Part 2

hooray first update!


Polo? It was between this, Wayne, and Herb. I honestly just don't like the name Herb, sorry Vallhallan. Your cat still kicks ass, though.


A boat approaches!


A blue haired girl appears from the boat! Who is she? Also, this game totally has emotion bubbles, which are pretty cool.


She enters the village, and then spins around, as though frantically looking for something.

According to the vision I had, he's supposed to be here. But what a shabby village!


She stops this familiar looking head headed chap for a chat.

You there! Can I talk to you for a moment?

Are you talking to me?

You appear to be a swordsman. But are you any good?


Without warning, an atomic bomb goes off inside Marco's head.

Is that how you talk to strangers? Well, I think I'm decent.

Okay then. . . DIE!

what the fuck?

BOLT!


Our hero narrowly escapes from becoming fried calamari



Hmm. . . not bad.

Are you looking for a fight?!

Not at all. I just wanted to see if you were any good.

Do you do that to everyone you meet?! Some day you'll get what's coming to you.

You might be right.

Whatever. See ya!


Marco isn't the smartest descendant of Maxim in the world. Apparenty the good genes have weakened over time.

I guess I'll go out and practice fighting.

We will do that in just one second, but first, we should explore the town now (so we don't miss out on anything that might dissapear!)


THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF HIDDEN ITEMS! That's right, the hidden items that were so prevelant in games like Lufia 1 and Final Fantasy VI is back, and there are a lot of really useful shit you'll miss if you arent meticulous in your searching. Here are the rest of the items I found in this village alone:

- Potion x2
- Hi Potion x2
- Charred Newt x2
- Revive
- Dagger (better than the shit I can buy right now, also it's missable, because. . . well you'll find out)
- GoddessTear (heals your whole party)
- Life Seed (raises HP. I'm saving it though)

Hey, that looks like a shop let's go in!


Hey that door looks suspicious, and treasures! Hmm. . .


Hmm, if I stand here and hit A. . .


Holy shit, THIS GAME IS FULL OF SECRETS!

Hey Marco! Are you interested in those treasure boxes? It's a special deal! Take them all!

FUCK YEAH BRO


1/8 actually, there are only 8 total in this game, but they're spread out a lot more than before, and harder to obtain. Many are given from side quests. Also the egg dragon's role is a little different, as we'll find out later!


Hmm, a magic accessory. Looks like Marco can't equip it, but maybe we'll get a magic user soon. . .



later, and I will travel all over the world, and maybe even discover China! What? A million people already live there? FUCK YOU I DISCOVERED IT OKAY!

Two things about Marco's house: You can check his diary after story events and he will reflect on his personal feelings about it, and also you can rest here for free, which is nice.


This little girl invited me to dinner

Fuck no I'm busy

Aw come on, it'll just take a minute!

fine fine, free food.


And I enjoy it very much, and they have a little chat about how she's a good cook and will make a fine wife, and she's like tee hee Marco can I be your wife tee hee but fuck dude she's like 7, anyway the point of this scene (which is missable, like the Dagger that was in the chest in the room) is:


These are the #1 best items in the whole game. THEY COMPLETELY HEAL YOUR PARTY'S HP AND MP AND REVIVES THEM. It's 9 miracles in one box. Foomy be damned! This apparently comes from the fact that the Japanese think Croquettes are the most delicious things in the world. They're like fried potato dumplings, stuffed with meat and stuff. Pretty good.


The priests at the church of foomy will not only save your game, but you can learn magic here. As I said before, this requires LP, which you get after battles. LP also raises your spiritual force, but we're not there yet. Next I went outside and explored the world!


Here's the map of the world. . . kind of blank now, but as I visit more islands and places more will be revealed.


Visit scenic Southland's monocromatic mountains, plains, and forests! Also beaches.


A SLIME APPROACHES! What will thou do?


Attack!


Marco hacks and slashes his way through ten slimes, earning himself a level up!


the stats are pretty straight forward, STR, CON, AGL, INT, WIS, LUCK, I'm sure you can guess what they do.

Triumphantly, Marco returns to Patos Village.


A sudden flash scares him a little, however, and an ominous voice rings out


Welp that sounds familiar


Hmm this tower, northwest of the village. . .


This evil sinister man appears! Ruh Roh!

Something calls to me. . . It is time for Resurrection. . . DESTROY. . . EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD! GROOOOOOOOOOOAR!

Suddenly, a bolt rains down on that little girl's house! FUCK!


fire!



Stop! It's too dangerous!

But Lamika is still inside!

I'll go! Hey you! Take care of us when you get back!

Huh? Hey!

And Marco runs in before anyone can stop him, even himself. But then luckily he emerges with Lamika.



Oh Lamika! Thank you! Thank you Marco!

Oh. . . it was nothing. . .


But he passes out! Also, all the npcs are named brother, sister, grandma, and grandpa. Don't ask.


But this woman comes to my aid! How nice!

Are you crazy? What would you have done if I couldn't heal you?!

W-well you could, so there was no problem. Lamika's okay, so what are you so angry about?

Strong isn't enough to fully heal him. Where is his house?

Over here!

So she takes Marco back to his house and heals him up proper.


ping!



the kitchen

This soup. . . did you make it?

Yes. You'll feel better if you eat it.

sluuuurp. . . this is nasty! What the hell is in this?!

It's made from bug larvae found on jellies, cooked in chicken broth.

eeeeeeeauck! What the fuck! Is this even edible?

You just ate it, didn't you?

But couldn't you have at least made it taste good?



You're asleep. . . you seem awfully tired. Have you been casting Strong on me all night. . . ?

"casting Strong" aw yeeeeah


He puts her to sleep in his bed. The next morning. . .



My name is Marco. I protect everyone in this Village.




Name: Seena
Class: Magician, Heroine
Weapon: Rods, Crystal Balls
Likes: Fortune Telling, crystal balls, BDSM
Dislikes: Curry, fundamentalist christians, headaches
about : Strongest attack magic user. Really destructive. Hmm. . . Blue hair, starts with flash magic. . . Totally NOT Erim reincarnated so don't even THINK it!

You're pretty tough for a fortune teller.

hahaha I'm sorry.

By the way, why are you here in thr country?

I'd say it was the "Will of Fate." A little while ago, something awoke in me. Ever since, my predictions have been coming true. I've been working as a fortune teller in Northland, but recently I had a vision that I would meet someone here and go on an adventure with them.

An adventure sounds great!

Doesn't it? We'll save the world by defeating a great evil, and get fame and fortune!

I'd love that, but I can't imagine something like that happening these days.

But it can happen. Have you heard of "Doom Island"?

Nope, never heard of it. But I'm getting the strangest feelings of deja vu right now. . .

It's the mythical island where the sinistrals lived. But it's real!

Island of the Sinistrals, huh? Sounds like it could be full of fantastic treasure!

Right! So I'm looking for people to search for it with. How about it Marco, let's do this shit!

Why are you asking me? You don't even know me!

Well, you went into that house to save that girl. Didn't you think that maybe she might already be dead, or that you might die?

If I had time to think, I'd already have gone inside.

Right, I knew you'd say that. Frankly, you're stupid.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A FIGHT?!

No no! What I'm saying is, I figure I can trust you, if you're willing to risk your life to help others so easily.

Sweet. That's enough reason for me. LET'S DO THIS! Where are we going?

Well that tower north of here is suspicious.

WHAAAT?! That's the Tower of Death! Then again, I was headed there anyway, since I'm pretty sure that's where the bolt that struck Lamika's house came from.

Well, I feel a strong evil coming from it, so let's investigate.



alright, new companion! Let's go buy equipment! There's one thing I want to point out, and that's the fact that Seena can equip both rods and balls, which have their advantages and disadvantages.


As you can see, with the glass ball equipped, her magic attack is pretty high. If I were to buy this rod to replace it. . .


Her attack and magic defense (WIS) go up, but her magic attack (INT) and luck go down. For the early game, as in the first dungeon, the rod is better, but later on I'll use crystal balls, because her magic is way better, unless ANYONE HAS ANY OBJECTIONS?!

Well, here are our stats before setting out for the first dungeon!


I used the life seed on her by the way, she needs it.


He's fine.

Next update will be done in both screenshots and video, to show off the tutorial dungeon, battle system, etc. and to explain spiritual force. I won't be doing many videos later, but I think seeing a video of exactly what we do in battle will make it a lot clearer than just seeing static screenshots.

NEXT TIME!