also the point where you're stopped from just rushing to the end like you could in every other dungeon - it's not quite as inexplicable-yet-elegant as the room barriers in RF4, but it does the job.  That should do it!   Thankfully you can make a few shortcuts along the way, so you're not stuck doing the entire convoluted path when you return. And this case is mandatory, because...  Mysterious dungeon ice cream!  And also you need to kill the monsters on both sides of the river to proceed.  Even with rushing as much as I can, there's only so far Link can go in one day.  Thank god getting home is literally just a few uses of the Escape spell. Music: Festival Of course, now I have a festival to win!   That's a strange thing to think about. I mean green peppers are so good, but so many people don't like them! Tee-hee. You're such a nice girl, Monica.Hot take: Green peppers are okay, but red peppers are better.    Ah! It talked?!Hot take: Don't create talking vegetables.   ...In a cute bit of continuity, Gaius has decided to grow this season's vegetable in a higher tier of ore.   Brief refresher of the rules: Your flower/vegetable is judged by its level, how long it takes to grow, and whether it's in season. I've brought a small variety of summer vegetables because I'm honestly not sure which is the best.   This is quite seasonal. It fits the contest. This is well-grown. Your effort shows. Hmm, not bad! I can taste the love. Wonderful!   Karina, of all people?   We lost by 10 points. That's some bullshit. Reload.   Let's try a pumpkin instead. This is quite seasonal. It fits the contest. This must have taken a lot of effort. It's a tricky crop. I appreciate that. Hmm, not bad! I can taste the love. Wonderful!Wells' growth time phrase went from the generic one to the good one, so I think we've got this.   Nobody even came close to my score this time, so I'm inclined to believe that the cucumber round was just unlucky RNG bullshit.  And we get the traditional reward of a huge stack of cooking bread. Music: Vale River  Alright, back to the dungeon. We have a boss to beat!    If I defeat all the monsters in that cave, I might be able to move on.That's the dead-end cave I ended at last night. Guess I should go back in th-   -ere and beat up some flying skulls.  This room is actually really annoying, between all the stuff phasing in and out of visibility(and attack-ability) and the blue skulls hurling rocks and icicles at you.  These guys in particular take forever when you can only get in a hit or two before they phase out again.  Finally.  There's a second set of fields if you're a crazy person who wants to fight through an entire dungeon to water some crops. I think I'll pass.  And just past them is the entry to the boss room. About time!  Fun fact: You can murder the save point if you're not careful with your aim. (It comes back when you re-enter the room) And you'll probably want to save, because the boss is pretty hard if you don't know what you're doing(and don't have strong weapons dropped in your lap by the RNG).  Meet boss four. It's a wall. Of death. Named Death Wall.    The people of Norad are not very creative with names. I finally found you! I'll send you to the Forest of Beginnings! Here I come! Music: Death Wall  The first of this fight is that Death Wall slowly advances, leaving you with less and less of the screen to work with. The attack he's preparing here is a rapidfire line of icicles. He can also use a spiral of four icicles, icy rocks raining from above, icicles randomly(and rapidly) appearing from the ground, icicles that form a circle around you while launching at you one by one, and icicles rapidly fired all over the screen. I get the impression there may be an elemental theme going on here. None of these actually hurt that much on their own, but that's small comfort. Because...  After a couple hits the head detaches from the wall and starts attacking on its own.   Many of its attacks are still variations on throwing ice at you, but now they hurt a lot more.  Secret strategy: Keep your lilypad out, because he'll waste a lot of time attacking it.  But not all of his time. He can also turn into a sword for some reason.  And a drill. Once he turns red, he gets insanely fast and hard-hitting, to the point where it's hard to get a few hits in without getting instagibbed.  I only brought 5 healing potions into this fight, which was really, really poor planning.   But in the end, Death Wall died as he lived: Pointlessly attacking a lilypad.   Now I've sent all the monsters back to the Forest of Beginnings. Then...I bet there's going to be another orb. Godspeed, lilypad. You did good work.  We got a sentient piece of ice to use in crafting. Neat. Music: Mystery        That's it. That's the entire memory.   GEE WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS PLOT POINT COMING. But why would the flowers be part of my memory...?Time to go home, I guess.    I love that the timing for all these has people standing around in the middle of the night for no apparent reason. Were you looking at the tree? ... Um....Do you know something about the Sharance flowers? About the flowers? What? How can we get the Sharance flowers to bloom? How to get the Sharance flowers to bloom? Hmph. All I can say is that it hasn't happened for 50 years. But... You know. I think the flowers won't bloom because of those univir. !! Why is that? You know that the univir used to live here? Yes, I've heard. Ever since they left town, the Sharance Tree began to lose its brilliance. And then finally, it stopped blooming. I know they must've done something to the Tree because they were kicked out. But you don't have any evidence of that! Hmph. The fact is the Tree stopped blooming flowers. That's evidence enough.  Guys I'm really getting the impression that the fantasy racism might be a big plot point here. Maybe. Possibly. Potentially.  Thankfully Ondorus is up late(by Rune Factory standards).   The Sharance flowers? Why do you ask? I want them to blossom. ?! ...That might be difficult. !! Those flowers are special..They won't blossom normally. Especially in these circumstances... What does that mean? The tree will need the "bond beyond the races" to blossom its flowers. Basically, we must get along with the humans in order for its flowers to blossom. ... But the humans hate us, and we...Kuruna the way she is...I want the flowers to blossom, too, but...It's too difficult to make amends between humans and monsters.I think I'm figuring out a theme here. It's real subtle though, so I don't blame you if you haven't noticed it yet. I'll do it! You will? Unfortunately, you're a monster. You won't be able to do it... No...only I can do it. Why? ... (If I reveal myself now, I might worsen the situation...) Link? (But...This is all I can do! I know Ondorus will understand!)  I'm shocked... I'm sorry for hiding this from everyone. But I'm sure that they would listen to me because I am half monster and half human.  Note that Link changes back to wooly form. But what do you intend on doing if they do listen? We will hold a festival. A festival? Yes, a festival. One where both townspeople and monsters can come together and enjoy. That's the kind of festival I want to have. A festival bringing together monsters and humans. How about calling it a "Unity Festival"...that sounds like fun. Ondorus... Link, I'll do what I can to help. Thank you very much! I will speak with Kuruna. Your job will be to convince the humans.  Talk to the hyper-racist about reuniting the races. This can't possibly go wrong.  Wells, I know it's late, but can I axe you a question?   Yes. Then let's go to your house. I'm sure you'll feel more at ease. Yes. Thank you.  ...I want to hold a "Unity Festival". What are you talking about?! There's no way we can do that! But you said that you used to live together! *sigh* ...That was a long time ago. Why are you even bringing it up? I found out how to get the "Sharance flowers" to bloom. Is that right?! Yes... How?! A univir told me how... WHAT?! You went to see them?! Yes. According to him, "Sharance flowers" need the "bond beyond the races". The tree uses the "bond beyond the races" as nourishment for its flowers. How absurd!!I'd say he has a point, but this is a universe where a pancake-loving dragon has to die every so often to provide runes to the land & a man with a fantastic hat was prepared to eat a tank. Nothing is absurd here. When the tree grew before, it was when I made contact with the settlement. ...That can't be. I don't know how you managed to meet them. It's nourished by the "bond beyond the races"? Hmph! How absurd!! You have no evidence that he was telling the truth. I believe that I can be that proof... What do you mean? I'm actually half human and half monster. !! The tree grew because I linked the town's people and those in the settlement. What are you talking about...?  I've said this before, but it's really really fortunate that Link is half-Wooly and not half-troll or flying ice skull or something. I was able to link the town as a monster, and the settlement as a human... But I'm not enough to get the flowers to bloom!  I'm sorry I hid it from you... ... The "Unity Festival". I'd like to give you the permission, but I can't right now. I don't think that holding the "Unity Festival" as you hide your secret is wise. I'd like to hold the "Unity Festival" after you've revealed your secret. And if everyone's okay with it...I'll allow the "Unity Festival". Wells! Thank you very much!Fun fact: According to the text dump, Wells will flat-out not let you proceed if you haven't revealed your secret to any of the bachelorettes yet. This is presumably to put some brakes on a "rush the dungeons, ignore the townspeople" playthrough. Other fun fact: The bachelorettes have alternate dialogue for the Wooly reveal scenes in their quests if you've already gone through the upcoming bit. The reason should be obvious, but it's a nice touch anyway. Music: Love   Everyone in town is here, including Blue Butterfly and Random Bird. They're just...mostly offscreen. Trust me. I wanted to discuss something with all of you. I want to hold a Unity Festival to repair ties between the town and the desert settlement. What?! A what? Are you serious? What do you mean? Why would you do that? I want the Sharance Tree to blossom with flowers. We need the bond beyond the races for that..I want you all to help. If we live so close to each other, why not be friends? You think the univir will listen to us? I'll handle that. More customers would be nice! But can we really ask you to do everything? It's something only I can do. You have a plan? Well, not quite... You see, I'm......I'm both human and monster! The exclaimation bubble's getting some real work done today. Oh... Really...? Weird...(But kinda cute.) So cute. 🎵  Even the game low-key acknowledges that this would go a lot differently if Link's monster form wasn't cute. You're not mad that I kept this secret? I mean, you're just a wooly... It's pretty funny. Too cute! I could do experiments on you. I agree! Woolies are not cute! Ha ha... So how are you going to convince them? They don't like humans, but they welcome monsters. They may listen to me, since I'm a bit of both. What if they insist that they love humans? Then what? I'll keep trying no matter how long it takes! Ha ha! Sounds like Link! Yes, he's a man who finishes what he sets out to do. Well, I don't see why not then! Everyone...Thank you for everything.  Yes, thank you very much. Don't thank me. This is everyone's choice. Yes.  Oh right, you're here. So that wooly was you, Link? I'm sorry I didn't say anything... It's okay. You must have been lonely with your secret. Let me know if I can help! I'm...I'm always on your side, Link! Thank you. Whew.  I think running back to the Univir settlement can wait until tomorrow.
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Changing Hearts With Pretty Flowers  It's a new day, and the response to Link's revelation is a shoulder shrug.   So much so that most people aren't even talking about it.   Give me lots of colored grass, okay? Ha ha...okay... And jam, too... Yes... And Wood and Rock and Flavored Radish and Miso Eggplant and Dried Sardines-- Stop! Stop!In short, nothing's changed. Except the fact that I can get normal conversations out of people while in woolyform now, but I'm not going to do that because . Fall's right around the corner, so I stock up on seeds. Including our surprisingly beautiful friend the potato. Music: Monster Village   Talking to Ondorus suggests the settlement side of the negotiations might not go as smoothly as the Sharance side.   He dared to suggest that we reconcile with the vile Hornless! He claimed that it would cause Sharance flowers to bloom! Can you believe he even SUGGESTED such lunacy?! But...what if he's right? Don't you want the Sharance flowers to bloom? It would-- The Hornless deserve NOTHING but scorn! I will NEVER reconcile with the Hornless! EVER! KURUNA ANGRY! Good proofreading. (I'll go ask Ondorus for some advice.)  It's not like it's over yet! I was able to convince everyone in town. So we only have to convince Kuruna! I'll go talk to her! ?! Will you be okay? Yes! We have to at least try! I see...Good luck.  I'm somehow anticipating considerably more resistance than Wells put up. A festival to bring the humans and the settlement together.Music: Silence ...I thought you were my comrade-in-arms! Why would you foist such poison on the settlement?! Well, why do you hate the humans so much? They expelled us. That's all I need to know. Let ME turn the question around. Why do YOU insist on defending the Hornless?! Because...I'm half-human.Music: Sadness I refuse to believe it! Prove it!  For the record, this reveal is 100% plot-gated instead of possibly being request-gated like the other bachelorettes. In fact, many of Kuruna's requests can't be done until we resolve this bit of plot! The humans have accepted the fact that I'm half-monster. They want to reconcile with the settlement. If they can reconcile, why can't you? Do not sully OUR settlement with YOUR alien presence any longer! But, Kuruna-- Out! ...I'll leave. But I'll be back. We're not actually forced out or anything. We can hang around shooting the poo poo as long as we want.  But this is all Kuruna will have to say if we talk to her again.   If only there was something to move Kuruna...Zaid has no ideas, Ondorus is out of ideas, and Kuruna is too busy being fanatically racist to hear us out. I guess we have no options left but moping in our house.    I didn't skip a line. That's actually how it goes. How did your talk with the univir go? ...Not well. Once they knew I was half human, it was all over. I see... I'm not giving up! There must be a way! Um...How about flowers? Flowers are like a mirror that shows how you feel. I'm sure that they'll understand. Flowers...alright! I'll grow flowers! I'll change Kuruna's mind with pretty flowers!That's somehow even stupider than the whole "the Sharance tree needs the bond between the races to make its flowers bloom" thing. Okay! I'm sure you can grow some, Link. Very pretty flowers. You should get started. I'll get you flower seeds, so come pick them up from me later. Thank you very much! Oh, and make some room in your backpack. You need to be able to accept the seeds from me.Operation: Pretty Flowers it is, I guess.   I'm sure glad this is a whole separate step.     Hey, that's not just one seed! This many...? Thank you. You know, I was thinking...Since you are going to be growing flowers, why not use them to make a "Bouquet". Whoa! That's a good idea!Link is very easily impressed. I guess he was originally planning on just handing Kuruna clumps of flowers? We would have you grow many colorful flowers, then my grandfather can gather them together. Oh, I see! It'd be nice to have a Ribbon to bundle them together or Brooch to accent them. We don't have either of those at home...Translation: Both the Ribbon and Brooch are mandatory. Someone who might have a Ribbon, or someone who might make a Brooch...Okay! I'll do something about it! I'm sorry I couldn't be more help... Oh, don't be ridiculous! I'm just so grateful. Tee-hee, thank you very much. Once you have everything together, please come see me again.We're conveniently near the blacksmith's, and that's a pretty obvious stop for the Brooch, so let's get to it.   I see. So you're looking for a Brooch for that Bouquet. Okay. I'll make it. Really?! Or I'd like to, but I don't have the materials I need. I can get that! Really? That'd be a big help. The materials are--3 Silver. 2 Platinum. 1 Emerald. Just hand me the materials. I can get started once I have all of the materials. I love it when I can avoid fetch quests by having stuff in storage.   Taking the long way back, I run into the person we need for the Ribbon. Uh, no, that's okay! Thanks for thinking of me, though! I need to make a Bouquet for the univir, so I'm looking for a Ribbon! I figured that you might have one from one of your outfits. I'll even pay for it! Oh, no need! I'll give one to you! Wow, really?! Yeah, just gimme a sec! Here you go! That'll melt the heart of any univir! I'll let you know if it works! Hopefully Kuruna likes blue.  Well, I'll get started on it today. I should be done by tomorrow. Come by tomorrow to get it. Thank you. The real hassle will be waiting for all these seeds to grow. The Moondrop takes the longest at seven days. If I was thinking ahead I could have grew these earlier and saved them, but hey, we need a breather anyway. So let's show off an important mechanic the game silently introduces once you have high enough affection with a bachelorette:  Dates! Hit L or R during a conversation to bring up the invite menu, and if they have at least 7 hearts, you can invite them on a date. Music: Love   Surprise surprise, the true purpose of each of the side areas attached to each dungeon is a date spot. Yeah. But it wouldn't be so cool if it did that literally. Heh. Yeah, then we wouldn't be able to chat here! That would be pretty funny, wouldn't it? Hey, don't steal my material! Anyway, it's so relaxing here. Why don't we take a break? We trekked this far, so it wouldn't be a waste if we just went home. Sounds good to me! Each date has question time in the middle of it. The right answer is usually obvious, but here...uh...yeah, sure, top option.   Uh...that was confusing. I didn't know you felt that way about me! I'm devastated to hear that! Anyway, why do you ask? Just curious! You mean, when I feel unsatisfied? Well, when do you think you're happy? Hmm...when someone insults me, or when they ignore me! I'm especially happy when YOU insult me! Me, too! What? I just have fun when I'm with you. Ah. Anyway, it's nice to get together with you. Oh, always! After all, I hate you with every fiber of my being! So does that mean...? I'm just crestfallen whenever I'm with you! The feeling's mutual! Heh! I hate you too! Forever and ever! Why do you speak in opposites, Sofia? Well... To make lies into the truth. What? I want to be honest. That's what I decided I wanted. But why? ...   You don't actually have to escort them home, but we need to be back in town anyway.  Because this date actually unlocked the next Sofia quest! She's the only one it's mandatory to go on a date with to complete her quest line, iirc. I'll try to show off once date for each bachelorette before we get to the marriage vote stuff(which is finally approaching! Slowly! Finishing this Unity Festival stuff is required to get married.).   I want you to help spread a rumor! A rumor? What about? Evelyn's clothes! Nobody believes me, no matter how many times I say they're elegant! Sofia, you're actually pretty honest, aren't you? So I had a thought. If people misunderstand me because of my habit, then I can use you as the messenger! Well, I'm not sure if this'll work or not-- Excellent! Great minds think alike! Let's hit the road, my publicist! Oh, and we only need to talk to girls! Evelyn usually only makes women's clothing. Uh, okay.  These split-second reaction bubbles will be the death of me. So will the typos.   Hmmm, well...(I guess I'll ditch work.) You can't skip work. I know.Yeah, no skipping work until I've gotten my daily shipment money.   Yes, they may seem strange to the people here. But this is from my home country. I don't plan on wearing anything other than this. Even if Evelyn made something for me. A brilliant read...  It's too late for fashion for you. W-What?! I'm a big girl!  My. Is it like her other clothing? It's even more plain than ever. Is that right? I hope it sells. I see she's not planning on buying it...You know, weren't we supposed to be acting as the messenger? That sure went out the window immediately.   Oh no. Of course I love them! Then roll up your sleeves-- ... I could do that, or I could see the responses from all the other ladies anyway.   ... She knows what you're going to say.  Ah, those strange ones, huh? I don't think I could wear them. But you already wear pretty normal clothes. What?!thatsracist.gif   OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY! We have some barbeque clothes! Will that really tempt her? Food in the shape of clothes?! That's kinda wack, even for me! To be more accurate, they're clothes shaped like food.I mean, this is Evelyn we're talking about. They're probably also made of food.   But I'm sure it wouldn't look good on me... Then you should come to my home. Evelyn is never picky about anyone wearing her clothes. In the good sense. I-I see... Hi there, Sofia! Ordering a statue?! I really want one. Anyway, Evelyn's made a new outfit. Really?! Then I'll put it on one of my pieces! You think they're only for humans to wear? I don't know...That's everyone. Time to treck back to the mansion.   What's the problem? Nobody gets it. What do you mean? Evelyn's clothes are the problem. But here's the deal.  Could you elaborate? When I was a kid, she made me a necklace from garbage and clothing from rags once. But since I was young and didn't know any better, I told her I didn't want them.  In a normal world this would be where Evelyn learned that normal people don't want clothes made of random trash and food, but this is Rune Factory, so nobody is allowed to directly tell her her quirk is a problem. (For a more malevolent version, see Marian.) I'm sorry... I wanted to tell her I didn't mean it, that I was lying. That's how I started. If I did that, I was hoping I could somehow take back those words. "To make your lies into the truth." That's what you meant by it. I realized something though. She's always making clothes with someone in mind. She's just a bit off base... ...I think everybody understands.  And I think they like Evelyn. And they know you like her too, Sofia. What...?! I didn't say that. It's not necessary! Yes. I'll come again. ...No.  Our reward for continuing one of the town's many charades is high-tier gems. I'll take it.   Today on "reasons why I'm both glad and disappointed your armor doesn't show on the character model", Link crafts the world's gaudiest boots.  And then he goes to bed while the plot flowers grow and the plot brooch gets forged.
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LordHippoman posted:I'm glad Link spent a large portion of this quest making fun of Evelyn's fashion sense and then proceeded to shove gold bars into a forge to make shoes out of. Way to go, buddy.
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It's Fall Or Something Music: Monster Village   In the settlement we've definitely been kicked out of, it turns today is Ondorus' birthday! He's been (trying to be) helpful, so I guess he deserves a present. What are you getting him? Oh! I'm getting him my special tropical juice! It's a great pick-me-up! Incidentally, Ondorus is going to give me the "if only we had something to move Kuruna..." bit every day I talk to him until I finish that bouquet. Peachy.  Then again, Kuruna won't even accept one of her loved gifts. This IS serious!  But not so serious I can't take a minute to make birthday juice for Ondorus.   Happy birthday, drink your juice.  There's fuckall I can do to advance the plot right now, so let's see what Pia's up to.   Might as well talk to the fam first. A pillow. That's a pillow?! Well, good night. What?!  What?!Now that Link's in the proper mental state, let's talk to Pia.   But I didn't ask you here to talk! I asked you here to HUG! Hug?! Turn into a Wooly! Now! You're so much softer than a fish! You don't have any Wooly scales! Yeah, scales don't really go well with fur... That's too bad. Scales are CUTE! Sorry I can't help you out there. Oh, well! Let's get to HUGGIN'! Rated E for Everyone. That was good! It's freezing! What is this?! Oops! I forgot to heat the bath! What's going on?!  Gah! That stung, Pia! You're usually not so careless with the bathwater! I got distracted talking with Link! Is that so? Oh, and we're out of bathwater additives. Hey, Link! Could you get something for me? Uh, sure. Get me a Charm Blue! I'll be waiting! Okay. I'll be right back.  Hey, Pia. What? I've been wondering. Do you like Link? Yep! And I like you, too, Sakuya! Oh, I don't mean like that! Lemme get into details here...   Pia's going to be waiting a while for that Charm Blue, since the flower shop only carries the seeds. What awkward timing.  Fall starts tomorrow, but I plant it in the fall dungeon just to get this done a day sooner.    Let's go on a date with Daria instead. To the surprise of no one, her favorite date spot is the rainbow in Oddward Valley. Music: Love  Ha ha...You sure like rainbows. This is so great! I'm so happy! Thanks for bringing me! I'm glad you're happy. Hey, let's rest here. Okay? Sure thing. As if there was any other choice here. No! You need to have more respect for rainbows! Respect?! Yeah! Just take a deep breath...Calm yourself... Rainbow! By the way, can I change the subject? S-Sure. As opposed to flying on the ground? Don't you ever wish you could fly? It's so unfair. Ha ha! Now I just need wings! I thought so. Well, do something about it. Oh, let's be serious here. Yeah, sure, farming. And crafting, and cooking, and pharmacy-ing, and forging, and mining, and fighting, and You're so wrapped up in farming. Makes me jealous. Of farming. O-Of farming? Why can't you be wrapped up in me? Ummm...?Rated M for Mature. A-As my assistant! As my assistant! Ah... And that's the end of that date.  Since I need to fish more anyway, now's as good of a time as any to show off Carlos' Resort.  So there's two main reasons you'd go here. One is that fish respawn a lot quicker than in normal fishing spots & have less room to wander in. The other is that you can request specific fish to catch...   ...from a short list, with an additional fee. Unfortunately, the fish I really want(a lover snapper to keep going down Carmen's quest line) isn't an option, so I don't stock anything specific.    This is all-you-can fish once you enter, so if you were really trying to minmax things, you'd want to enter as soon as it opened.   I don't catch anything too notable.  But I do get plenty of fodder for grinding Cooking skill. I'm at the point where I'm gaining skill slower than I'm getting cooking bread, but fishing helps since basically everything can be fried or made into sashimi. Music: Fall  Onward to fall! Incidentally, Link's birthday is on the 16th. The game automatically uses whatever birthday you set in the DS & translates it to the appropriate season.  Among all the other stuff I'm planting, I dig out these gold potato seeds from the flea market. Shiny produce will be mine.   Planting happens.  Raven quests happen.    Trolling Rusk happens.   You helped me rediscover a part of myself. You're welcome! ...Wait, I didn't hear any opposite-speak. Has she opened up to me?  On the way to Raven, I remember to pick up the plot brooch. Which is a dolphin for reasons known only to Gaius.  Or maybe just because it's cool. Ha ha, it was my pleasure. Link, I'm praying for you. Thank you!   It is every citizen's duty to help out Dwarf Dad. Don't let her notice. So sneak up behind her? Are you a ninja?Maybe Ninja Dwarf Dad needs different advice. >Give her a present Like a longsword and a pile of iron? Why would you come up with that...? Probably because I'm clueless. But why iron? Who doesn't like iron?Sadly there's no option to suggest Ironleaf to him instead. (He's into Evelyn, in case you forgot)   Yes. But what was so important? ...Come to Vale:Entrance with me. I'll tell you everything there. What? ...Please. ...Yeah, okay.Music: Vale River    Should be done soon. See, now you can walk--  Ah...! (And when Raven's here...And what is this feeling...?) No!  Horray, we finally got the world's least surprising revelation over with! Raven? Phoenix Raven gets a new portrait, but only the one expression. Because bird and all.  ...I'm fine. Link is slightly slow on the uptake. Huh...? What's the matter? Link... You're... Raven is somehow even slower on the uptake. How do you not notice you shifted from human to giant bird?! What...?! Why...?! So it really is you, Raven? ...!  This scene would probably make more sense if I hadn't just done the "Link reveals he's half-monster, nobody in the village cares" thing. That figure...Is Raven...?Get with the program already! And that light. That feeling... Anyway, I need to go after Raven!  ...This is scary, isn't it? What? It's fine. I wonder why I couldn't tell you... Tell me what? That light...I knew it was my fault, but I couldn't say it... ... Because I didn't want you to see me like this. I didn't want you to hate me...  ...  Incidentally, this is where Link would have started the "I'm half monster" reveal if I hadn't done the reveal in the main plot yet.   You're leaving me, too? No, Raven. Huh...? Because coming from beyond it was some smell that I seem to remember. I sensed it from you, too. And a memory of that same smell... What do you mean...? I'm sure, not everyone disappeared. They just returned. Returned to where they wanted to go home to. Isn't that right...? ...! But...! ...Okay...  How convenient that we couldn't understand that Wooly until after we resolved all this baggage. Huh...?  ...Yes... Hey, Raven. Could you show me again? Your other form? Huh...? I want to get a good look at what you look like transformed.Getting a little weird, Link. ...  I knew it. Huh...? By the way, I hadn't thanked you for saving me when I fell off the cliff. Thanks... Oh, umm... Actually, I thought you looked really beautiful. And I'm thinking that now, too. ...!  Link, please, the technical term is tsundere and  ...    Okay, bye then. Oh...This is for you... What? Thanks to you, I'm not alone anymore... ...  ... Our prize is a thing that increases skill xp gain. I think I have one already, but it's the thought that counts.   I'm right here, so might as well get a Raven date out of the way. Music: Love   Maybe to the end of the world. Then we'd be looking at the same scene as the end of the world. Oh...Yes..Maybe you're right. Hey, how about we take a little rest here? OK. Hey, Link. What? Engaging troll engines. ... Or I thought I'd ask, but there's no way... Raven...? ...Stop breathing... W-Wait, that far? OK, let's magically make that not happen and go with Yes instead. I...see... What's the matter? With who? What? Never mind... Really...? But why do you ask? ...I was just curious... I'll be showing all of these because the 'wrong' answers are both pretty great. Sofia? Or Karina? It was just a joke... Pia? The forest elf? Wait...Marian? Now that I think about it, this town is full of strange people.  Yaaay... Huh...? ... ...Forget it.  ... Um, Raven...? But...that's your type. Well...maybe. ...Hey, Link. Answer me honestly. What? Alright, enough messing around. ...! I see... What about you? ... I like you... Huh? Well, let's go soon.Date end.   In more alarming news, Marian is falling for us. W-What...? Yeah, you might be right....is she calling Link ugly? >All you need? All you need is love...? I'm sorry.>A tennis score? Fifteen serving love!OK, let's get out of here before she gets any funny ideas.  She'll never find us on this island in the middle of the lake!  ...that has nothing on it except this mysterious gate we can't open. Curious.  There was also a mysterious inaccessable island back in the forest. Thanks to the power of lilypad, Link can go there now!  This is a Very Bad Idea. We are 500% not meant to be here yet.  Presenting Crystal Mammoth.   It can one shot us. We're really, really not supposed to be here yet.  Luckily, the penalty for dying is basically a rounding error in Link's wallet. And our lilypad automagically warps into the clinic with us.  I think Link's earned his rest.
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Speed Dating Music: Fall So it's been a while since the last update(and Dwarf Fortress was definitely not contributing to the delay). As a refresher, we're twiddling our thumbs while waiting for plot-critical flowers to grow.  Let's get straight to business. If even Karina thinks it's an emergency, then clearly she's right, right?   Got something to say? (You thought it was unusual, didn't you?) Oh, no...I don't... Anyway. Just because something is popular and widespread, doesn't make it good. Like a cold. And maybe I was wrong to want to go to the city so badly. Yes. Something was wrong with me. Going over there just to live easier...This was all just really self-defeating. (To work so hard to get it easy.) Yeah, yeah...Yeah...? So-- I'm not going to the city, but I'm bringing the city here. ... Huh...? So, Link, help me, okay? What? Help you with what? To make this into the city. We'll call it the...... Well, we just need to sell city goods here. (I didn't feel like coming up with one.) Ah...But how are we going to make it the city? Don't worry. I've made the preparations already. You have?! Yes. (Got a problem?) I mean...you have! Yes. So, let's go. What? Where? My house. To see Mom. I need a store to sell things. Is this alright...?...at least she's motivated to do something for a change?   Working? Oh, hello Link. Oh, nice to see you again. Don't be so tense. You're our valued customer here. Ah... See? I'm doing my job. (Just not what you asked for.) Really? (Oh, she hasn't told.Hazel, yet?) Hey, Mom. What? Someone's chipper. Can I borrow the store? ...You mean you want to work more hours? No. I want to sell things from the city. My goodness... If you think I'm going to let you run my store... But... (The only customers are the people in town...) Customers are customers. Sometimes there are travelers. Enough with your jokes. Get back to work! ... (I wasn't joking...) Ummm... Can I just place the items up for sale then? Huh? It'll just add to the store's sales, and I'll work the same. ... Please, Mom. Karina? Just for a day. I really want to run the store. You...really? Do you have a fever? Mom! Okay... What? Give it your best shot. Just respect the customers. Mom...OK. I'll try hard. (I guess I shouldn't nap.) ...Link, I'll leave it to you. Oh, yes.  You're really into it. What's the matter? I dunno. It's just fun. I see. Hey, Link, can you get the products from Raven? Yes. Okay.I'd call out Hazel for making GBS threads on Karina's attempt to do something for a change, but to be fair, I'd be shocked too.   ... (I guess I'll give Rusk a present. Later.)   Thanks. ... Hm? What is it? ...Where's Karina? What? What's Karina doing? Oh, she's trying to make our town more like the city by selling popular city items. I see... Might as well while I'm here, since I don't need the wood for much else.  Karina didn't want just any scrap metal. She wanted the worst scrap metal.   Absolutely. People in the city really love things like that. But I think you're talking about a really small fraction. It'll be fine. Just put it there. Okay... I had Raven make a replica of it. Oh, so that's why you borrowed it. Yes, so... But this is the outfit that Evelyn gave you, isn't it? That's right. That's the real thing. Didn't you like it? I do...but I have to make some sacrifices. Karina...Fade out, indeterminate amount of time passes.   You seem sleepy... Don't be ridiculous... (I'm not sleepy I'm not...) ...... ...You can go home. What? But... I'll be fine on my own. ... (I feel so bad since I got him to help out...) Karina... Thanks for everything. See you. ...   But what can I do?  You can see them on the right edge of the screen, barely. That's interesting. I didn't notice, maybe. Maybe...? Hurry up now. Oh, yes! ...? (Is that...hiding?) Cough. Well, maybe I'll have him promote the store a bit. It's not like people come every day. That's true. Anyway, I'm impressed with how you've raised your daughter, Hazel. You've done a great job.Unlike certain witches who let their grandchildren run rampant, threatening the life and limb of the townspeople. M-Marjorie! What's wrong? Can't you take a compliment? No...That's not it. It's just...we're in public. I get a little embarrassed when people compliment me in public... Oh, I see. Well I guess we should go. Goodbye, Link. Marjorie! ... Who's excited for yet another "talk to most of the people in town" quest?   Link is not the most persuasive salesman.   He definitely shouldn't quit his day job.   Success!   No, the general store is... And so I turned the heat on, but...Oh yeah, I need to buy bathwater additives! Well, I tried.  Oh, yeah. I hope you'll swing by. ...I'll try. Thanks. ...You don't need to thank me. Right. Thanks. ...  Well. Maybe... Really? Then maybe I'll stop by when I'm done with work. (Although it's scrap metal...)  Mysterious means rainbows! Rainbow!! Okay, I got to her!I mean, technically she got to herself.   What? You mean the general store, don't you? Ah, you heard from Raven. You already planned on going? No. Great. She'll be waiting. We should, but first the rest of the interesting dialogue:   And Karina's running it. Wait, she's a second generation like me. Looks like I have myself a rival. Thanks, Link. I'll need to spy on her.  What? Hazel is too easy on that girl. Just because Karina asks sincerely, Hazel forgives her and even helps her secretly? Y-You might be right.  Rusk had nothing interesting to say, but I did remember his birthday!   It doesn't seem like there's any strange food, though. Hmmm, even more interesting. But, the general store sells food year-round. Hmm?! I'm suddenly uninterested!That's enough. Let's go back to Karina!   But... So nothing sold...? Nope. ... ... Maybe I should close shop. What? It's not our fault. (It's not, is it?) ...   Oh, okay... What a terrible find. Thanks. You got one sold. Yes...  Yeah, I guess. ...This. You really want to buy it? Not if you don't want me to... ... That's two. Yes...But--  Welcome... Very good. Now, I'd like this. (That's Evelyn's...) What is this...? Again, is that how you treat your customers? Oh... Well, not that I can really talk. Now, ring it up already. ...That was a gift from Evelyn. Hmmm. So? So...So don't buy it out of sympathy. But you put it for sale, didn't you? So it's up to the customer then. Am I wrong? ... And it's your job to figure out what to sell and what not to. Well, I guess I'll let you off by buying this strange rock instead. What? Really? This might be the only time you want to work on your own. It'll be something to remember this day by. Mom... What did I say? I'm a customer right now. Yes. And--If I didn't do this, it'd be rude to the people who did all of this for you. Huh? Well, be sure to tidy up afterwards. Aren't you just a customer right now? Oh...that's right.Hazel exits stage left. Well, time to close shop, I think. Yes. I see... Oh, this is for you. Huh? I hope you like it. Oh, yeah. Thanks. But are you sure? Yes. (I feel like you did a lot for me.) What? No, it's nothing. ...? Well, I'll get going. Okay. (Thank you, Link)  Acceptable.   Marian cannot be stopped. Ever. Oh, of course. Yeah, I should make her try medicine, too. Why are you testing on ME?! I'm the healthiest person in this stupid village! Test it on someone with, like, amnesia or something! Amnesia...? Wait, uh...why are you two looking at me?Run away!   Disguise ourselves in some armor! (Note: Armor is purely cosmetic)   It also looks completely ridiculous.   Karina was standing right there, so I guess I'll take her on a date next.  On the way through the forest, I harvest the toyherb. Getting every so slightly closer to advancing the plot. Music: Love   Hmm...I guess. (Because I'm with you) Let's take a break. Okay. It feels great. Yeah. I mean, right now it's an axe, but same thing really. Oh, I see. (Well, I guess...) It's not for me. (I'll get tired.) That's not true. You got here, right? I guess. As long as I have you with me... (That wouldn't be bad) Well, it's good to have a passion. (A real passion.) What do you want to do? Hmmm...I want to be married. (To someone special...) What? I mean, we do eventually have to get married to finish the plot, and So, with who...? Never mind... (But I want to know.) Karina's husband, huh? What? (Those eyes...) I bet it'd be fun. What?! Really? (I'd do it for you, any time you want!) ? Well...(I won't have to work. Because I'm thinking of...) What? No, it's nothing. (I can't say that...) ...?Marriage is just another excuse for her to get out of working. How romantic.  Let's blow this popsicle stand.   This update's been pretty Karina-heavy, so let's balance it out with a date with the worst character in the game.   No witnesses if there was to be an unfortunate 'accident'. But it's my job to create something out of nothing! Wait...you're a doctor, aren't you? Well then, maybe it'd be a good idea to rest here. OK, OK... Marian, why is it that you insist on making new medicines? It's not that I want to make new medicine. I just want to make a cure-all. Go on, tell us the dream that's supposed to make you sympathetic. To become a great witch and a doctor who can cure anything! So that's why you want a cure-all! But I always wondered why you wanted to be both a witch and doctor. Isn't it obvious? Because I want to help a lot of people. You do have the best of intentions...I hear the road to hell is paved with them. Then my grandma would be proud of me. And I can experiment as much as I want! Well, maybe not. Anyway, I want to be just like my grandma! Grandma's words have strange powers. If Grandma says you're going to be all right, don't you just feel that you are? Now that you mention it, I do feel like everything's going to be all right. And when I say it, most people don't believe me.I WONDER WHY Grandma can make people happy with just her words. Isn't that amazing? Was this even a real choice? I see. So you plan on taking care of the household? I was just joking... Alright, I buy it! What?! Good riddance.   But one day, it suddenly felt like home. I wonder if Mom opened the inn because she felt the same way.  That's heartwarming and all but I'm trying to finish my to-date list here. Let's get to it.  To the frozen wastes!   As someone living in a frozen hellscape:  Then maybe the flower would be less impressive? Yeah, that's the thing. It would make a great souvenir, but it just wouldn't work. You wanted to market them... But seeing the flowers up close puts all those thoughts away. Hey, Link. You think we could look at them for a while? Of course! Yeah. I'm happy to be able to show off why my own town is so great. And talking with a lot of people is fun. You know, working on reuniting two races that hate each other for long-forgotten reasons, rolling in so much wealth I can blow 15k on a suit of purely cosmetic armor, same old same old. Well, that's good. I wish you could share some of that with me. What about you? Well, of course. I'm in the red... ... Anyway, why do you ask? Oh, well...I don't...I just wanted to ask. Really?King Clueless, Ruler of the Oblivious Kingdom here.  Huh? R-really? Well then, I guess you're really satisfied now! Yes. Uh...I am, too...I guess it's time to head back. And with the date over, Sofia pops out of the ether. Next time: Not taking a month between updates. Probably. Haifisch fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Jan 7, 2018 |
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Iron Chef Sharance Music: Fall  Welcome to Fall 3, where...wait, a typhoon? This is bullshit, I have plot flowers and golden crops growing.  Fun RF3 fact: Although the weather can change over time during a day, you can savescum for favorable weather. I'm not sure if the entire day's weather is set at the start of the day or not, but avoiding fall typhoons is simple enough.  With my weather problems magicked away and my usual watering/brushing chores taken care of, it's Collette time.   But not before brief Sofia time. Poppycock! Evelyn's fashions are impeccable! But she's so indifferent! She should really have her own fashion week! You don't need to cover for Evelyn like that, Sofia. Ahem! What are you accusing me of?!>They're not bad. That's correct! I need to question your tastes now...  What? Um, sure?   I think a mistake has been made.  ...I guess I have two of these now. So what I think happened is that the game looks in your inventory, and if it doesn't see the Brooch when you're talking to Gaius(or the Ribbon, if you're talking to Evelyn), it worries that you might have lost it and offers you another. This is because I'm pretty sure it expects you to give the Brooch/Ribbon to Shara immediately, for reasons you'll see later. Unfortunately, as plot-centric objects they're not worth anything if sold, so getting extras is just for shits and giggles.  We'll see in a minute, Rusk!   Ummm...What is this? Collette, didn't you tell Link anything? I sure did! I said eat my food! That's not enough. I'm sorry, Link. Today is Collette's exam. Exam? Yes. I'll see if she's ready or not. What?! The topic is, food for the person who is most important to you. Link, you'll be eating this meal. Da...Dad! (That's why I didn't mention that part in the letter!) ...Huh? Why is Sherman here?That's what you're focusing on, Link? That's a secret. I-I see... I called him. He's just watching. Now then, Collette. Okay. Let's begin. Okay then, Link. If you would. Alright, here I go. ...It's great! It's really good. Really?! ...Sherman. Slurp, slurp. No need for me then! I haven't been waiting at all! Not waiting! Sherman will be eating my dish. Try this. ...? Oh, wow. It's my hated high orc omelet rice! I hate this!! Up the hatch! Collette, there's still something that you are missing. Watch Sherman. Huh...?  Yum yum yum yum... That's some pace... ... Slurrrrrp. Chef! I'm totally full! More! More! ...Music: Sadness Collette. Do you see? The way he enjoyed it was totally different...Why? Why is it so different?! Do I need to grow up to become a great chef? I think you've been misunderstanding me, Collette. Huh? I wasn't talking about your height. I meant your character must be large. Character...? My teacher used to wear a long, tall hat to make sure people knew his location. Because he was short, just as you are. It doesn't affect your cooking skills. ...!Collette: Not the sharpest crayon in the box. You haven't tried to understand Link's heart at all. Blaise... I'm sorry, Link.   Collette... Thank you for coming, Link. Blaise...Collette is... Collette will be fine. It's something that she must overcome herself. I'm sure I'll rely on you again, Link. Thank you in advance. Blaise... The prize is crushing Collette's hopes and dreams.   But my sister's room is off limits. Got it? Bro'. Ha ha ha... I'm always here if you need to talk. But our walls are thin. Ha ha ha!Carlos: Still...Carlos.  One annoying thing about the request system is that as you get into the later stages of people's quest chains, they all start showing up in your mailbox instead of on the bulletin board. Which makes sense for immersion, but means the bulletin board eventually becomes a barren wasteland of random daily requests(which are boring and give mediocre rewards) and that one Carlos request that needs two goddamned lover snappers to finish.   Someone left a comment wanting the bathwater to be rainbow colors. Could it be a bath fairy? Th-That must've been it...Daria and Pia seems like a dangerous combination. Also a hilarious one. Too bad Daria's a loner that basically never interacts with anyone else.   Also, Pia date. I think the only girl who hasn't gotten a date now is Shara.  Pia's giant fish sword will never not be hilarious to me.   It's a side effect of her mysterious ninja past, duh. Maybe I'll ask her. I'm curious as an artist. As an artist?  Daria being weird, or mislabeled text box? You decide! N-No...sorry.Music: Love   Do you like waterfalls, Pia? ...I think my reaction should've made that obvious, buddy. Well, should we take a break here? Abso-duh-TUTELY! Hey, Link! You can usually see a rainbow in the afternoon here! Rainbows are so PURRRDY! loving rainbows, how do they work? They're a natural phenomenon that occurs when light reflects against water particles! Basically, you can only see them when the sun's behind you, which happens in the afternoon here! How...do you know about rainbows in that detail? Who DOESN'T?! Uh...you'd be surprised.And because her response is interesting: >You sure like fish. Yeppers! The fishies played with me when I was alone at sea! They were my only friends! I can see why you'd be attached to them.And by interesting I mean . Not exactly. It was like that. I didn't hate the sea, but I felt like it wasn't a place for me anymore. And when I arrived in town, I met Sakuya and Shino! And...you. Sounds like the right move. But there's one thing I'm not sure about. What's that? Is it okay to stay like this and deny my mermaid heritage? What?! You can turn into a mermaid?! Er...merman. Uh, not exactly. Then I can transform into YOU! What should I DO?! I don't think there's anything TO do! Oh. Too bad! Well, we should head home!Never change, Pia.   "Oh whew, we have a reason to be officially not-racist now."  Also, the first time you talk to Shara on any given day, she'll list all the things she hasn't gotten for the Bouquet yet. With one textbox each. I'll spare you that.   I do give her the Toyherb, Brooch, and Ribbon to get them out of my hair(and to stop Gaius and Evelyn from asking if I need spares every time I talk to them).  Punctuation's are difficult, aren't they?   I spend the rest of the day fishing in the dim hope I can finally catch a second lover snapper. They can appear in most bodies of water in any season, but they're really rare. There's actually a better way of catching them than leaving it to chance, which I didn't cotton on to until much later.  And catching regular Snappers will toy with your heart.   What do you think? Do I smell nice? Oh, I'm sure it must have worn off by now. Oh, you! Forget it! (He could've come a little close...) I'm losing track of how many of these I've fished up.   No Lover Snappers. gently caress this, I'm going home and making a shitload of sushi and fried fish.  At least this quest is a good excuse to grind Fishing and Cooking skills.  Mixing is a much slower skill grind, but at least recovery potions are good to stock up on. The next day...  Potatoes! Way too many potatoes!  And Salisb getting in the way of me planting more seeds!   On that note, here's how all the barn monsters are doing. I should probably fill up these empty spaces with something, but I don't remember what makes useful products other than the farm animal monsters, and . There's nothing interesting going on at the settlement until I can advance the plot. But at least Zaid said something new for once!  Wells time. Music: Home   Oh, right, festival tomorrow. She said that she'd get fat if she ate too much. She should just not eat that much if she feels that way.  I mean...I'll get fat if I eat too much...Why are you even participating if you're worried about that?!   Music: Love Shara's been talking about you a lot. ... And I always see you two together. What exactly is your relationship with my granddaughter?Define "always," because I don't think you know what that word means. Not even in the hyperbole sense. Our relationship...? We're good friends. Really? Vague noncommital answer, go! I-I see... Is there something wrong? N-No, that's alright...I was able to find out that you weren't a normal guy is all... W-What?! You can go now... W-Wait! *sigh*...I'm worried for Shara.   I'm sensing a trend here.   I have recipes for weapons clear in my brain, but not the dates for festivals.I mean, the only reason I remember festivals is because everyone talks about them the day before, so fair enough.  Collette loves this contest as much as you'd expect.   And so does Sherman.   As well as...Hazel?   Yes...wait? If I was smart, I'd pour Formula A/B/C on these plot flowers so they'd grow faster. But I'm not.  Another day of trying(and failing) to catch that goddamned lover snapper.   ?   I'll take some daikon radishes or aquamarine. Now, down to business!Hot Yue gifting tips for RF2 players.  Not as good as my axe, but a good excuse to train Dual Blades.  But this sword will be better than my axe once I've upgraded it to level 10. Yoink!  And this is an upgrade to the wood chopping axe. I'm rolling in cash, so might as well skip the forging.  A fully-charged Mountain Axe chops in a logical 3x3 square, unlike the 1x3 horizontal(relative to Link) line my old axe did.   Thanks to all that Cooking skill grinding, Link finally knows how to make some of the most difficult dishes known to mankind: Stews. That doesn't mean he's actually able to make them, mind you. Next time: A festival! Drama! Detective work! Me test driving this shiny new sword!
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Deceitful Penguin posted:Uhhh, wasn't the lesson more "Cater to your clientele", as she just made something without even considering how we like our meals? I mean, that's mostly because pickles are easy to make and I have way too many cucumbers, but still. people posted:monster suggestions LordHippoman posted:I love when these games sometimes just drop articles in sentences with item names. That screenshot of Gaius smugging into the camera and going "YOU NEED BROOCH?" actually cracked me up. Still hilarious, though.
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Just Eat It Music: Festival  It's a festival today, but more importantly, my first golden crop came in! Golden produce has a select few uses, the most important one being Gold Juice. Gold Juice recovers HP and RP by half, boosts Vit by 10 and Int by 28% for the day, and has a base price of a jaw-dropping 41940G. It also requires Gold Turnip+Cabbage+Pumpkin and the rare Emery Flower along with a Gold Potato.  Link prepares for the eating contest by totally on purpose 100% intentionally eating a raw egg.  Evelyn stopped in our house to give us blatantly obvious information.    And Shara's hanging out dispensing low-grade sexism to her sister.  Marjorie is a spoilsport who says the exact same thing for every single festival. It really stands out considering even Sherman(whose daily dialogue tends to cycle through the same 3-4 things while everyone else gets new dialogue every day for a long time) gets unique things to say on festival days.  Blaise is low-key sabotaging our chances of success.   Pia is Pia.   Well, with those two...(It's better to just give up.) I won't lose... Huh?  Huh? (Isn't that the opposite?) Opposite of the opposite... Ah. (Maybe she hit her head...)OK, time for the actual festival.  tl;dr: Eat food. Don't eat Failed Dishes. Cooked food is worth more points than fruit. You have to mash B repeatedly to eat, instead of just pressing it once like you normally would.    This isn't a very hard contest, especially once you get in a groove of getting to the cooked dishes first.    The runners up are exactly who you'd expect. And as usual, the prize is a huge stack of cooking bread.  My eating skill is 41, so yes.  Daria is more impressed by our talents.   That would be pretty impressive...  We're really crushing all her hopes and dreams lately, huh?   ...I'll win next time.  Either she ate too much, or she's in awe that we out-ate her dad, or both.   If I beat you again, can I have your tiny hat?  I suppose I should respond to this date request that's been sitting in my mailbox for weeks.   I thought I could start giving tours of the town to our customers. So I wanted you to come with me on a practice run. Oh, I see. It's nothing to be embarassed about! Oh, well. So, will you do it? Yes. But where are we going? Any tourist spot outside of town. Tourist spot? Like Privera:Flower Field, Sol Terrano:Star Dunes, Oddward:Rainbow Falls or Vale:Icy Rosebush. So we just need to go to one of those? That's right. We should go by two of them at least. So let's go.Spoilers: We're going to see all four because I said so.  Because there's always a rainbow in the afternoon. And sometimes you can hear "rainbow" being shouted. RAINBOW!Did I mention Daria has a RAINBOW! voice clip? Because she does, and it plays here even though you never actually see her.  The weather's so nice, and the falls can change so it's popular with couples. And it's really quiet. RAINBOW! Let's go to the next place.  But first, harvesting the moondrop flower. Getting close to finishing this plot bouquet!  It's traditional to get married here. You either wish for your love to never dry up, like the flowers. Or you wish that your love stays true, whether it dries up or blossoms. This is barely even a choice. Why even make this interactive? I like the latter. That's what's important. It's not about anyone else, it's about you. You have to be willing to put it all on the line. You know?"You have to be willing to put in the work to keep love going through the years" is a surprisingly mature take for an anime video game featuring a rainbow-obsessed elf, a father and daughter who speak in opposites, and a Pia. Yeah... Well, anyway. This flower field is really something special. I hope you think so too. We can go back to the inn if you want. There are other spots. Shall we visit those?Never not extra content.  Did you know? What? The goofiest answer must be chosen. ...You don't have a romantic bone in you, do you? What? But you know that that wasn't what anyone wanted to hear, right? Umm, well... Right? I-I'm sorry... Well, anyway...This is the only place you can see the stars like this. Maybe you could invite someone here that you're close to.Next!  It's so amazing. A plant growing here... Hey, Link, do you know why this plant is like this? Have you heard before? What? This flower and plant, they're not frozen to begin with. See, over there, those aren't frozen. Oh, you're right. And you can see dew on the leaf and flowers. After they've grown to a certain point, they take on water to freeze themselves. What? They do it to themselves? They make themselves fragile and wait for animals to step on them and break them. The seeds that fall on the ice can't germinate, so they need the flower to be crushed. The reason why they're pretty is to draw attention to themselves so they'll be walked on.  Each of these might look like they're separate. But this flower field is all part of the one flower. It won't break and disappear. The more they're stepped on, the prettier the flower becomes. I think that it's really a strong and pretty flower... ... Oh, and at night, it's even prettier, you should come see it. That's all for the tour. Let's go back now.  I'm a bit more confident now, so thanks. You're welcome. This is for you. Thanks for today. See ya. The real reward is useless-but-interesting trivia, but I'll take the elemental crystals too.  I'm not bothering showing off all the simple requests I do, because they're boring and repetitive, but this one...   Oh, yes please. Then this is for you. Please let me know what you thought. Well, then.  ...Blaise, this is just juice. It's not even mixed juice.  And here's a neat thing if you try to do Kuruna quests during this bit of the plot.  You can't. Because you're a filthy Hornless traitor.  My fully upgraded new sword's stats compared to my old axe.   Incidentally, the spikes are actually brown and not red. I'm as disappointed as you are.   I happen to learn the ultimate longsword attack while testing it out, and admire the game's refusal to tell me what it actually does.   In the morning I harvest another gold potato, and sickle the third so I can start the hellish process of leveling up golden produce.  More importantly, Sofia.   Poor Gaius, crushing on someone whose only love is bizarre fashion. Music: Pinch   Calm down! What's going on?  Why don't you doubt me, Father?! That's not my line! Just don't do whatever you want, then! I'll do exactly that!  ...Music: Sadness   She's such a drama queen.  Is this what you wanted, Father? Of course not! Just leave her be! I swear! The way you two communicate, it's amazing anything ever gets done! Link, can you find Sofia for me? What? ME?Why are you so shocked by this? You've spent the better part of a year being voluntold to do things. You handle Sofia. I'll take care of Father. Got it.  Unlike most quests, this one actually involves a bit of detective work and a lot of legwork. Step one is talking to Evelyn for a (admitedly obvious, if you've been paying attention to how Sofia acts) hint. This narrows down our initial search from to wherever Karina or Raven are.   Your words may be correct. But your heart is wrong, Father. If it's possible for this family to make even less sense than zero, they've accomplished it! There's Karina with no Sofia around, so let's go straight to Raven.   Do you know where they were going? Can't say. She told me not to tell. Oh. That doesn't help me much, then. Gaius only goes out to mine, and he hates the cold. At least that gives me something to go on. ... Uh...thanks!Raven clarifies this if you talk to her again, but basically Gaius will be in one of the dungeons except for Vale River. But which one is he in? You actually can't just pop in to each one and look for him & Sofia on the minimap - they won't show up there during this quest, even if you're in the right dungeon. And going through each dungeon looking for them takes too long - which one they're in changes every few hours. Thankfully, which dungeon they're in is preset for each time block, so it's just a matter of figuring out where they are when. (Or looking it up on the RF wiki, but where's the fun in that?) So, let's wander around and talk to people until we figure this out.  Privera Forest around sunset. Got it. But that's a while from now, so let's see if we can figure out where they are without having to stand around all day.   Useless!    So the earliest they'll be at Privera is around 4PM. It's 11AM now, for the record.  Does he not take baths, or...    So he's in Oddward Valley at some point during the morning, and leaves at 1PM. (Incidentally, he and Sofia teleport from dungeon to dungeon during this. No camping out between dungeons and catching them then.)   ...and? And ignores everything else around her! Heading towards the treehouse at one? Well, he hates cold so he's not going to Vale, so he must be going to the desert then instead. Sounds like a good time to catch him without waiting around too much. In the meantime I'll bug more people about where he is.    Customer confidentiality. Hope you understand. Lemme guess...You actually forgot where he is. Maybe? It's okay. I'll ask someone else.  This is basically what Daria already told us!  Wow, way to ignore one of the best characters in town, kid.   Hey! An actual (slightly incorrect) time block!  Enough messing around. Here's the full schedule for this, in case you were curious: Rune Factory Wiki posted:At 9:00 AM to 12:59 PM = Gaius will be in Oddward Valley, "Archway" Each of those areas are full of mining rocks, which is probably how you're supposed to know to look there. The one here is that room in the bottom right.   Link, shoo, that's not your side of the text box. ... I have everything, so.I guess I'll go home. You guys should come.home with me.  Okay, follow me! Uh...wait. So you mean you're NOT coming home, then? No. Not until Father apologizes to me. That doesn't seem too likely...   Really? THAT'S your comeback?! What of it? Anyway! I'm not going home! Evelyn's worried about you, you know. And Sherman...Well, okay, I can't figure out Sherman. But Evelyn's worried. I know she is. But Father stole something really important to me! How can I NOT be so happy?! Then let's go confront him about it. If he fights with you, that can only mean he loves you very much. You really...think so? Well...if you say so. I don't say so. I know so. So...are you coming? If you want me to. Then don't! Okay, fine. I won't. You know what I mean! I do. So, shall we go? ...No!  Music: Love  I'm sorry. Well, it's not like I was worried, my dear. You...were? Sofia, I have something to say as well. Do you still hate me? Why are you even asking that, Father? Of course not! Whew. I always hate to see them fight like that. That was a lot harder to figure out than most family quarrels, too. And it's all thanks to you. Oh, I didn't do anything. You convinced Sherman. Think what you want. Now go to Sofia. What? But they're... I said, go to Sofia! I-If you say so! No...Thank you, Link. It's your fault we made up! Heh. Well, it wasn't all me. It takes two to argue...and forgive. Hmm... Interesting! Uh...Father? You have a weird look in your eyes. I have just had an epiphany! A catharsis! An...awakening, if you will. About what?! Sofia! You aren't in love with Link! I see it! All has been revealed! Sherman?! Father?! I'm so unglad that the marriage talks fell through! I can't trust my daughter to Link! Marriage? So Sofia left because... Yes. Father's been.trying to rush Sofia into marriage. Evelyn certainly knows all about tact! But Sofia said that she had someone else in mind. E-Evelyn?! Shush! Take good care of her, Link!Whoa whoa, I still need to advance the plot and do more of the other bachelorette's quests and make a marriage poll and- So soon?! I can't just rush-- HOLD EVERYTHING! I can't think about marriage yet, so I didn't make that part up! Sure you did. Rrrrggh! Shut up, Evelyn! Sofia?!  ...Okay. I won't. Sofia?! That...wasn't opposite-speak. After all...I hate my sister. Now THAT was opposite-speak! I "hate" you too, Sofia! Un-   I mean, this was honestly pretty simple once you remove the opposite-speak from it.    Somehow, it all makes sense... And before the update ends, here's a neat thing I don't think I've shown off yet. The top screen of the bath changes throughout the day, ending with the (magically always full) moon at night.
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BlazeEmblem posted:I assume that they put some kind of emphasis on the opposite words, and everyone in town has been around them long enough to listen for it. Once they hear the difference compared to their normal words, they know it is the opposite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pknZf0sV1eE (Minor spoilers for what she says if you marry her, but they're hilarious enough that I encourage you not to care about that. Also lots of Japanese, because apparently the undub comparisons are the only easily found voice clip dumps and .)
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